On the other side, Old Lady Xia went out to buy vegetables in the morning and happened to see someone distributing newspapers for free. Although she couldn't understand the words on the newspapers, how could she miss such a good deal?
So she didn't buy any vegetables, but squeezed in to ask for a newspaper, then waited for a while and asked for another one. After buying the vegetables, she got another one.
If she hadn't been discovered, she would have wanted to keep asking for it. For her, the good thing was that it didn't cost money. She could take it home and use it to start fires or paste walls. Why not take advantage of a good deal?
Finally, she was discovered and she had a quarrel with the other party with a clear conscience. It was obviously her fault, but she made it seem as if the other party was bullying her. In the end, seeing the situation become like this, the man had no choice but to give her another newspaper.
Mrs. Xia returned home with a basket of vegetables and some newspapers she had gotten from nowhere. When she got home, Old Man Xia looked at her holding some newspapers and asked unhappily:
"Why are you spending money on newspapers? No one at home reads them. It's a waste of money, and you still buy three."
Old Lady Xia said cheerfully, "What are you buying? These were given to me for free by someone outside. I received them all. If they hadn't recognized me, I could have gotten more."
"Look, old man, this newspaper is so new and clean, you can use it for anything, and you can even sell it for money. I'll go out and have a look after dinner, maybe I can get some more."
Old Man Xia picked up a newspaper, looked at it for a few seconds and said, "This is a new newspaper. Why haven't we delivered it before? People have to buy it. Did something happen to their newspaper office?"
"But now that we have it back, let's take a look at what's written on it."
Old Lady Xia said nonchalantly, "Who knows? But old man, it's just right for you to read it to me, see what it says, and learn about the outside world."
As she spoke, she carried a stool and sat next to Old Man Xia, letting him read the newspaper. After she sat down, she called out, "Liu Xiu, you lazy woman, is the meal ready?"
"When you're done, go call the kids and Jianguo to eat. I've been out for so long and you haven't even finished cooking yet. I think you need to be punished again."
"Tomorrow when I come back from shopping, I want to see the food on the table. Did you hear me?"
Liu Xiu said "OK" timidly in the kitchen, then brought out the dishes and went to each room to call people to come for dinner.
When they went to call for dinner, the two Xia family members were reading the newspaper. After a while, Xia Jianguo came out with sleepy eyes, looked at the newspaper on the table, rubbed his eyes and said:
"Dad, where did we get so many newspapers? Why is it a waste of money to buy so many?"
"It's free. They're delivering it for free. Your mom got it for free. I don't know what happened, but they suddenly started delivering newspapers, and the dates are all today."
Hearing this, Xia Jianguo became interested. What happened? The newspaper was given away for free. Since it was given away, he might as well take a look.
Look at why newspapers are given away for free. Isn't this crazy? They don't even want money. This person is really stupid.
Coincidentally, the newspaper he picked up was on the page that was about their family affairs, and he picked it up and saw the first few lines of text.
It looked familiar to him, so he picked it up and read it carefully. After reading the first paragraph, he found that the things and people in it seemed so familiar.
Isn't this talking about them? This must have been done by that ungrateful Xia Jin. How could he distribute this newspaper for free?
Looking at the things mentioned above, if they were in the newspaper, everyone in the county would know about it. How would their family still be able to live here?
Thinking of these things, he understood Xia Jin's malicious intentions. He was so angry that he threw the newspaper on the table and said fiercely: "Mom, where did you get this newspaper?"
Looking at his posture, if Old Lady Xia told him where she got it, he might just beat her up. This is indeed something he could do.
Old Lady Xia and the others looked at their son in confusion and said, "He was just outside at the market. What's wrong with you? Why are you so angry?"
Xia Jianguo said angrily: "What's wrong with giving it back to me? Dad, turn the newspaper over and see what's written on it."
After saying this, he was about to walk out, wanting to stop people from giving the newspaper to other people and prevent it from spreading.
However, he was stopped by Old Lady Xia. She didn't know what had happened, but she knew that if her son went out like this, something bad would happen.
When Old Man Xia heard what his son said, although he was confused, he still did as he was told. He turned the book over and saw the story about their family.
He didn't realize it at first, but then he read about the woman being fired for stealing, working in a garment factory, and the events described above.
After he finished reading it, he said tremblingly, "What's written here is about our family, isn't it?"
"Yes, it's our family. This must have been done by that bitch Xia Jin. She's trying to push our family into a dead end."
"He's an ungrateful person. He doesn't care about us at all. We shouldn't have raised her back then. We should have just thrown her into an orphanage."
When he finished speaking, Liu Xiu came out. Seeing him coming out, Xia Jianguo threw the newspaper on her and said, "Come and take a good look at what your good daughter has written."
"I'm telling you, go find her right away and ask her to apologize to us in the newspaper, or you can just wait."
Liu Xiu brought his two sons with him. They were a little confused by what he did, but they still obediently took the newspaper and started reading. When they saw the article above, they were shaking all over. They couldn't tell whether they were angry or scared.
Only then did Old Man Xia regain his composure. He threw the newspaper onto the table and angrily said, "Good job, really good job, plotting against our family like this."
"Liu Xiu, go find her later and ask her to publish an apology to our family. We raised her so much, so what's wrong with asking her to repay us? Is there any need to treat us like this?"
Old Lady Xia was illiterate and didn't know what was going on. Seeing that no one told her, she said anxiously, "What on earth happened? Tell me quickly."
"What was written in the newspaper that made you so angry? And Xia Jin, did that little bitch do something to offend our family?"
"I knew it. He was a heartless ungrateful bastard, just like his mother, a traitor. I was so blind to let them in."
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