The crowd of onlookers started talking when they saw Grandpa Shi. Some people said: "Isn't this the old man who lives near the mass graves?"
"This is Uncle Shi. I heard that he was a soldier and killed little Japs!"
"Hey... you're a soldier! Are you a general?"
"Where is the general? I heard that he is a murderer..."
"No! Last time I saw his son driving a military vehicle to pick him up on the street!"
There were various voices of discussion in the crowd.
But no one knew Grandpa Shi very well, and at the same time, everyone was a little shocked by his strong aura of calmness and self-restraint, and unconsciously stayed away from him.
Although Grandpa Shi was wearing the same patched and shabby clothes as everyone else, his aura was so unique. He had a strong presence in the crowd, like a high-ranking figure who could control the whole crowd.
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"Ling Xiaowei, put down the stick, don't be disrespectful to your elders!" Grandpa Shi strode forward, each step steady and powerful, the size of each step was like a ruler measuring it, neither too long nor too short.
Grandpa Shi had a straight face and his eyes were like sharp eagles. He looked at the old lady Zhang in front of him and said in a deep voice: "Old man, children and grandchildren will have their own children and grandchildren. This child's mother is still here. How can you take the child away? Let's talk about the child."
You have been registered as a member of the Ling family, and you are now a member of this family. It is against the law for you to rob the child like this!"
Grandpa Shi's last words were very serious, and he shouted in a low voice, which frightened Mrs. Zhang and took a step back.
This...how does this old man look so like an official?
Mrs. Zhang felt a little guilty at the bottom of her heart. She didn't know any of the people in any village in these ten miles away. How come she hadn't heard of the old man in front of her?
"Who are you? You have to take care of my family's affairs!" Mrs. Zhang raised her head and shouted at Grandpa Shi, spitting stars flying from her mouth.
Grandpa Shi straightened his back, stiffened his neck, and shouted sternly: "I am a member of the People's Liberation Army and a party member. Why can't I take care of your violations of the law?"
Old Mrs. Zhang trembled in fright and took several steps back. What was the old man saying? She couldn't understand.
There was another round of discussion around me, and grandpa was pretty cool during the discussion.
Mrs. Zhang's eldest daughter-in-law came forward, supported Mrs. Zhang, and whispered in Mrs. Zhang's ear: "Mom, otherwise we should go back and let this matter be settled today!"
"How can you forget it! It's only a thousand yuan!" The Zhang family boss glared at his wife.
"What money?" Grandpa Shi shouted. He had heard in the crowd just now that this old woman came to snatch the son of the second daughter-in-law who remarried, and wanted to sell it to people in the city. Such a snake-hearted woman,
He should be taken away and shot!
"You are trafficking in people, you should all be taken away and shot!" Grandpa Shi's voice was like a bell, and his roar was like thunder in the daytime, frightening the three members of the Zhang family to the point of trembling.
The eldest daughter-in-law of the Zhang family turned pale with fright. She was timid to begin with, but when she heard that she was going to be shot, she was so frightened that she waved her hands and cried: "Don't dare, don't dare, I didn't do anything, don't shoot me."
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Although Mrs. Zhang was a little scared of this old man, she was very angry when she thought that the thousand yuan she had received was gone like this. No, if she doesn't get the money today, she...she won't be able to live.
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Anyway, it was death. If she didn't get the child, she would die here.
"Old thing, who are you to care about me? If you don't give me the child today, I...I will die!" Mrs. Zhang said and hit Grandpa Shi with her head.
Ling Xiaowei was shocked and shouted: "Grandpa Shi, be careful!"
But the subsequent development made Ling Xiaowei feel that her worries were unnecessary. Grandpa Shi grabbed the opponent's shoulder, used a grappling hand, and with a backhand buckle, Old Mrs. Zhang was grabbed by the shoulder in the posture of catching a prisoner.
Put your hands back and grab the opponent tightly so that the opponent cannot move.
Upon seeing this, Mrs. Zhang's eldest son came up with his fists raised and shouted: "Let go of my mother!"
Before the fist could reach Grandpa Shi, he was kicked to the ground by Grandpa Shi. He grabbed his wrist and fell to his knees.
Mrs. Zhang was so angry! She shouted: "Killing people! People's Liberation Army killing people!"
What a shrew, an unreasonable and crazy woman.
When Ling Xiaowei saw it, the expression on his grandfather's face was a bit shocked. He didn't expect that the other party would be such a crazy old woman. She was completely indifferent. This... was really harder than fighting a Japanese!
"Grandma Zhang, it's impossible for you to take my brother away. You're here to ask for someone just for money. But it's like this. Let's go inside and have a good talk!" Ling Xiaowei felt that no matter how hard we go on, there won't be anyone.
Resultant.
Then be honest and honest!
As long as money can solve it, it’s not difficult!
"Okay, let's go into the house and talk!" Mrs. Zhang's eldest son immediately beamed with joy when he heard about the money.
At the beginning, he felt that it would be a loss if he let his second wife go for five hundred yuan and remarried with a child.
Now that prices are rising, these 500 yuan are gone before they even heat up!
"Okay, let's go into the room and talk!" Mrs. Zhang also spoke.
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Ling Xiaowei also invited Grandpa Shi into the house, hoping that he could be a witness.
Everyone entered the house, and some of the sensible neighbors who were watching at the door also went back, while some did not and ran to the door, stretching their necks to look inside.
Wang Han, a lazy man in the village, was one of them. He was cracking melon seeds in his hand and said with a smile: "Zhang Cuifen, why don't you just follow me! We can still have another litter!"
Grandma Li Yinghua hit him with a broom and said, "Get out of here, you shameless thing!" As soon as she drove the person away, she closed the door to her home with a bang.
In the small hall, there was no sunlight, and it suddenly became dark, as if it had suddenly entered the afternoon and evening. The room also became quiet, and everyone stood in two sides.
Ling Xiaowei moved a chair to Grandpa Shi and said, "Grandpa Shi, sit down!"
Shi Nianfeng didn't want to meddle in other people's housework, but when she saw the old, weak, sick and disabled member of Ling Xiaowei's family, she felt really pitiful. It turned out that her father was a disabled person, and the stepmother was not kind to Ling Xiaowei, and she would always be kind to Ling Xiaowei when things happened.
Xiaowei is not a child with strong opinions.
Let him take a look!
He was also very curious about what kind of performance the little girl Ling Xiaowei would have next. When she mentioned that she wanted to negotiate terms outside, he was very impressed by this little girl. It was really amazing! Such a young girl, like this
You are courageous and decisive!
After a brief silence in the room, the old lady of the Zhang family said: "Okay, you said you want to talk about money, then I will put forward the conditions first, one thousand yuan! If you give me one thousand yuan, we will never discuss this matter, the child's matter again."
Just ask."
"One thousand..." Li Yinghua raised her voice and exclaimed, "Why didn't you grab it? Where did we get a thousand yuan for you?"