Chapter 40
Uncle Pei put the child down and came up to slap Pei Ze, yelling, "You uneducated bastard."
"Bang." A punch hit Uncle Pei in the face.
Except for Zhong Miao and Zhong Ming, everyone else in the room was shocked.
"Who are you? How dare you, old bastard, hit me?" Uncle Pei covered his face and stared at Zhong Ming with his cloudy old eyes.
Zhong Ming flexed his wrists and said, "I'm your grandfather, and I'm going to beat up a piece of shit like you."
When Uncle Pei heard this, he could no longer bear it and was about to beat Zhong Ming. Pei Ze stretched out his long legs, and Uncle Pei tripped and almost knocked Zhong Ming down.
When Uncle Pei saw that Uncle Pei had failed, he immediately grabbed him and said with a smile, "Brother, who are you? Pei Ze is also our own child. How can you scold your elders like that? And his wife, why are you so stingy? It's just a broken toy. We are all children. What's there to worry about?"
Uncle Pei and Uncle Pei haven't visited for several years. They don't come to this poor place on weekdays. They didn't even come to Pei Ze's wedding, and of course they don't know Zhong Ming.
He thought that Zhong Miao had called on the neighbors next door to support him.
"Hehe, I'm just stingy. If you don't compensate me with the money today, you can forget about leaving this door." Zhong Miao refused to give in.
"You little bitch, why do you have the right to interrupt your elders when they are talking?" Uncle Pei was also unhappy.
"Bang." Zhong Ming's punch hit Uncle Pei. "My good daughter respects her elders enough. They are the younger generation, so it's not right for us to fight with you. Let's have a fight."
At this time, Uncle Pei and Uncle Pei finally understood that they were from the same family.
The children were all frightened by the bell. The older ones dared not make a sound, and the younger ones cried only one or two at first, but then one after another, the whole house was filled with the sound of children crying.
It was strange that the child who broke An An's toy was the only one who didn't cry. He stared at An An, scaring An An so much that he hid in his grandmother's arms and didn't dare to look back at him.
"I didn't do it, I didn't do it, I didn't break it." The child looked proud and self-righteous. It was obvious that he was a little bully at home, the kind who would bully anyone he wanted.
"Humph, your family is really worthless. My grandson already said that he didn't break it, and you still dare to hit him. If you don't pay the medical expenses today, we won't leave."
Uncle Pei sat down on the ground, acting like a rogue.
Pei Ze was about to speak when he was stopped by Zhong Ming.
Uncle Pei took the opportunity to say, "This is how you treat your relatives. You charge ten yuan for a broken toy, and the whole family is dressed up like decent people, but our children only gave one yuan each when they came to visit us for the New Year. You're treating them like beggars. I'm not leaving either. Pay me back."
Just when no one was paying attention, the little bully reached out like a cannonball and tried to grab An An from Zhang Weilan's arms.
He had disliked An An for a long time. He didn't have such a good toy, so no one else could have it. If it was broken, it was broken. Now that his grandfather was beaten again, he blamed An An for it.
Zhong Miao was closest to An An and her mother-in-law. She was quick-witted and wanted to pull the child away to block An An, but she failed to do so and accidentally slapped the little bully in the face.
Zhong Miao used a lot of force this time. She was afraid that An An would get hurt, so she moved quickly and couldn't control the force well, which led to this accident.
Now the little bully was really angry and wanted to hit Zhong Miao again. Pei Ze grabbed the back of the bully's collar.
"Ahhh, ahhhh." When the child saw that his goal was not achieved, he couldn't even speak and just struggled and screamed.
"Shut up. If you scream, I'll beat you up." Pei Ze said with a cold face. He was kicked a few times by the child while he was struggling.
"Pei Ze, put him down." This time, Grandpa Pei refused to accept it. His most beloved grandson was hanging in the air and kicking his legs.
He stopped sitting on the ground and stood up to pick up the child, but Zhong Ming grabbed his collar and he couldn't go.
