Life went on peacefully, and in fact, Qi Zhijun and Wei Shuqing's relationship was slowly warming up. One day, Wei Shuqing said to Qi Zhijun, "I'm working the night shift tonight. Tell your supervisor to come back ten or eight minutes early to pick up the child." Qi Zhijun agreed.
The family of three ate breakfast. After Qi Zhijun went to work, Wei Shuqing took the child to the daycare center, went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy half a pound of biscuits, and exchanged her meat coupons for a pound of lean meat with more fat than lean meat.
I cleaned the house inside and out, rendered the lard, and then salted the cracklings and the remaining meat before putting them in the cupboard. For some inexplicable reason, I locked the cupboard door.
I ate some noodles for lunch, took a nap, and when it was almost time, I put the leftover vegetables, cornbread, and a sugar triangle into the pot and left.
Ever since she started going to the canteen, Wei Shuqing has brought back either white flour steamed buns, dumplings, or twisted rolls and sugar triangles for her son every time. In short, she makes sure her son eats refined grains once a day.
Qi Zhijun had just picked up his child and arrived at the door when he saw Wang Jun and his two siblings squatting there. He parked his bicycle, took his son off the bicycle, and asked, "Why are you three here? Do your grandparents and mother know?" Wang Dong said coldly, "Uncle, is it because we pushed Aunt that my mother gave you the house as compensation?"
Qi Zhijun was taken aback, opened the door and said, "Who told you that? It's not like that. You're too young to understand. You'll understand when you grow up. Why did you decide to come here now? Do your family members know?"
Wang Dong looked at his house with resentment, now filled with the scent of his uncle and aunt Qi Aiguo, with no trace of his own family left. Wang Fang said, "Uncle, there's no food at home, and Grandma and Grandpa are out of money. We're so hungry."
Wang Hong burst into tears. Wang Dong wandered into the kitchen, lifted the lid of a pot, and shouted, "Little sister, come quick, there's food here!" Wang Fang and Wang Hong quickly ran over, their eyes red. There were still bits of oil and sugar triangles in the dish. Wang Dong picked up a sugar triangle and stuffed it into his mouth. Qi Aiguo came over. Although he was small, he was used to eating white flour food every day, so he knew the sugar triangle was for him. He shouted anxiously, "Bad boy, Aiguo's, Aiguo's!" and strode over. Wang Dong was furious when he saw him. It was all his mother's fault that he was living with his maternal grandmother and eating... They weren't getting enough to eat, so the three children went up and hit Aiguo. Aiguo screamed once, cried out, and then fell silent. Qi Zhijun came in, startled, and shouted, "What are you doing? Let go!" She strode over and pushed Wang Dong and Wang Fang away. Seeing her son's head cut open and half his face bleeding profusely, his little face turning blue and purple, she was so frightened that her legs went weak. She trembled and said, "Aiguo, Aiguo..." "Wah!" Qi Aiguo burst into tears. Qi Zhijun picked up the child, glared at the three children, and shouted angrily, "All of you, get back!"
Wang Hong and Wang Fang burst into tears. Wang Dong looked at Qi Zhijun as if he were his father's killer and said, "You've taken over my house and dare to kick us out. Fine, you're no longer our uncle. Get out of our house!" Without saying a word, Qi Zhijun grabbed the children and kicked them out. He picked up Qi Aiguo, locked the door, and rushed to the infirmary.
The child needed three stitches to his head and was prescribed some anti-inflammatory medication. Qi Zhijun, holding his son, was still unsure how to explain the situation to Wei Shuqing.
They walked dejectedly to the Qi family's old house. The three children were still eating cornbread at home as if nothing had happened. When they saw Qi Zhijun carrying Qi Aiguo in, they all huddled together.
Qi's parents and Qi Zhifang were all shocked by Qi Zhijun's appearance. When they looked at Qi Aiguo, Qi's father stood up anxiously and said, "What happened? Zhijun, what are you doing with the child? How did he get hurt like this?"
Qi's mother glared at Qi's father and said, "Why are you asking about our son? It's all that Wei Shuqing's fault. She made a scene about moving out and ended up hurting the child like this. I'm going to talk to her about it!"
Qi Zhijun looked at Wang Jun and the other two and said, "Aren't you three going to say anything?" Turning to his parents, he continued, "Mom and Dad, your grandson was beaten like this by your three grandsons. If I hadn't gone sooner, my son would be dead! Today, those three came over and said that Shuqing and I had taken their house. I opened the door and let them in, and they went straight into the kitchen looking for food. They wanted Aiguo's sugar triangle from his mouth, and several of them tried to strangle my son." Qi Zhijun's parents, Qi Zhifang, looked incredulously at the handprints on their child's face and neck, and the bruises on his arms and legs. Then they turned to look at the three siblings. Wang Hong was crying loudly in fear, while Wang Fang hid behind Wang Dong. Wang Dong, with his neck stiff, said, "Am I wrong? You are unfilial! You don't give your grandparents any money, and you occupy our house, leaving us to starve! Grandma, Grandpa, Mom, do you know? The food they eat at home has pork cracklings, meat, and white flour with sugar triangles. They are unfilial! They are not human!"
Qi Zhifang slapped Wang Dong across the face, then slapped the children repeatedly, yelling, "Who told you that your aunt and uncle are occupying our house? What does that house have to do with you? Who gave you the right to complain? Are you bandits? You'd kill for food, you'd rob for food. And now you're even going to kill someone for food? That's your cousin! How could you do that? I'll beat you to death!"
As he spoke, he picked up a feather duster and began whipping the children mercilessly. The children screamed and howled, and Mr. Qi slammed his fist on the table, shouting, "What are you doing?"
Qi's mother cried and said, "You want to kill them? Aiguo is already hurt. What good will it do to kill them? Put them down, put them down, stop! What a tragedy! What are you all doing?"
Qi Zhifang, her eyes red with anger, erupted hysterically, "Last time, these little bastards pushed my sister-in-law to the point of miscarriage, and she made a scene. We had to give up the house as compensation. Now, they're still not satisfied, and they've hurt Aiguo like this. Do you think my sister-in-law will let this go? These bastards, I'll beat them to death so I can have peace of mind. I'll never have to worry about them again, watching them cause trouble! How did I give birth to you bastards? Let me tell you, you want the house, right? Fine, we'll give you the house back, but remember you killed someone. After we get it back, you'll all go to jail and get shot!"
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