amaotonovel Chapter 1066: Evil people have their own trials and tribulations
Chapter 1066: Evil people have their own trials and tribulations
Chapter 1066: Evil people have their own trials and tribulations
"This... isn't a good idea, right?" Song Ying hesitated.
Qin Hao spread his hands and said, "It's useless to reason with evil people. You can only be more evil than them. If you can't let go of your thoughts, you will always be bullied."
"That makes sense, but...what are you going to do?"
"You don't need to know this. Just leave it to me. I promise to make sure that old woman leaves our yard tomorrow."
After Qin Hao finished speaking, he motioned for Song Ying to come closer and whispered something.
Song Ying was puzzled, but out of trust in Qin Hao, she decided to do as he said.
After dinner, neighbors came to the courtyard to watch TV one after another, but they saw Lin Wufeng carrying the TV into Huang Ling's house.
"Song Ying, why isn't the TV on today?" asked Zhang A'mei.
Song Ying whispered, "Sister Ling's mother-in-law broke her leg and came to her house to recuperate. Since the old lady wanted to watch TV, we had to follow her first."
Everyone started to complain when they heard this. After all, the courtyard was large and could accommodate many people. How many people could be squeezed into the house? What about the remaining people?
"I remember that Mr. Zhuang's parents have always lived with his second brother. Why didn't his second brother care about his broken leg and wanted to come to his house to recuperate?"
"Hehe, don't you understand? When the old lady's legs were still good, she could help with housework. Now that her legs are broken, not only can she not work, but she also needs someone to take care of her. She must want to get rid of this burden."
"Isn't this another Qin Jianjun and his wife?"
Zhuang Chaoying listened to the neighbors' discussions outside and looked unhappy, but he couldn't bear to go out and argue with those people, so he could only pretend not to hear it.
The old lady was lying on the bed watching TV. She was so happy that she kept complaining about Huang Ling.
"Yesterday I asked you to go and say what you said about your rude request. Look, now they have taken the initiative to bring the TV in. They know how to respect the elderly, unlike some people."
Huang Ling subconsciously looked at Song Ying. Based on her understanding of Song Ying, it was absolutely impossible for her to bring the TV in for the old lady to watch for no reason.
Song Ying shook her head slightly at Huang Ling. She didn't know Qin Hao's specific plan either.
After Lin Wufeng adjusted the TV antenna, Zhuang Chaoying said gratefully, "Thank you very much, Mr. Lin. I'm sorry to have caused you trouble."
Before Lin Wufeng could speak, Wang Yong's wife next door said sarcastically, "It's quite troublesome. The house is so small, how can it accommodate so many people?"
"Yeah, there's no room to sit down."
Faced with the complaints from neighbors, Zhuang Chaoying could only ask Zhuang Tunan and Zhuang Xiaoting to move the dining table and some furniture that were in the way out, so as to allow as many neighbors as possible to come into the house. But even so, there was still not enough space for so many people. Those who couldn't squeeze in either stood outside the house and watched, or left with a gloomy face.
The old lady saw this and complained: "Young people nowadays don't know how to respect the elderly and love the young. In the past, when the commune showed open-air movies, the respected elderly people would sit in the best seats in the front row."
"Ahem, Mom, the news broadcast has started." Zhuang Chaoying interrupted the old lady's nagging awkwardly.
The room was packed with people and there was no place to stand, so Huang Ling had no choice but to say hello to Zhuang Chaoying and take Zhuang Tunan and Zhuang Xiaoting to Qin Hao's house to do homework.
When the news program was halfway through, the old lady felt thirsty and started calling out, "Huang Ling, Huang Ling, pour me a glass of water. I'm dying of thirst."
After calling several times without any response, the old lady became unhappy and shouted a few more times at the top of her voice, which greatly dissatisfied the neighbors.
"Old lady, please keep your voice down. I can't hear what you are saying."
Zhuang Chaoying then remembered: "Mom, Huang Ling is taking the kids to do homework. I'll go get you some water."
"Go quickly." The old lady waved her hands impatiently.
Zhuang Chaoying could only struggle through the crowded crowd to the kitchen to pour water for the old lady, and then carefully squeezed in with the hot water. The whole process was like crossing a single-plank bridge, for fear that his hands would shake and accidentally scald others.
Just as Zhuang Chaoying came to the bedside, he suddenly stepped on something and lost his balance in an instant, falling headfirst onto the bed. Not only did a cup of hot water spill all over the bed, but his upper body also fell squarely on the old lady's injured leg.
"Ouch my hand. Ouch my leg."
The old lady screamed.
There was silence in the room at first, and then someone spoke.
"Ma'am, is it a hand or a leg?"
