Lin Yanyan didn't understand Shang Lu's hint, so she could only point it out directly.
Lin Yanyan was stunned for several seconds before she reacted. Then she was so scared that she almost dropped the last carrot in her arms and asked, "You mean... we were really stealing things just now?"
Shang Lu nodded, then walked towards the radish field again.
Lin Yanyan asked from behind her: "Lulu, do you want to... go back?"
Shang Lu replied seriously: "Since you want to pursue excitement, then go all the way." [Note 1]
As soon as he finished speaking, Shang Lu took advantage of the fact that Ye Lu and the male host were running away and quickly rushed towards the radish field.
This kind of real simulated theft is something you would never experience in your lifetime under normal circumstances!
Lin Yanyan: “?”
Netizens: “?”
[Shanglu, you are so sexy! ]
[Some people haven't completed the task yet, while some have already completed it and are going back to pursue excitement hahaha]
Song Zeqian directly chose: "Director."
Ye Lu was so scared that he ran even faster. After seeing the man change direction, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
As Shang Lu was running, he met Song Zeqian who was carrying the last radish.
[Is this the legendary playing with fire and getting burned? Hahaha]
Ye Lu bent down directly, not caring about the radish and threw it aside, supporting himself with his knees and breathing heavily.
However, before he could get there, he saw the two radish thieves dragging another person out from behind the firewood pile!
Oh my god! This is ridiculous! How many people came to his land? Are they willing to spend so much on such cheap carrots
Shang Lu forced two carrots onto the director's shoulders and held him down to prevent him from leaving. Song Zeqian simply covered the director's mouth, not giving him a chance to explain.
Before Shang Lu could answer, the male host's voice rang out behind him: "Are you organized and targeted? Does each person have a set number of thefts?"
Shanglu quickly appeared in the radish field, stretched out his hands to loosen the soil, dug up two radishes in succession, and was about to run back while holding them.
Shang Lu asked Song Zeqian, "Do you want to play something interesting?"
Song Zeqian changed direction and ran, but Shang Lu insisted on following him, and even shouted proudly: "You haven't completed the task yet, this is my fifth one!"
Netizens laughed at her.
[Shanglu’s answer is so true and confident]
Shang Lu said loudly: "Yes! Because we all love to eat radishes!"
Woo woo woo!
Finally let him go!
[I knew they didn’t do anything either. Director, you’re so miserable. I laughed so loudly.]
Ye Lu's physical strength was on the verge of exhaustion, and the male host was not much better off, so he changed his mind.
[This show is full of black hearts from the director team to the guests hahaha]
[Please watch the counterattack from the guest group!]
When the male owner rushed up to them, the two men let go and ran away, leaving the director holding the two carrots and the male owner staring at each other in bewilderment.
When the male owner found out that there was another thief in his field, and it was a woman, he was even more confused.
She succeeded again, under Ye Lu's jealous gaze, but unfortunately, the male host also saw it.
[Hahaha, you two are really a perfect match]
So Shang Lu and Song Zeqian suddenly turned and rushed towards the director.
Song Zeqian couldn't understand: "... Why did you steal so much?"
If he couldn't catch a man, how could he catch a woman? As long as he caught one, the others would definitely not be able to escape!
So he changed his target and chased in the direction of Shang Lu.
Fortunately, the male owner's physical strength had been mostly consumed by Ye Lu, and he could not catch up with Shang Lu for the time being.
[Hahaha because of love?]
Song Zeqian said: "... You say."
Man of the house:"… ?"
The scene was a little awkward.
[Translation for everyone, Shang Lu: Do you hate the director or the assistant director more? Song Zeqian: The director]
[This is a premeditated organization!]
[The male owner seems to be confused about this world. Young people stay up late at night to steal worthless carrots. Everyone actually has a goal, hahaha]
Song Zeqian slowed down his escape speed a little and waited for Shang Lu, then said, "It looks like he can't hold on for too long."
[Hahaha Shanglu! You have come to this day too! ]
Netizens: “???”
Shang Lu hugged Luobo tighter and said, "I have observed that the director is behind the firewood at eight o'clock, and the assistant director is behind the bushes at three o'clock."
They both tried their best, as if they were participating in some Olympic competition to win glory for their country.
