Because Tie Chui only sold fish and basically didn't offer other seafood products, he didn't affect other vendors too much. There wasn't much targeting or exclusion from others, and they all got along quite harmoniously.
They now had enough money for Jiaye to go to school.
But Jiaye didn't go.
She couldn't go. If she did, what would Tie Chui do alone?
She had been with her brother all these years and couldn't imagine how he would live without her. Subconsciously, she didn't realize that she couldn't live without her brother, either.
Over the years,
they had become each other's redemption. Without one, the other couldn't live a normal life.
...
Jiaye, now an adult, was leaning on the sofa with her legs on the coffee table, enjoying the air conditioning. She watched a drama on the tablet and chuckled continuously.
By this time, she had long forgotten those bloody events of years past.
So many years had passed.