Chapter 107: Teasing Bang Geng

"Eat what? You've already finished dinner, what kind of noodles are you still wanting to eat?" Qin Mu rolled her eyes and said irritably.

"If I'm not eating noodles, I want to eat eggs! I want to eat eggs!" Bang Geng still shouted at the top of his lungs.

Neither Qin Mu nor Qin Huairu paid any attention to Bang Geng. Bang Geng simply lay down on the ground and started throwing a tantrum, rolling around.

Bang Geng felt extremely aggrieved. During the day, Yan Bugui had bought a chicken for the Deaf Old Lady to stew and eat. Bang Geng had asked Qin Huairu to buy him a chicken to stew as well, but although Qin Huairu had money in her hands, she had no ration coupons and couldn't buy one at all.

Bang Geng started throwing a tantrum.

In the past, if Qin Huairu had been forced into a corner, she would have gone to beg for food long ago. Even if she didn't dare go to the Deaf Old Lady's house, she would have gone to Yi Zhonghai's house to cry about her misery, and then Yi Zhonghai would either go beg for food or give her money and coupons to let her buy some meat.

Now that Yi Zhonghai was gone, Qin Huairu had lost her backing and naturally didn't dare to stir up trouble.

Bang Geng decided to go to the Deaf Old Lady's house to steal a chicken to eat. Little did he know that both the Deaf Old Lady and Yan Bugui had long been guarding against this move of his. Yan Bugui had arranged for Yan Jiekuaung and Yan Jiefang to lie in ambush at the Deaf Old Lady's house.

As soon as Bang Geng snuck into the Deaf Old Lady's house, he was caught red-handed by Yan Jiekuaung and Yan Jiefang.

Yan Bugui also knew he couldn't squeeze any money out of Qin Huairu's house, so he simply let Yan Jiekuaung and Yan Jiefang give Bang Geng a sound beating.

At the time, Bang Geng didn't hate Yan Jiekuaung and Yan Jiefang; instead, he hated Qin Huairu and Qin Mu. According to Bang Geng's way of thinking, if it weren't for them not buying him chicken to eat, he wouldn't have come to the Deaf Old Lady's house to take meat and thus get caught red-handed by Yan Jiekuaung and Yan Jiefang.

Now, with Qin Huairu and Qin Mu again not giving Bang Geng eggs to eat, Bang Geng naturally added hatred to hatred.

"I want to eat eggs! I want to eat eggs!" Bang Geng said viciously while rolling around on the ground.

"Bang Geng, Mom can't go out, I have no way to get you eggs. We don't have any eggs in the house either, there's no way to make them for you. If you want to eat eggs, go ask your Uncle Silly Zhu yourself. Remember, be polite when you speak. When you see Silly Zhu, you must call him Uncle, understand?" Qin Huairu said.

Qin Huairu wanted to test He Yuzhu's attitude toward her family. There was no help for it; He Yuzhu's recent changes were too great, so great that Qin Huairu didn't dare treat He Yuzhu with her previous attitude and methods.

Yi Zhonghai was a ready-made example.

Qin Huairu was very smart and knew she couldn't go head-to-head with He Yuzhu, so she used this method to first test He Yuzhu, and then decide what attitude to use toward him in the future, and what methods to use to deal with him.

After hearing Qin Huairu's words, Bang Geng immediately climbed up from the ground and ran excitedly toward He Yuzhu's house.

Bang Geng only heard the first half of Qin Huairu's words—go to He Yuzhu's house to ask for eggs—but didn't hear the second half—to be polite and call him Uncle Silly Zhu.

Even if he had heard it, Bang Geng would only call him "Silly Zhu" and would never call him Uncle Silly Zhu. From the bottom of his heart, Bang Geng looked down on He Yuzhu.

This is a common human failing. The better you treat someone, the less that person takes you seriously.

He Yuzhu had treated the Jia family too well in the past, which was why Bang Geng looked down on him from the bottom of his heart.

"Silly Zhu, my mom told you to give me the egg noodles to eat," Bang Geng said without any courtesy, and after speaking, he reached out to take the egg noodles along with the pot.

Before Bang Geng's hand could touch the pot, he felt his vision go black, golden stars flashed before his eyes, and then his whole body flew up as if riding the clouds and mist, before falling heavily to the ground.

He Yuzhu had made his move.

He Yuzhu would never indulge Bang Geng. If Bang Geng had spoken to him nicely, He Yuzhu might have even reasoned with him.

Since Bang Geng didn't speak properly and moved his hands directly, He Yuzhu also moved his hands directly.

