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"Humph, it's just a car, right? We have cars here too, they're taller and bigger, and more impressive than yours!"
"That's right, it's just a car made by the Japanese. What's there to be proud of? It's not like we haven't seen it before."
In the wheat field not far from the big poplar tree at the entrance of Longgang Village, a group of half-grown children surrounded a little boy who looked only three or four years old and was wearing a brand new gray cloth military uniform and an octagonal hat.
The little boy has a chubby body, a big round head, and a pair of small eyes and a small nose on his round face, which makes his fatness stand out. His dress and round body form a sharp contrast with the children around him.
Hearing his friends chattering about the cars in the village, he grinned and his eyes immediately narrowed into slits, looking very cute. He put his hands on his hips, raised his chubby little chin, and said in his soft, baby voice with an expression of disbelief: "Huh, I don't believe it. My dad said that our area is very poor and there is no way we can have cars. You are lying. Lying is not a good thing."
"Liar, liar!"
Being called a liar by the naive children, several children were not happy about it. With unfriendly faces, they pushed the fat boy, who was only about three years old, to the ground and surrounded him, saying: "We are not liars, what we said is true!"
"Although we are poor, we never cheat anyone. My mother said your father is a liar, a big bad guy who only sucks people's hard-earned money!"
"Yes, my mother also said that your family has been bad people for generations. Your grandmother and your grandfather are big landlords who specialize in exploiting people. They are class enemies of us poor people."
"No, my father is a good man, and my grandparents are good people too. You are lying." The little fat boy, regardless of the pain on his body, got up from the ground, looking like a ferocious wolf cub, and rushed towards the child closest to him like a small cannonball, clenching his little fists with his teeth bared and claws.
A three-year-old child and five or six children aged eight or nine soon started fighting together. Although Qin Yuji was only three years old, he was fat and white because of his well-off family and good nutrition. He looked stronger than the five or six-year-old children in the village. He waved his fists desperately and hit where no one could see.
Feeling the pain, the other children hit him in the face without mercy. Soon Qin Yuji was beaten black and blue, his brand new clothes were torn into tatters, and the corner of his mouth was broken and blood was flowing out. Several of them were obviously furious, and even though they were exhausted, they had no intention of stopping.
Two fists were no match for four hands, and Qin Yuji gradually became unable to fight anymore. He curled up his body, holding his head and letting the fists of several children fall on him, but he did not cry out in pain or shed a tear.
“Ding ding~~~”
The sounds of car engines and horns were heard not far from the village entrance. A jeep stopped next to the wheat field in a blink of an eye. A thin but very tall PLA soldier was holding a white and fat New Year picture doll in his hands. Behind him followed a woman who was also wearing a military uniform and had neat short hair. Both of them walked towards the fighting children with serious faces.
As soon as they heard the sound of the car engine, several children stopped and looked ahead. After the car stopped, one of the children pulled Qin Yuji, who was curled up on the ground, and pointed at the jeep and said, "See, we didn't lie. We have a better car than yours!"
One of Qin Yuji's eyes was swollen. She wanted to open her eyes to see the car not far away, but tears flowed uncontrollably. With her bruised face, it was obvious that she had been severely bullied.
The people who came were Xiao Li and Wang Xuemei who had rushed back from Beijing. Xiao Li had limited vacation time and did not stay in Beijing for too long. He stayed at home for just two days and then returned to this small mountain village with his wife and children. In order to prevent the two from suffering, he sent a telegram to the army in advance and asked Xiao Liuzi to pick them up at the station.
He originally wanted to take Wang Xuemei to familiarize herself with the surrounding environment, but he didn't expect to see a group of children fighting at the entrance of Longgang Village. It was a group of people bullying one person. Taking a look at the little boy in his arms, Xiao Li immediately dragged Guaiguai into the fight. He was so angry that he asked Xiao Liuzi to drive the car over.
He said in a deep voice: "What are you doing!"
Ever since she had a child, Wang Xuemei's maternal love has overflowed. After getting off the bus, she took out a handkerchief from her pocket, walked directly to Qin Yuji's side, squatted down, and slowly wiped Qin Yuji's wound. She said softly, "Why did you fight? Friends should love each other."
"Hiss, hiss, hiss!" Qin Yuji gasped in pain, gritting her teeth and stubbornly holding back from crying out. She raised her chin proudly, "They and I are not friends!"
After hearing this, several other children also said in unison: "We are not friends. We are class enemies and we are hostile to each other!"
Guaiguai was learning to walk recently. She pointed at the ground and said "Ahhh", wanting to get down and walk on her own. Xiaoli bent down, held her little arm and put her on the ground. He glanced at the older children and asked, "Don't say anything careless. Do you know what a class enemy is?"