On the other side, after discovering that the male owner had turned his target towards him, Shang Lu also ran away frantically.
The man of the house looked at them rushing towards his radish field again, and naturally he became a little anxious. When would this end
[Is it exciting? Is it exciting? Are you satisfied?]
[The director’s face is full of “I’m so scared, please don’t come over here, hahahaha”]
[You deserve it! It's your turn! The first director in history to bring disaster upon himself, hahahaha]
The male owner of Carrot Head originally thought that when he caught the thief who stole his carrots, he would definitely kick the thief hard a few times to vent his anger.
At this moment, he and the slightly fat middle-aged man with a panic-stricken look on his face looked at each other, and for a moment they were speechless.
The man racked his brains but couldn't figure out what these people were up to.
If they stole something valuable, it would be fine. But if they couldn't sell the carrots every year, they would just rot at home. If they wanted to steal something, they could just say no. Or if it was just a few cents or a few dollars, they wouldn't steal it, right
At this moment, Shang Lu ran far away. He couldn't help laughing anymore, pointing at the director.
With Shang Lu taking the lead, the other hidden staff members also laughed out loud when they saw such a funny scene.
Oh, the assistant director laughed the loudest among them, not knowing that he was just a little bit away from becoming the unlucky guy.
The male owner didn't dare to do anything to the director for a while. He didn't even dare to ask "Where did you come from?", because listening to the laughter one after another, he panicked and had no idea how many people were hiding in his field!
It sounds like there are more than a dozen of them! This is really scary!
So the male host and the director looked at each other in silence for a few seconds, then said, "You are crazy," and turned around and ran home.
[Raise your hands! Master, you are surrounded by thieves! ]
[Who wouldn’t be scared? A bunch of crazy people come to steal carrots in the middle of the night. Hahaha]
[How does it feel to find a dozen thieves in your own radish field in the middle of the night? Doesn’t it feel like a dream?]
After the man fled back home, he understood what had happened after his wife explained it to him.
Soon, everyone followed the director crew into their homes to continue tonight's filming and recording.
After realizing that he had been fooled, the man's face showed shame and embarrassment, and he was obviously angry and embarrassed.
But after his wife told him that the production team had given him several times the money to buy all the radishes, he instantly put on a smile of joy that he couldn't hide at all, and said, "If you like them, pick some more! They're all grown at home, fresh and healthy!"
[Male host: I'm going to get angry! Female host: They paid. Male host: Pull out more? ]
[Contemporary face-changing master, give money? That's fine. It's so real]
at last.
Only Shang Lu, Lin Yanyan and Xu Ze completed the task. Ye Lu failed to pull up all three radishes, and Song Zeqian was unlucky and did not have time to transport the last one back.
As punishment, they will both make breakfast tomorrow.
Shang Lu was puzzled: "Is this a punishment for them or for us?"
Ye Lu doesn’t know how to cook at all. Song Zeqian showed his cooking skills once and his level is comparable to hers.
Ye Lu was full of confidence: "Don't worry, it won't kill you."
Song Zeqian: “…”
That makes sense.
Tonight's recording ends here. This day was too tiring, and most of the directors and guests have gone to bed.
Shang Lu lay on the bed, looking at the ceiling but felt unable to sleep.
She walked outside in slippers and a thin coat, and sat down in a corner where the camera couldn't see her.
So many things happened that day that it seemed like a very long time had passed.
She felt very tired physically, but her mind was extremely clear.
"What are you doing sitting here?" an indifferent voice sounded, with a hint of doubt.
Shang Lu turned around and saw Song Zeqian holding a cup of water. He must have just gone to the kitchen to pour some water and was about to go back.
"I feel a little uncomfortable." Shang Lu pursed his lips, lowered his eyelashes and said, "I feel like they are all having a hard time."
For many things, seeing them with your own eyes is completely different from understanding them.
"Just an ordinary person." Song Zeqian said this but did not leave. Instead, he chose to sit next to Shang Lu and asked with rare concern: "I heard the staff chat and mentioned that you also went to Xiaomi's house?"
"Yeah." Shang Lu nodded, and then told them everything he had seen and heard today. Finally, he looked at Song Zeqian with some regret: "I was thinking at the time, it would be great if you were here, such good real-life material. Also, you must be more eloquent than me, you can definitely make them speechless."
