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The boy, spoiled at home, didn't feel ashamed or guilty. Instead, he pointed at the basket and demanded, "I want to eat eggs! Give me the eggs!"

Li Chenze frowned and said, "You are still so young, yet you already act so arrogantly. Go back home, or I will discipline you on your parents' behalf."

Although he said that, he had no intention of actually disciplining someone else's child. He only wanted to warn the boy. Unexpectedly, the child didn't back down. Instead, he threw himself to the ground and began rolling around while shouting.

"I want to eat eggs! Give me eggs!"

The other children, scared by how dark Li Chenze's expression had become, quickly ran off, leaving the spoiled boy behind to make a scene.

Seeing this, Li Chenze glanced around and noticed several villagers watching from a distance. He raised his voice and said, "Sister-in-law, Brother-in-law, can someone inform this boy's parents? He tried to take my eggs, and when I refused, he threw a tantrum."

The villagers, familiar with the boy's behavior, already knew he had a habit of snatching things. Since Li Chenze was an unfamiliar face, few were willing to intervene.

Realizing no one would help, Li Chenze bent down, grabbed the boy by the waistband, and carried him like a cabbage. Then, he rode his bicycle toward the production team's office.

Being carried so rudely, the boy screamed at the top of his lungs, "Bad man! Let me go! Let me go!"

Too lazy to deal with the tantrum, Li Chenze stuffed him into the front basket. With his butt inside the basket and his limbs hanging out, the boy was completely stuck. He couldn't even move, let alone make more of a scene.

Realizing the man wouldn't give in, the boy finally got scared and burst into tears, "Waaa!! Let me go, you bad man!"

Having two mischievous sons of his own, Li Chenze was long used to dealing with brats. When he saw the boy crying as though he had lost his parents, he showed no sympathy at all. Instead, he said coldly, "Keep screaming, and I will toss you into the river."

The moment he heard his warning, the boy immediately clamped his hands over his mouth and dared not make a sound.

Ten minutes later, Li Chenze arrived at the production team's office. After parking his bicycle, he grabbed the boy and walked inside.

When the staff saw him carrying a child like a sack of grain, one of them quickly stepped forward and asked, "Comrade, what's going on? Why did you bring this child here?"

Li Chenze put the boy down and said, "Comrade, I want to report this boy's parents for teaching him to steal."

When the staff heard this, he was shocked and asked, "Comrade, what's going on? Why do you want to report his parents?"

"Comrade, I come from Xie Village to visit my wife's family and bring some food over for my parents-in-law. You know that food is scarce, and I spent lots of effort and money to get these things," Li Chenze said.

Hearing this, the production team staff nodded. Everyone knew how hard it was in the current situation. Let alone grains and flour, even buying coarse grains also depended on luck.

After a moment of pause, Li Chenze continued, "I was on my way to my parents-in-law's house when the children came over to ask questions. At first, they just followed me, but then this boy suddenly opened my things without permission and wanted to steal my eggs."

He looked at the shocked staff and asked, "Comrade, you tell me. This boy is still so young. If there is no one teaching him, would he dare to steal people's things in broad daylight?"

This time, the staff thought that his words made sense. Without adults teaching the child, how could this four-year-old boy dare to steal people's things in public?

Looking at the boy rolling on the ground while crying, their expressions hardened. After a moment, one of the staff said, "Comrade, we will give you an explanation. I will invite this boy's parents over."

Li Chenze nodded and said, "Comrade, I'm sorry to bother you with this matter when you are so busy."

"Comrade, this matter is not a small one. If this boy and his family are not educated, they will do more outrageous things in the future," the staff replied firmly. After he said this, the staff left the office.

Since he had to wait for the staff to return, Li Chenze went to his bicycle and took out a pack of cigarettes from the basket. He had brought twelve packs of cigarettes for his wife's father and brothers, so giving out one pack was okay.

When he returned, he gave the cigarettes to the staff while saying, "Comrade, this is a small token of gratitude. Please don't refuse."

Seeing the cigarettes, the staff accepted it and said with a smile, "Comrade, you can wait here. We will definitely help you get justice."

"Thank you for your help, Comrade."

While he waited in the office, the staff poured a cup of water for him and went back to their work, ignoring the boy rolling on the ground. Forty minutes later, the staff returned with a middle-aged couple.

The moment the middle-aged woman saw the boy laying on the cold ground, she cried out, "My son, what's wrong with you?"

Seeing that his mother was here, the boy quickly rushed into his mother's embrace. Pointing at Li Chenze, he said while crying, "Mother, you are finally here. That bad man wants to hit me and throw me into the river."

Hearing his son's words, the middle-aged man asked angrily, "Who dares to bully my son?!"

Li Chenze stood up and said, "It's me."

As soon as the middle-aged couple saw him, they were stunned. While not many people knew about him, this couple did. They lived not far from Zhang Dongmei's parents' house, so they had seen him come to visit several times.