Old Mrs. Li reacted immediately when the crowd pointed at her. Seeing that her husband had almost been beaten, she became completely enraged. "I'm calling the police! We can't do anything about it, let's see if they can! And you old man Qin, Qin Fen, you too, you should all go to jail!"
Upon hearing this, the Wang family mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, as well as the Qin family father and son, immediately calmed down. Thinking about what they had just done and hearing everyone's explanations, they realized they had acted impulsively. Then, thinking about what had happened outside, they broke out in a cold sweat.
When Aunt Yuan saw that Old Lady Li was serious, she quickly stepped in to smooth things over. The onlookers also chimed in with their own words of advice, not forgetting to criticize and curse the Wang family.
Fu Yao found this scene incredibly ironic. Look at this rabble, caring about their so-called reputation and their own interests, they don't care about others, as if they don't feel the pain until they get hurt themselves.
Liu Yun felt nothing but disgust. When she read the book, she found the farces in the tenement courtyard funny and comical, but now, experiencing it firsthand, she felt truly nauseous. Whether it was the perpetrators, the protectors, or the peacemakers, everyone was disgusting. Aunt Yuan had repeatedly tried to smooth things over; she wondered if she would still do so when such malice affected her own interests.
Look at all the trouble the three Wang brothers have caused. Back then, the three of them almost caused Cheng Ke to go through with Cheng Fuyao's plan to send them to the police station. Actually, if they had been sent to the police station, they would have only received a few words of verbal criticism and would not have been punished at all. But they wanted to scare them and teach them a lesson. However, they were stopped by the people in the compound for the sake of the so-called reputation of the compound.
Now these three brothers steal, push the elderly, and beat children. What wouldn't they dare to do? What wouldn't they do? Repeatedly raising the issue high and then letting it go lightly will only encourage their malice.
Fu Yao found this group incredibly ironic; these three would be in jail sooner or later. Liu Yun, Yu Qian, and Yu's mother shared the same thought. They all resolved to stay away from these two families in the future—they were bad luck.
In the end, because the three brothers had stolen some good things from Li Shu, they were compensated with thirty yuan, and the Qin family also paid five yuan, thus settling the matter.
After the excitement subsided, everyone went home for dinner. Only Mr. Yu remained deep in thought. His doting grandmother and mother, their scheming nature, and the uncooperative neighbors—Old Yu was having a terrible headache!
After finishing his meal, Mr. Yu thought for a moment and then said, "From now on, Tuantuan, Yuanyuan, and Beibei can go to the daycare next to the police station! And they can go to the school over there. If the school is too far away, they can stay over there."
Mr. Yu was genuinely worried! He was concerned that his grandchildren would be led astray and worried about their safety. The three Wang brothers were like ticking time bombs.
Yu's mother glanced at Yu's father but said nothing. Liu Yun and Yu Qianhe immediately agreed.
It's only 1970 now. When the college entrance examination is reinstated, the three little ones will be ten years old. They will definitely attend primary school here, but it's uncertain about junior high and high school. Liu Yun plans to take them to the provincial capital for high school.
After dinner, Mr. and Mrs. Yu went home, and Liu Yun gave them a bag of pears and plums.
After finishing their meal, Qianhe and Liu Yun tidied up the table and dishes. The two of them then bathed the three little ones, and it was already dark outside. Liu Yun left the children with him and, seeing that no one was around, carried her large bundle to Cheng Ke's house.
Cheng Ke was still making clothes when she saw the package in Liu Yun's hand, and she couldn't hide the smile in her eyes.
"We were just running out of fabric, so this was just in time."
Hearing this, Liu Yun rolled her eyes. "Don't you get a headache from staring at this every day?"
"What is this? This is money. Does your head still hurt?"
"If that's the case, then it doesn't hurt anymore. Come and see if you have any good fabrics; I'll pick out a couple of outfits."
The two of them flipped through the fabric and started picking through it, but if there wasn't anything they particularly liked, they just gave up.
"By the way, four sets of cotton-padded coats have been made, but we're still missing one for you two."
"Okay, I'll take it first! I have something to do, so I'll be going now."
She went back with four sets of cotton-padded clothes in her arms. She still had many packages to unpack, which Yu Qian had brought back for her from Shanghai, and which her sister had given her today.
When she got home, she threw four sets of cotton-padded clothes to Yu Qian and went back to her room to unpack the package. It was like a blind box in the 21st century, or even a high-end one. Liu Yun had been itching to open it all day.
Yu Qianhe could tell at a glance that the cotton-padded coat in his hand was made for his parents and in-laws, and the feel of it was definitely from last year's new cotton.
Then I remembered my mother giving me money today, saying that his wife had bought too much food for the family in the past month and he couldn't pay for it all by himself. She said that taking care of the child meant buying clothes and shoes every month, and she couldn't let his family suffer too much.
Thinking of all this, Yu Qianhe felt a warmth in his heart. With such a wife, what more could a husband ask for?
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