Meanwhile, when Wang Dong and the others returned to their empty house, they were told by Li Qiuxiang that they had to move. They were still in a daze, wondering how life could change so rapidly, like a battlefield.
When she saw the three and a half rooms, it felt like a dream. Li Qiuxiang sat in the main room and said to Wang Dong, "From now on, you will have to hand over all your salary. I borrowed some money because I didn't have enough to buy the house."
After stammering for a while, Wang Dong weakly said, "I earn 28.5 yuan a month now, and I give my younger sister in the countryside a 5 yuan subsidy a month..."
Li Qiuxiang frowned. "You give me 5 yuan, but how much will your mother give you?"
Wang Dong said in a low voice, "My mom stopped caring about us a long time ago..."
Li Qiuxiang got angry and said, "All you do is fool around outside? You don't even care about your own son?" Wang Dong's face turned red and he couldn't say a word.
Li Qiuxiang thought again, and something wasn't right! "You're not the only one earning money in your family, what about Wang Fang? How much did she get?"
“She also gives us 5 yuan, and we have to squeeze out 20 jin of grain coupons for her every month…” Wang Dong said without confidence, “There’s nothing we can do, life is tough in the Northwest!”
“Her suffering has nothing to do with you. That year she went to the Northwest, it was all thanks to your mother! That's a heartless bastard, don't worry about it.” After saying that, she took Wang Dong to eat potstickers.
After a satisfying meal, the two slept soundly because Li Qiuxiang had her period. Wang Dong was secretly thankful, wishing she could come every day.
The next day, the two went to work. Li Qiuxiang went to Wang Dong's workplace during lunch. After finding out where Qi Zhifang was, she went straight to the point. Coincidentally, Qi Zhifang was sitting on the curb of the main road that Li Qiuxiang was sweeping, eating steamed buns.
Li Qiuxiang walked over and said, "Tsk...tsk...tsk, life is really good, buns made from mixed dough?"
Qi Zhifang glanced at Li Qiuxiang, her face showing great displeasure, and said coldly, "I don't want to see you, don't show your face in front of me!"
Li Qiuxiang pursed her lips and said, "I don't really care about what you're saying. I just came to tell you that your youngest daughter, that girl in the Northwest, will no longer be taken care of by our Wang Dong. If you're a decent person, give her some subsidies every month. After all, it's all your fault that she went so far away."
Qi Zhifang put down the steamed bun in her hand and stood up abruptly. "What's it to you? Why can't she live? Why do you need to uphold justice? You think too highly of yourself!"
Li Qiuxiang, with her fiery temper, kicked Qi Zhifang in the chest and then landed two punches on the head. Qi Zhifang was completely stunned and dragged to the main road. Li Qiuxiang continued to shout, "You son of a bitch, you won't listen to me when I talk to you nicely? You don't even care about your own child, leaving him to your old hag mother and son to raise. You're shameless! Even Pan Jinlian wasn't as promiscuous as you! You're over forty years old, a widow still wearing makeup and red and green. Who are you trying to impress? I'm telling you, if you don't give Wang Hong the subsidy and leave her to Wang Dong to worry about, I'll go to the union and find your leaders and have them transfer the subsidy directly to Wang Hong!"
He spat at her, "You're worse than an animal! Even a dog knows to protect its puppies! What are you anyway? You're a waste of your human skin!"
Seeing the onlookers only made her more irritated. "What are you looking at? You old slut, all you know is how to sell yourself everywhere. You're unfilial to your parents and don't raise your children. I really don't know how you passed the political review. How can you keep such a piece of trash at work! Qi Zhifang, let me tell you, if I were you, I would have given the job to Wang Hong long ago. I'd rather go pick up trash and beg for food myself. You have no humanity at all."
Qi Zhifang stood up unsteadily, enduring the pain, and glared at Li Qiuxiang, "Our family affairs are none of your business, you outsider!"
Just as Li Qiuxiang was about to retaliate, the security guards came over and said, "Hey! What are you doing? Why are you hitting someone!"
Li Qiuxiang pointed at Qi Zhifang and roared, "Are you blind? You call this a human being?"
"How dare you speak like that, comrade? Are you one of our workers?"
Li Qiuxiang took out her work ID, and the other person glanced at it and said, "You're from the steel plant, what are you doing here assaulting someone? Come with us to the security department and explain yourself!"
Li Qiuxiang sneered, "I have nothing to do with you, let's go to the factory office! Qi Zhifang, you son of a bitch, don't hide, let's go to the factory office and make things clear!" The security guard frowned and was about to stop her, "Take your hand away, don't touch me! Be careful or I'll tell you you're a pervert!"
"How can you be so unreasonable, woman! If you keep acting tough with me, I'll arrest you!"
"You dare! I'm a model citizen, try touching me!" Li Qiuxiang didn't take the security personnel seriously at all, and pulled Qi Zhifang towards the factory office.
Qi Zhifang panicked this time. "Let go first. I'll talk to you properly when I get home after get off work today." She then smiled apologetically at the security guard, "We're fine. It's just a misunderstanding."
"Misunderstanding my foot!" He turned and glared at the security guards. "I'm busy. This isn't something your security department can handle. You'll have to go to the factory office! Hurry up!"
The security team had never seen such an arrogant woman. One of them was about to teach her a lesson when another arrived and stopped him, saying, "Then go to the factory office! It's that building in front, on the second floor!"
Li Qiuxiang strode off in that direction, while Qi Zhifang, her face ashen, had to chase after her.
After I left, she asked, "Why did you stop me?" "Don't get involved with this guy. He's a troublemaker who can make trouble even when he's wrong. If you get involved, you'll get yourself into trouble! Besides, Qi Zhifang isn't a good person either. Just leave him to the factory office to deal with!"
"What are you saying? Do you think our security department is afraid of those who are reckless and unruly?!"
"You really can't do anything about this. Even that little rascal had to call her 'sister' back then. She's a ruthless person, and you really can't control this matter..." He whispered in her ear.
When they arrived at the factory office, Li Qiuxiang plopped down and said, "Boss, this is one of your factory's employees. Tell me about him! He's over forty years old, young and strong, and he doesn't support his parents or his children. He can spend all his money on himself."
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