"That won't happen." Song Zeqian said calmly, "If I were here, I would make the same choice as you. Talking to those people is a waste of time and will only make you angry."
"That's right." Shang Lu felt a little cold, but didn't want to go back for the time being, so he hugged his knees with both hands and rested his chin lightly on them. His eyes fell on the gravel on the ground not far away, and he didn't say anything else.
"Do you think this is hard?" Song Zeqian's voice became more indifferent, and he said, "Have you ever seen a poorer and more backward place? The men in the village who can't afford to marry wives almost all rely on two poor families to marry sisters to each other. Families with physical or mental disabilities have elderly parents who go out to work and buy abducted women from traffickers for a few thousand yuan, and even... There are cases where they pool money together to buy them, just to have a womb and a child. A village is more like a country. Once you enter it, you can never get out. Do you know what will happen to children who grow up in such a family?"
Shang Lu had only seen these events briefly on the news. Although he had the answer in his mind, he still couldn't help but look at Song Zeqian and asked, "What will happen?"
"Over and over again, becoming a new supporter of the deformed rules, being oppressed or benefiting from it, in short, they don't deserve to be called human beings." Song Zeqian said, handing the disposable paper cup in his hand to Shang Lu, saying, "Clean."
Shang Lu took a sip of the hot water and felt warmer.
Song Zeqian added: "Seeing suffering, understanding suffering and respecting suffering, but as an outsider, there is no need to fall into suffering. You are just a bystander, you can save as many people as you can, and it is not your responsibility or your fault if you cannot save everyone."
Shang Lu asked uncertainly: "Song Zeqian, are you comforting me?"
Song Zeqian glanced at her: "… Nonsense."
"Thank you." Shang Lu took another sip of water and said nothing more.
It was Song Zeqian who took the initiative to ask her again: "I heard that you are going to take Xiaomi back?"
Shang Lu nodded and replied: "Well, I like her very much."
Song Zeqian asked her again: "Have you ever thought about how to get her grandparents to let go?"
Shang Lu thought about it and said, "Ou Yi's father opened a law firm, so let's take the legal route."
"If I were here today, I would definitely stop you. The more you let them see that you like Xiaomi, the harder it will be for you to take her away." Song Zeqian looked at Shang Lu and continued, "It's unnecessary to reason with this kind of person."
Song Zeqian looked extremely calm when he said this, as if he had seen too many people like this, so he understood those ugly and greedy souls well enough.
Shang Lu raised his head and looked at him, asking with his eyes: What should we do
Although there were no outsiders around, Song Zeqian still lowered his voice and spoke something into Shang Lu's ear in case there were cameras filming in some corner that they couldn't see.
Shang Lu's eyes lit up and he said, "That makes sense."
＊
The next day's recording went on as normal.
When Shang Lu woke up in the morning, she smelled the fragrance of rice and found it very strange.
Touching his rumbling stomach, Shang Lu quickly washed up and came to the living room.
On the round table, there were fragrant steamed buns and a large pot of cooked porridge.
Shang Lu looked at Ye Lu, who was walking in with a dish of side dishes, with some disbelief, and asked, "...Did you and Song Zeqian make this?"
Ye Lu answered confidently: "It's just a trivial matter."
The next second, Song Zeqian came in with a few bowls and directly exposed Ye Lu: "We basically didn't do anything. Xiaomi got up early and did it all."
Shang Lu was even more surprised. He walked into the kitchen and saw Xiaomi frying the delicious radish cake.
Hearing the footsteps, Xiaomi said directly: "I have already fried a dish, you can take it over first."
"Okay." Shang Lu responded, picked up the plate of radish cake on the table, and praised: "It looks delicious."
Xiaomi thought it was Ye Lu or Song Zeqian who came. After hearing Shang Lu's voice, she was very surprised and then said "hmm".
While having breakfast, when everyone found out that Xiaomi had prepared everything for the table by himself, they all showed surprised expressions.
"It's amazing and delicious." Lin Yanyan said as she picked up another piece, feeling the original sweetness of the food.
Jiang Jing also praised: "Xiaomi is really sensible and capable."
Ye Lu said directly: "Shang Lu, let's switch."
Shang Lu rolled his eyes at him and said, "Don't even think about it. Xiaomi is mine."
