Chapter 249 Going Home
Song Lubai is going back to the city, and the twins are going back with her.
Zhang Lan couldn't stop them at all and could only watch helplessly as the twins ran after Song Lubai.
When she arrived in the city and returned to the tenement building, she saw Aunt Niu's annoying face as soon as she went upstairs.
Seeing Aunt Niu's malicious face, Song Lubai squinted at her with a threatening look.
Aunt Niu pouted and turned back into the house.
Zhang Cui hadn't finished get off work yet, and there wasn't much food at home. After Lin Jianshe and his brother got home, they circled around Song Lubai a few times before going downstairs to play with their old friends.
Downstairs in the open space, the two brothers were playing basketball.
One of the children said, "Lin Jianshe, Lin Heping, your dad killed that bad guy."
"I heard your dad smashed someone to death with a hammer, and there are still red bloodstains on the road outside that haven't been cleaned up."
"My dad said the murderer will be shot dead!"
"Aunt Niu said you are the children of a murderer!"
With so many people chiming in, the Lin brothers, who initially didn't believe it, gradually turned red in the face.
Lin Heping threw the basketball away, shouting, "You're talking nonsense!"
“If I’m talking nonsense, I’m a dog. Everyone knows that. If you don’t believe me, go home and ask your sister.”
"Hehe, the murderer's son wants to hit someone..."
While Song Lubai was tidying up her belongings at home with nothing to do, Lin Jianshe and Lin Heping returned, wiping away tears.
Both of them had blood on their arms and legs, and the wounds were obviously from being rubbed on the ground.
"Sister, Dad killed Lu Jianxi. Is he a murderer?"
Song Lubai remained silent because she didn't want to say anything good about Lin Dahai.
In her eyes, whatever fate befell Lin Dahai was the one he deserved.
The two brothers opened their mouths and cried loudly.
After the two of them had finished crying, Song Lubai asked, "What were you two crying about?"
Lin Jianshe sniffed and said, "I heard that Dad is going to be shot dead. People are calling us the sons of a murderer."
For Song Lubai, it would be best if Lin Dahai died, even better if he died with a stigma.
She said casually, "From now on, just pretend you don't have a father. Anyway, he never cared about you before."
Song Lubai couldn't offer any words of comfort, and even wanted to continue speaking ill of Lin Dahai in front of the two of them.
The two brothers stared at her blankly.
Song Lubai said awkwardly, "Take out the gentian violet, I'll treat your wounds."
After her wound was treated, Song Lubai took the money and tickets to the state-run restaurant to buy a meal.
She didn't have much food at home, and she was too lazy to cook, but luckily she still had a lot of national food coupons left.
I bought eight fried scallion pancakes and also ordered a plate of pan-fried tofu.
While she was waiting at the restaurant, Zhang Cui went home after get off work.
The wounds on the Lin brothers' bodies were covered with gentian violet, making them look shocking.
Zhang Cui immediately asked, "Why are you two back? Who did you fight with?"
Lin Jianshe pouted and said, "Mom, Dad is a murderer. Everyone says we are the children of a murderer."
Zhang Cui's expression changed, but she remained silent.
This is a fact, and she cannot refute it with mere sophistry.
After a long silence, Zhang Cui said, "How about this, we'll go to your sister's place in a while. Would you like to go?"
The brothers' eyes lit up instantly, their previous melancholy vanished, replaced by eagerness.
"When are you leaving? Will we be staying there with my sister from now on?"
Zhang Cui said, "I'll leave once I've made arrangements here, and I'll stay there from now on."
If Lin Dahai hadn't killed Lu Jianxi, she definitely wouldn't have left her hometown with her child and given up everything she had.
That damned Lin Dahai! When he was doing well, his family didn't enjoy his good fortune. They were all dragged down by him and never had a good day. He killed his nephew, making it impossible for them to live a peaceful life.
If we don't leave here, how will we ever have a peaceful life again?
Zhang Cui was filled with remorse.
When Song Lubai returned with the food, Zhang Cui was making pancakes on the stove by the door.
The cornmeal mixed with sorghum flour makes the pancakes a reddish-black color.
Seeing that Song Lubai had bought fried dough cakes, Zhang Cui said, "Why waste that money? I'll make some sweet potato tea later, and we can make do with the dough cakes rolled with watermelon and soybean paste."
Song Lubai opened the yellow paper on her own, picked up the pancake and started eating, ignoring her mother.
While eating his scallion pancake, Lin Heping said impatiently, "Sister, Mom said we'll come to Xinjiang to find you in a while."
Lin Jianshe said excitedly, "We'll be able to see my brother-in-law more often from now on."
He patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, sis, if he bullies you, I'll be the first to punish him."
Song Lubai wouldn't believe anyone else saying this, but she would definitely believe Lin Jianshe saying it.
But she didn't want to stay with her mother.
In an instant, her face turned very pale.
Zhang Cui wiped her sweat and said, "Wei Yang and her sister both invited us over before, and you invited us over too. Are you happy now?"
Song Lubai said with a long face, "What's there for me to be happy about? You didn't go when Wei Yang asked you to go, and you still didn't go when I asked you to go. If you had gone earlier, would all this have happened?"
Zhang Cui put down the spatula and said, "What kind of anger are you getting? Who would have thought that beast could escape?"
Song Lubai didn't want to talk to her mother, so she spread watermelon sauce on her pancake and went inside to eat.
The two brothers and Zhang Cui looked at each other in bewilderment.
"Mom, does my sister not want us to go?"
Zhang Cui didn't know what was wrong with Song Lubai these past few days. Ever since Lin Dahai killed Lu Jianxi, she had been acting strangely, and even after returning today, she wouldn't look at her properly.
Zhang Cui raised her voice deliberately for Song Lubai to hear: "Who knows what's wrong with her? She's just gotten angry. Nobody can say anything to her now."
Song Lubai regretted that she hadn't bought tickets for the next two days. If she had left, she wouldn't be feeling so miserable stuck in her room right now.
Hearing her mother's words, she opened the door and asked sharply, "Haven't you reflected on your own actions?"
Zhang Cui was completely dumbfounded.
In all these years, when has Song Lubai ever spoken to her in such a tone?
"Lin Jianshe, Lin Heping, you two go out to eat and come back later."
The two brothers hesitated as they walked towards the door.
Lin Jianshe said, "Sister, you need to..."
Song Lubai shouted, "Get downstairs right now!"
Seeing her terrifying expression, the two brothers quickly left.
Song Lubai said to her mother with a stern face, "After this incident, didn't you reflect on yourself? Why did you marry someone like Lin Dahai? You have a job, a child, and the factory would take care of your livelihood, so why did you still get married? And why did you choose someone like that? You keep saying you're good to me, but how did you protect me when Lin Dahai hit me? He only lightly threatened to divorce me. If he was really scared, he wouldn't have hit me again and again, and even dared to ruin my college entrance exam! If you wanted a divorce, you should have done it sooner, and none of this would have happened! You've ruined yourself, and you've ruined me too!"
Song Lubai spoke so fast, like a machine gun, that Zhang Cui was completely bewildered.
It took Zhang Cui a while to find her voice. "How can a family function without a man? Who knew he was that kind of person? I didn't want this either. What's the use of saying all this nonsense? Can time go back?"
"What's gotten into you? If you don't want us to go, I just won't go!"
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