The New Year's market is not only lively, but also has a lot of people. The four people from the Lu family got up very early, but when they arrived, there were already many people in the market.
Lin Qingqing and Lu Haici found a relatively quiet place, and stood there, watching the people coming and going in the market. After standing there for a while, Lin Qingqing said, "Haici, let's go to the supply and marketing cooperative."
"Hey." Lu Haici immediately held up his mother's hand, like a little Haizi.
Lin Qingqing looked at his nervous expression, and felt warm in her heart. She did not refuse, and let her son support her. At the same time, Lu Cheng and Qin Ming had already squeezed into the market. Lu Cheng had memorized the list that Lin Qingqing had made, and then began to look for what he needed. Qin Ming looked around curiously, but he did not run around. After all, he followed Lu Cheng here, and he was still afraid of Lu Cheng.
At about half past ten, Lu Cheng had already visited the market and bought everything that Lin Qingqing needed. Lu Cheng brought Qin Ming to the agreed place, but found that Lin Qingqing and Lu Haici were not there.
Lin Qingqing and Lu Haici were in trouble, as they encountered some problems.
The mother and son walked around the supply and marketing cooperative for a while, and then walked around for a while. When it was almost time, they returned to the place they had agreed with Lu Cheng. Because Lin Qingqing was pregnant, the mother and son were very careful about their surroundings when they walked. They would not walk into the crowd, but would walk to places with fewer people. When they were walking, they saw an old lady coming in front of them. As a result, when the old lady passed by them, she fell directly to the ground, and then she said: "Ah..."
The old lady was walking towards Lin Qingqing. When Lin Qingqing saw someone fall to the ground, she asked, "Grandma, are you okay?" Considering her age, the old lady falling to the ground seemed older than Grandma Lin, so she called her Grandma.
Unexpectedly, the old lady shouted, "What's wrong with you? Don't you look at the road when you walk? I sprained my ankle, you have to pay for my medical expenses."
Lin Qingqing paused. She hadn't even touched this person, but she actually scolded her? Lin Qingqing knew immediately that this person was here to scam her. She immediately found it funny. She had been in the book for more than three years, but this was the first time she had encountered scamming someone.
"Are you trying to scam me? I didn't touch you. You fell to the ground by yourself, and you want me to pay for your medical expenses? That's ridiculous." Lin Qingqing took a few steps back.
But as soon as she stepped back, the old lady rushed over and hugged Lin Qingqing's feet. Then she shouted loudly: "Everyone, please judge, everyone, this female comrade bumped into me and knocked me to the ground, spraining my foot. I asked her to pay for some medical expenses, but she dared not to. Everyone, please judge, this young female comrade bullied an old woman like me."
As the old lady shouted loudly, many people stopped and looked over here.
The teacher said that the old lady and Lin Qingqing just passed by each other and walked close to each other, so no one saw whether Lin Qingqing bumped into the old lady. Lin Qingqing did not think that the old lady who was walking by would try to scam her. If she had known, she would have stayed away from her.
"Let go, I didn't hit you. If you do this again, I'll call the police." Lin narrowed his eyes gently.
Lu Haici was a little stunned just now, but he came to his senses immediately: "Let my mother go, my mother didn't hit you." He blocked in front of Lin Qingqing. In fact, he didn't know whether the old lady and his mother had a collision, but he believed his mother, and if his mother said no, then there was no collision.
Moreover, if his mother had knocked down the old lady, she would have compensated her. So his mother definitely did not knock down the other person.
However, the others didn't care whether Lin Qingqing bumped into the old lady or not. They didn't go forward. Some looked at her curiously, while others left in a hurry without staying.
"Mom...Mom, what's wrong with you?" At this time, a middle-aged woman ran over, "Mom, what's wrong with you?" She squatted down and tried to help the old lady up.
However, the old lady just sat on the ground holding Lin Qingqing's legs and didn't get up. She said, "I was knocked to the ground by this female comrade. I asked her to pay for my medical expenses, but she refused and wanted to leave."
When the middle-aged woman heard this, she immediately grabbed Lin Qingqing and said, "Comrade, it's not right for you to do this. My mother is old, and you hit her and wanted to run away? What if something happens to such an old person? No, you have to pay for my mother's medical expenses. If you don't, send my mother to the hospital." As she said this, she held Lin Qingqing hard.
"Don't touch my mother. She is pregnant. You will hurt the little brother or sister in her belly." Lu Haici pushed the middle-aged woman away. Because he used so much force, the middle-aged woman took several steps back.
Lu Haici has been exercising with Lu Cheng since he was five years old, although it has been intermittent, but it must be said that there is an effect. He has some skills and is much stronger than boys of the same age. In addition, the middle-aged woman was not prepared for Lu Haici, so she was pushed back several steps by him.
