Chapter 1044

Jia Zhangshi stood far away, covering her nose and shouting: "I'm telling you, can't you change Banggeng's clothes outside? Making the room stink like this, how can anyone stay here!"

Qin Huairu felt angry inside and said: "It's so cold outside, what if Banggeng gets frozen!"

Jia Zhangshi complained: "What's wrong with my eldest grandson! He used to be as strong as a little calf, and he wouldn't go to the hospital a few times a year. How come today he upset his stomach after drinking a few sips of cold water, and even fainted while going to the restroom? I'm telling you, this is all because you, as a mother, are useless. You've wronged my eldest grandson's mouth. My eldest grandson hasn't eaten well, his nutrition hasn't kept up, and that's why his body is weak."

Qin Huairu lowered her head without explaining. She couldn't say that Banggeng had stolen Cao Weiguo's sausage and upset his stomach because of it.

If Jia Zhangshi found out about this, she would definitely make a huge scene in the courtyard.

But Qin Huairu knew how much weight Jia Zhangshi carried; if she went out to make a scene, she wouldn't get any benefits in the end.

It might even implicate Banggeng, and she didn't want her son to spend the New Year in the juvenile detention center.

"Wuwuwu... Mom! My butt is rotting! Wuwuwu... My butt is rotting! It hurts me to death!"

After Banggeng woke up, he cried in terror, feeling scared at the thought of that burning sensation in his chrysanthemum.

Qin Huairu comforted him gently: "Banggeng, don't cry! The doctor said it's fine. You take your medicine properly, and it won't hurt in a while."

Banggeng said excitedly: "Is that true! Mom! I want to take the medicine!"

Qin Huairu took out the medicine, poured some boiled water, and handed it to Banggeng: "Good son, take the medicine. It won't hurt after you take it."

Banggeng drank the water and took the medicine, lying on the bed shedding sad tears.

He hated Cao Weiguo to the core.

Jia Zhangshi asked unpleasantly: "How much money did this hospital visit cost again?"

Qin Huairu said: "Three yuan and seventy-five cents!"

Jia Zhangshi shrieked: "So much! This hospital is too dark! They are robbing people! If you ask me, isn't it just an upset stomach? It was superfluous to get medicine from the hospital. In the past, when I had an upset stomach, I would just run to the restroom a few times and drink a few cups of hot water, and I'd be fine. It's just you, this spendthrift woman, who doesn't treat money as money. What is our family's situation? A child gets an upset stomach and it costs over three yuan. No amount of money is enough for you to squander like this."

Qin Huairu said angrily: "Banggeng is so uncomfortable, can we not get medicine? You, as a grandma, don't feel bad, but I, as a mother, feel bad. Besides, this money was covered by Sha Zhuzi, it didn't cost your money, what are you in such a hurry for?"

Jia Zhangshi glared and shouted: "What do you mean it didn't cost my money! The money Sha Zhuzi covered isn't my money? Can't you save this money to subsidize the household! Doesn't such a big family in the Jia house need to eat and wear clothes! You useless spendthrift woman! I was truly blind back then, how did I agree to let you marry into the family!"

At this moment, Sha Zhuzi walked into the room carrying a basin of stewed chicken, chuckling foolishly: "Qin Jie! Zhang Dama! What are you arguing about again! Is Banggeng feeling better! Get up quickly and taste the chicken I stewed for you."

When Jia Zhangshi saw the chicken, it was like a weasel seeing a chicken. She rushed over and took the basin from Sha Zhuzi's hand: "Sha Zhuzi, you have a heart. If you ask me, you are the most conscientious person in our courtyard, knowing how to feel bad for us neighbors who are suffering."

Banggeng stared at the chicken excitedly: "Grandma! Bring the chicken over quickly! I want to eat chicken!"

Jia Zhangshi brought the chicken over and said: "You upset your stomach, you can't eat meat. What if you want to go to the restroom after eating too much? Just smell it for now. Wait until your butt doesn't hurt when you go to the restroom before you eat."

Banggeng thought of the pain when he went to take a dump, and his little round face turned as bitter as if he had eaten coptis.

He was greedy and wanted to eat chicken, but that burning sensation was too terrifying.

Banggeng said longingly: "Grandma! Then you keep the chicken well."

