This New Year's holiday was a real rollercoaster. Afterward, all sorts of freaks and fiends came crawling out of the woodwork to strut their stuff.
Before the first month of the new year was over, Mrs. Xiao came knocking. She was easy to handle; Xiao Furen sent her packing without Zuo Daya even knowing she'd been there.
Next, seeing how well Zuo Daya was doing, a resentful Li Qiang's mother shamelessly showed up. She brazenly demanded compensation, arguing that since her son was dead because of Yuan Si, and Yuan Si was still alive and well, she was owed something. She made the outrageous demand of three hundred yuan, plus an annual payment of fifty yuan, which she considered the filial support her second son could no longer provide.
Zuo Daya was so angry she laughed. 'Is this woman insane? I should be the one looking for trouble with her, and she has the gall to come to my house and stir things up? She must be looking for a beating.'
