After Li Jiakang and others arrived home, they started complaining as soon as they entered the door, "This snow is really not coming at the right time. If I had known, I would have walked to work."

It hadn't snowed when they left home in the morning, so they rode their bikes to work as usual.

But I didn't expect it to snow all day. When I got off work, although the snow had stopped, the snow was very thick.

Even walking is difficult, let alone riding a bike or pushing a cart.

Li Jiakang and Li Ping carried the car on their backs and walked back, and they were really tired.

Li Mei poured a cup of hot water for the three of them and said, "You guys take a break first. My sister-in-law guessed that you would be back late today, so she postponed the cooking time. The food will have to wait a while."

"Okay." After the three of them took the cup of water, they began to sip it in small sips.

After a while, Li Ping asked, "Xiao Xu, did you build the snowman in the yard?"

"No, that was made by Third Brother and Brother Xiaosen." Li Ju on the side quickly answered.

After she reminded them, they realized that there seemed to be someone missing in the room.

Sun Xiu turned his head and looked around. After confirming that there was no one there, he asked, "Where are the three old men?"

"I have a fever and am lying in the house."

Several people were stunned at first, then stood up and walked out.

After a while, they came back.

Sun Xiu showed a look of relief on his face, "Fortunately, he is sweating now, otherwise we would have to send him to the hospital."

"Didn't you ask how he got sick?" Li Xu asked.

Li Jiakang waved his hand, "What's there to ask? It must be for making a snowman."

"You're brilliant." Li Xu gave him a thumbs-up and then asked, "Have you ever considered that the snow has been falling all day and it just stopped a while ago? When did they make this pile?"

Li Ping hesitated and said, "Isn't it in the snow?"

"You guessed right."

Sun Xiu said with a funny look on his face, "You kid, do you want to see us beat your brother, so you complain to us?"

Although he had this idea, Li Xu could not admit it, so he said righteously, "Mom, I'm not complaining. I'm just stating the facts to you. It's up to you whether to beat him or not."

Sun Xiu answered decisively, "I don't think you should hit me. It's normal for children to get sick after playing in the snow. You've gotten sick many times before because of this."

"This is different." Then Li Xu roughly recounted what happened in the afternoon.

It mainly highlights Li Chen's refusal to listen to advice and his stubbornness.

Li Jiakang and his wife's faces darkened when they heard this. "Is what you said true?"

"It must be true." Li Xu patted his chest and guaranteed, and asked Li Mei to testify.

Seeing the two people looking at her, Li Mei nodded and said, "It's true."

Now she understood why Li Xu had said that Li Chen would definitely be beaten.

With his help, it would be strange if I didn't get beaten...

Hearing Li Mei's testimony, Li Jiakang was furious. "This little bastard, not only did he want to go out in the snow, but he actually wanted to drag Xiaoju along with him? When he recovers from his illness, I will definitely beat him up."

Li Mei seemed to be hesitant to speak.

She really wanted to say that this was what Dusen wanted to do most.

It’s just that Li Xu’s words were vague, so Li Jiakang misunderstood.

After thinking about it carefully, I found that there is nothing wrong with saying this.

Li Chen must have thought about this before.

He should be taught a lesson.

So in the end, no one said anything.

Sun Xiu thought more about it and frowned, "He's too bold now, isn't he? As the old saying goes, listening to advice is enough to have a full meal. He refused to listen to several people's advice. Will we be unable to persuade him tomorrow?"

And his stubbornness has come back again. If he had drunk ginger and sugar water earlier, he might not have had a fever. I think he needs to be treated properly."

Li Xu was very happy after hearing this, and said quickly, "Mom, you are wise."

This made Sun Xiu laugh. "I think you've been waiting for us to say this, right?"

"Yes." This time Li Xu admitted it directly, and then explained, "The third child is four years older than my younger sister, and he's a boy. He has a fever this time. If we weren't around, and my younger sister ran out with him, how sick would she be?

Let’s not talk about anything else. There are many rivers in our county. Except for the past two years, several children used to drown every summer. Were there no passers-by who tried to persuade those children before they went into the water?

I'm doing this for his own good. If he doesn't correct these bad habits, he'll definitely suffer greatly in the future."

What I said makes sense and is well-founded.

At least Sun Xiu and the others nodded in agreement after listening to it.

"You're right. This time we must teach him a lesson."

Li Xu laughed secretly in his heart.

He actually just expanded on what Li Jiakang and his wife had just said to make everyone more vigilant.

He also described himself as a good brother who cared about his younger brother.

This operation was absolutely perfect.

Next, Li Jiakang and the others continued to instruct Li Ju.

In particular, she was asked to be wary of the ideas proposed by Li Chen and Du Sen.

If you are unsure whether their ideas are dangerous or not, ask an adult and never make a decision on your own.

Li Ju obediently agreed to all the requests.

This made everyone very satisfied.

Li Chen failed to show off and got sick, that was his own problem.

But if Li Ju is also made sick, it would be an unforgivable crime.

Even though he has a fever now, Li Xu feels that he can grab him and give him a beating.

After dinner.

Everyone brought food to Li Chen's bed.

His appetite is much better than Li Ju's when she was sick.

He lay in bed and started eating with big mouthfuls.

After finishing the meal, he was still a little unsatisfied and said directly to Li Xu, "Second brother, you see I'm sick too, can you give me some milk powder?"

Everyone: ...

How dare you make this request?

You have no idea how you got sick?

Li Xu was so angry that he laughed, "What the hell are you drinking? I'm lucky I didn't beat you up today. You still want to drink milk powder? You'd better drink it in your dreams. Dreams have everything."

Li Chen was unwilling to give up. "I'm already sick, why are you beating me? Besides, when my little sister was sick, didn't you just give her milk powder?"

"Get lost! I haven't even settled the score with you today, and you still have the nerve to ask for milk powder?" Li Jiakang scolded him. "What sickened your little sister before? What sickened you too? I'm telling you, starting tomorrow, all the housework will be yours. If you dare take Xiaoju out to play in snowy or rainy weather, I'll give you a beating."

Li Chen was dumbfounded and asked quickly, "Dad, I'm still sick, it's not appropriate for me to do housework. Besides, I didn't do anything today. What do you want to settle with me?"

"Nothing?" Li Jiakang sneered. "I heard someone brag today about being in great health and never getting sick, and even several people trying to persuade him weren't effective. And there was another person who was practically shaking like a sieve, yet he refused to drink ginger sugar water. Third Brother, do you know who this person is?"

After hearing this, Li Chen subconsciously wrapped the quilt tighter.

Nothing else, I just suddenly felt very cold...