Wang Fuduo, who was sitting at the door, saw Lin Weiwan coming back and walked over happily. "Niece, three more families have moved in. Let's go in and sign the agreement as a proof."
"Uncle Wang has been waiting for me for a long time. I'm going out to buy some things. You know there's nothing at home now." Lin Weiwan pushed his bicycle into the yard.
Wang Fuduo took Lin Weiwan's heavy bamboo basket and put it on his back. Lin Weiwan locked the bicycle in the small storeroom, took out a padlock from his pocket, locked it, and followed Wang Fuduo into the house.
The floor in the living room was a bit messy, and two workers were still building partitions.
Under the angry gazes of the Zhou family, Lin Weiwan took Wang Fuduo to the second floor. Wang Fuduo also asked the heads of the three families to follow.
After collecting the money and signing the contract and seeing Wang Fuduo off, Lin Weiwan looked at the bustling compound and felt good about it.
Old Mrs. Zhou had just packed up the bedpan for Old Man Zhou and came out. When she saw Lin Weiwan move, she wanted to splash the basin of feces out.
"If you dare to splash it, I'll force it into your mouth." Lin Weiwan immediately realized Mrs. Zhou's intention and shouted at her.
Old Mrs. Zhou paused as she stretched out her arm, and thinking of Lin Weiwan's fierce look, she took the urinal back.
Back on the second floor, the mother and daughter of the Wang family greeted Lin Weiwan when they saw her coming back, "Xiao Lin, let's have dinner together. We made dumplings today."
Lin Weiwan looked at the Queen Mother and said, "No need." Then she turned around and went back to the house.
She naturally saw clearly what the mother and daughter of the Wang family were planning, so she just kept away. The Zhou family still had a large area to move around in, and once other residents moved in, there would be trouble in the Zhou family.
After taking out the things from the bamboo basket and placing them randomly, Lin Weiwan directly took out three hot buns from the space to solve the dinner.
Re-hang the curtains on the windows and lock the doors of the house.
I took out my tablet and put on headphones to watch. I was followed in the black market today. Apparently one of the people there was a martial artist. He walked with a steady breath and was tall.
It was okay to deal with a few strong men from the Zhou family with just enough strength, but it was troublesome for Zhou Weidong who kept looking at him with the sidelong eyes today.
If they really fought, he would definitely suffer a loss. Lin Weiwan watched the video while finishing three meat buns and drinking spiritual spring water to quench his thirst.
My muscles were a little sore after a day of hard work, but they gradually eased after I drank some spiritual spring water.
Zhou's mother was fanning the coal stove in the yard with a palm-leaf fan. When the fire was just right, she quickly poured some oil into the pot and stir-fried the vegetables.
Out of the corner of my eye I caught a glimpse of the new woman taking something from the shed, so I turned around to check.
When he found that the man who was chopping wood had been carried away by the woman, he jumped up and started cursing.
"You little thief, why are you taking my firewood? You are so poor that you can't even afford to steal other people's firewood."
The woman turned around and looked at Zhou's mother, holding two pieces of firewood in her hands.
"Who are you scolding, you gossip? I'll return the two sticks I lent you tomorrow. Why are you yelling so much? You're not going to die because of the two sticks."
The woman was Xu Mei, who had just moved in and lived on the first floor. Her husband worked in a canning factory and had never had a house, so she and her mother-in-law and a family of more than 20 people lived in one house.
Now that I've moved out, even though the room is only 10 square meters in size and has no ventilation or windows, it's better than being squeezed in with that big family where it's difficult to even turn over.
"Who are you scolding? You think you're right to steal other people's things?" When had Zhou's mother ever suffered a loss? She was already feeling unhappy. She simply put one end of the pot aside, rolled up her sleeves and got in.
There is a mix of good and bad people in the house now, and if you are the only one who is suppressed in everything, you will be bullied to death.
While wrestling, they shouted "Zhou Weibei, Old Lady Zhou".
Soon, a group of people were fighting at the door of the back kitchen on the first floor. Lin Weiwan took out her headphones, heard a knock on the door, and put her things into the space.
"Comrade Xiaolin, there's a fight upstairs, you should go and take a look." The Queen Mother saw that the wrinkles on Lin Weiwan's face deepened when she smiled.
"I can't do anything about it. This kind of thing is under the jurisdiction of the police. At worst, there's the neighborhood committee." Lin Weiwan locked the door and went upstairs, watching the three Zhou family members pulling the newcomer's hair and slapping him.
"Stop it, all of you." Zhou Weidong came back with his newly-issued ID and saw several members of the Zhou family fighting in a ball.
Seeing that no one listened to him, he hurried over and separated the few people.
"Son, you're finally back. Hurry up and catch this thief." Zhou's mother pointed at Xu Meigen and Zhou Weidong and complained. Her hair was disheveled and her sleeves were torn off.
"Bah, he's just a soldier, but he really thinks he's a policeman and wants to arrest people. You're sleepwalking and haven't woken up yet." Xu Mei was quarreling with a dozen people in her husband's house, and she started cursing with her ruthless mouth.
"Mom, that's enough. What's going on? As the saying goes, a distant relative is not as good as a close neighbor. Let's sit down and talk slowly."
How could Zhou Weidong let the incident be brought to the police station? Zhou's father's case had already been decided, and he didn't know if he would be implicated if he returned to the army.
With such a commotion at home and then reported to the police station, his military career ended successfully.
"Son, she is a bully. She stole our firewood. Things are expensive now. Everyone has a lot of money. This person just came and started stealing. What are we going to do in the future?"
Zhou's mother was already poor, and now the family had very little money. She could make a living by buying a few petals with every penny she had, and if some money was taken away by others, she could still get by.
"Who stole it? Can you speak humanly? The neighbor who borrowed two pieces of firewood from your house will return you tomorrow. Don't keep calling you a thief. If a thief breaks into your house, he will leave crying. What are you taking advantage of?" Xu Mei had spent the whole morning digging up everything about the Zhou family. Now she was even more direct in her quarrel with him.
"You, you chatterbox, where is Lin Weiwan, hurry up and kick this guy out, who knows what he will do after he gets used to petty thefts."
At this moment, Zhou's mother thought of the owner of the house, Lin Weiwan, and quickly shouted towards the inner room.
The first thing Zhou Weidong found when he entered the room was Lin Weiwan standing aside and watching the fire from the other side. It was obvious that the current situation was all caused by Lin Weiwan.
He has been confused these past two days as to why Lin Weiwan hates the Zhou family so much and how the Zhou family has wronged her.
The whole family took care of her like a child and didn't ask her to do any work. Yet she behaved like this, even splitting up the family and renting out the house.
"Auntie, I can't do anything about this. The agreement has been signed, the neighborhood committee director has stamped it, and I have already collected half of the rent. If you kick me out now, I have no right.
It's just two pieces of firewood, why do you have to be so fussy about it? Aunt Xu didn't say she wouldn't return it. You've just been too busy lately and you're too angry. Let your brother take you to get some heat-clearing medicine to cool you down."
Lin Weiwan looked at Zhou's mother with an expression that said, "I'm doing this for your own good."
"Fuck you, if you don't kick them out, just give me money and rent a house for us." Zhou's mother was so angry at Lin Weiwan's sarcastic words that she started cursing.