Dad, Did You Study Today?

A boom exploded from the main house when the Second and Third Houses left.

Old Zhou smashed the small bedtable on the floor.

“Satisfied? Are you satisfied now?”

Mrs. Sun’s pretending to be sick had already been uncovered, and she no longer needed to hide it. His scarlet eyes stared at Zhou Huaihai, then at Mrs. Wang, and finally landed on Mrs. Sun.

“A good family. Look at what you’ve caused!”

Mrs. Sun felt aggrieved, “How can you say that we have made a mess of it? If Lao Er hadn’t studied, would this family have become like this? Besides, who would have thought that the clan elder’s family would ask for a doctor today.”

“What’s wrong with Lao Er studying? It’s not like he’s spending money meant for Yuan!” Old Zhou was about to die of anger.

Mrs. Sun straightened her back and said, “Why was he not? If he didn’t study, wouldn’t all of the Second House’s income have to go to Yuan? Now that he’s studying, Yuan’er ……”

Snap!

Not waiting for Mrs. Sun to finish, Old Zhou slapped Mrs. Sun on the face.

In two days, there was one slap a day.

At a certain age, Mrs. Sun felt that she had lost enough face. She bawled with her mouth open.

Old Zhou was so angry that smoke came out of his head, “Make a scene again, make a scene again, and I’ll send you back to the Sun family!”

Zhou Huaihai did not try to persuade him and hurriedly pulled Mrs. Wang to leave.

He didn’t know how the old couple in the main house made waves, but as soon as he returned home, Zhou Huaihai raised his hand and slapped Mrs. Wang’s face.

Mrs. Wang was caught off guard and stumbled, hitting her head on the edge of the bed, and fell to the ground with stars in her eyes.

Zhou Huaihai gritted his teeth, “Damn bitch, it’s all your bad idea. If I lose my job at the village school, where will you go to beg for food?”

Mrs. Wang’s cheeks hurt from his slap. She was beaten up by Zhou Qing yesterday, and all her grievances exploded out of her head. She opened her mouth and started to howl.

Zhou Huaihai raised his foot toward Mrs. Wang’s face and kicked her without thinking.

“Shut up. Are you not ashamed enough? Why do you howl? What face do you have to howl? From yesterday to today, have you accomplished anything? You even dragged me into this! I’m warning you, if the clan elder asks about yesterday’s incident, you should think about what to say while you’re at it!”

After saying that, Zhou Huaihai turned away with a dark face and went out.

“Where are you going?” Mrs. Wang asked in tears.

Zhou Huaihai ignored her and left briskly without a care in the world.

Mrs. Wang knew how important the village school was to Zhou Huaihai. More importantly, if Zhou Huaihai lost the village school, their house would have no income now that the family had been separated.

Moreover, she was even more afraid of affecting Zhou Yuan.

Even though Zhou Huaihai was a little headstrong and unsteady, Mrs. Wang still managed to breathe, got up by the edge of the bed, wiped her face, and went to the clan elder’s house.

She explained what happened yesterday and today.

In a nutshell, it was all her fault. Zhou Huaihai didn’t know anything and was dragged down by her.

The clan elder didn’t ask anything more and only criticized and reprimanded a few times.

The clan elder’s idea was simple.

Zhou Huaihai was a scholar, Zhou Yuan was studying in the town, and his future was still being determined. He could not afford to offend Zhou Huaihai for the sake of other people’s family affairs.

What if Zhou Yuan became successful?

As for Zhou Huaishan ……

Although he could write well, in the end, he was already old.

Besides, now that the Old Zhou family was divided, even if he did not deal with Zhou Huaihai, it would not be considered wronging Zhou Huaishan.

……

The people’s hearts and minds differed, each for their benefit.

In the Zhou family’s Second House, they left how the others were.

Zhou Qing and Zhou Huaishan sat cross-legged on the bed.

“My daughter, do you think without us, Zhou Huaishan would still be the same as Zhou Huaishan, Zhou Qing would still be the same as Zhou Qing, could the old Zhou family be split up?”

