coobybook Chapter 163 Shazhu...he was beaten
Chapter 163 Shazhu...he was beaten
"Hungry?" Yi Zhonghai frowned, "Don't you have any food at home?"
"Yes..." Banggeng's voice was as low as a mosquito.
"Since you have food to eat, why do you steal?" Yi Zhonghai's tone became even more severe.
Banggeng didn't dare to speak, he just lowered his head, tears welling up in his eyes.
"Banggeng, tell me honestly, do you want to eat meat?" At this time, Qin Huairu, who had been silent all the time, suddenly asked.
Bang Geng raised his head, looked at Qin Huairu, then at Jia Zhangshi, and finally nodded.
"I knew it!" Qin Huairu sighed, "Bang Geng, if you want to eat meat, you can tell mom. I will buy it for you even if I have to sell everything I have. How can you steal?"
"I...I..." Banggeng lowered his head, not knowing what to say.
"Okay, Huairu, don't blame Banggeng. He's just a child and doesn't know much." Yi Zhonghai said, "I think we should just let this matter go. Banggeng has realized his mistake and he won't make the same mistake again next time."
"Uncle, how can we do this?" Yan Bugui became anxious when he heard that Yi Zhonghai wanted to settle the matter peacefully. "Banggeng stole my family's steamed bread. We can't just let it go like this!"
"Yes, uncle, this thief must be severely punished, otherwise what will happen in the future?"
"Yes, we can't let him off easily!"
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The neighbors around also spoke up and called for severe punishment for Bang Geng.
Yi Zhonghai's face looked a little ugly. He originally wanted to make a big deal out of a small matter and settle the matter peacefully, but he didn't expect to cause public outrage. He looked at Chu Tian, then at Jia Zhangshi, and finally sighed and said, "Then what do you think, how should this matter be handled?"
"In my opinion, Banggeng should be asked to pay!" Yan Bugui was the first to speak up, "My steamed bread is made of refined white flour, he should at least pay fifty cents!"
"Fifty cents?" Jia Zhang was furious when she heard this. "Why don't you just go and rob? Fifty cents for a steamed bun?"
"My flour is refined white..."
"What's wrong with refined white flour? Can you steal refined white flour?" Jia Zhang retorted without showing any weakness.
"you……"
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Yan Bugui and Jia Zhang started arguing again and were about to fight.
Chu Tian felt a headache when he saw the farce in front of him. He wanted to teach Bang Geng a lesson, but he didn't expect to cause so much trouble. He was about to speak when he suddenly felt someone pulling his trouser leg.
Chu Tian looked down and saw a little girl looking up at him timidly.
This little girl was none other than Qin Huairu's daughter, Xiaodang.
"Uncle..." Xiao Dang called out timidly, "Can you...can you do me a favor?"
Chu Tian was startled by this sudden action. He looked down and saw Xiaodang's big watery eyes looking at him pitifully, with tear marks on his dirty little face.
This little girl has always been smart. She often follows Bang Geng to fish in troubled waters. What happened today? Something must be wrong. Chu Tian asked calmly, "What do you want me to do for you?"
Xiaodang bit her lip, looked at Jia Zhang timidly, then at Chu Tian, and seemed to be hesitant to speak.
"Tell me, I will definitely help you in any way I can." Chu Tian tried to speak in a gentle tone. He wanted to see what this little girl was up to.
"I..." Xiao Dang took a deep breath, as if he had finally made up his mind, "Uncle, I apologize to you on behalf of my brother. Can you...can you not let my brother pay for it?"
Chu Tian raised his eyebrows. This little girl is quite loyal, but... "Why do you want to apologize on behalf of your brother? Your brother stole something, not you."
Xiao Dang lowered his head, his voice as thin as a mosquito: "I... I know my brother did something wrong, but... but our family doesn't have the money to pay..."
"No money?" Chu Tian sneered, "How dare you steal things when you have no money? If you have no money, don't eat white flour steamed bread!"
"No, uncle, listen to me..." Xiao Dang was so anxious that tears were about to fall, "My brother...he didn't mean to steal, he just...just wanted to eat meat..."
"Want to eat meat?" Chu Tian's heart moved. This was the truth. Banggeng was obsessed with eating meat and would do anything to get it.
"Yes, my brother hasn't eaten meat for a long time..." Xiaodang said, tears falling down, "My mother eats steamed bread and pickles every day, and only gives my brother a white steamed bread, but my brother says the white steamed bread is not delicious, he wants to eat meat..."
Chu Tian looked at Xiao Dang crying and suddenly felt sorry for her. Although this child was clever, she was just a child after all. Moreover, she was telling the truth. He knew the situation of the Jia family very well. If Bang Geng wanted to eat meat, he could only think about it.
"Okay, stop crying." Chu Tian sighed, took out a dollar from his pocket and handed it to Xiao Dang, "Take it, buy some meat for your brother."
Xiaodang stared blankly at the money in Chu Tian's hand and didn't react for a while.
"Take it, don't let your brother steal things again." Chu Tian said, stuffing the money into Xiaodang's hand, then turned and left.
"Uncle..." Xiao Dang looked at Chu Tian's departing back, her eyes filled with tears again, but this time, it was no longer grievance and fear, but an indescribable feeling of being moved.
"Uncle, look..." Yan Bugui saw Chu Tian leaving, and hurriedly came to Yi Zhonghai and asked anxiously, "What...what should I do?"
Yi Zhonghai frowned, but before he could say anything, Jia Zhang snatched the money from Xiaodang's hand and said with a smile, "Oh, thank you, brother Chu Tian, thank you so much!"
"Mom, this money is for Xiaodang to buy meat..." Xiaodang said timidly.
"What kind of meat do you want to buy? Can buying meat satisfy your hunger?" Jia Zhang glared at Xiao Dang. "This money is given to me by my brother Chu Tian as a gift!"
"You..." Xiaodang's face turned red with anger, but he didn't dare to refute.
"Alright, stop arguing!" Yi Zhonghai couldn't stand it anymore and shouted angrily, "Jia Zhang, you..."
Before Yi Zhonghai could finish his words, he was interrupted by the sound of hurried footsteps.
"Oh no, oh no! Something happened!" Xu Damao ran over in a panic, his face pale and his forehead covered with cold sweat.
"What's wrong? What happened?" everyone asked when they saw this.
"Shazhu...Shazhu he..." Xu Damao was out of breath and couldn't utter a complete sentence for a long time.
"What's wrong with you, Silly Zhu? Tell me now!"
"Silly Zhu...he was beaten!"