Chapter 67 Yu Jiajia ran quickly to Xiao Lü…

Yu Jiajia ran quickly to Xiao Lü, gently touched the handlebars, and then stroked the back seat, her eyes filled with the joy of having found her again: "Xiao Lü, you're finally back! Mom, come and see! Xiao Lü is still so beautiful, and she's not hurt at all!"

Cheng Xiuying also ran over to take a look. The new watch was her precious treasure, and so was Xiao Lü's! The two were evenly matched. She looked at it carefully again and again, becoming happier and happier with each look, her face beaming with joy.

He Yuanzheng and Lu Chenzhou, who were delivering the bicycles home, were warmly invited into the main room by the Yu family, and Xiao Lü was also carefully pushed into the room.

Cheng Xiuying took the net bag from He Yuanzheng's hand, her face beaming. "Why are you being so polite? You even brought gifts. Don't be so formal next time." She then ordered Yu Songchuan to make zha jiang mian (noodles with soybean paste). "I know you're busy. Zha jiang mian is quicker; you can eat it as soon as the noodles are cooked."

He Yuanzheng: "Auntie, don't bother. We've already eaten at the county committee. We have a lot to do today, so we have to rush back after dropping Xiao Lü off."

Lu Chenzhou: "I really have eaten."

The two arrived late to avoid mealtimes.

Cheng Xiuying took out pastries and dried meat from the dresser, and Yu Jiajia brewed a pot of orange juice and poured a cup for everyone.

Cheng Xiuying stuffed food into He Yuanzheng and Lu Chenzhou's hands, "Has the car thief been caught? Is this person one of Zhu Jingsong's men? Jiajia kindly gave her some money, and he pushed Jiajia off the bridge and stole Xiao Lü. He's a real scoundrel!"

Lu Chenzhou didn't like snacks, especially not at other people's houses. He didn't accept the snack, but took the enamel mug instead. "Auntie, I'll just have water."

Yu Jiajia: "It's not water, it's orange crystals."

Lu Chenzhou glanced at the enamel mug; it really was orange. "Thank you."

Yu Jiajia: "We should be thanking you for finding Xiao Lü!"

He Yuanzheng quickly picked up his enamel mug to avoid the food Cheng Xiuying offered him; she was being too enthusiastic.

Lu Chenzhou: "The person has been caught. He is a relative of Zhu Jingsong. The whole family has done a lot of bad things because of Zhu Jingsong. After stealing this bicycle, they have been hiding it at home and have no intention of reselling it. They are waiting to give it to their daughter as a dowry in a while."

Cheng Xiuying sneered, "Does he think Zhu Jingsong can get our whole family locked up?"

Damn it, you shameless slut!

If the Yu family were to disappear, who would care about a bicycle?

Lu Chenzhou: "Their family will never have the chance to come out again."

He Yuanzheng and Lu Chenzhou drank the orange crystals and then left. The Yu family saw them off at the entrance of the courtyard house before happily returning to their house to see Xiao Lü.

Everyone is watching. Little Green was stolen for a while, but it didn't suffer any harm. The car body is as shiny as new, without even a tiny scratch. It's like a naughty child who went out to play and has now returned safely, without losing its former glory.

Yu Jiajia: "Third sister, you eat first. The crepes that second brother made are delicious."

Yu Songchuan went to the pot to serve the rice, and Yu Jiamin washed her hands, rolled up her pancakes, and ate.

Yu Jiajia: "Sis, why are you back so late? Did the school give you any trouble? The factory manager at the food factory is making things difficult for Second Brother!"

Yu Jiamin chuckled: "No, the principal gave me a certificate and a prize, and I'm now the leader of the third-grade group."

Yu Jiajia clapped her hands: "Congratulations, Third Sister!" She didn't ask any more questions; it was good that everything was alright.

Cheng Xiuying: "I think you're more suited to fighting with guns than teaching with chalk. Isn't that a waste of all your hard work?"

Yu Jiamin: "Mom, why don't you talk to the police or the military? See if you can let me become a police officer or a female soldier?"

Cheng Xiuying choked, "Me, use my face to say it?"

Yu Jiajia covered her mouth and laughed, "Hahahaha."

Yu Jiamin also laughed.

Cheng Xiuying raised her wrist. "Oh, it's almost nine o'clock. Sweetie, let's go for a walk."

Yu Jiajia: "Mom, this watch of yours is so convenient. I can check the time just by raising my arm."

Yu Jiamin feigned surprise: "Why do you have a watch?"

