"fart!"
Grandma Zhang slapped her little nephew on the back of the head.
"It's because you guys are incompetent! You just stood by and watched me get bullied by that filthy thing!"
As she spoke, she suddenly clutched her chest, her face turning pale.
The eldest nephew quickly took out a water bottle from his bundle.
"Auntie, have some water to calm your nerves."
Grandma Zhang snatched the kettle and gulped down several mouthfuls.
She then wiped her mouth with the back of her hand, her eyes blazing with anger again.
"That bastard Su Jianguo actually used such despicable tactics against me! He sent an idiot to disgust me!"
The second nephew stepped forward.
"Auntie, how about we bring more people tomorrow and go to the neighborhood committee to complain?"
"What kind of logic is that!"
Old Mrs. Zhang gritted her teeth.
"Director Wang is clearly biased towards the Su family!"
She suddenly stopped, and said with great reluctance.
"No, I can't swallow this!"
The four nephews looked at each other in bewilderment.
Grandma Zhang took a cloth bag from her inner pocket, peeled back the layers, and revealed several crumpled banknotes.
"San'er, count how many there are."
San'er took the money and counted it one bill at a time by the moonlight.
"Auntie, that'll be fifty-three yuan and eighty cents in total."
Grandma Zhang gritted her teeth and took out fifty yuan.
"You four, go back to the city right now!"
"ah?"
The four nephews exclaimed in surprise at the same time.
"What do you mean, 'huh'?"
Grandma Zhang slapped the money into her third son's hand.
"Here's fifty yuan. Go and teach that idiot a lesson! Kick him out of my house!"
My little nephew asked timidly.
"Auntie, it's so late at night..."
"It's easier to get things done at night!"
Old Mrs. Zhang said with a sinister look on her face.
"That idiot lives alone. Go in, drag him out, beat him up badly, and then throw him out into the street! Tell him that if he dares to stay there even one more day, you can beat him up every night!"
The eldest nephew hesitated.
"Auntie, is this...is this illegal?"
Old Mrs. Zhang gave a cold laugh.
"What are you afraid of? Who would believe a fool? Besides, who would know it was you who did it?"
San'er clutched the money, a greedy glint in his eyes.
"Auntie, don't worry, we've got this covered!"
Grandma Zhang nodded in satisfaction.
"After it's done, the four of you will split the fifty dollars. Remember, you must beat that idiot so badly he'll never dare to step foot in that house again!"
The four men were overjoyed upon hearing this.
Fifty yuan, each person can get more than ten yuan, enough for them to live a carefree life in the village for a month.
"Auntie, just you wait and see!"
San'er stuffed the money into his pocket and patted his chest.
Grandma Zhang finally showed her first smile of the day.
"Go ahead, it's not far from our village anymore, I can go back by myself."
The four men turned and walked towards the city.
Grandma Zhang stood there, watching her nephews' backs as they walked away, still cursing under her breath.
"Su Jianguo, you think you can scare me by hiring a fool? I'll show you what happens when you offend me!"
...
On the other side.
In Su Yufen's house.
At this moment, Wu Ermaitai was lying on the kang (a heated brick bed), tossing and turning like a fish that had been thrown ashore.
The kang (heated brick bed) was so clean that it made him feel itchy all over.
He reached out and touched the snow-white sheets beneath him, then quickly withdrew his hand, afraid that his rough palm would snag a thread.
"Why does this feel so off..."
He muttered to himself, flipped the pillow over, and then flipped it back over.
Moonlight slanted into the room through the window.
Wu Ermai stared at the light, his eyes wide open.
In Sujiatun, he slept on a pile of straw, covered with tattered cotton wadding that had been used for who knows how many years. It was shiny black, but it made him sleep soundly.
But the newly made bed and freshly washed bedding made him feel like he was lying on needles.
He turned over and heard the sheets beneath him rustling, which startled him so much that he froze immediately.
The sound was particularly jarring in the quiet night, and he was afraid of breaking something valuable.
Su Jianguo treated him so well, taking him to bathe, buying him new clothes, and even treating him to such an expensive roast duck. He couldn't afford to break Brother Jianguo's things.
Thinking of roast duck, Wu Er's stomach rumbled.
He patted his round belly, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously turned up.
The glistening duck skin, the sweet sauce, and the thin, translucent pancakes...
He had never eaten anything so delicious in his life.
"Brother Jianguo is so good to me..."
Wu Er muttered to himself.
Just then, outside the window, the cicadas' chirping grew louder and louder, especially clear in the summer night.
Wu Ermai pricked up his ears; he was all too familiar with that voice.
On summer nights in Sujiatun, this sound is the best lullaby.
But now, that familiar voice made it even harder for him to fall asleep.
Suddenly, Wu Er, who had been somewhat irritable, brightened up.
He remembered that when he was a child, Jianguo loved to eat cicadas!
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