Before Hua Xiangyun could refute, Wu Yanxin jumped out and said, "Zhou Xiaolan, you should look at your conscience before you say that."
At that time, Xiangyun and I were standing so far away that we hadn't even figured out what was going on when you were carried to the hospital by your classmates who were standing nearby. Even if we wanted to lend a hand, we wouldn't have a chance to do anything.
By the way, since your family is in such a rush to find a fictitious murderer, have you thanked the classmates who helped take you to the hospital?
Hua Xiangyun, standing beside her, stuck out a knife and said, "You haven't forgotten who took you to the hospital, have you?"
"Don't tell us you were unconscious at the time. We saw your eyes darting around everywhere. Even from where I was standing, you could see me gloating. How could we forget the person who saved you?"
Those who were watching the spectacle had a much lower impression of Zhou Xiaolan. In times of crisis, instead of remembering her benefactor, she tried every means to frame others. It's really not someone you would want to be close to.
Zhou Xiaolan was speechless. She had mentioned it before, but her family hadn't listened to her at all.
She could guess what her parents were thinking. This visit to express their gratitude would undoubtedly mean giving gifts, and where would their family get those kinds of things now?
Besides, didn't the Hua family say before the New Year that they and the other families refused to help and even extorted money from them? Why can't she compensate them now?
Thinking of this, Zhou Xiaolan silently stepped back; she couldn't be the one to take the lead in this matter.
Sure enough, Bai Ailian pointed at Tian Guihua and cursed, "It wasn't my daughter who started the fight before the New Year, but you insisted on blaming him, saying he didn't help and even extorted so much from our family. What? Now, even if your granddaughter didn't push the person down, and it's your granddaughter's fault for not helping, shouldn't you compensate her?"
Tian Guihua wasn't annoyed. She smiled and pointed at the students behind Hua Xiangyun, "Then you shouldn't have only come to our family. I heard there were dozens of people there. Your Zhou family is going to make a fortune this time. If you extort a little from each family, you won't have to work for a year."
"You finally admitted it. You extorted us last year. Now hurry up and return our things to us." Bai Ailian wasn't stupid enough to confront so many families; otherwise, they wouldn't be able to stay in this county town.
Seeing that she had finally revealed her main purpose, Tian Guihua was no longer afraid of her, "Then why are you compensating for this? Don't you have any idea why?"
If your daughter hadn't been so vicious and secretly devised such dirty schemes, would He Ping'an have been so ruthless?
To be honest, both our family and the He family were harmed by you. If we really laid this out, you'd actually think you were in the right.
Zhao Yue'e had heard her son and daughter-in-law mention this matter before. Just thinking about how much the family had lost, she was already furious. Now, seeing Tian Guihua being so tactless, she reached out to scratch her.
But Tian Guihua was no ordinary person; she was the kind of person who could remain unfazed by the S-Kou back in the day. She grabbed Tian Guihua's wrist and shoved her back, sending her crashing onto Zhou Jinfeng. "Don't try to show off your skills in front of me, or I'll teach you a lesson."
The moment Zhao Yue'e revealed the murderous intent she once had, she immediately dared not go forward again and could only sit on the ground at a distance, cursing.
Seeing her so cowardly, her neighbors didn't mind telling her about Tian Guihua's great achievements back in the day.
Although I didn't witness it firsthand, there are many veterans in this county who vividly describe the scenes from back then.
Zhao Yue'e, "..."
Bai Ailian never expected that her mother-in-law would be defeated so easily after just one move.
He could only grit his teeth and say, "But no matter what, my Xiaolan and Xiangyun grew up together. I certainly wouldn't say anything if others didn't lend a helping hand, but their relationship is different..."
“It is somewhat different now. The two families have not been in contact for a long time,” Tian Guihua chuckled. “Besides, it’s fortunate that Xiangyun didn’t go along with it, otherwise I don’t know how you would have extorted her.”
Even standing far away would be considered a crime of failing to help someone in distress; but if someone were to be directly involved, that would be disastrous.
Jiang Yi didn't want to cause trouble when he got home from get off work, but he couldn't help but stop when he heard that familiar voice.
Fearing that the old lady would be taken advantage of, he chose a spot relatively close to her and happened to see Hua Xiangyun as soon as he looked up.
Their eyes met in mid-air, neither of them greeting the other, but they understood each other's feelings in their eyes.
Hua Xiangyun tried hard to suppress her laughter, not because of Jiang Yi, but because her friends behind her had long been impatient and started to jeer.
Everyone's saying that the siblings didn't even break their skin in the fall, and that they should remove the gauze instead of trying to extort money in public.
The Zhou siblings' faces changed. The neighbors might not know, but those who took them to the hospital saw it clearly.
The gauze they are currently wearing was bought by the old lady at the clinic for one yuan, which she gritted her teeth to buy, and it has all been used on them.
Everyone could see the Zhou family's guilty conscience. Now, not only the children started to make a fuss, but even the adults joined in the joke, saying, "What the children said makes sense. Xiangyun bled so much that day. She was brought back covered in blood and lay on the kang (a heated brick bed) for many days."
Everyone saw it with their own eyes back then; you two siblings came back completely dry, without even changing your clothes. If you had really bled, there's no way you wouldn't have had a single drop of blood on you!
"Judging from their lively and energetic appearance, they don't seem to be seriously injured."
And look at Zhou Xiaojun, his face is glowing, he's in better shape than anyone else here. It's just that Zhou Xiaolan is so thin and frail, not from the fall, but from being starved by her family..."
As they spoke, everyone burst into laughter. In such a small place, who wouldn't know what was going on in each other's affairs?
Someone said, "Isn't it the busy farming season right now? Why are the Zhou couple still here? Don't they have to harvest in their village? Maybe they're just shirking their work."
"That's quite possible." At that time, there was no such thing as farmers retiring. Moreover, if someone stayed in the city for so long, would the village provide a letter of introduction? If not, they would be considered a migrant worker.
Those who didn't get along with the Zhou family, after being reminded, became alert and, taking advantage of everyone watching the commotion, quietly ran to the street.
If Zhou Jinfeng's parents really are hiding in the city as migrant workers, then things will get interesting.
Zhou Jinfeng and his group were unaware of this and continued arguing, trying to take a piece of flesh from the Hua family.
Their unreasonable argument was only stopped when Xu Min, the director of the subdistrict office, arrived. The letter of introduction had expired, which made the situation more serious.
No matter how much the Zhou family pleaded, Xu Min ordered Zhao Yue'e and Zhou Changchun to be taken away.
Furthermore, if a dispute arises here, the local street office should also intervene.
Upon hearing the reason for the Zhou family's disturbance, Xu Min immediately sent someone to fetch Bai Yuntian, the doctor from the clinic.
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