Hearing the noise outside the door, the deaf old lady hurriedly called to Sha Zhu to see who had returned.
“Grandma, it’s Xu Damao’s grandson,” Sha Zhu rolled his eyes. He didn’t understand what the old lady was up to.
"What? Is it just Xu Damao alone? Where's Lou Xiao'e? Has Xiao'e come back yet?"
The deaf old lady hurriedly asked, "Since the main character hasn't come, am I just performing a solo act?"
"No, it's just Xu Damao alone," Sha Zhu said, somewhat confused.
Upon hearing this, the deaf old lady could no longer contain herself. If Lou Xiao'e didn't come back, wouldn't all her plans be ruined?
Even the most shrewd old lady couldn't sit still at this moment.
"No, I have to go and ask what's going on with Xiao'e. Could it be that Xiao'e was seduced by that bastard Xu Damao?" the deaf old woman muttered to herself.
The deaf old woman then hobbled toward Xu Damao's house, leaning on her cane. She wanted to ask what had happened.
Sha Zhu followed closely behind.
Banggeng, who was playing in the hanging flower gate of the middle courtyard, finally saw the deaf old lady and Shazhu walk out of the house and head towards Xu Damao's small courtyard.
I was so happy! I'd finally gotten my chance!
After checking that no one was around, he slipped into the deaf old lady's house.
The incident was witnessed by the Liu brothers, Liu Guangfu and Liu Guangtian, and now they're not having an easy time either.
Ever since their father, Liu Haizhong, was sent to a labor camp, they have suffered as a result.
What factory would dare to give the son of a convict a high-ranking position? And what person would be so close to them?
They could see through Bang Geng's thoughts at a glance, but they couldn't be bothered to care. What did it have to do with them? Their own fathers were just used as pawns and that's why they were sent to labor camps!
The two exchanged a glance and tacitly retreated back home. They watched silently through the glass of their window, observing the spectacle.
As soon as Banggeng entered the house, he saw the snack box on the old lady's table.
These days, the hamsters are like mice that have entered a granary; they don't care about anything else, they just grab a snack and stuff it into their mouths.
Ah, so delicious! It's fragrant and sweet, truly a delicacy! No wonder that damned old woman looks down on my cornbread. If I had this, I wouldn't eat cornbread either.
Banggeng emptied the entire box of pastries, stuffing them all into his own pocket.
The naturally gifted Bang Geng understood that time was tight and the task was heavy.
After Banggeng had emptied the snack box, he started thinking about sneaking away from the old lady's house.
Unexpectedly, I saw the pork that Sha Zhu had bought on the cutting board.
Banggeng licked his lips and swallowed hard. This was meat! He hadn't eaten it for days. No way, he had to take it with him.
No sooner said than done, Banggeng, carrying a cloth bag in one hand and meat in the other, glanced around to make sure no one was in the yard, and then ran quickly home.
Bang Geng was worried that his mother might scold him if she was home, but unexpectedly, Qin Huairu went to Yi Zhonghai's house and wasn't home. Only Jia Zhangshi was there.
Jia Zhangshi glanced at Banggeng, who was panting heavily and looking flustered, and said with a laugh, "Where have you been? What happened? Were you being chased by wolves? You're always so impulsive."
Before Jia Zhangshi could finish her rambling, she saw what Bang Geng was carrying: meat. Jia Zhangshi rubbed her eyes; it was indeed meat. This… without even thinking.
Madam Jia snatched it away, saying, "Our Banggeng is so good! He's truly my good grandson, always finding meat for his grandmother."
Madam Jia didn't care where the meat in Bang Geng's hands came from. Once it entered the Jia family's possessions, it belonged to the Jia family. Besides, only Sha Zhu's family bought meat in the courtyard.
Shazhu's things are like his own; Banggeng taking his things home is perfectly fine.
After Jia Zhangshi hid the meat, she opened the cloth bag in Bang Geng's hand. "Wow, pastries!" Jia Zhangshi immediately grabbed a piece and stuffed it into her mouth.
Banggeng got anxious when he saw this: "Grandma, what are you doing? You've taken all the meat. These snacks are waiting for my mom and sister to come back and eat them."
"Eat, eat, eat. Those few good-for-nothings don't deserve to eat. Grandpa and I will eat. You tell Grandma..."
"Where did you get these snacks? Did you get them from Sha Zhu's family?" Jia Zhangshi immediately scolded Bang Geng.
Qin Huairu and those two good-for-nothings don't deserve to eat.
"This..." Banggeng stood stammering to the side, not daring to speak.
“Speak up, what are you afraid of? With Grandma here, I’d like to see who dares to bully you,” Jia Zhangshi said nonchalantly.
"I took it from Madam's room," Bang Geng said softly, head down.
He had been blinded by anger, but now Banggeng was afraid of being punished by his grandmother.
"You got it from that old geezer? I knew it! We've been eating cornmeal porridge every day, why haven't we sent that old geezer off yet?"
"So you were secretly hiding some delicious food," Jia Zhangshi sneered.
"Yes, Grandma, you don't know, that old geezer and Sha Zhu are secretly eating and not sharing with us. Didn't we agree before that we would send the old lady away?"
Are all her things ours?! Why should she? We bring her meals, and she even keeps some snacks for herself!
"These snacks should be brought out for us to eat!" Bang Geng said angrily from the side.
Long before, under Jia Zhangshi's brainwashing, Banggeng had come to believe that everything in the old lady's house belonged to the Jia family.
As the only son of the Jia family, I should be the one to enjoy the good things. Humph, that old bastard not only hoards them but also steals them!
"Yes, yes, my Banggeng is so sensible, eat up," Jia Zhangshi nodded with satisfaction. What Banggeng said was absolutely right.
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