When Hetu hurried to the gate of the familiar courtyard, the people in the courtyard had just gotten up. Fang He was sweeping the fallen leaves and dust in the yard with a large broom, stopping from time to time to wipe the sweat from his forehead. Cheng Jiaji squatted on the steps, was bowing a handful of water from the basin to wash his face, his embarrassed appearance had disappeared, replaced by a delicate and somewhat rebellious face, hearing the footsteps from the gate of the courtyard, he subconsciously turned his head to take a look, as soon as he saw that it was Hetu, his face changed, he hurriedly got up, and he didn't even bother to wipe off the water droplets on his face, so he opened the curtain and walked quickly into the room where Hetu lived.

He Di didn't see Cheng Jiaji disappear in a hurry, she only saw Fang He who was busy in the yard. Walking in the door, she first glanced around, but when she didn't see her parents-in-law, she was relieved first, and hurriedly stepped forward to take Fanghe's hand and dragged her out of the door.

When Fang He saw her sister-in-law coming over suddenly, she already understood in her heart. She knew that what she was worried about was also what her sister-in-law was worried about, and when her sister-in-law came over, she must have asked her eldest brother for something. She turned her head to look at the door of her house, with a slight resentment in her eyes, and before she could say anything, her body had been dragged out of the door.

"You know what?" He Di didn't have time to stop, and looked straight at Fang He with two red and swollen eyes, "They have been gambling, even Jia Ji has gone to gamble!" I was fighting with others last night, and I came back with a blue nose and swollen face! If I hadn't asked him, I don't know how long he would have lied to me! ”

"Huh?" Fang He's eyes widened in surprise, to be honest, when she was worried at the beginning, she always thought that Cheng Jiaji might go out to find a woman, but she never thought that he would gamble. Now hearing what He Tu said, her heart jumped, and she suddenly remembered that Cheng Jiaji took money from home like flowing water, and the dowry she brought over was almost empty for him. She became panicked, and couldn't help but grab Hedi's arm, and asked urgently, "Then what should we do?" ”

He Tu originally wanted to discuss a solution with Fang He, but when he saw her, he also panicked, and he had to calm down first. If both of them are so flustered, then apart from complaining to each other and hugging and crying, what good can it do to the current development of events? He Tu pursed her lips tightly, she was thinking in her heart, even if Fang He was wronged, her situation was better than herself, Jia Ji went out to gamble, she could tell her father-in-law, let her father-in-law teach him a lesson like he taught Cheng Jiahua at the beginning, Cheng Jiaji is very timid and obedient, and he won't go out to gamble again, which is more than 80% likely. And Cheng Jiahua looks gentle and has a very good temper on the face, but he is very willful and stubborn in his heart, and now it is no longer a problem for him to be beaten, not to mention whether his father-in-law will be willing to care about him. No matter what he thinks in his heart, he feels that he has suffered too much, and Fanghe's situation is easy to solve, so isn't he the only one who suffers the same grievances and sorrows at that time? Thinking so, she decided not to tell her father-in-law first, she came up with a way that a woman at home would subconsciously come up with, that is, when Cheng Jiahua went to gamble, she and Fanghe took the child to make trouble, and his face was dull, and he couldn't stay in those places anymore. He is such a face-loving person, this method must be very useful.

Having made up his mind, Hetu told Fang He what he thought in his heart.

Fang He is a weak woman, she has always had no idea of her own, she was panicking, hearing that Hetu came up with such an idea, she seemed to grasp a life-saving straw, nodded urgently, and agreed with Hedi's words very much, not realizing that this matter was a better and more labor-saving solution for her. Seeing that Fanghe agreed, the pressure in his heart was reduced by half. The negative impact of this incident does not have to be borne by her alone, but someone shares it with her, which is also like a lifesaver for her, otherwise she doesn't know how she can persevere. She told Fang He to keep an eye on Cheng Jiaji, so that she could figure out which gambling house they were gambling in, so that they could easily take their children to make trouble, and they didn't have to go all over the city to find them one by one. Fang He obediently agreed, but her heart was still flustered, and she even lost her steps when she walked. He Tu watched her figure disappear into the door, and then turned and walked in the direction of the house, her brow furrowed, and her face looked even more sad.

She barely knew how she spent the day.

It was as if she had lost her soul, lost her assertiveness, and every minute and second seemed to pass in a blur. Her heart was very nervous and anxious, as if a hand kept tickling her heart, making her unable to calm down. She waited, but she didn't know what she was waiting for, but at the same time she was a little excited, as if she was about to go to war. The sun gradually moved to the middle of the sky, and then moved to the west, and the surroundings were quiet, only the sound of ping-pong came from the construction site next to the decoration. He Tu sat down at the dining table, staring blankly at the half-built courtyard wall in the courtyard, and his heart became empty.

