RNP Chapter 470: Smart from a young age
Chapter 470: Smart from a young age
After several women left, Jia Zhang began to massage her body, causing her to gasp in pain.
He was hit by stones a few times just now, but in order not to lose momentum, he endured it.
At the same time, she didn't forget to complain: "Dongxu, why are you saying good things to those bitches? Do I think I'm afraid of them?
Humph! You saw me being bullied and didn't help me. I raised you for nothing!
Jia Dongxu was cleaning the dirt off his body and interrupted irritably:
"Mom, stop talking and go home to get me some water to wash!
How can I help? It's not like other people's families don't have men. If I dare to take action, things will really get out of hand.
Can't you just live a good life? Why are you making trouble with those villagers?
Look at you now, I almost didn't recognize you. You smell weird. How long has it been since you washed your clothes? "
Jia Zhang smelled herself and couldn't help showing embarrassment, but she still said stubbornly:
“This… doesn’t smell, and why wash clothes in winter? I’m not sweating.
If you have any objections, take it back to the city and ask Huairu to wash it for me."
Jia Dongxu's mouth twitched, and he could only say helplessly:
"It's up to you, but I may not have time to send it back to you.
Hey! Come home quickly, I need to wash up!
Seriously, mom, you don’t even recognize your son, and you actually splashed it on my face.
If I hadn’t reacted quickly, I would have gotten a mess on my face.”
The two returned home blaming each other. Jia Dongxu hurriedly ran to open the water tank and was dumbfounded.
He asked in disbelief, "Why isn't there even a drop of water?"
“Uh…” Jia Zhang gave a dry laugh and replied vaguely, “It’s all used up.
You're back just in time, go and help me pick up a few more buckets."
Jia Dongxu was speechless, and he finally understood why his mother had a strange smell.
It's not that he didn't change his clothes, he was probably too lazy to fetch water and didn't take a bath.
He was now physically and mentally exhausted and didn't want to fetch water, so he didn't respond.
Jia Dongxu casually pulled a towel from the rack and wiped his clothes clean, and the nausea and discomfort he felt all over his body was alleviated.
Jia Zhang did not urge her. After calming down, she seemed to think of something and asked doubtfully:
"By the way, it seems like today isn't a day off, what are you doing back here?
And you came back empty-handed, why didn't you bring me some more food?"
Jia Dongxu was silent for a moment before he quietly replied, "Well...Bang Geng is in trouble. He's probably going to be put in a juvenile detention center."
"What!" Jia Zhang stood up angrily, glaring and cursing:
"What could my darling grandson have done wrong? Tell me who the bastard is responsible for this. We must not let him off!"
Jia Dongxu smiled bitterly and shook his head, explaining:
"Bang Geng and some bad boys on the street learned how to pick locks and stole from several houses on the next street, totaling over 150 yuan in cash.
Now the person has been taken to the police station, and they said they have to return the money and pay a 100 yuan fine."
"Hiss..." Jia Zhang subconsciously took a breath and said to herself:
"He's only seven years old! My Banggeng has been really smart and brave since he was young..."
She asked herself, even if she had the skill, she didn't have the courage to steal so much money.
Jia Dongxu interrupted in disbelief, "Mom, what are you talking about? You're praising me for being smart. Don't ever say that again!
That's a crime. It's just that Bang Geng is young. Otherwise, he would have been sent to labor camp for 20 or 30 years, and his life would have been ruined!"
Jia Zhang gave a wry laugh and muttered, "He's really smart, but he's just not using it in the right place."
She shrugged, relaxed, slumped back onto the stool, and asked casually:
"What's the situation now? The child is ignorant, why don't you just return the money?
As for the fine, don't rush to pay it. At most, you will be detained for a longer period of time. I don't believe the government will take such a young child seriously.
Moreover, locking up children so they can't do any work and still having to feed them is a pure loss!
Even I understand this, and those leaders are not stupid.
It's definitely a scare tactic. If you don't pay the fine, the longer you'll be incarcerated, the more money you'll make. It's a good deal."
Jia Dongxu was stunned for a moment, not expecting it to be understood this way, but then he smiled bitterly and shook his head, explaining:
"Bang Geng has spent almost all the money he stole, and only has about 30 yuan left. If he can't pay back the owner, the police will have to confiscate his house and make up for it.
