Li Qiuxiang looked at Xiao Hu and curled her lip. "Where did this toad come from if you didn't step on it? You care so much about your old lover, why don't you take the old lady to your house and raise her? How many bites can she eat? If you give her more, there will be enough for her even if there's only a little left in the bowl. What are you doing here looking for us?"
Back then, the old lady made sure the whole family ate boiled cabbage stalks so she could cook special meals for your precious darling! What happened? Now that something's wrong, you're not doing anything about it?
And who gave you the nerve to come to my house and start a fight?
Xiao Hu was enraged by Li Qiuxiang's words and said, "She's your mother-in-law, and your great-grandmother is bedridden. If you act like this, your son will follow suit! You won't have a good ending!"
Li Qiuxiang quickly put her hands together in prayer. "Oh my! Your words have reminded me. If you marry my mother-in-law, we won't accept any dowry, and we'll even give you an old woman as a dowry. You should accumulate more good karma so you'll have a good future! Maybe you can even have another child. I'm waiting to see! Hurry up! Go do what you need to do. We still need to eat! Food is quite expensive, so we won't keep you any longer!"
Qi Zhijun still had some sense of shame. When his nephew's wife confronted him about not taking care of his elderly mother, he tried to pull Xiao Cui away. Qi Zhifang, with red eyes, said, "Don't go. Let's make things clear today."
Li Qiuxiang glanced at Qi Zhifang sideways and said to Wang Hong, "The adults are discussing matters, what are you, an unmarried girl, doing getting involved? Go back to your room!" She then handed Wang Hong a lunchbox, saying, "The kitchen, Great-Grandma Blackie probably left some food for you, go eat first. Go back to your room and get a good night's sleep. Look at you, so thin you're practically skin and bones, you look older than your mother. If you don't take care of yourself, you'll be the one who collapses sooner or later. Then will you have your precious old lady to back you up? Or will you have brothers and sons to rely on? You're so silly." With that, she pushed Wang Hong out.
Then he pulled up a chair and sat down. "Speak your mind, or shut up. I'm so busy at work every day, and I still have to listen to your trivial nonsense after get off work."
Wang Dong poured Li Qiuxiang a glass of water and handed it to her. Li Qiuxiang took the water and drank it all in one gulp. Then she looked at Wang Dong with a frown and said, "What are you doing here? When did you become the boss in our family? Go to the kitchen and eat with your sister." She waved her hand impatiently, "Go...go...go." Seeing that Wang Dong was about to leave.
Qi Zhifang angrily shouted, "Wang Dong, this is a discussion about your grandmother's affairs, and you're leaving too? You're a boy, don't you have any sense of responsibility?"
Wang Dong paused for a moment, but didn't stop; he ran! After being married for so long, experience had taught him that listening to Li Qiuxiang was the right thing to do.
Qi Zhifang pointed at Wang Dong, speechless with anger. Li Qiuxiang sat down in her chair with an air of authority. "What exactly do you want to say! Hurry up! If you ask me, why don't you just resolve this at home? Either way, you're the one supporting them! Why are you coming to us? If you really can't find us, then bring Wang Fang out!"
Qi Zhifang retorted angrily, "What does she have to do with her married granddaughter?!"
Li Qiuxiang chuckled, "You're still a married woman, yet you've spent most of your life freeloading at home. Why didn't you say you weren't part of this family back then? I'm too lazy to deal with your messy affairs! I'm just asking you, what are you doing at my house!"
Qi Zhifang yelled back, "Wang Dong is my mother's grandson. He can't just ignore what happened to the old lady!"
Li Qiuxiang pointed at Qi Zhijun and said, "You think so too?"
Qi Zhijun sighed. It wasn't easy to say it out loud. Li Qiuxiang then pointed at Xiao Hu and asked, "What about you? What are your thoughts?"
Xiao Hu said righteously, "The old man used to take care of a family. Now that something has happened, everyone should lend a hand."
Li Qiuxiang nodded and said, "Okay, I understand." She stood up and straightened the hat, saying, "Good, let's all pretend to be confused. Since we can't explain it clearly, let's go to the police station and let the police determine the responsibility. Let's see how to take care of the old lady. I don't believe that someone with sons and daughters can just push the old lady to be taken care of by his grandson."
Qi Zhifang was so angry that she wanted to rush forward, "You have no conscience! You really don't care about the elderly anymore, do you?!" Xiao Hu stopped Qi Zhifang and said, "Fangzi, calm down, let's talk this out! They are young and ignorant, they need to be taught!"
Li Qiuxiang laughed angrily, "I'm fucking giving you face. You should be glad this happened after I put on this uniform."
As he spoke, Xiao Hu took out handcuffs from his waist, his face grim. He blocked Qi Zhifang behind him and shouted angrily, "What are you doing? You dare to abuse your power?"
Li Qiuxiang snorted coldly, "What, you dare to assault a police officer? You have two choices: go to the police station or the neighborhood committee. Otherwise, we might not even know who's going to take off this uniform!"
Xiao Hu was furious with this scoundrel, but seeing that she wasn't joking, he pulled Qi Zhifang and said, "Let's go. This person is unreasonable. Let's find a place where we can reason with each other."
Li Qiuxiang snorted coldly, "Damn it! It's true what they say, good people don't live long, but scoundrels live a thousand years. I stopped being a hooligan and I'm still being bullied."
His eyes lit up, and an idea popped into his head: "I'll play you guys to death!" But eating was the priority right now. He went into the kitchen and saw the brother and sister eating white flour buns with radish strips. He casually opened the lunchbox and said, "Why aren't you eating this? There's no meat in Zhao Aiguo's canteen today, but this fermented bean curd is pretty good, lots of oil! By the way, where's Fatty Blackie?"
Wang Dong handed Li Qiuxiang chopsticks and ladled out a bowl of thin porridge, saying, "They came over this afternoon, so I asked Grandma to take the fat guy back home. Grandma said he'll stay at her place tonight!"
Li Qiuxiang nodded and said, "Wang Hong, eat quickly. Tofu is good for you too. After you finish eating, don't sew shoe soles tonight, go to bed early!"
Wang Hong agreed, and Li Qiuxiang scooped out a third of the tofu for her and pushed it over, while she and Wang Dong ate the rest. After Wang Hong finished eating and went back, Wang Dong casually tidied up the kitchen and said, "What about my grandma's matter..."
Li Qiuxiang said nonchalantly, "It's okay, they just haven't figured it out yet. We'll definitely be able to resolve it. Go to sleep!" The night passed without further incident.
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