[Xiaomi is so sensible that it makes me feel distressed]
[Is Xiaomi twelve years old? I am twenty years old and look like trash compared to her]
[I feel like I can’t make such a breakfast even if I’m 40 years old]
Listening to the conversations of several people, their praises and even competition for herself, Xiaomi felt her heart beating fast, but she was also very happy because she was recognized.
Then she felt a hand gently embrace her arm.
Shang Lu successfully defeated Ye Lu, snatched the last piece of carrot cake from the plate and put it in Xiaomi’s bowl: “Don’t be in a daze, eat quickly.”
There was harmony at the dinner table as everyone ate the breakfast made by the twelve-year-old girl with a grateful heart.
But there was one exception.
The fat guy, who usually loves to eat, only drank a few mouthfuls of porridge and took a small bite of a bun when everyone was almost done eating and putting down their chopsticks.
Xu Ze noticed something unusual and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Nothing... nothing." Fatty shook his head, then quickly looked up at Shang Lu.
Shang Lu: “…”
others:"?"
Shang Lu asked directly: "Does looking at my face make you unable to eat?"
At this moment, Ye Lu, who had just brought back a bowl of porridge, didn't know what happened. Looking at Fatty's almost full bowl, he said in surprise: "Oh my God, Fatty, you are too determined to lose weight. It seems that you took what I said to you yesterday to heart! Not bad! Hurry up and drink a few more sips, take a rest, and I'll take you out for a morning walk later!"
Fat guy: “QAQ.”
He doesn't want to lose weight or run.
Fat Brother thought about how he was so tired but couldn’t sleep last night, and then he thought about the TV he was watching at that time.
There seemed to be a sentence like this at the beginning.
[Did you see a ghost? If you are still alive, it proves that you are not her target. Don't be afraid, don't let the ghost know that you recognized her, she will leave.]
As long as he wasn't discovered and recognized the female ghost, he would be safe.
Woo woo woo, don’t cry, don’t be afraid.
He is a man, he can bear it.
Woo woo woo—
I still can't help it! He is really scared! Why does this ghost girl always look at him
Fat Brother couldn't stand it any longer, but he was afraid that if he cried, the female ghost would find out that he recognized her, so he could only put down the spoon and run away.
Ye Lu, who had just taken a mouthful of porridge, said: "?!"
Ye Lu put down his bowl, grabbed a steamed bun and chased after him, shouting, "What's wrong with you, kid? Why do you suddenly like sports so much? Forget it, forget it, it's worth encouraging! Keep it up! I'll accompany you!"
Everyone: “?”
I don't understand it, but I was deeply shocked.
Netizens also couldn't understand it.
[The fat guy runs so fast... He is such an agile fat guy]
[Is it my illusion? Why do I feel like Fatty is running like a ghost is chasing him?]
[Ye Lu: I am not a devil! ]
Of course they didn't know that in Fat Brother's opinion, there was indeed a ghost that might be chasing him, but that ghost was not Ye Lu.
Ye Lu didn't understand why Fatty suddenly loved sports so much, but he felt very gratified. He even chased Fatty while imagining what he would look like when he lost a lot of weight. Then it would all be his credit, as he saved the youth of a little kid!
Half an hour later.
After Ye Lu brought back the fat boy who was almost exhausted from exercise and took a short rest, today's recording began.
The director team will help the school renovate its teaching building and build a library for them. However, how many books can be in the library depends on the performance of the guests.
The director team issued the first task: Find the library card.
There are a total of fifty library cards hidden in the school, each card represents two hundred books, with a maximum of ten thousand.
The time limit is 100 minutes, and as many books as the guests can find will be put into the library.
This is a very difficult but meaningful task.
But after they searched for twenty minutes and collected twenty cards, the mission almost came to a standstill.
Because they had found all the cards that were placed in obvious places, but thirty of them were missing.
"No wonder it took us so long. These cards are so hard to find." Ye Lu scratched his hair in tears and crawled out from under a long table, but still found nothing.
Shang Lu looked directly at the production team and asked, "Can we invite external help?"
director:"?"
Foreign aid? Where does the foreign aid come from
But a mature director would not reject Shang Lu’s reasonable request. After all, she can bring more highlights to the program.
The director agreed: "It's up to you."
