After waiting for a long time, the Zhang family didn’t come. At the gate, Xing Ge called out, “Zhou Zhou? Why didn’t you go wash clothes today? I was waiting to talk to you.”

　　Xing Ge’er was carrying a basin of washed clothes, his fingers were red from the cold, and he was talking as he walked.

　　Li Zhouzhou came out of the kitchen and took Xing’er in to talk. His husband was reading in the room. Xing’er’s eyebrows and eyes were full of joy. He put the basin under the eaves, sat in front of the stove to warm his hands, and said impatiently: “Zhang’s family has returned to her parents’ home.”

　　”Ah?” Li Zhouzhou stopped kneading the steamed buns.

　　Xing Ge’er looked like he was enjoying the misfortune of others and said proudly, “You didn’t know? He Wanwan has been talking about this for a long time, and I was waiting for you to come over. I didn’t expect you didn’t come today, so I was so happy that I quickly came to talk to you.”

　　”I’ll help you vent your anger.”

　　After talking for a long time, no one said what happened. Even Li Zhouzhou, who didn’t like to listen to the excitement, couldn’t help but interrupt, “What happened? I know that Niu Dan suffocated the chicken to death.”

　　”It is said that Daniu took a knife and killed another chicken last night.” said Xing’er.

　　Li Zhouzhou’s eyes widened. How did one chicken become two?

　　”How dare Daniu?”

　　It’s not that Li Zhouzhou looked down on Da Niu. In the Zhang family’s house, without Tian’s permission, Zhang Zhuzi and his father together didn’t dare to touch a single vegetable in the house.

　　Xing Ge’er was so excited that he stopped roasting the chicken and said happily, “The chicken was suffocated to death by Niu Dan. After the Zhang family scolded and beat them, the family said that the chicken was dead, so they just stewed it and ate it.”

　　That’s right. If the chicken dies, it cannot survive. Although there is less meat, it can still have a meaty smell.

　　”Who knew that Zhang’s family would curse back, saying who dared to eat her chicken? I just listened to it. Anyway, she cursed the whole family, and in the end she said she would take the dead chicken back to her mother’s house to give to my eldest brother to nourish his body.”

　　”I don’t know how Daniu got into the kitchen, picked up a knife and touched the chicken coop and killed a chicken.”

　　Li Zhouzhou said that it was quiet at night, but then it happened again.

　　”I heard that Daniu didn’t even clean up the chicken feathers and cooked the chicken whole in the dark. The Zhang family jumped and cursed at the door of the kitchen for most of the night, and their throats were hoarse. But Daniu didn’t open the door. When the door was opened after the chicken was cooked, Zhang Zhuzi and his father were dumbfounded and didn’t know what to say…”

　　Li Zhouzhou asked: “Where’s the chicken?”

　　”They said they ate it all, but the Zhang didn’t eat any. They^[1]Aunt Zhang were so angry that they couldn’t eat any more. They beat and hit Daniu, saying they wanted to divide the family property. Zhang Zhuzi and his father finally spoke sensibly. How could Daniu divide the family property when he didn’t even have a wife?”

　　After a night of commotion, it was the first time that Tian was bullied by someone, and it was her son. She was used to being powerful at home, so how could she tolerate this?

　　”He came with a basket early in the morning. I heard that Niu Dan had taken away the chickens and eggs that were suffocated to death. Who knows if he has any money left? I guess he has. The money of the Zhang family is managed by someone else. Zhang Zhuzi is chasing after him, but he hasn’t come back yet.”

　　Xing Ge’er was learning with great interest. After he finished speaking, he sighed, “I’m afraid he will be back at noon. The Zhang family didn’t go far. After all this back and forth, it will be the same as before.”

　　After the lively conversation, Xing Ge’er didn’t sit for long. He took the laundry basin and left to go back to cook.

　　Li Zhouzhou also thought so. The Zhang family was still under the management of the Tian family, but the better off she was, the better. If anyone from the Zhang family dared to come, he would block them before his husband.

　　Just as Li Zhouzhou and Xing ger guessed, Tian and Zhang Zhuzi came back before dark that day, and the baskets were empty, probably because they had given all the money to their brothers from her mother’s family.

　　Li Zhouzhou was worried and waited for Zhang’s family to come to his house the next day to ask for the chicken, but he didn’t expect that he would never see it.

　　Tian was defeated by Da Niu.

　　To be precise, after Daniu killed the chicken, he seemed to have found a way to deal with his mother. As long as he was shameless, his mother couldn’t really beat him to death, but she could just scold him a few words. Why would he be afraid of her?

　　If he wants meat and is not given it, he will pretend to kill a chicken.

　　If you don’t give me dry rice, I’ll kill the chicken.

　　Tian kept howling and cursing, but no one could persuade her. She pretended to go back to her parents’ home, and Zhang Zhuzi went to chase her again. After going back and forth like this, she had no time to think about the Li family anymore.