At this point, Lu Yuting was in the phase where he loved being a teacher. Seeing that they had almost finished eating the peanuts, he immediately said, “Come on, class is starting…”
Lu Yuning: “…”
Anyone who didn’t know better would think this little teacher of theirs was some kind of amazing scholar!
However, Lu Yuchun and Lu Yuping actually liked learning quite a lot. They were right in the middle of enjoying themselves, so as soon as they heard Lu Yuting, they immediately went to wash their hands, then came back and sat properly, obediently waiting for Lu Yuting to start the lesson.
Lu Yuning had no choice but to wash her hands and come over to sit down as well.
Grandma Lu turned around and saw that they hadn’t been frightened by what had just happened. Her heart relaxed, and a relieved smile appeared on her face. She went back to continue tidying things up.
If Grandma Jiu hadn’t caused such a commotion just now, she had originally wanted to write a letter to Lu Yuxin. After being delayed for so long, she should start preparing the meal after tidying up a little. Otherwise, when everyone else came back from work later, there wouldn’t be any food to eat.
However, it wasn’t long before Eldest Uncle Lu’s wife and the others returned. They had all heard along the way that Grandma Jiu had run over to cause trouble for Grandma Lu.
Eldest Uncle Lu’s wife frowned tightly.
Grandma Jiu was becoming more and more unreasonable.
What the hell did her family’s affairs have to do with theirs?
She had actually had the nerve to come over and cause trouble for them?
She was simply ridiculous!
After Eldest Uncle Lu’s wife returned, put down her things, and washed her hands, she went to talk to Grandma Lu.
“Mom, was it Ninth Aunt who came to give you trouble? I’ll go find her right now!”
Grandma Lu said calmly, “Why bother with her? If she doesn’t go crazy at least once a day, she probably won’t feel comfortable. All these years, I thought she’d changed her ways. Who would’ve thought she hasn’t changed at all.”
Eldest Uncle Lu’s wife frowned. “Mom, we can’t just let this go.”
Second Uncle Lu’s wife was outside tidying things up and preparing food. Mother Lu also came in, frowning as she said, “Exactly, Mom. If you don’t properly talk to Ninth Aunt this time, she’ll keep doing this in the future.”
Grandma Lu snorted.
“Let her come. Am I afraid of her? She didn’t get any advantage today, and her face will be even more swollen tomorrow!”
Eldest Uncle Lu’s wife pressed her lips together.
“Why don’t I write a letter to Lu Yuxin and tell him about it? Although he and Lu Da aren’t stationed in the same military district, he knows where Lu Da is…”
Grandma Lu shook her head.
“No need. Let this matter end here. If we make it any bigger, we’d be giving her too much face! You’re all juniors. There’s no need for you to get involved. Don’t worry. I’ve never been the one to suffer a loss. If your Ninth Aunt thinks she can take advantage of me, she’s dreaming!”
Seeing that Grandma Lu had said so, Eldest Uncle Lu’s wife and Mother Lu could only listen to her. But in their hearts, they had an even worse impression of the Ninth Branch.
What kind of people were they?
Every single day, they were always making a fuss over nothing.
What they didn’t know was that after Grandma Lu had calmed down several of her daughters-in-law, Grandpa Lu had directly gone to cause trouble for Ninth Grandpa!
Grandpa Lu had always treated people warmly and peacefully. Or rather, he had always silently worked and rarely said much, let alone gotten into fights.
But this time, as soon as he returned from work, he heard people along the way saying that Grandma Jiu had gone to cause trouble for Grandma Lu. He hadn’t even reached home before Grandpa Lu’s expression had already turned extremely grim.
Second Uncle Lu and Father Lu were also extremely angry.
One of them had followed Fifth Uncle Lu to Hongping Brigade to work, while the other had gone to town to work. The furniture factory in town needed to rush a batch of furniture, so Second Uncle Lu had gone over to temporarily fill in. He could earn two yuan a day, plus overtime pay, and they would provide one evening meal.
For rural people, the wage offered by this furniture factory in town was considered very high.
Even if Second Uncle Lu had to walk there early in the morning and walk back home afterward, he was still willing.
Today was considered his trial day. Starting tomorrow, Second Uncle Lu would have to stay in town directly, living in Lu Yusong’s dormitory.
Lu Yusong was a permanent worker at the furniture factory. He had a bed at the factory, which happened to be available for Second Uncle Lu to stay in.
