Grandpa Chen took a sip of his tea, glanced at Wang Muxiao and Liu Hua and asked, "I wonder why niece Wang and niece Liu came to my place today?"
Wang Muxiao took a sip of water and frowned. She was used to drinking mountain spring water and could no longer swallow the brackish water.
Putting down the cup, she said with a smile, "Uncle Chen, I’m here today to talk about my nephew and niece’s medical expenses. It’s been ten days since your grandson beat my family’s children. Gou Dan’s mother promised to compensate my nephew and niece before."
Grandpa Chen frowned after hearing her words. But before he could refute, Wang Muxiao said again, "Uncle Chen, you won’t pretend to know nothing and try to avoid the responsibility, right?"
Grandpa Chen was about to explain, but was interrupted by Liu Hua. She clutched her chest, looked at her friend with wide eyes, and said in disbelief, "Ah Xiao, how can you say that about Uncle Chen?"
"Uncle Chen is a wise, generous and righteous man. Two days ago, when his family separated, he gave more than 150 yuan and a lot of food to other branches. Therefore, he will never evade responsibility and pretend to be poor."
"Am I right, Uncle Chen?" She added with a smile.
Wang Muxiao nodded, breathed a sigh of relief, and said apologetically, "Uncle Chen, I’m sorry to misunderstand you. It’s just that my family has no money, and I really have no choice but to come to you. You won’t blame me for this, right?"
Seeing them talking with each other like no one else was around, Grandpa Chen was filled with anger. He knew clearly that these two women were pushing him to the high ground to prevent him from refusing to pay. But, can he refute their words?
Although he gave a little money and food to each member of the other branches, the total amount of money he gave for each branch was indeed almost two hundred yuan. So, what they said was not wrong.
What’s more, when they praise him, if he refutes their words, wouldn’t that be equivalent to admitting that he is a stupid, stingy, and cunning person?
Grandpa Chen almost vomited three litters of his old blood from their shrewdness, and wanted to explain. But before he could utter a word, he heard his second son interrupted him and said proudly, "Of course! My family will never break our promise. Since my sister-in-law promised you and your family, we will honor it."
Hearing this, Grandpa Chen’s face turned red then green then white as he glared at his stupid son. He wished he could slap him to death to prevent him from talking nonsense again.
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