Chapter 97 I Want To Buy New Shoes For Big Brother
Zhao Hongxia thought about Zhang Hongmei always saying that Jin Bao was a lucky star. Could it be that what she said was true?
Su Jin allowed her old Su family to have smooth sailing, but made herself miserable?
"Sister Hongxia, think about it. Master Su picked up such a big fox. Isn't it abnormal? And the Su family's vegetable plot can't grow so fast even with fertilizer.
That’s great.”
"It's indeed abnormal!" Zhao Hongxia gritted her teeth and said.
In order to delay time, Xie Lihua said: "I can find a way to trick Jin Bao into coming to my house. Please don't kill my son."
Seeing that Zhao Hongxia agreed, she went out to Su's house. When passing by the corridor, she happened to see Bai Lu carrying Jin Bao downstairs.
They didn't have a close friendship, so they knew that it was impossible for Sister-in-law Su to give Jinbao to herself...
In fact, she just asked and didn't really want to take Jin Bao home. After all, if something happened to Jin Bao, she would become an accomplice of the murderer.
what to do?
At worst, we'll all die together...
Xie Lihua's eyes became firm. She would never let Zhao Hongxia hurt her son.
Pretending to be pitiful and helpless, she first cried and begged for mercy, then when Zhao Hongxia was unprepared, she suddenly hit her face with her forehead.
When Xie Lihua was a child, her nickname was "Xie Tietou". She would always head-butt boys when she fought with them, often causing nosebleeds.
Zhao Hongxia was knocked backwards, but she didn't fall, she just took a few steps back.
She covered her mouth and nose in pain and found that she had a nosebleed, "How dare you..."
Just when she was filled with rage and raised the knife to stab Xie Lihua, she felt a sudden pain in the back of her head and was hit with a sap from behind.
Not understanding what happened, Zhao Hongxia's vision suddenly went dark and she fell to the ground.
Seeing that she fainted, Xie Lihua recovered from her panic, looked up at the man holding a wooden stick in his hand, and said in surprise: "Dad..."
The person who knocked Zhao Hongxia unconscious with a stick was Xie Lihua's father-in-law.
Her father-in-law was not in good health. He took medicine this morning and fell asleep in bed.
A few minutes ago, he woke up in a daze and heard the noise outside, only to realize that his grandson had been tied up.
"This crazy woman!" Xie Lihua's father-in-law coughed a few times, untied the ropes for his two grandsons, and comforted them for a while.
Xie Lihua was so frightened that she hugged her son and cried. It took a long time before she came to her senses and heard her father-in-law say: "Lihua, go find Shuisheng and take her to the police station."
"Okay, I'll go." After saying that, Xie Lihua picked up the rope and was about to tie up Zhao Hongxia. Unexpectedly, she suddenly opened her eyes.
Everyone in the room was shocked.
Zhao Hongxia was afraid that she would not be able to deal with the two men, so she clenched the dagger in her hand again and ran out of the door.
After a while, the neighbors’ voices sounded outside, “Hongxia?”
"Huh? Is it Hongxia?"
"Hongxia, when did you come back?"
Zhao Hongxia ignored the people in the corridor, lowered her head and covered her face, and hurried out of the building.
"Dad, she ran away, what should I do?" Xie Lihua was worried, "I just said something nonsense, Zhao Hongxia is not in her right mind now, and she must have trouble with Sister-in-law Su."
"Ahem, cough, cough... you go find someone for help. I heard your mother-in-law say before that the daughter-in-law of Xu Qiang's family on the fourth floor has a good relationship with the Su family? Go and inform her quickly..."
Xie Lihua worriedly asked: "What about my mother-in-law?"
"I'll carry her to the health center. By the way, you can go to the factory later to find a doctor..."
"okay, I get it!"
Xie Lihua went out and ran to the fourth floor, where she found Lin Yulan, who was washing potatoes by the public pool, and explained the matter succinctly.
