"Sister, are they all for the cat eggs?"
Zhong Wanwan smiled and nodded, saying:
"Don't cry, Cat Egg! It's all Cat Egg's!"
Why cry? With so much candy, who has time to cry!
Seeing that Cat Egg had stopped crying, Director Wei asked again:
"Can Cat Egg tell Grandpa who hit this older sister?"
Cat Egg pointed at Zhang Jiabao and said:
"It was that older brother who hit her. He's really ruthless; he beat this older sister for a long time. He's much tougher than my brother. My brother only hits me a couple of times!"
Now the truth is out: the injury on Zhang Daidi's face was inflicted by Zhang Jiabao, and his demand for benefits from Master Zhong's family was pure extortion.
The village aunties and grandmas all said:
"Old Mrs. Zhang is trying to extort money again. She blamed Mr. Zhong for beating her grandson and granddaughter. How shameless!"
"What's the point of having a face? Can you eat or drink it? They just said they wanted money, fish, meat, glutinous rice balls, cookies, and candy."
"Oh my, they've ordered everything! Are they so jealous they want to empty the Zhong family's coffers?"
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Grandma Zhang Jiabao, unwilling to give up, said:
"Then, what about the fact that they beat my eldest grandson?"
Wei Youliang stepped forward and said:
“He hit me. He’s two years older than me. He pushed me without asking any questions at Master Zhong’s house because I was telling the truth. Look at my elbow, it’s all bruised from his shove.”
This was Zhang Jiabao's first push. Wei Youliang was not paying attention and bumped into the corner of the table. He rolled up his sleeve and his arm was bruised a little.
Now everyone understood even better. It turned out that his family had bullied the younger generation and beaten them, and then tried to extort money from them. This old lady from the Zhang family was becoming more and more shameless.
After Wei Youliang finished speaking, Aunt Wei stepped forward to protect her eldest grandson, saying:
"How are we going to resolve this issue of your grandson hitting my grandson? It can't be that only your grandson is precious, while everyone else's grandsons are made of clay!"
Grandma Zhang Jiabao didn't want to lose any more money or goods, so she stubbornly said:
"What's the big deal about kids fighting? Alright, alright, everyone disperse. I'm going home to make dumplings."
After saying that, Grandma Zhang Jiabao led Zhang Jiabao around and squeezed out, completely ignoring Zhang Daidi.
Aunt Wei didn't chase after her. She knew her own grandson and wouldn't let him suffer. Zhang Jiabao was fine now, but he'd probably be covered in bruises by tomorrow or the day after.
Xiao Youliang learned to fight from his great-grandfather and great-uncle. Even if the man was two or five years older, he might not have been at a disadvantage.
Aunt Wei said this to shut the Zhang family up in advance, so they wouldn't come looking for trouble later.
Once Zhang Jiabao and his grandmother left, the onlookers lost interest and dispersed to go home.
After everyone left, Wei Youliang approached Xiaobaiyang and asked for praise:
"Little master, look how amazing I am! I didn't let Zhang Jiabao get the upper hand at all, hehe!"
Little Poplar nodded and said:
"Clever! Well done! I'll share half the candy in my pocket with you!"
As he spoke, he gave half of the candy in his pocket to Wei Youliang. Little White Poplar thought for a moment, then called over Dog Egg, who was leading his younger brother along slowly, and said:
"Dog Egg, here's some candy. You and Cat Egg can each have half. Thank you both for today!"
Dog Egg was just bluffing his younger brother who got four extra candies, and now happiness has fallen on him like this. He grinned, showing off his missing two front teeth, and said:
"You really gave it to me? Actually, I didn't do anything, I was just telling the truth!"
Little Poplar said earnestly:
"That's commendable. If you hadn't spoken up, this matter definitely wouldn't have been resolved so easily!"
"Here you go, take it all. I still have some at home. I'll take another bag home and eat some later!"
Dog Egg happily accepted the candy, and upon checking, he discovered there were 12 pieces. He was so happy that his already small eyes narrowed to slits.
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