Reborn 73 years later, he takes his mother-in-law hunting in the mountains.

Chapter 386 The Zhang Family Captures Their Daughter

Fan Suzhen thought that Yuan Hai would be so tired from drinking and doing errands last night that he would sleep until 7 a.m., the time for his work.

Little did she know that Yuan Hai was preoccupied with something, and he woke up as soon as she left.

When they saw that Fan Suzhen was gone, they didn't take it too seriously.

Get up and light the fire in the stove.

The more I thought about it, the more something seemed off.

How could my wife go to work without lighting the stove or cooking?

I had agreed to go find Shumei yesterday.

This woman disagrees with what I and my father did; she must have gone herself.

broken!

No one knows a wife better than her husband.

Yuan Hai jumped up and grabbed his bicycle, heading towards Jiapigou.

You don't have to wait for a car when you ride a bike, and although the speed is slower, the time difference isn't that much.

So they arrived one after the other.

He went to Lu Yao's house first, but didn't see Fan Suzhen there.

Lu Yao's mother and Niu Er'ya are chatting.

Yuan Hai was very puzzled. Every time he came to Lu Yao's house, there was a pretty young girl with her. He wondered who this kid was!

Upon hearing her purpose, Lu Xiaoqian immediately offered to help find her brother and headed straight for Ding Dahu's house.

Yuan Hai couldn't sit still either, so he came out and followed along.

Lu Xiaoqian entered the house, and he arrived as well.

As soon as I entered the door, I saw Yuan Shumei and my wife sitting on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed).

I couldn't help but get angry.

He wouldn't speak to anyone, but yelled at Yuan Shumei:

"You little brat, you've been sneaking around for so many days, you've really gone too far! Put on your clothes and come back with me!"

Yuan Shumei was also angry.

She shook her head: "I'm not going back! You and Grandpa don't care about me at all; you're pushing me into a fire pit."

Yuan Hai glanced at the people in the room and said angrily, "Stop talking! We'll discuss this when we get back!"

He reached out and pulled Yuan Shumei.

Fan Suzhen wouldn't allow it, and she pulled his hand away:

"No, I won't let my daughter go back. Your father is too heartless. Our eldest daughter has already been harmed so badly, and now he's going to harm my second daughter. I won't let Shumei go back."

"You shameless woman, have you gone too far? Don't you treat me like the head of the household anymore?"

Fan Suzhen retorted stubbornly, "You're the head of the family my ass! Your father is the one who makes the decisions for you. Go back and live with your father; I'm not going back!"

"You bastard, you've gone too far!"

Yuan Hai raised his hand to slap Fan Suzhen.

In this era, male chauvinism is rampant. People beat their wives without considering the date, and few divorces are caused by domestic violence.

On the contrary, some women accept being hit by men.

They believe that obeying one's father at home and one's husband after marriage is a traditional virtue.

Yuan Hai slapped her, and Fan Suzhen closed her eyes.

They're waiting to get beaten, but even if they get beaten, they can't let their daughter go back.

After waiting for a long time, the slap never landed on him.

When he opened his eyes, he saw that Yuan Hai's hand had been grabbed by Lu Yao.

Lu Yao's face darkened:

"Director Yuan, this isn't right. What era are we living in? Why are you still forcing people into marriage? The government advocates freedom of marriage; it's no longer the time for parents to arrange marriages."

Ding Dahu also advised:

"Yeah, brother, let the kids decide their own marriages. I don't care what my daughter does; let her find whoever she wants. As long as she doesn't regret it."

Ding Mei pulled Yuan Shumei and hid inside the kang (a heated brick bed).

If it weren't for Shumei's sake, she would have let Huniu bite Yuan Hai.

I get angry when I see him being unreasonable.

Yuan Hai forcefully shook off Lu Yao's hand:

"Get out of my way! You're no better than me. You're the one who hid my daughter, and you pretended not to know when we met last time. I misjudged you!"

Lu Yao sighed and said, "I'm doing this for your own good. Calm down before you meet again, so as not to ruin your relationship with your daughter. If you keep interfering in your daughter's marriage, she won't even recognize you when you're old. Let's see if you'll still be so arrogant then. If you don't believe me, ask Uncle Da Hu if that's the truth."

"Damn it, that's for sure!"

Ding Dahu nodded, looking like he understood.

Yuan Hai saw that everyone was trying to persuade him, but he didn't want to air his dirty laundry in public.