Suddenly, a suppressed laugh rang out in the room.
Zhuang Chaoying was startled and quickly got up from the bed to check on the old lady.
"Mom, are you okay?"
The old lady was in so much pain that tears were streaming down her face. She raised her hand, which was swollen and red like a pig's hoof, and cursed: "How can you be alright after such a long time? You are so clumsy that you can't even do such a small thing. What else can I expect from you!"
"Ouch, it hurts me so much."
Zhuang Chaoying could only keep apologizing: "Mom, I'm sorry, I'll take you to the hospital."
"Hurry up, my legs seem to be broken." The old lady let out a series of shrill screams.
Zhuang Chaoying was frightened and quickly carried the old lady out. The neighbors made way for them and after they left, they began to whisper to each other.
"This old lady deserves it. She is so bossy. She wants to watch TV by herself and makes so many people uncomfortable."
"She takes advantage of her age and deserves it. If she hadn't wanted to watch TV, the room wouldn't have been so crowded, and Teacher Zhuang wouldn't have slipped and fallen. This is retribution."
Song Ying looked at Qin Hao. She knew very well that this was not a coincidence.
From Qin Hao asking her to carry the TV to Huang Ling's house, to Huang Ling's house being crowded with neighbors watching TV, leaving Zhuang Tunan and Zhuang Xiaoting with no place to do their homework, so Huang Ling had to take them to Qin Hao's house, leaving Zhuang Chaoying to fetch water for the old lady by herself, to the fall that worsened the old lady's leg injury, every single thing was planned by Qin Hao.
"Song Ying, Mr. Zhuang is alone at home right now. It's not good for us to stay at his house all the time. Why don't we move the TV out?"
"Yeah, let's move out. We can't even stretch our legs in here. It's suffocating."
Song Ying finally came to her senses from her shock: "Okay, fine, then move out."
After the neighbors started watching TV again in the yard, Song Ying secretly brought Qin Hao into the house.
"Just now, Teacher Zhuang..."
"I made him trip."
Qin Hao said slowly, "Anyone else who meets that old woman will inevitably be blackmailed. Only Uncle Zhuang, her biological son, can shut the old lady up."
"Then Mr. Zhuang..."
"Uncle Zhuang has made Aunt Huang angry these days. Just consider it as his punishment."
Song Ying said with some concern: "But the old woman's leg injury has worsened. Will she make trouble again and ask Sister Ling to go to the hospital to take care of her?"
"Aunt Huang just changed shifts and will start the night shift soon. She can't go to the hospital to work the night shift. She also has to take care of Tunan and Xiaoting during the day. The only one who can work the night shift is Uncle Zhuang. The old lady is so seriously injured. If Uncle Zhuang's second brother doesn't help, it will be unacceptable to the old man of the Zhuang family."
Huang Ling had already changed shifts to take care of the old lady, but the price was that she would be directly transferred to the night shift next time. This time, she definitely couldn't change again, otherwise it would be unreasonable. Who doesn't have a family to take care of? If there are difficulties, she can only grit her teeth and overcome them.
After Huang Ling settled Zhuang Tunan and Zhuang Xiaoting, she arrived at the courtyard and was puzzled to find that everyone had brought out the TV again.
Zhang A'mei spoke quickly and told the whole story. Huang Ling was stunned for half a minute before she reacted, locked the door and prepared to go to the hospital.
As soon as they left the courtyard, Song Ying caught up and told Huang Ling what Qin Hao had told her.
Huang Ling didn't think much about it. She just thanked Song Ying for her concern and then hurriedly disappeared into the dim alley.
The next day, when Qin Hao, Zhuang Tunan and Zhuang Xiaoting returned to the courtyard, Huang Ling and Zhuang Chaoying had not returned yet, so Song Ying prepared breakfast for them.
When they were almost done eating, Huang Ling and Zhuang Chaoying walked into the courtyard with exhausted faces. Zhuang Chaoying in particular looked extremely unhappy, with a pair of panda eyes, and it seemed that he had been scolded a lot last night.
Huang Ling, on the other hand, although she also stayed up all night, her complexion was much better. After all, she often worked night shifts, and staying up late was a basic skill for her.
"Sister Ling, what's wrong?" Song Ying asked with concern while serving porridge to Huang Ling.
Zhuang Tunan and Zhuang Xiaoting also listened to Lin Dongzhe's vivid description of what happened last night, and asked with concern: "Mom, how is grandma?"
Huang Ling patted Song Ying's hand, indicating that she was fine, and then said to Zhuang Tunan and Zhuang Xiaoting: "Grandma will stay in the hospital for a while, and will not be coming back."
"Grandma's legs..." Zhuang Tunan asked.
