Chapter 22: Such Fierce Combat Power

The summer night sky was washed clean by the moonlight, and countless stars dotted the heavens.

The daytime heat dissipates at night, and people enjoy the cool air outside under the moonlight.

Wu Yuhong excitedly brought up rubber bands and shuttlecocks, wanting to play with Shen Xuewei.

Shen Xuewei wasn't very good at kicking shuttlecocks, and after kicking it twice, she didn't want to jump anymore, so Wu Yuhong pulled her to jump rope.

The jump rope game was missing someone to hold the rope, and the adults just watched the two girls with smiles, but were unwilling to hold the rope for them.

The two were at their wits' end. Wu Yuhong asked, "Weiwei, what should we do? We're still one person short."

Shen Xuewei rushed back into the house, pulled out the reluctant-looking Big Yellow, and forcefully put a rubber band around its body.

Big Yellow whimpered twice, looking pitiful as it put on the rubber band.

Shen Xuewei and Wu Yuhong took turns playing for a while before Wu's family came to call her back to sleep.

Wu Yuhong left reluctantly, making plans with Shen Xuewei to play together the next day.

The liberated Big Yellow jumped up and down happily, deliberately stepping on Shen Xuewei's foot once.

Shen Xuewei felt a sharp pain in the instep and screamed in anger, chasing after the erratic Big Yellow dog, intending to hit it.

Several adults sat to the side, watching this scene, and all wore gentle smiles.

Shen Xuewei and Wu Yuhong played wildly under the scorching sun for several days. Wu Yuhong was in good health, but she got a little tanned.

Shen Xuewei, who is physically weak, not only got tanned, but also suffered from heatstroke and developed a high fever.

Chen Fangyang, who was dragged out of bed by his maternal grandfather, didn't even have time to change his shoes. Wearing slippers, he carried the already drowsy Shen Xuewei on his back and hurriedly rushed to the small clinic in Fuxing Village.

While Shen Xuewei was in a daze, she received an injection in her buttocks and an IV drip in her hand.

After regaining consciousness, he found himself back at the Chu family home.

Chu De'an was playing with toys nearby when he saw Shen Xuewei open her eyes and quickly shouted, "Sister, you're awake?"

Shen Xuewei hummed in agreement and slowly sat up from the bed.

How did I get here?

Three-year-old Chu De'an scratched his head, "Sister, don't you remember? Grandma said you got sick from playing too much, so she brought you here for a shot..."

Shen Xuewei subconsciously touched her buttocks.

Chu De'an clapped his hands and said, "That's right, he got a shot in the butt!"

Shen Xuewei: ...

Her high fever had not completely subsided, and she was still somewhat dizzy.

Grandpa Chen and Grandma Xi patted her head, feeling that they couldn't let her go back so soon.

However, there is still a lot of work to be done in the fields, and if I don't go to the fields in time, I'm worried that it will affect the harvest.

After much deliberation, and remembering Chen Fangyang who did nothing all day, she decided to leave him at the Chu family home for a few days until Shen Xuewei's fever completely subsided before bringing her home.

Chen Fangyang accepted the mission and resigned himself to staying.

He may be lazy, but he was extremely attentive to his sickly niece and took great care of her.

Shen Xuewei stayed at the Chu family's house for two days and finally her fever completely subsided.

Before returning to the Chen family, Chen Fangli and Chu Fu gave Shen Xuewei a lot of instructions, telling her not to be playful, not to be exposed to the sun... a series of "don'ts" that firmly put Shen Xuewei under their thumb.

Only after Shen Xuewei agreed to everything did Chen Fangli take a small straw hat off the wall, put a few candies in Shen Xuewei's pocket, and then let her go back to the Chen family with Chen Fangyang.

Chen Fangyang pulled Chu De'an off him and eagerly led Shen Xuewei into the mountains, afraid that Chu De'an would chase after them.

A three-year-old is such a headache; this one at home is much better.

When Wu Yuhong returned home from working in the fields, she heard the news that Shen Xuewei had come back, and she excitedly came up to find her to play.

