Hearing the murmurs outside, Qin Huairu wished she could kick them all out. But the hospital was a public place, and Qin Huairu had no right to do so.
Qin Huairu could only comfort Bang Geng and then fed it the food she had brought. After feeding Bang Geng, Qin Huairu left the hospital as if she were fleeing.
On her way to work at the steel rolling mill, Qin Huairu kept wondering if there was any point in saving Bang Geng.
Given my son's tendency to cause trouble, am I really capable of raising him? If he causes trouble again, will I still be able to save him?
Given my current condition, how many more years can I endure? What if my illness flares up again? Will I be able to survive my next surgery?
As Qin Huairu's questions multiplied, the answers she received were almost always negative. Qin Huairu knew she had to change her son, otherwise keeping him by her side would be pointless.
With the little money I earn now, after barely covering daily expenses and medical treatment, there's practically nothing left for my family.
Lost in thought, Qin Huairu walked into the workshop. Looking at the machines before her, she could only try to compose herself. While working, she pondered how to change the current situation.
Seeing Wei Hua arranging work nearby, Qin Huairu suddenly felt a renewed sense of hope.
Taking advantage of everyone's presence, Qin Huairu knelt directly in front of Wei Hua. Qin Huairu knew that given her relationship with Wei Hua's family, Wei Hua would definitely not agree to her request in private.
Even if they couldn't get Wei Hua to change his job grade and background, they should at least make him stop pursuing the compensation issue. Those twenty-odd kilograms of grain represented most of their family's ration. If they lost that grain, how would their family survive?
Wei Hua has never been a very assertive person. As long as I morally blackmail him in front of so many people, he definitely won't hold his son responsible. As long as he doesn't hold Bang Geng responsible, there's absolutely no need to repay the money.
"Director Wei, please have pity on me! Please stop making things difficult for me. My family is barely surviving. Can you please leave my poor child alone? He has already received the punishment he deserves."
"You haven't been to the hospital. My poor child is wrapped up like a dumpling, there's not a single good spot on his body. Please, please, for his already miserable state, spare me this time."
“If you keep pressing him, his life will be ruined. He’s only nine years old. Please, please, spare him this time because he’s still so young. If you’re willing to forgive him, I’ll do anything to repay you.”
Qin Huairu didn't reveal what had happened to Bang Geng in order to mislead everyone. The more pitiful she sounded, the more sympathy she would receive, and under pressure, Wei Hua would likely let her go.
Wei Hua gave Qin Huairu an 82 out of 100 for her sudden outburst of tears. The remaining 18 points could only be awarded to her as a 666. Unfortunately, Qin Huairu miscalculated.
"Qin Huairu, are you talking about your son being struck by lightning for stealing from my house? Tell me, why am I still holding this grudge? I haven't even spoken to you much, and the police have been handling everything. People who don't know the situation might think I did something to you."
“I did not set up a private court against your family. Is it the police officers at the police station who are deliberately making things difficult for you? Do you want me to take you to the police station to ask them? Let’s see if they have abused their power.”
"I believe the police officers at the local police station wouldn't make things difficult for your son, right? Since they haven't deliberately made things difficult for him, what's the point of you telling me this?"
If anyone truly hated the Jia family, it would undoubtedly be Yi Zhonghai. He knew exactly what Qin Huairu was trying to say. Naturally, he wouldn't let Qin Huairu's scheme succeed.
"Director Wei, Qin Huairu's meaning is very clear. That is, she wants you not to pursue the responsibility of her son. As long as you voluntarily stop pursuing the responsibility of her son, her son will not have to go to the juvenile detention center."
"Qin Huairu doesn't even want to compensate your family for the losses she caused. If possible, she would even like you to pay for her son's medical expenses and help her support her child and mother-in-law so she can live a comfortable life."
Hearing Yi Zhonghai's words, Qin Huairu glared at him several times. If looks could kill, Yi Zhonghai would have been torn to pieces long ago.
But Yi Zhonghai didn't care at all about Qin Huairu's murderous gaze. The worse off the Jia family was, the happier Yi Zhonghai was.