"I know. Their family is rich, they are landlords, they are capitalists. We are poor and they used to exploit us."
"Our family has never exploited you, you are lying!" Qin Yuji pushed Wang Xuemei's hand away and was about to rush forward again, but Wang Xuemei quickly grabbed her arm.
"Let me go! They're lying. My grandparents are good people, and my parents are very good people too. They're wrongly accusing me and talking nonsense. I'm going to beat them to death!"
"Can you win?" Xiao Li looked Qin Yuji up and down. The fat boy with short arms and broken legs had his face beaten so badly that it was unrecognizable. With the ferocity of a little wolf cub, he looked quite funny.
If Wang Xuemei hadn't glared at him, Xiao Li guessed he would have laughed out loud.
Seeing Qin Yuji like this, the other children also showed a fierce posture, ready to fight, "Come on, we are not afraid of you. Whoever doesn't beat me to death today will be a grandson!"
Xiao Li gave the closest child a light kick on the butt and said in dissatisfaction, "That's enough! You older kids are bullying little kids! How dare you! Go home now and listen to less nonsense from now on. If I hear you say 'class enemy' again, I'll have you all locked up in the back mountains."
The People's Liberation Army at the foot of the back mountain would beat people. Parents of some disobedient children would say: If you continue to act naughty, we will send you to the back mountain and let the People's Liberation Army on the back mountain beat you up!
"We're not going to the back mountain!" The children were both longing for and afraid of the back mountain. When they heard Xiao Li say this, they no longer cared about their grandfather and ran away in fear. The speed was astonishing.
"What is the Back Mountain?" Qin Yuji was different from other children in the village. His family was well-off. His father owned a factory in the city and his mother was a city dweller with a decent job. Except for a period of time every year when they went back to their hometown, the family lived in the city for the rest of the time. So he didn't know why the Back Mountain scared his friends so much.
Xiao Li said without thinking: "The back mountain is just a small hill behind the village." He did not lie. The back mountain was indeed just an ordinary hill, but there was a corps at the foot of the mountain.
Wang Xuemei stood up and touched Qin Yuji's head. "Go home quickly. Let your mother take good care of the wound on your face."
The child's mother would be so heartbroken to see the bruises all over the wound.
"Thank you for helping me." Qin Yuji obviously didn't believe what Xiao Li said. After thanking him, he reluctantly limped towards the only bright brick house in the village. However, he still remembered the place behind the mountain in his mind, thinking of asking someone to take him there to see it when he returned home next time.
"Let's go, stop looking." Xiao Li picked up the enthusiastically walking Guai Guai and patted Wang Xuemei who was standing beside him in a daze. "What are you thinking about?"
"How can these kids, who are so young and don't know anything, say such things?" One can kill someone by accident, even if it's unintentional, but it's scary to think about it.
Children in rural areas mature earlier. Children aged eight or nine are already considered half laborers at home. They begin to understand many social customs. It’s just that this society is so hostile to the rich. Maybe you are not wrong, and your family is not wrong, but if you live better than others, it is a sin.
Xiao Li didn't know how to explain it, so he could only say, "They heard the adults talking at home. Children remember things very quickly. I'd better be more careful when I talk at home in the future, so that they won't overhear me."
Parroting is the most common phenomenon in children learning a language. Considering that Guaiguai is in the language learning stage, in order to prevent Guaiguai from learning bad words, Xiaoli stopped using swear words.
It would be even better if the entire group could stop using swear words. Xiao Li thought about the scene and inexplicably felt that it was a huge project.
It's impossible.
Someone came to the family area again, and this time it was the wife of the regiment commander. I heard that the wife of the regiment commander was the new military doctor of the regiment. She was beautiful, had a good job, and had a good family background. Such a person was like a fairy in the sky, who was out of reach. One day she suddenly appeared in their lives, and the military wives were immediately excited.
Sour!
That evening, they all came to greet the soldiers, and after a few introductions, they hurried away. Wang Xuemei had never seen such a unique way of greeting before. She said to Huang Cancan, who was helping her look after the little boy, "The military wives here seem to be quite easy to get along with."
Huang Cancan covered her mouth and chuckled, "That's because we're easy to get along with. I'm just worried that your husband will come back suddenly."
Ever since Xiao Li kicked the company commander of the first company of the first battalion away in front of everyone, the military wives in the family area no longer see this regimental commander. When they see him from afar, they want to run away, for fear that if they accidentally frown at Xiao Li, he will beat their men. Not to mention saying hello to people. If Wang Xuemei hadn't come this time, they would not have come here on their own initiative.
Wang Xuemei, who had always thought that she was here to help deal with various family issues, was very upset after hearing this. It was really the style of the Xiao family, so simple and crude that it made people unable to complain.
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