Chapter 527: Being Beaten
Chapter 527: Being Beaten
The day after Zhou Chengsen returned, he immediately transferred Zhou Ying to the town's school. Zhou Ying attended the town's primary school for a day, and tomorrow she would be back at the village school.
In fact, the teaching conditions at the village school were not as good as those in town, but Zhou Chengsen had to work, and sometimes he had overtime and social engagements, so he couldn't take care of his daughter.
Especially since primary school ended earlier than his work hours, how could he pick her up?
He had no choice but to transfer her back to the village school, so his parents could help take care of her. This way, Zhou Ying could go to and from school with her brother, Zhou Zhou, and there was no need for anyone to pick her up.
Today, it was Zhou Chenglei who helped pick up Zhou Ying from town, and it was also Zhou Ying's last time leaving the town's primary school.
Jiang Xia didn't come; when he set off, she was still sleeping.
Last night, she had a leg cramp, so she slept early, and when she woke up, she couldn't fall asleep again. It wasn't until dawn that she finally dozed off, having barely slept all night.
Zhou Ying bounced out, and Zhou Chenglei hugged her and walked towards the motorcycle, "Tomorrow you'll be transferring schools, did you say goodbye to your classmates?"
"Yes," Zhou Ying hugged Zhou Chenglei's neck and looked behind him.
Li Xiuxian was just coming out.
Today she wore a skirt and was dressed up beautifully.
Liao Ruixiang said he would pick her up and take her out for a meal.
"I also went to say goodbye to Mom, and she gave me candy," Zhou Ying said.
Zhou Chenglei smiled and replied, "Yingying is so obedient."
He put Zhou Ying on the motorcycle and took out a packet of biscuits from his pocket, "Auntie prepared these for you, sit tight, Uncle is driving now."
Zhou Chenglei straddled the motorcycle and quickly drove off.
Just as the motorcycle drove out a dozen meters, Zhou Chenglei saw a slightly plump woman rushing to Li Xiuxian, who had just come out of the school gate. She grabbed Li Xiuxian's hair and slapped her across the face, "You bitch!"
Zhou Chenglei quickly turned a corner.
Zhou Ying kept her head down, busy opening the package to eat the biscuits, and didn't see anything.
Zhou Chenglei brought Zhou Ying back home, and Jiang Xia had already woken up. She had eaten some fruit, dried meat, and small fish.
Jiang Xia asked Zhou Ying to eat something and rest.
Zhou Ying asked, "Where's my sister?"
"She's in the room doing homework."
"Then I'll do my homework too."
After finishing her homework, she could go out and play.
She could take the food outside and play while eating, and even share some with the other kids. That way, they would listen to her.
Zhou Ying hurriedly ran back with her school bag to do her homework.
Primary school homework was minimal: copying a lesson of new words and doing a few calculation problems, and that was it.
Jiang Xia said to Zhou Chenglei, "Let's go for a walk by the sea?"
After sleeping in the afternoon, she needed some activity, and after sleeping so much, she was afraid she wouldn't be able to sleep at night.
Zhou Chenglei said, "When I came back, I saw the tide had gone out, and many people were digging for West Beauty Tongues. I don't know if you've ever eaten them, but they're delicious. Do you want to go and dig some?"
It was getting late, so they would dig for an hour and see if they could dig enough for a meal. Tonight, he could make a porridge and a steamed West Beauty Tongue with garlic and vermicelli for Jiang Xia.
Jiang Xia hadn't even heard of it and simply said, "Okay."
Zhou Chenglei took a water bucket and a hoe and told Zhou Mu, "Mom, Summer and I are going to the sea."
"Go! Your dad went early, and he said there were many red snails. Dig some more and bring them back to cook a porridge tonight."
West Beauty Tongues were also called red snails, and their shells had a reddish tint.
Zhou Mu also loved eating West Beauty Tongues.
At this time, Tian Caifua rode over on her bicycle, "Mom, are you going to dig for red snails?"
The people in the fishing village liked to call anything with a shell a snail.
Zhou Mu said, "I'm not going. Summer and Ah Lei are just about to leave."
Tian Caifua unconsciously said, "Then I'll go with you on the motorcycle."
After saying this, she glanced at Jiang Xia's round belly, which was carrying three children, and felt that the motorcycle might be too crowded for five people, "Forget it, I'll ride my bicycle."
"I'll go ahead," she said, and hurriedly rode off on her bicycle.
Zhou Chenglei pushed his motorcycle out, helped Jiang Xia onto the bike, and then got on himself. He started the engine and followed behind Tian Caifua, keeping a close distance.
Up ahead, Li Xiuxian rode her bicycle towards them.
Tian Caifua didn't want to pay her any attention, but she couldn't help but notice her swollen face! It startled Tian Caifua so much that she exclaimed, "Oh, you scared me! I thought a pig was riding a bicycle on the road! It's you!"
"Second Sister-in-law, have you done something so terrible that people would come after you if they found out?"
Jiang Xia also saw Li Xiuxian riding towards them and was taken aback by her swollen face.
It was so swollen!
Li Xiuxian pulled her hat down, keeping her head low as she hurriedly rode past them.
Jiang Xia couldn't help but turn around to look at her.
Tian Caifua was the type who loved gossip as much as she loved picking up money. She stopped her bicycle and waited for Zhou Chenglei to catch up, excitedly saying, "Did you see Li Xiuxian's face just now? Did you see it?"
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Zhou Chenglei didn't respond to her and rode past.
Jiang Xia replied, "I saw it."
Tian Caifua quickly pedaled her bicycle to catch up and said to Jiang Xia, "Do you think her husband's mistress beat her up?"
Jiang Xia nodded, "Most likely."
"Ah Lei, did you see anything when you went to pick up Yingying?"
"I picked up Yingying and left. She hadn't even exited the school gate yet," Zhou Chenglei replied.
Jiang Xia knew that he must have seen something, as he usually would have just said, "No."
He was deliberately being vague!
But he probably saw it after they had left, and Zhou Ying didn't see it.
Otherwise, Zhou Ying wouldn't have been in such a cheerful mood when she returned.
Jiang Xia even suspected that Li Xiuxian's husband might come after them, and Zhou Chenglei had probably informed him. Yesterday, after she woke up from her nap, he returned and told her he had gone to the neighboring production team to take care of some matters.
Tian Caifua, in her Sherlock Holmes mode, continued, "Then she must not have been beaten yet! It must have happened after school, otherwise, how could she bear to show her face in class with such a swollen face? Oh, if I had known there would be such a spectacle, I would have gone to pick up Yingying from school myself!"
It was like missing out on a once-in-a-century grand spectacle, as regrettable as not picking up a hundred yuan note!
Jiang Xia said, "Most likely. I noticed her clothes were a bit wrinkled, slightly dirty, and her hair was a bit messy."
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