C16

When Xu Yun returned home, she felt the desolation of the home as soon as she entered. Her grandmother wasn't at home, and her mother wasn't. She put down her schoolbag, washed her hands, and then used a pressure cooker to cook.

When it was almost dark, Miao Shufeng and Xu Ya came back, followed by an emaciated grandmother with puffy eyes.

As soon as Miao Shufeng walked in, she sat on the sofa and cried silently. Xu Ya was in a trance. He picked up a cigarette from his pocket, lit it up and leaned against the door while smoking.

"Dad, mom, grandma, I've finished cooking."

Grandmother was about to reply, but Miao Shufeng opened her tired eyes like an ignited cannon. She then growled, "What are you still eating for? People at home are already dying, how can we even have the appetite for a meal?"

Xu Yun took a deep breath. She knew that her mother was in a bad mood and had no place to vent her anger. That was why she shouted at her mother.

His grandma immediately perked up and whispered, "Yun is sensible now. Your mother is not in a good mood. Please accompany your grandma to cook."

Xu Yun didn't say anything and just nodded. She quickly packed up her class and followed her grandma to the kitchen at the back.

Seeing her grandma washing the cabbages while wiping away her tears, Xu Yun knew that her grandma must have been to the police station.

"Grandma, how is brother doing?"

"Your brother is an idiot. Even now, he still talks about brotherhood, saying that he's the mastermind. Say, your brother, he …" "Will it?" Grandma couldn't continue, her voice was so choked that it made one's heart ache.

Xu Yun bit her lips and cut the food in worry.

What could she do?

She was only fourteen now. She had no connections or money, and she was still a worm. The only thing she could do was help her mother do some housework and lighten their burdens.

As for her big brother Xu Tang, she really couldn't help him anymore.

"Grandma, that's not possible. Big brother hasn't reached adulthood, so he definitely won't be sentenced to death."

"Even if it wasn't the death penalty, I would still be jailed for more than ten years. Grandma doesn't know if she would still be alive to see him come out." The more he thought about it, the more heartbroken he became.

"Grandmother, don't cry. You will definitely live for a hundred years." Xu Yun gritted her teeth.

As she watched her grandmother's tears fall as she desperately fought for her life, her heart was also in pain. She finally managed to make a simple two dishes and a soup, and the sounds of Miao Shufeng and Xu Ya quarreling came from the living room.

"I was really blind back then. So many people didn't marry, but they did. You only knew how to stay at school all day long. How many people did you manage, son?" It is all because of you that he has come to this day. Xu Ya, you are not human! "

"You are blind, and I am blind as well. Last time, I told you that Xu Tang is currently in the rebellious phase, and you have to spend more time with him. But you, you go play mahjong every night. Do you still have the face to say that I'm not human?"

"I've spent my time with him, but he wants me to stay with him too. Can I stay with him? It was a son, not a daughter. Last month, when I locked him in the house, he jumped down from the second floor and ran out. Do you know how weak I am? Look at other people's families, who isn't under father's charge, yet you still push the blame onto me. Xu Ya, I really hate you. "

"Alright, let's not argue here. What has happened has already happened, so there's no use in pursuing the responsibility now. If he says so much nonsense, why don't we think of a way to pull him?"

"Do you want to pull him now? Why didn't you do it when you knew he was in rebellion? He is now standing up taller than me, and his fists are clenched stronger than mine. I'll hit him, I won't dare to hit him, I'll curse him, and he runs away again. How am I supposed to handle this? "

Miao Shufeng cried and roared. Thinking about what Xu Ya said to blame her, her heart went cold.

"Alright, there's no use talking about it anymore. I admit that I was wrong, but it's not completely my fault. I'm also giving up money for this family. If I don't work, then the money will be used to support them."

Miao Shufeng wasn't a rude and unreasonable person. When she heard Xu Ya lower his head, she stopped refuting and started crying. Her heart turned cold.

Xu Ya threw the cigarette butt onto the ground and stepped on it flat. He held his head weakly and said hoarsely, "What a stupid thing to take so much money. Did he ever think about what it would be like to be a parent? Feng, I really want to rush in and beat him up. "

"Beat him. You only know how to hit him. After so many years, are you thinking of ways to transfer him back to the city? If you were home everyday, how could your son have ended up like this?"

Xu Ya clenched his fists painfully and felt depressed for a long time.

Her grandmother held Xu Yun's hand, not knowing what to say. To be able to live to her age, she knew that living was tough, especially when one was in his thirties.

With such a huge incident happening at home, everyone's heart was in pain. They needed to vent their frustrations, to vent it all out. Otherwise, they would have to hold it in in order to become sick.

"Yun, you go eat first. After you're done, go upstairs and read some books. Ah!"

Looking at the gloomy atmosphere, Xu Yun knew that she was powerless to help. She silently nodded and prepared to leave.

At this moment, Miao Shufeng said, "What do we do now?"

"There's no other way. I can only think of a way to use the money to pull him."

"The Deng Family wants one hundred thousand yuan, where would we get that much money?"

A hundred thousand!

It was like a lion opening its mouth wide. One had to know that at this time in 1998, anyone with 10,000 yuan in savings could be called a 10,000 yuan household. In front of everyone, that was a very impressive thing.

"Let's borrow it. I'll think of a way to borrow it from Big Sis, Second Sis, Third Sis, and Fourth Sis."

"Even if I were to borrow more, I wouldn't be able to borrow that much."

"How much can I borrow? Tomorrow, you can go to the Deng Family and talk about it. Try to keep it private. Let's see if it can be any less."

Miao Shufeng's face turned green and she gritted her teeth. Thinking of going to the Deng Family again to take revenge, she felt like vomiting blood.

In her entire life, she had never begged and begged like this, not to mention that she was the principal of a high school. For her son's sake, she had splashed herself, not only with money, but also with words and insults.

"If I don't go, I'll go with you. You don't know how ugly their scolding is. I've never been this angry before in my life."

"No matter how angry we are, we still have to endure. Who asked that stupid thing to beat their son to death? If it were us, we would have still cursed at them harshly. For this sort of thing, you women would have acted better." Xu Ya felt that his hair had turned white from worry. His voice sounded old and hoarse and scary.

Miao Shufeng knew that Xu Ya was speaking the truth. For matters like gifts, it was better for women to step in, at least for the families of the dead, they wouldn't hit women. But if Xu Ya went there, there was no guarantee that it would happen.