Zhuang Chaoying's face became even uglier, and he got angry at Zhuang Tunan for once: "Why do you care so much about your child? Just finish your meal and go to school early."
On the way to school, Lin Dongzhe saw Zhuang Xiaoting looking depressed and comforted her, "Don't worry, a broken leg won't kill you."
Qin Hao almost couldn't hold back his laughter. By the way, Lin Dongzhe, where did you learn this way of comforting people?
What Zhuang Xiaoting was worried about was not the old lady's legs, but whether her mother would have to take care of her again if the old lady was hospitalized.
After the old lady left, the courtyard returned to its former tranquility. Song Ying and Huang Ling smiled more often, and the neighbors were also happy that they no longer had to crowd in the house to watch TV. The only one who was unhappy was Zhuang Chaoying.
Now he has to go to work during the day and go to the hospital to take care of the old lady at night. Without Huang Ling's help, he finally realized how difficult it was to serve the old lady. She either wanted to drink water, spit, or go to the toilet, which made him get up more than ten times a night. Every time he just closed his eyes and felt a little sleepy, he was woken up by the old lady.
To the extent that he could only use Fengyoujing to stay awake during his classes during the day, otherwise he would feel sleepy while talking. The quality of his teaching seriously declined, and he was criticized by school leaders for this. This was the first time in his teaching career of more than ten years.
During the period, Zhuang Chaoying also tried to let Huang Ling take turns with him to work the night shift, but Huang Ling had to work the early morning shift and rest at home in the afternoon, so the housework fell on Zhuang Chaoying. Zhuang Chaoying gave up after trying for two days. Only then did he realize how hard it was for Huang Ling to take care of the family all day long. In comparison, the hardship of working the night shift was not worth mentioning at all.
Winter has arrived, and Qin Hao, Lin Dongzhe and Zhuang Xiaoting are about to face final exams. Lin Dongzhe is a little more focused this semester because he wants to skip a grade. On the one hand, Qin Hao is already in the third grade, and on the other hand, Zhuang Xiaoting also plans to skip a grade, and he doesn't want to be left behind.
Facts have proved that Lin Dongzhe is still very smart. As long as he puts a little effort, his academic performance will improve. Looking at Lin Dongzhe's score of 92 on the test paper, Song Ying was so happy that she secretly took the test paper and looked at it repeatedly with Lin Wufeng in private.
"Is this really a score that Lin Dongzhe can get?"
In addition to Lin Dongzhe's high scores, there was another thing that made Song Ying even happier. She was rated as an advanced worker by the cotton mill. Last year, because of the house issue, she was deprived of the qualification to be selected as an advanced worker. This year, she was finally able to be re-selected.
Of course, what Song Ying didn't know was that she would not have been elected based on her popularity. However, ever since Qin Hao put the TV in the yard for the neighbors to watch together, her reputation in the cotton mill has skyrocketed. In addition, the factory leaders have heard more or less about the relationship between Qin Hao, the Go genius, and Song Ying. Therefore, Song Ying was elected as this year's advanced worker with a high vote, and the factory also rewarded her with a TV ticket.
However, since there was already a TV at home, Song Ying thought of exchanging the TV ticket for a refrigerator ticket.
In the past few months, Lin Wufeng has been keeping an eye out for refrigerator tickets, but has not been able to find any. After all, the production of refrigerators these days is much lower than that of televisions. They are all pre-ordered before they are even produced, and you can't buy them even if you have money.
With this TV ticket, the operation became much easier. Finally, before New Year's Day, Lin Wufeng exchanged the TV ticket and 50 kilograms of food coupons for a refrigerator ticket, and immediately went to the state-owned shopping mall to grab a refrigerator.
That scene really depended on snatching. If it weren't for Qin Hao's help, Lin Wufeng might not have been able to snatch it.
A new appliance was added to the yard, and it was a refrigerator, which immediately attracted the attention of a group of neighbors.
"Song Ying, where did your family get the money to buy a TV and a refrigerator?"
"That's right, even people with a monthly income of 10,000 yuan don't live as comfortably as your family."
Song Ying also knew that buying two appliances a year would easily arouse envy, so she explained: "The TV was bought by Haozi when he won the Children's Go Championship, and the refrigerator was also bought by Haozi with the prize money from the Go Championship. These are all his, and they are just temporarily placed in my house."
Everyone could only sigh when they heard this. Why didn't they be brave enough to step forward and be Qin Hao's guardian? Otherwise, wouldn't the TV and refrigerator be theirs?
The ones who regretted the most were the old couple of the Qin family. If they had stepped in to stop the second son and his wife from abusing their eldest grandson, they wouldn't have ended up in this situation.