Chapter 316: It’s Hard to Guard Against a Thief Within
The lights in the main hall of the old Xie family in the backyard were also on, and Gao Xiulan came out with a palm-leaf fan.
"What's going on at this hour of night?"
Xie Da Jiao stretched his head and looked at Wu Shengli opening the window and door opposite him, and yelled.
"Can't you let me sleep?"
The noise in the front yard died down for a while.
The young couple had just put on their clothes when their daughter knocked on the door and came in, looking dazed.
Two cats followed behind with their tails raised and whiskers standing out.
"Are you woken up? Let mommy see if the mosquito bites on your back have gone away."
Chengzi threw himself into Lin Xiaotong's arms and smelled the scent of prickly heat powder.
People sleep more lightly in hot weather, and children have thin skin and tender flesh, making them particularly attractive to mosquitoes.
"Ah—my letter!"
Orange was startled by the hoarse screams coming from the front yard.
She quickly squatted down, held him in her arms, and patted him gently.
Xie Yi frowned and couldn't sleep at all. He took Chengzi and held him in his arms, and went to the front yard to see what was going on.
After leaving the yard, there were quite a few people standing at the hanging flower gate.
The family of three squeezed in and stood next to Gao Xiulan.
The lights in Old Zhao's house were on, the door was closed, and there were shadowy figures on the windows.
Jin Qiaofeng stepped forward and banged on the door: "What on earth do you want to do so late at night?"
She was almost frightened to death in her sleep. Her heart skipped a beat with her eyes open. It took her a long time to recover before she came out trembling with her clothes on.
When I went to the room, I saw that my eldest grandson Guoqing was still sleeping soundly with his belly exposed.
"You have the guts to yell, but you don't have the guts to open the door?"
Suddenly the door was opened from the inside. Jin Qiaofeng was caught off guard and tripped over the threshold, falling backwards.
Guan Lamei rushed forward and caught the person.
Zhao Yunyun's face was not good, and her voice was hoarse: "I'm sorry, uncles and aunts."
He grabbed Xia Caiyun's collar and dragged her outside, then kicked Fu Zhenggang who was blocking the way.
Xia Caiyun fell to the ground, her palms were bruised, her hair was messy, and she lowered her head.
Zhao Yunyun looked at it coldly, raised her hand, and dropped papers all over the floor.
"Erya, what happened?"
Gao Xiulan asked, mainly because she saw that her mood was not right.
"Aunt Gao, everyone is here today, I..."
Before he could finish his words, Fu Zhenggang became anxious: "Yunyun, family disgrace should not be made public. Let's discuss this behind closed doors."
“Snap—”
Green Bean Eyes got a slap in the face.
"I--"
“Snap—”
Another big slap in the face with the backhand, one on each side, exactly symmetrical.
Wu Shengli, who was watching the show with his hands folded, laughed out loud.
Zhao Yunyun couldn't control her emotions again and her voice became hoarse.
"You know it's a family scandal! Your mother did such a despicable thing and she wouldn't let me say anything!"
Lai Xi watched the scene through the doors and windows, his face pale, his eyes filled with fear, his lips pursed and unable to speak.
Guoqing saw it, stretched out his short legs and pulled his hand, leaving the main battlefield to the three of them.
Xia Caiyun's face was embarrassed, and it turned pale and red, and then red and blue.
I quietly picked up the scraps of paper on the ground, tears of heartache flashing across my eyes.
She had only written half of the letter when it was torn to pieces by the crazy Zhao Yunyun.
Zhao Yunyun was so angry that she laughed: "It's a good thing Lai Xi calls you grandma, and you, as an elder, stole the child's medical money!"
Everyone was shocked and started talking about it.
Diao Yulian yelled: "It's really a small knife pulling the butt, it opened my eyes."
Chengzi broke free from his father's arms, walked to Guoqing, and held Lai Xi's other hand.
Xia Caiyun muttered, "Yunyun, your words are too harsh. We are all family and I just need something urgent. I will return it to you after a while."
"Don't you feel guilty about saying that? Your son and I have been setting up stalls outside in this hot weather to make money, and we're all sunburned.
I work hard to sell a bowl of tea and only earn a few cents, but when you take it, you get a piece of great unity!
Are you still a human being? "
If looks could kill, Xia Caiyun would have been wiped out long ago.
Zhao Yunyun was so angry that her whole body was shaking, and tears flowed down her sunburned face, which was burning with pain.
Recently, Xiqi's fever has relapsed. He was hospitalized last week and has lost a lot of weight.
She had to make money and worry about her children at the same time. She wished she could be split in half. She was so angry that she had no place to vent.
In addition, money is tight lately, so she keeps a tight rein on the money in the cash box at home.
After closing the stall, she would count the money every night and remember every penny clearly.
My arms are sore tonight. I counted the money three times but it still doesn't add up. The amount missing is not a small amount.
