After hanging up the phone, Mrs. Liu shook her head. "How could those hooligans have found our house? My door is always open all day. Now that I think about it, Huang Xiaojuan packed her luggage so quickly."
"It's obvious that they've prepared it long ago. Otherwise, what would have happened to Zhang Qiming's luggage for his business trip? He must have taken it with him. I used to think this Xiao Zhang was an honest man. Alas, I was wrong about him..."
Then he asked Xia Mian, "Is your second uncle really going to marry you off?"
Xia Mian didn't take it seriously. "That's not the case. My uncle and the others wouldn't agree to it. Zhang Qiming threatened me and wouldn't let me go back home."
Old Lady Liu also figured it out and immediately frowned in disgust, "This Zhang Qiming!"
Teacher Mi said to Xia Mian, "There's an empty room at home. Why don't you stay here for a few days?"
Xia Mian smiled and said, "No need, I saw someone changing the lock at the door, I'll just change the lock, and the money will be mine when the time comes."
Old Mrs. Liu clapped her hands and said, "Oh, isn't it? At this age, my brain is not as active as that of young people. It's just a matter of changing the lock. How stupid."
It's not that they didn't think about it, but their generation had experienced hard times and cherished everything. Of course, they would not think of prying open a good lock. However, the Zhang family was not kind, so they deserved to bleed.
"Do you have money?" Aunt Liu asked again, "Changing the locks will cost dozens of dollars. And with Huang Xiaojuan's behavior, I'm afraid there's nothing to eat at home."
Xia Mian laughed and said, "I don't have any money, but can a living person die from holding their urine? I can just pawn any of the tape recorder, bicycle, or other things at home. If I save the money, it should be enough for us to eat for a few days. I can redeem it when my brother-in-law comes back. If they want interest or something, I'll give it to them when Huang Xiaojuan returns my passbook."
Teacher Mi and Old Lady Liu looked at each other in surprise and smiled. They felt that this little girl was really extraordinary. The Zhang family would probably regret doing this.
They just didn't believe that Zhang Qiming would have the nerve to ask Xia Mian for money.
Old Mrs. Liu has already made up her mind that when Zhang Qiming comes back, she will definitely force him to pay the money himself!
Zhang Qiming felt a little uneasy after hanging up the phone. Huang Xiaojuan didn't think too much about it and asked impatiently, "How is it?"
Zhang Qiming said, "Didn't you hear me? I told her to figure it out on her own and ask the neighbors for help."
"Did her second uncle really call you?" Huang Xiaojuan said happily.
"Why do we really need to fight?" Zhang Qiming said, "That old guy has been eyeing Xia Mian's things. His own daughter was married off at the age of sixteen in exchange for a betrothal gift. How could he be polite to Xia Mian?"
"Indeed, if Xia Mian could really be married off, not only would he receive a large betrothal gift, but he could also naturally occupy the Xia family's house. That old guy has a good plan."
Zhang Qiming said, "Why else do you think Xia Mian would come to me, her former brother-in-law, so eagerly?"
"So she can't go back to her hometown either," Huang Xiaojuan said proudly, "and can only cause dislike everywhere."
As time goes by, and with the thugs constantly harassing her, who will stand up for her?
Huang Xiaoxia, who was standing by, couldn't help but ask, "She actually called from Dr. Ning's house?"
"Sister, didn't you say she had a fight with Dr. Ning? And Teacher Mi actually helped her?"
Huang Xiaojuan didn't take it seriously. "Ms. Mi has been a teacher all her life and has a very good temper. She's always very tolerant, especially towards rebellious teenagers."
"The neighbors in the courtyard must be fed up with her," Huang Xiaojuan said, "otherwise why isn't she fighting across the street? Old Madam Liu is the most nosy one."
Zhang Qiming always felt something was wrong. It seemed that Old Lady Liu had also spoken up for him today...
He also thought that maybe because those hooligans had just left, the people in the courtyard had not yet reached the point of being disgusted with summer hibernation...
Huang Xiaoxia rolled her eyes and said, "I'll go visit Doctor Ning later. After all, Xia Mian hit someone, so I should go and apologize and get everyone's opinion."
Huang Xiaojuan smiled and said, "This is great, killing two birds with one stone."
At this point, his eyes were teasing. "Take good care of Doctor Ning. If it's late and no one is home and you have nowhere to stay, have Doctor Ning take you back to the hospital dormitory. After all, there are gangsters outside today, it's very dangerous."
