Shen Fenghua stopped and turned around. "This isn't the place to talk."
Under the guidance of the brigade leader, the group, including the troublemaking children and their parents, as well as He Pandi, arrived at the brigade leader's house.
On the way here, Shen Fenghua had already noticed that the children had gone from being fearless to terrified, and now they were so scared that they were trembling like quails, clinging tightly to their mother's clothes, unable to even speak.
The brigade leader's courtyard was a single-family house, a rather bright and spacious house with blue bricks and tiles, but the things inside were not cheap.
With just one glance, Shen Fenghua was certain that this family was extremely wealthy.
"Speak your mind."
Shen Fenghua said without any politeness, "Let's get the child sorted out first, and we can talk about the rest later."
After saying that, Shen Fenghua took off the bag on her back and took out an oil paper package containing peach shortbread.
As soon as the peach shortbread was taken out, the children couldn't sit still and stared at it intently. Shen Fenghua acted quickly and stuffed a piece into the mouths of the two little drenched children. "Eat up and fill your stomachs, then we'll get justice."
The two children took the peach shortbread without even saying thank you. They stuffed it into their mouths and wolfed it down, making everyone feel a little uneasy.
Shen Fenghua was even more annoyed and glared fiercely at Qi Ye.
Ha, unreliable.
Qi Ye was truly speechless with bitterness. After a long silence, he put the child on the ground.
Qi Ye was holding his older brother, who looked to be about five years old. As soon as he landed, he took two big steps and ran towards Chen Fenghua.
Although they had never met, it did not prevent him from having a good impression of Shen Fenghua.
The younger one looked about four years old. He was sitting on Shen Fenghua's lap. When he saw his older brother coming over, he immediately stretched out his little hand. The two brothers' thin, claw-like hands clenched tightly together.
Qi Ye returned quickly, carrying a bowl of water.
The two children huddled together, craning their necks to drink water.
After eating and drinking to their hearts' content, Shen Fenghua's smile vanished. "Alright, now we can have a proper talk."
How do you want to talk?
“Simple, apologize and pay compensation,” Shen Fenghua chuckled. “Captain, you are an educated man. As the leader of a village, if you act muddledly, you probably won’t be able to win people’s respect!”
"Both children are orphans of martyrs. Their parents shed blood and tears on the battlefield to defend the country, and even gave their lives in the end. But you treat the orphans of martyrs like this. Have you ever thought about whether they would feel heartbroken in the afterlife?"
"To put it bluntly, Captain, without people like their parents charging into battle at the front, do you think you can live a peaceful life in a glass-roofed house?"
That's pure wishful thinking. In times of chaos, a wealthy family like that would definitely be targeted by bandits.
At that point, forget about all your family fortune; just being able to save your life would be a stroke of good luck, a blessing from your ancestors.
"And you? When you wake up in the middle of the night, do you touch your conscience and think about what happened during the day? Doesn't your heart ache?"
Shen Fenghua's forceful words made the captain's face turn green. "Alright, we were wrong in this matter. Apologize, apologize where you should, and pay compensation where you should."
In a single sentence, the matter was almost completely resolved.
The women, of course, were unwilling. In their view, it was just children playing around, not paying attention to boundaries. At most, they would apologize, and that would be the end of it.
Unexpectedly, Shen Fenghua, relying on her own sense of justice, refused to let the matter go and insisted on paying compensation.
"Pay back?"
The women exploded like cats whose tails had been stepped on, shouting, "Dream on! You're obsessed with money! Why don't you just stare at money all day?"
"That's right, that's right. It's just kids playing around, they don't know their own strength sometimes..."
Shen Fenghua didn't want to say anything more to these ignorant people; she had already said what needed to be said.
Besides, it's just repetitive talk, going back and forth, which is exhausting and completely useless.
He simply stood up, holding the child, and said, "Let's go report this to the police."
Everyone: "..."
Do you think the police are your home? You can just report it whenever you want.
But the captain was really unsure about Shen Fenghua's attitude. For a moment, he was inwardly groaning. Where did this plague god come from? She was so difficult to deal with.
"Wait! We'll pay compensation and apologize."
The captain's words still carried weight. Amidst their fear, the children lined up in front of Shen Fenghua and apologized to the two children.
Then, one family lost one dollar.
Back when an egg cost three cents, a dollar was a significant sum.
At least the eight yuan collected can buy eggs for the children for two or three months.
Shen Fenghua doesn't lack these few dollars, but she can't be short a single penny of what she's entitled to.
This is both compensation for the children and punishment for them. If you act recklessly, you will pay the price.
"Satisfied?"
Shen Fenghua casually handed the money to Qi Ye, who was standing like a guardian angel, and said with a smile, "This is nothing, it's just the beginning."
"As for whether we're satisfied or not, it's hard to say!" Shen Fenghua stood up. "However, we'll have to trouble the captain to come with us now."
Captain: "???"
He's exhausted, why should he leave? This matter will be settled then.
"Oh, the drowning matter is over, but what about He Pandi? We entrusted the child to foster care, and we spent a lot of money and tickets. If the child had been fed and cared for properly, how could he have become so thin and skinny?"
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