"What money?"
Miao Fengying sneered, "Don't try to cheat me. As agreed, we'll split it 50/50. Give me 2.2 yuan."
Miao's mother scoffed and held onto the money tightly without making a move.
Miao Fengying's expression turned cold. "Mom, if you don't keep your promise, you can forget about getting another penny!"
Miao's mother glared at Miao Fengying, then angrily pulled out two yuan and fifty cents and shoved it into Miao Fengying's hand. "You brat! You really know how to squeeze money out of your old mother!"
Miao Fengying carefully put away the money in her hand and hid it close to her body, paying no attention to her mother who stormed off in anger.
On the other side, Huang Xiaofu, who had just returned home, was taken aback when he saw Huang Xiaoqiang sleeping in the living room. He pursed his lips, glanced silently at Wu's room, and then went back to his room.
Nothing happened that night. The next morning, after breakfast, Old Mrs. Wu went to the factory early.
He left so casually, seemingly unaffected by yesterday's events.
Huang Xiaoqiang held the bowl in both hands, gazing longingly in the direction where Old Lady Wu had left, feeling a deep sense of loss.
It had been so long since he had taken the initiative to care about him. Suddenly, he felt a weight on his body and saw Huang Xiaofu sitting next to him. Huang Xiaoqiang finished his drink expressionlessly, grabbed his bag, and ran away.
Huang Xiaofu, with half his face swollen, looked at Lao Si with a furious expression and a completely bewildered look.
Just as he was about to pick up the bowl, Huang Xiaoguo and Huang Xiaomin flanked him tightly, one on each side. "What are you doing?"
Huang Xiaoguo chuckled, "Second brother, you've been working at the factory for half a year now. Hasn't your factory sent out any news about hiring or anything like that?"
“That’s right, that’s right. You have a secure job now, why don’t you help your brother out?” Huang Xiaomin patted him on the shoulder like a good brother.
"I don't usually pay much attention to these things, but I'll find out for you when we get to the factory."
Huang Xiaoguo got up and left with satisfaction, while Huang Xiaomin remained seated.
Huang Xiaofu asked, puzzled, "Is there something else?"
Huang Xiaomin smiled and said, "No, no."
Huang Xiaofu was worried about Miao Fengying, so he hurriedly ate a few bites and got up to leave.
Watching Huang Xiaofu's retreating figure, Huang Xiaomin shook his head, causing Li Jin'e to frown. "What's wrong?"
"It's okay. If you're free later, wash both of our clothes, otherwise we won't have anything to change into tomorrow."
Li Jin'e pushed the bowl and chopsticks forward, crossed her arms, and said reluctantly, "I don't want to, you wash them!"
Huang Xiaomin sighed, "But I'm going out a lot lately, how can I have time to do laundry?"
Li Jin'e's eyes darted around, "Then let my sister-in-law wash it."
Huang Xiaomin stopped speaking and looked silently at Wang Huijun and Huang Xiaoguo opposite him.
Wang Huijun first glanced at Huang Xiaoguo beside her, and seeing that he did not react, she silently lowered her head and agreed.
The atmosphere inside the room became tense for a moment, and Huang Xiaoqiang, who was outside, was also very upset, kicking wherever he went.
Even a passing yellow dog gets kicked.
Suddenly everything went black. Huang Xiaoqiang looked up, withdrew his foot from the wall, and stammered, "Big...Big Brother..."
"Hmm...why didn't you participate in yesterday's event?"
"I...I wasn't feeling well yesterday."
"Oh...I know, something happened at your house. But that's precisely why you need to join us. If anyone causes trouble at your house again, bring your brothers and take them down!"
Huang Xiaoqiang was taken aback. "Can...can you?"
Hu Tiejun, the leader, smirked, "Of course, as long as you do one more thing for me, you'll be my brother from now on, and your business will be my business."
Huang Xiaoqiang asked instinctively, "What is it?"
"Isn't there a girl in your class named Huang Haiyan? Can you ask her out tonight and we'll have some fun?"
Play! Huang Xiaoqiang wasn't a ten-year-old child, so of course he understood what Hu Tiejun meant.
"This...this isn't right." Huang Xiaoqiang was naturally unwilling. Hu Tiejun was a gangster; what kind of good person could he be?
How could he escape responsibility for Huang Haiyan's accident? Hu Tiejun wasn't afraid of being shot; he was! He hadn't lived enough yet!
He followed Hu Tiejun so he could act tough and have a good time at school, not to do anything illegal like rape.
"not good?"
Hu Tiejun scoffed, turned his head and spat a large wad of phlegm on the ground, then reached out and patted Huang Xiaoqiang's face.
"This is not up to you. If you don't do it, see how I deal with you!"
After saying that, he waved his hand behind him and said, "Search him and see if he has any money."
As soon as he finished speaking, three or five teenagers swarmed around him, turned Huang Xiaoqiang upside down, and managed to find a dollar under his shoe insole.
"Brother, give it to me!"
Hu Tiejun nodded in satisfaction, "Perfect timing to go to the supply and marketing cooperative and buy a few Daqianmen cigarettes for the brothers to smoke."
Upon hearing this, the young people behind him cheered.
Huang Xiaoqiang's face remained deathly pale even after Hu Tiejun and the others left.
I arrived at school in a daze, sat on a bench, still lost in thought, when suddenly a young woman's voice came from beside me.
"Hey, Huang Xiaoqiang, what's wrong with you?"
Following the sound, a fair and delicate face appeared before him, with large, watery eyes curiously examining him. Huang Xiaoqiang snapped out of his daze and quickly lowered his head.
After a long pause, a low voice came through, "I'm fine."
Huang Haiyan shrugged and had no choice but to sit down in her seat.
Huang Xiaoqiang slept behind his books all morning, and when he heard the rustling sound of writing behind him, he couldn't help but feel annoyed.
Finally, school was over. No sooner had the teacher left than Huang Xiaoqiang rushed out of the classroom, ready to talk things out with Hu Tiejun.
Regardless, he wouldn't arrange for Huang Haiyan to meet up with Hu Tiejun.
You can hit me or yell at me all you want, but he wants to quit!
Hu Tiejun usually loitered around outside the school, robbing any student he caught of their money, and beating them if they refused! As a result, he was notorious, and no student was afraid of him.
They reported it to the police, but considering they were all minors, they only received a verbal reprimand and then had their families spoken to.
If a family can keep their children in check, who would go astray outside and mingle with the wrong crowd?
This emboldened Hu Tiejun, and he recruited more and more henchmen.
Huang Xiaoqiang didn't understand before; he just thought that everyone was afraid of him, which made him look very powerful and impressive.
But after what Hu Tiejun asked him to do today, he realized that these people were all bad seeds, wanting to do bad things but not wanting to get involved.
If we can get him to meet someone today, then if something happens tomorrow, we can push him out to take the blame.
The wind howled past his ears as he walked, and Huang Xiaoqiang, panting heavily, left the school gate. Before he could catch his breath, a dark shadow appeared before his eyes.
Backlit, it was impossible to see who it was. Thinking it was Hu Tiejun, Huang Xiaoqiang stiffened his neck, closed his eyes, and blurted out everything he had been thinking about on the way.
"Forget about it! I will never do such a thing for you, and I'm quitting!"
"Kill me or torture me, it's up to you!"
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