This was the first time Gu Xi saw this situation and she was stunned. Wang Xu put down his bowl and chopsticks and stood up. Tian Congbao stopped struggling out of fear and wanted to hide behind Yao Cuilian, but Wang Xu grabbed the child with his big hand, picked him up, walked to the next door and spanked him on the butt. Tian Congbao burst into tears and his short limbs struggled in the air.
Yao Cuilian hurried over, screaming and picking up the child: "You bastard, you hit my son, I will fight you."
As he was about to rush over, Wang Xu calmly closed the door. Yao Cuilian slammed her head against the door. After a scream of pain, there was no sound. Only Tian Congbao's crying continued. Gu Xi thought that he might have fainted directly from the collision.
Gu Xi looked at Wang Xu who continued to eat as if nothing had happened, and asked weakly, "No one will die, right?"
Wang Xu saw that she was so scared that her face turned pale, and he felt inexplicably irritated: "This evil has lasted for thousands of years, and she can't die."
Sure enough, there were chaotic footsteps, shouts, sounds of coaxing a child, and then the person was carried away, and the yard returned to silence.
Gu Xi ate the rice in small bites and stole a few glances at Wang Xu. The third time he stole a glance, Wang Xu spoke in a deep voice, "If you're scared, move away quickly. Don't be so scared that your face turns pale and you tremble like a quail."
Gu Xi said weakly: "I just want to ask you, is the water in the kitchen boiling? I seem to hear a sound. Will the copper kettle explode? Did you hear it?"
Wang Xu took a deep breath, suppressed his emotions, and resigned himself to standing up to pour water into the thermos.
He went to the gate of the yard and lit a cigarette. He had his back turned so I couldn't see the expression on his face, but I could feel that he was in a bad mood.
Gu Xi asked towards the door: "Are you a heavy smoker? I don't like the smell of cigarettes, it stinks."
Wang Xu didn't turn around, but threw the cigarette on the ground and stomped it out.
Gu Xi's voice came again: "If you throw it at the door of your house, it will also pollute the house."
Wang Xu felt that this girl was sent by God to torture him. Kick the cigarette butt to the next door casually.
Wang Xu looked back at her and said, "You're not moving away? This scene will happen often, and there will be even more terrible ones. Don't scare yourself to death."
Gu Xi put down his chopsticks heavily: "Why do you chase me away every day? How many times do you have to say it a day? You are a grown man and you are annoying. I have paid the rent. If you want me to leave, pay me fifty yuan and I will leave immediately!"
Gu Xi's face turned red from yelling. Wang Xu's voice was just like a cat's meow. Although she was scolded, she felt relieved. She thought it was cute that she scolded people. "You were scared like a quail just now, but now you are so fierce. The interest has increased by 50 yuan a day. You are even more evil than a loan shark."
"Hmph!" Gu Xi ignored him and lowered her head to eat.
Wang Xu saw that she was acting so pretentiously, but he just couldn't bear to kick her out. He secretly thought it would be nice if she stayed there forever.
Seeing that she was still angry and didn't know how to coax anyone, Wang Xu put an egg in her bowl. He felt that he must have lost his mind. In the past, he would punch anyone who lost his temper in front of him. Now when he meets Gu Xi, he has to bow his head and coax her.
"Hmph!" Gu Xi groaned again, picked up the egg and took a bite, biting it very hard, as if she was biting Wang Xu.
After eating in silence for a while, Gu Xi decided to speak out: "I wasn't scared by your beating. I was first scared by Congbao rushing over to grab the food, and then I remembered that I was the one who opened the middle door, and they were coming for me. I didn't want you to get into trouble because of me."
Gu Xi saw him continue to eat with a blank expression, and couldn't help getting angry again: "Can you give me some reaction?"
Wang Xu's heart was actually in turmoil. He was relieved to know that she was not scared by him, and selfishly did not want her to be afraid of him.
When I heard that he actually cared about me, my heart felt like boiling water, with many tiny bubbles bubbling up in it.
"Well, after dinner, I'll take you to buy a cabinet and lock up all the food, so that the naughty kids next door won't come and steal it again."
Gu Xi nodded and pointed to the place next to the door: "There is also a bathtub. Let's make a shoe cabinet and put it here. We can put two pairs of shoes that we wear frequently, and it will be convenient to change into slippers when we go out."
"Yeah, okay."
Gu Xi thought about it while eating: "Should we install a sunshade in the yard? It can block the sun on sunny days and the rain on rainy days. Otherwise, how can we eat on rainy days?"
"On rainy days, we usually move the table to the kitchen to eat, otherwise the food will get wet when we move it here."
Gu Xi nodded stupidly again: "What you said makes sense. Why do you only eat steamed buns? Isn't there still a lot of rice?"
Wang Xu had finished his meal and was waiting for her: "Even if you bought 10 kilograms of rice, it's not enough for you alone. Besides, I'm used to it. I can eat any kind of grain. I'm not picky. As long as I can eat enough, coarse grains make me feel fuller."
Gu Xi was immediately shocked again: "Oh, I forgot to go to the village committee to exchange food. We can exchange two months of subsidized food when we go to the countryside, 20 kilograms per month. You can accompany me to exchange food later."
Wang Xu saw that she was very busy with her mouth. She was talking and eating at the same time, and she never stopped.
He turned around and went to the water tank to get a bottle of iced soda, opened it and handed it to her. Gu Xi took it with surprise, then turned around and went to the room, took out her own cup and poured half of it, and gave the other half to Wang Xu: "I can't finish it by myself, and it won't taste good after it runs out of gas. You drink it too. How are you so smart and bought soda back? That's great, I'm thirsty."
Wang Xu took the remaining half bottle of soda and said, "After talking so much, it would be strange if you weren't thirsty."
Gu Xi felt like she was being played by Yin and Yang. She rolled her eyes at him, said nothing, and ate seriously. In the end, she left half of each dish. "Do you take a break at noon every day?"
Wang Xu cleaned up the dishes and said, "Yes, it depends on your workload. Those who are quick can take a nap before going to work. Those who are slow have to go to work right after eating."
Gu Xi helped wipe the table: "Then I will heat up these dishes after I get up tomorrow and give them to you as lunch. I will cook them in the evening."
It seemed like there was a lot of noise next door again. Suddenly, the middle door was pushed hard again. This time it was locked and did not open. However, it scared Gu Xi who was wiping the table.
Wang Xu came out of the kitchen and saw seven or eight people rushing in from the courtyard gate. The leader was Yao Cuilian, who had a big bump on her forehead and disheveled hair, like a madman.
Next to him was Wang Xu's father Tian Guodong: "You beast, you not only beat your brother, but also your mother. I'm here to teach you a lesson today."
A man wearing a white shirt and black-framed glasses, who was ordinary and short, looked only a little taller than Gu Xi. He smiled in what he thought was a handsome smile: "Gu Zhiqing, I'm Yao Cuilian's nephew. My name is Yao Zhouzheng. Come to me quickly. Don't get hurt by their fight. I'll protect you."
Gu Xi looked at so many people, with Wang Xu being the only one. She had traveled back to the pre-rule of law society, where everyone around her was civilized. She had never seen such a scene. It was the first time she encountered so many people beating up one person, and she stared at them nervously.
"You two can talk it out nicely. Why are so many people rushing in? Using numbers to bully the minority is always a cowardly and shameless act."
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