Chapter 5 — Awakening Brick

My mother grabbed the door frame, almost unable to stand. "It was withdrawn?" The bank employee looked at us, then looked at the police in the house. "We came to verify the situation." "The colleague at the counter said the person withdrawing the money brought an ID and savings book." "But the signature seems a bit different." "At the same time, the police station also contacted us about the salary card issue, so we came to confirm." Mother's voice trembled. "I didn't go to the bank today." "My ID and savings book are not in my hands either." The police officer immediately asked: "Who came to withdraw?" The bank employee took out a copy of the withdrawal slip. "The person who withdrew signed Tham Ngoc Mai." I took it and looked. Three words written crookedly. But it's not my mother's handwriting. When signing her name, the last stroke of the word "Ngoc" always lasts very long. This voucher is not available. I raised my head to look at Ma Thuy. Her face was pale. "What are you looking at me for?" I said: "You were blocking the front of the cabinet just now." "You're also the one who said you helped clean up the iron box." Ma Thuy immediately shouted: "I didn't take it!" Duong Duc Giang was also frantic. "Don't pour dirty water on our heads no matter what." Duong Hao stood in the corner of the yard, his face even more unsightly than everyone else. I suddenly remembered his hand when he stole the phone last night. Those hands are very steady. Not like someone doing bad things for the first time. I stepped forward. "Duong Hao." He backed away. "What?" I asked: "Where's the money?" His eyes wavered. "I don't know." "Don't slander me." I looked at his shoes. The shoes that cost over a thousand yuan yesterday are still being worn on my feet. Brand new shoe laces. The surface of the shoe is not dusty at all. I said: "Your extra tuition money is 20 thousand short." "Today my mother's account was withdrawn eighteen thousand." "What a coincidence." I looked at Duong Hao, who was surprised. "It's not me who withdrew." Duong Duc Hai suddenly interjected: "It was I who withdrew." The whole yard immediately fell silent. Mother suddenly raised her head. "You took my ID card?" Duong Duc Hai lost patience. "What if I take the money in the house?" The police frowned. "Just now you said the card was in the house." Duong Duc Hai choked. But he quickly stiffened his neck again. "I remembered wrong." "I withdrew the money." "She is my wife, what's the problem with me taking her ID?" I asked: "The signature was also signed by you?" Duong Duc Hai's face twitched. "I asked someone else to sign for me." The bank employee immediately took notes. "We will cooperate in investigating the impersonation withdrawal." Finally, Duc Duc Hai also showed a panicked look. At first he wanted to take all this on himself. Because he knew Duong Hao could not leave a criminal record. But he forgot, this is not the kind of thing that can be suppressed with just a few shouts at the dinner table. Mom looked at him. "So where's the money?" Duong Duc Hai turned away. "It's been used." "Used it for what?" He didn't say. Duong Duc Giang argued: "Is it okay if my brother takes some money to turn around?" "Sister-in-law, don't calculate in such detail." Mother looked at him. "Is it to give to Duong Hao?" Duong Duc Giang's face darkened. "What do you mean?" Mother's voice was not loud. But it was like the first time it rang from the bottom of a well. "I worked overtime at the factory, my finger was pricked by a needle and it bled." "I couldn't bear to buy medicine." "My phone broke for half a year." "In the winter, all the cotton flowers came out." "I thought it would be difficult at home." "It turns out my money was used to give other people's children extra tuition." Ma Thuy lost face. "Sister-in-law, don't speak so harshly." "Hao of our family." I still have to take the university entrance exam in the future." I laughed. "He took the university entrance exam, so why did he force my mother to sell his blood?" Duong Hao's face turned red with anger. "I didn't beg him." I took a step forward. "Then give me the money." He gritted his teeth. "No." I said: "If you don't have it, then slowly return it." "Whoever it belongs to, don't expect to swallow a penny." Duong Duc Hai shouted at me: "You've said enough."

"Just because of a little money, you make the whole family run away, you and your mother are both conscienceless!" Mom suddenly raised her hand. "Pop!" This slap landed on Duong Duc Hai's face. Everyone in the yard was stunned. Even I was stunned. Mom's hand was shaking. But she didn't lower it. She looked at Duong Duc Hai. "I gave this slap back to myself yesterday." Duong Duc Hai hugged his face, as if he didn't dare to believe it. "You dare to hit me." Mom said: "Not only do I dare to hit you." "I also want to divorce you." Grandma Wei shouted. "You're crazy!" Mom looked at her. "I'm not crazy." "I just woke up." At that moment, my eyes heated up. I had been waiting for this sentence for too long. The police asked both sides to go to the station to continue making records. The bank staff also asked my mother to go to the branch to confirm the withdrawal process. Just as we were about to go out the door, Duong Duc Hai suddenly rushed into the room. West. I immediately chased after him. He pulled out a cloth bag from under his hand. I stopped him. "Give it here." He said, "This is my stuff." He pushed my mother away, and she groaned.