NOVPUB
Chapter 278: Chapter 278: Slap in the Face with Strength
"Brother, Zhuangzhuang turns five this year, and these days I’ve noticed his smarts are quite adequate. The village elementary school is enrolling next month, I think we should let him attend the Yu Hong class this year, right?"
These days, kids going to school are quite free-spirited. Regardless of whether there are adults at home to watch over them, four or five-year-olds can run all over the village, and some can even help out with chores.
Unlike in the future, where several parents eyes glued on their child, counting the days until kindergarten, wishing they could send them off to kindergarten sooner to get a few days of relaxation.
Nowadays, these parents, when they think of schooling, they see their kids are already seven or eight years old.
Qin Han had clearly not considered this point, as he glanced at his son, who was writing at his desk, "Can he do it?"
Little Zhuangzhuang, hearing this, became unhappy again, "Little Auntie said I can, definitely. I can count up to 100 now, and I can even calculate 8+12. Tie Dan can only count to 20 and doesn’t know what 8+2 is. If he can go to school, why can’t I? Dad, I want to go to school, I want to win an award, I want to use my strength to swell Tie Dan’s face."
This was all told to him by Little Auntie, that strength is the most effective strike at any time.
Isn’t Tie Dan said to be smart? Isn’t he said to be a genius? Still laughing at me because I can’t count.
I will count more and faster than him, leaving him dumbfounded.
Qin Han laughed heartily, "Still wanting to use your strength to swell someone’s face? Aren’t you afraid of someone using their palm to swell your face?"
Zhuangzhuang, arms folded, puffed up his little face and glared at Qin Han, his eyes clearly spelling out the words: This dad is really not needed.
Qin Han, not taking it to heart, turned his head to ask Lin Chuxia, "Do you think he can keep up?"
Lin Chuxia nodded affirmatively, "Zhuangzhuang is smart, he definitely won’t have a problem."
Mother Lin also added from the side, "Going to school is good, starting early to learn is good. Back then, you started late, which delayed you. You ended up being shorter than Yangyang."
Qin Han touched his nose, not wanting to admit it.
"Mom, I didn’t start too late. It was my younger brother who kept jumping grades, jumping ahead of me."
Little Zhuangzhuang immediately perked up, "Grandma, I want to go to school, and I want to jump ahead too, I’ll jump right onto my dad’s head."
"You little rascal, now I’m going to let you get on my head."
With a large hand, Qin Han grabbed and lifted Zhuangzhuang’s little arm, giving his little body a toss, swinging him onto his shoulders.
Little Zhuangzhuang, excitedly howling, filled the house with laughter and cheerfulness.
..............
On the town’s main street, Lin Jiayi and Li Dongmei were surrounded by a crowd.
The leading man looked fierce and menacing, and the woman next to him was even more daunting with her glaring triangular eyes, not someone to mess with.
"Eating bad food and expecting to just walk away, where on earth can you get off so easily? You won’t leave this village today without compensating."
"That’s right, looking at you two, appearing decent but turned out to be rotten to the core, selling spoiled meat to everyone, don’t think about leaving without clearing this up."
"I just bought a small piece of meat yesterday, ate it last night, and had vomiting and diarrhea. My whole family ended up in the health clinic, just the meds cost us 5 yuan."
"Our family too, I also spent three yuan."
"For treating the sickness at our house, we spent 10 yuan."
"Pay up."
"Yes, you have to compensate; don’t even think about leaving without paying."
Lin Jiayi faced many ferocious-looking faces, wanting to explain that there was nothing wrong with her meat.
But none of these people would listen to her, each of them extending hands demanding compensation.
Someone even crowded close to her, pushing against her pregnant belly.
Li Dongmei was terrified by now, constantly hiding behind Lin Jiayi.
Lin Jiayi simultaneously cursed her sister-in-law for being useless while thinking of a way to extract herself.
In order to sell more cooked food, these days, they had always operated separately.
Li Guangyuan had his own stall, originally planning to have Li Dongmei, Li Hongmei, and her share one stall, but Li Hongmei refused to be with them and set up her own stall.
Lin Jiayi also didn’t want to see her sister-in-law, always being with her younger sister-in-law these days, not expecting trouble today.
"Ladies and gentlemen, sirs and madams, our cooked food truly guarantees quality, there’s absolutely no problem."
"Just because you say there’s no problem, it’s okay? So many of us got sick from eating it, and you still dare spout lies?"
What Lin Jiayi wanted to say was that they were the ones spouting lies. Although there were leftovers in their cooked food, they were always recooked the next day.
Lin Jiayi even secretly mixed the recooked leftovers into their household meals, letting Mrs. Li and Li Dongmei eat it, and they didn’t have any problems.
With the way Mrs. Li and Li Dongmei hungrily devoured the meat each time, they didn’t get sick. How could others be more delicate than them?
"Miss, you look unfamiliar. Are you sure the meat was bought from my stall?"
With that comment from Lin Jiayi, Li Dongmei also noticed something.
"I don’t remember this lady ever buying meat from us. And this madam here, you’re not targeting us because we seem easy to bully, trying to swindle us, are you? Let me warn you, there’s a police station nearby, we won’t hesitate to report you."
"Hey, you little girl, you want to report me? Go ahead. I bought the meat from your stall, I remember it clearly, you sold it to me."
Li Dongmei was certain she had not sold the meat to this madam, and she had never seen this madam before.
Even though they interacted with many people daily, this madam had a mole on her face, such a noticeable mark; it was impossible for her not to have made an impression.
"Don’t falsely accuse good people. My sister-in-law and I sell the meat together; I always help her, so it’s even less possible that I sold it to you."
Lin Jiayi also caught onto a handle; she too thought some of the people in the crowd looked unfamiliar. Moreover, as Li Dongmei said, she was worried Li Dongmei might secretly stash away some money while selling the meat; she only let her attract customers while she personally handled all the transactions.
Clearly, the old lady was lying, these people could likely be trying to extort money seeing their business doing well.
Before Lin Jiayi could retort, several people in the crowd started accusing Li Dongmei.
"I say, young lady, how can you boldly lie like this? Li Auntie and I bought cooked food from your stall yesterday, ate it together, and both got sick. Even if we go to the police, we have witnesses."
"Yes, we bought it from your stall too. It was only you at the stall yesterday, and now you have a pregnant woman with you and think you can deny it? No way." 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓅𝓊𝓫.𝒸ℴ𝓶
"That’s right, no way, fellow villagers, if they don’t compensate, let’s smash their meat stall, better to prevent them from harming others."
"Right, smash their meat stall, don’t ever let them set up shop here again..."
The crowd surged forward to smash the stall, with some even trying to grab Lin Jiayi’s money pouch.
