Chapter 448: Straighten your back
Shen Wan didn't answer, but asked coldly: "What's your name?"
"Tiedan." The child blinked his big watery eyes and answered seriously.
After hearing this, Shen Wan said seriously: “From today on, you are the captain of this group of children.”
"From now on, if anyone dares to bully you, fight them if you can, but if you can't, go find Uncle Hu."
"In a word, you have to stand up straight."
"If you're even afraid of a fat kid who's lazy and doesn't know the difference between grains, who can expect you to achieve anything in the future?"
Upon hearing this, the faint spark in Tiedan's heart immediately ignited into a prairie fire.
The princess is right.
He can't be afraid of Dabao!
Apart from his noble birth, how is that little fat boy better than me?
"Yes, Princess!" Tiedan said with a stern face, waving his thin little fist vigorously. "If anyone dares to bully us in the future, I will definitely fight back!"
Shen Wan listened and nodded with satisfaction.
Since she decided to build an orphanage, she naturally had the obligation to educate these children well.
If everyone is afraid of everything, won't these children become punching bags when they grow up?
"Very good!" She smiled slyly, her eyes sparkling. "Do you know what to do now?"
Tiedan was stunned for a moment, then came to his senses.
He turned around suddenly and looked at Dabao fiercely.
Dabao knew that something was wrong and ran away in fear.
Although he was tall and strong, he was the eldest son of a wealthy family after all. How could his strength compare with that of Tiedan, a child who had been doing rough work since childhood?
Tiedan's eyes tightened, and he couldn't help but yell, "Brothers and sisters, follow me!"
Before he finished speaking, he chased after Dabao like a fly.
They already disliked Dabao very much, and now seeing Tiedan taking action, the other children also rushed over waving their fists.
When Li saw this, her face turned pale with fright.
In a hurry, she could only look at Shen Wan: “Will something happen if such a large group of people beat up a child?”
Li was very familiar with Dabao's strength.
The big and strong Dabao is just an embroidered pillow at best. If they really fight, he probably won't even be able to beat the thin Erbao.
I have to say that all this is thanks to Hu Dahai.
Seeing that Erbao and Da Niu were weak, he took the initiative to teach them martial arts.
Although the time is still short, the two little ones are extremely smart and are now learning quite well.
"When Dabao bullied others, did he ever think that something bad would happen?" Shen Wan disagreed and said coldly, "Fourth sister-in-law, I know you feel sorry for Dabao."
"But he has to learn a lesson, otherwise his life will be truly ruined."
"We can spoil him, but people outside may not."
"If he really suffers a great loss in the future, will you regret not educating him properly now?"
Li's face turned pale.
Erbao listened and agreed: "Aunt Wu is right, Dabao needs to be taken care of."
"If he gets into trouble in the future, the reputation of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion will be completely lost."
After hearing this, Li suddenly remembered the incident of Dabao stealing the chicken.
If that incident had been spread, the good reputation earned by generations of the Xie family would have been lost.
"Young Madam." Li thought for a moment and looked at her with a guilty look on her face. "I... I have a soft personality and I'm afraid I won't be able to educate these children well."
Every time she educates Dabao, she is exhausted.
Faced with a group of unfamiliar children, Li felt even more unsure.
She felt that if she raised them in a wrong way, she would be committing a serious sin.
“No, you did very well.” Shen Wan smiled and said, “Everyone has their own strengths. The fourth sister-in-law’s greatest strength is kindness.”
"If a person lacks even the most basic kindness, is he worthy of being called a human being?"
"I've thought about it. From now on, every morning, Fourth Sister-in-law will teach these children to read and write, and talk about the principles of being a good person. In the afternoon, I will let Brother Hu teach them some self-defense martial arts. Boys and girls must learn it."
Although Hu Dahai did not move here, Shen Wan hardly saw him at the post station since Li moved to the orphanage.
You don't need to ask to know that he must have come to find Li.
Sure enough, the love of middle-aged people is like a fire in an old house.
Once ignited, it spreads rapidly and there is no cure.
"I'll listen to you." Li thought for a moment and said.
Shen Wan smiled and said, “Fourth sister-in-law doesn’t have to listen to me on everything. If there is anything, just discuss it with Brother Hu.”
Hu Dahai is a man with his own ideas and very positive values.
With his help in educating the children, I believe everything will be fine.
She smiled as she picked up the pieces of cloth from the ground and handed them over.
"The New Year is coming soon. Let's save these fabrics to make new clothes for the children." Shen Wan smiled and said, "By the way, there is a piece of blue silk for you. You look good in this color."
Li has an elegant temperament, fair skin and beautiful appearance. This light blue color suits her perfectly.
Looking at the green silk, Li felt her eyes turn red.
This is the first time in more than 20 years that someone has paid attention to what color suits her.
"Young Madam..." Her voice was hoarse and she didn't know what to say for a moment.
Looking at her slightly red eyes, Shen Wan smiled sweetly: "I'm not saying anything bad about you, Fourth Sister-in-law, but you keep calling me Young Madam and Young Madam all day long. Don't you feel strange?"
"You can either call me sister like Big Brother Hu did, or you can call me Wan'er."
Li thought about it, forced a smile and said, "I'll just call you Fifth Brother's Sister-in-law."
Although they have not officially married yet, in everyone's eyes, Shen Wan and Xie Mubai are a couple.
If she called him by a different name, her petty brother-in-law would definitely be angry.
"Okay." Shen Wan said with a smile, "By the way, Fourth Sister-in-law, what else is missing here?"
"The New Year is coming soon, so we need to prepare more things."
Li is a worry-free person.
If Shen Wan didn't take the initiative to say it, she probably wouldn't say it.
After hearing this, Li hesitated for a moment and said, "In previous years, the Duke's Mansion would set off a lot of fireworks during the New Year."
"Things are different now, but we still need to light firecrackers to ward off bad luck."
"Besides, the kids like it too, so why not prepare some firecrackers?"
"Of course, you don't need too many, just two will be enough."
Although she was not very interested in fireworks and firecrackers, since Li mentioned it, Shen Wan would naturally agree.
Suddenly, she thought of Madam He and others again.
The New Year is coming soon, so business over there should be very good.
Fortunately, she left behind a large amount of sulfur explosives before leaving, so they should have no problem holding on for a few more months.
Shen Wan thought about it for a while, and then carefully checked the orphanage and the nursing home next door.
No matter what was missing, she carefully wrote it down on paper.
After working for most of the day, Shen Wan refused Li and Xie Murong's invitation to stay for dinner and walked towards the post station alone.
Despite the economic recession, as the year draws to a close, there are still a few shops open on the streets of Lanyang City, and customers come in and out from time to time.
Some of them bought rice, some bought noodles, and some bought meat, but no one bought fireworks.
The reason is simple, because there is nothing to sell.
Back then, the business rights of fireworks and firecrackers in Lanyang City were in the hands of Chen Jiu. Now that Chen Jiu is dead, the explosives in his hands have all been used to blow up the mountains. It is extremely luxurious to buy a string of firecrackers.
While I was daydreaming, suddenly, a group of people came over from the opposite side like a tide.
As soon as they saw Shen Wan, they all knelt down.
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