When Granny Fang learned that her eldest grandson was back home, she threw the farm work in the field to her second son and his wife and scurried home with her nimble old legs.
It had been over a month since her eldest grandson last came home. She missed him so much.
Pushing open the door, Granny Fang was almost scared out of her wits by the sight before her. Her precious eldest grandson was lying on the ground, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth and his face covered in slap marks.
A heart - rending wail startled a couple of birds in the tree.
Granny Fang rushed over and hugged her grandson. Taking a closer look, his face was even more swollen. "Xiaosen, what happened to you? Who beat you like this! Tell Granny, and Granny will seek justice for you!"
Her precious eldest grandson, looking like a pig's head!
Granny Fang watched Yu Linsen's pig - like swollen face, and tears welled up in her cloudy eyes. When she touched his face, she immediately heard her grandson's shrill scream. He opened his mouth and spat out two back molars.
Granny Fang felt dizzy at the sight of the bloody teeth on the ground. Hugging her grandson, she was heart - broken. The whole small courtyard was filled with her cries and curses.
Hearing the noise, Yu Linyun and Yu Linyang quickly hid the chocolates that Hua Qingqing had just given them.
They couldn't let Granny see these nice things, or they would all end up in their elder brother's mouth.
At this moment, Granny Fang was like a wild beast on the verge of madness. Seeing her grandson and granddaughter at the door, she shouted at them, "What are you two standing there like idiots for? Xiaosen is hurt like this, and you just stand by and watch. Are you even human?!"
Yu Linyun curled her lips. They had just witnessed the one - sided beating!
After Hua Qingqing finished beating Yu Linsen, she took out something wrapped in golden foil for Yu Linyun and her younger brother from the house.
Hua Qingqing said it was a liquor - filled chocolate and they should eat it in one bite.
Chocolate! She had only seen it from a classmate who had been to the provincial capital.
The one Hua Qingqing gave was much fancier than the one her classmate had shown off.
She and her younger brother were a bit reluctant to eat it right away and planned to save it for the evening.
Granny Fang's wrinkled face turned ferocious. Seeing her grandson and granddaughter standing there like wooden posts, her heart ached again. There were several children in the family, but only her eldest grandson knew how to show concern. The others either just wanted to grab food all day long or were as silent as the grave.
Granny Fang helped Yu Linsen back into the room. Seeing her eldest grandson pointing at the next - door house, Granny Fang immediately understood. Fuming with anger, she walked out. But when she reached Hua Qingqing's door, she suddenly stopped.
She remembered the shiny axe in Hua Qingqing's room. So she changed her direction and headed towards the second son's house.
Without knocking, Granny Fang rushed in. She saw her younger grandson holding a black - looking thing and eating it, with his eyes squinted into slits. On the ground, there was also a piece of golden paper.
These two things clearly didn't belong to the second son's family. There was only one possibility: they were given by Hua Qingqing.
Granny Fang's head buzzed. A "truth" was gradually taking shape in her mind. Without thinking, she grabbed the feather duster beside her and rushed towards Yu Linyun.
"You two good - for - nothings! Did you take something from Hua Qingqing and conspire against your elder brother! What's the use of raising you in our Yu family? You've eaten so much of my food, but you've grown no conscience! He's your own elder brother!"
Granny Fang shouted heart - rendingly as she whipped, as if her heart had been torn out.
Caught off guard, Yu Linyun felt a searing pain on her arm.
She quickly stood up and dodged to the side, shouting while dodging.
"Granny, are you crazy!"
"You're so biased! What does this have to do with us! It wasn't us who beat him. It was elder brother who picked a fight with someone. After losing, he refused to keep his promise and acted like a child throwing a tantrum. He deserved to be beaten to a pulp!"
Seeing that Granny Fang only whipped her, Yu Linyun spoke without any restraint.
Granny Fang got even angrier. She wanted to catch her granddaughter and give her a good whipping. But running too fast, she tripped over a chair leg and fell to the ground. Yu Linyang swallowed the chocolate and quickly rushed to help Granny Fang.
"Granny, we tried to stop elder brother, but he wouldn't listen to us..."
"Slap—"
Granny Fang slapped her younger grandson across the face and cursed, "Don't give me these excuses, you little brat. Couldn't you two stop Xiaosen? You were just greedy for the food Hua Qingqing gave you. How cheap!"
Yu Linyang covered his face in disbelief, but the pain on his face made him have to believe it.
He was slapped by Granny...
But what did this have to do with them?
Yu Linyang sat on the edge of the bed in silence.
Yu Linyun sneered at what just happened.
It seemed that Granny was quite "fair" when it came to elder brother. She whipped her arm and slapped her younger brother's face.
The two of them combined were not worth a single hair of Yu Linsen!
How ridiculous.
Yu Linyun said, "Granny, don't you want to know what happened? Then I'll tell you. It was your precious eldest grandson who tried to beat someone but got beaten instead. Elder brother made a bet with Hua Qingqing. If Hua Qingqing lost, she would give elder brother 200 yuan. If elder brother lost, he would give his bicycle to Hua Qingqing."
"Later, elder brother lost but refused to keep his promise and was beaten to a pig's head by Hua Qingqing. Tell me, isn't it his own fault? He overestimated himself."
After Yu Linyun finished speaking, Granny Fang picked up the feather duster and threw it at her. Yu Linyun dodged and walked out of the room.
The commotion next door was so loud.
Hua Qingqing heard it but remained calm, showing no sign of panic.
Because all of this was within her expectations.
Even when she first invited Yu Linsen to fight, she knew that the other party might not easily give her the bike as promised even if he lost. So she had a second plan.
As for why she beat Yu Linsen, perhaps it was because she was annoyed by his useless appearance.
Based on her observations during this period, she guessed that Yu Linsen was a man who was extremely vain and loved face.
When he went to the billiards room with a bunch of his cronies, he was always in the center of the group, which meant that Yu Linsen had a certain status in this small circle. What was the reason for this status?
Hua Qingqing guessed it was the generous pocket money Yu Linsen got from Granny Fang and his bicycle.
It couldn't be his thick skull that failed to get into college for two years, could it?
But this was a good thing for her. As long as he loved face, there was a 95% chance that he would be threatened by the handle in her hand and then voluntarily give her the bike.
But where was the bike?
Why didn't Yu Linsen bring it back?
Hua Qingqing had a bad feeling. Judging from Yu Linsen's nature, could it be that he had sold the bike?
If that was the case, she would have to go to his room and give him a few more slaps!
"Knock, knock, knock—"
"Hua Qingqing, come out!"
Granny Fang's voice came along with the knocking on the door.
Hua Qingqing didn't go out immediately. Instead, she peeked out of the window and saw Granny Fang holding a kitchen knife in her hand.
Hua Qingqing raised her eyebrows in understanding and picked up the axe as well.