Cheng Xiuying then showed off the origin of the watch, and finally praised, "Sibao is so good. He insisted on letting me wear such a good watch. The greatest luck in my life is that I gave birth to such a wonderful Sibao."

Yu Jiamin: ...

Yu Jiajia: "Mom, let's go for a walk."

Cheng Xiuying took Yu Jiajia's hand and went out. Yu Jiajia turned around, winked at Yu Jiamin, and saw Yu Jiamin smiling at her. She happily followed Cheng Xiuying out.

Yu Songchuan: "Third sister, I'm going too." He ran out after her.

Cheng Xiuying: "Why are you following along? Go play by yourself. Sanshi is over there."

Yu Songchuan:......

Okay, so he went to find San Shi to play.

Cheng Xiuying and Yu Jiajia didn't ride bicycles either, but walked along Jiefang Road. Under the dim streetlights, there were children playing everywhere. Some were playing blind man's bluff, some were playing hopscotch, some were playing eagle catching chicks, and some were playing beanbag toss. There were no cars on the road, and the whole street was a playground for children.

They weren't afraid of bad people either. The adults on the street were always chatting, and if a stranger came by, they would notice immediately.

Suddenly, a little boy's head popped out from the bushes, and the next second, he jumped down from the high branch with his hands outstretched!

Yu Jiajia screamed, "Mom!" Without thinking, she rushed over and reached out to catch the little boy.

Cheng Xiuying reacted even faster, rushing forward and catching the child steadily. Yu Jiajia only had time to grab the little boy's clothes.

She quickly helped Cheng Xiuying up and anxiously checked her arm: "Mom, is your arm alright? Are you hurt?"

Cheng Xiuying glared at Yu Jiajia, then raised her hand and slapped the little boy on the bottom: "You little brat, are you out of your mind? Jumping off a tree?"

The little boy cried loudly.

Cheng Xiuying was furious. Good heavens, a little boy fell from a height of five or six meters, and Yu Jiajia dared to reach out and catch him? Wasn't she afraid of breaking her arm?

What does it have to do with her if someone else's child falls and dies?

Cheng Xiuying couldn't bear to hit or scold Yu Jiajia, and she certainly couldn't say such things in public. So she slapped the little boy's bottom again, saying, "You little brat, I'll teach you to be naughty. Don't you want to die?"

Yu Jiajia looked at how swiftly Cheng Xiuying hit the child, and figured she was alright, since the bones felt fine to the touch.

Cheng Xiuying couldn't vent her anger anymore, and slapped the little boy's bottom again.

[Mutual care and love. Special reward awarded: 100 yuan + 2 meat coupons (per jin) + 1 fragment of the Qingnang Book (7/10)]

Yu Jiajia was stunned. The child had almost been killed by the fall?

She glanced at the height she had just fallen from, pursed her lips, and thought, "From such a height, and jumping down, landing headfirst—if I'd been unlucky, I could have really died."

Cheng Xiuying slapped her a few more times, and Yu Jiajia whispered, "Mom, that's enough. This isn't our child."

The little boy wailed at the top of his lungs, "Help! Help! Someone's being killed!"

Not far away, a middle-aged woman rushed over and saw Cheng Xiuying beating her youngest son. Even if Cheng Xiuying was the head of the security department, she shouldn't be beating her son. She was furious and rushed over to fight Cheng Xiuying.

The little boy wailed at the top of his lungs, "Mommy, Mommy, help me!"

Several adults nearby stopped him, saying, "Chunmei, you can't let your son Niu Dan go unpunished. He needs a good spanking! He jumped down from that tall tree just now, and it's all thanks to Jiajia and Section Chief Cheng who caught him. If he fell from such a high tree, he would have been seriously injured!"

Hu Chunmei was stunned. "Fell from a tree?"

The woman next to him pointed to a tree, "It was from here, those branches are at least five or six meters high! He just jumped straight down like that, my heart almost stopped from pounding!"

A girl of about ten years old said, "Niu Dan just went home with Lingling. We didn't see how he climbed up the tree. We heard Sister Jiajia call out and just then we saw Niu Dan fall from the tree and be caught by Aunt Cheng and Sister Jiajia."

Hu Chunmei's heart nearly jumped out of her chest; a chill ran down her spine. She stared at the towering poplar branches, then looked down at the hard stone pavement below. What if she fell...?

She knelt down in front of Cheng Xiuying and Yu Jiajia with a thud, about to kowtow to them.

Yu Jiajia tried to stop her, but she couldn't. Just as Hu Chunmei was about to kneel down, Cheng Xiuying quickly reached out and pulled her up. "What are you doing? Quickly teach your son a lesson! He's such a little kid, yet he dares to jump down from a tree. Give him a beating first, and see if he dares to climb trees again."

