Chapter 8 Wanbao gets beaten for stealing money
It was already evening when we got back to the vicinity of the Jiang family's house.
This is the time when everyone is getting off work and having dinner.
My neighbor, Aunt Zhang, was sitting at the doorway enjoying the cool air when she saw me return from outside. Curious, she asked:
"Xiao Yan, are you feeling better? Why aren't you resting and running around everywhere?"
This middle-aged woman is a well-known gossip in the neighborhood; she loves to gossip and spread it everywhere.
Previously, the original owner was angered in private and couldn't help but yell at her stepmother. This person heard it and told everyone, which caused the neighbors to have a bad impression of the original owner.
Jiang Feiyan originally didn't want to pay any attention to this person.
But seeing the man's eyes darting around and his gossipy expression, I suddenly had another idea.
Jiang Feiyan: "Hello, Auntie. I'm going to the countryside soon, and I'd like to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some things in advance to prepare."
"Then why are your hands empty?" Aunt Zhang craned her neck to look at her hands.
"I did see some things, but..." Jiang Feiyan smiled awkwardly and didn't continue.
Aunt Zhang immediately unleashed her imagination: "What's wrong? Don't you have money to buy it? Didn't your stepmother give you any?"
"Auntie, don't ask anymore..." Jiang Feiyan pouted and hurried home.
Seeing her pitiful look, Aunt Zhang immediately clicked her tongue twice in disapproval:
"It seems Lin Chunqin isn't a very good stepmother. Xiaoyan is about to go to the countryside, and she's still so stingy and petty. Was she just pretending before?"
Aunt Huang from next door just came out to get some water.
Seeing her muttering to herself, I asked curiously, "What's wrong? What are you whispering about?"
"Hey, let me tell you, I just heard something..."
Aunt Zhang's eyes lit up, as if she had found the right people, and she quickly went up to tell them what had just happened.
After listening, Aunt Huang frowned: "Don't talk nonsense. Chunqin is so nice. She always shares any good food with us."
Unlike Yanzi, who never grew up like a child, often throwing tantrums and always looking at everyone with a gloomy expression, she was not likable at all.
"Hmph, who knows? Some people are very good at pretending." Aunt Zhang didn't believe it; she only believed what she saw.
Aunt Huang gave her a helpless look: "Whatever, just don't let Chunqin hear you say that, or it will ruin the harmony between the neighbors."
Aunt Zhang patted her chest and said, "Don't worry, who am I? My mouth is sealed tight."
Aunt Huang: ...So who was it that approached her about this just now??
Aunt Zhang really is a big mouth.
Within an hour, the residents in the neighborhood had all heard about something.
Jiang's stepmother is very stingy; she wouldn't even give her stepdaughter a little money to buy her anything before she was going to the countryside.
This shows that all the good behavior she displayed in front of others was just an act...
Because Lin Chunqin didn't go out that night, the rumor didn't reach her ears.
Otherwise, if they heard that, they would definitely put on a crying show in front of Jiang Guowai, and the Jiang family would make a huge fuss.
Even without this incident, the atmosphere in the Jiang family was still quite strange.
"Who entered my room?!"
When Jiang Feiyan returned, she found the door wide open.
The room was ransacked, and the small box where the original owner had saved money was also opened.
There were originally more than 10 yuan in change, but now there are only two or three yuan left.
She hadn't thought it was much money, and it had been fine in her room, so she hadn't put it in her storage space. She never expected it to be stolen.
Jiang Guowei was sitting on the living room sofa reading the newspaper when he heard this and frowned, saying, "What kind of attitude is this! You come back and start yelling!"
Lin Chunqin was cooking in the kitchen when she heard the commotion outside and came over: "What's going on?"
Jiang Feiyan knew from their expressions that it wasn't them.
That leaves only one: Jiang Wanbao!
Jiang Feiyan rushed into Jiang Wanbao's room.
As soon as the other person saw her, they hurriedly hid their hands behind their backs.
Jiang Feiyan stared intently at him: "Did you steal my money? Give it back!"
"No! Don't talk nonsense!" Jiang Wanbao retorted stubbornly, but his heart was in turmoil.
Oh my god, what a coincidence!
He was even thinking of hiding the money and then going to the other person's room to tidy up.
I didn't expect her to come back so early!
"You won't give it to me, huh?" Jiang Feiyan's eyes turned cold. She grabbed his arm and twisted it off with a strong pull!
"What are you doing? It hurts so much!!" Jiang Wanbao clutched his arm, in excruciating pain.
Jiang Feiyan snatched the money from his hand: "What is this? You're still lying!"
"This is my money!" Jiang Wanbao glared angrily, trying to snatch the money away. "My mother said that everything in the Jiang family belongs to me!"
He wanted to use the money to buy comic books and snacks; he had already promised his classmates!
If he hadn't run out of pocket money, he wouldn't have bothered with this grumpy guy's money.
"You thief, you still have the nerve to talk back?!" Jiang Feiyan sneered and slapped him across the face.
"Smack!" The chubby boy's cheek went numb from the slap.
"Aaaaah! You hit me again!!" Jiang Wanbao covered his face and immediately started howling.
Upon hearing their beloved son's cries of pain, Lin Chunqin and Jiang Guowei rushed over immediately.
"Wanbao, what happened?" Lin Chunqin hugged her son tightly and asked repeatedly.
"Jiang Feiyan! What did you do to your brother?!"
Without asking any questions, Jiang Guowei immediately launched into a tirade against Jiang Feiyan as soon as he entered the room.
Jiang Feiyan crossed her arms and said coldly, "Hmph, first ask what your good son has done!"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Guowei looked at Jiang Wanbao, frowned, and asked, "Wanbao, what do you say?"
Jiang Wanbao was most afraid of his father getting angry, and said with a guilty look, "I just... I just went to her room to get some money, and she hit me."
Seeing the handprint on her son's face, Lin Chunqin was heartbroken:
"It's just a little money. Isn't it only natural for an older sister to give money to her younger brother? There's no need to resort to violence!"
Jiang Guowei also looked at Jiang Feiyan with a dissatisfied expression.
It's outrageous to hit someone over such a trivial matter!
Seeing the couple's attitude, Jiang Feiyan sneered:
"Only you guys can talk about stealing as a trivial matter and even blame the victim."
Jiang Guowei's face darkened: "He's your younger brother, and he's still young. You shouldn't have laid a hand on him."
"I don't care how big it is! Since you guys don't care, I'll just let someone else manage it for me."
Jiang Feiyan snorted coldly, ran to the courtyard gate, and suddenly shouted loudly:
"Come quick! Jiang Wanbao stole my money, and my dad doesn't care. He even said it's my fault as the older sister. Please, everyone, be the judge!"
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