Shang Lu took a look and waved to Fatty: "Come here!"
The fat boy who was just trying to slack off and quietly hid in the corner: "!"
Fatty was afraid of Shanglu, so he could only walk over timidly, pretending to be calm and asking, "What...what's the matter?"
Shang Lu asked directly: "Your grandparents live in the upper village, right? There are often a bunch of children playing at the entrance of the village over there. Have you seen them?"
"Yeah." Fatty nodded: "I often play with them, too."
"That's great." Shang Lu patted Fatty's shoulder and said, "Go over there as quickly as possible and call all the kids over. Tell them that the older brothers and sisters who beat them three times yesterday are looking for them. As long as they come over, they will have endless snacks to eat in the evening. Got it?"
Fatty nodded with a reluctant look on his face, but before Shang Lu could see clearly, he turned around and ran out.
Woo woo.
How fast can the fastest run be? He really couldn't run any faster.
Half an hour later, the fat boy came back running out of breath, followed by a group of children who were also running.
He shouted from a distance: "Ghost sister! I brought everyone back to you!"
Shang Lu, who was rummaging through the drawer: “?”
Ghost sister? Who is the ghost
Ye Lu who was trying to climb a tree: "?"
Ye Lushu climbed halfway up the tree and laughed so hard that he slid down the tree trunk. He fell on his butt but still laughed wildly: "Ghost girl? Hahaha!"
The fat guy covered his mouth and was stunned the moment he realized that he had actually spoken his true feelings.
The next second, he stood there and cried loudly: "Ghost sister, please listen to my explanation. I didn't recognize you. I really didn't know you were a ghost. Please don't eat me!"
Shang Lu: “…”
Finally, after figuring out the whole story, Ye Lu laughed even more wildly, as if he had been hit on the laughter point and couldn't stop at all.
Shang Lu never thought that Fatty had actually seen the horror movie she acted in her early years, and that her appearance had left a psychological trauma on the child. She could only explain for a long time that it was just acting and she was really not a ghost.
[Hahaha, Shanglu’s face says “outrageous”, “ridiculous”, and “doubting life”]
[From another perspective, this also proves Shang Lu's acting skills, which are at the level of becoming a childhood trauma for children, hahaha]
[Shanglu: I am honored to have fans like you]
After finally coaxing Fatty into submission and finally proving himself to be a human being, Shang Lu felt very tired, and then looked at the other children—
Eh, that’s not right, why are there so many people
Shang Lu looked at Ye Lu: "Stop laughing."
Ye Lu tried hard to agree: "Hahaha-Oh, okay hahaha you say."
Shang Lu asked him: "...Did we see so many children yesterday?"
Ye Lu also looked over in confusion: "There are at least a dozen more."
One of the kids raised his hand a little embarrassedly: "I wasn't here yesterday, but Fatty said there were snacks, so I came on my own initiative."
Hands were raised one by one, and it was obvious that all these extra children were like this.
Fatty whispered, "I thought you were a female ghost. I was afraid that you would be angry if I didn't complete the task well, so I found more people."
Shang Lu: “…”
Never mind, this is a good thing. After all, there is strength in numbers.
Shang Lu then took out a library card and showed it to them: "Remember this card and find it in school. The more you find, the more snacks I will buy you at night. Okay?"
"good!!!"
A group of children agreed in unison.
Then they dispersed and began to search through boxes and cabinets.
[Shanglu, I found out that you employed child labor! Admit your mistake immediately and become my wife! ]
[Hahaha, the three of us can live together! ]
[Four people, take me with you (confident, evil and domineering smile)]
Seeing a little boy lifting a stone to check the bottom, Ye Lu was speechless: "There's no need to..."
Before he had even finished his words, the little boy pulled a library card from under a rock.
Ye Lu: “?!”
He shut up. The place where the program crew hid the cards was even more tricky than he thought.
but-
Are those kids running to the toilet that serious? The production team is not a pervert... It's hard to say.
Ye Lu turned around and looked at the staff.
The assistant director wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "No, we really didn't hide in the toilet."
Finally, with the collective efforts of the children, they managed to find all the library cards within half an hour and completed the task ahead of schedule, without missing a single one.
Director team: “…”
They really didn't expect this result.
