Chapter 7

A square-faced woman in the crowd spoke up, and then others followed suit.

“Yes, your Chen Sanbao has become so fat because he eats meat every day, and he still says he has no money. If we don’t have money, then we are too poor to deserve to eat.”

“Yes, everyone knows that Mrs. Chen is good at managing the household. Last month I saw Mrs. Chen going to the bank to deposit money. You are crying poor now. Do you not want to pay compensation?”

Everyone exposed the Chen family’s true colors, and Mrs. Chen’s face turned blue and black.

He yelled at the people around him, “You bastards, what I eat at home is none of your business, get out of here.”

Old Mrs. Xu snorted coldly: “Why, you have money to deposit in the bank, but no money to pay?”

“Hurry up, we don’t have time to waste time here with you. While Director He is here and everyone else is here, let everyone be a witness. Otherwise, he will gossip about our Xu family behind our backs later.

Mrs. Chen glared at them angrily and kicked Chen Meihong who was still on the ground: “I am so unlucky to have met a money-loser like you.”

He walked into the room angrily, took out the money and tickets, and wanted to throw them at Xu Leshu.

But Xu Leshu took a step back and said to Xu Lehui, “Go back and get a pen and paper, and red paper, so I can write down the basis. Otherwise, it will be bad if someone reports me for taking the money later.”

Mrs. Chen rolled her eyes. She had thought so, but she didn’t expect that this damn girl would actually say it in front of everyone. What a good plan.

In less than a minute, Xu Lehui ran up and brought up paper and pen.

Xu Leshu took the pen and wrote a few words, signed her name on it, and handed the paper to Mrs. Chen.

“Grandma Chen, please check if there is any problem. If there is no problem, you and Chen Meihong can both sign and stamp their fingerprints on it, and then we will be clear.”

Mrs. Chen saw that it said that Chen Meihong pushed Xu Leshu down the stairs because she was dissatisfied with her, causing Xu Leshu to bleed profusely and fall into a coma on the spot. She did not take the initiative to send her to the hospital and fled the scene.

Finally, after consultation between the two families, they voluntarily gave the injured Xu Leshu 500 yuan for medical expenses and 50 kilograms of food coupons for recovery. The 500 yuan and 50 kilograms of food coupons could not be recovered by any means afterwards.

Chen Meihong voluntarily left Jiangyuan City out of guilt.

When Mrs. Chen saw the words on the paper, she glared at Xu Leshu, signed her name on it reluctantly, wiped the red paper and pressed it casually.

Xu Leshu squatted in front of Chen Meihong: “Do you still have the strength to sign? It’s okay without fingerprints.”

Chen Meihong slowly sat up, looked at the paper in front of her, took it and slowly signed her name on it, her eyes calm without a trace of extraneous emotion.

Finally, he wiped the blood on the corner of his mouth with his thumb and pressed his fingerprint on her signature.

Xu Leshu took it and stood up, and then she heard her apology from behind: “I’m sorry.”

Xu Leshu paused for a moment, holding the paper and walking towards He Meifen: “Director He, please sign it as a witness.”

Xu Leshu took another one and gave it to Granny Chen: “Grandma Chen, each of our two families will get one. I just want to make it clear to avoid trouble in the future.”

When Old Lady Xu saw that Mrs. Chen refused to take the paper, she threw it into her arms and took the money and tickets from her hands.

He turned around, took Xu Leshu’s hand and walked downstairs: “Go back and lie down, Nannan, look at your face, we should go to the hospital again.”

Seeing that the excitement had faded, everyone dispersed and went back to their homes.

Wait for the doctor to come again

It was already a week later when I went to the hospital.

Old Mrs. Xu was packing up her things when the doctor came in to check on her. “Don’t let the wound on your head get wet this time. Although it’s fine now, you’ve lost too much blood and you have a mild concussion.”

“You should have a good rest when you get back. If possible, you can eat something to replenish your blood.”

Old Mrs. Xu listened carefully and nodded quickly: “Okay, thank you for your hard work, doctor.”

The doctor clipped the pen to his chest pocket and said, “It should be. But last time when this little girl’s mother wanted to take her out of the hospital, I warned her not to leave.”

“But the little girl’s mother was determined to take her out of the hospital. Otherwise, her condition wouldn’t have been as serious as it was a week ago. She almost fainted from anemia again. She must have a good rest this time when she returns.”

“Thank you, doctor. I understand.”

Xu Leshu now only has gauze on her forehead. Although her face is still a little pale, it has improved a lot.

After leaving the hospital, Old Mrs. Xu wanted to go home directly.

Xu Leshu took Old Lady Xu’s hand and said, “Grandma, let’s go to the department store and have a look.”

Old Mrs. Xu patted her hands and said, “Nannan, go home first today. I bought an old hen to stew for you this morning. We’ll go after you get better.”

“Now you can’t eat anything careless anymore. Be careful not to leave scars on your wounds. Our girl has fair skin and it would be bad if she leaves scars.”

“No, grandma.” Xu Leshu got on the bus with her: “I was thinking about how Aunt Zhou and Xiao Yulele helped me last time. Now that I’m back, I want to buy some things and come to thank them later.”

Old Mrs. Xu asked her to sit in the window seat and smiled with relief when she heard that.

“So that’s how it is. Well, when we get to the department store we’ll get off the car and go shopping. Our daughter has grown up.”

Xu Leshu smiled and said nothing. This grandma has a very strong filter for her.

It took three stops to reach the department store, which looked somewhat different from that of later generations.

He first went to the counter selling candies and cakes and looked around: “Hello comrade, give me two pounds of White Rabbit milk candy, two pounds of peanut candy, two pounds of egg cake, two pounds… three pounds of peach cake, and two barrels of malted milk.”

The teller weighed out and packed everything she wanted: “Nine dollars and thirty cents in total.”

Old Mrs. Xu didn’t stop her when she saw her buying so many things. She took a reunion ticket and went to pay. These were to thank the people who saved her granddaughter, so it was only right that she buy more.

The reason why Xu Leshu wanted so many cakes and candies was because these no longer required tickets.

I saw watermelons for sale and bought three more.

The two of them were carrying large and small bags. Old Mrs. Xu frowned slightly when she saw so many things.

“Nannan, wait here while I go to your aunt’s house to borrow a backpack.”

Xu Leshu nodded: “Okay.”

After the old lady walked away, Xu Leshu leaned against the wall and stared at the passing people and vehicles in a daze.

She really couldn’t go back. After asking for an explanation from Chen Meihong’s family last time, she fainted again just as she arrived at the door of her house.

When I woke up, I was still in this place. It seemed that she was also dead over there. Or maybe she had swapped places with the original owner, but she could never go back.

Today, Xu Leshu wore a light pink knee-length skirt and her hair was braided into a crooked three-strand braid, hanging loosely on her chest.

He looks exactly like her, except that his skin is a little yellow and his complexion is not very good. He is only 60% as pretty as she was before.