The woman suddenly understood and pointed to the middle-aged women in the square opposite and said: "Look at those aunts in front of us. They gather here at 7:30 every day. When the loudspeaker is turned on and the music is played, you can hear them dancing two miles away." The sound of square dancing. When it’s good, it can last for an hour or so. It sounds like a good night’s sleep, but lately there are more and more people dancing. Some people come early and some come late. , the time to get up early to exercise is getting longer and longer, and I don’t want to end it within two hours.”
After the woman finished speaking, she glanced at Lin Yue and saw that he listened very seriously. Her vanity was greatly satisfied. After all, what does it mean that such a handsome young man came to her instead of asking others? Fashionable, beautiful and friendly.
"These people are retired at home one by one. They have a house to live in, a pension, and no worries about food and clothing. But they are too free and empty. They have to find something to do. I would say square dancing is a good sport, but they It's not fair to young people to dance all day long and dance at night. Not to mention that these people have taken over the space where children used to play basketball and skateboard. Those in the surrounding communities who work night shifts expect to go home and have a good sleep. People who need a quiet environment to study and work will suffer. Especially on Sundays, these people don't have to take care of their children and take their grandchildren to school. Good guys, they dance in the morning, dance in the evening, and dance again after eating. Do you think it's irritating or not? The work pressure is so high now, can't they find some hobbies that relieve their worries?"
The more the woman talked, the more excited she became. It seemed that she had been tortured a lot, and she was filled with bitterness.
Lin Yue asked again: "Where is that uncle?"
"Speaking of which, this old man who was passing by also had good intentions. When he saw them dancing here, a young man upstairs from behind asked them to keep their voices down, but they didn't respond, so he went over and followed the lead dancer... yes, the one lying on the ground. People's name... People's name During Sister Ma's negotiation, the other party may have thought he was nosy and said something unpleasant. The old man lost his temper and wanted to turn off their stereo, but Sister Ma refused to let him turn it off. The two of them struggled for a while, and she suddenly shouted. My heart ached and I lay down on the ground.”
An aunt in her forties next to her heard their conversation and interjected: "You guys came late and didn't see the situation at that time. It was obviously Sister Ma who acted recklessly and scratched several bloody marks on the uncle's hand. The old man The son got anxious and said she wanted to call the police, so she went to the ground and pretended to be sick while asking her dance partner to call 120 to call the joint defense team... Tsk, tsk, she took action first, but instead beat her up."
The woman sighed: "This old thing deserves to die."
Lin Yue looked at the crowd and said, "Since you know that Sister Ma is pretending to be sick and blackmailing others, why don't you go and support me?"
The forty-year-old aunt looked at him and said earnestly: "Young man, I think you are a nice person, but please don't meddle in other people's business. The cost of being brave these days is too high. Sister Ma's group of people are all in their fifties and sixties. Who doesn’t have a little something wrong with them? If a young person has one, you’ll be in debt once you’re on the ground or taken to the hospital. Didn’t you notice that in the apartment building behind you, people who started yelling at them to lower their voices were all hiding in their houses? Don’t you dare to come out? I can’t afford to offend you, I can’t afford to offend you.”
Lin Yue said: "Then just watch like this? Did any of you record a video of them pulling?"
No one said anything, and everyone's mentality was that it was okay to watch the fun, but to get justice, because the cost was too high. To put it in the most practical sense, even if you have the video in your hand, when the police arrive and give it to the police, you will still have to record a confession, right? Not going to the police station would be a waste of time and energy, not to mention that the onlookers were all residents and merchants from nearby communities. Who would want to offend them for a passerby like Sister Ma and the others?
At this moment, the community defense team members arrived, but anyone with a discerning eye could see that they were here to make trouble and would not help solve the problem at all.
In the past, when Lin Yue encountered this kind of thing, he would have chosen to leave after a battle between heaven and man. As a foreigner, he was not qualified to be willful. Even if he wanted to speak up for the old man, once he missed the filming, the group leader would They don't care whether you go out to seek justice or not. They will only put you in the unreliable group of extras, and you will never be given a job again.
It's different now, he doesn't have so many scruples, and he knows the old man.
Xiang Huai!
This is the man who returned from the world of "Operation Mekong" and bought the Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle gold coin in his hand for 200,000.
The old man was very kind to him when he was at the antique market, but he didn't expect that in daily life he was also a good person who hated evil as much as he hated evil.
There are not many such people left who have either been changed by reality or driven away by bad money and good money.
The onlookers don’t help with this, but he does!
Lin Yue looked around and his eyes lit up when he saw the trash can across the street.
Blackmailing, right? I'll see how you blackmail me next.
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Xiang Huai was speechless. He didn't expect that he would get into trouble every day after only half a year after returning to China. In the words of his granddaughter, wouldn't it be good to raise fish and walk birds? If you have to meddle in other people's business, you will become more and more confused as you get older.
He said that he is not confused, but upright. If you see something wrong, you should speak out, and if you see something you can't bear, help someone. There can be fewer such people, but they must be there. Without them, this society will be finished.
At this time, his granddaughter who is in high school will always give him a blank look and say that he is pedantic, stubborn and cannot keep up with the times.
Ever since she ignored her granddaughter's advice and spent 200,000 to buy a Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle gold coin from a young man at the Sanyang Road Antique Market half a month ago, the little girl has never gone shopping with him again. It made him doubt whether he had done something wrong.
"Uncle, do you think this is a good idea?" A joint defense team member said angrily: "You give her 1,500 yuan to see a doctor, and we will take care of the rest."
The onlookers at the back also advised him to give in: "An ambulance trip costs a few hundred dollars, and a trip to the hospital for various examinations is not worth even three thousand dollars. You just have to accept your bad luck. This kind of thing will happen less often in the future." Tube."
"Yes, yes, there is no reason to explain this kind of thing. If you go to the police station, you will get a fifty-fifty slap, and you won't get a penny less for medical expenses after all."
Someone else whispered advice from behind: "Uncle, do you have a chronic disease? If you are not in a hurry, why don't you lie down on the ground and waste time with her."
After all, Xiang Huai is a well-educated person with a sense of right and wrong. He can't do such things as being reckless and arrogant even if he is beaten to death.
"It was obvious that they were disturbing the residents. I came over to persuade them and told them to turn off the speakers so that the young people upstairs behind could sleep in during the weekend. Not only did she not listen to the advice, she even scratched my face. After that, I wanted to You called the police and then you lay down on the ground and pretended to be sick. Why do you want me to pay in the end?"
Yes, why should he pay?
Because the cost of being right is too high, while the cost of being a rogue is very low.
Seeing that he was acting like a stubborn donkey, the joint defense team members got angry and gave up: "Then you can solve it yourself. If you can't solve it, call the police and let the people from the police station come and deal with it."
"Ouch, ouch."
Sister Ma on the ground screamed even more vigorously, and the dance partner next to her also pretended to massage her so she could relax.
This was the first time Xiang Huai encountered this kind of thing, and he was so angry that he couldn't help but stare. He never expected that a sixty-year-old man could be so shameless, refusing to correct his wrongdoings, and scratching his hand. Now He wanted to extort money from him again.
1,500 yuan is nothing to him.
But I can’t swallow this breath!
At this moment, an unexpected situation happened.
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