"And you little bitch. It's you who filed the complaint. Let's see if I don't tear your mouth apart."
As she spoke, Mrs. Chen walked towards Chen Liyuan. Just as she raised her hand to hit her, Chen Lishu grabbed her arm and slapped her back hard. If Zhang Chunhua hadn't been quick to catch her, she would have sat down on the ground.
"What a crime -" Mrs. Chen immediately clapped her thighs and started crying: "My granddaughter beats my grandma, you will be hit with five thunderbolts and you will not be able to die!"
"If you speak louder, it would be best to invite everyone here and show them the food and money."
Chen Lishu successfully blocked Mrs. Chen's mouth with one sentence.
Although she said she was going to report it to the commune, there would be no benefit to her if people found out. She would never do such a stupid thing.
Just because she doesn't do it doesn't mean someone else won't do it.
"Let me say it for the last time, please return the food and money intact and this matter will be over for today. Otherwise, I will report you to the commune."
Chen Mancang's heart skipped a beat: "Why are you reporting us?"
"Report you for threatening me and my dad for speculating. This money and food are evidence."
Zhang Chunhua was anxious: "You fart! These things were obviously done by your family!"
"Here you are now."
Chen Baozhu: "What good will it do to you if you report it? Everyone will be dragged out and criticized."
"It won't do me any good if you don't report it. Anyway, you are the principal culprit, and we are at most the accomplices." Chen Lishu raised her eyebrows, with a sarcastic smile in her voice: "If we die together, we are a family."
"You are trying to piss me off to death!" Mrs. Chen beat her chest, she was really angry this time.
"Let's do it this way. You take back half of these things and treat the rest as a tribute to your mother. Is that okay?" Chen Mancang weighed the pros and cons and quickly made a concession.
However, his posture is still very high, as if he is giving alms.
"I said I want to return it intact. Not even a grain of rice or a penny is missing."
Chen Mancang has lived such a long life, can he really be frightened by the movie of a half-year-old girl like her? "Then you go ahead."
Chen Lishu didn't speak again, she pulled Chen Liyuan and turned around and walked out of the room.
"Dad, she won't really go to the commune to report us, right?" Chen Baozhu was a little worried.
Chen Mancang was not sure. He pondered for a moment and said to his son: "Go out and take a look at it from a distance. If you go home, forget it. If you really go to the commune..."
If he really wanted to go to the commune, he was really a little undecided.
Chen Liyuan also asked Chen Lishu the same question: "Sister, are we really going to the commune?"
Chen Lishu wrapped the scarf tightly around her head and kept walking: "Go, why not go. Even if the money I earn is confiscated, it will never be cheaper for them."
"Then what if we are really arrested by the Revolutionary Committee?" Chen Liyuan's voice was trembling. In the past two years, there were parades in the village. Some wore tall hats and worn shoes on their chests, and a group of spectators gathered behind them.
Anyone can spit on them, and some even throw stones at them.
"Our ingredients are here. Even if we are caught, we will at most go to a training class. Although we have a bad reputation, it is only temporary. Breasts are different from aunties. If you can't cure it once, you will be like dad for the rest of your life.
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Chen Liyuan thought of her father's obedience to Nai's advice, thought about it and nodded: "Sister, I understand."
The commune is more than ten miles away from Qingshan Village. The sisters walked all the way, and soon they could see the houses in the commune from a distance.
"Lishu, Liyuan——"
At this time, Chen Baozhu's voice suddenly came from behind. The two stopped and turned around, only to see him riding a bicycle and rushing towards them.
When he got closer, he finally got out of the car out of breath: "You two go back quickly, I have already sent the things and money back to my second uncle."
Following him all the way, he was completely panicked when he saw the two sisters leaving the village entrance. When he returned home and told Chen Mancang, he couldn't calm down anymore. But facing so much food and money, he still wanted to wait. As a result, he left more and more.
The farther and farther. In the end, I had no choice but to send the things back first, and then let my son borrow a bicycle to ride all the way to catch up.
The road was slippery in the snow, and Chen Baozhu was so anxious that he fell several times in a row. The handlebars of his bike were all crooked, and he didn't know how to explain it to others when he got back.
When Chen Liyuan heard what she said, she immediately pulled her sister's arm excitedly.
Chen Lishu also secretly breathed a sigh of relief. After all, no one wants to reach that point.
After stopping the people, Chen Baozhu rode back first. It was almost noon when Chen Lishu and the two sisters arrived home.
"Let your dad cook you some food. You can't even come back without a meal." The money and things were lost again, and Wu Chunmei now remembered to prepare food for her daughter.
Chen Lishu shook her head: "Although it's close, it wouldn't be good to go back too late. My dad won't have to worry about it."
After saying this, he stopped Chen Mandun, then raised his head to discuss with Chen Mandun and his wife: "Since Nai and uncle already know about the reselling of grain, I think this business should be stopped for the time being."
Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the eventuality. Now people have been offended. If you are caught and reported again, the gain will really outweigh the loss.
"In any case, the money and food at home are enough. Your mother and I will listen to you and stop doing this." Chen Mandun breathed a sigh of relief when he heard her words. He was always on tenterhooks. This job is really not suitable for him.
He does.
Seeing that the two agreed, Chen Lishu thought for a while and said, "Mom and Dad, my second sister will be in charge of the family money for the time being."
As soon as she spoke, both of them were stunned.
Even though she knew that what she said next would break their hearts, Chen Lishu still had to say it for the sake of this family.
"Dad, you are too easy to listen to. And mom, take this incident as an example. You gave away the money as soon as someone scared you."
"Actually, there's nothing wrong with my second sister taking care of money. After all, you two are the ones in charge."
"How can she be stronger than the two of us as a child?" Chen Mandun felt very uncomfortable.
"Mom and Dad, I will fight to the death to protect the things in my family." Although Chen Liyuan is only thirteen years old, the look she looks at the couple has a firmness that is incompatible with her age.
The eldest sister trusts her and gives her this important task. She will never let the eldest sister down.
Chen Mandun and his wife looked at the two sisters, and then at the younger ones beside them. Although they felt uncomfortable, they finally gave the money to their second daughter.
It was noon when Chen Lishu left Chen's house and returned to Gu's house.
Seeing her coming back, everyone in the room raised their heads. Before anyone else could say anything, Liu Yuemin said, "Why did the third brother and sister come back so early? Didn't my mother-in-law leave any food?"
In order to save food, people in rural areas only eat two meals a day and do not eat at noon.
Li Xiulan was picking up the soles of her shoes, and couldn't hear her weird words. She stopped what she was doing and raised her head to lecture: "No one will treat you as a mute if you don't speak."