After saying that, she hit the children with the broom, because she knew that these children were not protected by adults, were wearing dirty clothes, shoes that exposed their toes, and their faces were dirty.
They were just a group of little beggars, whom she considered unwanted wild children to be bullied at will.
The sweeping motions in his hand grew increasingly forceful, and it looked as if he was about to hit the child's face.
He unconsciously raised the broom in his hand!
"Stop!" Lu Zhixia shouted at the woman, glanced back at her, and instead of putting down the broom, raised it again.
She snatched the broom from the woman.
"What kind of skill is it to bully children!"
Hearing that the other person had a non-local accent, the sweeper straightened her back and put her hands on her hips.
"Who do you think you are? Those girls stole my things, I just taught them a lesson, so what?"
Lu Zhixia said, "They're just kids, can't they talk things out properly?"
The woman snorted, "You outsiders should mind your own business, or I'll report you to the police and have you arrested!"
Zhou An'an, "You think you can just report a case like that? Do you think you own the law enforcement office?!"
The woman rolled her eyes. "I advise you not to meddle in other people's business. I'm the one who cleans this street, so the trash they're carrying is mine. Don't think they're picking things up every day. I don't know, I've seen it countless times! But this time it's outrageous. Look how many cardboard boxes they've collected. Isn't this cutting off my livelihood?"
Lu Zhixia said, "What are you saying? You give me the trash you sweep the streets for? Why don't you sweep up all the trash in the city? It's not easy for kids to pick up things, how can you be so heartless as to take it away!"
The woman knew she was in the wrong, but considering they were two outsiders, she pointed at them and started hurling insults.
"Who do you think you are to interfere in my affairs!"
"You're asking for a beating!" Zhou An'an said.
The woman was fearless. "What, you want to beat me up? Believe me or not, I'll make sure you don't get out of there. Don't you know the law is strict these days?"
Erni looked up at the aunt in front of her, and felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity. After looking closely, she suddenly realized that this aunt was the same aunt on the bus.
If it weren't for her help that day, I wouldn't have had that money to pay for my grandfather's surgery.
In her eyes, he was her benefactor, and she couldn't let him get hurt, so she said,
"I don't want this box anymore, please stop arguing."
Sanwa panicked and grabbed Erni's hand tightly, "What are you doing? It's easy for us to find cardboard boxes. After we sell them, we can buy rice and everyone won't go hungry."
Erni bit her lip. "We can't let innocent people get involved. Fine, let's give it to her this time. We won't come to this street to pick up trash anymore."
Tiger said, "We worked hard all day and only found this little bit. Giving it all to her is not enough to make her happy!"
The woman, looking smug, said to the two outsiders, "See? These little devils have given up. Are you still going to meddle? This is my territory, so get lost!"
Zhou An'an: "We're not leaving! You say all these cardboard boxes are yours? You're so shameless!"
I couldn't help but swear. If this were within her jurisdiction, she would have taken this woman back and given her a lecture for hours!
Lu Zhixia said, "Comrade, we must stand by our principles. These cardboard boxes were picked up by children; you cannot take them for yourself! This is bullying the strong with the weak, and it's a crime!"
The woman grew anxious and addressed the onlookers.
"We locals are being bullied by outsiders, are you going to do anything about it?!"
Some people had just arrived and, not knowing what was going on, asked a question.
"What's going on?"
"I heard it was because of cardboard boxes that they started arguing!"
Then they stared at the pile of boxes on the ground.
"This must fetch a lot of money!" the man said again.
"It's not worth much, but we can sell it for a little bit," someone nearby retorted.
Seeing that no one was helping, the sweeping woman started yelling again, "You little bastards who steal trash every day, if you don't do anything about it, they'll steal from your house sooner or later! These children who have been born but have no one to raise them are all little scoundrels!"
Erni got angry, but she originally intended to just hold it in and let it pass.
You can't say that about us!
The woman reached out and shoved the children, saying, "You're all unwanted children. Everyone in these streets knows that. You're all being supported by that old man!" She pointed at them, "Which of you has a father? Which one has a mother? Show me if you dare!"
My hand was grabbed, and when I turned around, it was that nosy out-of-towner.
"What are you trying to do now!"
Lu Zhixia shoved the person aside, "Come at me if you dare! What kind of skill is it to deal with a few kids!"
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