"Mom! The water is boiling! Cheng Yan stood up from the side, shook her arm, and pointed to the water in the pot that kept shouting.

He Tu hurriedly stood up and opened the lid of the pot, the water in the pot had already been boiling for a long time, and the amount was less than half of what had been poured before, and it was gurgling and blistering. He Tu picked up the thermos pot in despair, scooped the boiling water into the pot, and suddenly, her alert ears heard a noise of footsteps outside, as if she had been electrocuted, and hurriedly put down the water spoon in her hand, leaning over to look outside.

She thought it was Fang He who had come, and she thought that Fang He had known which gambling house they had gone to, and now she was coming to inform her, so that they could go to them together to settle accounts.

But the person who came was not a thin, well-behaved female figure, but a somewhat familiar bald head and a few young gangsters who walked very arrogantly behind them.

He Tu chuckled in his heart, and subconsciously wanted to rush over to close the door, but before he could reach the door, the bald head had already seen her. He seemed to remember who she was, and shouted from afar, "Girl! You wait! ”

He Tu panicked in her heart, she took a closer look at the bald head and his brothers, and saw that they were all empty, there were no vicious weapons such as knives and sticks, and even the expressions on their faces were calm and peaceful, not as scary as when they first met. Her heart was settled, but she was still afraid, and hid behind the door to watch their movements, hesitating as she hesitated how to send them.

The bald head walked to the door, looked at Hetu, who only showed his head, and asked, "Where is Cheng Jiahua?" ”

"He, he's not there!" He replied loudly, shrinking back behind the door.

Seeing that she was so afraid of herself, she snorted and laughed, and said with a wry smile: "Sister, are you so afraid of me?" I don't eat human flesh, I'm just here to ask for an account, what are you afraid of?"

"He said he wouldn't eat human flesh, but he might really eat human flesh when he looks like that." He Tu thought secretly in his heart, and his body was unmoved.

"Where did he go?" The bald head asked again.

"I don't know!" She really didn't know about this, but even if she knew, she wouldn't tell him, although she hated Cheng Jiahua now, she didn't want her husband to be beaten again.

"Okay, then I won't talk nonsense, I'll ask you, when do you plan to pay back the money he owes me?" The bald man lit a cigarette and tilted his body to look at her with squinted eyes.

"I, I-" He Tu stammered, not knowing how to deal with it, how did she know when Cheng Jiahua planned to pay it back, she didn't even know where he went to gamble every day.

"If he doesn't pay back the money, I'll stay here and won't leave!" The bald head put on a broken expression, and pointed to the brother behind him, "If I'm tired, let him guard, and when he's tired, let another person guard, anyway, don't plan to live a good life." After speaking, he turned his head to look at this courtyard, and couldn't help but laugh sarcastically, "This courtyard of your house is quite big, I don't know that Cheng Jiahua has no money to pay back, but he has the money to buy a yard." ”

As soon as He Tu heard him say that he wanted to stay at the door of his house, she became anxious, and she hurriedly said: "You want to pay, you go to Cheng Jiahua, why are you staying at the door of my house?" ”

The bald head was once again laughed at by her words, he looked at her funny, and asked, "Isn't Cheng Jiahua your husband?" I can't find him, isn't it natural to ask you for money? Isn't this Cheng Jiahua's home? ”

"He's not home!" He Tu accentuated his tone and said a little annoyed, "He's out all day, and he rarely comes back even at night!" I can't even see his people, it's useless for you to stay here. ”

"You can always see it." The bald head was unmoved, but found a shady place to sit down. He greeted his brothers, turned to Hetu and shouted, "Sister, do you have anything to eat?" ”

He retracted his head, slammed the open door of the kitchen, turned and walked quickly into the living room, closing the door of the living room as well. She leaned against the cold iron door, panicking and thinking of a way, but because she was too scared, she couldn't think of any useful ideas, so she had to hope that Fanghe would come soon, so that she could share the current frightening scene for her, and help her think of a way from the perspective of others.

Cheng Yan ran over, waving his little hands and shouting, "Mom! I am hungry! ”

He agreed haphazardly, but didn't listen to a word. She walked anxiously in place, I don't know how many times she turned, and suddenly leaned in the crack of the door and looked out, and saw that the people were talking to each other, and there was no sign that she was going to leave. Not far away, at the opposite door, the middle-aged woman stood at the door with her son in her hand, watching curiously at the scene in her yard. He Tu saw the taste of gossip in her eyes, and the feeling in her heart became worse and worse, and she didn't know what rumors this woman would spread to the outside world.

