Chapter 126 Underworld
When the five-star red flag fluttered over the port city, the dream became reality and Pengcheng added many port city elements.
Waves of Hong Kong people have come to Shenzhen to discuss business or enjoy life.
On weekends or holidays, young people in Shenzhen would make plans to cross the border together and go shopping in the port city.
Television channels also began to play TVB dramas enthusiastically, such as "The Greed of Man", "Detective Investigation Files", "Forensic Files"...
The Hong Kong city on the screen is fascinating. People in Hong Kong work in the office buildings in Central, wearing skirts and high heels, or suits and ties, and rushing to and from get off work. Madame and Sir are both very capable, and they live in either modern and simple apartments or luxury villas in Mid-Levels.
Lin Qiu's family is almost all immersed in the charm of Hong Kong dramas and cannot extricate themselves.
Lin Qiu's newsstand has more Hong Kong pictorials and entertainment gossip magazines, and the front cabinet is filled with cassettes of famous Hong Kong singers such as Richie Jen, Faye Wong, and the Four Heavenly Kings, bringing a large number of young customers to the small newsstand.
The influence of Hong Kong dramas on the old couple is only reflected in eating and dressing.
When eating out, people are no longer restricted to Chinese restaurants, but have begun to try Western food. The clothes they buy are no longer dark in color and are more fashionable in style.
Lin Ting also specially picked out a dark brown baseball cap for himself, and Zhou Qing also bought himself a silver-gray silk scarf.
The old couple often took Wang Shan to visit parks on weekends, and they even visited the Lotus Park, which had only been open for a short time.
The person who is most obsessed with Hong Kong dramas is undoubtedly Wang Xiuren.
Every day when I get home from get off work, I just turn on the TV. I don’t work overtime at night, nor do I go out with Zhao Dalong for the past few nights. I just sit on the sofa and don’t move. Even taking a shower requires someone to urge me.
Lin Qiu scolded him several times, but he still muttered impatiently: "I don't smoke or drink now, I just like watching TV, and you still scold me!"
Looking at Wang Xiuren who looked aggrieved, Lin Qiu felt angry and amused.
"Who told you not to watch TV? Didn't I tell you to take a shower and go to bed early?"
"You go to bed first, I'll take a shower after I finish watching this episode!"
After saying that, he leaned back on the sofa and stared at it intently.
Not only was he addicted to watching TV, but he and Ah Xing followed some friend's advice and each spent over a thousand yuan to bring home a VCD player, which came with more than ten CDs that they bought from somewhere.
As a result, Jackie Chan's "A Good Man", Stephen Chow's "All's Well, Ends Well 1997" and Ekin Cheng's "Young and Dangerous Series" were broadcast on Lin Qiu's TV.
Influenced by the dressing style of the Young and Dangerous, Wang Xiuren bought himself a floral shirt, a leather jacket and a pair of sunglasses without knowing when.
From time to time, I dress up at home, sitting on the sofa pretending to be deep or leaning against the door to act cool.
The old couple indulged him as if he was making a fool of himself, while Wang Shan cheered at her father, "Dad, so cool!"
Faced with Wang Xiuren's sudden middle school syndrome, Lin Qiu just felt a headache.
Fortunately, Wang Xiuren’s second-year syndrome only occurs at home.
Richie Jen's affectionate voice came from the TV: "You are always too soft-hearted, too soft-hearted..."
Wang Xiuren, who was resting at home today, put on a floral shirt over his black vest, and found a pair of sunglasses and put them on his head.
He was mopping the floor and twisting his body to the song, looking weird and out of place.
“Ding ding ding ding ding…”
The phone at home rang. Wang Xiuren put the mop aside and answered the phone.
The call came from Wang Shan's teacher, Ma. "Wang Shan's parents, I'm Wang Shan's class teacher. Can you come to the school now?"
Wang Shan has been in first grade since kindergarten, and this is the first time the teacher has asked her parents for something.
Wang Xiuren was worried that something had happened to his daughter, and asked anxiously, "Hello, Teacher Ma! I'm Wang Shan's father. May I ask what happened? Is Wang Shan feeling unwell?"
Teacher Ma held the phone in his hand and glanced at Wang Shan who was standing against the wall by the window. Her eyes were red from crying and her nose was twitching. She looked very pitiful.
"She had a fight with another classmate and made her nose bleed."
Wang Xiuren was silent for a few seconds before he said to the teacher, "Okay, I'll come over now."
Wang Xiuren, wearing slippers, picked up the motorcycle, locked the keys and walked out. Zhou Qing just came back from buying groceries.
