Wan Yindi sprinted all the way and squeezed into the crowd.
With a shrill wail, she rushed into the Yu family's house.
"Son, Mom's here!"
Hua Qingqing quickly stepped aside.
Immediately afterwards, Granny Fang's loud voice also arrived as expected.
"Qian Cuihua, you damned thief! How dare you come to my house to cause trouble? Do you think I'm dead!"
"Your grandson seriously injured my grandson. Let me tell you, if you don't pay the compensation, this matter won't end!"
"I'll report it to the police. I'll have your grandson jailed for decades!"
Granny Fang stood there with her hands on her hips, looking like a victorious hen. When she mentioned the police, she felt refreshed. Previously, she could only be controlled by Hua Qingqing, but now she could control others!
Granny Qian couldn't leave and couldn't out - argue Hua Qingqing, so she simply stayed and shouted abuse at Granny Fang. The battle of the two domineering women in the Five - Star Production Brigade lasted from their earlier years to the present. Finally, Granny Fang got the upper hand by seizing Granny Qian's weak point. Granny Qian, enraged, started to fight.
Granny Fang immediately lay on the ground.
Seeing this, Granny Qian also lay down.
Hua Qingqing watched with great amusement.
"The team leader is coming!" someone shouted in the crowd.
Lin Dongsheng arrived, and the matter came to an end.
Yu Linyang, who was in a "poor mental state", was helped out of the room by Wan Yindi. Encouraged by Hua Qingqing, he told his story of being bullied.
Finally, several parents admitted defeat.
After Lin Dongsheng's mediation, the medical expenses they needed to pay were reduced from three yuan to two yuan, and the number of eggs increased from five to seven. Granny Qian had to pay three yuan and ten eggs.
But Granny Qian refused to accept it and refused to pay the money no matter what.
Lin Dongsheng didn't buy her act.
"It's okay if you don't pay. I'm just about to go to a meeting at the commune. I'll drop by to find the police. I'll never tolerate such hooligans who bully others in our Five - Star Production Brigade!"
Granny Qian got anxious upon hearing this.
She shouted that her grandson was not wrong.
But this time, it wasn't Hua Qingqing or Granny Fang who refuted her, but the others who had already agreed to pay.
"Granny Qian, just pay the money quickly. Don't waste everyone's time. Don't you know what your grandson is like?"
"Actually, our kids were led astray by your grandson. We should even ask you for compensation. Stop being so fussy. Qingqing is right. The country is developing, and the people are making progress. Can't you make any progress?"
"Yeah, we won't ask you to compensate us, but you have to pay for Xiaoyang."
Granny Qian: "..."
That's how it is. Once your own interests are lost, the best way to console yourself is to make others lose more.
Finally, under the urging of everyone, Granny Qian had no choice but to agree to pay.
She couldn't figure out how she had come here to ask for money but ended up having to pay.
Then each family went back to get the things. In front of Lin Dongsheng, they gave the money and eggs to the Yu family, and the matter was finally over.
After the door was closed, Granny Fang happily counted the money. Thirteen yuan and forty - five eggs.
Hua Qingqing walked over and stretched out her hand.
Granny Fang tightly covered the money and didn't let go.
"This is the compensation for Xiaoyang. We should save it to buy supplements for him."
Hua Qingqing sneered. "Grandma, aren't you afraid of being laughed at when you say this? Once this money gets into your pocket, the supplements will go to your eldest grandson. Moreover, if it weren't for me, you wouldn't have gotten this money. Do you really think you're that lucky? Don't force me to take it myself. Hurry up and give it!"
Granny Fang gritted her teeth and took out five yuan for her.
Hua Qingqing twitched the corner of her mouth. "It would have been better if you had done this earlier. Also, Big Cousin asked me to bring back some streaky pork. We'll have braised pork tonight."
Hearing that her granddaughter had bought meat, Granny Fang quickly went to the kitchen to check.
Seeing this, Wan Yindi also stepped forward and wanted the money. The old lady was reluctant to give it.
Wan Yindi refused to back off.
"Mom, this is the compensation for Xiaoyang. You can't do this."
