Xia Mian turned around and went downstairs to join the gossip group of middle-aged and elderly women at the entrance of the apartment building.
"What's the matter? You don't want to open the door?" someone asked knowingly.
"Well, she probably feels too embarrassed to face people," Xia Mian raised her head and glanced at the window on the second floor, and said loudly, "After all, everyone in the hospital knows that she is a mistress and abuses children."
"What are you going to do, his aunt?" those who like to watch the fun were curious.
Xia Mian said, "Just sue in court. Anyway, the police station has already issued a notice. I will sue in court after Xiao Feng's injury report comes out."
"The police station won't be able to handle it then. I can just find a lawyer to sue him. He will be sentenced when the time comes. At worst, I can file a lawsuit with the Municipal Procuratorate. He can continue to find someone else if he has the guts."
"What did the assessment of Xiao Feng's injuries say?" asked the gray-haired old lady downstairs. "I asked our Xiao Bai to hurry up and get it done."
The old lady’s surname is Mi. She was a high school teacher before retirement. Her husband’s surname is Chen. He was a senior engineer at Huagang before retirement. Both of them are respected people in the compound.
The Xiaobai she mentioned was the old lady's grandson. Although the original owner had never seen him, she was very familiar with him.
I heard that he is a genius, a medical doctor who returned from studying abroad at the age of 23. His home is in the capital city of Yan. He came to work in the hospital in this small city because he was worried about the health of his grandfather and grandmother.
She is the object of pursuit by people within dozens of miles. Anyway, ever since this genius moved into the family compound, there have been more and more young women dressed up in fancy clothes in the compound.
Xia Mian simply thought it was convenient to have a doctor downstairs. But... she always felt like she had overlooked something.
Xia Mian didn't make it hard for herself when she saw that everyone was concerned about Xiao Feng. She showed everyone the medicine in her hand and said, "Except for the face and arms, there are soft tissue contusions all over the body. The most serious one is moderate malnutrition. You need to take care of it."
No matter how many times it was mentioned, Xia Mian's anger did not diminish. The key point was, "That vicious woman actually stabbed the child's mouth with a needle!"
"real?!"
“This is too cruel.”
“You’re really not a human being.”
Everyone condemned in unison.
Old Lady Liu said angrily, "What a beast! At first I heard the child crying, and I knocked on the door to tell her that it was not okay to hit the child like that, but I didn't expect her to..."
"That's right, he really deserves to be cut into pieces!"
"If she dares to go out next time, I will drown her in spit!"
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Everyone was filled with righteous indignation. Xia Mian looked at the figure flashing through the second-floor window and sneered in his heart: The law can't punish you, but what about public opinion
Don't let her in? Then she'll promote it well for her, as not many people will be there at noon.
Although there was no Internet in this era, interpersonal interactions were closer. People living in a housing estate almost knew each other, and neighbors in a building had a closer relationship than relatives.
In this era, it is not an exaggeration to say that a rat crossing the street will be chased by everyone.
The Zhang family still wants to be a human? That depends on whether she agrees!
"Such a young child," Teacher Mi sighed, and touched the child who had been nestling obediently in Xia Mian's arms with heartache.
Xiao Feng seemed to be only afraid of young women. He was just a little shy about the old lady's actions and turned his head to look at Xia Mian.
Xia Mian touched his head and said softly, "This is Grandma Mi, calling someone."
Xiao Feng spoke obediently, "Grandma Mi." His voice was not loud and still timid, but everyone knew what he had gone through and could only feel sorry for him.
"Oh, how nice."
"That's right, she said the child was naughty and noisy." Someone mocked, "I was really fooled by her before. Now think about it, when has this child ever been naughty?"
"Yes, children with stepmothers have a hard life. Who would have thought that Huang Xiaojuan is so vicious?"
"Zhang Qiming doesn't care. As expected, if you have a stepmother, you will also have a stepfather."
"Fortunately his aunt came, otherwise this child would have to suffer a lot."
At this point, someone asked worriedly, "Aunt, are you still leaving? What will happen to the child if you leave?"
Xiao Feng understood this sentence and immediately looked at Xia Mian. She twisted her two little hands tightly together, with anxiety in her eyes, but she didn't say a word.
Everyone felt sad when they saw this. It is a child's nature to be willful and express emotions, but this child who is less than five years old is so cautious.
Xia Mian patted his back vigorously, "Don't worry, Auntie won't leave Xiaofeng. I'll always be with Xiaofeng, okay?"
The child breathed a sigh of relief and smiled widely, revealing a row of small white teeth.
Xia Mian was stunned. This was the first time she saw the child smile. Perhaps it was because he was born in a quagmire, which made it even more precious.
Xia Mian kissed his little face. Seeing this, the others hurriedly changed the subject, "Xia Mian, where are you from? Why are you here?"
"My family is from Mingxi County," Xia Mian made a sad expression, "My father passed away early. Four years ago, my sister was killed by them. My mother fell seriously ill and passed away at the beginning of this year."
"I was the only one left at home, and my relatives were discussing who would take care of me. I was supposed to live with my grandmother, but then my ex-brother-in-law said I could come to the city to study. The conditions here are good, and I can go to a good school."
"My grandmother thought that going to school was indeed important, and I was older and lived on campus. The money my parents left me was enough for me to finish college. My family also had a house, so it was not something I owed anyone. They just needed to look after me and they didn't need to worry about anything."
After hearing this, several people looked at each other and one of them asked, "Your brother-in-law, Zhang Qiming, has always been very close to your family?"
"It's OK. When my sister first went there, he cried so hard that he almost fainted when he came to our house. Later, he sent gifts during festivals. But after all, we live far away, so we haven't seen each other much in the past two years."
