Soon it was the end of August. On the morning of the 29th, Chen Lao Er took Chen Chunhua to register at the county's No. 1 Middle School.
Afterwards, Chen Xihua and Chen Xiuhua went to the Second Primary School near the textile factory to take the exam to skip a grade.
It's a short walk, only ten minutes! If you pass the exam, you can report for duty the next day!
Both Chen Xihua and her sister passed their exams smoothly. When they returned home from school and walked downstairs, Chen Xihua suddenly heard Chen Baohua's excited voice, "Fifth sister, fifth sister!"
When Chen Xihua looked up, she saw that little rascal Chen Xiaoliu was lying on the second-floor porch, waving his little hand.
The apartment building didn't have any safety netting installed, and the corridor walls weren't high, less than a meter high, so Chen Baohua's entire head was sticking out.
Chen Xihua was quite frightened, and Chen Xiuhua next to her was even more terrified, instinctively wanting to scream. Chen Xihua quickly grabbed her to stop her from shouting, afraid of frightening Xiao Liu. Chen Xihua herself instantly calmed down, looked up at Chen Xiao Liu, and said gently,
"Little Six, are you going to listen to your Fifth Sister? If you stay still and wait for me to come up, I'll reward you with an even bigger little red flower, okay?"
"Really, I'll be good, Xiao Liu won't move!" Chen Baohua said earnestly. His second and third older sisters were studying in their rooms and didn't play with him. Seeing his fifth sister made him very happy, and he didn't seem afraid at all!
Chen Xihua composed herself, took three steps at a time, and ran up to the second floor. Then, with light steps, she slowly came up behind Chen Xiaoliu, grabbed him by the back of his collar with lightning speed, and pulled him into her arms before she breathed a sigh of relief.
Chen Xiuhua followed closely behind and went up to the second floor. Seeing her fifth sister hugging her younger brother, her tense body relaxed; her legs went weak, and she even staggered. She couldn't bear to think what her mother would do if her brother had fallen!
Chen Xihua held Chen Xiaoliu in her arms. Seeing that the door was open, she looked down at her feet and saw two red bricks propped up against the wall in the corridor.
She was puzzled that Xiao Liu, who was so tall, couldn't climb the wall. It turned out that the bricks left over from replacing the furniture and using them to support the bed legs hadn't been properly disposed of! "Fourth sister, take these two red bricks downstairs and throw them away!"
"Ah, oh, okay!" Chen Xiuhua was still a little frightened. She picked up the red brick and took two steps with a blank expression. Then she turned around, glanced at her fifth sister and the baby she was holding, and thought, "That's great." Then she turned around and went downstairs!
"Fifth Sister, I want a little red flower!" Chen Xihua carried Chen Baohua, who was talking with a smile, and walked into the house seemingly calmly. She didn't say anything, and her face was expressionless!
Just then, Chen Lao Er and Chen Chunhua returned, entering the room together with Chen Xiuhua!
Chen Xihua had already put Chen Baohua down on the ground and pulled him to the sofa. She sat down first, then laid Chen Baohua on her lap and slapped his buttocks three times in a row with a bit of force!
Chen Baohua, who thought his fifth sister was playing with him, burst into tears, "Waaah, waaah..."
"Xiao Bao, Xiao Bao, what's wrong!" Li Yumei, who was cooking in the kitchen, ran out and saw her Xiao Bao lying on Wu Yatou's lap, crying loudly!
She glared at Chen Xihua and began to yell, "Fifth girl, what's wrong with you? You made your brother cry!" As she spoke, Li Yumei went over, picked up Xiaobao, and comforted him.
Chen Jinhua and Chen Meihua, who were doing their homework in their room, came out when they heard the crying. They both looked puzzled, wondering who would dare to make their precious child cry.
Chen Lao Er and Chen Chunhua, who had just returned, were probably still scared and trembling after hearing what Chen Xiuhua had said about what had happened, and they didn't have time to say anything!
"I took the call!" Chen Xihua said calmly.
"You brat, how dare you hit my Xiaobao? Have you lost your mind?" Li Yumei was so angry that her eyes turned red. She wanted to unleash her fury, but she was afraid of scaring Xiaobao.
She also discovered that no matter how she tried to soothe Xiaobao, he wouldn't calm down and kept crying loudly. Li Yumei glared angrily at Chen Xihua, who was still very calm, her eyes looking like she wanted to devour him. She didn't care about anything else and was about to start cursing!
