Hua Qingqing turned her head slightly, curious to see what the commotion was about. To her surprise, it seemed to involve her own sister...
She quickly rushed over, helped Hua Miaomiao up, and brushed the sand off her. Looking down, she noticed that the new clothes her sister was wearing had been torn!
"Miaomiao, are you feeling okay anywhere?"
"If there's any discomfort, you must tell sister, okay?"
Hua Miaomiao didn't say a word. She buried her head in Hua Qingqing's arms, her small body trembling slightly. She must have been scared.
Hua Qingqing didn't press further. She gently patted her sister's small shoulders, telling her not to be afraid.
A loud voice came from behind.
"Hey, whose family are you from?! Look at your kid. She pushed my grandson to the ground. He's covered in sand, and this clothes are ruined!"
Hua Qingqing stood up and took a look at the speaker. It was an old woman. Then she glanced at the chubby grandson beside her, who was wailing without shedding a tear.
He seemed to be about the same age as Hua Miaomiao.
The old woman had a rather fierce look on her face. Seeing that Hua Qingqing not only ignored her but also stared at her grandson, she became extremely dissatisfied and started shouting, spitting everywhere.
"What are you looking at? Your kid pushed my little grandson down. You tell me what you're going to do about it!"
Hua Qingqing looked puzzled. "What do you mean what to do? Your grandson is so chubby, and my sister is so small. How could she possibly push him down?"
Seeing that Hua Qingqing didn't seem to understand, the old woman shouted, "What to do? Think about how much money you're going to compensate. My family only has this one male child. Do you know how precious he is? Hurry up and pay up. I'm going to take my little grandson to the hospital for a check - up."
Liu Ning rushed over. "Granny Yang, why are you trying to extort money again!"
The parents of other kids also gathered around and started pointing fingers at Granny Yang.
It seemed that this old woman had a bad reputation in the compound.
Sigh, she'd only been here for two days, and she'd already encountered such a strange person.
Hua Qingqing felt that she'd never be able to get away from strange people in her life.
However, since she'd just arrived in the capital, Hua Qingqing thought she should be more reserved and couldn't act as freely as she did in the brigade before.
She looked at the child and her eyes were filled with pity. She said gently, "Little friend, tell sister, when did your father pass away?"
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Granny Yang started cursing.
"You're cursing my son to death! You slut!"
Hua Qingqing looked even more shocked than her. "Ah, Granny, your son is still alive? You just said this kid is the only male child in your family. I felt really guilty. Please don't be so startling when you talk. It's really scary."
"You little girl! You talk so rudely. Don't your parents teach you anything!"
Hua Qingqing's gentle expression suddenly turned cold.
"Shut up!"
"Granny, I didn't want to argue with you because of your age, but my parents are not like your son, who seems to be in and out of the Palace of Yama. Even if you pass away one day, my parents will still live for several more decades."
Granny Yang was so angry that her lips trembled. "You, you..."
Hua Qingqing continued, "You said you wanted me to pay. But look at your grandson. He's not even hurt. There's just a bit of sand on his clothes. It's inevitable when playing in the sandpit. If you don't want your grandson to get dirty, don't bring him here to play!"
"Everyone has come from hard times. We don't restrict our kids from being naughty, but your grandson is different. He's so delicate. We don't dare let our kids play with him. Otherwise, we don't know when we'll be extorted again."
Someone in the crowd immediately shouted in agreement.
"Yes, Granny Yang, take your grandson back quickly. Otherwise, if he falls down next time, will you make everyone in the compound compensate? This isn't the first time you've caused such a scene. Hehe."
Granny Yang shouted in a certain direction, "Don't think I don't know who you are. Stop being so sarcastic! Last time your granddaughter pushed my grandson. Everyone knows about it!"
Another old woman couldn't hold it in anymore and started scolding.
"Shoot! Your grandson is so much bigger than my granddaughter! You've got some nerve to say that! If there's a next time, I won't be polite. I'm almost eighty years old. I've seen a lot of battles when I was young. I can still take one of your little brats with me!"
The two old women immediately started cursing at each other. More and more people gathered to watch. Hua Miaomiao was really scared.
Hua Qingqing patted her and was about to take her away.
But Granny Yang, with sharp eyes, shouted, "Where are you going? You want to run away without paying? I knew I wasn't wrong about you!"
Hearing this, Hua Qingqing turned around and pointed at the chubby kid beside Granny Yang.
"Granny, I didn't want to argue with you at first, but you're being so unreasonable. Everyone come and take a look. There's no justice!"
"Granny Yang's little grandson snatched my sister's candy and pushed her down. And Granny Yang is trying to shift the blame! She's distorting the truth!"
Granny Yang put her hands on her hips and cursed angrily.
"My family has plenty of food. My grandson doesn't like your unhealthy stuff!"
Just being stubborn. This little kid is so fat. How healthy can he be?
Hua Qingqing rolled her eyes and shouted, "Are you so confident? Let's take a look at what your grandson is holding in his hand. It's the chocolate I gave to my sister. It's a foreign brand, and it's not cheap. When I came out, I gave my sister one. Now tell me, how did this chocolate end up in your grandson's hand? Don't you dare say that my sister forced it on him because your grandson is so popular. That's more unbelievable than seeing a ghost in broad daylight!"
Everyone burst out laughing.
"Hey, Granny Yang, your grandson really is holding something in his hand. It's golden!"
"I knew it. This kid loves to snatch things from others. He snatches whatever is delicious. He's like a dog with a good nose."
"Yeah, yeah. My kid has also been snatched from."
The people who had been victimized by Granny Yang and her grandson deeply agreed and started talking one after another.
Granny Yang felt so embarrassed that she snatched the chocolate from her grandson's hand and threw it on the ground.
Hua Qingqing said with a smile, "Don't be in a hurry. Now we've figured out what happened. It was your grandson who snatched my sister's chocolate and pushed her down. This dress my sister is wearing was bought from the big department store today. It cost eight yuan, and I even used a cloth ticket. Now the dress has been torn by your grandson. Do you want to compensate or what?"
Eight yuan?
Granny Yang was shocked. Seeing that the dress was really torn, she started acting like a shrew.
"Kids will inevitably bump into each other when playing. There's no injury. It's not a big deal. Just take the clothes back and mend them. It'll still be wearable."
Everyone despised Granny Yang. That's not what you said just now!
Hua Qingqing was actually quite good - tempered. She nodded.
"Okay, if you don't want to pay, then I'll return the favor."
She walked up to the kid.
Seeing that he was dirty all over, with snot running down his nose and rolls of fat on his arms, she wondered if his grandma raised him like a pig.
She bent down and said in a soft voice, "You're so old. How can you still snatch food from other kids? If you keep doing this when you grow up, you'll get shot. You should learn to be good, not bad. Do you understand?"
After saying that, Hua Qingqing gave the kid a hard push, and he fell to the ground.
This was a sandpit, soft and harmless.
But the kid was still so shocked that he started crying loudly.
Granny Yang let out a shrill scream and rushed over. Hua Qingqing stepped back, and the old woman fell on top of her grandson.
Hua Qingqing said, "Don't be in a hurry, Granny. After this, we don't owe each other anything."
After saying that, she took Hua Miaomiao and left the sandpit.
From behind, someone who shared the same hatred for Granny Yang started clapping.
"Clap, clap, clap—"
From then on, Hua Qingqing became famous in the compound.