With four people suddenly gone from the clinic, the once-crowded space became much more spacious.
Hua Qingqing felt a bit of a headache and was in a bad mood. She was irritated by everyone and felt like scolding them. Fang Laotai had run away too quickly just now, and she hadn't had the chance to scold her.
She felt that she had caught a cold.
No, she must ask Dr. Xu to prescribe some medicine later.
Hua Qingqing still showed quite a bit of respect to Lin Dongsheng and Liu Chunhua.
"Uncle Lin, Aunt Chunhua, it's getting late. You should go back first. This isn't a big deal. Really, you don't need to worry about it. I was just on my way and saw someone fall into the water. Anyone who could have saved them would have done so, especially since it was a child."
Lin Dongsheng felt a bit embarrassed. His daughter-in-law was so petty. Buying two steamed buns didn't cost much, but she only bought one, and instead of splitting it evenly, she only gave it to her youngest son.
It was understandable that she doted on her son, but there was no need to be so blatant.
He was the team leader, after all. If he led the way in favoring sons over daughters, what would the other villagers think of him?
However, this girl, Hua Qingqing, was also too blunt in her speech.
Lin Dongsheng said, "We'll stay here with you for the night. That way, we can help if anything happens. Cough, Qingqing, your Aunt Chunhua said that you came to find me during the day and said you wanted to study and go to the commune middle school?"
Hua Qingqing blinked and nodded.
Could it be that this team leader was really going to help her get her student status sorted out?
Lin Dongsheng then said, "Studying is a good thing, but you've never been to school before. You might not be able to keep up right away. How about starting from primary school?"
At present, there were not strict regulations regarding school admission age. Children could start school at the age of six, but for those who wanted to study but had been delayed for various reasons, they could enter school as long as they paid the tuition fees. Although there were not many such cases, the primary school was jointly run by several production teams, so it was quite easy to handle the student status!
What?
Primary school?
Hua Qingqing resolutely shook her head.
She didn't want to.
She, a top - university graduate and a billionaire businessman, had already had a headache after being reborn as a junior high school student. Now, asking her to start from primary school was out of the question!
"I'm already eighteen years old. It's not appropriate for me to go to primary school. Moreover, I've already done the test papers of Xiao Yang and the others and got high scores. I don't think I'm that bad."
Now, she was a bit disappointed in Lin Dongsheng's approach and didn't want to use the fact that she had saved someone's life to pressure them into helping her.
Unexpectedly, Lin Dongsheng was silent for a moment and then sighed.
"Since you're not willing, I'll go and ask Principal Song of the commune middle school tomorrow. If he agrees, it'll be easy to handle. If he doesn't, then consider it as Uncle owing you another favor."
Hua Qingqing was a bit stunned. It was the first time she had seen the team leader, who usually didn't like to get involved in other people's business, take the initiative to do so. She was a bit unaccustomed to it.
Hua Qingqing showed a bright smile. "Thank you, Uncle Lin!"
After this matter was settled, Liu Chunhua on the side offered to compensate her.
Hua Qingqing waved her hand and refused.
Actually, she had woken up a long time ago and had just been lying with her eyes closed, listening to Fang Laotai trying to extort the Lin family.
Of course, she wouldn't let Fang Laotai succeed in using her name.
"I'm fine. There's no need for compensation."
Hua Qingqing refused the Lin family's offer to take care of her. She ate a few oranges they had brought and took some medicine before falling asleep.
When she returned to the Yu family the next day, she found out that Yu Linsen had already ridden his bike to school.
Hua Qingqing felt a bit regretful. She hadn't even gotten her hands on the bike yet.
Fang Laotai probably thought she wouldn't come back today, so she hadn't cooked any food for her.
Hua Qingqing felt her stomach and decided to cook some noodles. She also cracked three eggs into it. The noodles were bought by her at the supply and marketing cooperative and had been lying under the bed untouched.
She walked to the door and felt the lock.
Hua Qingqing instantly noticed something was wrong.
The lock had been tampered with!
She ran through the list of suspects in her mind and finally settled on Yu Linsen, who had gone home yesterday.
She had deliberately acted crazy some time ago, and now the other members of the Yu family were as scared of her as mice were of cats. She didn't think they had the guts to touch her lock.
Hua Qingqing frowned and opened the door. She immediately took out the things under the bed to check and found that nothing was missing.
Hua Qingqing snorted. She guessed that Yu Linsen probably hadn't been able to open her lock.
However, she hated the feeling of having her property coveted by others!
Of course, what she hated the most was that the bicycle, which had been bought with the original body's parents' money and coupons, had slipped through her fingers!
Hua Qingqing pushed the things back and took out paper and a pen. She started writing a letter to her parents, who were living a good life far away.
She had to let them know that in this backward and materially - scarce Wuxing Production Team, there was still a biological daughter struggling to survive in hunger and cold.
After writing the letter, Hua Qingqing's neck was sore.
It was so pitiful. Such a hard - working and studious girl like her didn't even have a table!
The more Hua Qingqing thought about it, the angrier she got. She took out an axe and chopped open Yu Linsen's room door. She directly moved the table into her own room. The room was too small, and after the table was moved in, it became even more crowded. There was just enough space for a chair.
So Hua Qingqing went to move the chair as well.
Since she couldn't get the bicycle for the time being, she might as well use the table.
It was obvious that Fang Laotai and Old Man Yu had high expectations for this eldest grandson, who had failed to get into college. Everything he had was the best... The walls were white, the quilt was thick, the bed was stable, the table was new, and he even had a special means of transportation for school!
How much of this had been bought with the original body's living expenses?
Fang Laotai was extremely partial, especially to the eldest branch of the family. Out of the more than 5,000 yuan of living expenses over the past thirteen years, Fang Laotai had only returned half of it to her. How much of the other half had been spent on the eldest branch?
It could be said that Hua Qingqing had no qualms about taking Yu Linsen's things. She felt completely justified!
Because these things should have belonged to the original body.
In the evening, when the daughter - in - law of the eldest branch saw that her son's door lock had been chopped again and the big table inside was gone, her heart sank. Then she realized who was responsible and couldn't hold back any longer. She went to find Hua Qingqing.
"You bully! Are you addicted to stealing things from home? Give back my son's table!"
Hua Qingqing was standing at the door, munching on sunflower seeds and leisurely watching Feng Xiang go crazy.
The sunflower seeds were taken from Fang Laotai's room. Lin Dongsheng had come to see her yesterday and brought a lot of things, but only a few fruits were left on the table. All the other good things had been taken away by Fang Laotai.
Just one day and one night had passed, and most of the things were gone.
Hua Qingqing spat out a sunflower seed shell.
"Auntie, do you really want to talk this through with me? Isn't it obvious who the real thief is? You people who have benefited from the stolen goods, how dare you point fingers at me?"
Compared to Feng Xiang's anger, Hua Qingqing was completely calm. She was so calm that she didn't seem like the crazy girl who had overturned the table before.
Feng Xiang shrank her neck.
She was already a bit regretful for her impulsiveness.
Her mother - in - law had said that Hua Qingqing already knew about the living expenses and that half of the money had been returned to her. She had also said that Hua Qingqing had agreed that as long as no one provoked her, she wouldn't pursue the matter.
But now?
This damned girl had emptied her son's room!