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

Chen Xiangnan bent over, put his legs on his shoulders, and sat on the man's shoulders in a horse-riding posture.

He didn't get down, but just held the other person's head and said, "I don't think this is right?"

The guy below said, "What's wrong with you? Can you hurry up? Didn't you say this family would be home by 5 o'clock sharp? Why are you pulling my hair? The guys are still hungry!"

Chen Xiangbei: "If all else fails, I'll just steal some food from my own house, instead of stealing from others."

A commenter below said: "Don't you have any brotherhood at all? The die is cast and you're telling me you're backing out? You chickened out?"

Chen Xiangbei was very honest: "Yes, I chickened out, I quit. If you guys are still planning to continue, then I'm going home for dinner."

The commenter below: ...He must have been cursed.

"Something's wrong! Run! Someone's coming!"

"Didn't you say there was no one here?"

Everyone scattered in panic, and Chen Xiangbei rode his friend to a safe place.

"That scared me to death! Luckily I didn't go in." Chen Xiangbei covered his mouth, feeling that his sixth sense as a man was still quite accurate. He had just thought of what his mother had said and started to panic. Sure enough, someone came over as soon as he panicked.

If he had been inside at that time, all his friends outside would have run away, and he would have been caught red-handed. That would have been such a loss.

"Can you get off my head now?" The guy below felt like his neck was about to collapse. Everyone else had run far away, and in his panic, he forgot that someone was on his neck and hurriedly ran away as well. He was so flustered that he didn't even let the kid off halfway.

"Oh, I'm sorry." Chen Xiangbei hurriedly got off the person.

They arrived at the courtyard where they often gathered, and everyone began to criticize Chen Xiangbei, feeling that his behavior today was terrible. If he had climbed in earlier, opened the gate, and let them all in, they would have already made off with the valuables.

"Chen Xiangbei, are you trying to kill us?"

Chen Xiangbei: "I already said something's not right today, my gut feeling is never wrong."

"But if you move faster, we'll have run away before they arrive."

Chen Xiangbei: "Of course you can run away outside, but I'll be the one who gets caught."

“We’re brothers, how could we let you get arrested? Even if you do get arrested, we’ll definitely find a way to get you out.”

Chen Xiangbei: "What's the use of you getting me out of here? My mom could beat me to death with the sole of her shoe, believe it or not?"

"Alright, stop with the nonsense. Do you not want to work with us anymore? You're even bringing up your mother. Do you think she can control you?"

"Exactly, if you're really scared, you should just go back to your mother's arms and drink milk."

Chen Xiangbei: "You don't know, my mom..."

"Get out, get out, I don't want to see you anymore."

Chen Xiangbei felt wronged after being criticized by his good friend. "Aren't you guys hungry? I already told you to steal my things to feed you. Stealing from your own home will only get you a beating at most. It's not illegal and it's safe."

"Yes, your family is not like the rest of us. Your parents are both workers and they are quite wealthy."

"If you had thought of this idea earlier, we wouldn't have had to take such a big risk."

"Go quickly, go quickly, bring out all the good stuff in your house and sell it. When we have money, we brothers can go to a state-run restaurant for a meal."

"That's great! I've never been to a state-run restaurant before in my life."

"Xiang Bei is really something else. I always said you're the most capable one among our friends."

"Yes, they definitely have a bright future ahead of them."

"You sit in the main seat then, and we'll order some drinks and take turns toasting you."

They were quickly persuaded. After all, it wasn't like they were stealing from their own house. Since a fool was willing to contribute his things, they could enjoy them without any guilt.

Chen Xiangbei was flattered by the praise: "Then I'll go now. They've all gone to work, and my second brother isn't here either. It's the perfect time."

Encouraged by everyone, Chen Xiangbei ran home with great fanfare.

He knew his mother had money, but he didn't know where she hid it. He went straight into his parents' room and searched high and low, but couldn't find any money.

As expected of his mother, she's really good at hiding money. At this moment, he still had the mood to praise his mother a few times, but he was soon stumped by the boast he had made.

He said he would bring good things to pay back the money, that he wanted his brothers to have a good meal, but now all he has are some pots and pans and some clothes, and he hasn't seen any valuables.

Aunt Yin next door has a radio, but his family doesn't, because his mother thinks such things are useless and buying them would be a waste of money and tickets.

In the end, Chen Xiangbei still carried half a bag of things out. He even ran into Chen Lingling and Hu Yingying, who was already mentally impaired. They were sitting at the door, exposed to the cold wind, and he didn't know what they were doing there.

He threw the bag in front of his brothers, looking proud.

"My God, Xiang Bei, do you have so many good things at home?"

"With so much stuff, won't your parents beat you to death?"

"Can you even go home? With all this stuff, if you ever get kicked out, come find me, and I'll definitely arrange a place for you to stay."

"Let me see what good stuff is inside, so everyone can have a look."

They excitedly opened the bag, only to find half a bag of sweet potatoes and a few scattered cabbages.

Chen Xiangbei's brothers: ?

"No...you only stole this?"

Chen Xiangbei: "Hehe, yeah, that way no one will go hungry."

"You said you were going to eat at a state-run restaurant, but how can you eat if all you get are sweet potatoes?"

Chen Xiangbei pointed to a few cabbages, "Sweet potatoes taste pretty good when eaten with cabbage."

"You have the nerve to bring out this junk?"

Chen Xiangbei felt wronged when he heard this. What did they mean by "rotten stuff"? If his mother found out that he had stolen these things, he would be beaten very hard. These people didn't know his difficulties at all and even blamed him.

His family was dirt poor, yet they looked down on sweet potatoes, even though they were a good thing to fill their stomachs.

"Eat it or not, it's up to you. If you don't like it, I'll take it home." He squatted down to tidy up the sweet potatoes they had rummaged through, only to be kicked from behind.

"Do you look down on us? Do you think we can only eat this kind of food for the rest of our lives?"

Chen Xiangbei was a little confused. "No, everyone eats this, right? My parents, who are both factory workers, eat this all the time. Why are we looking down on you?"

But they were so preoccupied with the idea of ​​feasting on fish and meat at state-run restaurants that they wouldn't listen to anything Chen Xiangbei said, and ended up fighting with him.

Chen Xiangbei returned home with a bruised and swollen face, and his sweet potatoes and cabbage had been stolen.

When he returned, only Chen Xiangnan was there. He could no longer hold back his grievances and burst into tears.