Hu Chunmei grabbed Niu Dan and gave him a good beating. Niu Dan couldn't understand why his mother, who always doted on him, would bear to hit him. He cried his heart out, tears and snot streaming down his face.

Hu Chunmei's hands were swollen from the beating, not to mention Niu Dan's buttocks.

Hu Chunmei hugged Niu Dan and said, "How could you jump down from the tree? If something happened to you, how could your mother live?"

She and Niu Dan's father had their only child late in life, and they doted on him like a precious treasure. If anything happened to him, she wouldn't be able to go on living.

Niu Dan sobbed, “I have wings, I can fly in the trees.”

Everyone: ...

An auntie said, "He deserves to be taught a lesson; he hasn't been beaten enough!"

Hu Chunmei slapped him again: "What nonsense are you talking about? People don't have wings."

Niu Dan burst into tears.

Yu Jiajia couldn't help but ask, "Who told you you have wings? And who told you that having wings means you can fly in trees?"

Niu Dan cried out, "My aunt said that if I stay in the tree for a while, I will grow wings and I will be able to fly."

Yu Jiajia:......

The group exchanged bewildered glances.

They seemed to have heard something incredible!

Cheng Xiuying's eyes were filled with mixed emotions. "Chunmei, you should investigate this carefully. You finally had a son, so you should protect him well."

Hu Chunmei choked up, "Section Chief Cheng, Jiajia, I will never forget your kindness in my life." After saying that, she hugged Niu Dan and ran towards the street office.

Cheng Xiuying glanced at Sibao.

Yu Jiajia asked timidly, "Mom, are we still... are we still going for a walk?"

Cheng Xiuying sighed, pinched Yu Jiajia's cheek, and said, "Let's go for a walk."

Along the way, Yu Jiajia helped the children playing hide-and-seek find the child hiding in the grass and obtained [White Rabbit Milk Candy*20 + Qingnang Book Fragment*1 (8/10)].

Then she helped the eagle catch the chicks in the game of Eagle Catches Chicks and got [Fruit Cans*5 + Qingnang Book Fragment*1 (9/10)].

While Cheng Xiuying was chatting with someone, Yu Jiajia led a group of children in playing beanbag toss for a long time.

As long as she runs fast enough, the sandbags won't hit her.

As long as she throws the beanbag fast enough, she can hit whoever she wants.

Hahahaha.

Throwing beanbags is so much fun!

The children looked at Yu Jiajia with admiration, "Sister Jiajia, you're amazing!"

Yu Jiajia also felt that she was extremely amazing!

[(Whitening +1)*1 + Qingnang Book Fragment*1 (10/10)]

When Yu Jiajia said goodbye to the children, they were all reluctant to part. "Sister Jiajia, are we going to play again tomorrow? Can we come and play with you tomorrow night?"

Yu Jiajia: "Okay, okay!" She took out three fruit candies from her pocket and handed them to the oldest one, Xiao Yu: "You guys smash the fruit candies and share them. I'll come out and play with you guys when I have time tomorrow."

A group of children jumped up happily, thanked Yu Jiajia together, and then ran off to distribute the candy.

Yu Jiajia also went to find Cheng Xiuying.

Cheng Xiuying took out a handkerchief to wipe Yu Jiajia's sweat. She was still a child, at the age where she loved to eat and play.

Once they got home, Cheng Xiuying's smile vanished. She reached for a feather duster and said, "Yu Jiajia, are you the most capable one?"

The speed at which they change their expressions is incredibly fast!

When Yu Songchuan saw Cheng Xiuying pick up a feather duster, about to hit Yu Jiajia, he rushed over and shouted, "Mom, what are you doing!"

With tears welling up in her eyes, Yu Jiajia reached out and took Cheng Xiuying's hand: "Mom."

"You're incredibly bold, aren't you? You don't care about yourself at all!" Cheng Xiuying gritted her teeth, looking at Yu Jiajia. She couldn't possibly take a beating like this, so she decided to make an example of her! She raised a feather duster and started whipping Yu Songchuan.

Yu Songchuan:? ? ?

Ah, no, he really does need to protect Fourth Sister, so he can't really take his anger out on her.

It hurts when he gets beaten up too.

Yu Songchuan was hit four or five times before he ran away and watched from the sidelines to see if Cheng Xiuying would attack again.

Yu Jiamin was also watching from the side, afraid that Yu Jiajia would really be beaten. If she were, she would stop her. But she couldn't go over now; if she did, she would be the one to get beaten.

