This was simply terrifying. Every time Lin Minjun spoke a word, the mother's eyes went dark. When she finished speaking, she staggered and almost fainted.

"Don't feel dizzy now, wait until this is over." Lin Minjun said with a smile.

Hearing this, the mother was so angry that she pinched her philtrum to stay awake.

With her hands on her hips, she started to rant, "Are you trying to drive us old couple to death? I am so embarrassed at my age, look at me, I will die now, I will die in front of you!"

Oh, are you starting to scare people with death?

In her previous life, Lin Minjun would have been weak at this moment, but she was not. Instead, she became more sober.

So Lin Minjun immediately thought: "You are the one who is embarrassed. Isn't it embarrassing for Erwa to be tied to the stool? If you are not willing to clarify, I can only tell more people about this matter myself. Anyway, I run a business at the street corner. When I have time, I will tell people about it and help my brother wash away the dirt."

In this way, wouldn't the news spread more widely? Wouldn't the eldest master's family be even more embarrassed?

The eldest master knew that he couldn't keep the matter vague this time. He snorted heavily, looking extremely unhappy. He pulled the eldest master forward and said, "We apologize and clarify. Let's just end this matter. Don't make any more trouble."

He wiped his face, walked back, and said something through gritted teeth, "Today I am here to clear Erwa's name. Erwa never took our bacon. It was Cao Bin who took it himself. We wronged Erwa and I want to apologize to him. Erwa, I'm sorry."

After saying this, he was able to bend and stretch, and bowed to Erwa. The eldest mother was still stubborn, and after the eldest master pushed her, she also bowed reluctantly. Under the gaze of everyone, she prepared to leave with shaking hands. Of course, only the eldest master knew the humiliation and pain in his heart.

"What about compensation?" Someone suddenly asked, "We just agreed on compensation."

When the eldest master turned around, his face turned pale and he took out two yuan from his pocket and put it on the table.

After compensation was paid and the grievances were cleared, the matter was finally over for Lin Minjun.

Lin Minjun: "Erwa, don't be afraid. Just now, the eldest master bowed to you to apologize for their mistakes. Do you have anything else to say now?"

Shaking his head, Erwa, who had been looking stern all the time, suddenly curled up the corners of his mouth, revealing a very small smile. He wanted to suppress this happiness, but as he laughed, he suddenly laughed out a snot bubble.

puff!

After the lively show, everyone applauded sparsely and was about to end. But before the end, Grandpa Ma cleared his throat and made a summary.

"We have all lived in this courtyard for decades and are old neighbors. In the future, we should not make a fuss over trivial matters. Can't we all live in peace? In the future, we should all watch our mouths and not put accusations on others for no reason. It's like what happened today. It's too much and it won't end well!"

It sounded like he was just warning everyone to be careful with their words, but the eldest master's face went dark after hearing it.

Others couldn't hear it, but he understood clearly that Lao Ma was warning himself not to talk nonsense in the yard in the future and not to go too far!

The eldest master suddenly turned around, seemed a little unconvinced, and wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say it. He angrily dragged his own stinky hooligan Cao Bin and the eldest mother back home.

When they got to the west room, the eldest master was already in a bad mood. He poured a cup of tea that was still cold and stale. He could no longer suppress his anger and yelled at the eldest mother who was standing next to him sighing, "How come you are getting lazier as you get older? Why is the tea on the table cold and rotten?"

"After a whole afternoon of trouble, the hot tea has gone cold. I don't have time to boil water, let alone talk about it." The mother felt very wronged. "Can you blame me for this? It's all their fault. They delayed the whole afternoon."

"You keep blaming me. If you hadn't gone too far, would it have caused such a big fuss?" The eldest master asked back, spitting. "You're targeting me without any evidence. Are you the kind of person who would do that? You've implicated my whole family and caused the whole courtyard to come and watch. Now we're all embarrassed. Are you satisfied?"

The eldest mother curled her lips, feeling particularly wronged. "Aren't you talking after the fact? You were the first to say that the bacon was thrown away, saying that it might be Erwa who took it. You were also the one who said that this kid was stealing and that we had to discipline him on behalf of his parents. Now you are putting all the blame on me."

"You, you! I have nothing to say to you." The eldest master was so angry that he turned away and was about to leave.

Before leaving, he was still angrily saying, "I was just suspicious and said a few words casually. Who told you to tie Erwa to a stool and beat him? Isn't this attracting attention?"

I would have stopped here, but the eldest master kept muttering, "You are a person who speaks without thinking, and you even kowtowed to apologize. How dare you say that! You are not good at talking and your brain is not bright, you are just not as good as Lao Xia, I'm going to talk to Lao Xia."

Old Xia is Aunt Xia. She asked all the men in the yard to call her Old Xia, as if she had become a man and could support her own family.

It would have been fine if I hadn't mentioned this, but once I did, Auntie got angry, threw the rag around, and said, "You keep saying how good Auntie Xia is, how smart she is, and how no widow in the whole yard can compare to her. So don't live with me, live with Auntie Xia."

The eldest master was about to go out. When he heard this, he turned around, glared at the eldest mother, and warned her, "Xiuhua, don't talk nonsense. This is ruining other people's reputation."

