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

Chapter 376

Jiang Wenhua said confidently, "Of course you need to pay for your hard work. You definitely can't handle people like your parents by yourself. I will present the facts and evidence to reason with them. Comrade Xia is a master at cursing people. When they don't listen to reason, that's when she will step in. If we work together, we will definitely catch them off guard."

Grandma Xia: "...Who's going to team up with you? Did you ask for my opinion?"

This kid doesn't even call her "comrade" anymore, he just calls her "Old Xia" directly. Are they that close?

Jiang Wenhua couldn't believe it: "Old Xia, this is a matter of life and death. How can you bear to watch a young girl in the prime of her life die? Besides, they're giving you money!"

Fang Yingdi raised her hand timidly: "I haven't agreed to give you the money yet."

Jiang Wenhua looked at her disapprovingly: "Xiao Fang, look at you. When you ask someone for a favor, you should have the right attitude. You didn't bring anything and you expect Lao Xia to do it for you. You're not a very decent person. I've already told you that this is a business deal between Lao Xia and me. How can you not pay me?"

"Let me tell you, even though your parents are so difficult to deal with, Lao Xia and I have a way to make them never dare to come again, to prevent future trouble. How much are you willing to pay?"

Fang Yingdi asked blankly, "Are you sure there will be no future troubles?"

Jiang Wenhua: "It's a package deal. If there are any problems later, just come to me. Although I like money, I always keep my word."

Fang Yingdi bit her lip, just about to say she would pay half of her salary, when she heard Qiao Yi say that she had spent a month's salary to have Chen Xiangbei gather information. She gritted her teeth and said, "I'll give you two months' salary, but I'll give it to you in three installments, because I also need to eat."

Jiang Wenhua was secretly pleased, having made money again. "Don't worry, you don't need to give them a single penny from now on."

Fang Yingdi nodded firmly, "It's up to you guys."

Old Mrs. Xia's face darkened. "I..."

Jiang Wenhua pressed down on Old Lady Xia's hand, his blood boiling: "With the two of us working together, we can break through any obstacle. I hereby declare that the plan to save Comrade Fang Yingdi is now officially underway."

Grandma Xia: "In the end, you're still after money."

Jiang Wenhua: "Are you really going to be so heartless as to ignore her affairs?"

When Grandma Xia noticed that Qiao Yi and Fang Yingdi were staring at her pitifully, how could she bring herself to say anything?

"Never mind, it's just a few scoldings. She'll just have to play it by ear," Old Mrs. Xia nodded helplessly.

As she nodded, the remaining three raised their hands and cheered, as if celebrating something.

Is this the vitality of young people? Grandma Xia didn't understand.

But as the shouts rang out, Grandma Xia realized that she seemed to have been tricked by Jiang Wenhua. When did she get caught up in this? She had actually been confused by a brat.

Grandma Xia immediately began to reflect on herself. Thinking back to the book she had seen Jiang Wenhua borrow, she suddenly realized how lazy she had been. In the old compound, nobody read books, and Grandma Xia, with her years of experience in verbal battles, was able to carve out a path for herself. But this boy was full of bad intentions; instead of directly engaging in verbal battles, he secretly set traps for people. Grandma Xia felt that her experience was no longer sufficient.

After they left, Grandma Xia, who was halfway through her meal, suddenly stood up and said, "Sister, I'm going to start working hard from tomorrow."

Xia Yu'e: "Huh?"

Strive, strive for what?

Grandma Xia: "I also want to borrow books from the factory's reading room, otherwise I'm afraid that Jiang Wenhua will ruin me in the future."

Xia Yu'e: ...They've all gone mad.

The next day, Grandma Xia brought back a book.

Xia Yu'e was also tempted after seeing this. She had never been to school since she was a child. Her parents didn't allow girls to study, thinking that since they would marry into another family anyway, what was the point of paying tuition fees? It would just be a waste of time that she had to work. Her younger sister was not allowed to go either.

But the brigade leader and the school felt that their family was really out of line. The sons they sent there were all bad at studying and only knew how to cause trouble. One day they would break a window, and the next they would smash someone's head. So they came over to persuade them to educate their children properly.

But Xia's parents had no idea how to discipline them. They could only scold them a few times, and they wouldn't even hit them. How could her brothers change? After being scolded several more times, Xia's parents, in order to prevent their troublemaking sons from dropping out of school, asked Xia Yue'e, who was just of school age, to watch over them. If they caused trouble again, they would blame it on her.

Although Xia Yue'e couldn't control them, at least they had a chance to go to primary school. Of course, being beaten was also common, which made the brigade leader and the school teachers afraid to go after them, for fear that such a good student would be beaten to death. This also indirectly relieved Xia's parents of their worries.

When Xia Yu'e recalled the past, she had forgotten many things, but she would think of her younger sister from time to time.

"Little sister, can you teach me to read?" Xia Yu'e also seemed very interested. She hadn't even been to a literacy class many times and didn't know many words at all.

Grandma Xia naturally agreed, but she forgot that the book she borrowed today was "The Art of Cursing".

She didn't know what she was thinking at the time, but she found the title of the book really attractive. How could someone publish a book about cursing? Could she, Old Lady Xia, also publish a book in the future? She could even take on disciples for her self-created cursing techniques, wouldn't she be even more powerful?

Although she thought she was very knowledgeable, Grandma Xia still borrowed the book with a sense of wanting to fill in any gaps in her knowledge and with some very subtle emotions.

When the librarian saw someone actually borrow the book, he secretly sized her up for a long time. The book was in a very secluded corner of the reading room, and most people wouldn't even notice it. But today was truly an eye-opener; someone had actually found it and borrowed it without a care in the world.

He wanted to see who would be so reckless as to borrow this book, disregarding their own reputation.

After Grandma Xia finished registering and turned to leave, he looked at the name—Xia Yue'e.

Good heavens, is this legendary old lady about to throw a tantrum at someone? With all those rumors and that mouth of hers, does she really need further education?

However, within just one night, a rumor spread in the factory that Old Lady Xia was looking for someone else to do a big job.

When the leaders and factory manager heard this, the young people in the factory huddled together chatting, some even saying they wanted to go with Old Lady Xia to see what a big scene was like. At this point, they were extremely panicked, afraid that the old lady would lead the young people in the factory into a big argument, or even worse, that she would lead people to cause trouble in other factories.

"Go and find out who offended her this time!" The factory manager slammed his fist on the table in anger, determined to find the culprit.