"What else can I do? The bicycle is not mine. This is a dispute between you and Yu Cuiying. Why should I meddle in other people's business and wade into this mess?" Gu Wanwan took out a handful of melon seeds from her pocket, perfectly explaining what it means to 'eat melons and watch the show'.
"The more violent the fight, the happier I am. I can't help but enjoy watching the fun, especially since both sides are my enemies. If I don't add insult to injury, you should be secretly laughing."
He Shuyan felt he couldn't stand up to the rural woman, and muttered in dissatisfaction, "Luoxue and Yarou are your cousins, how can you bear to watch the old hag bully your family? Even if they are in the wrong, can't you just scold them for my brother's sake? You have such a powerful mouth, the old hag is definitely no match for you."
"Your brother didn't intervene, and you still have the nerve to ask me to intervene? I'm not her mother, there's no reason for me to clean up their mess." Gu Wanwan expressionlessly munched on sunflower seeds. "Gu Yarou and the others were wrong in the first place. If they weren't so vain and obsessed with fame, would things have turned out like this?"
"My bike is free for the villagers to ride and trample on, but they don't like it. What kind of logic is this? Gu Yarou, aren't you the most generous and kindhearted person in the family? You are so considerate, how could you bear to ask Aunt Yu for compensation?"
"Aunt Yu is right. It was you who took the initiative to propose turning your car into a public vehicle for the village. You can't just sit in it halfway through a task. You have to see it through to the end. Otherwise, people will suspect you're just pretending to care about the villagers."
"Why are you so fond of showing off? You insist on promoting friendship between Qiyang Village and Qingshan Village, but Qingshan Village is hypocritical and treats Qiyang Village like a fat sheep. Gu Yarou, can you be more cautious? Now you are picking on Aunt Yu over three cars. Do you have to be so petty? Don't forget, you are the daughter of a prestigious family, well-educated and well-mannered. It is beneath your dignity to argue with Aunt Yu."
The words were rough but the logic was sound, leaving He Shuyan speechless. All the words he had used against Gu Wanwan before were now retaliated against by Gu Wanwan.
"You're also from a wealthy family. You can't be so selfish. If you don't help your sisters, aren't you afraid that others will say you're stingy and vindictive? You don't care about your sisters, and you don't care about the reputation of the educated youth. We're a group, and we should help each other."
Gu Wanwan was confident and self-righteous. "I don't care about my reputation. I don't care what others say about me. Don't mention the educated youth to me. I don't know them well. When they rode my bike, or when I was misunderstood, did they ever think about the group? Why would I sacrifice myself and hurt my sisters? Do you take me for a fool?"
"Gu Yarou, Xu Luoxue, just accept your fate. These three bicycles have caused great trouble to the village, and now you insist on claiming they are private. Aren't you afraid that the villagers will rise up in rebellion and accuse you of breaking your promise?"
Xu Luoxue didn't care about the lives of the villagers. She was determined to seize the right to use the car. "I don't care about them. No one can take advantage of me. If you want to borrow the car, you can. It's one dollar per person per time."
"Old hag, if you don't pay me, just wait and see. I'll report the crime to the commune right away."
Gu Wanwan kindly reminded him, "Now that the Xu family is bankrupt, they can't just take advantage of the Ding family. You said you didn't want to do anything, but you insisted on destroying the cushions. I'm not going to settle this without a hundred or eighty yuan."
Yu Cuiqi listened to it and hated the hypocritical Gu Yarou and Xu Luoxue, and even hated He Shuyan as well.
At the end of the commotion, the team leader and Party Secretary Ding rushed to the scene. After the team leader's mediation and Party Secretary Ding's voluntary compensation, they bought the broken bicycle for one hundred and fifty yuan.
Yu Cuiqi was no longer willing to give in, but after receiving a glare from Branch Secretary Ding, she dared not act like a demon anymore.
Xu Luoxue took the money and left with a victorious smile. She planned to cash in the other two cars in order to get through this difficult time.
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