Zhang Qianhai returned home, lingering as he looked at every corner of his home.

It was as if he wanted to imprint these deeply in his mind.

He had made a certain decision and was determined to implement it.

His son had a wife and children; he shouldn't be dragged down by that woman.

But he himself had reached this age, with no attachments.

Zhang Qianhai took out the pig-slaughtering knife again and fetched a ladle of water.

He sat in the yard and started sharpening the knife.

People passing by greeted Butcher Zhang.

"Yo, the new year isn't over yet, why is Old Zhang sharpening his knife?"

Butcher Zhang had his own rules.

After finishing slaughtering pigs before the New Year, he would seal the knife on New Year's Eve.

He wouldn't take out the knife for business again until after the first lunar month.

According to him, this was a rule passed down from his ancestors.

Too much blood on the pig-slaughtering knife, using it during the first month was inauspicious.

Most people in the village were aware of this rule, so they found it odd.

The usually honest Zhang Qianhai said nothing, just kept his head down sharpening the knife.

The pig-slaughtering knife made a piercing sound on the sharpening stone

Scratch——

Scratch——

Zhang Qianhai poured a ladle of water over it and continued sharpening.

This scene inexplicably sent chills down people's spines.

With the New Year, there was a lot of movement in the village, and the news quickly spread.

The Yue Family naturally heard about it too.

Yue Jiandong sighed, "Why do I feel something's going to happen?"

Zhang Ying thought about it, also finding it frightening, but felt it wouldn't be that bad.

"Butcher Zhang shouldn't go that far, he's always been honest. He's a good hand at slaughtering pigs, probably wouldn't kill people."

Lin Chunju said meaningfully, "You can't push an honest person too hard, even a rabbit bites when it's cornered."

Lin Chunju was known for her sharp observation of people, and upon hearing her say this, the family fell silent.

Yue Xingxing sighed, "I think Uncle Zhang is pretty nice. When we were kids, he always carried that pig-slaughtering knife, and we were all scared of him, running away when we saw him, but he never got angry. He would always smile and put some candies on the stand for the passing kids to eat. Over time, no one was afraid of him anymore."

Yue Xiaohu scratched his head, "Yeah, when I was young and naive, I'd smell the braised pork from outside Uncle Zhang's door and stand there for a while. Uncle Zhang invited me in to eat, though He Zhenzhen was already married to him and said some nasty things, Uncle Zhang even told her off."

Yue Qingqing laughed, "So did you eat in the end?"

"I'm not foolish; of course, I didn't eat. Otherwise, wouldn't I have been scolded to death by He Zhenzhen and Zhang Caidie."

The family listened with a mix of amusement and sorrow.

A good person was driven to this point.

The He Zhenzhen family really was evil.

Yue Qingqing noticed Jiang Jingze heading out, thoughtful yet didn't stop him.

In the past few days, she'd heard Jiang Jingze make several phone calls and could roughly guess his intention.

Her husband always handled matters methodically, so Yue Qingqing wasn't worried at all.

The rest depended on how Zhang Qianhai would handle it.

Back then, he failed to see through people, inviting disaster into his home.

Now there's an opportunity before him, entirely up to his own choice.

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He Zhenzhen also heard the news about Zhang Qianhai sharpening his knife.

Wang Daming was a bit nervous, "What's he planning to do, is he going to kill us?"

He Zhenzhen snorted, "What can that coward do? Is your courage only the size of a needle's tip?"

"Aren't you afraid?"

"Hmph, if he had the guts, he would have acted already, wouldn't have waited until now."

In the morning, He Zhenzhen felt a bit anxious, seeing Zhang Qianhai coming with a pig-slaughtering knife.

But later, seeing him chop at a drum, she quickly relaxed, feeling Zhang Qianhai was the same as before.

A man so honest he can't be provoked to even fart, simply incapable of doing anything unlawful.

In any case, she had to get hold of that resettlement money, or else the Zhang Family won't have peace!

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