Luo Qiang's home is behind Chen Xiangbei's high school, not far from them.
As soon as Old Chen saw Old Lady Xia, it was as if his backbone had come. He wanted to file a complaint, accusing those old women of beating him, and let Old Lady Xia take the blame for him.
As soon as he opened his mouth, Old Lady Xia started cursing, "Bandit Luo Yuan, get out of here! You stole half a bag of sweet potatoes and cabbage from us. When are you going to return them?"
"Your family can't afford to live, and you're stealing things like this. Did you grow up eating shit? Have you ever seen a sweet potato?"
"I won't say anything about people grabbing money and tickets, but you're trying so hard to grab half a bag of sweet potatoes. Do you think you can achieve anything in your life?"
"You're going to steal sweet potatoes today. If you don't, you'll starve to death. Tomorrow, you'll have to steal the bitter tea from the old man next door. If you can't steal it, you'll have to go out with nothing."
"Your father died early and had no time to teach you, and that's how you became. You don't want to learn well, and you're still in school. I think you'd better go to the countryside early, where you can still make a living. You can't be a worker anyway, so they won't come to your house to arrest you."
"Don't tell me you still want to get into the factory. Now everyone is trying to rob people of their things. If you get in, won't you empty the factory?"
The people inside finally couldn't stand it anymore. They could curse them all they wanted, but Luo Yuan was her life. He was so smart and he would definitely get a job in the factory in the future. How could that damn old woman outside dare to ruin her son's reputation like this?
His reputation is ruined. Which factory would dare to hire him in the future? Isn't this ruining the child's future? His mind is too vicious. It's just half a bag of sweet potatoes, and it wasn't his son who snatched it alone. Why is he scolding her Luo Yuan alone?
His son just shared some sweet potatoes and took them home to show his filial piety to his mother and to feed his younger sisters. What did he do wrong? He was just very filial and caring about his family.
He didn't eat much of the sweet potato himself, he just felt sorry for his family.
Why should he be scolded? Everyone should praise him.
She wanted to rush out and tear the old woman's mouth apart so that she could never say anything bad about her son again.
"Damn old woman, if you curse me again, I'll kill you!" Luo Yuan's mother walked out with a stick. There were no men in the house, and they had many strong sticks to keep away men with bad intentions.
This time it finally came in handy.
Old Lady Xia had seen a lot of things, so who would she be trying to scare with a broken stick? "Oh my, you're not going to be a coward this time, you're going to be a murderer now?"
"Your family, the son is a robber and the mother is a murderer, it's a family tradition."
"Come on, hit me on the head, come on! Let me see if you have the guts."
Luo Yuan's mother said, "My son is filial and smart, unlike those cowardly men in your family. Those men can't even speak clearly and are timid in fights. If I had a man and son like him, I would have been afraid to go out in public a long time ago."
"You said my son stole something. What evidence do you have? Without evidence, it's slander. Even if we report it to the police, I'll still be in the right. I'll still sue you!"
"When asked about my son's character, the old neighbors who have lived with me for so many years all know him. He is a very good man who can maintain his appearance to the outside world and take care of his sister at home. He would never do such a thing as robbery."
"On the contrary, your loser son, who knows if he gave the sweet potato to someone, was afraid that you would scold him, so he falsely accused us. My son was kind enough to take him out to play, but he turned against me. Why don't you ask your good son who he gave it to? Anyway, our family has never seen the sweet potato you are talking about."
Old Lady Xia: Hey... I've met an opponent who's trying to confuse right and wrong. This woman is right about one thing: Chen Xiangbei is indeed quite a coward, so even if he's so cowardly, he definitely wouldn't dare to lie to her.
"He's also filial and smart. If he were truly filial and smart, he wouldn't go around stealing other people's food. He's also keeping up appearances. Can you tell me which of your neighbors can prove that your son is a good person?"
She saw a neighbor peeking out of her window to listen to what was happening. After hearing what the woman said, her expression was indescribable.
That means there must be something wrong with Luo Yuan.
Seeing that Luo Yuan's mother couldn't find it and hesitated for a moment, she continued, "Your man is a coward and won't let me come out to see people. So, is your man a coward so you killed him? Otherwise, you wouldn't dare to yell at me here?"
"If that's the case, we should call the police to investigate. Are you truly vicious? To have raised your son like this, he must have done a lot of shameful things."
Luo Yuan's mother: "Bullshit, you old lady should be more careful with your words, otherwise you will get into trouble because of your bad mouth."
Old Lady Xia: "What kind of trouble could I possibly cause? I'm here with good reason to ask for the things that were stolen from our house. What kind of trouble could I possibly cause? Unless you're holding a grudge against me and planning to kill me?"
"Look at this big stick of yours. It's not stained with blood, is it? Oh, that's really scary. Are you a decent family? Don't be so..."
Old Mrs. Xia stopped talking, lest she be branded a rumormonger.
Luo Yuan's mother: "You... first tell me what evidence you have to prove that my son stole the sweet potatoes?"
At this time, Chen Xiangnan, who had reported the case after sending Old Lady Xia to the third brother, came back. He was assigned by Old Lady Xia to find the police because Old Lady Xia saw the big woven basket for sweet potatoes in the other party's kitchen.
At first glance, this basket looks like something you could buy anywhere, but it was actually one of the factory benefits given to Old Chen a few years ago. After so many years of use, the paint on the basket has worn off, but what they don't know is that the words "Machinery Factory" are still faintly visible on the basket's handle.
They had used this basket for many years, and Old Mrs. Xia clearly remembered that there was a bulge on its edge, which was very similar to the corner that was faintly visible in the kitchen.
So, she could conclude that this was their basket.
Chen Xiangbei, this damn kid, even if he went out to steal things, he actually took away the basket and everything inside. He is such a inhuman being. I will beat him to death later.
Old Mrs. Xia had a fierce look on her face.
"Public security, he was the one who stole our sweet potatoes. Every stitch and thread was earned by me bit by bit. You can't just ignore this matter because it's not valuable!"
The public security comrades immediately became serious because they recognized that this person was from the compound where accidents often happened. The people in their compound were not easy to deal with. If something they didn't want to see happened just because of some sweet potatoes, they might have to bear the responsibility of failing to mediate.
"Comrade, don't worry. No matter how small the matter is, it is also a big deal for us. Please tell us what happened first."
Old Mrs. Xia immediately pushed Chen Xiangbei out.
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