Huang Xiaoxia looked shy, "Sister~"
Zhang Qiming said with a smile, "But be careful too. A girl's reputation is so important. Even if it's Doctor Ning, we can't let him go if he bullies our Xiaoxia."
Huang Xiaoxia nodded shyly, with thought in her eyes.
However, Xia Mian scoffed at the Zhang couple's tricks. As long as there is money, what can't be done?
A neighbor testified that the locksmith quickly replaced the door with a new anti-theft lock, but it also cost Xia Mian all the last bit of money he had.
Just as Old Lady Liu had expected, there was nothing in the house except rice and flour, and the power to the refrigerator was out.
Xia Mian went back to the guest bedroom and first got a small piece of bread for Xiao Feng to fill her stomach, then looked around at the things in the Zhang family's living room: the color TV, refrigerator, and sewing machine were relatively valuable. As for the bicycle and tape recorder that she mentioned to Old Lady Liu, they were just polite words.
If you want to bully her into hibernation, how can the price be small?
Xiao Feng followed her, holding a small piece of bread. Since there was no one else at home, he felt very comfortable. "Auntie?"
Xia Mian squatted down and gently pinched his little face, "Do you know what your scumbag father likes most?"
Xiao Feng was puzzled, "Scumbag dad?"
"Yes, that's your dad." Xia Mian had no conscious intention of teaching the child bad things. Instead, she felt that she should teach him to protect himself early on. "He's a bad guy. He wants to kill you. Be careful of him from now on. Got it?"
Xiao Feng nodded without hesitation.
He vaguely remembered that when he was a child, when his uncle's brothers bullied him, his grandmother always said that his father would support him in the future. But when he was sent to his father, he found out that his grandmother was lying. The beatings from his stepmother hurt much more than those from his brothers. It hurt so much that he couldn't even cry, but his father just watched. That look made him very scared, but his stepmother was very happy and beat him even harder.
He tried to hide every day, but it didn't work, until this aunt came here...
Xiao Feng carefully opened his arms, and his aunt really picked him up. So this is what it feels like to be loved by someone.
Xiao Feng put his arms around his aunt's neck, rested his head on the crook of her neck, and rubbed it involuntarily, "Xiao Feng will listen to my aunt." Xiao Feng will follow his aunt forever.
Xia Mian's heart softened, "Be good."
Touching the child's head, Xia Mian sighed secretly. Father and son are connected by heart. If Zhang Qiming had fulfilled his father's responsibilities or had a father's heart, Xia Mian would not be like this. But that beast had always condoned Huang Xiaojuan's abuse of the child before he discovered Xiaofeng's value.
Before, the other party was a paper man, and Xia Mian only thought that he was vicious and didn't investigate it deeply. Now, thinking about it carefully, such a young child, if raised by Huang Xiaojuan in the way she did, just a fever or an illness, a slight delay in seeing a doctor could cost the child's life.
Xia Mian had a hunch that this might be Zhang Qiming's purpose, he really wanted to kill this child.
Anyway, before figuring out the reason behind the incident, there was nothing wrong with Xia Mian teaching Xiao Feng to treat Zhang Qiming as a bad guy.
Xiao Feng pointed at the color TV and said, "Aunt, that's the one my scumbag dad likes the most."
Xia Mian looked at the 21-inch big-butt color TV and immediately laughed. Of course Zhang Qiming liked it. With his and Huang Xiaojuan's salary, it was actually quite difficult to buy this color TV. They were said to have saved money for a long time and only moved in the new color TV two months ago.
Of course, to be fair, Xia Mian also chose the one that Huang Xiaojuan liked the most.
Seven or eight days is plenty of time to sleep. I really enjoy summer sleep and I am looking forward to seeing their expressions when they come back.
It would take until tomorrow to mortgage the things. Xia Mian searched around the house and then realized what it meant that a penny could make a hero fail and a good cook could not cook without rice. What should he do if he had no dinner?
Rice porridge or pancakes? She doesn't want to eat either.
She needs money.
Just as I was thinking about it, I heard people coming back from get off work outside, and someone kept shouting irritably, "Where's Xia Mian? When did she start hanging out with those scoundrels? What kind of person is she? We've never had anyone like that in our family compound."
"Oh, don't mention it. It's not hibernation at all..." Old Mrs. Liu patiently explained for her.
Xia Mian's eyes lit up and she stuck her head out. "Sister, are those scoundrels still here? I'll chase them away later!"
Zhang Qiming must have paid them. How could they have the nerve to accept money if the job wasn't done properly?!
We can have a good meal tonight!
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