The three brothers of the Ma family stopped at the intersection leading to Dingjia Village and decided to wait for their father here. Yesterday, Ma Fuquan came back from the county on two horses. One was the horse he rode from the town government office, and the other was a service horse specially given to him by the county magistrate for his convenience in traveling back and forth after his work in the county. It was also a good horse specially picked out for him by Captain Guan in the stable.

Ma Xiaomai asked his father last night and learned that it was a special mount that the county magistrate had given his father, so he took Ma Xiaodou and Ma Xiaomi to wait for Ma Fuquan at the intersection, so that they could get a ride home together.

Dabao followed Ding Pingshun and his son and walked ahead. Ding Pingshun took out a bag of malt sugar from his arms, gave one to Ding Sheng and the other to Dabao. Dabao waved his hand and said, "Thank you, uncle. I don't like candy."

What kid doesn't like sweets? Ding Pingshun thought he was being polite because he didn't buy much. The three Ma brothers were reluctant to give any of it to him. When he was about to stuff it into Dabao's hands, Ding Sheng said, "He doesn't have any delicious food at home. Don't force it on him if he doesn't want it."

After hearing what he said, Dabao didn't explain. His new gown was soiled by Ding Gui and torn in a fight. He was in a bad mood and didn't want to eat.

The two brothers Ding Gui were also in a bad mood, especially Ding Gui. He had never suffered any loss at the hands of Dabao before, but today he was unable to beat Dabao. Dabao even got a bruise on the corner of his eye, and his clothes were also torn. He would definitely be scolded when he got home.

The two brothers were very depressed at the thought of being scolded when they returned home. They also felt that studying was not as fun as they had imagined. In the past, they were the only two brothers in the village who came to the town to study, which they felt was quite an honor. Now even Ding Sheng came to study, and he wore a long gown like Dabao. They felt that studying could no longer bring them supreme honor, and both of them wanted to back out.

Ma Xiaomai saw them walking towards him dejectedly and shouted, "Are the two generals Heng and Ha here?"

Ma Xiaomi: “Yes!”

Ma Xiaodou: “Yes!”

Ma Xiaomai nodded and waved his hand: "Come on!"

Because of Ding Quan, Ma Xiaomai was punished to reflect on his mistakes facing the wall. He decided to teach the two brothers a lesson. Ma Xiaodou took the lead and rushed towards Ding Gui and Ding Quan, howling.

"Let's fight one on one if you dare!" Ding Gui grabbed Ma Xiaodou and shouted.

"Who wants to fight you one-on-one!" Ma Xiaomi is the one with the best temper among the three brothers, but he always follows Ma Xiaomai's lead. Seeing that Ding Gui dared to grab Ma Xiaodou, he punched him in the nose and then knocked him down.

Ma Xiaodou also pressed forward.

Ding Quan wanted to help but didn't dare. He knew his two brothers couldn't beat the three brothers, so he simply ran away, shouting as he ran: "Just wait for me!"

"I'm afraid of you!" Ma Xiaomai picked up a stone and threw it at him, hitting his heel. He staggered and almost fell flat on his face.

"Beat him for me!" Ma Xiaomai knew that Ding Gui could not withstand his beating, so he did not take action. Instead, he ordered his two younger brothers to beat him.

Ding Gui had already been beaten black and blue by Dabao, and now Ma Xiaomi and Ma Xiaodou beat him up without any chance to fight back. If Ma Fuquan had not arrived and stopped Ma Xiaomi and the others, he would have been beaten into a pig's head.

"What happened? Why are you fighting?" Ma Fuquan asked.

Ding Gui originally wanted to complain to him about Ma Xiaomai and the others, but then he remembered that year when his grandmother took him to the Ma family, but was chased away by Ma Fuquan, so he gave up the idea.

Wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, he said, "I'm going to go back and tell my dad. You guys just wait for me."