"Qin Huairu, you just said that Director Wei made things difficult for you. Why don't you tell everyone how Director Wei made things difficult for you? Your son and mother-in-law went to someone's house yesterday and stole several tens of yuan and several tens of kilograms of grain. As a result, your son ruined those several tens of kilograms of grain."
"You need to know the value of dozens of kilograms of grain these days. You could use that to find a wife in the countryside. Does your family really think you don't care about those dozens of kilograms of grain?"
Compared to Wei Hua, Yi Zhonghai hated Qin Huairu more. Twenty-odd pounds is still several tens of pounds, whether it's seventy or eighty pounds or not. By being vague, he could help everyone see Qin Huairu's true colors more clearly. At the same time, he could also try to make Wei Hua suffer.
After all, with everyone struggling to get enough to eat, the fact that Wei Hua's family still had dozens of kilograms of grain was bound to spark some speculation. As for whether it would achieve his desired effect, Yi Zhonghai didn't care at all.
After Yi Zhonghai finished speaking, the workshop immediately erupted in murmurs. Wei Hua was the deputy workshop director, so even if people had opinions, they didn't dare to speak up directly. While the leaders couldn't physically harm the workers, it was quite easy for them to make things difficult for you if they wanted to.
Yi Zhonghai has a high rank, but Qin Huairu's rank is not low either.
“Yi Zhonghai, don’t try to confuse the issue here. My mother-in-law only stole twenty-odd catties of grain, but the two of them have already suffered the consequences.”
"Director Wei, they have already received the punishment they deserve. Can you just let them go like this? I believe that after this lesson, they will definitely not dare to do such a thing again."
Forgiving them is impossible. What Wei Hua needs to do is keep ripping them off, ripping them off as badly as possible, ideally killing them.
"Qin Huairu, you make it sound so easy. Just because your family is struggling doesn't mean mine is. Do you know how much our family of three is rationed for a month? Those twenty-odd catties of grain are our lifeline. Now that we've lost twenty-odd catties, you're just telling me to let it go like this? Do you want our family of three to starve to death?"
"If I had your abilities, Qin Huairu, I wouldn't care about tens of thousands of kilograms of grain, let alone twenty-odd kilograms. I'm just an ordinary person. My monthly ration is only twenty-odd kilograms, and my wife and children's rations are even less. Our family only gets forty-odd kilograms of grain a month. You took away three-fifths of it all at once. Are you expecting our family of three to starve?"
“Your child, Qin Huairu, is a child, but my child, Weihua’s, isn’t? Besides, I’ve never deliberately made things difficult for you. If it weren’t for your mother-in-law and child stealing our family’s life-saving grain, how could you have suffered divine retribution?”
"Why did the thunder not strike anyone else in the dead of winter? Why did it strike your mother-in-law and your son? It's because they went too far."
After Wei Hua's words, no one sympathized with Qin Huairu anymore. Her mother-in-law and son had gone too far. With everyone's rations being reduced again and again, no family had much food left.
Everyone was worried about food. If someone stole more than twenty kilograms of grain, Wei Hua's family would likely starve to death, which would be almost the same as murder.
Because of Wei Hua's words, Wei Hua has now become the victim. And ordinary people always sympathize with the weak.
Seeing the situation becoming increasingly unfavorable, Qin Huairu was at a loss for what to do. If she really gave the Wei family twenty-odd catties of grain, she and her two daughters would starve to death.
Qin Huairu naturally understood the principle of "better to die than to die myself." Since Wei Hua refused to let her go, she would simply resort to shamelessness. Face was of no importance in the face of life and death. Even if the neighborhood committee and the police came, she had no way to repay the grain debt.
"Director Wei, I know everyone is having a hard time right now, but my family really can't afford more than 20 jin of grain. Are you just going to stand by and watch my family starve to death?"
"So, according to you, Qin Huairu, our whole family should just starve to death? Are your children human beings, but my family isn't? Are you planning to renege on your debt?"
Seeing that Wei Hua had gone this far, Qin Huairu stopped pretending. After standing up from the ground, she went straight to her workstation.
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