Li Xiuxiu smiled happily and patted the little girls' heads.

Wei Mo really didn't have confidence in the slam slam, after all, he was too weak. How could he, as the eldest brother, lose?

So Wei Mo called everyone together, stopped the firecrackers, and started skipping stones again.

Li Xiuxiu also began to instruct several girls on how to skip stones. Although the girls were at a disadvantage in terms of strength, they could still learn some techniques.

Just as they were having a great time, Shan Zhenhai suddenly spoke up.

"Let's have a competition! Everyone come together! Let's split into men and women and compete together."

All the children nodded, and then Shan Zhenhai looked at Wei Mo, since it was Wei Mo who taught everyone how to play.

Wei Mo didn't say anything, but the other girls had objections because there were far fewer girls than boys.

There are nine boys and only five girls, so even if they were to sleep with Li Xiuxiu, they would be at a disadvantage.

Tian Xue and Tian Yue were also arguing with everyone nearby.

"No, no, we don't have enough people. You need to give us one more person."

Then, after the girls made their selections, they wanted to choose Wei Mo to join their group, and everyone nodded in agreement.

And so Wei Mo joined the girls' group, along with Li Xiuxiu.

Wei Mo glanced at Shan Zhenhai and the others. Was it inevitable that they would lose?

The competition started quickly. The boys kept track of the number of splashes for the girls, while the girls counted the boys' splashes by finding a stick on the muddy bank of the river to start counting.

As the competition began, Wei Mo and Li Xiuxiu chose to be the last to finish, and children started skipping stones towards the riverbank.

Shan Zhenhai and Tian Boguang were stronger and had also learned how to think, so they each took on four or five opponents.

Currently, there are far more boys than girls, but Wei Mo isn't worried, since he and Li Xiuxiu are still there.

As the people in front of him finished their competition, it was Wei Mo's turn. Wei Mo took the mud slab he had prepared in advance in his palm, squatted down, and threw it diagonally into the river.

"Splash, splash, splash," more than a dozen splashes appeared in a row. Wei Mo achieved a score of 17 splashes, and the girls next to him began to cheer.

"Brother Wei Mo is awesome." "Brother Wei Mo is amazing."

Meanwhile, Shan Zhenhai and the others hung their heads, realizing their mistake! They shouldn't have let Wei Mo join the girls' group.

Li Xiuxiu, who was behind her, had also prepared small pieces of mud to skip across the water, and she threw the mud pieces into her hand.

Then the mud slab split into two pieces, and a splash appeared on the river surface. There were probably at least ten of them!

The boys' side completely collapsed. Although there were a few boys left, they were all young children and couldn't fight many of them.

The game ended when several other children threw out their own little mud shards, and the girls were the ones who ultimately won.

A group of girls surrounded Li Xiuxiu and Wei Mo, chattering and praising them.

"Brother Wei Mo is amazing, and Aunt Xiu Xiu is amazing too!"

"Wei Mo is even more amazing."

Normally, people don't call Li Xiuxiu "Aunt Xiuxiu"; they mostly call her Li Zhiqing. But now that everyone is familiar with her, they all call her "Aunt Xiuxiu" along with Wei Mo.

While Wei Mo was having fun with his friends, he saw his older sister, Wei Xiaomin, running towards them, crying and missing one of her hair ornaments.

Wei Mo quickly stepped forward to check on her and asked his sister questions.

"Sister, sister, who bullied you? Tell me, and I'll get revenge for you."

When Shan Zhenjiang, Shan Zhenhai, and a few other boys saw Wei Xiaomin being bullied, they stood by and spoke up for her, showing great loyalty.

"That's right! Tell me who it is, and we'll help you beat him up!"

When Wei Xiaomin saw Wei Mo, it was as if she had found someone to rely on, and she told Wei Mo the story in fits and starts.

It turned out that Wei Xiaomin met Liu Dahua while playing outside. Liu Dahua was the same age as Wei Xiaomin.

However, standing next to Wei Dahua was her older brother Liu Wang, who was two years older than Wei Xiaomin and also half a head taller.

Liu Dahua cried and begged for Wei Xiaomin's hair ornament, but Wei Xiaomin was naturally unwilling to give it to her, since she also really liked the hair ornament.

As Liu Dahua cried and made a fuss, Liu Wang reached out and snatched the hair ornament from Wei Xiaomin's head, and then Wei Xiaomin tried to take it back.

Liu Wang pushed her to the ground, and the two siblings ran away with their hair ornaments in their hands. Wei Xiaomin sat on the ground and cried for a while before thinking of asking her younger brother for help.

After all, last time, even the old hag that everyone feared was taught a lesson by her younger brother.

Wei Mo looked at his sister, whose face was streaked with tears, then glanced at his friends and said,

"My sister was bullied by Liu Wang, who's coming with me?"

Tian Boguang and Shan Zhenhai, who were standing to the side, were the oldest among the children.

They all stated that they could easily defeat Liu Wang on their own.

"Let's go, everyone. If someone dares to steal, I'll beat them to death."

"That's right! Let's all go together and kill him!"

"He even shot my mud! Go beat him up."

That's how it is with kids in the countryside. When they get into fights, no adults will come to their aid. If they lose a fight, they might get a beating when they get home, and if they win, they'll still get a beating.

Since we're all going to get beaten up anyway, let's go for the win. Seeing everyone agree, Wei Mo looked at Li Xiuxiu, who seemed a little nervous. He couldn't let Xiuxiu get involved in this.

After all, Li Xiuxiu is an adult; it's inappropriate for her to lay a hand on a child. Wei Mo spoke to Li Xiuxiu,

"Aunt Xiuxiu, please go home. This is a matter between us children. Please don't get involved."

Li Xiuxiu couldn't help but worry, but after all, she was a single girl and didn't understand how children in rural areas were dealt with after the war.

Seeing that Yu Weimo wouldn't let her follow, Li Xiuxiu had no choice but to hurry home and ask Sister Wang how to handle the matter.

Seeing Li Xiuxiu walk away, Wei Mo called everyone to run towards the place where Wei Xiaomin had been bullied. Wei Xiaomin followed closely behind, her tear stains already dried.

She's a little excited now, watching her younger brother lead these kids to avenge her.

Liu Wang was the naughtiest child in the village, or rather, he was more than just naughty. He often broke other people's windows and stole their eggs.

Petty theft and constant wrongdoing.

But he's still just a child. It's obvious there's something wrong with his upbringing. And because he doesn't have to work, he's basically the oldest child in the village who doesn't work, and he often bullies other kids.

Liu Dahua had already put the hair accessory that her brother had snatched on her head and kept showing it off. Then, she kept touching Wei Xiaomin's hair accessory with her small, dark hands. She liked it very much.

Upon seeing Liu Wang, Wei Mo called out to everyone.

“Hit him, because he stole my sister’s hair accessory.”

Then a group of children ran towards Liu Wang. Liu Wang tried to run away, but was stopped by Shan Zhenhai and Tian Boguang.

The two men wrestled with Liu Wang, and the children behind them joined in, punching and kicking him until Liu Wang lay on the ground crying loudly.

Liu Dahua was terrified, but she didn't escape the beating. The younger boys and several girls grabbed her and scratched her face.