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245th stupid donkey
Zheng Xiangqian clenched his fist as it came at him and said, slowly and deliberately, "I said, my wife is beautiful too!"
Lei Ming stared at him, unable to move. Zheng Xiangqian, not to be outdone, stared back, his training far surpassing that of a bull. Time seemed to stand still. After a long while, Lei Ming lowered his arms and squatted on the ground, sobbing.
Zheng Xiangqian watched from the side. It was dark and quiet at night. He told her to cry if she wanted to.
After a while, Zheng Xiangqian stepped forward and kicked him. "Have you cried enough? Get up and think of a solution. Only incompetent people get angry and cry!"
"Waaah, I'm such a useless person. I can't protect my wife, and I can't even protect my mother." Lei Ming simply plopped down on the ground.
"You figure out a solution! A real man bleeds, he doesn't cry." Zheng Xiangqian kicked him again.
"Do you think I didn't think about it? I tried everything, but it was all in vain. Didn't those two old men say anything?"
"What are they saying? Are you sure you've exhausted all possible methods?"
Lei Ming gritted his teeth and said, "Of course, I've beaten him up, hit him with a black stick, I almost beat him to death!"
Zheng Xiangqian squatted down in front of him, stared into his eyes, and said, "Use everything that can help you. There's nothing shameful about seeking outside help. Are you sure you've asked everyone you should?"
“I wasn’t afraid of losing face, and I found people to help, but nobody could control them, and they only made our family poorer…”
"You idiot, come find me!" Zheng Xiangqian kicked him again. It felt good to kick his cousin; he wouldn't dare mess with his own brother—he couldn't beat him. "Get up, let's get acquainted again. I'm your cousin, Zheng Xiangqian."
Lei Ming didn't react immediately, "Huh? Where did I suddenly get a cousin?"
"Your own uncle's family, ask your mother later. Now I'm telling you clearly, I can help you and your family get out of this hellhole. But..."
Lei Ming couldn't believe it: "Really? You can take all of us away? Including my mother and my two sons? You have that much ability?"
Zheng Xiangqian rolled his eyes. "Of course, I only intervened because of my aunt. The problem is, you have to eliminate any future troubles before I can take you away."
"Eliminate future troubles, what does that mean?"
"Foolish me, your own father and older brother live in that red brick house. I'm asking you, your father isn't dead yet, so how come your mother lives with you? Did you separate from the family?"
"Well... you could say they've separated. My mother couldn't live with them anymore, so she came to live with us."
"Did your family division go through the village, clan, and commune? Was it written down and made public?"
"Do we really have to do this? Isn't dividing the family property a family matter? Our two families are enemies now, and we both know that, so isn't that enough?"
"You... go home and eat first before we talk, I'm starving!" Zheng Xiangqian took a deep breath and strode forward.
Lei Ming hurriedly followed and led the way, as his cousin was probably confused from anger and almost got lost. Zheng Xiangqian said that he had wandered around aimlessly in his search for someone to chat with and had lost his way.
"Ming'er, why did you come back with your cousin?"
"We've run into them!"
“They are blood relatives, yet they have never met before,” Zheng Shujuan said to Song Xiuying.
"Did you greet her? This is your aunt!"
"Hello, Auntie! Hello, Cousin!" Lei Ming greeted them with a chuckle and then went into the kitchen.
As soon as I entered, I was greeted by a wonderful aroma—it smelled amazing! "Minmin, where did all this food come from? It can't be…"
"No, these were all brought over by my aunt and uncle." Gu Xiaomin knew that Lei Ming was worried that they were 'sugar-coated bullets' sent from next door, so she quickly interrupted him to avoid affecting his mood.
"That's good! It smells so good!" Lei Ming picked up a piece of pig's blood dumpling and put it in his mouth. "What is this? It's really delicious and chewy."
"My aunt brought these over too, she says they're called pig's blood dumplings. My cousin taught me how to make them. By the way, Ming-ge, where's your cousin? He was just teaching me how to make them, but I was a little scared and didn't talk to him, so he left. Doesn't he know he's angry?"
"Oh, he's not angry. I came back with him. He's a nice guy, don't overthink it. I'm taking the dishes out." Lei Ming rubbed his left foot against the lower part of his right foot. He was a nice guy, but his foot wasn't light.
A well-balanced dinner with both meat and vegetables was enjoyed by both adults and children. Lei Ming, in particular, a strong and capable man, found the pleasure of eating his fill of meat and vegetables incredibly satisfying. He looked at Zheng Xiangqian with a different expression, eagerly asking, "Cousin, didn't you say you wanted to discuss something after dinner?"