Chapter 129 Black and White
Ma Baoguo stood on the steps of the courtyard with a sullen face, with Xiao Hu beside him, listening to the noises coming from inside the Wu family's closed door.
He was at home with his wife and children, but he didn't expect Wu Chunyan to knock on the door and come in. As soon as the door opened, tears started streaming down his face before he could even say a few words.
He was scared half to death, but fortunately his wife was quick to pull Wu Chunyan into her arms and comforted her softly.
After asking, I realized that they came to him for help to bear witness. His wife couldn't bear to see the girl crying like that, so she urged him to go out and help.
When he went out to deal with some matters during the New Year, he thought about the strange things he had encountered when he went to that compound before, and took Xiao Hu with him.
On the way, Wu Chunyan asked him and Xiao Hu to listen at the door and go in when she opened the door.
He originally thought it was a trivial matter and that calling him here was really making a big deal out of nothing.
I didn't expect that he would feel something was wrong the more he listened outside with his hands in his pockets. The world is so big and there are all kinds of people.
In his entire life, he had never heard of parents in their forties asking for child support from their daughter who was still in school.
Xiao Hu next to me was dozing off on the way here, but unexpectedly he was no longer sleepy after arriving here, and his eyes were wide open like bells.
Originally, there were only the two of them gathered at the door of the Wu family listening, and gradually, people from the compound came out and gathered in circles.
They all pricked up their ears and listened quietly to the three people talking inside. From time to time, they could hear Diao Yulian's sharp and piercing voice.
At this time, Jin Qiaofeng and Gao Xiulan squeezed next to Zhang Dazui and the others, and they all eavesdropped together.
The noise inside was getting quieter and quieter. Jin Qiaofeng felt that she couldn't get enough of it, so she walked past the crowd, lay down on the gate of the Wu family, and peeked through the small gap.
Diao Yulian was so angry that her face turned red and her neck became thick. She glared at Wu Chunyan with a snort.
"I'd like to ask the teachers in your school if this is how they teach their students. They've grown up and become disrespectful to their parents!"
Diao Yulian pushed and strode to the door, kicking angrily.
Jin Qiaofeng didn't have time to dodge and was kicked so hard that she fell back and lost her balance.
"ah--"
Seeing that the man was about to fall headfirst to the ground, Ma Baoguo used his butt to push Xiao Hu forward.
Xiao Hu, with a confused look on his face, was forced to take a few steps forward, and the two collided. Xiao Hu struggled to stand firm and held onto Jin Qiaofeng's arm with difficulty.
"Oh my god, I'm so scared!"
Jin Qiaofeng originally thought that she was going to die headfirst, but when she came to her senses, she saw a young man in front of her.
After she stood firm, she patted her chest to take a breath and said, "Thank you, young man!"
Xiao Hu rubbed his shoulders and said awkwardly, "Ahem...it's okay, it's okay."
In fact, he felt his left shoulder was numb, and he looked at the director with an accusing look.
Ma Baoguo had already avoided the sight and coughed dryly a few times.
Diao Yulian finally came to her senses and looked angrily at the people standing in the courtyard below the stairs, her hands shaking with anger.
"Jin Qiaofeng, what are you doing?"
"Okay, you came to my doorstep in broad daylight to eavesdrop, why do you all come to laugh at me?"
"Go, go, go, get out of my way!"
Diao Yulian rushed to the bottom of the stairs and yelled at Jin Qiaofeng, almost poking Xiao Hu's nose with her finger.
Ma Baoguo, who was standing diagonally behind Jin Qiaofeng, was thinking that what he had just done was not fair, so he pulled over Xiao Hu, who was rubbing Jin Qiaofeng's shoulders.
"What do you mean by us peeking? We heard you a long time ago because you were so loud."
"How dare you do something like this yourself and not let anyone say anything about it?"
Jin Qiaofeng, who was discovered, refused to admit it and looked at Diao Yulian with her neck stiffened and her nose turned up.
