Chapter 10 Helping Out

His eyes hurt and he felt wronged, so Liu Honghe burst into tears.

His embarrassed look stunned Lin Xiangxi. Liu Honghe was the most noisy child in the family. He was young and had a bad temper, so he rarely suffered any loss.

Seeing him crying, Lin Xiangxi glanced at Hu Meili's face and started to complain without giving in.

"Mom, Brother Honghe is threatening my second sister and wants to force her to go to the countryside."

Lin Xiangnan, who was watching the fun, added fuel to the fire and said, "That's right. Honghe threatened me."

"You two beat me, and you still dare to complain?" Liu Honghe couldn't believe it. He pointed at his red eyes and complained, "Dad, I don't know what my second sister sprayed my eyes with today. I almost went blind."

"Ah? I didn't, I didn't." Lin Xiangnan waved his hands innocently, "Aren't your eyes red from crying? How can you blame me?"

When it comes to disputes between children, Hu Meili and Liu Laohei either ignore it or give each of them a lash of the cane, especially when both sides insist on their own opinions.

Hu Meili slammed the table and said irritably, "That's enough. Stop making trouble. I'm busy at work during the day, so I don't have the time to settle your case. If you continue to make trouble, no one will be allowed to eat. You all have to stand in the yard as punishment."

You are already a grown-up. It would be so embarrassing to stand outside as punishment.

Lin Xiangnan immediately said with a smile: "I'll help you carry the bowl."

When the whole family was sitting at the dinner table, a family war just passed by in a muddle.

Liu Honghe and Lin Xiangnan only dared to glare at each other secretly at the dinner table and did not dare to quarrel at all.

Today's lunch was simple, multi-grain rice with stir-fried side dishes, with little oil and salt. Coupled with Hu Meili's poor cooking skills, the taste was really average. Lin Xiangnan finished the rice in the bowl in a few bites and quickly left the table.

"I have something to do at school, so I'll leave first." After saying that, she quickly slipped away with her schoolbag.

After leaving the yard, Lin Xiangnan took out a loaf of bread and a bottle of milk from his schoolbag, found a secluded corner, and had a snack for himself.

With the food at home, she couldn't survive if she didn't add some extra food to herself.

"Sister~Sister~"

Lin Xiangxi's voice suddenly came from not far behind him, and Lin Xiangnan was so scared that he quickly stuffed the food into his mouth and put the milk bottle into his schoolbag.

"Sister, why are you here?" Lin Xiangxi ran after her and asked breathlessly, "I didn't explain it clearly at home just now. How did Liu Honghe threaten you? I'll find someone to beat him up."

"It's okay. I can handle the things that happen in the countryside." Lin Xiangnan calmly took out a handful of candies from his pocket and handed them to Lin Xiangxi. "Eat some candies. It helps you get some calcium, otherwise you won't grow tall in the future."

Lin Xiangxi took the candy in surprise and asked, "Sister, where did you get the money? Why didn't you take me with you when you were picking up rags?"

The children had no pocket money, so if they wanted to buy candy, they could only pick up waste paper and scrap metal to sell. In order to earn some money from selling scrap metal, Lin Xiangxi and his friends even pried open the copper locks of other people's doors.

"This money is not from picking up rags." Lin Xiangnan lied calmly, "I earned this money by helping my classmates with their homework. There was a classmate in the class who had poor grades, but his parents were capable and educated people, so they pushed him hard, so he had no choice but to ask me for help."

Lin Xiangxi peeled off the candy wrapper and put the candy into her mouth with a satisfied expression on her face, "It's delicious. What's your classmate's name? Does he have any brothers or sisters?"

"Eat your candy. With your grades, do you dare to help others with their homework?"

"Okay, I'm leaving now. If Liu Honghe threatens you again, remember to call me over and I'll beat him up for you."