Besides, what's the big deal about losing a hand?

Liu Jianmin has worked for so many years and has seen all kinds of people. In fact, even without Lin Wei's reminder, he would have wanted to do it, but there were so many people watching.

The moment Lin Wei handed over the stick, the meaning changed completely.

He couldn't stand it any longer, so he took the stick and prepared to strike the old man's hand.

Seeing that Liu Jianmin was serious, and with so many people around them, the old man in the canteen understood everything. He was certain he couldn't beat his opponent today.

With a roll, he managed to slip to the side, using his injured hand as leverage, and escaped Liu Jianmin's treacherous attack.

More than fearing Liu Jianmin's continued 'retaliation,' he scrambled to his feet.

"Are you serious? Do you want to kill me? Stop hitting my hands, hit my head! Come on, hit my head!"

Once the old man in the cafeteria demonstrated his agile movements, everyone understood perfectly.

"Hey, your hand is all right. Didn't you just say it was broken? So you were faking it."

"That old man is awful, how could he try to extort money from people?"

The old man in the cafeteria started cursing at the crowd around him, "Are you blind? I'm trying to extort money from you! Can't you see they want to beat me to death?"

"But it's also your fault. If you hadn't caused trouble for them, they wouldn't have hit you."

"That's right. My grandson studies at this school. The food in the cafeteria used to be delicious, but now it's hard to swallow. If I hadn't retired before, I wouldn't let him eat in the cafeteria. Luckily, Xiao Liu opened a small canteen. He's clearly doing a good deed, but you always end up causing trouble for him."

"Exactly! Xiao Liu's food is clean and hygienic, unlike the school cafeteria. Are you even serving the students? Why don't you just poison the students with that food?"

The argument was not over yet. Those who had sensed that things were not going well earlier had already called the police, and the police arrived just then.

"What happened? Who called the police?"

"We called the police. This guy smashed someone's stall and was about to hit someone. We couldn't stand it, so we called the police."

The old man in the cafeteria, having been wronged, immediately protested, "Nonsense! You were the ones who hit me! This kid even has a stick in his hand; that's proof he hit me."

After some questioning and arguing, the police finally got to the bottom of everything.

"So this whole thing started because of you." The police officer looked at the old man in the cafeteria.

The old man in the cafeteria retorted, "He hit me, and you just don't care?"

“Are you injured? You were the one who pushed and shoved me, trying to hit me. We were just defending ourselves, but you overturned the stall, so you have to compensate us,” Lin Wei said.

The old man in the cafeteria was speechless.

Yes, Liu Jianmin tried to hit him, but he missed.

But he did it right under everyone's noses—

"You, you, you set this up for me."

“We don’t even know you, how could we set you up, officer? This guy cooks in the cafeteria and his food is so bad that the students don’t want to eat there, so they come to me to eat. He sees that his business isn’t making money, so he doesn’t want me to make money. I just want to give the children a clean meal. What did I do wrong?”

"You're talking nonsense." The old man in the cafeteria continued to argue, but this time he was no longer intimidated, because the school was closed and the meeting wouldn't be held until next year, so even if they wanted to find evidence, they wouldn't be able to.

Even if there's no physical evidence, witness testimony will do.

The students who had already noticed the situation came over to complain.

“We can testify that Grandma Liu’s cooking is delicious, while Grandpa Zhang’s (the old man in the canteen) cooking is not good, and the vegetables are very dirty. I often find crumbs in the vegetables.”

"Yes, it's hard to chew. Once I was eating a small pebble and it knocked out my tooth."

The old man in the cafeteria panicked, "You kids, why are you lying?"

"We are not lying."

"We would never lie."

The police officer looked at the person seriously and said, "How could a child lie? If you keep making up stories and not telling the truth, then you'll have to come with us."

Under police coercion, the old man in the canteen told the truth.

It would have been better if I hadn't said anything; telling the truth meant I'd have to go to the police station.

Firstly, there is the issue of food safety for the school's students.

Secondly, the student meals shouldn't be this bad. If the students are eating so poorly, what about the price difference?

The responsibility of Aunt Liu and others has not yet been investigated, but the old man in the cafeteria, the principal and others have all been taken to the police station.

The principal was also confused. The school was already on holiday, so why was he being taken to the police station at this time?

But after he figured out the whole story—

I was so angry!

Ask him if he knows about this.

They definitely know.

However, this knowledge is not entirely accurate, because the teachers' meals and the students' meals were prepared separately from start to finish.

When the students said the food was bad, he had seen it before, but he had never eaten it, so he couldn't tell the difference at all, and kept saying that the students were just picky eaters.

Then, upon seeing the evidence gathered by the police—

That much money, that much money.

His hands trembled as he watched.

They embezzled so much money, but only gave him a tiny share.

The key point is that the responsibilities they bear are the same.

The principal immediately said, "That can't be. I didn't take that much money at all. I can't share the blame with him."

After subduing the person, Lin Wei and the others left.

The compensation for Aunt Liu and the others will definitely need to be paid by the old man in the canteen. In order to avoid further punishment, and since the amount of money is really not much, it will be over once the compensation is paid.

As for the aftermath involving the cafeteria worker and the principal—

One will be held accountable, the other will be dismissed and held accountable again; in short, neither can escape.

Of course, that's a story for another time.

-

The New Year of 2001 was Shen Xi's first New Year after her birth.

Although they always celebrate the New Year together, this year is different because of the addition of a child.

On the 29th of the year, Lin Wei and her family of three were called by Lin Xiaomeng to live in her original house, which was the house next to Lin Yuan's house.

Even on the morning of New Year's Eve, they would wake everyone up early to prepare the food for the New Year's Eve dinner.

Lin Wei hadn't cooked in a long time, and she really wanted to show off her skills.

Unfortunately, I was kicked out as soon as I entered the kitchen.

"Alright, you can go out and rest. Leave the kitchen to me."

As soon as Lin Xiaomeng kicked the person out, Lin Yuan immediately went to the kitchen.

"Yes, sister, I'll help Auntie. You should rest. Hold my little niece carefully. How can you put her directly on the sofa? What if she falls?"

Lin Wei was speechless. "Ji Ze was sitting right next to us. How could he have fallen? Besides, the child was asleep and didn't need to be held."

"Just don't go into the kitchen."

Who wouldn't want to take a break? Lin Wei pouted, "It's you guys who won't let me do it. It's not that I don't want to help. Just don't blame me if I'm too busy."