"Good heavens, how could there be bloodshed on such a joyous day!"
"You're such a nuisance! Get out of here quickly, don't make a scene with the Goddess Mazu!"
People around them were talking about it, and Xu Zhaolan was so angry that her eyes turned red.
"Fu Wan, you little bitch!"
After saying that, she was about to grab Fu Wan, but Fu Wan wouldn't let her have her way and took several steps back.
"Don't force me to slap you in front of the Mazu Temple!"
She couldn't get anywhere with Fu Wan, and the people around her were pointing and gossiping. Her son was still picking up candy from the ground and eating it, while her husband hid to the side, not daring to say a word.
Xu Zhaolan was both angry and ashamed, so she sat down on the ground and started throwing a tantrum.
"Heavens above! This is outrageous! I brought my son to offer incense to the goddess Mazu early this morning, and as soon as we came out, I saw her daughter beating my son."
That little bitch even made me lose all my teeth! It's outrageous! Why isn't she arrested during the anti-gang campaign?!
Those around who didn't know what was going on started pointing and whispering, "This sounds like a misunderstanding, isn't it?"
"I just saw it too. It was this little girl who was riding on top of that child and hitting him that made that comrade get angry."
"With a fall like that, it must cost a lot of money to pay for it, right?"
Hearing this, Xu Zhaolan, who was desperately squeezing out tears on the ground, suddenly had an idea.
"Yes, you have to compensate me!"
"I'm already like this, how am I supposed to eat after I lose all my teeth!"
After saying that, he tried to pull Fu Wan away again.
Fu Wan stepped aside and gave her a disgusted look.
"You're saying my daughter hit your son? Then why did she hit your son?"
"That's because your daughter is so young and isn't learning good things, she's already learning to bully others!"
"What nonsense are you spouting, you crazy woman!" Wang Xiuer couldn't stand it anymore and stepped in front of Fu Wan.
"You're talking nonsense!"
"Auntie is lying! I beat him up because my cousin stole my candy figurine!"
Fu Wan held Chen Lingling's hand and said, word by word, "If we're talking about bullying people, who's as good at it as you guys?"
When we were at the Shen family's house, I had to wash all your clothes, my daughter could only eat the wild vegetables your son didn't want, and she only got a little bit of eggshell from each egg. When it comes to organized crime, you were far more powerful.
"So you're all family?"
"This has become such an ugly mess!"
Upon hearing this, Wang Xiuer quickly defended Fu Wan, saying, "My niece is divorced long ago. A bunch of scoundrels just bully people!"
"You're not leaving until you pay up today!"
Seeing that Fu Wan remained unmoved, Xu Zhaolan immediately went to pull Chen Lingling.
"Then let's call the police!"
"I'll do whatever the police tell me to do!"
Fu Wan doesn't cause trouble, but that doesn't mean she's afraid of trouble. Since Xu Zhaolan insists on giving an explanation, then the only option is to let the police handle it.
Coincidentally, because there were so many people at the temple fair today, the police also sent people to patrol the surrounding area.
"What happened?"
Several uniformed police officers squeezed through the crowd and immediately spotted Xu Zhaolan sitting on the ground.
Xu Zhaolan seemed to see a lifeline and hurriedly began to complain. But Wang Xiuer was not about to let her have her way. Fu Wan had come out with her today, so she was not going to let her suffer any losses.
So the two men each gave their own version of events, and the police officer's head was spinning from the cacophony of voices.
Fu Wan followed a policeman to an open space and then told the policeman everything that had happened.
Chen Lingling was also frightened by the scene and her eyes filled with tears. "Uncle Policeman, don't arrest my mother! I'm the one who hit Shen Guangzong. Arrest me instead, don't arrest my mother!"
The police officers were amused to see the little girl standing bravely in front of her mother, despite her fear.
"You can't be so reckless next time. You can't just hit people like that."
Several police officers questioned passersby in the vicinity, even the vendors at the sugar painting stall, and handed over their statements to the lead officer.
The lead police officer reviewed all the statements and then asked Fu Wan, "Since your daughter hit someone first, why don't you pay two yuan for medical expenses?"
The two yuan medical fee was just a token gesture, after all, Xu Zhaolan had lost a tooth from the blood, and the hospital didn't have the technology to fix it.
Fu Wan readily agreed. It was only two yuan; she didn't care at all. She considered it a tip for Xu Zhaolan's long performance.
Fu Wan agreed so readily that the police captain thought she would need to think about it, so he couldn't help but lean more towards the sensible Fu Wan.
Anyone with eyes can see that someone like that would never intentionally cause trouble.
Fu Wan squatted down and wiped away Shen Lingling's tears. "Lingling, Xu Zhaolan got hurt because she was about to hit you. Although it was wrong for Shen Guangzong to steal your sugar painting, we can't always solve problems with our fists."
So how about we give her two yuan so she can buy medicine and see a doctor?
Shen Lingling nodded, took out two yuan from her small bag, and handed it to the police.
"Officer, I'll pay the compensation. I promise I'll never hit anyone again, unless they hit me!"
If they fight each other, they probably won't have to pay compensation, right?
Fu Wan and the police officer were amused by her words. "Next time someone bullies you, come find the police officer."
Xu Zhaolan did not miss Shen Lingling's act of taking out money. Even this little bitch had a few dollars on her. Fu Wan probably spent all of the three hundred dollars from the Shen family!
"Two pieces aren't enough, I need 20 pieces!"
The policeman paused as he handed over the money. How could this person be so ungrateful?
"Comrade, if you look into it carefully, your son also has to compensate that little girl for her sugar painting. The whole thing was caused by your son, and the fact that he's giving you two yuan is already out of pity."
If you don't want it, I'll return the money to the other person, and you can apologize to each other and consider the matter closed!
"Only a fool would turn down money," Xu Zhaolan snatched the money from the police officer's hand, then dragged her son, whose mouth was covered in mud, away, cursing all the way.
They even forgot to call Shen Qiusheng who was behind them.
"Eat, eat, all you ever do is eat! You've ruined my beautiful front teeth!"
Fu Wan thanked the passersby who had testified, and now she had lost interest in shopping, so she followed Wang Xiuer home.
"Mom, should I not have hit someone today?"
Chen Lingling felt a little melancholy. In the stories her neighbor Hu Zi had told before, the heroes always fought bare-handed until they won.
But now that she has clearly won, why does she still have to pay money?
When Fu Wan saw that her daughter's eyebrows were all furrowed, she quickly tried to reason with her.
"Ring ring, we live in a society governed by law. If you injure someone over a trivial matter, you will definitely have to pay compensation."
For example, today we caused so many problems because of a sugar figurine. We could have just bought another sugar figurine.
However, if you encounter a situation that concerns your health and endangers your life, you can find a way to get yourself out of danger.
Fists can't solve all problems, because you're still a child, and your fists can't compete with an adult's. What's more important is to use your brain to think about how to solve the problem and minimize the impact on yourself.
Shen Lingling nodded as if she understood, and Fu Wan pulled her along, "Come on, Mom will stew fish for you today!"
However, Fu Wan did not expect that the brief record of the conversation today would soon come in handy for Shen Lingling.
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