Chapter 112: Staying Up All Night

The men of the Bai family were talking about the good news that Nangong Min had just brought.

"The Emperor is away and has not yet issued an imperial decree. Before this, we must keep this a secret to avoid being caught by someone."

"Got it, big brother. I'll tell the kids not to say anything."

"Should we tell Fourth Uncle and the others?"

"His family and ours are two different families, so I didn't want to tell him. I don't know how much he heard before, but when he was asked, he said he misheard."

"oops!"

Bai Li screamed, scaring her father.

"You damn kid, you feel uncomfortable if you don't scare people every day, right?"

Bai Zongren pretended to hit the child, and Bai Li hid behind Li Mingyue, "Mom, Dad wants to hit me! Didn't they say you can't hit children during Chinese New Year?"

Li Mingyue glared at the man unhappily and reached out to protect her daughter.

Bai Zongren couldn't lower his raised hands and looked at his wife helplessly.

Bai Dalang rolled his eyes. Aren’t you ashamed of yourself for being such a grown-up and still acting like a spoiled brat to your mother?

Bai Li made a face at him, peeled a peanut with a "crackling" sound, threw the peanut kernel up, caught it with his mouth, and repeated this process, eating it with gusto.

The two little kids Bai Yu and Bai Liulang followed suit, but ended up dropping peanut kernels all over the floor. Their two little mouths opened wide, but they couldn't catch a single one, which made everyone burst into laughter. The two kids were so anxious that they wanted to cry.

Because of this interruption, everyone forgot why Bai Li was making a fuss.

Bai Erlang looked at his younger sister as if she were a monster. How could the dignified and generous sister before become such a scoundrel?

Also, his family’s attitude towards his younger sister is so weird. It seems like they both pamper her and fear her at the same time?

Bai Sanlang patted his shoulder and whispered, "You'll get used to it."

"No...you guys are just spoiling her like this? She's already grown up!"

Bai Sanlang looked at Bai Li, moved his mouth, but ultimately said nothing.

Bai Dalang glanced at his second brother and said with an ambiguous smile, "How about you, the second brother, teach her how to be a dignified and elegant lady?"

Bai Erlang choked and immediately said to Bai Li with a serious face, "Little sister, you are already sixteen after the New Year. Once the Zhao family sets a date for the wedding, you will have to get married. You can't still be like a child..."

Bai Li glanced at him with a half-smile and threw a few more peanuts into his mouth.

Bai Dalang and Bai Sanlang quietly moved away, and soon there was a vacuum area next to the brother and sister.

Bai Erlang spoke until his mouth was dry, and only then did he realize that he had been talking for so long but no one had responded to his words.

Even my second and third uncles were hesitant to talk about this, afraid to broach the subject.

Bai Zongren and Li Mingyue looked at each other, wanting to say something but stopping themselves, and finally shut their mouths.

Bai Yu looked from her second brother to her eldest sister, her black eyes twinkling as she chattered, "Second brother, the Zhao family broke off the engagement with my eldest sister a long time ago. My eldest sister won't get married! She wants to live with us for a long, long time and won't go to anyone else's house."

"What? How dare Zhao Yuntian!"

Bai Erlang loved his younger sister the most. Upon hearing this, he slammed the table and stood up, ready to go find someone to settle the score.

"Erlang, calm down! The day our family was exiled, he wanted Li'er to marry into his family at the same time as his concubine, but Li'er broke off the engagement in anger..."

Bai Zongren was afraid that his son would do something stupid, so he tried to dissuade him.

"How abhorrent! Marrying a concubine before getting married? Don't you know that this is against the laws of our dynasty?"

"He just did this because he saw that we were convicted and exiled, and there was nothing he could do about it!"

Bai Sanlang and his friends were indignant for Bai Li. Bai Erlang didn't know that his eldest brother had also been broken off from engagement, otherwise he would have been even more angry.

"Alright, stop talking about that scumbag...that stinky man. He's just a playboy. It's good that he broke off the engagement. Otherwise, I'm afraid I'll kill him!"

Everyone looked normal when they heard this, except Bai Erlang who frowned slightly.

Turning to her sister, she said, "Little sister, you are a girl, don't always talk about fighting and killing."

here we go again!

He just changed the subject and brought it back again. Bai Sanlang and others gave Bai Erlang a look that said "May you be lucky."

Bai Li pinched his finger bones, which made a "cracking" sound.

"Second brother, then you should teach me how to be a wife who doesn't fight back, doesn't talk back, and just accepts everything as it comes?!"

"...That's not what Second Brother meant, it's just..."

"Brother, I think your shoulder blade is almost healed, right?"

"What?"

Bai Erlang was completely confused. The topic changed too quickly and his brain couldn't keep up.

Bai Sanlang and his brothers secretly took a deep breath. Only they knew that their sister Bai Li was really angry, and Bai Erlang was going to suffer!

"Are you healed yet? Can you practice now?"

"Li'er, your second brother hasn't recovered yet, so there's no rush for him to practice martial arts."

Bai Zongren knew his daughter's skills, and he was afraid that his second son would not be able to withstand a single blow from her!

It was only then that Bai Erlang realized that his father, brothers, uncle and cousin were all afraid of him practicing martial arts.

Are you worried that his injury hasn't healed yet?

"Don't worry, the powder my sister gave me is very effective. I feel much better after being back for a few days. There is no problem practicing martial arts at all."

Everyone looked at him with sympathy, as if he was hopeless, which made Bai Jilang confused.

"Brother, if that's the case, then I'll practice with you to get your skills right!"

"Okay, but I won't show any mercy, so please don't cry, little sister."

"Erlang, it takes a hundred days for a broken bone to heal. You still need to rest for a while. Don't be impatient!"

Li Mingyue hurriedly stopped him.

Although she didn't see her daughter practicing with them, every time they came back from practice, none of them had a sad face, and her daughter was fine, not even a hair had fallen out.

If she still can't guess that they can't beat her daughter, then they are stupid!

"Mom, I know you're worried about my health, but I'm fine now. If I don't practice for a day, I'll be back a year. If I don't practice for ten days, I'll be back ten years! Count how many years I've wasted. If I don't practice anymore, I'll have to start all over again."

"But……"

"Mom, you're not worried about your daughter and afraid that she'll cry if I beat her, right?"

Dawn Moon: ...

Forget it, let him suffer a little so that he will know that good medicine tastes bitter.

Bai Zongren glanced at his wife soothingly and changed the subject, "It's almost time, let's go cook some dumplings."

It is a custom in their hometown to stay up all night and eat dumplings on New Year’s Eve.

Madam Mu stood up with her daughter, and Madam Yang followed. Li Mingyue said to them, "Just sit back and wait for your meal. We can talk about training after the New Year!"

At the same time, I thought to myself: Second son, I have done my best. If you stir up trouble again, no one can help you!

Bai Li naturally understood what his mother meant and endured it. Well, it’s New Year’s Day, it’s not too late to beat him up in two days.

"Mom, don't worry. It's New Year's Day and everyone is taking the opportunity to be lazy. Who wants to make a move?"