Chapter 156 Losing Temper

Tian Lei really didn't expect that a little Tian Tian would be so important.

Just because his mother and two nephews bullied Xiao Tiantian, Grandpa Lei and the Gu family abandoned Old Lei...

Tian Lei is genuinely anxious now.

This is something he caused himself. Now Lao Lei isn't saying anything, but what about in the future?

If things don't go well for Lao Lei in the future, he'll definitely think about what caused this outcome!

It was because she failed to manage her family that Lao Lei's future changed drastically.

Tian Lei's heart immediately panicked!

...

Little Tiantian, who could influence Secretary Lei's future, didn't think that much about it.

He was still wearing a straw hat and happily selling popsicles.

Business was good today, and the popsicles sold out quickly. After looking at the four popsicles left in the box, Xiao Tiantian decisively decided not to sell them.

Keep it for your own family to eat.

Yao Shuli had finished her homework. After delivering the popsicles to Yao Shula and Yao Shuxin inside, Yao Shuli and Xiao Tiantian played with their friends at the door.

Yao Shula took a look and frowned.

The sky was already getting a bit gloomy, and it felt like there was a lot more moisture in the air.

This is definitely brewing a big rainstorm!

Just then, since no one was playing pool, Yao Shula quickly called her younger siblings to bring the pool table inside.

Incidentally, the three large umbrellas were also put away.

Yao Shula looked up again at the dark clouds that were gathering together, and was about to tell the two children to be careful...

"Big sister, let's go catch dragonflies in the back."

Xiao Wei just said there are lots of dragonflies near their house, they fly really low, and he's caught so many! Yao Shuli was already carrying the big broom Yao Shula had just bought and getting ready to go out.

Little Tian also found a new glass jar and followed along.

Both of them stared longingly at Yao Shula.

Yao Shula glanced outside; it would take a while for the rain to start.

Even if they catch dragonflies, the place where they catch them isn't far from home, so they can run back in time.

Besides, which child hasn't gotten caught in the rain at some point when they were little?

Yao Shula remembers that when she was a child, her favorite time to visit her maternal grandmother in the countryside was when it rained.

When it rains heavily, there's puddles outside, and then Grandma would take out a basin and put Yao Shula in it...

"As soon as it starts to rain, run home immediately, okay?"

Don't go under the big tree! Go home right now!

"Just catch a couple of dragonflies to play with, don't catch too many, dragonflies eat mosquitoes," Yao Shula added a few more words of advice.

Yao Shuli and Xiao Tiantian agreed as they ran towards the place where they were catching dragonflies.

Yao Shula smiled and shook her head.

There are so many things kids can do in the summer.

Digging for cicada nymphs, catching dragonflies, and going to the river to catch tadpoles...

Oh, Xiaotian is afraid of water. Even without Yao Shula saying anything, she won't go a single step near the river.

He wanted to play with tadpoles, which Yao Shuli would catch for him from the river.

However, after Yao Shula said that the tadpoles they caught would grow into toads, the two little guys stopped playing with tadpoles.

Toads are so ugly...

Who would like someone covered in bumps?

...

Just as the rain was about to pour down, Yao Shuli returned with Xiao Tiantian.

Yao Shula glanced at the glass jar in Xiao Tiantian's hand; there were quite a few dragonflies, so it seemed like today's harvest was pretty good.

"So easy to catch? Good results today!" Yao Shula said casually.

Yao Shuli put the large broom he had carried out into the yard before running to Yao Shula.

"Big sister, you don't know, the dragonflies over there are in clusters."

One sweep of the broom and several are gone.

"We caught a lot! If it hadn't looked like it was going to rain, we could have caught even more!" Yao Shuli said proudly.

Yao Shula responded with an "oh".

It's normal for dragonflies to fly low before a heavy rain.

"That's because of the high humidity; the dragonflies can't fly high because their wings are covered in moisture..."

"No, big sister, it's because there are so many mosquitoes over there, and the dragonflies are so hungry for them that they gather there," Xiao Tiantian added.

"A lot of mosquitoes over there?" Yao Shula asked, somewhat puzzled.

Even if there are a lot of mosquitoes, they won't be able to come out at this time...

"Wang Polan's shed where he collects scrap is dirty and smelly, that's why there are so many mosquitoes!" Yao Shuli hurriedly explained to Yao Shula.

Yao Shula frowned slightly.

Wang's dilapidated house...

It turned out to be the home of Grandpa Wang next to Grandma Wu's house. He was an elderly man living alone, without any children, who had adopted two orphaned children from the countryside.

The Civil Affairs Bureau provides subsidies, but raising two children is still quite a strain.

In addition, Grandpa Wang was injured when he was young; one of his legs was blown off by a Japanese bomb.

Later, the government paid for him to have a prosthetic leg, but he still walks with a limp...

To supplement his family income, Grandpa Wang usually goes out to collect scraps and sell them for money.

Some children, not knowing why, gave Grandpa Wang the nickname "Wang the Trash."

"Isn't the place where Grandpa Wang keeps the scrap he collects a small shed?" Yao Shula asked.

"Yes, yesterday it was just a small shed, but today there are many of us. When we were playing over there, everyone wanted to climb up the shed to catch dragonflies."

Later, for some reason, everyone discovered that the wooden poles supporting the canopy had come loose while they were playing...

Then the shed collapsed, but only half of it collapsed; the tarpaulin just fell down, and we weren't hurt.

"Then everyone kicked it a few more times, knocking down the other two sticks and ripping off the tarpaulin on the shed, and a lot of mosquitoes flew out at once," Yao Shuli said.

Yao Shula...

"The shed collapsed, the tarpaulin fell down? And then you kicked it a few more times?" Yao Shula asked again.

"Yes! The shed collapsed, big sister. We were being careful when we were playing on the shed!"

I'm watching over Tian Tian, ​​she won't get hurt.

Wang Polan had picked up all that junk from who-knows-where, and piled it up so much that it attracted flies and mosquitoes.

It's filthy!

"That's Grandpa Wang's house, not Wang the Rascal's house!" Yao Shula corrected.

“But… everyone calls him Wang the Scratcher! He’s just a scratcher!” Yao Shuli muttered to himself.

"If others go to eat shit, will you go and eat it too?" Yao Shula shouted.

Yao Shuli and Xiao Tiantian were so frightened that they didn't dare to say a word.

Big sister... why are you suddenly angry? You were perfectly fine just a moment ago.

"Big sister..." Little Tiantian wanted to come closer and act cute.

"Go and get me the feather duster!" Yao Shula said as she pulled the two of them into the yard and closed the gate behind her.

Yao Shuli and Xiao Tiantian were a little scared.

"Big sister, what are you going to do?" Yao Shuli asked in a panic.

"What am I going to do? Of course, I'm going to beat you up!" Yao Shula took the feather duster that Xiao Tiantian handed her and flicked it twice.

Yao Shuli, Xiao Tiantian...