The mother realized that she had said something wrong and quickly slapped herself on the face, "I was in a hurry and I spoke without thinking."

The eldest master was satisfied and walked out of the door and into the courtyard.

The mother was still slapping herself as she stepped out of the door, preparing to go to the kitchen to cook dinner. As a result, when she entered the kitchen, she saw a man rummaging through the drawers and cabinets in her kitchen like a big rat.

She was so scared that she started to yell, "Thief! There's a thief in our house."

"Stop making noise, mom, it's me!" The thief turned around, with a bruised face and nose. It turned out to be the filthy hooligan Cao Bin.

But in the eyes of the mother, this is not a hooligan, this is her own baby, and she immediately patted her chest and said, "You should have told me earlier, I was scared to death, what are you looking for in the kitchen?"

Cao Bin said sullenly, "Go find your balls and roll them on my face. Look how my dad beat me."

The eldest mother said: "Your father was too harsh! How could he beat you like this? Come and sit down. I will boil an egg for you to roll. After rolling, you can eat it to replenish your energy."

As she spoke, she started to work, boiling a pot of water for eggs. While waiting for the water to boil, the mother leaned on the stove, the more she thought about it, the angrier she became. The more she thought about it, the more aggrieved she felt. She started to talk to her son, "To me, today's incident is still the fault of Lin Minjun and Erwa. Such a grown-up girl is so serious and has a bad temper. There is a saying that goes, "Let others be merciful when you can." How could she not understand that? With her bad temper, I don't know who she can marry in the future. I'm afraid she won't be able to get married and will just stay at home as an old maid!"

She cursed Lin Minjun that she would never get married.

Cao Bin grimaced in pain. He still didn't understand what happened. He just picked up a bunch of bacon to chase the little girl, but was caught and beaten by her father halfway through. He didn't know what happened, so he asked, "What does this have to do with Lin Minjun?"

"Why is it okay? Listen to me!" The eldest mother clapped her hands and immediately started to tell the whole story with spit. However, she would definitely not mention that she had slandered Erwa, and she took the initiative to kowtow and apologize. In her words, her family just made a small mistake and mistook Erwa for a thief. It was Lin Minjun who was too serious and meddled in other people's business.

"Just tell me, she is just a girl from another place, what does this matter have to do with her? Isn't she just trying to curry favor with Erwa because he has a family fortune? If the eldest brother doesn't talk about the second brother, no one else should make fun of anyone." The eldest mother curled her lips.

After the two eggs were cooked and the story was over, Cao Bin rolled the eggs on his face, sneering as he rolled them, "Erwa thinks he has found a backer and is strong enough, but he doesn't think about how she, a lone girl, can't even protect herself when crossing the river, and how can she support him."

"That's right! I don't know if Lin Minjun said something to Erwa, but this kid wasn't so stubborn before." The eldest mother nodded in agreement.

Cao Bin seemed to be thinking about something, and then sneered, "We lost such a big person in our family, how can we just let it go so easily? I have to think of a way to teach her a lesson."

The mother was selfish and stupid, but she was not as bad as Cao Bin. She quickly said, "You should take it easy too. Don't go too far."

"Okay, okay, I'm so annoyed. I'm leaving now." Cao Bin peeled the egg and threw it into his mouth, then walked away muttering.

…

At the same time, the reverse house on the south side.

Lin Minjun is cooking rice noodles. After a whole afternoon and evening of cooking, no one has had dinner yet. The fastest way to eat and soothe the frightened mood is of course to cook a small pot of rice noodles!

There is some pork and pickled vegetables at home. Chop them up and put them in the pot to stir-fry until fragrant. Put the softened rice noodles into the soup and add a handful of leeks before serving. Then you can eat.

Because Erwa was in a particularly low mood, Lin Minjun put a fried egg in the rice noodles, and the two of them ate while chatting.

After picking up a piece of rice noodles with chopsticks and putting it in her mouth, Lin Minjun instantly felt like she was alive again. It had been a long time since she had such a direct argument with someone. Now that the argument was over, she felt very happy instead.

Looking at Erwa again, he was slurping the rice noodles slowly with his eyelids drooping. The little boy looked very depressed.

Lin Minjun: "Weren't you very happy just now? You laughed so hard that your nose was covered with snot bubbles. Why are you unhappy now?"

When Erwa mentioned the snot bubbles, he blushed and said quickly, "I just have a cold, not from laughing!"

"Okay, then why do you have that expression?" Lin Minjun said.

Erwa ate a mouthful of rice noodles weakly. "The eldest master's family has lost face, but this matter is not over yet. Cao Bin will not let it go so easily. He is not a good person."

"What do you mean?" Lin Minjun asked subconsciously.

Logically speaking, Erwa is usually in school, and Cao Bin’s hobby is playing hooliganism, so the two of them would not run into each other, but why is Erwa so sure that he is not a good person?

Lin Minjun realized almost immediately that Erwa was hiding something from her and asked, "Did he bully you?"

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I'm back! I have two more chapters today. I'll post them as soon as I finish writing them. I've received everyone's blessings. Thank you. I'm here to share some of your good wishes. Hahaha. This book has resumed normal updates. Usually, there will be one chapter in the morning and one chapter in the afternoon.