Xia Mian was talking as he flipped through his memories, and couldn't help but be amazed. No wonder people had a good impression of Zhang Qiming, this guy's work was really impeccable.
But the fox will always show its tail.
"So you followed him?" someone asked.
"The main reason is that I want to go to school in the city." Xia Mian said, "Actually, I don't plan to trouble them too much. I will live on campus after school starts. My ex-brother-in-law said that it will just be a little troublesome to find a school."
In fact, the original body yearned for the big city. As a girl of fifteen or sixteen, she was in her rebellious period. She spent all day listening to the eldest sister of Uncle Xia's family bragging about how great the big city was and how backward and poor the small county town of Mingxi County was. Naturally, she wanted to run away.
Besides, Uncle Xia from his hometown was indeed eyeing her property, so when Zhang Qiming said this casually, the original owner couldn't wait to get it.
Come running.
However, it was nothing more than running from a wolf's den to a tiger's den, otherwise why would Zhang Qiming's "casual remark" be so just right.
Thinking of this, Xia Mian suddenly asked, "Teacher Mi, how many thousand yuan do I need to transfer to Huagang High School?"
Teacher Mi was stunned. "Transferring depends on your grades. If your grades are good, you only need to pay a few hundred yuan in tuition. Who said it costs thousands of yuan?"
"Thousands of dollars?" Old Lady Liu asked in surprise, "Are the teachers in that school made of gold? They are so expensive!"
Xia Mian said, "But Huang Xiaojuan said it would cost several thousand. Since she wasn't sure how much it would be, she asked me for my passbook and password, and said she would figure it out..."
"It's nonsense," Old Lady Liu said, pounding her cane with dismay, "Silly girl, how can you just give the passbook your parents gave you to someone else?"
Teacher Mi said, "Yes, you can't just give your passbook to anyone."
"The passbook was given to me in front of my ex-brother-in-law. Didn't I trust him? And I didn't know Huang Xiaojuan would abuse Xiaofeng before."
Xia Mian sighed and explained, "My mother told me about the two of them being mean to my sister before she left."
"My mom never came to ask for an explanation because she thought Xiao Feng still had to live with them, and it would be bad for the child if things got badly awry. She thought they would treat the child well even if they felt guilty, but she didn't expect..."
“Only kind people will make amends out of guilt,” said Teacher Mi. “For people without conscience, there is no guilt, only oppression and exploitation.”
Old Mrs. Liu put it more bluntly, "They will only be more reluctant to tolerate the child because of their guilty conscience. If the child is ruined, wouldn't that be 'cutting off the root of the problem'?"
"Do you know how much money she spent on you?" Old Mrs. Liu still couldn't help but worry.
Xia Mian said, "I don't know. The passbook is in her hands, and I told her the password." At this point, she asked, "I know how much money I have. If there is less, she would be considered stealing, right? Theft?"
There was a click from the window on the second floor, and everyone looked up at the same time. The window of Zhang's house on the second floor was opened a crack.
"We should be able to go back now." Sister Wang said with a smile.
"No, let's chat for a while." Why should she go back? Huang Xiaojuan wanted to lock her out, so she locked her out. She wanted to ask her to go back, so she asked her to go back. Who did she think she was
Besides, most of the people gathered here at this moment are the loud speakers in the yard, gossip kings and chatterboxes. What a rare opportunity! Not to mention, the hot feeling of gossiping in the crowd is quite refreshing!
Xia Mian continued to ask, "How much money do you have to steal to go to jail?"
Teacher Mi said, "It seems to be more than two hundred."
Xia Mian said, "They say that poor and barren lands produce unruly people. I have learned my lesson. Huang Xiaojuan's family is just too poor. They are so poor that they have no bottom line at all."
"Is their family's conditions really that bad?" People suddenly became curious.
"Of course!" Xia Mian said, "It's not as good as the village."
Xia Mian gave everyone a brief introduction to Huang Xiaojuan's family situation. Because it was so hateful, she remembered the family situation of everyone in the Zhang family very clearly.
"Her father was an educated youth who went to the countryside. After returning to the city, he had no job and felt it was shameful to be a self-employed person. He has been relying on the elderly at home for support."
"Her mother is the country wife her father married. She is smart and tough. She was very wary of her father. She followed her father back to Cheng. She has five brothers and sisters. Her family is very patriarchal..."
"A family of seven lives in an old house of more than 40 square meters... and they don't have a stable income, so the whole family is good at cheating and deceiving..."
The fresh gossip was so interesting that everyone ignored the windows on the second floor that were constantly opening and closing, and listened with great interest.
Xia Mian concluded, "If she had good conditions, could she have followed Zhang Qiming as his mistress? But she has a city hukou and is good at pretending. I heard from adults that Zhang Qiming probably wanted to marry into a better position than her at the time."
Having said that, combined with the Huang family's situation from Summer Sleep Science, everyone immediately guessed the cause and effect.
Zhang Qiming is also a person who likes to look good. Although he is a worker, people who don't know him would think he is a cadre. Huang Xiaojuan has also been hinting that her family is well-off and she has a city hukou. The two of them have their own ulterior motives, so they got together...
In the room, Huang Xiaojuan's face turned blue with anger. She regretted it very much now.
She got out of the police station smoothly. If that girl had a little bit of brains, she should know the power of her brother-in-law. If she wanted to stay in the city, she should be obedient. I didn't expect that the other party was so bold.
Not only did she continue to oppose her, but she even dared to join the crowd in the yard to chat without knowing the place, and she was not afraid at all! The key point is, how could she know so much? !
Huang Xiaojuan listened to Xia Mian revealing all the things she had tried so hard to hide. She gritted her teeth and was about to shamelessly call for help.
Suddenly, I heard someone outside shouting in a playful tone, "Hey, Qiming is back."