She won't clear her name; she'll throw away all the scum.

“What do you know? My grandpa said that a little girl like this should be grateful for even a bite to eat. She doesn’t deserve to eat such good food.”

He mimicked the village's swear words, "You still want me to apologize? Go to hell! If I wanted to eat her food, she should have given it to me obediently long ago. You have no sense of propriety, you're a motherless wretch, you'll be beaten to death in the future."

"You dare to talk back to me? Believe me or not, I'll beat you up. You little brats, I could take down several of you with one punch."

He threatened them with his fists. He was older and stronger than the kids, and in the eyes of the other kids, he was a very bad guy.

"Charge! We must defeat the bad guys! There are so many of us, don't be afraid of them!"

The children were furious when they heard this. This older brother was completely unreasonable; he not only scolded them but also tried to hit them.

They shouted slogans and started fighting with Hu Bin.

At this age, unless they are injured, children will handle things on their own and won't call for adults. It's normal for young children to roughhouse, so some parents don't pay much attention to the noise in the yard.

Hu Bin was suddenly surrounded and beaten by so many people, and he was still hurt. Unlike the other children, he immediately burst into tears, which attracted the attention of his father and his family inside the house.

When the adults from the Hu family came out, they saw that these little brats were bullying Hu Bin alone, so they immediately stepped forward and pulled the children apart. They were a bit too rough, and some of the children's wrists were pinched so hard they hurt.

But they didn't cry. They just pointed at Hu Bin and said that he had snatched Chen Lingling's things first, pushed her, and not only did he not get the money, he also beat them.

I thought Hu Bin's elders would scold him, but I didn't expect that they would be the ones scolded.

Mr. Hu: "What's wrong with my grandson eating a pancake? You kids are so stingy."

Hu Wei: "It was just an accidental push, no one was hurt, why are you being so unreasonable?"

Mother Hu: "Oh dear, did you get hurt? Let Grandma blow on it."

Jinju: "My son, you vicious children, how did your parents raise you? You are all so rude, bullying my son, an outsider. Call your parents right now."

"You've injured my son! Come over here and pay me back!"

"How did you raise these kids? They're supposed to be city kids, but they have no manners at all. I bet you're all destined for jail. You're so young and you already know how to twist the truth. You're all bad elements."

The other members of the Hu family thought about it and realized that their children had been injured, so they needed to pay compensation. Life in the city was so expensive; the compensation would help them recoup some of their losses.

But they didn't notice that Hu Bin was just crying loudly; he only had some red marks on his body, which were about to disappear.

The little brats were all scolded to tears, sobbing and trying to argue back, but the Hu family wouldn't listen and kept scolding them.

They stumbled and ran to call for their parents, their eyes red and swollen, looking utterly pitiful.

Most of the adults in the compound had gone to work, except for the elderly and some women. When they saw their children running in crying, recounting incoherently what had just happened, they were all furious.

The courtyard where Grandma Xia lived became lively again. This time, it wasn't just people from their own courtyard; people from other courtyards also joined in.

"Whose relatives are you? I've never seen you here before."

"Tell me, how did my child bully your child?"

"Which shameless adult is bullying a child? Look how badly they pinched my child, it's all bruised."

"The kids are just playing around, how come you adults are joining in? You're shameless."

"I heard that his child even steals things from others. Like father, like son."

"You even say our children are bad elements? I think your children are destined to be nothing but peanuts."