Shen Xuewei had just recovered from her illness. Grandma Xi glanced at the scorching sun outside and didn't let Shen Xuewei go out. Instead, she coaxed Wu Yuhong back home.

Wu Yuhong looked back several times before finally turning away helplessly.

Shen Xuewei watched her figure disappear from sight, then let out a long sigh.

Grandma Xi wiped her face with a damp cotton handkerchief. "Alright, stop looking. After a while, when you're a bit stronger, Grandma will let you go out and play."

Shen Xuewei drawled out, "I know—"

Unable to go out and play, Shen Xuewei finally remembered her summer homework that she had completely forgotten.

Although she only attended Fuman Elementary School up to the third grade, strictly speaking, she had already graduated from Fuman Elementary School. However, the responsible teacher still assigned summer homework to all the students.

Without a television or a cell phone, she read her two uncles' martial arts novels at least ten times.

With absolutely nothing to do, she simply dug out her summer homework.

While I was writing my book, Old Man Chen came in from next door, leaning on his cane.

He put on his reading glasses, moved closer to Shen Xuewei, and watched her do her homework.

The answers to the homework were all correct, except...

Old Master Chen frowned, tapped the words on her test paper with his cane, and commented, "Weiwei, your handwriting is really ugly. How can a girl write so badly?"

Shen Xuewei blushed and secretly hid the exam paper, trying to make Chen Taigong forget about it.

Her handwriting isn't exactly beautiful; at best, it's neat and tidy, but few people say it's ugly.

Mr. Chen was a cultured man who could read and write in those days and even had excellent calligraphy skills.

However, her great-grandfather had never seen her handwriting in his previous life, because she wasn't a child who liked doing homework.

She put the test paper away, tilted her head back, and smiled at Old Man Chen, "Old Man, hehehe..."

She tried to get Old Man Chen to stop talking by acting cute.

Old Master Chen sighed and shook his head, took off his reading glasses, and left again, leaning on his cane.

Shen Xuewei stroked her breasts, which were sleeping on the corner of the table, and chuckled, thinking that Grandpa Chen would probably never say that her handwriting was ugly again.

However, a few days later, after Shen Xuewei sold some things at the market with her maternal grandfather and maternal grandmother, her maternal grandfather actually took her to a stationery store and bought her two calligraphy practice books.

Shen Xuewei was dumbfounded when she held the two calligraphy practice books.

Only then did she realize that Chen Taigong disliked her handwriting and had complained to her maternal grandfather.

When her biological father complained to her, Chen's maternal grandfather also personally took Shen Xuewei's textbook and compared the words written on it.

I initially thought that since Shen Xuewei was young, it wouldn't matter if her handwriting was a little ugly.

But since she's in a rush to enter third grade, and will soon be in fourth grade, her progress is different from other children, so naturally she needs to practice her handwriting even more.

Shen Xuewei, clutching the two calligraphy practice books, sat on the tricycle with a furrowed brow.

I bought the calligraphy practice book so that she could practice calligraphy.

Grandpa Chen had to work in the fields all day and didn't have time to supervise her; Grandma Xi softened when Shen Xuewei acted coquettishly; Grandma Chen was illiterate and couldn't understand what she was reading.

As for Chen Fangyang, the idler, he's even more of a lazy bum and completely unreliable.

So... Old Master Chen volunteered to supervise Shen Xuewei's calligraphy practice every day.

Under the supervision of Chen Taigong, Shen Xuewei practiced calligraphy diligently for several days.

After she finished practicing calligraphy in the two practice books, Grandpa Chen even brought out ink and taught her to write calligraphy on a blank workbook.

Shen Xuewei studied under Chen Taigong for quite some time, until her uncle Chen Fangqiu returned from Huacheng.

Chen Fangqiu did not return empty-handed.

Shen Xuewei looked at the television he was carrying back, and it seemed strangely familiar.

She racked her brains for a long time before finally remembering... wasn't this her family's old antique?

Her uncle is so powerful, he even brought her TV over!