The middle-aged woman wanted to curse fiercely, but when she heard Lu Haici say that Lin Qingqing was pregnant, she suddenly dared not get close. Their family was poor and they couldn't even make it through the New Year. So she and her mother-in-law agreed to use this method to "earn money." But making money is one thing, and now if she encounters a pregnant woman, if something happens to the baby in her belly, then it will be a big problem, and their family can't afford to compensate.
However, the middle-aged woman rolled her eyes and said, "Comrade, you are pregnant, you should do some good deeds for the child in your belly. You hit my mother, you..."
"Shut up." Lin Qingqing interrupted her. Knowing what she was going to say, she lowered her head and said to Lu Haici, "Haici, go to the police station and report that my mother was blackmailed by two people here. Remember to tell the police uncle that my mother is a female soldier."
Lu Haici was worried about his mother, so he said, "Mom, I'll go to the market to find Dad."
Lin Qingqing: "There are so many people at the market, I don't know if we can find him. It will be faster to go to the police station to find the police. Let's go quickly."
The two spoke loudly, and the old lady sitting on the ground and the middle-aged woman standing could hear them. They were shocked to hear that Lin Qingqing was a female soldier. She hurriedly said, "No, no, my foot seems to be a little better." Then, the old lady got up from the ground and said, "Comrade, my foot is a little better, there is no need to see a doctor, I have something to do and I'm leaving now."
Seeing this, the middle-aged woman hurriedly followed: "Mom... Mom, wait for me, Mom..."
Lin Qingqing: “…”
Lu Haici was also confused: "Mom, they are all gone, do I still need to go to the police station?"
The people watching nearby also understood immediately.
"Gently..."
"Lu Hai Ci..."
Lu Cheng and Qin Ming came to the supply and marketing cooperative to look for someone and saw Lin Qingqing. Lu Cheng was wearing a military uniform, and the people who were watching the show saw it. Combined with what Lin Qingqing had just said about the female soldier, the people watching nearby believed it, and it turned out that the female comrade was not bluffing.
Lu Cheng keenly sensed that the gazes of the people around him were a little unusual, and he asked with concern: "What's wrong? Did something happen here?"
Before Lin Qingqing could speak, Lu Haici said aggrievedly, "Dad, Mom was bullied just now. They were so excessive..." He repeated what happened just now, "They ran fast, otherwise I would have asked Uncle Policeman Le'er to come and arrest them all."
Lin Qingqing heard his words, smiled and touched his head: "So, through this incident, you must remember that if you encounter difficulties in the future, you must first find the police comrades. They ran away because they heard this." Lin Qingqing thought that the two people ran away because they were female soldiers and because Lu Haici was going to call the police. However, Lin Qingqing did not say both possibilities, she only said one.
When Lu Cheng heard this, his heart tightened: "Are you okay? Did she hurt you?" He should have insisted on not letting her come. If those two people were more excessive, what would happen if she got hurt
"It's okay." Lin Qingqing said, "I was on guard. Besides, it's New Year's Day, and I thought they didn't want to go to jail, so I called the police to scare them. Besides, this was an accident, and such a disgusting thing wouldn't happen to you throughout the year." This was indeed a disgusting thing. I had only seen it on the Internet before, but I didn't expect to encounter it myself now.
After hearing what he said, Lu Cheng didn't say anything. It was rare for the family to come out together, and he didn't want to continue to dwell on this matter and ruin everyone's mood. However, because of this, he looked at Lin Qingqing more seriously. After returning home, he couldn't take his eyes off Lin Qingqing.
"You're back, Comrade Lin. Here are the dumplings we made at home. Some are stuffed with shredded radish and meat, and some are stuffed with pickles. Let you try something new." Xu Huijuan was originally busy in the yard. When she saw Lin Qingqing and the others coming back from the market, she hurried into the house to take out the dumplings she had made in the morning. She put eight of them on a plate.
The dumplings were made in the morning and were still warm. Lin Qingqing looked at them and recalled her time in the present world. When she was little, her grandmother would make this every New Year. This was a custom there. But later, as she grew up, her grandmother stopped making them because these dumplings could be bought in the market and supermarket. This dumpling is made of glutinous rice, and because it can be bought in the market and supermarket, Lin Qingqing’s food sharing does not include this, and she has never made it. However, when she was little, she saw her grandmother making it, so she also knew how to make it. It was just that she had never thought of making something she had never made before, and now that she saw Xu Huijuan making it, she wanted to make some herself.
Besides, dumplings are very durable and will not go bad even if kept for a week in winter.
"Thank you, Comrade Xu. We have snacks for lunch." She picked up one and started eating. Usually, the fillings in the dumplings are a little salty to keep them longer, but when eaten with the glutinous rice wrapper, the taste is just right. "It's delicious." She also gave one to Lu Haici and Qin Ming. She went to the market too early in the morning, and now it's noon, and she is really hungry.