The curses used by Mrs. Meng and the butcher were all vulgar words that were unbearable to the ears of country women, and they kept repeating the same old sayings during the quarrel. Ah Man actually remembered them all and repeated them word for word.

The Grand Tutor was still outside the courtyard. He was still a little disbelieving when he heard that the person cursing him was his granddaughter, Ah Man. He paused for a moment, then took a few quick steps, nearly tripping at the gate.

When I entered the yard, I saw Ah Man scolding Da Bao happily with her small body leaning forward and backward like she was rowing a dragon boat, with a full sense of rhythm.

When the Grand Tutor saw this scene, he was stunned.

Jian Ning and Ding Youtian came out of the kitchen when they heard the noise and were also stunned.

Even Master Ding San, who was used to hearing country girls imitating adults' obscene language, shook his head, thinking that Ah Man was, after all, a daughter of a wealthy family in the capital, so how could she learn to be as vulgar as their country girls?

This was not good. He knew that young ladies from wealthy families would not be allowed to do this, and he could not help but look at the tutor.

The Grand Tutor was so angry that his beard was almost standing up to the sky.

He scanned the surroundings with his eyes like a radar and saw a thin bamboo stick placed next to the newly built courtyard wall. This was the stick that Jian Ning used when he took the four little ones to practice martial arts in the morning to punish those who did not practice well. Erniu had been hit several times.

Before the Taifu's hand touched the bamboo stick, Erniu saw it with her sharp eyes and jumped up and shouted, "Sister Ah Man, run! Your grandfather is going to whip you!"

The cursing stopped abruptly.

Ah Man looked back and saw the Grand Tutor coming towards her angrily with a bamboo stick in his hand. She turned her head away, put her hands on her hips, and glared at the Grand Tutor.

Ah Man had never been beaten at the age of seven. She didn't believe that her grandfather would really beat her. At most, he would lock her up again. She was not afraid.

"Stretch out your hands and straighten them!" the Grand Tutor ordered in a deep voice with a dark face.

Ah Man hesitated, stretched out her hands, and just as she straightened her palms, the bamboo stick in the Taifu's hand fell down. She screamed in pain and jumped up.

Then she burst into tears and looked at Jian Ning, waving her hands.

Jane Ningke didn't dare to persuade her. She was filled with regret. In her previous life, she had never been married and had no children. She had no idea that helping others take care of children was not an easy task. She thought that as long as they didn't get hungry or cold, it would be fine.

She was careless and negligent. The good kid learned to speak dirty words and went back home. She felt very upset and regretted accepting the banknote from Huo Jincheng.

"Put your hands out!" the Grand Tutor raised his voice and shouted again.

"Wow, Grandpa, I won't scold you anymore. I won't scold Dabao anymore." Ah Man looked at the Grand Tutor with tears in her eyes. The relationship between them had improved a lot during this period. Every time she followed the Grand Tutor back to the town, the Grand Tutor would sometimes tell her stories on the way.

"It hurts, Master, I won't curse anymore."

"Hold it out for me!" the tutor began to yell.

"Hit me." Dabao stepped forward, blocking Ah Man, and stretched out his hands to hit her. "I'm the older brother. I should take the punishment for my sister's mistakes. If you want to hit someone, hit me."

“Woo…”

Ah Man cried even louder.

"Go away, it's none of your business." The Grand Tutor was really angry today. He gave Lai Xi a look, then pulled Ah Man from behind Da Bao to the front, "I'll say it again, stretch out your hands and hit them straight!"

Dabao wanted to go forward, but was held back by Lai Xi.

Lai Xi knew the Grand Tutor's temper; the more he tried to persuade her, the more violently he beat her. Meixiang, however, didn't quite grasp the Grand Tutor's temper. She only knew she was Ah Man's maid, but the Grand Tutor had assigned her to help with the fire and brewing every day, so Ah Man's mistakes couldn't be blamed on her. Still, she had to put on a show, so the Grand Tutor knew her duty was to look after Ah Man. See, without her, Meixiang, Ah Man had become a bad person.

She held up the hem of her skirt and knelt down, "Master, it is my fault. Please punish me. It is because I did not take good care of Miss Sun."

"Get away from me!" The tutor kicked her down, and Erniu was so scared that she hid behind Jian Ning.

If she hadn't moved, Ah Man wouldn't have noticed her. But when she moved, Ah Man saw her and remembered that they had both imitated the two old women in cursing that afternoon. So Ah Man pointed at Er Niu and cried, "Ding Jia cursed too, and she also imitated them. I wasn't the only one cursing, she cursed too."

Erniu also learned what Ah Man meant and cursed, so she thought it was a funny thing. She didn't understand why her grandfather was so angry.

No Qingliu family would allow their daughter to speak so foul language, let alone Ah Man trying to pick on others. This made the Taifu even more angry. He didn't even bother to hit her, but simply grabbed her and beat her violently. Qiu Ge rushed over and tried to grab the bamboo stick from the Taifu, but was instead beaten several times by the furious Taifu.

"Grandpa, please don't hit Brother Qiu. If you want to hit someone, hit me." Ah Man cried miserably. She wanted to hug Brother Qiu, but when she stretched out her hand, she took a breath in pain and retracted it.

Seeing that the beating was almost over, Jian Ning stepped forward to offer some words of advice, and the Grand Tutor finally threw the bamboo stick away with a snort. Jian Ning picked up the stick, and when Erniu saw Jian Ning coming towards her, she turned and tried to run, but was grabbed by Ding Youtian.

Erniu was so frightened that she jumped around like a loach thrown into a frying pan, screaming: "My dad also imitated my grandma's scolding, and my dad also rolled on the ground like my grandma, why did he hit me..."

Do you want your dad to get beaten too?

Ding Youtian was very upset.

Erniu received a good beating. She could have gotten less beating, but after Jian Ning beat her, Ding Youtian beat her. She was the only one among the four little ones who was beaten by both her parents.

Educating children is a long and arduous task. For the first time, Jane Ning felt the heavy burden on her shoulders.

During dinner, Ah Man was punished by kneeling on the corridor. The Grand Tutor made her kneel for a full hour and not allowed to eat dinner. She had to say while kneeling, "I was wrong. I won't swear anymore."

At the dinner table, Dabao quietly rolled two pancakes with oil paper, then pretended to feed Maoqiu. He bent down and stuffed the oil paper package into Maoqiu's mouth for it to hold. He touched Maoqiu's head and pointed to the corridor outside.

Maoqiu held the biscuit in his mouth, looked at him quietly, seemed to understand, and ran out.

Ding Youtian glanced at the door calmly, then looked at Dabao who continued to eat as if nothing had happened, and the corners of his lips curled up slightly. Good boy! He is quite good at pretending.

Ah Man, kneeling on the porch, smelled the aroma wafting from the restaurant, her stomach rumbling, when she suddenly saw Maoqiu running towards her, holding a pancake wrapped in oil paper in his mouth. She was overjoyed and quickly glanced at the restaurant door, patted Maoqiu's head, and reached out her hand. Maoqiu opened his mouth and the oil paper package fell into Ah Man's hand.

She ate with big mouthfuls, occasionally not forgetting to say a word of apology loudly. Maoqiu did not leave immediately. It squatted in front of A'man and watched her finish eating before running back to the dining room to find Dabao.

After dinner, the Grand Tutor asked Meixiang to pack up Ah Man and her own things. He wanted to send Ah Man to Dingzihao in the county overnight, and asked Huo Ye to take people to send Ah Man back to the capital.

When Ah Man heard this, he rolled on the ground and Mei Xiang was also dumbfounded.