Granny Fang slapped the table. "You're rebelling! Do you also want to learn from Hua Qingqing?! I've been feeding and clothing you all. Do you still want to ask me for money!"
Wan Yindi said aggrievedly, "I've been working in the fields with Jiantian every day. It's not you who's been supporting us. This is the money for Xiaoyang..."
Granny Fang was very angry. She felt that since Hua Qingqing had had her "episode", something had been wrong with the family. Now even her second daughter - in - law dared to rebel against her.
She glared and took out three yuan and threw it on the table.
Wan Yindi quickly grabbed the money. Her heart was pounding like crazy. Oh, God! This was the first time she had managed to get money from her mother - in - law!
Hua Qingqing started to review by reading books. When she felt it was about time, she asked Yu Linyang for test papers to do.
The Yu family's twins were in the ninth grade and were about to take the high - school entrance examination. Many of the questions on the test papers were mock questions for the exam.
Since there was no way to print them, all the test questions were copied into notebooks. Yu Linyang's handwriting was very neat.
Hua Qingqing covered the original answers and wrote her own on another piece of paper. After finishing, she checked her answers against the original ones and gave herself a score. Her scores were all above 95. Most of her mistakes were not due to lack of knowledge but because she didn't check her work. She sometimes missed or miswrote symbols and numbers.
It's so easy.
Maybe I should directly look for high - school books?
Thinking so, Hua Qingqing set her sights on Yu Linsen. This guy had repeated his senior - high - school studies for two years. He should have a lot of books, right?
Not in a hurry. According to Yu Linyang, Yu Linsen would come back at the end of every month.
What for?
Of course, to get money.
Hua Qingqing sat on the bed, thinking about what to do next. Get a school enrollment!
She had considered directly going to high school, but it was much more difficult to get a high - school enrollment than a junior - high - school one. Moreover, people around her thought she had never been to school.
Taking too big a step could easily make one stumble.
Now that the ninth - graders were facing the high - school entrance examination, if she joined at this time, she could directly take the exam and then go to high school. If everything went smoothly, she might even skip two grades and become a senior - three student to take the college - entrance examination and go to university directly!
Wow! Thinking about it this way, it would only take two years to get into university!
Hua Qingqing excitedly sat up.
But how could she get the enrollment at the commune middle school?
Hua Qingqing acted quickly. The next day, she went directly to the team leader's house.
Liu Chunhua said, "You've come at a bad time. He just went to the commune. He probably won't be back until afternoon. What do you want from him?"
Hua Qingqing smiled. "It's about school. I want to go to the commune middle school, so I want to ask Uncle Lin about the enrollment process. Actually, I've been reviewing at home. I even did my cousin's test papers, and my scores were quite high."
"Aren't the twins in the ninth grade? You can do ninth - grade test papers?" Liu Chunhua was very surprised. She knew that Hua Qingqing had never been to school. If she had self - studied to this level, it was really amazing.
Hua Qingqing nodded shyly and showed the questions she had done to Liu Chunhua. But Liu Chunhua didn't understand much. She just thought it was really good.
"Don't worry. I'll ask Uncle Lin about it later."
"Thank you, Aunt Chunhua. You and Uncle Lin are my lucky stars!"
Hua Qingqing took out two White Rabbit toffees and put them in the hands of Lin Hong and Lin Bai. These two kids were Lin Dongsheng's grandchildren. The girl was six years old, and the boy was four. They were very cute and didn't look dirty. Hua Qingqing liked to tease them.
Liu Chunhua said with a smile, "Don't bring them delicious food next time. After eating this, they don't want to eat dinner. It's so hard to feed them."
Courtesy never goes amiss. Every time she came, she would bring something. Although it couldn't be said to be enough to win people's hearts, at least every time Liu Chunhua looked at her, she was gentle and never impatient.
Hua Qingqing clapped her hands and said goodbye to Liu Chunhua.
Since that was the case, she would go to the commune middle school to have a look.
Just as she was about to borrow the brigade's bicycle, suddenly a figure flashed past her.
Hua Qingqing looked over. That familiar back could only belong to Yu Linsen!
It takes no time to find what's been searched for far and wide.
Why borrow the brigade's bike when there's a ready - made one here!