The boy was startled and started howling, "Who are you? Let me go, let me go, grandma, grandma."
"Shut up!" Qi Mengmeng yelled with a frown.
This boy looks older than Lei Lei, but his personality is very different.
"What are you doing? Why are you bothering my grandson?" Aunt Qiu ran out of her house and was about to hug the boy.
Gu Guizhi glanced at Qi Mengmeng, and seeing that she didn't say anything, he let the boy go.
"Aunt, we are destined to live in the same yard, but this kid wants to pick the lock and steal things. I plan to send him to the police station."
Qi Mengmeng said to Aunt Qiu with a cold face.
"How could it be considered stealing? The child was just curious and wanted to take a look." Aunt Qiu was frightened by Qi Mengmeng and explained loudly.
Qi Mengmeng lifted the boy's hand, revealing the wire in his hand: "Who is so curious that they would use the wire to pry open the door? Aunt Qiu, there is a saying that goes, "When a child steals a needle, he will steal gold when he grows up. You must take good care of the child while he is young."
Aunt Qiu snatched the wire from the boy's hand and threw it to the ground, then slapped his butt a few times: "Kid, who told you to play with this? Why do you have to work so hard every day?"
"Wow... Grandma, it's you... wuwuwu..."
The boy had only said a few words when Aunt Qiu covered his mouth. She smiled awkwardly at Qi Mengmeng and Gu Guizhi and said, "I will take good care of the child when I get back. We are all neighbors, so don't take it too seriously."
Qi Mengmeng looked at her coldly: "No, we must take him to the police station and teach him a lesson."
Aunt Qiu could only hit the boy with greater force, and the boy took the opportunity to lie on the ground: "Wa wah wah..."
Qi Mengmeng took two steps back to avoid the dust on the ground from dirtying her clothes.
Seeing that Qi Mengmeng and Gu Guizhi were unmoved, Aunt Qiu gritted her teeth and prepared to step forward and kick them a couple more times.
Qi Mengmeng winked at Gu Guizhi, who took a step forward and said in a deep voice, "That's enough. If you do it again, I'll throw you into the juvenile detention center."
His voice was not loud, but it made the boy on the ground stop.
He wiped his nose, quickly stood up and ran behind Aunt Qiu.
Qi Mengmeng watched him wipe his snot on Aunt Qiu's clothes and felt disgusted. She ignored them, took out the key, pushed open the door and walked in.
Aunt Qiu waited until the two entered the house before she turned around and glared at the boy: "You can't do anything right, and you're so messy. Don't even eat lunch."
Boy: "...It's obviously my grandma..."
"If you say that again, I'll have you locked up." Aunt Qiu pinched the boy twice, looked at him covered in dirt, and got him a basin of water, letting him wash himself.
Qi Mengmeng listened to the silence outside, let out a breath and shook her head.
Gu Guizhi sat on a chair and said to her, "Don't be angry with the child. We don't live here anyway, and we won't have much time to spend together in the future."
Qi Mengmeng knew this truth, but when she met such a bad neighbor, she felt that the house was no longer attractive.
"What kind of personality does your comrade have? If he is an honest man, I'm afraid Aunt Qiu will take advantage of him." Qi Mengmeng asked Gu Guizhi about the tenant's personality.
Although I have only met her a few times, Aunt Qiu's character has been exposed completely. If I were an honest person, I would definitely be taken advantage of by her in the future.
Gu Guizhi thought about Li Jun's character and was not sure: "Li Jun is an upright person who doesn't talk much, so he probably won't do that."
Qi Mengmeng rolled her eyes at him. Among the few soldiers she had met, most of them had the kind of personality he described.
"I think we should make it clear to him in advance. Since he is your comrade, we can't betray him."
Qi Mengmeng thought that at worst she could just not rent out the house and wait a few years.
"I have the address of Li Jun's house. I'll go tell him after dinner." Gu Guizhi also felt that it would be better to make it clear.
"Okay, I'll go with you." Qi Mengmeng was worried about Gu Guizhi's legs.
The two men rested for a while, found a state-owned restaurant nearby, had a simple meal, and then went to Li Jun's house.
Li Jun's family lives in a large compound, and his family of ten lives in three rooms.
Li Jun was having a day off today, and when he saw Gu Guizhi coming, he happily invited him into the house. Li Jun's wife, with her big belly, poured water for the two of them.
Qi Mengmeng handed the things in her hand to Li Jun's wife.
Li Jun's wife pushed it back directly: "Sister-in-law, you are too polite. We can't accept these things."
Li Jun looked at his wife with an unpleasant expression, and Li Jun's wife pushed the things over.
"This is for you. It's not something expensive, just some fruits." Qi Mengmeng was not being polite. There were only two cans of fruit and a few apples in it.
Li Jun's wife insisted on handing the things to Qi Mengmeng. Li Jun glanced inside the house and said, "Your belly is so big, why don't you just accept it?"
"Why accept it? We won't eat it anyway." Li Jun's wife said indifferently.
Qi Mengmeng thought for a moment and took Li Jun's wife's hand: "I want to go to the bathroom, can you accompany me?"
There was no toilet in this slum, so the two of them had to go outside.
Li Jun's wife glanced at Li Jun and reminded him: "These things are for my sister-in-law to take back. You can't just accept them."
Although Li Jun's face looked unhappy, he still nodded. Then Li Jun's wife walked out with Qi Mengmeng.
"Sister-in-law, the toilet here is not very clean. Please go slowly when you go in." Li Jun's wife reminded Qi Mengmeng in a gentle tone.
"I see that you are older than me, so don't call me sister-in-law. My name is Qi Mengmeng, you can just call me Mengmeng." Qi Mengmeng felt several years older when she heard her call her sister-in-law.
"Okay, my name is Li Li." Li Li said cheerfully, and looked around again: "Meng Meng, are you still going to the toilet?"
Qi Mengmeng smiled and glanced at the toilet in the distance, then shook her head: "No, we came here today just to ask you if you want to rent a house. We have a house that we can rent to you."
"Yes." Li Li's eyes lit up, "Sister-in-law, we want it."
"You haven't asked how big the house is or how much the rent is." Qi Mengmeng didn't expect Li Li to react so strongly.
"Mengmeng, I won't hide it from you. I have two daughters. Our family of four sleeps in a small room separated from the living room. This baby in my belly is already seven months old. If he makes a sound, my two sisters will probably have to sleep on the floor."
Li Li's voice was choked with sobs: "There is really no place to live at home."
Qi Mengmeng frowned: "I remember Gu Guizhi said Li Jun has a job, have you ever thought about renting a house?"
Even though it’s hard to find a house now, you can still find one if you look carefully.
Li Li gritted her teeth and said, "My mother-in-law said that we are all family and we just need to make do with each other, but if we continue to make do with each other, my daughter will die."
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