Originally, Second Uncle Lu had returned home wanting to tell his family how good this temporary job was and so on. Who would’ve thought that as soon as he reached the village entrance, he heard people saying that Grandma Jiu had gotten into a fight with his mother that day?
Although he later found out that it was actually his mother who had beaten Grandma Jiu single-handedly, Second Uncle Lu was still furious!
This Ninth Aunt was truly a bully!
It had been like this ever since he was a child. Back then, the country had not yet been founded, and the world was still in chaos. Every time, Grandma Jiu would try to take a little advantage of their family.
Their fields bordered each other, so she would always try to shift the ridge one or two inches toward their side. Or when harvesting rice or wheat, she would always cut past the boundary. When watering the fields, she would deliberately release the water into the wrong ditch, and so on…
In short, things like this happened all the time!
When he was young, Second Uncle Lu had gotten into more than a few fights with Ninth Uncle’s second and eldest sons because of this!
Father Lu also remembered these things.
Grandpa Lu remembered them even more clearly. Therefore, the moment he entered the alley, he went straight into the Ninth Branch’s open courtyard!
Second Uncle Lu and Father Lu were startled when they saw this. They hurriedly followed, afraid that their father would suffer a loss too!
Who would’ve thought that Grandpa Lu would charge straight toward Ninth Grandpa, who was sitting in the main room of the house? He grabbed Ninth Grandpa by the collar, dragged him out into the courtyard, and immediately threw several punches at him!
Ninth Grandpa was completely stunned by the beating!
“Ow! Tenth Brother! What are you doing?”
Grandpa Lu’s face was expressionless as he said in a deep voice, “What am I doing? Beating you!”
Ninth Grandpa: “…”
When Second Uncle Lu and Father Lu saw this, they hurried forward and pretended to pull them apart.
“Ah, Dad, don’t be angry. Don’t hit him anymore.”
“Dad, let go quickly. Ninth Uncle is already old…”
Grandpa Lu said nothing. He simply held onto Ninth Grandpa and kept throwing punches at him!
Ninth Grandpa became furious too.
“Tenth Brother! That’s enough! What have I ever done to you? Do you really have to beat me like this?”
“Hmph! You can’t even manage your own wife every day. If I don’t beat you, am I supposed to wait until New Year?”
Ninth Grandpa: “…”
He was in so much pain from the beating that he immediately tried to fight back. But just as he raised his hand, Second Uncle Lu, who had been standing beside them pretending to pull them apart all this time, grabbed his arm.
“Hey, hey, hey, Ninth Uncle, don’t get angry. Dad, stop hitting him. This has nothing to do with Ninth Uncle…”
Father Lu also kept agreeing.
“Exactly, exactly…”
But under his feet, he kept tripping Ninth Grandpa and helping Grandpa Lu.
Ninth Grandpa: “…”
Damn it!
These three father and sons were bullying people too much!
Ninth Uncle’s eldest son only came over from the backyard at this point. He had just gone to look at the private plot behind the house to see which section could be left for their fifth son to build a house on. In just that short while, he came back to see Tenth Uncle holding his father by the collar and beating him!
Ninth Uncle’s eldest son: !!!
“Tenth Uncle! Tenth Uncle, stop! Why are you beating my dad when everything was fine?”
When Second Uncle Lu saw this, he hurried forward to block him, his face cold.
“Hmph. Your family’s business has already caused trouble for my family. Isn’t it perfectly normal for my dad to come and cause trouble for yours?”
Ninth Uncle’s eldest son: “…”
Ninth Grandpa: “…”
Grandma Jiu, who had been applying medicine to the places where Grandma Lu had slapped and kicked her earlier, couldn’t care about that anymore when she heard the commotion and hurriedly ran out.
The moment she saw what was happening, she immediately shouted, “Heavens above! Is there no law anymore? How can you just run into my house and beat someone for no reason?!”
Grandpa Lu completely ignored her. Instead, he struck even harder, landing a punch directly on Ninth Grandpa’s nose and making it bleed.
Ninth Grandpa struggled to fight back, but Father Lu, who had been “pulling them apart” from the side all this time, blocked him every time.
“Ah, Dad, let’s talk things out. Let’s talk things out…”
Over there, seeing that Ninth Grandpa was being beaten so badly, Ninth Uncle’s eldest son anxiously tried to come over and help. Second Uncle Lu immediately raised his hand and pushed him back.
“What? You want to get involved too?”
Ninth Uncle’s eldest son was furious.
“Why are you stopping me?”