He Yuzhu first gave Bang Geng a fierce slap across the face, then kicked Bang Geng in the chest, sending him flying out.

He Yuzhu used a clever force; Bang Geng only suffered some superficial pain. If He Yuzhu hadn't used a clever force, Bang Geng wouldn't just be suffering superficial pain; at the very least, he would have to lie in the hospital for three months. With a "Wail—", Bang Geng lay on the ground and started howling, rolling around on the ground while howling.

He Yuzhu, on the other hand, slowly poured the noodles from the pot into a bowl, then sat on the threshold, mocking Bang Geng with a bared-teeth grin while eating the egg noodles with a smacking sound.

Bang Geng howled even more fiercely and loudly.

The more fiercely and loudly Bang Geng howled, the more delicious He Yuzhu found his meal, and the more smug he felt. He Yuzhu even deliberately used his chopsticks to pick out the egg, holding it up for Bang Geng to see, and then took a bite, biting the egg in two to reveal the runny yolk inside.

"Tsk tsk tsk, so delicious. Bang Geng, do you want to eat some?" Silly Zhu said, smacking his lips while mocking Bang Geng.

Bang Geng was a typical "whoever feeds me is my mother." As soon as he heard He Yuzhu ask that, he immediately climbed up, ran to He Yuzhu's side, and said with a smile, "I want to eat! Give it to me quickly!"

"Eat your mother's... if you want it, go find your grandma, go find your mom. Get lost! You egg-snatching bandit," He Yuzhu stood up directly, looked down at Bang Geng from a high position, and shouted loudly.

"Silly Zhu, how can you treat Bang Geng like this? Bang Geng is still a child. He just feels close to you and wants to eat some eggs. What's wrong with that?" Qin Huairu's sorrowful voice came over.

Qin Huairu had been keeping an eye on Bang Geng and He Yuzhu. Although Qin Huairu couldn't leave the house, she could watch through the window.

As soon as Qin Huairu saw Bang Geng getting beaten, she knew the thing she worried about most had happened. Seeing He Yuzhu deliberately teasing Bang Geng, she couldn't hold back anymore.

Once Qin Huairu spoke up, the various "beasts" of the Siheyuan started coming out to watch the excitement—or to be precise, to watch He Yuzhu's excitement. Everyone was hoping for He Yuzhu's downfall.

Everyone was working as a regular worker, but you, He Yuzhu, had become a leader? That wouldn't do at all; you had to be dragged down.

He Yuzhu naturally knew what this group of beasts was thinking and was even less likely to follow Qin Huairu's rhythm.

He Yuzhu didn't pay any attention to Qin Huairu at all. He finished the egg noodles in a few bites, put the bowl back in the room, came outside, locked the door, and found the gong used for meetings in the past. While beating the gong, he shouted loudly, "Bang Geng is a bandit!"

He Yuzhu beat the gong while shouting, then slowly walked out of the Siheyuan, and gave Qin Huairu a mocking smile through the window.

You fight your way, I'll fight mine; we'll see who can't hold out in the end.

He Yuzhu didn't care about Qin Huairu's pleading expression or what she was saying. His main strategy was not to listen, and he beat the gong until it rang to the heavens.

Then, He Yuzhu left the Siheyuan, beating the gong and shouting, spreading Bang Geng's deeds throughout the entire alley.

The beasts of the Siheyuan looked at each other in dismay. They had expected a big drama of arguing, but they hadn't expected He Yuzhu not to play by the rules and instead go for a public announcement.

This was something the beasts, who were used to Siheyuan matters being resolved within the courtyard, couldn't accept for a moment.

Qin Huairu, on the other hand, lay on the bed with a face ashen, as if her own father had died. Even if she were beaten to death, she wouldn't have thought He Yuzhu would use this method to break the deadlock.

Qin Huairu had thought He Yuzhu would argue with her. As long as He Yuzhu argued, regardless of whether he was in the right or wrong, he would become the one in the wrong; regardless of whether He Yuzhu won or lost the argument, he would become the one who lost.

Because the reputation of bullying a widow and bullying an orphan and widow was something he couldn't escape.

Although He Yuzhu couldn't guess Qin Huairu's vicious intentions, he knew there was no benefit in arguing with her, so he simply went for a public announcement, letting everyone in the alley know.

The matter fermented very quickly. Just as He Yuzhu finished spreading the news with the gong and returned home, Director Wang from the Street Office heard the news and came to the Siheyuan aggressively.

"Qin Huairu, you can't even rest while you're in confinement? Do you want to be made an example of and paraded through the streets!" Director Wang roared angrily.

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