Ma Fuquan carried Ma Xiaodou and Ma Xiaomi onto the horse's back and asked them again, "Why did you fight?" Ma Xiaomai climbed onto the horse's back and said, "He bullied Dabao and drew on Dabao's back with a brush."

"We can't solve the problem by fighting. We send you to school so that you can learn culture, not so that you can fight. Do you hear me?" Ma Fuquan said.

Ma Xiaodou: "Daddy, I can write the character 'horse' now."

Ma Xiaomi: "I can do that too."

Ma Fuquan kicked his foot and jumped onto the horse's back. He turned sideways, rubbed Ma Xiaomai's head with his backhand, and asked, "What about you?"

"I know the character 'Ma'. Oh, and the character 'Ding' as well." Ma Xiaomai giggled and put her arm around his waist and said, "Daddy, can I not study? I feel like falling asleep as soon as I sit in class."

Ma Fuquan said, "Stop talking nonsense. If you don't study and can't read, what can you do when you grow up? If you don't learn two words today, you have to sleep in the classroom until you are eighteen."

After saying that, he whipped the horse, and the four of them, father and son, ran forward. When passing by Ding Gui, Ma Xiaomai cried out "Yo Ho". Ding Gui was so angry that he picked up a stone to hit them, but he didn't dare. He picked it up and threw it away angrily.

They didn't run far before they caught up with Ding Quan. Ding Quan heard the sound of horse hooves and looked back. He saw Ma Fuquan riding a horse with the three brothers, and he was angry and envious. Ma Xiaodou, who was sitting in the front, shouted to him proudly: "Yo ho yo ho, your brother is behind us. We beat him and made him cry. You just wait for him here!"

Ma Fuquan had a headache because these three adopted sons were too naughty. In his previous life, all he did was work. He had no experience in getting along with children and didn't know how to discipline them.

But in this life, he wants to be a good husband and a good father.

Forget it, take your time.

"Dabao! It's Dabao and the others, Dabao~" When they were almost at Dingjia Village, Ma Xiaodou saw Dabao, Ding Sheng and the others, and waved and shouted.

"Whoa!" Ma Fuquan pulled the reins and the horse slowed down.

"Daddy, Xiaodou told Sanniu and the others about you and mom kissing this morning." When Ma Xiaomi saw Dabao, she remembered what happened in the morning and turned to tell Ma Fuquan.

"This brat." No wonder, Ma Fuquan's mind flashed with Jian Ning's cold expression in the morning.

"Uncle Ma." Dabao rarely saw Ma Fuquan, so he bowed to him and called him respectfully.

Ding Sheng's eyes darkened. He only thought that Dabao did not bow when he saw his father, but ignored that Dabao called his father "uncle" and called Ma Fuquan "Uncle Ma".

"Uncle Ma." Ding Sheng thought that he was a scholar now and had to act like a scholar. He followed Dabao's example, bowed, and called out.

Ma Fuquan said "hmm" and nodded, then greeted Ding Pingshun. Thinking that they were not far from the village, he simply dismounted and walked, holding the reins and letting the three of them sit on the horses.

"Dabao, do you want to get off the horse?"

Ma Xiaomai asked Dabao, Dabao glanced at Ma Fuquan, Ma Fuquan smiled and said: "If you want to sit, I will carry you up."

He carried Dabao onto the horse, and Dabao bowed again and said, "Thank you, Uncle Ma."

Seeing that Jian Ning looked mature and steady despite his young age, Ma Fuquan felt secretly relieved for Jian Ning. In this life, Jian Ning had a family with a son and a daughter, and he felt relieved.

In reality, he knew Jian Ning's feelings, but he was a man of family background. They had both traveled through time and space, and both had their own families. It just so happened that Tian looked exactly like his wife. Regardless of their fate in past and present lives, they were destined to be together, destined to be just a pair of like-minded comrades.

He believed that Jane Ning would return to the team sooner or later. She had military blood in her bones and was a soldier he had trained.