[Hahahaha, these kids are amazing. They really do a carpet search, searching every object from 360 degrees without leaving any possibility unchecked]
[Is this a child? This is a special agent of our country! ]
[As an aside, they must be really good at playing hide-and-seek]
[After all, there are more than 30 children, and every part of them has to be checked at least a dozen times in turn. It is impossible for any of them to slip through the net, hahaha]
All the children who find the library cards will hand them over to Shang Lu, who will then hand over the thick stack of library cards to the director team, and the mission is accomplished√.
Lin Yanyan, who had been obsessed with looking for cards on the playground, had eyes full of admiration for Shang Lu.
The director team also respected the rules and immediately announced that the library would have 10,000 books.
These children who came to help were basically from this primary school, and they were cheering at this moment.
There was a lot of commotion outside, and Teacher Qi Qin also came out. After learning about the arrangements of the program team, she was very happy and smiled so hard that her eyes almost narrowed into slits.
That’s great! In the future, children will have a better learning environment and more books to enrich their spiritual world.
Until the end of the recording of this variety show, almost every child gave the highest score to the parents who were responsible for taking care of them.
The first thing Shang Lu did after getting the wallet was to give the money to Fatty and ask him to take all the kids to the store for snacks.
Then Shanglu held Xiaomi's hand and asked her, "Are you scared?"
Xiaomi nodded, then shook his head and said, "I'm not afraid."
On the contrary, she was very happy and looking forward to it.
Half an hour later, we arrived at Xiaomi’s house.
Shang Lu did not knock on the door, but stood on the roadside waiting with Xiaomi.
Soon, a car drove over and Song Zeqian got out.
"I got the stuff." He said as he threw the red cloth bag in his hand to the ground, picked it up and opened it, and poured out several broken jade bracelets.
Then Song Zeqian handed the bag to Shang Lu, looked at Xiaomi, and asked, "Did you remember what I taught you?"
Xiaomi nodded vigorously to indicate, "I'll remember it."
Song Zeqian added: "If you really can't act anymore, just cry."
Shang Lu has acted in many plays, but this time he was a little nervous because it was a play that had to be performed in one take.
Song Zeqian also noticed it and said, "Your acting skills are good enough. Go knock on the door when you are ready."
Shang Lu took a deep breath, glanced at Xiaomi to make sure she was ready, and said, "Let's go."
When they knocked on Xiaomi's door, it was Grandma Qi who opened the door.
The moment she saw Shang Lu, Grandma Qi's face lit up with joy and she turned around and shouted, "Old man, they're coming! They're coming!"
Grandpa Qi's footsteps soon sounded, and he held his eldest grandson's hand and said, "The distinguished guest is here."
They were so polite only because they were preparing to sell Xiaomi at a good price.
Grandma Qi poured them some water, then looked at Xiaomi and finally couldn't hold back and spoke up: "We are already old, and we won't do anything against our conscience. We won't ask you for much. Just give us some retirement money, 300,000 yuan, and the child will be yours in the future."
Three hundred thousand is enough for a poor family to sell a worthless granddaughter. They might even be extremely happy as this money is like pie in the sky.
However, Song Zeqian looked at Xiaomi with a disdainful expression and said directly: "This kind of bean sprouts costs 300,000, why don't you go and grab it?"
"Young man, what you said is wrong." Grandpa Qi seemed very "polite" and even corrected him: "Our Xiaomi is famous for her good grades and beautiful features. Her teacher said that she will definitely be admitted to university. If we didn't want her to not live a hard life with us, let alone 300,000 yuan, even 1 million yuan would be impossible."
He originally looked down upon the good grades that allowed him to get into college, but when he was "selling" his granddaughter, he couldn't wait to use it as a bargaining chip to increase the price.
"That's perfect. Go find whoever is willing to pay one million." Song Zeqian said impatiently, "I'll tell you the truth. My wife said that because I was away. Let's just pretend nothing happened. We don't want this child anymore."
The old couple were dumbfounded when they saw this.
After two days of sweet dreams, the duck that was almost cooked in my mouth just flew away
I originally thought I could exchange this burden for some money, but how come everything is gone in the blink of an eye.
Qi Li's voice also sounded dissatisfied at this moment, like adding fuel to the fire: "They don't want my sister anymore? Do we still have money?"
