Han Meina put her hands on her hips, like a shrew, "You hit him, it means you are wrong, I don't care, you have to pay me 20 yuan today, and how much can the sweet potato cost?
My son grew up in a pampered state. It's your honor if he eats a few of your sweet potatoes, but you are so stingy.
My children will never be able to make a living, and I suspect you are framing them. Please call the captain to come and give us a fair judgement."
She just couldn't believe it. Could Lu Jiandang still side with an outsider? Lu Shizong was his nephew after all.
If he dares to turn his elbow outward, I will scold him every time I see him next time.
Seeing that she was blaming him, the woman was furious. She grabbed some mud from the ground and threw it at her face, cursing, "You little bastard, you can't stay in the city anymore, so you went back to the brigade with your tail between your legs. Who doesn't know what happened? Did he eat sweet potatoes? He is trying to kill my whole family. If you don't pay me today, I won't leave."
Her man also rushed over and stood next to her. He was so big and strong that Han Meina took a step back.
He stretched his neck and shouted into the house, "Boss, please come out quickly. My child and I are being bullied to death."
Lu Jianjun was sleeping soundly, but his sleep was interrupted by her noise. He got out of bed with a frown.
"What are you yelling about?"
Before he finished yawning, he saw a group of people gathered outside, making a big scene.
He said impatiently: "Why are you arguing? You're bloated. Can't you see I'm sleeping?"
After being yelled at by him, Han Meina told him the whole story in a wronged manner.
Lu Jianjun looked at the woman with a bad attitude: "Don't be unreasonable. My son just ate two of your sweet potatoes, and you're crying and wailing like your mother has died. I...!"
With a "bang", the fist came towards him, making him dizzy and dazed, and the blood from his nose flowed down like water that could not be stopped.
He pinched his nose, looked up at the man who was as angry as a lion, and was frightened.
The man pointed at his nose and said, "You unlucky guy, do you want to be beaten? Your son has been stealing and everyone has seen it. How can I wrongly accuse him?"
Like father, like son. It's true that if the upper beam is crooked, the lower beam will be crooked. If you don't compensate me, I will ask my brothers for help.
Your house has been demolished. Even if the police come, it will be useless, not to mention calling the captain."
Lu Jianjun was the kind of person who only bullied the weak and feared the strong. He said weakly, "With your empty words, you said that my son stole yours. Shizong, tell me, did you steal sweet potatoes from his house?"
Lu Shizong shrank his head and watched the man's fists creaking. He collapsed and said, "Dad, I was just too hungry, so I took two sweet potatoes from him. I didn't steal."
After all, he refused to admit it! He hid behind Han Meina and felt a little safe.
The man refused to agree. "You took it, so you took it. Taking it without asking is stealing. My family grows the crops. Why should I give them to you? I'm your father! I have to support you! We were originally neighbors, and I don't want to be on the job. Who made your parents behave like despicable people? You almost dug up all the land, and you still gave me two sweet potatoes. I think you're not going to give up until you get to the Yellow River. I'll send you to a juvenile detention center."
Hearing this, Lawrence Lu was really scared. He took Han Meina’s hand and said tremblingly, “Mom, I don’t want to go to the prison. I won’t go.”
Han Meina hugged her and comforted her, "Don't go, don't go. Even if I risk my life today, I won't let him send you there. It's just two sweet potatoes, right? I'll pay for it."
Then, she looked at the man and asked, "How much?"
Without thinking, the man said, "Twenty dollars."
Everyone gasped when they heard this amount. A family in the countryside, even if they were working hard, might not be able to save even 20 yuan in a whole year. Isn't this an outrageous amount?
Someone couldn't stand it anymore, "Zhang family, you are blinded by money. We are all from the brigade. We see each other everywhere. You are really going to drive his family to death!"
"If he had the money, wouldn't he have built a big house with blue bricks and tiles? What's wrong with eating a few of your sweet potatoes? I think I'll just give you three or five cents. Don't be so mean, or you'll get retribution from your own children. Just consider it a good deed."
"Zhang family, you are taking advantage of others' misfortune. Don't go too far. Even if that kid did something wrong, you can't empty his family's pockets. They can't make ends meet! Give him three or five cents and this matter will be over."
Mrs. Zhang glared at those who were talking without any hesitation, "What was stolen was not yours, you made it sound so easy, but when I really want to dig up your land, you won't be happy.
Twenty dollars, no negotiation. If you don't pay, I'll call the police and have this guy arrested. If he's not clean, you have to keep an eye on him when you go to your house, right?"
Han Meina was also anxious. "Twenty yuan, buy yourself a coffin. Two or three sweet potatoes, one yuan is too much."
She took out fifty cents and a cent from her purse, counted them over and over again, and then put them together and handed them to her.
"That's all I have. If you don't want it, forget it. But if my son is arrested, I will go to your house every day and cry, cursing your whole family for a bad death."
Mrs. Zhang glanced at her husband, who nodded. She took the money reluctantly.
The difference between this one yuan and twenty yuan is too big. However, one yuan can buy two kilograms of fine grains, which is just enough to satisfy my child's craving. This trip is not in vain.
As for the sweet potatoes, she dug up the big ones, and the remaining ones were only as big as fingers, so she could steal them if she wanted.
If it happens next time, I can extort you some more money!
Mrs. Zhang was just as aggressive as anyone. "If you come to my house again, I'll dig up your foundation. Lu Jianjun, remember to take good care of your son. If his reputation is ruined, it will be hard for him to find a wife in the future."
After saying that, she left with the man, and the others also dispersed.
Han Meina stretched out her hand, wanting to hit Lu Shizong, but seeing how pitiful he looked, she couldn't bring herself to do it. She said angrily, "Are you a starving ghost reincarnated? You made me pay a dollar. If it's one dollar, we can all have a meal of meat."
Lu Jianjun also had a gloomy face, "You have made me lose face. You are hungry, but you won't go home. Will you be left without food and drink at home?"
Lu Shizhong pushed Han Shimei away and said angrily: "You spent all the money in the house on drinking liquor. What else is there to eat? I've been hungry for two days.
Look at what I'm wearing. Why don't you go to work? People say you're a useless drunkard. I'm ashamed to have a dad like you. Can't you be more motivated? "
The gap between the city and the countryside is too big for Lu Shizong to accept. After all, he has been used to a good life, so who can endure hardship?
Instigated by those idiots, he went further and further astray, but Han Meina still thought her son was a treasure.
It's all Lu Jianjun's fault. After drinking two sips of liquor, she stopped caring about trivial matters and kept on doing things. So the family was handed over to her.
Han Meina looked at the skinny Lu Shizong and felt so distressed. "My son, why am I so miserable that I have to marry your father, such a useless man? Look at what you have done to the child. Sooner or later, you will drink our family away."
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