Zhou Qing shook her head, “It’s hard to say. The Third House has always wanted to separate, but your original host wavered.”

Zhou Huaishan sighed, “Forget it. Let’s not talk about such happy things as splitting up the family. Let’s talk about something calming. Are we still going to sell  tomorrow?”

Zhou Qing asked, “Have you finished writing the Analects of Confucius?”

Zhou Huaishan’s eyes suddenly twitched.

“Daughter~~~”

As soon as Zhou Qing heard his quivering endings, she knew he hadn’t finished writing.

“A whole day! I’ve been gone almost a day, and you haven’t finished writing? Are you studying or not? What do you want to do? Do you know how far I have to walk to sell calligraphy? Look, I’ve got blisters on the soles of my feet, and for what? To pay for your education! It’s not easy for me, is it? You still don’t study hard.”

Zhou Qing broke into a roar that all Chinese mothers would break into.

Of course, the main reason why she would roar so furiously was also because she had heard it so many times as a child that it was familiar to her ears.

“You think I’m willing to force you to write every day? What do you think about it? Who am I doing this for? Quite a big person, don’t you know what you should be doing! Huh? Speak!”

Looking at the roaring Qing, the dandy opened his mouth.

“Daughter, if relying on roaring could solve problems, donkeys would have ruled the world long ago. There is still such a thing as the Emperor.”

Zhou Qing almost couldn’t catch her breath and directly fell backward, eyes closed.

It was no wonder that the clan elder’s wife, who tutored schoolwork, had gotten to the point of asking for a doctor!

Zhou Huaishan ……

He just spoke out of turn for a moment.

In the past, when his father yelled at him, he was used to playing tricks.

This ……

“Daughter, that, I don’t mean this, I ……”

Looking at the angry and flustered Zhou Qing, Zhou Huaishan immediately took his pen and paper, “I will write now. I will write right away. My daughter, calm down, calm down. It’s not worth it. It’s not worth it.”

Zhou Qing ……

When Zhou Huaishan grabbed a pen and wrote seriously, Zhou Qing shut up benevolently as all Chinese moms should.

If not for the unfavorable conditions, she would have to serve Zhou Huaishan a cup of milk and peel an apple for him later on.

What a ……

Particularly unlucky!!!

Zhou Huaishan wrote seriously, and Zhou Qing took out the coins she earned today and started counting them as best as she could without making a single sound.

Like a thief.

One, two, three ……

After subtracting the hundred coins spent on buying gifts for the clan elder and the doctor’s consultation fee, there were still three hundred and seventy coins left.

Zhou Qing and Zhou Huailin agreed to wait until they sold out all the rolls of red paper and then split the money.

Putting the coins away, Zhou Qing began to cut the paper.

Third House.

Mrs. Zhao and Zhou Yao, each wearing a top-heavy paled face, came back from outside while Zhou Huailin was in the house.

“Why did you come back only now?”

Zhou Huailin hurriedly met them and helped Mrs. Zhao.

He entered the house and saw that no one was there.

“What’s going on? How come your hands are shaking like this?”

Zhou Huailin grabbed Mrs. Zhao’s hand, which was cold and uncontrollably trembling.

Zhou Yao was no better.

Zhou Huailin’s eyes widened in shock, his heart thumped, and an intense uneasiness arose.

If Mrs. Sun could lie to him, Yao’er and Mrs. Zhao wouldn’t.

“What’s wrong? What happened?”

Zhou Yao burst into tears, “Father!”

She directly jumped into Zhou Huailin’s arms.

It frightened Zhou Huailin’s heart and made him even more panicked.

Zhou Ping also had a face of intense worry.

“Sister, Mother, what happened?”

Mrs. Zhao shivered, stumbled, and climbed onto the bed, gasping for breath, her face terrified, “Her father.”

Zhou Huailin immediately said, “I’m here. What happened? Speak up.”