"Don't steal it!" the little boy said.
He thought that perhaps the child really wanted to play with the fireworks in his hand. In fact, they could exchange them, but it couldn't be a one-for-one exchange. The exchange had to be one where neither party would lose out.
"How about this, if you really want my fireworks, you can trade me ten of your cheap fireworks, ten for one!" the little boy said.
He remembered that when his father took him to buy it, he asked the shopkeeper about the price, and it was about ten for one.
Liu Shengrui stared at the little boy for a while, then turned and walked away.
Liu Dekai and Mo Youyou thought their son had rejected the other party, but unexpectedly, their son ran to their feet and started tugging at them, wanting to take the fireworks.
"Give it to me," Liu Shengrui said in a childish voice.
Mo Youyou was immediately amused, wanting to know what her son wanted to do, so she opened the bag and let him choose.
Liu Shengrui actually took ten and went to find the little boy.
"Look, honey!" Mo Youyou said proudly, "I told you Xiao Rui could understand!"
“Sometimes, we don’t need to interfere too much. If the children want to switch, let them play together. They’re all from the same compound, and who knows, they might play together every day in the future!”
That's how it is with children from military compounds. Some of them may not be brothers, but if they grow up together, they're even better than brothers.
The fact that they could live in the compound meant that their families were at least at the battalion commander level, which also indicated a network of connections.
"Yes, I didn't expect Xiao Rui to be so smart." Liu Dekai was also in a good mood because his son knew how to use the friendly method of exchange instead of forcibly taking it.
"Hmph, I told you long ago, our Xiao Rui is so smart! It's obvious that neither of you parents trusts your child!" Zhang Cuihua spoke up for her eldest grandson, knowing that Xiao Rui was the most capable.
Liu Shengrui took ten fireworks over, and the little boy saw them and naturally assumed that the exchange had been completed, so he should give them to the other boy as well.
“Here you go!” The little boy offered his own.
However, Liu Shengrui's reaction exceeded everyone's expectations.
He lit ten fireworks at once, playing with them by himself while exchanging them with others. This action left the little boy dumbfounded!
How could you exchange fireworks that have already been lit?
What kind of exchange is this?
"I'm not changing it!"
The little boy was very unhappy, feeling that Liu Shengrui was bullying him.
The deal was ten for one, but he lit all ten and started playing with them. What did the other person get in the exchange? Ten burnt sparklers?
"I don't want to switch with you anymore, it's not fun!" the little boy said angrily.
He felt like he was being manipulated, which made him immediately reject any idea of exchanging or contacting Liu Shengrui.
But Liu Shengrui was still not happy.
Why shouldn't we exchange them?
It was agreed that it would be ten for one, and Liu Shengrui has already given up ten. Why is the other party going back on their word now?
"Give it to me!" Liu Shengrui said angrily, his voice noticeably fiercer.
This is a sign that he is about to get angry.
"No way! I told you I'm not trading with you!" The little boy wasn't stupid; he quickly put away his fireworks. He was a little angry and a little aggrieved, and his eyes even reddened with anger.
But she felt ashamed to shed tears, so she held back her tears and didn't want to talk to Liu Shengrui anymore.
"Give it to me!" Liu Shengrui roared.
The little boy ignored him.
Liu Shengrui stared at the little boy for a moment, then took out all the firecrackers from his pocket and threw them at the boy one after another.
I don't know what happened to the things thrown at me; maybe the big red coat was too soft to explode, but some of them were thrown on the ground and—
"Boom——"
"Smack—"
The sound of firecrackers exploding continuously rang out, right next to my ears; the noise was quite loud.
Let alone a little boy, even an average adult would be startled by such a commotion at such close range, let alone a little boy who was already looking aggrieved.
"Wow—" The little guy was so frightened by the explosion that he burst into tears.
The sound was so close, it felt like it was exploding right on me.
One after another...
One sound after another.
"Waaah—I'm scared, I'm scared!" the little boy cried out loudly. No matter how sensible he was, he was still a child, and he couldn't hold back his tears.
Liu Shengrui seemed to have discovered something even more fun than the beautiful fireworks: firecrackers.
It looks ordinary, but it can actually make people cry.
That's so interesting!
"Ha ha……"
And so, Liu Shengrui continued to throw more firecrackers at the little boy while laughing, looking like a little devil from hell!
"Oh no, this is bad!"
Liu Dekai and Mo Youyou, who had been quietly observing, realized that things were getting out of control and could no longer remain on the sidelines, so they rushed over.
The little boy's parents were playing nearby when they heard a child crying. They immediately searched the crowd for the source of the crying and found that it was their own child!
"Old Wang, our son is crying!" Mei Jie quickly grabbed her husband, Wang Changhua, and rushed over to save the child, shouting as she ran, "Shucai, what's wrong?!"
"Waaaaah... Daddy! Mommy!"
Wang Shucai was already feeling wronged, and was even more frightened by the firecrackers. When he saw his parents arrive, he cried even louder.
"Don't cry, tell Mommy what happened first," Mei Jie said anxiously.
However, Liu Shengrui was not afraid of adults at all.
Even after Wang Changhua and Mei Jie rushed over, he still didn't stop his game and continued to throw firecrackers at Wang Shucai.
He wanted to see Wang Shucai so frightened he cried.
This is so much fun!
"Whose child is this?" Mei Jie exclaimed, dumbfounded. "Whose child is this?!"
There was no need to ask her son anymore; just by looking at his expression, Mei Jie knew why Wang Shucai was crying.
How could such a young child not be frightened and cry when firecrackers are thrown at him like that?
"Don't throw it away!" Wang Changhua shouted angrily, standing in front of his wife and son.
At this moment, Liu Dekai and Mo Youyou rushed over, followed closely by Zhang Cuihua, who was eager to protect her grandson.
"You're a grown man, yelling at a child, and you think you're right!" Before her son and daughter-in-law could even speak to the other person, Zhang Cuihua started criticizing Wang Changhua.
Wang Changhua and Mei Jie weren't the type to dwell on trivial matters, but Zhang Cuihua's reaction truly shocked them.
It was truly an eye-opening experience.
I thought that when the other child's parents arrived, I would apologize to them first. Who knew that they would turn the tables and try to morally blackmail me, complaining that Wang Changhua's tone of voice towards the child was too harsh?
It's like being stabbed in the butt with a knife; it's an eye-opener.
"Hey, lady, what do you mean by that? Your kid threw firecrackers at my son, and my husband just told him to stop, and you're upset? What, do you think it's right for your kid to throw firecrackers at people?" Mei Jie questioned.
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