Jia Zhangshi put the chicken on the table, reached out, took a piece, threw it into her mouth, and chewed it heartily: "Don't worry! Grandma will save it for you!"

Seeing this, Banggeng's eyes turned red: "Grandma! This is the chicken Uncle Sha stewed for me! How come you started eating it!"

Jia Zhangshi took another piece righteously: "Look at your useless appearance! Grandma is helping you taste how it is. What's wrong with Grandma eating a few pieces from such a big basin? Can't you, as a grandson, show some filial piety to your grandma?"

Banggeng was so anxious he cried: "Wuwuwu... Grandma is bullying people! Grandma is stealing my chicken!"

Sha Zhuzi chuckled foolishly: "Banggeng, don't cry, there's plenty of chicken, your grandma can't finish it. Zhang Dama, you too, if you want to eat, eat, but don't eat it in front of Banggeng. Aren't you making him crave it?"

Jia Zhangshi thought about it and realized he was right. She picked up the basin containing the chicken and walked out: "I won't eat the chicken. I'll take it outside and freeze it. Then we can still eat a few bites of frozen chicken."

Watching Jia Zhangshi walk out of the room with the chicken, Qin Huairu sighed helplessly.

Banggeng's mung bean-sized eyes were full of hatred, his fists tightly clenched, and he gritted his teeth.

Xiaodang and Huaihua sat on the chairs, swallowing their saliva as they smelled the lingering scent of stewed chicken in the air.

"Qin Jie! Does this matter really just end like this?"

Jia Zhangshi was no longer in the room, and Sha Zhuzi leaned over to Qin Huairu and whispered.

Qin Huairu said listlessly: "What else can we do? I don't want Banggeng to spend the New Year in the juvenile detention center."

Regardless of whether Cao Weiguo intentionally played tricks with the sausage, Banggeng was in the wrong for secretly taking and eating it.

The sausage was on their own windowsill; they didn't invite you to eat it, let alone force you to eat it.

It was you who stole it and ate it!

How can a thief steal something, upset their stomach, and then go to the owner for compensation?

Do you really think there is no place to reason in this world?

Do you really think everyone is unable to distinguish right from wrong?

Do you really think the law is just for show?

Do you really think Cao Weiguo is a soft persimmon?

Now, let alone settling the score with Cao Weiguo, Qin Huairu was worried that Cao Weiguo would shout about catching a thief.

Sha Zhuzi gritted his teeth and said: "That bad seed Cao Weiguo is simply not a thing. I think he intentionally set a trap to harm Banggeng. Who puts so much chili in sausage? Can that kind of sausage be delicious? Only a fool would be able to eat it."

Banggeng said a fair word: "That sausage was quite delicious."

Sha Zhuzi looked at Banggeng as if looking in a mirror, thinking to himself: "So this Banggeng is also a fool!"

Qin Huairu turned to Sha Zhuzi and said: "Zhuzi, listen to me on this matter, absolutely do not make a scene. Otherwise, if Banggeng is caught and sent to the juvenile detention center, don't think about me taking care of you in the future."

Sha Zhuzi said unhappily: "Sister, look at what you're saying. Since you've spoken, how dare I not listen? Fine, fine, fine. Since you, as the mother, aren't pursuing it, then I don't want to meddle in other people's business."

"Huairu is home! Yo! Sha Zhuzi is here too!"

"Notifying you of something, there's another thief in our courtyard. Cao Weiguo's sausage on the windowsill is missing. You should pay more attention to your family's belongings and be careful not to have them stolen by a thief."

"It's almost New Year, how come there's a thief?"

Before long, the Second Uncle walked into the room with his big belly, carrying his official air as he came to the Jia house.

Hearing the Second Uncle's words, Banggeng's expression turned ugly, and Qin Huairu forced a smile: "Got it, Second Uncle!"

The Second Uncle saw Banggeng lying on the bed and asked kindly: "How is Banggeng? Is he alright?"

Qin Huairu said with a bitter face: "He's fine, just upset his stomach from drinking cold water. He'll be fine after resting for two days."

The Second Uncle said: "That's good. Don't drink too much cold water in the middle of winter. Alright, you stay here, I still have to notify other residents. This damn thief should be caught and shot."

Banggeng stared viciously at the Second Uncle's back: "You old thing! You just wait! You want me to be shot? I'll make you eat shit first!" ===== CHAPTER 1046 =====