"Aren't we taking a break today? Where are you planning to go?"
Wang Xiuren thought about it. His daughter had a fight with another classmate and even made the other person’s nose bleed. He couldn’t let his elderly mother-in-law face such a thing.
He said calmly, "It's okay, I'll go out for a walk and be back soon!"
"Be careful on the road!" Zhou Qing walked towards the kitchen carrying the purchased vegetables.
Wang Xiuren rode his motorcycle to the school and found Teacher Ma’s office. The other student’s parents had already arrived.
A little boy was crying loudly, and a young woman was hugging him and coaxing him gently. She was probably the boy's mother. Another woman who was slightly younger than Zhou Qing was angrily swearing at Wang Shan, while Teacher Ma was trying to persuade her.
"dad!"
When Wang Shan saw Wang Xiuren come in, she couldn't bear it any longer. She rushed over, hugged his waist and cried bitterly.
Wang Xiuren squatted down, hugged her, and wiped the tears from her face. "What's wrong? Who did you fight with?"
"Are you the parent of this little girl?" The little boy's grandmother came over. "Look, my grandson's nose is bleeding because of your daughter's beating. What do you think we should do?"
Teacher Ma was afraid that the parents would start quarreling, so he rushed over to deal with it.
"Grandma Zhu Jun, I've taken Zhu Jun to the infirmary for a checkup. The school doctor said that the bleeding was caused by damage to the nasal mucosa. It's not a big problem. Normally, we will bleed if we sneeze too hard or blow our nose too hard."
"So, if you have something to say, talk it out nicely. If there's a problem, just negotiate it together. If kids have a little conflict, you push me and I hit you, that's all normal!"
"Teacher Ma, I know that it is normal for children to fight, but this little girl was too harsh! Look how badly she beat my Junjun. There's a lot of blood on his clothes!" Zhu Jun's grandmother felt sorry for her grandson, and her voice got louder when she saw the blood on his clothes.
Wang Xiuren ignored Zhu Jun's grandmother for the time being. When Wang Shan stopped crying, he asked softly, "Shan Shan, why did you fight with this classmate?"
Wang Shan said aggrievedly: "He tried to steal my Pokémon Ball, and I refused, so he called me a toothless rake!"
After Wang Shan put away the Poké Ball, she had no intention of paying any attention to Zhu Jun. However, Zhu Jun kept following her, singing with a giggle, "A toothless rake raking pig shit. Halfway through the raking, he picked up dog shit." The classmate next to her was singing along, and she couldn't help it, so she turned around and punched him hard in the nose.
"Are you hurt?"
Wang Shan shook her head and punched Zhu Jun so hard that he started crying. The students around her were all stunned until she saw Zhu Jun's nose bleeding. She thought he was in trouble and started crying too.
After Wang Xiuren learned about the situation, he stood up and smiled, "Grandma Zhu Jun, how do you think this should be resolved?"
When Zhu Jun's grandmother saw the tall and strong Wang Xiuren, she looked at his flowered shirt and sunglasses and her voice became softer: "What do you think we should do?"
"Let's go to the hospital for another checkup. Our family will cover the expenses. How about I buy some nutritional supplements for the child to replenish his blood?"
"Our Junjun was beaten to the point of bleeding so much?"
"Then how about we go to the hospital and get some blood?"
Teacher Ma almost laughed out loud when he heard what Wang Xiuren said.
She cleared her throat before speaking, "I think we should just handle this! Wang Shan shouldn't have hit him. You should apologize to Zhu Jun and say sorry. Also, don't hit anyone again next time! Zhu Jun, you should also apologize to Wang Shan. How could you steal your classmates' things? You shouldn't give your classmates nicknames or scold them with rhymes!"
Wang Xiuren pushed Wang Shan's back, and Wang Shan walked up to Zhu Jun and bowed: "Zhu Jun, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have hit you."
At the signal from Teacher Ma, Zhu Jun got down from his mother's arms and stood in front of Wang Shan. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have taken your things, and I shouldn't have called you a nickname."
Teacher Ma also announced the punishment for the two: both of them will be disqualified from receiving the red flower this week.
Then the two students followed Teacher Ma back to class.
Two days later, Wang Xiuren secretly asked Wang Shan, "Are there any other classmates who steal your things or give you nicknames?"
"No!"
Wang Shan shook her head. Now the boys in the class were very afraid of her and would avoid her when they saw her.
"Dad, Huang Xinxin told me that Zhu Jun and his classmates said you are a gangster!"
Wang Shan snorted, "He is a gangster! His whole family is gangsters!"
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