The 79-year-old woman was helped to sit on a bamboo chair by Chen Zaixing. She glared at Chen Zaixing, but did not expose his words in public.

As Chen Zaixing was leaving, the old lady asked him to go to her room and take some money and food into the county town to give to her eldest grandson Chen Zaiguang's family. She also gave Chen Zaixing 50 cents.

However, Chen Zaixing was reluctant to spend money on transportation. He bought a pack of Hongmei cigarettes for 50 cents when he arrived in the county, and had lunch at his elder brother Chen Zaiguang's house before wandering around the county town.

"Mother, don't listen to this brat's nonsense," Chen Xiangui walked over. "Li Lao Er, who went to visit relatives in Shangzhai today, told me that Lianxiang is being forced to drink pesticide by her mother-in-law at her husband's house. I was anxious to send Lao Si with some people over, but I haven't seen this brat all day, so I scolded him!"

"What? That son of a bitch Liu Guomin dares to bully my sister!" Upon hearing his father's words, Chen Zaixing's previous grievances vanished. He stood up, rushed to the door, grabbed a carrying pole, and stormed out the door.

"Youngest brother! Oh dear, grab him quickly! Fourth brother, hurry and chase after him, don't let him cause any trouble!" Huang Lanzhi hurriedly shouted, urging her fourth brother, Chen Zailong, to chase after him.

The fourth brother, Chen Zailong, hurriedly ran out, but Chen Zaixing was nowhere to be seen. He could only rush towards Shangzhai Village.

Chen Zaixing carried a carrying pole and rushed towards Shangzhai Village. When he arrived at his brother-in-law's house, he kicked open the courtyard gate. Inside, his three nephews were crying, and his sister, Chen Lianxiang, was lying on the door panel, groaning. All around them were members of the Liu family discussing something.

Upon seeing this scene, Chen Zaixing, already burning with rage, became even more furious. He grabbed a carrying pole and pointed it at Liu Guomin, yelling, "Liu Guomin, you worthless bastard! What did you say when my sister married into this family? What did I say to you?!"

"Uncle!"

When the three nephews saw their uncle arrive, they all gathered around him, chattering away, "Grandma won't let anyone take my mother to the hospital! Uncle, my mother is dying! Please save her!"

"Chen Zaixing, you barge into my house with a carrying pole in your hand. What do you intend to do?" Liu Guomin's mother, Liu Li, pointed at Chen Zaixing with her triangular eyes, bluffingly adding, "Do you really think the Liu family has no one to rely on?"

"How come your Liu family has connections, but my Chen family doesn't?" Chen Zailong finally caught up, followed by his second uncle Chen Xianfu and several cousins ​​from his third uncle Chen Xianhai's family, all carrying carrying poles and wooden sticks.

"Fourth Uncle, Seventh Uncle, Eighth Uncle..."

When Liu Guomin saw his fourth brother-in-law arrive, he went up to say a few words to ease the atmosphere, but Chen Zailong had no mind to pay attention to him. He went to his sister Chen Lianxiang, who was still lying on the wooden board, and saw that she was foaming at the mouth.

"Liu Guomin, he's in this state, and you're just going to leave him like this without taking him to the hospital?" Chen Zailong's tone was low but very cold, his eyes fixed on his brother-in-law Liu Guomin.

"No money! We have no money!" Liu Li shouted as she lunged at Chen Zailong. "She chose to drink pesticide herself, what does that have to do with the Liu family? We don't have money for her medical treatment!"

"mother!"

The three nephews immediately rushed to Chen Lianxiang's side, who was still groaning, and burst into tears, begging Liu Lishi, "Grandma, please take my mother to the clinic, please!"

Chen Zailong remained silent, but Chen Zaixing, standing beside him, couldn't hold back any longer. "You old hag, you heartless bastard! If my sister dies here today, I, Chen Zaixing, will never forgive your Liu family!"

Chen Zailong stared intently at Liu Guomin, waiting for him to speak, but Liu Guomin dared not meet Chen Zailong's gaze and could only whisper to his mother, Liu Lishi, "Mother, how about sending Lianxiang..."

"If you don't have money, you can take her yourself. Her brothers are here; they have money, let them take her," Liu Lishi said fiercely, refusing to take any money and waiting for Chen Lianxiang to die before her eyes.

"Fourth Brother!"

"Fourth brother!"

Upon hearing Liu Li's words, Chen Zaixing and his cousins ​​were so enraged that they were ready to grab their weapons and kill the old hag.

"Carry Lianxiang, let's go, get her to the county hospital quickly," Chen Zailong knew the priorities. If he got into a fight with the Liu family now, his sister would definitely die here.

"Fifth brother, hurry back to the village committee office and have Cai Gengsheng drive the handcart to the village entrance to wait. We'll carry your sister to the village entrance, and be quick!"

"Okay," Chen Zaixing said without even hearing the rest of the sentence, and then he took off running towards Lianzhai Village.

Several cousins ​​carried the door plank where Chen Lianxiang lay, heading towards the Liu family's house. Liu Guomin wanted to follow, but Liu Lishi pulled him back, scolding, "Are you stupid? Go with them! Do you even have any money?!"

"But Lianxiang..."

"Those few idiots in the Chen family who drank pesticide, who can save them? Let them do what they want, you're not allowed to go!"

Chen Zailong waited for a while at the Liu family's door. Seeing that his brother-in-law was so heartless as to not even come out with him, he narrowed his eyes and stopped waiting. He quickened his pace and caught up with his cousins. The group took turns carrying the load, running straight towards the entrance of Lianzhai Village.

Chen Zaixing had lost his shoes while running. He'd only reached the village committee entrance when he saw a police station motorcycle parked there. Ignoring it, he ran straight in and shouted, "Gensheng, come out quickly! Hurry! Drive the motorcycle to the village entrance, quick!"

Cai Gensheng, his nephew from his uncle's side, rushed out when he heard Chen Zaixing shout, asking, "What's wrong, Fifth Brother? Why are you in such a hurry? Were you chased by wolves?"

The village party secretary came out with two police officers. Upon seeing Chen Zaixing, he said to one of the officers, "He is Chen Xiangui's fifth son, Chen Zaixing. You can ask him."

"Stop talking nonsense and shake the cart! My sister drank pesticide. We need to get her to the county hospital right away, or she'll die. Hurry!" Chen Zaixing pulled Cai Gensheng out.

"Zaixing, come here, the police have something to ask you," the village secretary waved to the anxious Chen Zaixing, beckoning him over. Seeing Cai Gensheng already shaking his head and groaning, Chen Zaixing quickly went over and asked, "What is it? Tell me quickly, I'm in a hurry!"

"Comrade Zaixing, I have something to ask you. Do you know if your grandfather had a younger brother who went to sea to make a living?" an older policeman asked.

Normally, if the police officer asked him this question, combined with what he had seen in the county that day, he might have been able to connect his family to those three overseas Chinese who had returned to China. But right now, his sister was on the verge of death, and he had no mind to think about such things.

Chen Zaixing waved his hand impatiently, "I don't know, I don't know! My dad's home, and my grandma's home too. Go ask my grandma yourself. I'm in a real panic!"

After saying that, seeing that Cai Gengsheng had already started the hand tractor, he hurriedly ran out, scrambled onto the back of the tractor, and patted the roof of the tractor, shouting at Cai Gengsheng, "Hurry up, hurry up, head to the village entrance!"

Seeing that Chen Zaixing had run off after only a few words, the village secretary had no choice but to say to the two police officers, "How about I take you two to Chen Xiangui's house?"

"Alright!"

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