Second Uncle Lu sneered.
“I am stopping you. What are you going to do about it?”
Ninth Uncle’s eldest son gritted his teeth and stepped forward to push Second Uncle Lu away. Naturally, Second Uncle Lu refused to let him.
As a result, the two of them started fighting too!
When Father Lu saw this, he immediately turned around and helped his second brother hold down Ninth Uncle’s eldest son.
Ninth Uncle’s eldest son: “…”
Ninth Grandpa: “…”
When Grandma Jiu saw this, she had no time to keep shouting. She immediately charged forward!
“Ah! I’ll fight all of you to the death!”
Ninth Uncle’s eldest son’s wife had originally been cooking in the kitchen. But when she heard all the commotion outside, she immediately dropped the spatula and rushed out to help her husband!
Next door, Lu Yuning and the others heard the commotion and hurriedly ran out to look.
The moment Lu Yuning saw how chaotic the scene was, she shouted loudly, “Grandma! Grandma! Something terrible happened! Ninth Grandpa is beating Grandpa! Ninth Uncle’s eldest son is beating my dad!”
When Grandma Lu and the others heard this, they immediately ran out.
The moment Grandma Lu saw Grandma Jiu actually reaching out to scratch Grandpa Lu, she rushed forward, pulled her away with one hand, and slapped her again!
Smack!
This time, the slap knocked one of Grandma Jiu’s teeth right out!
Grandma Lu was furious.
“Are you people looking for death?”
Ninth Grandpa was so aggrieved that he nearly wanted to cry.
“Tenth Sister-in-law, I wasn’t the one who wanted to hit him. It was Tenth Brother who…”
Grandpa Lu’s final punch landed right on Ninth Grandpa’s eye. In an instant, his eye socket turned black and blue!
Only then did Grandpa Lu let go and push him away. He said coldly, “Keep your wife under control. Otherwise, I won’t let you off!”
Hmph! He didn’t care about anything else. If Ninth Sister-in-law came looking for trouble with his wife, then he would beat Ninth Brother!
Ninth Grandpa was so furious he could have died from anger!
They were obviously the ones who had come looking for trouble with him, weren’t they? And now they were actually saying this?
Was there any justice in this world?
Second Uncle Lu and Father Lu had also thrown a few punches at Ninth Uncle’s eldest son. Seeing Grandpa Lu let go, they released him as well. Ninth Uncle’s eldest son was equally furious!
Originally, he had planned to build a house for his fifth son on their private plot.
But now?
He had made up his mind.
He was going to build it at the foot of the mountain!
Even if he had to build a thatched hut, it would still be better than living like this!
Grandma Jiu was even more aggrieved.
“You people are bullying us too much!”
Grandma Lu snorted coldly.
“Who told you to cause trouble for no reason?”
Grandpa Lu coldly glanced at her, picked up the hoe, and took Grandma Lu’s hand.
“Wife, let’s go. If she dares come to our house again, tell me. If I can’t beat her to death, I’ll beat her husband to death!”
Ninth Grandpa: “…”
Too arrogant!
But there was nothing he could do about it. Who could blame Tenth Brother for being sturdier than him? Even though Tenth Brother had a mild personality, he still had more strength than him. If they really fought, he was genuinely no match for him!
Lu Yuning’s eyes widened.
Her grandpa was so cool!
Father Lu and Second Uncle Lu also gave Ninth Uncle’s eldest son a cold snort before turning around and leaving.
Second Uncle Lu’s wife and Mother Lu looked at them.
“Are you alright?”
Second Uncle Lu and Father Lu shook their heads.
“We’re fine.”
The family returned home, leaving Ninth Grandpa covered in injuries. He looked at Grandma Jiu with even more anger.
“Look at what you’ve done!”
No ability, yet always causing trouble. She really had too much free time!
“Tomorrow, you’re coming to work in the fields with me!”
Grandma Jiu: “…”
She hadn’t worked in the fields for many years.
She never expected that she would have to go back to work again now.
She didn’t even know how much the people in the brigade would laugh at her tomorrow!
Just as Grandma Jiu was thinking about this, she turned her head and saw the people peeking their heads out from their doorways in the alley.
Her vision immediately went dark.
It was over!
This was truly humiliating!
And wasn’t it?
By now, everyone in the entire brigade already knew about it. They were all talking about whether the people of the Ninth Branch had something wrong with their heads.
Otherwise, why would they have gone out of their way to provoke the Tenth Branch?