Chapter 84: Stop Hurting Her
In the main room, Shen Meng sat on a chair with Lu Mingyang, Lu Mingliang, and Lu Mingfang sitting in order from her left, and Lu Mingkai clinging tightly to her right. His little hands were wrapped around her arm, and his face buried in her bosom—he was angry.
Shen Meng’s head was aching, her hand constantly pressing down on the wound where a nerve was throbbing at this moment.
Lu Zhenping placed his bag on the ground and was about to turn around to talk to his wife and children when the courtyard gate was knocked on again. Seeing his wife and the four children sitting in a row, showing no intention of getting up, he decided to go out by himself.
Lu Jiasheng stood at the doorway, somewhat nervously holding twenty-eight yuan. He had just told Xie Jinghao that his elder sister-in-law had been beaten twice. In anger, his wife had bent down to pick up a shoe from the ground and hurled it at him, which made him also feel guilty.
The door creaked open, and just as he was about to put on a smile, he saw Lu Zhenping. His expression immediately froze on his face; he was a bit afraid of his elder brother.
"Big brother, that, uh... Mom asked me to bring you money, and there’s also eight yuan from Lao Si’s wife."
Lu Zhenping raised an eyebrow and calmly took the money, "Alright."
Lu Jiasheng was actually very happy about his big brother returning home, their bond as strong as ever despite the long absence.
"Big brother, it’s been hard on elder sister-in-law while you were away. My Jinghao just had a baby girl. Without elder sister-in-law’s help, the mother and daughter might not have made it. Brother, I think what you did just now was right. If parents treat the elder sister-in-law like this, and if you don’t stand by her, life will be even harder when you go back to the army."
"Mhm, Jiasheng, I’ve just returned and wasn’t aware you had another child. I’ll come and visit the baby when I have time later."