Yu Jiajia went over and hugged Cheng Xiuying: "Mom, I'm sorry."

Cheng Xiuying sighed and tossed aside the feather duster. "What did you do wrong? You're very capable."

Yu Jiamin: "Jiajia, what did you do? Why are you making Mom so angry? Don't you care about your own safety again?"

Yu Jiajia shrugged, hesitant to speak.

Cheng Xiuying: "When other children, who are five or six years old, fall from trees that are five or six meters high, Yu Jiajia runs over to catch them without thinking."

Yu Jiajia whispered in defense, "I called for Mom, and I think Mom can definitely run faster than me."

Cheng Xiuying: "What if I don't realize it?"

Yu Jiajia could only say, "I didn't think that much about it."

If she hadn't reached out, the child might have been injured or maimed.

Cheng Xiuying sighed again and hugged Yu Jiajia. "Hey, next time you should think more about me, your dad, your brothers and sisters. If you get hurt, we'll be so heartbroken. It's such a high place, and Niu Dan is such a chubby little guy. If you had caught him, your little arms and legs would have been broken."

After saying that, she sighed again, feeling that she had definitely wasted her breath.

She couldn't force a kind person to do something bad.

Why.

Yu Jiamin and Yu Songchuan remained silent, sighing.

Yu Jiajia was still a little scared. If her arm had been broken, it would have hurt a lot. She rubbed against Cheng Xiuying's shoulder and said, "Mom, thank you. Does your arm hurt?"

Cheng Xiuying: "Your mother is as strong as iron, I'm fine. Jiamin, quickly take her back to sleep, seeing her makes me anxious."

Yu Jiajia hugged Cheng Xiuying and said coquettishly, "I'm not leaving."

Cheng Xiuying patted her hand: "From now on, I can only stick close to you and keep you out of danger."

Yu Jiajia: "Mom, I will follow you closely for the rest of my life."

Cheng Xiuying laughed again, "Then keep a close eye on them."

When Yu Songqing and Yu Songyan returned, they were both speechless. Yu Songqing said, "There are four young women and three young men in the ward taking care of Grandpa and Grandma. They clean, wash their faces and feet, do laundry, and some even read newspapers, tell stories, and sing revolutionary songs. Grandpa and Grandma are really comfortable staying in the health center."

Yu Songyan: "They all want to marry into our family through their grandparents."

When he and his elder brother entered the ward, it was like entering a spider's web, with several women serving tea and water and showing off their virtues.

The three men were extremely disappointed and asked them why Jiamin and Jiajia hadn't come.

Everyone: ...

Cheng Xiuying: "When are your grandparents coming back?"

Yu Songyan: "Grandpa and Grandma said they'll be back tomorrow. We don't need to pick them up; someone will take them."

Cheng Xiuying: "Okay."

It's one thing if they stay at the health center, but if the two elderly people bring a whole bunch of people to their home, then they should just stay at their older brother and sister-in-law's house.

She's already the head of the security department, her future is limitless, but she's not planning on finding a husband for her son and daughter.

Factory Director Li has a daughter!

He Yuanzheng and Lu Chenzhou are also good.

The next day, Yu Jiamin pulled Yu Jiajia out of bed early in the morning to practice the Five Animal Frolics.

Yu Jiajia was so sleepy she could barely keep her eyes open. "Sis, what time is it?"

Yu Jiamin pinched Yu Jiajia's cheek, "Jiajia, have you gotten even whiter?"

Her skin was so tender it looked like you could squeeze water out of it; it felt smooth and very pleasant to touch.

Yu Jiajia pulled the blanket over her face, avoiding her third sister's hand; she was so sleepy.

Yu Jiamin pulled her up and wiped her face with a wet towel: "You had a lot of fun saving people yesterday, right? Now that you can scale walls, you'll be able to save even more people."

Yu Jiajia:......

She followed her third sister and did the Five Animal Frolics five times, working up a sweat. Her face was fair and rosy, and she felt extremely relaxed.

Just after washing up, Hu Chunmei and her family arrived with a bang. Hu Chunmei carried a large rooster, her husband Zhou Dongfeng carried a piece of pork belly about four fingers wide, and Niu Dan in the middle carried two brand-new sets of clothes. When they arrived at the Yu family's door, Niu Dan knelt down and said, "Auntie, Niu Dan has come to thank you for saving my life."

Behind them was the street office's waist drum team, making a lively scene with gongs and drums.

Cheng Xiuying quickly picked up Niu Dan, saying, "It was just a small favor, why did you have to make a special trip?"