Diao Yulian was shivering with fear and stretched her fingers forward.
At this moment, she felt that every nose hair of Jin Qiaofeng in front of her was laughing at her.
Who can still tolerate this? Anyway, she can't stand it anymore.
Diao Yulian bent her fingers slightly and slapped Jin Qiaofeng in the face with all her strength.
"Fuck, you're still trying to trick me!"
Jin Qiaofeng widened her eyes and simply squatted down.
So Diao Yulian's slap missed because her fingers were too long.
He couldn't control it and it hit Ma Baoguo's face behind him with a loud bang.
“Snap—”
"ah--"
There were slaps and cries of pain.
Wu Shengli and Wu Chunyan also came out.
Everyone's eyes widened and they took a step back to avoid being accidentally injured again.
Ma Baoguo was hit by a big punch when he wasn't paying attention. He covered his face with his hands and shouted angrily: "Are you still being reasonable?"
He knew that coming to this compound would be no good.
When Wu Shengli saw the slap mark on Ma Baoguo's face, he quickly smiled and said, "Ma... Director Ma, why are you here?"
"Humph, why did I come? You don't even know!"
When Wu Shengli heard this, his heart skipped a beat. He looked around and saw that everyone in the yard was looking at him with contempt.
Thinking that something bad had happened, he was about to ask Ma Baoguo to come into the house to talk.
Wu Chunyan, who had been quiet all this time, suddenly said in front of everyone, "Dad, let's discuss the alimony issue in front of Auntie Dayuan today."
"Five dollars a month is really just barely enough for me right now, and I know it wasn't easy for you to raise me."
"As your daughter, I should also take part of the responsibility."
"Since last October, my mother has been writing to me asking me to help the family more, so I send five dollars every month."
As soon as the words fell, someone in the crowd whispered, "I knew it. Last year, I kept seeing Diao Yulian going to the post office to withdraw money. I thought she was sending letters or things to her daughter."
"Who would have thought that he would ask his daughter for money?"
“I really didn’t expect that!”
"That's right."
Wu Chunyan looked straight into Wu Shengli's eyes, which were about to spit fire, and did not give in at all.
"Today, while the aunts are here, I want to settle the matter of alimony."
"It's written clearly in black and white. This way, if I don't do it well in the future, you can use this to accuse me of being unfilial."
"Yes, it's written down so we can all testify to it."
"It's better to write it down in black and white. It's easier to read."
"Tsk tsk tsk, this way Diao Yulian won't be able to regret it at any time."
"Didn't you hear what I said before? They think five dollars is nothing! Who knows, next year they might ask for ten or eight dollars."
Wu Shengli finally understood that Ma Baoguo was probably called here by this damn girl, and that she was trying to force him to agree by saying that to his face.
At this point, he could only grit his teeth and agree, forcing a smile.
"Yanzi, you really misunderstood your mother's meaning."
"Okay, as you say, we'll write it down."
"It's written clearly in black and white."
"Swallow, are you satisfied with this?"
Wu Shengli squeezed out the last words through gritted teeth.
After listening to this, Wu Chunyan first bowed to the aunts in the compound, and when she raised her head, tears flashed in her eyes.
"Aunts, if I do something wrong in the future, please feel free to enlighten me."
"Swallow, what are you talking about?"
"If I had a daughter who gave me money every month, I would be so happy that I wouldn't blame you for not giving me enough."
"That's right, if my girl could do this, I would wake up laughing."
Normally, if a girl brought back a pound of meat from her parents' home, it would be a big deal. Before she even had time to sit down, everyone in the compound would know about it.
Finally, in front of everyone in the compound, Wu Shengli personally wrote the agreement.
It was clearly written in black and white that after Wu Chunyan started working, she had to send six dollars home on time every month as alimony for Wu Shengli and Diao Yulian.
The agreement was made in two copies, and after signing their names, Wu Shengli and Wu Chunyan, father and daughter, each received one copy.
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