"Chen Xiaoliu, he just climbed to the doorway and half of his upper body was almost hanging out! If he accidentally falls, it's a minor matter. He shouldn't die from falling from the second floor. At most, he'll be injured, lose an arm or a leg, or something!"
However, if he goes down the stairs to the first floor, and there are no security guards in the residential area, he could be kidnapped by human traffickers in the blink of an eye once he runs out onto the street. You'll never find him again, believe it or not! It's your own precious son, whose fault is it if you don't keep a close eye on him?
Who left the door open last when they went in or out of the house?
Chen Xihua's voice was a little cold as she spoke. Although she felt that such a young child would not understand or remember reasoning, adults had to.
Only if Chen Xiaoliu is really hurt will he possibly remember something!
Don't blame her for speaking harshly; this is precisely when human traffickers are at their most rampant!
Li Yumei, who was about to curse, changed her expression drastically upon hearing Wu Yatou's words. She was terrified and felt a little guilty, as she had forgotten to close the door when she returned from grocery shopping that morning!
When the rest of the Chen family heard Chen Xihua, a seven or eight-year-old girl, say such cruel and vicious words, they felt something was wrong, but they were also even more frightened. The hypothetical consequences were truly terrifying!
At the same time, Chen Xihua's formidable nature became even more deeply ingrained in the Chen family's minds. It turned out that what was said at that family meeting was just child's play!
"Wah, wah!" Chen Baohua was still crying, twisting and turning in her mother's arms to get down. Li Yumei had no choice but to put Xiao Bao down. Chen Baohua broke free from her mother's embrace, cried, and ran towards Chen Xihua, wanting to hug her leg!
Chen Xihua dodged him, not wanting him to hug her. "Don't cling to me. You're disobedient and naughty. Don't ask me to play with you anymore. I just told you yesterday that you can't go out alone and shouldn't talk to strangers, but you went out by yourself and climbed so high. If you fall, you might never see any of us again!"
Regardless of whether Chen Xiaoliu could understand her or not, she patiently spoke for a long time!
"Waaah, Fifth Sister, hiccup, hug..." Even his own mother couldn't coax Chen Baohua. He kept running after Chen Xihua, wanting her to hug him!
The little one, just over three years old, was crying so hard it was heartbreaking; it was unbearable to watch!
"No hug!" Chen Xihua was hard-hearted. Although she appeared calm on the surface, she was still somewhat moved inside.
"Fifth girl, try to comfort him! He's your little brother!" Li Yumei was heartbroken to see her beloved son crying so hard, and she was also very angry. How could that brat, Fifth Sister, be so cruel and heartless? Why couldn't she just go along with Xiao Bao?
She wanted to go over and comfort Xiao Bao again, but Chen Baohua pushed her away!
This is very strange. Chen Baohua doesn't even want her own mother, and she can't be coaxed by her closest mother. She is still chasing after Chen Xihua crying and looking for her fifth sister!
Chen Xihua also noticed something was wrong. Usually, when a child this young cries, they can be soothed by their mother or the person closest to them, but Chen Xiaoliu is different!
She suddenly remembered a parenting program she had watched by chance. There was a three or four-year-old boy in the program who had to comfort him no matter who made him cry. Even if it was an uncle or aunt he didn't know well, it was the same. His parents couldn't comfort him. Only the person who had just made him cry could comfort him!
Experts at the time said that there are indeed stubborn children like this, but they are rare. When she saw it, she found it quite amusing; it's like a couple arguing and having a disagreement—you make me angry, so you have to appease me. She never imagined children could be like that!
Could this Chen Xiaoliu be the same way? Chen Xihua wanted to facepalm and smile bitterly. She wanted to ignore him for a while, teach him a lesson, and make him remember it. However, she then thought of something else!
This is interesting, very interesting! Chen Xiaoliu is destined to be closest to her and listen to her. "Spare the rod and spoil the child," as the saying goes. She's the only one in the family who would actually dare to hit Chen Xiaoliu!
Chen Xihua stopped hiding. When Chen Xiaoliu cried and tried to hug her legs again, she let him hug her and then bent down to pick him up!
"Stop crying, or I won't hug you!"
Chen Xiaoliu stopped crying immediately, but after crying for a while, she choked a little.
Chen Xihua is certain: Chen Xiaoliu really is one of those few awkward yet stubborn kids!
Chen Lao Er and Li Yu Mei exchanged a glance, completely baffled. The moment Wu Ya Tou hugged her, she stopped crying? Was this really their biological son?
The other four sisters were dumbfounded and incredulous. The fifth sister had only been back for a little over a month, yet she had managed to coax her little brother into abandoning his mother.
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