The neighbors all ran over when they heard the noise. Seeing that Captain Cheng was determined to discipline his nephew, and seeing how Granny Cheng was protecting her grandson very closely, the neighbors, who had been holding a lot of resentment in the past few days, took the opportunity to complain to Captain Cheng.
"Captain Cheng, you are right. If children are not taught well, they will become bad elements that endanger society in the future!" A sister-in-law said angrily, "On the first day Cheng Zhuangzhuang came, he pulled my daughter's hair and chased her with a pair of scissors, saying that he would cut her long braids and sell them for candy. My daughter was scared and cried every night when she went to bed."
"What's that? He took off my son's pants the day before yesterday! In such cold weather, the child almost froze to death! I have never seen such a mean child in my life!" There is no grudge or enmity, he just has a mean hand and likes to take off children's pants.
I really didn't hear anyone say they didn't know, and I was shocked when I heard that.
I'm fed up with your complaints after only being in the family compound for a few days.
The more Captain Cheng listened, the uglier his expression became. He was so angry that he lost his mind and raised his hand to slap his nephew Cheng Zhuangzhuang in the face.
"Mom, is this the quarrel between children you mentioned?" Captain Cheng yelled at Cheng Zhuangzhuang, "You are only one or two years old, not one or two years old! Didn't I teach you what to do and what not to do?"
Captain Cheng’s slap was really hard. The child’s face was swollen and blood was oozing from the corners of his mouth.
But the look the child gave Captain Cheng sent chills down the spines of those around him.
That look was filled with hatred.
"I hate you! Why don't you just die? Grandma said that I am the only boy in the Cheng family, and everything in the Cheng family will belong to me from now on! When you die, even your things will belong to me! Why don't you die sooner? You still dare to hate me, I will definitely come back when you are old!"
Cheng Zhuangzhuang's words stunned everyone.
The crowd that had originally gathered around to complain suddenly fell silent, and some even silently took a few steps back.
It wasn't just Qiao Xinyi and the other onlookers who were shocked. Even Captain Cheng himself was stunned, holding the coal tongs and standing there in a daze.
"Aunt, he is so bad. He actually cursed his uncle to death." Fu Linzhou felt that Cheng Zhuangzhuang was so scary.
He hugged Fu Qingshan's legs from behind, and put his face against his legs, "Uncle, my brother hopes you live a long life, and your aunt wants to wait until my brother dies before you die."
"Yes, otherwise if my brother doesn't have uncle and aunt, my brother will have no home, and my brother will be more pitiful." Fu Zeyu deeply agreed. In short, he didn't even dare to think about letting his uncle die.
Captain Cheng suddenly felt that even education was unnecessary.
"You are only one year old, and all the children under six in your family are more sensible than you." Battalion Commander Cheng pulled up Cheng's mother who was squatting on the bed hugging her grandson, "Mom, send Cheng Zhuangzhuang back to his hometown, to his brother and sister-in-law. If you still want to come to my place for the New Year, I will ask someone to buy you a ticket and you can come to my place for the New Year again."
"If you can't bear to part with your grandson, then you can stay in your hometown and live with your grandson's family. Anyway, I can't afford a nephew who curses me to die early." Battalion Commander Cheng threw the coal tongs in front of Cheng Zhuangzhuang, "I don't need you to support me in my old age. Even if I die on the street, I don't want a beast like you to collect my body!"
After he finished speaking, Captain Cheng looked at Fu Qingshan apologetically and said, "I'm sorry. I originally wanted to bring the child here to apologize to your two children. I thought I might teach this child a lesson, but I didn't expect you to laugh at me."
Captain Cheng took out five yuan from his pocket, took two steps forward, bent down and put it into Fu Linzhou's hand, "Uncle apologizes to you brothers on behalf of Cheng Zhuangzhuang. You can use this money to buy candy. It's a little gift from uncle."
After saying this, Captain Cheng turned around and left without even looking at Cheng Zhuangzhuang who was kneeling on the bed, holding back tears and staring at him.
"Forget it, let's go. This child is not Captain Cheng's own. Since Captain Cheng said he wants to send the child away, let's forget about our respective families' affairs." A sister-in-law said, "Fortunately, we don't encounter this kind of stuff once in three to five years in our family compound."
Granny Cheng was already feeling sorry for her grandson being tied up like this and suffering injustice. When she heard that sister-in-law scolding her in front of so many people, she stood up and rushed over to settle the score.
"Who are you scolding? If you have the guts, please explain yourself clearly. Who are you scolding?" Granny Cheng looked like she was ready to start a fight.
"If you want to ruin Captain Cheng's future, just go ahead and start a fight in the family compound, and offend all the family members in the family compound and all his comrades on behalf of Captain Cheng!"
Fu Qingshan took a few steps forward and grabbed Granny Cheng's hand, stopping her from shouting.
The snake hits the weakest point, and the future of Captain Cheng, the son, naturally hits the weakest point of Grandma Cheng, the mother.
She suddenly went out like a spark that had been extinguished.
"Let's all go back." Qiao Xinyi smiled at the sisters-in-law. "The weather is so cold. You might as well stay at home and spend more time with the children. Or at least read some books or newspapers."
"Teacher Qiao is right. I heard from Political Commissar Xu that there will be a commendation meeting for our family members during the Spring Festival next year! I have attended every class seriously over the past six months, and I must win an award for motivated family members!" One sister-in-law laughed heartily, and then the family dispersed in groups of three or four.
After everyone else had left, Qiao Xinyi asked Fu Qingshan to come back and close the door, but she ignored Cheng Zhuangzhuang who was still kneeling on the bed and crying.
"It seems that the direction Captain Cheng just walked towards the family compound, is he going back to the army dormitory to stay for a night?" Fu Bailu muttered curiously, "If he has this time, why doesn't he go and take his wife and daughter home?"
"That motherfucker hasn't left yet. Why did you go to pick him up now if you didn't chase him this afternoon?" Fu Qingshan didn't care. "Taking him back now is the same as getting scolded when you take him home. His mother can't bear to scold her son or grandson, but that doesn't mean she can't bear to scold her daughter-in-law or granddaughter."
"That's right." Fu Bailu walked up to Qiao Xinyi and teased, "Look, Fu Qingshan thinks more thoroughly than even an older man like me."
"Aunt Fu, you can just praise him as a good man. Don't be so tactful. He won't understand that you are praising him." Qiao Xinyi asked Fu Qingshan, "Captain Fu, am I right?"
Fu Qingshan lowered his head and touched the tip of his nose, then turned around and shouted to Qiao Yunbai to put the book down so that he could give him extra lessons while he had time.
Seeing that he had found something to do for himself, Qiao Xinyi stopped chasing him.
After dinner, the whole family sat in the living room, each busy with their own things.
Fu Qingshan was giving Qiao Yunbai extra lessons, Fu Bailu was sitting on the side knitting a sweater, Fu Linzhou and Fu Zeyu were leaning against a dog reading a comic book, and Qiao Xinyi was drawing pictures for the agricultural machinery factory with a pen and paper.
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