Seeing Chunhuaâs determined look, Sister-in-law Song was enraged and embarrassed, and with a shout, she was about to fight Chunhua.
Cheng Su was startled. This was a move without saying a word, and quickly stepped between the two, saying: "Sister-in-law Song, letâs talk it out, weâre all neighbors, donât resort to violence."
"Cheng Su, step aside. I want to see if she dares to hit me. Sheâs done sneaky things and thinks sheâs right, even dares to hit people!" Chunhua pulled Cheng Su aside, angrily said: "Iâll go to the leaders, find the organization, and get her disciplined, see if sheâs still right then."
Hearing about disciplinary action, Sister-in-law Songâs hand paused, her eyes became evasive, and she quickly retorted loudly: "Go ahead, find them, Iâm saying youâre slandering me! Without evidence, how can you call me a thief?"
Chunhua sneered: "Then who stole the oil from my home, whose intestines rot, can you swear?"
"Why should I swear? I didnât do it!" Sister-in-law Song said: "Just because my family is poor, you assume it was me, youâre looking down on people."
"Bah, everyone knows what youâre like normally. Aunt Cheng buys two bunches of scallions, and you make excuses to take one, whatâs stealing oil? Youâre shameless." Chunhua spat.
"You, you, Iâll ruin your mouth!" Sister-in-law Song raised her hand to claw.
"Come on, whoâs afraid of whom!"
Cheng Su shouted: "Stop it!"
Chunhua and Sister-in-law Song paused at the shout.
"Weâre all neighbors, whatâs the fuss? Is there anything that canât be openly discussed?" Cheng Su said, "Chunhua, you too, without evidence, donât point fingers randomly."
"Who else could it be but her? Sheâs so petty, sheâd grab poop if she could take it home!" Chunhua said coldly.
"Sister-in-law Qi is right, you have no evidence, itâs slander, I could sue you!" Sister-in-law Song said, pleased.
"Sister-in-law Song, you too, a bit of oil is nothing, if you donât have any, just say, everyone could share a little, couldnât they?" Cheng Su said, "Last time you didnât have enough oil for frying peanuts, didnât I let you use some of mine?"
"When did you give any?"
"I definitely did, just a few days ago, you used it and wonât admit it, isnât that wrong?" Cheng Su deliberately frowned.
"No, I used Chunhuaâs..." Sister-in-law Song suddenly covered her mouth, looking fearfully at the two of them.
Itâs over!
"Well well! The foxâs tail showed, confessing without being beaten!" Chunhua laughed.
Cheng Su frowned tightly, she was just bluffing, truth is, she didnât see Sister-in-law Song use oil from Chunhuaâs house, but the two neighborsâ cabinets were adjacent, she just caught a glimpse of Sister-in-law Song putting the oil back in Chunhuaâs cabinet, and didnât think much of it then.
Sister-in-law Song realized, and started wailing: "Great, youâve teamed up to bully me, an outsider."
She threw a tantrum and shouted profanities.
"Sister-in-law Song, thatâs enough, if it really reaches the leaders, Platoon Leader Song might be in trouble, a disciplinary action would be messy." Cheng Su said calmly.
The wailing suddenly stopped.
"And again, weâre neighbors, seeing each other all the time, if thereâs any shortcoming, just say, help when able. But stealing and sneaking, itâs pointless. Sister-in-law Song, you have two sons, theyâre going to kindergarten, you donât want them embarrassed, right? And Platoon Leader Song! If this gets out, would they still have face?" Cheng Su added.
Sister-in-law Song, somewhat flustered, glanced at Cheng Su, then at the arrogant Chunhua, and softened her tone, saying: "I, I just took a little, canât I return it?"