That little bully was not brought up by fear. You can beat him up just like that. He has never been beaten since he was a child. The slap from Zhong Miao just now was the first time.
He stared at Pei Ze with his round eyes, showing his unwillingness.
Pei Ze didn't care about that. He picked up the little kid with one hand and slapped him on the butt several times with the other hand.
"Haha, you don't want to leave, right? I'll just help you clean up this little bastard who has a father but no father to educate him. Just stay here and wait for you to pay the money and apologize before you leave."
The little bully was shocked. He didn't expect that someone would actually dare to hit him, and in front of so many people. How embarrassing it was for him.
The child was so angry that his face turned red, but he didn't dare to move. Pei Ze was too scary, and he was afraid of being beaten again.
"Little brat, your father is Pei Lao Si, right? Go back and ask your father how many times I have beaten him."
Pei Ze let go. He couldn't hold the child all the time. He had no obligation to help educate their family. He didn't really hit the child hard just now, he was just trying to scare him.
After hearing this, the little bully looked at his grandfather with anger and grievance.
The back of Grandpa Pei's collar was still nestled in Zhong Ming's hand. He glanced at his teenage grandson. The grandson said nothing, just sat on the kang and looked down at his feet. He seemed to be scared and didn't dare to look over here.
I really don't know how this family raises children. The two older ones look like quails, the younger one is a bully, and the rest of the boys and girls, who are neither too old nor too young, are all wiping their tears.
When Uncle Pei saw the commotion, he thought that Pei Ze had really grown up, and it was hard to control an orphan and a widow in their family. Anyway, he had already received the New Year's money, so it didn't matter if it was a little less.
"Ah, big brother, nephew, it's getting late, we should go back."
"No, apologize and pay compensation." Zhong Miao refused directly with a cold face. She really didn't realize that Uncle Pei was such a flexible person.
"Niece-in-law, please forgive me when you can. Look at how your uncle and I got beaten. Let's just forget it."
Zhong Miao's father is still alive, so Uncle Pei dare not take Zhong Miao lightly at this time.
"How can we just let it go? Your children came to visit us, and our family also gave them New Year's money. I'm getting married to Pei Ze, but why haven't you uncles come to give gifts? Let's make up the gift money today. I don't want much, just ten yuan each, and a toy for thirty yuan."
"Also, that kid must apologize to An An, otherwise no one will be able to leave this door."
"You, why are you so unreasonable." Uncle Pei didn't expect that a little girl could have any say at home, and she even dared to be so unreasonable.
"It's unnecessary to reason with humans but with animals." Zhang Weilan, who had been silent all this time, finally couldn't help it.
She had just watched this farce and finally let it go. In the past, she had tried to endure it for the sake of her dead husband, but now, it was time to break up completely.
"Don't talk about relatives so nicely. Even if they are relatives, they are relatives who don't visit each other often. I gave you two families nine dollars for nine children. I am very generous. I let you in because of Pei Laogui's face. If you pay the money this time, our relationship will be completely severed. From now on, none of you will be able to enter my house."
Zhang Weilan didn't cry. Her face was so cold that it scared An An, and she snuggled into her arms again.
"You poor widow, how dare you say this? Back then, my second brother didn't even look down on you for being married with children. Now that he's dead, you treat our family like this?"
It was because of this that Uncle Pei always looked down on his second brother, even after his death. The poor widow's bastard died a few years ago, but she actually gave birth to a little bastard, and treated him like a treasure at home. What a nobody.
"That bastard has never disliked me. What's the point of you disliking me? You're nothing." Zhang Weilan has been holding back for years. Upon hearing this, she threw An An into Zhong Miao's arms and went over to give Uncle Pei a big thumbs-up. "You're bullying us orphans and widows, aren't you?"
The slap was louder than a fist. "You grandchildren, if anyone dares to bully my grandson, I, as the second grandmother and the second uncle, will have to teach him a lesson. Why, you still don't apologize?"
