Chapter 611: Fainted in the Fields

Uncle Qiu's face darkened terribly. The moment he stepped inside, he kicked his second son, who was still fighting with his wife: "Every single day, you give people nothing but worry."

No sooner had he finished scolding than his little granddaughter was stuffed into his arms.

Qiu's Aunt picked up Qiu Dabao: "Come on, let's go back to the room with Grandma."

They were all people who cared about face. They hadn't managed to stir up others, yet the husband and wife ended up fighting first.

Qiu Shaohu thought of what his sister-in-law had just cursed at him, and his face burned. He kept feeling that his brothers must all be laughing at him for not being able to control his wife, so his hands lost all sense of restraint, beating Zhang Shanmei until she was crying for her daddy and mommy.

Xia Qiu, who had been in a good mood, immediately darkened her face. She walked to the doorway and said in a voice even louder than her sister-in-law An Xiaojing's: "Is there no end to this?"

Just as she was about to start cursing, she saw Great-Grandma Qiu come out.

She immediately swallowed the words that had reached her lips.

At this moment, Qiu Shaofeng also held Xia Qiu back: "You know what your situation is right now. Let me handle this. You hurry back inside and sit down."

Once he had settled her, he went out of the room.

He saw his Great-Grandma standing right now in front of his second cousin's room: "Qiu Shaohu, you've gotten bold, haven't you? You even dare to lay hands on your wife?"

Hearing his Great-Grandma's words, he quickly took the cue to stop and lowered his hand. He'd just been so angry earlier he'd lost his head.

But asking him to apologize to his wife—that was impossible.

Zhang Shanmei was furious. She got up from the ground, pulled open the cabinet door, and packed a few clothes: "Qiu Shaohu, you're no man. Having no ability is one thing, but now you dare to hit me. I'm not living with you anymore."

Liu Chuxue hadn't expected that her one trip would throw the whole Qiu family into chaos.

She had ridden her bike into the village and seen that the villagers had already started working again. She had just put her bicycle in the house and was about to head to the fields to help her parents with work when she heard a commotion outside.

She walked out the front gate in a few steps and looked down the slope.

One look was enough to see Liu's mother being carried back by several women: "Auntie Liangzi, what's wrong with my mom?"

Uncle Liangzi's wife was covered in sweat: "Chuxue, your mom fainted in the fields."

Hearing this, Liu Chuxue quickly looked at the women who had come back with her: "Auntie Li Er, please do me a favor and run to call my dad back."

Li Guizhi had been neighbors with Liu's mother before, and the two had always gotten along well, so she agreed readily: "Alright, alright, don't worry, I'll go right now."

Liu's father was working today on the dry fields up the slope, some distance from the village.

Seeing the woman leave, Liu Chuxue continued: "Auntie Liangzi, please help me borrow a mule cart from the village."

At this point, Uncle Liangzi's wife was in a bind. It wasn't that she didn't want to help, but with the autumn harvest in full swing, every single one of the village's draft animals was out in the fields.

Just then, she heard the 'putt-putt' of a tractor coming from down the slope.

Uncle Liangzi's wife was the first to run out. Seeing the driver, she called: "Zhijun, where did this tractor come from?"

Liu Zhijun's face was all smiles. He even waved up the slope at Auntie Gaozi, wearing a proud, honored expression: "Auntie Liangzi, this is the village's own tractor."

Uncle Liangzi's wife, hearing it was the village's, didn't care about anything else: "Zhijun, could you take us to the commune health clinic later?"

Liu Zhijun brought the tractor to a stop: "What's going on? Who's sick?"

Uncle Liangzi's wife pointed at Liu Chuxue's house: "Your Auntie Shanliang fainted in the fields earlier. We just brought her back. Chuxue wants to take her to the commune—could you…?"

Hearing it was Auntie Shanliang who had fainted: "What's there to hesitate about? I'll turn around right now."

Liu Chuxue was frantic by now. She had already carried Liu's mother out the front gate, and didn't bother asking Liu Zhijun when he'd learned to drive a tractor: "Brother Zhijun, please take us to the commune health clinic."