"I don't think she's here to blackmail you. What she said makes some sense. If your son and daughter-in-law hadn't been fooling around, Guifang's Bozi and Bozi's wife wouldn't have followed suit and gotten into trouble."
"She must be at a loss right now. Don't make it too hard on her. If all else fails, just give her some money. You're not short of money anyway. Even your buns are so expensive."
Li Yanhong found it even more ridiculous to hear such biased attitudes.
She has lived to such an old age, so what do people think when they talk? Is there anything she doesn't understand?
Isn't it just because they see that her family has been living so well lately, with the aroma of meat wafting from the chimney every day and her bun shop doing good business, that these people are jealous?
Isn’t that what people are like?
When everyone was poor, they were all good people. If anyone had any problems, they would lend a hand and take care of each other.
But once someone breaks away from the main group and becomes rich first, the gap widens, and the original harmony turns into jealousy and envy.
Just like now, it seems like they are hoping her family can make some money so they can feel happy.
Li Yanhong was not disappointed. She took a deep breath, her eyes red as she was about to open her mouth to curse everyone.
Scolding these people for having no good intentions, scolding these people for talking without any pain in their backs...
The words were on the tip of his tongue, but were stopped by Su Lixuan's soothing gesture.
Su Lixuan understood Li Yanhong's disappointment and anger, but the more so, the more she couldn't be impulsive. She couldn't speak and offend everyone present, and she couldn't break the window paper and expose everyone's dark thoughts.
Otherwise, even if it was right, Li Yanhong would probably be ostracized in the compound. After all, human nature... is not something you can gamble on.
Those who are truly reasonable and have a conscience will not pretend to be ignorant and take sides while knowing the truth.
Holding Li Yanhong, Su Lixuan's eyes quickly moved and locked onto an old lady who was the loudest in making trouble, the best at smoothing things over, and the most in favor of Zhang Guifang.
If she remembered correctly, the lady's surname seemed to be Zhuang, and her name was Zhuang Cuiping.
He is usually very low-key and always speaks to everyone in a friendly and low-key manner.
Before this, she had a pretty good impression of Aunt Zhuang, but she didn't expect that at the critical moment, she would reveal her true nature so 'brilliantly'.
Since she is so good at taking sides and sympathizing with the "weak", don't blame her, Su Lixuan, for being the first to be shot.
Su Lixuan looked at Zhuang Cuiping with a smile: "Auntie, please don't try to persuade my mother to sympathize with Zhang Guifang."
"I know it's not easy for Zhang Guifang, but is it easy for my mom? My family recently opened a steamed bun shop and may have made some money."
"But like my mom said just now, that's money she earned through hard work from dawn to dusk, not money that came from the wind."
"You keep trying to persuade my mom to understand Zhang Guifang, to accept her extortion, and to pay her money to get rid of her, just because I don't have much money now..."
She smiled and shook her head: "This shouldn't be right, right? You can't say that, right?"
Zhuang Cuiping didn't expect that Li Yanhong's daughter-in-law could point her out so quickly.
Facing everyone's gazes, she said sheepishly, "I, I'm just trying to be fair."
Su Lixuan nodded: "Auntie, this is not only fair, but also a great act of kindness."
"Ah?" Zhuang Cuiping didn't understand what Li Yanhong's daughter-in-law meant, and didn't know how to respond.
If the other party scolded her disrespectfully or said in a sarcastic tone that she was meddling in other people's business, she could still deal with it.
But the other party praised her with such a smile... How could she respond?
Zhuang Cuiping stuttered a little: "Wh-what kind of good deed?"
Su Lixuan smiled cunningly, almost appearing to have a tail dangling behind her.
She said loudly, "According to Aunt Zhuang, it's just that someone's family is in trouble, and we, as neighbors, should be understanding."
"It's not easy for everyone. We, the better-off neighbors, should be more tolerant and accommodating. Ideally, we should offer some money to help them out... No, saying 'help' sounds a bit offensive."
"It would be better to give some money to help the neighbors in need to share their difficulties!"
Su Lixuan said excitedly: "This is good news!"
"It's just that my family can't be the only one doing good deeds. How can we take all the credit?"
"Auntie Zhuang, I remember your family is quite well off. I heard a while ago that your daughter married a wealthy, divorced gay man."
"They said they lived a life of luxury, even coming back with a bunch of stuff to flatter you, right?"
Su Lixuan looked envious: "How great! This money comes so easily. Unlike my mom who has to get up early and work late to make and sell buns. The little money she earns is not enough to make people think about her."
Facing Zhuang Cuiping's instantly gloomy expression, Su Lixuan clapped her hands and laughed, "Compared to this, Aunt Zhuang is even richer than my mom."
"So, just as Aunt Zhuang said, we should all understand how difficult it is for Zhang Guifang, and each family should be tolerant and extend a helping hand to our neighbors in need, donating as much as we can."
"If this gets out, our compound will definitely be named one of the advanced collectives of the year!"
"Why should we take the money?" When the people who were watching the fun heard that this mess had affected them, they panicked.
Su Lixuan said calmly, "Because you are well off, according to Aunt Zhuang, what's wrong with just giving Zhang Guifang some money?"
"I understand, I understand!"
"Hey, Brother Xu, I remember your son got married recently and received quite a bit of gifts, right? You must be quite well off!"
"And Grandma Wang, I heard your grandson is now a self-employed man. Hasn't he been showing off his abilities to the people in our compound lately?"
"They said they made that money like scooping it up with a sled. Why are you hiding behind now? We rich people should show some courage. How about Aunt Zhuang be the first to donate, and you, the second?"
Seeing the old lady in the crowd who was named by her shrinking back in fear, the smile on Su Lixuan's face disappeared visibly.
Everyone present noticed that Li Yanhong, the daughter-in-law who always seemed to have a good temper, was probably angry.
That's also strange.
For example, if those people who always look fierce to others suddenly get angry, no one actually feels anything because they are used to it.
But someone like Su Lixuan, who always smiles at everyone and has a good temper and a gentle personality, suddenly frowned... and scared everyone so much that they dared not speak.
Su Lixuan: "Why are you all hiding behind? Why are you refusing to agree?"
She had a cold face and glanced coldly at everyone who was watching the fun and making a fuss.
"Aren't we all sympathetic to Zhang Guifang? Why don't you feel generous now that the needle is sticking in your own body?"
"Oh, so everyone is used to being generous to others."
(End of this chapter)
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