Grandpa Qi was stunned for a moment, but he reacted quickly, showing an embarrassment: "If you had said it earlier, it would have been better. This morning, Jianguo from the next village wanted to get engaged to our family earlier, and he also said that he would give a gift of 100,000 yuan. We refused because you said you would take the child away. You are all city people who have been educated. How can you do such a thing as to go back on your word?"
Grandma Qi also chimed in: "Yes, you are being shameless, aren't you? You are bullying us old people! We are suffering a great loss!"
Qi Li's voice sounded blankly: "When did Brother Jianguo come here?"
Grandpa Qi showed a trace of unnaturalness on his face, and said: "You came when you were sleeping."
Qi Li then asked, "But don't I sleep with grandpa?"
Grandpa Qi was immediately annoyed: "How can you, a child, understand so much? What is there to ask? Stop talking!"
Grandpa Qi seldom scolded Qi Li, so the child pouted the next second and started crying while hugging his grandmother.
"Wow... Grandma, why is grandpa so mean to me? Wow..."
Grandma Qi was also a little embarrassed and quickly hugged her eldest grandson to coax him.
In fact, it is very obvious that there is no such coincidence. This is just an excuse made by Grandpa Qi to get some money.
"Okay, we can compensate you for the 100,000 yuan in betrothal gifts you lost." Song Zeqian looked indifferent, but when the old couple looked at them with excitement, he looked at Shang Lu again.
Shang Lu took out the red cloth bag and poured the broken bracelets inside onto the table.
Song Zeqian said: "This is a gift I gave to my wife, a bracelet worth 300,000 yuan. Even if I deduct your 100,000 yuan betrothal gift, how am I going to pay the remaining 200,000 yuan?"
Shang Lu also showed a heartbroken expression, looked at Xiaomi and scolded, "I was going to take you away and thought you were an obedient child, but you are so naughty? You actually broke something so important to me, and my husband almost divorced me! You must pay for this!"
Grandma Qi naturally didn't believe it: "What kind of bracelet costs three hundred thousand? You are just bullying us old people who don't understand!"
"Either we settle it privately today, or we call the police. If you don't believe in the value of the bracelet, the police can appraise it." Song Zeqian said slowly, "Many people saw it at the time. It was Xiaomi who broke it. You can't deny it at all."
After Song Zeqian finished speaking, he took out a purchase receipt from his backpack and said, "This is the proof of our purchase at the time. Do you recognize the numbers? You can take a look."
Grandma Qi and Grandpa Qi looked at each other, and both of them showed panic on their faces.
They understand that debts must be repaid and damages must be paid for.
But Grandpa Qi still didn't want to believe it, so he went out and found a neighbor who could read to help him read the receipt. The neighbor had a complicated expression and said, "Grandpa, they are celebrities, they are very rich. This bracelet is really worth three hundred thousand."
After saying this, the neighbor left in a hurry as if he was afraid that this matter would implicate him.
Grandma Qi was furious. She picked up the calendar and threw it at Xiaomi: "You are such a disaster! We have worked so hard to raise you for so long, and you killed your parents and want to kill us too, right? Three hundred thousand! This is simply a sin!"
Shang Lu snorted coldly: "How annoying, so unlucky."
On the surface, he looked at the broken bracelet on the table with an expression of pity, but in fact his nails were almost pressing into the flesh of his palm.
But she had to hold back, she had to perform this scene well.
Xiaomi also looked like she was trying not to cry, but she couldn't help herself: "I didn't mean to do that! How could I know that bracelet was worth three hundred thousand!"
As she said this, she broke down and cried.
Xiaomi cried very hard. She couldn't help crying when she thought about finally leaving this home.
Grandma Qi couldn't help it at this moment. She wiped her tears and hit Xiaomi with her hands while cursing, "You little bastard! Even if you sold our two old bones, you wouldn't have that much money to compensate us! Do you want to kill us? Speak up!"
As she spoke, she seemed to have thought of something, and she grabbed Xiaomi's arm and pulled her forward: "She did this alone, and it has nothing to do with us. Xiaoli and I didn't even touch the bracelet, so you can't blame us. Otherwise, I'll... I'll give her to you as compensation! Don't look at her young age, but she can cook, work hard, and she's diligent. You can even use her as a nanny!"
(End of this chapter)