Calm down, stopped hitting people, and stood with his hands on his hips, asking Fan Suzhen and Yuan Shumei:

"What, you're not going home? You're going to stay here forever? You'll have to go back eventually, right? We'll discuss it when we get back. Let's go."

Yuan Shumei was completely untrustworthy.

Knowing his father's stubborn temper, Lu Yao couldn't be persuaded with just a few words.

You have to change your attitude once you leave this room.

He shook his head again: "I'm not going back. I'll spend the New Year with Xiao Meizi, and I'll go back after the New Year. I've already promised Xiao Meizi."

Ding Mei nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, Uncle, let Shumei stay at my house. She can go back home after her ribs have healed. My leg is broken too, so we can grow up faster if we both nurse together."

Yuan Hai was not about to listen to the nonsense of a young girl.

He stared wide-eyed at Fan Suzhen again:

"Are you determined to go against me, waiting for me to drag you back? Or are you waiting for me to divorce you?"

Fan Suzhen cried.

At this point, I feel caught in a dilemma.

She didn't want her daughter to suffer, nor did she want to have a falling out with her husband.

"Dahai, I'm begging you. Going home is fine, but don't force our daughter to marry someone she doesn't love. Shi Shouyin beat her like this; if you force her to marry him, he'll ruin her. Your father isn't her real father, so he doesn't care about his granddaughter. You created this daughter yourself..."

Yuan Hai was also heartbroken as he cried.

"Why bring that up? It's not like I don't care about my daughter. I'm just trying to protect her. Do you really want her to have an accident like Shuya...?"

"Huh? What do you mean?"

Yuan Shumei was taken aback and quickly asked her father:

Was my sister's accident caused by someone?

Yuan Hai felt he had said too much.

He kept quiet about it and reached out to pull Fan Suzhen's hand:

"Stop talking nonsense, hurry up and go home with your daughter. There are too many people here, it's best to say less."

At this moment, Lu Yao spoke again:

"Director Yuan, you and your father are so determined to marry Shumei off to Shi Shouyin. Have you asked Shi Shouyin if he agrees?"

Yuan Hai was taken aback, then shook his head: "It's none of your business, this is my family matter."

Lu Yao also heard from Fan Suzhen that Yuan Hai was forced to do this by his father, Yuan Tianshu.

But as a man in his forties who couldn't distinguish right from wrong, Lu Yao was also angry:

"Stop pulling Auntie. Go back and tell Shumei's grandfather that Shi Shouyin was attacked, his manhood was cut off, half of it died and was thrown away, and the other half is shrunken. Now he has to squat to pee. He won't want your Shumei anymore. Do you really want to marry your daughter to a eunuch?"

"what?"

Yuan Hai was taken aback.

"Really?"

He knew that Shi Shouyin had been attacked and injured at the state-owned cotton mill.

But I didn't know where the injury was, or how serious it was.

But looking back at Lu Yao, he was angry again.

That kid never gives a straight answer; who knows if he's lying?

He angrily said, "I will not marry my daughter to Shi Shouyin, nor will I let her stay in Jiapigou."

Turning around and roaring:

"You brat, get down here, or I'll get on the bed and grab you!"

Just as he was about to climb up, a fierce tiger leaped out from the kang (a heated brick bed).

"Woohoo!"

It let out a soft, childish cry and tried to bite him, but Yuan Hai slapped it away.

He reached out, grabbed the toes, and pulled them down.

Ding Mei shouted, "You grabbed the wrong one! This is my foot! Hey, don't pull on my injured leg!"

Lu Yao hesitated to act because he was an elder and out of respect for Shumei, but Ding Dahu couldn't contain his temper.

"You old bastard, you can't tell right from wrong! Have you been blinded by greed, trying to use your daughter to climb the social ladder? Get down here right now!"

Don't be fooled by Ding Dahu's outburst when he wanted to marry Ding Mei off to Zheng Wenli; he's furious now that he sees others doing the same thing.

He was thinking about his daughter's future happiness.

要是郑文礼揍自己闺女，别说嫁给他，毛都让他见不到。

How could I possibly marry my daughter to someone who beat her?

He reached out and pulled Yuan Hai off the kang (a heated brick bed):

"Let me tell you, brother, this is my house. If you act recklessly, don't say I don't respect Shumei; I'll make you lose face!"

Just then, Niu Erya ran in:

"Brother Wa, someone's looking for you. Their name is Director Shi..."