Chapter 19

Now Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Jianye had merely cooked a meal and immediately obtained two bicycle coupons!

Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Jianye lived alone; what use did he have for so many bicycle coupons?

If I took one from him now, that would be helping him!

This brat actually refused to appreciate the gesture!

Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Jianye sneered, "Following your logic, should I offer you a thousand thanks and a million gratitudes?"

"Then let us discuss exactly how you have helped me over all these years."

"Before my divorce, there was a year with heavy snowfall."

"Wang Wang Wang Dahua made me a pair of cotton-padded shoes, yet I never saw those new shoes all winter; my feet still bear frostbite scars to this day."

"But I saw those very shoes on your feet! Moreover, you wore them for two years!"

"Those unaware might even mistake Wang Wang Wang Dahua for your wife!"

"Is this how you helped me?"

"Furthermore, you spread rumors claiming I am infertile, born impotent, and destined to die without heirs or children."

"Should I be grateful for that too!"

Upon hearing this, Yan Yan Yan Yan Bugui's face immediately lost all color.

"Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Jianye, do not speak nonsense."

"Wang Wang Wang Dahua insisted on giving me those cotton shoes; I did not ask for them."

"If you will not give the coupon, then do not; why say all this?"

Having lost face, Yan Yan Yan Yan Bugui turned and went home.

Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Jianye had witnessed it back then but remained silent.

Yan Yan Yan Yan Bugui assumed Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Jianye had forgotten.

Who could have expected him to dredge up old accounts!

Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Jianye rolled his eyes at him, "With conduct like this, you are still an elementary school teacher? You are truly misleading the youth!"

"Good at nothing, greedy for everything, yet still trying to take advantage of me."

"Pah!"

Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Jianye arrived at the middle courtyard again.

Qin Qin Qin Qin Huairu was packing things to leave, heading to the hospital to visit Jia Jia Jia Dongxu.

Seeing Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Jianye carrying many fine goods again, Qin Qin Qin Qin Huairu's expression immediately soured.

"So this is you, Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Jianye; only a few days since the divorce, and you have already acquired so many fine things."

"You claimed Wang Wang Wang Dahua drained your family's wealth, but I see you have been hoarding quite a bit of money."

If not for you, could my family be living in such misery now?

Heaven truly is blind!

What right does such a childless man have to enjoy so many fine things?

You harmful cur; if not for you, my Jia Jia Jia Dongxu would not be lying in the hospital.

In her heart, Qin Qin Qin Qin Huairu cursed Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Jianye hundreds of times!

Grandma Jia also spotted Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Jianye and immediately began scolding, "Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Jianye, do you still have the face to return?"

"You harmed my son so severely, yet you yourself live a good life."

"You stinking childless man, are you jealous of our large family? You deserve your divorce."

So what if you passed some mediocre chef examination?

Do you really think becoming a squad leader makes you invincible?

Are you not still a stinking childless man, an old bachelor!

Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Jianye: ...

So the masks are off now?

This is excellent!

I prefer it this way!

"What does my divorce or your son's serious injury and hospitalization have to do with me?"

"Do not assume everyone in the world is his father, ready to indulge him."

"He does not even know his own worth; stuffing a scallion into a pig's snout to pretend to be an elephant."

"So what if I am divorced? I feel liberated!"

"Qin Qin Qin Qin Huairu, you know exactly what sort of thing your husband is."

"If your family lives poorly, blame yourself; who told you to hold a rural household registration? You have no ration quota!"

"Do not think I am unaware of the rumors your family spread about me!"

Feeling guilty, Grandma Jia returned home anyway.

Qin Qin Qin Qin Huairu was also rendered speechless by the rebuttal.

Indeed, because she held a rural household registration, her children were registered under her status, so she received no grain rations.

But...

But she could not articulate it; in any case, it was all Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Jianye's fault!

Whether Whether Whether Seeing Bang Geng sat at the doorway, staring at the bicycle coupons in Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Jianye's hand, his eyes shining with greed.

Those are my bicycle coupons!

What use does Lu the Childless have for bicycle coupons? He cannot afford to buy one anyway.

The little ingrate plotted in his heart how to get those bicycle coupons into his own hands.

Yi Zhonghai spotted Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Jianye and called out to stop him.

"Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Jianye, we all live in the same courtyard; neighbors ought to get along harmoniously."

"You locking your door every single day you go to work—who exactly are you guarding against?"

"With behavior like this, how can our courtyard ever be rated as an advanced unit?"

Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Jianye replied, "Since you've brought it up, let me ask you something."

"Hasn't my family lost enough things before? From bricks and tiles down to needles and thread."

"And the most serious case—Jia Jia Jia Dongxu stealing ten jin of white flour from my home. Surely you, Yi Zhonghai, aren't unaware of that?"

"A courtyard harboring thieves can still qualify as advanced?"

"Stop twisting things against me!"

Yi Zhonghai's old face flushed red; he lowered his head and fell silent.

How could he not know about these matters? It was all that little rascal Whether Whether Whether Seeing Bang Geng who did the stealing.

Back then, everyone thought Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Jianye was easy to bully.

Even when bullied, he wouldn't say a word, so they just turned a blind eye and let it pass.

Now that this kid has grown a backbone, they must take him seriously.

Finally, he arrived at his doorstep.

He saw the Deaf Old Lady standing in the courtyard.

Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Jianye paid her no heed and walked straight toward his own home.

Just as he was about to unlock the door, the Deaf Old Lady spoke:

"People really ought to keep a low profile; a tall tree catches the wind—you might stumble and fall one of these days."

Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Jianye: ...

Mocking me?

Anyway, I'm in a good mood today; might as well give everyone a piece of my mind.

"What the Deaf Old Lady says is true."

"Indeed, as the saying goes, 'There are gods three feet above your head; heaven watches all human deeds.' Retribution simply hasn't arrived yet."

"Accumulate some virtue, lest you end up dying alone and old."

"Better refrain from breaking up families and doing things that harm others without benefiting yourself; in the end, you won't even have anyone to care for you in old age or bury you when you die."

With that, he turned, unlocked the door, and went inside.

The Deaf Old Lady's expression soured considerably.

That scoundrel Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Jianye actually dared to say all that.

This won't do.