Chapter 707: Was It Those Two Brothers Again?

If it weren’t for being outside, Zhang Guilan would have laughed out loud.

Now it’s great, that kind of person like Zhang Wenbin got his comeuppance, let’s see how he will bully Juanzi in the future.

Lin Chuxia raised an eyebrow.

Previously, the two brothers Qin Han and Qin Yang beat up Zhang Wenbin in the middle of the night. She had considered finding a way to get Zhang Wenbin caught.

But she was busy during this time, and after the New Year, Jia Liang’s family returned to Yan City, so she put the matter aside.

Was it those two brothers again?

Qin Yang did say that the beating Zhang Wenbin received was just paying a little interest first.

Lin Chuxia knew that Qin Han wouldn’t tell Zhang Guilan about such a thing, so she thought she’d ask her older brother when she got home.

The two walked home together, and just after entering the village, they saw a figure from afar.

Lin Chuxia hadn’t seen clearly who it was when Zhang Guilan spoke up.

"Really gone crazy missing her son, doesn’t even care about her life."

She slightly raised her chin and said towards the person’s back, "Ma Suyun is pregnant again."

That person turned out to be Ma Suyun?

Lin Chuxia looked closely, and indeed it was Ma Suyun.

A very emaciated Ma Suyun.

This past New Year when she came home, she didn’t even run into Qin Wen and Ma Suyun, whether they were deliberately avoiding her or not.

Not even during the New Year’s greeting at her uncle’s house on the first day did she see the couple.

Zhang Guilan noticed that the distant figure seemed to have spotted them and was obviously trying to evade them in a panic, so she couldn’t help but snort coldly.

"See, this is what happens when you’re overly guilty, I bet they can’t even sleep well tonight."

Lin Chuxia also thought of something and chuckled, "Has she been avoiding us all along?"

"How could she not? Back when they reported me, they were so justified, and now they have to feel guilty, but it’s just them with their dirty little hearts. No matter how much I look down on that couple, it’s still a little life, and I can’t do such things."

Zhang Guilan remembered the grudge from back then, and because of this, there was no hope for the rest of her life to speak nicely to Qin Wen and his wife.

But remembering is one thing, she wouldn’t retaliate against them in the same way.

It’s too wicked.

"Just now I almost didn’t recognize her. I remember her daughter is a few days younger than Qi Qi, and she was born prematurely. How could she be pregnant again so soon?"

Not that Lin Chuxia cared about Ma Suyun, but her appearance was truly a bit alarming.

"She wants a son. When Ma Suyun was pregnant with their first child, Qin Wen and Ma Suyun declared to the whole village that they were going to have a son. It turned out to be a girl, and I heard Qin Wen was very angry. That pregnancy wasn’t easy for them to start with, and Ma Suyun probably couldn’t accept it either. I guess she wants to have a son as soon as possible. Actually, in their current situation, according to policy, they could have a second child in a few years, spend a few years on recovery, and maybe they would have a son then. Who knows what they’re thinking."

After saying so, she looked around and lowered her voice, "Ma Suyun and her husband may want to hide it, but given the relationship between Auntie and our mom, what is there that they don’t know? When Ma Suyun just got pregnant, our mom already knew, also because Auntie told her. Ma Suyun gave birth to the first child prematurely at home, and her body hadn’t recovered properly yet. Then she got pregnant with a second child, experiencing morning sickness frequently and bleeding a few times..."

Zhang Guilan shook her head and clicked her tongue twice.

The implication was obvious.

Lin Chuxia couldn’t understand such behavior of risking life for a son either.

Is a son really that important?

They say raising sons for old age care, but how many people truly need their children’s care?

In rural areas like theirs, Mr. Qin and Mrs. Qin are already old, and though neither Qin Han nor Qin Yang needs their parents to worry about their lives, Mr. Qin still helps with the farm and takes care of the agricultural supply store.

As for Mrs. Qin, it goes without saying; both Zhuangzhuang and Yaoyao were raised by her. She manages everything at home, inside and out.

Isn’t it clear that it’s not the son supporting them, but the whole family working together to sustain this household?

In a lifetime, how many days do people really need their children’s care?

Often when the time comes, many elderly parents will call their daughters to their side.

Raising sons for old age care, raising daughters for serving.

Then they’ll add that daughters are attentive and more convenient for care.

Sons are clumsy and rough; how can they handle the delicate task of caregiving?

A son inherits the family estate, benefits from a lifetime of parental support, and even the married-off daughter lends a hand.

How many times do people raise sons not for support, but as if paying off debts?

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When they got home, Mrs. Qin had almost finished cooking.

Seeing the two return together, Mrs. Qin went to stir-fry another dish.

Zhang Guilan washed her hands and held the child. Lin Chuxia wanted to help Mrs. Qin with the cooking, but she was shooed out.

Just one dish left, no need for her to step in.

As soon as Zhang Guilan got home, she told the family about Zhang Wenbin being taken into custody. Qin’s family didn’t know Zhang Wenbin had harassed Qin Juan again before the New Year, but they clearly remembered what he had done to her earlier.

Hearing he was taken into custody, everyone felt relieved.

They had long wanted Zhang Wenbin to be taken into custody; back then, when the Zhang Family beat up Qin Juan so badly, it was clearly intentional harm, yet it was reduced to civil mediation.

Mr. Qin, Mrs. Qin, and Zhang Guilan cursed Zhang Wenbin, while Lin Chuxia directly asked if it was Qin Han and his brother who did it.

Qin Han was clearly in a good mood too and said with a smile, "Why would we need to do anything? That day we went to settle accounts with Zhang Wenbin because Jia Liang wasn’t around. Later, when Jia Liang came back, he dealt with that bastard himself; you know how much Jia Liang treasures Juanzi, and now that Juanzi is pregnant with his child, how could he just swallow it?"

"Did Jia Liang also beat him up? Why didn’t I hear you mention it?"

These men, honestly, at their age, still act like little schoolboys, sneakily ganging up to do bad things.

"He did want to yank him out and beat him up," Qin Han couldn’t help but laugh, "But Zhang Wenbin must be scared of being beaten since we ambushed him with a burlap sack and beat him up. He hasn’t stepped out of their house since then, covers the doors in broad daylight, and let’s his wife handle everything. Not even his parents are coming out, probably to avoid being beaten."

"Guess he knows he’s done too many wrongdoings," Lin Chuxia scoffed, "So if he didn’t come out, how did Jia Liang manage to settle the score with the Zhang Family?"

There’s no way he barged into the Zhang’s and beat someone up, right? That would be trespassing, which is illegal.

Even though Jia Liang has done illegal things before.

But now Qin Juan is pregnant, and he’s managing the big business at Qin’s Restaurant, he shouldn’t be so reckless.

"This matter, you’d never guess," not only Lin Chuxia couldn’t have guessed it, he didn’t either, "Jia Liang had someone watch over there for two days but didn’t catch them. As the New Year approached, he bought a sack of firecrackers, gathered a few buddies, and on New Year’s Eve, they surrounded Zhang Wenbin’s house and tossed the whole sack of firecrackers into their yard. I heard it went off for half an hour, broke a few pieces of the Zhang family’s glass, and Mrs. Zhang was lying on the bed and got a face full of glass shards. Even the doghouse in the yard got blown up..."