"What did you say?" Lin Yulan's eyes widened and she said angrily, "You asked Zhao Hongxia to go find Jin Bao to cause trouble?"
"No, I didn't mean it. I had no choice at the time. If I hadn't said anything, Zhao Hongxia would have killed my son..."
She spoke so excitedly that many neighbors gathered around her, surprised that Zhao Hongxia had done such a horrific thing.
"I just saw Zhao Hongxia coming downstairs, and I wanted to grab her to chat for a few words. She suddenly raised her head and looked at me. Her look was so scary..."
"Isn't it too scary? Was she beaten insane by her husband?"
"Hey, Hongxia is also pitiful."
"Okay! What time has it been? You are still sympathizing with a murderer." Zhang Hongmei pushed away the crowd and walked towards Lin Yulan.
She said: "Yulan, don't blame Lihua. She did this without considering it, but it's understandable that she delayed to save her son. Go to the supply and marketing cooperative to find Jinbao's mother and tell her to stay away for the time being."
Back upstairs."
Many people echoed: "Yes, yes, maybe Zhao Hongxia is guarding nearby!"
Everyone said in fear: "Don't forget she has a knife in her hand, she's so scary."
"I'm going to call the police now and wait until the police catch Zhao Hongxia before letting Jinbao's mother come back," Zhang Hongmei said.
Lin Yulan thought about it and realized that now was really not the time to blame Xie Lihua. She had to inform Lulu quickly and could not delay any longer.
"Okay, I'll go to the supply and marketing cooperative to find Lulu. Hongmei, go call the police. Lihua, when you go to the factory to find your husband, tell Master Su what happened, but tell him not to go to Zhao Hongxia impulsively, so as not to get hurt...
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"I know, I'm going now."
Everyone divided the troops into several groups.
When Lin Yulan rushed to the supply and marketing cooperative out of breath, Bai Lu had just left with Jin Bao in her arms.
They passed by the No. 12 Middle School in Jinghai City. Little Jinbao seemed to have seen something, his eyes were bright, and he waved his little hand.
"Pigeon pigeon..."
She saw her eldest brother. He was running on the playground. Wow, wow, wow, he was running so fast.
Following Xiao Jinbao's gaze, Bai Lu soon saw her eldest son Zhiyuan and remembered that he said that he would participate in the school sports meeting recently.
"Hey, it would be great if I could give Zhiyuan a new pair of sneakers. He would definitely be very happy." Bai Lu couldn't help but sigh.
She had noticed a few months ago that her eldest son's shoes had holes in them.
He has grown rapidly in the past two years, and the shoes on his feet must have been squeezed uncomfortably.
Because Zhiyuan was too sensible and never mentioned changing shoes, she felt distressed every time she saw his shoes.
"Shoes..." Jin Bao muttered a few times, feeling sour in his heart.
Isn’t a pair of shoes from the supply and marketing cooperative too expensive?
Just now, when my mother went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy oil, she specifically looked at men's sports shoes. After asking, she learned that a pair of imported sports shoes sold for 48 yuan and 68 cents after a discount.
The price was so ridiculous that only the descendants of big capitalists like her uncle could afford it.
Domestically produced white sneakers are also expensive. A pair costs 26 yuan, which is a month's salary for most people.
The cheapest shoes are Jiefang shoes, which cost seven and eight yuan a pair. However, even this seven and eight yuan, my mother can't afford them at the moment.
As far as Jinbao knows, part of his father's salary has to be sent back to his hometown in the countryside. The rest, excluding the family's meals and daily living expenses, basically cannot save much.
Sometimes I can save one or two yuan a month, and sometimes I can't save even one yuan.
"Hey..." Xiao Jinbao sighed helplessly.
Her sigh made her mother laugh.
Bai Lu gently rubbed Xiao Jinbao's head and said with undisguised affection in her voice, "Mom sighed, and you sighed too. You are such a clever little kid who learns so quickly."