"What should I do?" After this series of blows, Hetu felt that he was about to collapse. She has never experienced such a thing, when she was at her father-in-law's house, although the group of people had weapons in their hands, she relied on the presence of her family, so she was not so afraid in her heart, if they really wanted to fight, there were still people behind her to help her, but now it was different, there was only her and two young children in this huge courtyard, if they really had any bad intentions, they were afraid that they would not have the slightest strength to resist, maybe there would be some accidents. And she still had a little hope for the other door, but at this time, the woman only had the expression of watching a play, and she had no intention of coming over to help her. All her hopes were disappointed, and her heart became more and more anxious, and she really didn't know what to do.

She was in a panic when there was a sudden knock on the door behind her. She jumped up from the spot like a thunderbolt on her head, and watched the door warily, listening to the movement outside it.

"Is there any water? Pour a few cups for the brothers! A flowing voice came from outside the door, and the words were mixed with disgusting laughter, "Sister-in-law, you are so good-looking, don't stay inside the door all the time, you also come out and take a walk outside, let the brothers take a look, so that you can feast your eyes." ”

He Tu took two steps back in fright, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw Cheng Yan's body curiously sticking to the crack in the door, hurriedly reached out to grab her, turned around and fled towards the bedroom inside. She closed the bedroom door tightly, hugging Cheng Yan and Cheng Lin in the corner, trembling all over, waiting in a panic, she was waiting for Fang He to come, and at the same time waiting for Cheng Jiahua to come back. But the latter wait seemed very hopeless, and it seemed that he would not return for a while.

When the thugs heard the young man say this, they all started to laugh, but only the bald head sat among them and did not speak or laugh. From time to time, he looked here and there, and seemed to be thinking in his heart how much this courtyard was worth. When the young man heard the laughter of his brothers, he was encouraged, and he knocked on the door with his hand raised, and shouted in a loud voice, "Sister-in-law! Did you hear that? The brothers have come to your house, so you must come out to entertain them. He turned his head to look behind him, the corners of his mouth turned up wickedly, waiting for his brothers to heckle again. The scene became lively, as he had expected, and he struck again, repeating the sentence excitedly.

As soon as there was a knock on the door, Hedi's heart jumped violently, and if she continued to knock like this, she felt like she was about to have a heart attack. She wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, looked at the humble bedroom, looking for a place to escape, but no, the window was so small, and the glass was sealed, if you wanted to get out, you had to break the glass, wouldn't the people in the courtyard hear? Feeling a pang of despair, he couldn't help but clench the broom in his hand, and looked at the door vigilantly through his tearful eyes, for fear that they would break through the door and break in.

I don't know how long they knocked or how long they shouted in the yard, but in the vague impression of Hedi, I just remember that the knocking on the door suddenly stopped, and the surroundings suddenly fell silent, as if a switch had been turned on and all the noisy sounds had been turned off. She listened for a while, and indeed heard no sound outside the door, wondering if they had already left, and was about to get up and go out to take a look, when there was a violent knock on the window beside her, and the sound of flowing air came again, although through the thick glass, it was still heard clearly.

"Sister-in-law! So you're hiding here! Why, didn't you hear what the brothers said? You should come out and pour a glass of water for the brothers! ”

She closed her eyes tightly, screamed, pulled up the curtains, and covered her ears tightly. She broke down and cried, her heart was scared and resentful, she was afraid of what they would do to her and her children, and she was also resentful of Cheng Jiahua, who caused her to meet this fate, if it weren't for him, she wouldn't have fallen into such a field of threats and intimidation. The two children beside her were frightened by her reaction, and they also opened their mouths and cried together, and the uneven and ripe cries were full of bitterness and bitterness, which made people unbearable to listen to.

He Tu couldn't hold back any longer, she went crazy and took out the old piggy bank in the closet, grabbed all the money she had saved from it, opened the door and ran outside. Running to the gate, she screamed outside, "Don't you want an account!" I'll give you the money and you'll go! ”

The bald head seemed to be waiting for her words, and immediately replied, "Isn't that it?" ”

"I'll give it to you!" He Tu slammed the door open, shoved all the money into his hand, and shouted with tears in his eyes, "Hurry up!" I beg you! ”

The bald head sorted out the coins in his hand and was about to count them carefully. He was also a serious person, and he was forced to use this kind of indiscriminate method by the debtor, and he also felt very unhappy in his heart, and he was thinking about a quick solution and retreat quickly, otherwise he would be said by others that he Chen Ye bullied women and children, and he would lose face, or should he mix up here? He was quickly halfway through the count when he heard a call from behind him, and it was his name. He looked up and looked behind him suspiciously, not knowing what else he knew here.

I saw a man with a long figure and a bony man standing on the side of the broken courtyard wall, he had a short and very energetic plank, his complexion was tanned, but his figure was straight. He looked in their direction in surprise and curiosity, and called out the bald head's name again.