What Huairu also meant was that the fine must be paid as soon as possible and the child must not be put in a juvenile detention center.
Well...most of the money in the house is with you, mom, so I came back to get some money."
"What!" Jia Zhang stood up again, with a look of pain on her face.
"Bang Geng spent over a hundred? What did he buy? He doesn't even know how to show respect to his grandma!"
Jia Dongxu rubbed his head and felt a headache:
"Mom, can you please be more normal with your focus? Is this the time to discuss filial piety?"
Jia Zhang didn't know why, but she felt upset and said angrily:
"If you need money, go ask your master for it. I don't have any!
Do you know what kind of life I lived in the village? If I didn't have some savings, I would have starved to death!
And Huairu, you are a grown man, why do you listen to her!
Even if your master gives you money, you don't have to pay the fine for now. We don't want to be taken advantage of."
Qin Huairu actually guessed it right. Even if it was for the sake of a joke, it would be difficult to get the money.
That's why she was in a hurry to sell the sewing machine.
If Jia Zhang was still in the city, she might agree to use the money to save her eldest grandson.
But since I returned to the countryside and suffered a lot, I understand the importance of money even more, so I hold on to it even tighter.
Jia Dongxu smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Mom, you don't know, my master is in trouble too!
He had a mistress in the countryside and wanted to secretly have a son, but someone revealed the matter and now half of the city knows about it.
Not only did my master lose his reputation, he was also demoted to a first-class worker at the steel mill, and his salary will be the same as mine from now on."
Jia Zhang gnashed her teeth and couldn't help cursing, "Old Yi is so shameless!
On the one hand, he asks you to provide for his old age, and on the other hand, he tries every means to have children. Isn't this just treating you as a backup?
What a pity, those salaries will belong to our family in the future.
That's not right! You came back to ask me for money, which means Lao Yi is unwilling to save Bang Geng. Could it be that he really has a biological child outside? "
Jia Dongxu shook his head and denied it: "That's not the case, but after this happened, Master seemed to have lost his soul. Apart from working, he didn't care about anything else.
He doesn't care about my work at all. Last night, Huairu asked him to borrow money, but he refused to lend her a penny, saying that he had no money left.
I think he was hit hard, and it will take him a while to recover."
Jia Zhang thought for a while before she said in a firm tone, "Old Yi is pretending! I know him too well!
Moreover, his family background is very rich. Even if he lost a few thousand during this period, he is probably still the richest person in the courtyard."
Jia Dongxu was a little skeptical: "Master's salary can probably be calculated, I'm afraid there won't be much left.
Besides, isn't Lou Xiao'e the richest person in the courtyard?"
Jia Zhang sneered, "Lou Xiao'e is the daughter of a capitalist. We don't know how long she can enjoy a good life. Why mention her?
The ones hiding the deepest in the yard are the deaf old lady and Old Yi.
You've seen that old deaf man, right? The jars the police found are enough to buy the entire compound.
And your master worked as a technical worker in Japanese factories and enemy party factories before liberation.
He's not an ordinary laborer, so how could he not have some benefits? He probably has saved up a lot of good stuff."
Jia Dongxu swallowed his saliva and said, "Mom, are you saying that Master is like the deaf old woman and may have saved a lot of gold and silver and didn't hand it over?"
Jia Zhang showed a teachable expression, nodded complacently, and muttered softly:
"It's a pity that even if Old Yi is very wealthy, his family will be wiped out. All of this will belong to our Jia family in the future."
Jia Dongxu digested this news for two minutes before helplessly spreading his hands and reminding:
"No matter how much wealth Master has, or whether he's pretending or not, he's unwilling to lend money now.
The most important thing for our family right now is to save Bang Geng, so please take out the money, Mom!"
"Are you stupid?" Jia Zhang said with some dismay, "I've already told you that your master is just pretending!
No matter what his purpose is, as long as he has no biological children, he still needs you to support him in his old age.
Why don't you just be thick-skinned and beg him more?
If he continues to play dumb, you can hint to him that if Banggeng is ruined, you won't even have anyone to support you in your old age, so how can you care for others in their old age? See if he panics!
Jia Dongxu was a little skeptical: "Why don't you just give me the money as a guarantee?
After I go back, I will definitely ask my master for help for two days.
If the money you gave me is useless, I will definitely return it to you in full."