Niu Dan was beaten by Cheng Xiuying yesterday, and his butt hurts so much today that he can barely walk. He was still quite scared when he saw Cheng Xiuying, but he didn't struggle and obediently let her hold him. His parents have told him many times that if it weren't for this aunt, he would never have seen his parents again.

With tears in her eyes, Hu Chunmei said, "Section Chief Cheng, your small act of kindness saved my whole family's lives."

Zhou Dongfeng and Hu Chunmei were a dual-income family. They couldn't have children in their early years and had undergone examinations, both of which showed no problems. However, they still couldn't have children. Both of them were over forty years old and had given up on having children, but unexpectedly, Hu Chunmei became pregnant with Niu Dan. They cherished her like a precious jewel.

Originally, the two had no children, and everything they owned belonged to their nephew!

Now that they have a biological son, how could they possibly give everything to their nephew? Everything Zhou Dongfeng and Hu Chunmei own will be left to Niu Dan—their house, job, savings, receipts…

Zhou Dongfeng's sister-in-law was heartbroken. She had been thinking about this for half her life, and now it was all gone? As long as Niu Dan was gone, everything would still belong to their family.

She taught Niu Dan to climb trees, catch butterflies, cicadas, and sparrows for him to play with, and then put these things high up and throw them down so they could fly.

She coaxed Niu Dan, saying that if he climbed up the tree and stayed there for a while, he could grow wings like a cicada, and if he jumped down, he could fly like a sparrow.

However, Zhou Dongfang's sister-in-law denied these claims. Hu Chunmei went to the neighborhood committee and the women's federation to make a scene, but to no avail. After all, it wasn't her sister-in-law who pushed Niu Dan down from the tree, and calling the police was useless.

Her sister-in-law was still aggrieved, saying that she usually doted on Niu Dan the most, how could she possibly hurt Niu Dan?

Hu Chunmei knew that making a scene was useless; the only thing she could do was beat up her sister-in-law to vent her anger. But she was determined to make a scene, to ruin the reputation of her eldest brother's family, and to completely sever ties with them, so that they would no longer be relatives.

Cheng Xiuying quickly ushered people into the house, gave Niu Dan a handful of White Rabbit milk candies, and poured water for the waist drum team members.

In the end, Cheng Xiuying insisted on not taking anything, but Hu Chunmei insisted on giving it to her. In the end, Cheng Xiuying kept half of the pork and gave back two jin of cured meat.

She patted Niu Dan's head: "This boy is destined for good fortune. He mustn't be naughty anymore."

After talking for a while, the Yu family personally escorted the person to the outside of the courtyard.

Everyone present praised the Yu family as living Lei Fengs!

If it were any other family, they would have eagerly accepted the gifts long ago—chicken and pork! And two sets of particularly formal clothes.

But Cheng Xiuying simply refused to accept it.

They bought half of the pork and then immediately switched to cured pork.

Everyone was talking about the despicable things Zhou Dongfeng's sister-in-law had done. It was truly despicable. Years ago, when Zhou Dongfeng and Hu Chunmei didn't have children, they had helped the eldest son's family a lot. Now, they were trying to kill Niu Dan.

They even resorted to such despicable methods.

If Niu Dan fell and died, everyone would just think that he was naughty and accidentally fell to his death while climbing the tree, and that Niu Dan was just unlucky.

Yu Songqing: "Mom, what should we eat for breakfast? Jiajia got pork for doing a good deed, so we have to make something nice for her."

Yu Jiamin: "Of course! Jiajia risked breaking her leg to pick up Niu Dan without hesitation, so she deserves a good reward."

Yu Songchuan: "Why don't we make wontons? It'll help nourish my arm, so I can go pick it up again next time."

Yu Songyan: "Take this opportunity to improve your brain function. Catching someone with your bare hands like that could easily result in you getting hit on the head."

Cheng Xiuying scoffed, "Let's just have wontons then."

It's obvious that everyone wants to eat wontons!

But Yu Jiajia was weak and helpless at the time and dared not speak up. There was nothing she could do; everyone loved her too much.

Breakfast was fresh pork wontons with thin wrappers and plenty of filling. Cheng Xiuying served Yu Jiajia a large bowl, saying, "Eat more and nourish yourself."

These wontons are so delicious! They're filled with pork and scallions, and the broth is enhanced with ham and seaweed. Finally, they're sprinkled with chopped scallions and perilla leaves. They're absolutely amazing.

They smell delicious, and you can take a big bite of each one!

Yu Jiajia finished her wontons and was already stuffed, but she still drank all the soup. She was so satisfied with what she had eaten and drunk!