Chapter 540: Resistant
Zhong Meixin thought about the one hundred yuan she had given, about the neighbor who told her that Di Guoliang had won one thousand eight hundred yuan from school, about Di Guoliang's various bonuses, and about the two hundred yuan she and her husband had spent to hire someone, as well as the five hundred yuan that had just been extorted from her. She felt so heartbroken that tears fell down her face.
"Mom, don't scare me, we won't record it anymore!" She cried and rushed over, "You are my only mother, if anything happens to you, won't your daughter live in guilt for the rest of her life?
Don't worry, I will definitely ask the program team for an explanation!"
After saying that, she wiped her face fiercely and shouted at the camera in a slightly frustrated manner: "Enough! Can you please stop filming? Someone is going to die!
Just for that money, are you going to ignore my mother's life or death?
I beg you, please stop, do you want me to kneel down?"
Pei Donggang had a sullen face, watching the Zhong family members change their expressions and become noisy in an instant. He felt it was extremely ironic and stupid that he was involved in it.
If he waits until the program is finished recording and "Fake Dad, Fake Mom" is officially released in Shanghai, wouldn't he be despised and rejected by his colleagues? The factory may even suspend or fire him on the pretext of having a bad influence!
The camera clearly recorded the entire process and they had no way to defend themselves.
He pondered for a while, his eyes flashing through the group of frightened children, and finally fixed on the oldest girl. He turned his back to the camera and winked at her:
"Did you touch my brother's bag?
The adults were all so busy that they never left the area, and it was just you kids running around!
Meizi, you are the oldest, so you speak.
Did you touch your brother's bag?
As long as you admit it honestly, apologize to your brother, return the money, and promise not to do it again, this matter will be over.
Who hasn't made a mistake?
If you admit your mistakes and correct them, you are still a good child!"
Di Guoliang kept his bag very closely guarded and only hung it on the clothes hanger after he got home.
Adults' every move can easily attract attention, so they originally asked the children to quietly grope along the wall to the backpack, control the camera to prevent shaking, and then rummage through the bag.
The adults were responsible for attracting Di Guoliang's attention during meals.
It is still risky for boys to do this. If they are discovered, it will affect their future studies and work. As for girls, they will get married in the future anyway, so the worst that can happen is to find someone with average conditions.
Besides, when children make mistakes, adults can just criticize and educate them, what else can they do?
Who will remember this after a few years?
Mei Zi was eleven years old. When the two sisters-in-law of the Zhong family took turns doing housework, almost all of the work of Aunt Zhong fell on her.
The little girl was not valued since she was young. She worked hard, ate poorly, wore old clothes, and was forced to take a lot of blame for her brothers. Such a child is very good at reading people's faces and is also particularly precocious.
She looked at her family members expectantly, feeling hopeless and disappointed. She looked at the dark camera and Di Guoliang, who was still angry, with her brown eyes filled with hatred.
But she still lowered her eyelids, nodded timidly and said in a low voice: "It's me, I saw that my brother's bag was nice-looking, and I thought he had a lot of things in it, so I took advantage of you guys eating to take some out.
But there is no money in it!
Really! "
"Rose!"
Aunt Zhong said with a look of deep sorrow: "We all saw what you were doing just now, and we winked at you many times, but you just pretended not to see it and continued to rummage through your brother Liangzi's bag.
You are a grown-up girl now. Do we have to continue chasing you with a feather duster if you make a mistake?
If we hadn't seen that you didn't take anything, why would we have kept silent out of consideration for your dignity?"
In fact, the audience watched the whole scene in the switching of the two cameras, and it was indeed Meizi who touched Di Guoliang's bag. But because the Zhong family didn't know there was a second camera, whenever Di Guoliang was busy eating, they would wink and give orders to Meizi and the other two girls.
However, they were just making gestures and did not actually express it, so they could have just gritted their teeth and denied it, and instead explained that they were stopping and criticizing the little girl's behavior.
The adults kept silent and just gave the children face.
Old Mrs. Zhong slowly opened her eyes, covered her chest and cried out in pain weakly.
"Mom," Zhong Meixin quickly poured her a glass of water and fed it to her, "Mom, how are you feeling? Please don't scare us. Let's go to the hospital to check it out?"
"No," said Old Lady Zhong gloomily, "It's a place that eats money. Even if you empty the bottom of your father's and my coffin, it may not cure the disease.
I have an old problem. The doctor told me to be less angry. If I faint once, I will lose half my life..."
"Yes, when mother was young, she worked so hard for you siblings, and her health is not as good as before," Aunt Zhong pretended to wipe her tears, "We kept it a secret from you, but every time mother got angry and passed out, she had to be fed with ginseng for a long time.
There was a lot of hunger at home, otherwise we would have bought our own house and moved out long ago. Why would more than ten people have to live in such a small place?
I’m very angry this time. If the program team doesn’t give us compensation, we will ask the organization whether it will do anything about it!
So the program crew is just like the capitalists, making money by sucking the blood and flesh of ordinary people?"
Di Guoliang frowned slightly, "Auntie, since Meizi touched my bag, it constitutes a crime regardless of whether she stole anything or not.
But she is not an adult, so the responsibility lies with you as her parents.
You can't just make excuses to cover up this matter, nor can you just put labels on the program team.
If grandma's health is really not good, she needs to be sent to the hospital for a check-up.
Let’s hear what the doctor says. If there really is a problem, I believe the program team will not stand idly by.
But if there is no problem, please apologize sincerely in front of the camera.
After all, my mother often uses this excuse to fight with others, and she wins every time.
I’m sorry, I’m a little bit resistant.”
Everyone was choked. Old Mrs. Zhong was so angry that her face turned red and her neck became thick. "I, an old lady whose body is half buried in the ground, do I need to be shameless like your mother and use such a lame excuse?
Who, who would like to curse himself with bad health?
Children from rural areas are just ignorant and have no idea of respecting the elderly and loving the young. They can only use their rural nonsense to figure us out!
What kind of program is this? If this kind of content is broadcasted, won’t it make children learn badly? "
As she spoke, she patted her chest and cried out, "Ouch, ouch."
Di Guoliang said coldly, "Respect the old and love the young? I am the only one who follows this, and you don't have to?"
(End of this chapter)
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