In the summer, the stall also sells sour plum juice, but she and Fu Zhenggang can't earn more than ten yuan a day.
Fu Zhenggang has been working honestly and quietly during this period, not daring to cause any trouble for fear that the powder keg would explode.
I didn't expect that he would light the fuse himself.
"Mom, tell me the truth, what are you going to do with this money?
Lai Xi is your grandson, and hospitalization will cost a lot of money, you have to be considerate of us!"
Fu Zhenggang became emotional and couldn't stop crying, but he didn't dare to cry out loud. He wiped his eye sockets with the back of his hand.
He sets up a stall every day and has to look at people's faces. Is it easy for him?
Xia Caiyun cried out: "This money is really useful to me. Yunyun, don't worry, I will work hard this year. Even if I have to sell blood, I will make up for the money."
Zhao Yunyun stepped forward, grabbed the man's collar, pulled him up, and snorted coldly:
"Selling blood? I see you've been flirting with men quite a bit!"
Xia Caiyun's body trembled, and tears came to her eyes. She tried to break free but couldn't.
Her hands are now not as strong as Zhao Yunyun who works all day.
Jin Qiaofeng scratched her ears and said, "Man? Where did the man come from?"
She remembered that Fu Wenlei had been eating peanuts a few years ago, and the grass on his grave was already very tall.
"I don't know where this wild man came from! Fu Zhenggang, you might not know this, but your mother is trying to find you a stepfather behind your back!"
Fu Zhenggang was horrified: "Mom, is what Yunyun said true?"
He is already this old, and he doesn't want to have a stepfather.
He did lack money, but he didn't lack a stepfather.
Xia Caiyun grabbed her collar, tilted her head, and stammered:
"There's no such thing as a wild man. Brother He and I are innocent. Don't say anything nonsense."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present really believed them.
Zhao Yunyun couldn't bear it anymore. She was itching to do it, so she decided to take action.
He grabbed Xia Caiyun's hair and pulled it back, then grabbed her mouth and slapped her hard several times.
Xia Caiyun struggled hard to break free and wanted to speak, but her upper teeth hit her lower teeth, breaking her lip and staining Zhao Yunyun's hand with blood.
Not wanting to just take the beating, Xia Caiyun ignored the pain in her mouth and used one hand to slap Zhao Yunyun's chest which was pressing on her.
The two people entangled with each other and fought with red eyes.
Fu Zhenggang tried to stop him but was accidentally injured.
He covered his lower body, jumped up and down, and hummed.
A small bunch of hair was scattered on the ground. Zhao Yunyun was riding on Xia Caiyun, slapping her face, one slap after another.
Xia Caiyun's face turned red, and her long nails pinched the other person's waist.
The two of them were not idle either, kicking each other and rolling together, sometimes you on top and me on the bottom.
"Stop fighting! You're bleeding!"
"Hit her, Arya, slap her hard on the mouth!"
"Stop making trouble. If you continue, someone will die."
Gao Xiulan opened her mouth wide and several people took great effort to separate the two.
Everyone in the area was alarmed, and there was a sound of shouting at the door.
From the courtyard across the street, Xiaohui's mother yelled at the top of her lungs, "Big Mouth, what's going on in your courtyard? Open the door, and let me in to take a look."
Zhao Yunyun staggered to her feet. Her white cotton clothes were stained with blood. Her hair was disheveled and her face was fierce. She looked like an evil spirit.
Xia Caiyun collapsed on the ground, motionless, as if she were dead.
Fu Zhenggang quietly moved over, put his trembling hand on his nose, and breathed a sigh of relief when he felt the breath.
"My temple is too small to accommodate your hands. This is my house. Go wherever you want to cool down!"
Zhao Yunyun wiped the blood off her face with the corner of her clothes, and her nail joints were also scratched on the ground.
I was sweating all over during the fight, and my waist was covered with deep nail marks. The sweat seeped into the wounds, causing excruciating pain.
Zhang Dazui couldn't bear it anymore, so he took the medicine from home and stuffed it into Zhao Yunyun's mouth.
The man limped up to Lai Xi and forced a smile at Chengzi and Guoqing.
"Let's go back to bed with Mom."
Holding Lai Xi's hand, he took the baby back to the house and slammed the door shut.
It just happened to hit Fu Zhenggang's nose, which made his nose sore and two lines of tears slid down from the corners of his eyes.
"Let's all go home. It's late now. Let's go back to the house and sleep."
"There are so many mosquitoes outside. My hands are full of bites."
"This mosquito is really fat. It's so bloody when it's killed."
"Hey, why is Xia Caiyun so confused? It's not easy for Erya to make money."
"Who knows? Even if we're dating, how could we spend so much money?"
When Lin Xiaotong entered the yard, she glanced at Fu Zhenggang, who was holding Xia Caiyun and sitting at the gate of Old Zhao's house.
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