Zhang Weilan's weathered eyes glared fiercely at the little bully. This look was even more frightening than Pei Ze's. It was something a child like him could not bear. Moreover, the sound of the slap was still ringing in his ears.
The little bully was really scared this time. He turned around reluctantly and bowed to An An. "Yes, I'm sorry." After he said that, he still felt wronged and wiped away his tears twice.
"Look, this child is not a bad person. He can be educated well. You two old people should pay the compensation and set an example for the children so that they can see what kind of human being their grandfather is." Zhang Weilan stared at Grandpa Pei with her fierce eyes.
Uncle Pei cursed a lot, but it was difficult for him to leave now, and there was no way to end it peacefully.
"You want a slap too?" Zhang Weilan glared at him and interrupted him from spouting shit.
Uncle Pei was about to speak when Zhang Weilan interrupted him, "Don't talk to me about big brother and little brother. I don't have a big brother as bad as you. Your brother is dead. If you want to be big brother or little brother, you two old guys should go down and find him as soon as possible. When you get down there, tell old ghost Pei how you treated his orphans and widows."
"You, you." When Mr. Pei heard this, he was so angry that his face turned red and his whole body trembled. He wanted to kick Zhang Weilan twice, but Zhong Ming was watching him.
His old hands trembled as he reached into his jacket pocket, took out a wad of money, took out ten yuan and threw it on the ground.
"Since our family has completely severed ties with you, we don't want any money for our children's wedding. Go away. We'll never see each other again. Whoever comes first is a bastard. It depends on whether you have any shame or not."
Zhang Weilan's words put an end to this farce.
Zhong Miao picked up the ten yuan, stuffed it into An An's arms, and coaxed him to go to the city and buy another car.
In fact, An An had stopped crying a long time ago. Although he was not yet five years old, he understood some things. His parents, grandmother and grandfather had all vented their anger for him, and he had also received apologies and compensation. He didn't want to make a fuss at all and just wanted to coax his grandmother not to be angry. His grandmother was a little scary like this, he had never seen his grandmother like this before.
Zhong Miao put An An down, and Pei Ze and Zhong Ming escorted the group of people out of the yard. Just as they were about to close the door, Zhong Miao threw the frozen tofu vermicelli they brought out through the crack in the door.
Otherwise, why do people say that she is quick-eyed, quick-handed, and careful? No one else thought of this unlucky thing, but she did.
After sending these guys away, the family began to clean up the house. Zhong Miao opened the windows to let the smell out and wiped the kang boards.
Zhong Ming swept and mopped the floor, while Pei Ze fetched water and ran errands for them.
The doors and windows were open, and the cold wind blew in, taking away all the bad luck in the room.
For a moment, everyone was busy working and no one spoke. When Zhang Weilan saw this scene, the heavy stone that had been weighing on her heart for many years was finally put down.
It was not until she saw An An’s cute look as she picked up the rag and was about to wipe the small desk that Zhang Weilan burst out laughing.
"Don't worry about me. I'm fine. It'll be easier if we don't have any contact in the future. Pei Ze's father is not a stingy person, and he won't bear to see me being wronged. If he knew, he would agree with my actions. We were orphans and widows before, so it was inevitable that we would be criticized by these damn relatives. But it will be fine in the future. With my in-laws and Miaomiao here, no one dares to bully us."
"Haha, sister-in-law, tell me if you have any problems in the future. If they dare to come again, I will go to their house." Zhong Ming was also happy.
In fact, Zhong Ming was still a little surprised. He had watched a lot of melodramatic TV dramas with his daughter, and he had seen many awful relatives on TV. He never expected to meet someone more shameless than that.
Zhong Miao wiped the kang clean with swift movements, and it dried quickly under the cold wind. She was no longer clueless like when she first arrived, and could occasionally help out. "Mother-in-law, Dad, come up and warm up." She closed the window.
"Okay, what a good child." Zhang Weilan was relieved. It was her blessing to have such a daughter-in-law and in-laws.
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