Chapter 83

Cheng Zheng accepted the things handed over by fisherman Yang Laoer and prepared to report it.

He was not familiar with things from ancient times, but after hearing what his wife said, he felt that this thing was a little special. It was a rectangular brown copper object, rusty and heavy in the hand, with some incomprehensible symbols engraved on it.

It was not the Chinese that is used today, nor was it the English or Russian that he knew.

After careful study, he temporarily ruled out the possibility that it was a foreign weapon.

"I was just talking casually. I went to the Xinhua Bookstore in the county town with Sister Xiujuan to buy books. I saw other books there, and some ancient characters looked a bit like the ones engraved on this thing."

Jian Lu was basically certain that this thing was the cultural relic that appeared in the original book, that is, the cultural relic that was transported away with the help of internal and external forces after Qian Hongzhuo was instigated to rebel.

Now that Qian Hongzhuo has failed to go to the capital, he naturally has no chance of encountering spies. If these cultural relics are discovered by fishermen, as long as they are reported to the Cultural Relics Management Committee in time for salvage, they should be able to escape.

"In that case, I will report this to the military and see if I can get someone from the Cultural Affairs Bureau to come take a look."

Jian Lu thought of Qian Hongzhuo and specifically reminded him, "Don't give the things to other people casually. If they are really cultural relics, it will be a big deal if they are lost."

Cheng Zheng naturally didn't understand why he would give it to someone else so easily, so he just nodded casually.

The next day at work, Cheng Zheng took the time to report the incident. If this thing is really a cultural relic from thousands of years ago, it will definitely attract attention.

Song Lu looked at the object and was not sure what it was, but the words on it looked very much like ancient words.

"It's hard to say, maybe it's something from the past." Song Lu made a prompt decision and asked Cheng Zheng to contact the Provincial Cultural Relics Management Committee to check it out.

Since it was inconvenient to contact them now, Cheng Zheng took a lot of effort and found out the phone number of the Provincial Cultural Relics Management Committee. After calling them, they said that they could mail the things to them and they would just come and take a look.

Song Lu understood that these people had been tortured for a long time and no longer believed in these things.

"If you find something from ancient times, you want to sell it for money right away. If you want to report it to the Cultural Relics Management Committee for a reward, most of the time you get fake cultural relics. The Cultural Relics Management Committee is a loser."

Cheng Zheng thought about it carefully and said, "Then why don't we mail it there as well?"

"Send it over and let them check it themselves." Song Lu didn't have much hope for this matter. Nowadays, there are quite a lot of fake cultural relics out there. They look very authentic, but they will be found to be fake once the Cultural Relics Management Committee checks them.

No one in the army could confirm whether this thing was a cultural relic, let alone determine whether it was real or not. In fact, there were many such incidents, and no one took it seriously.

However, the news that the fishermen caught something in the sea and thought it was something good spread.

Some people laughed at Yang Laoer, saying that he was happy with a pile of broken copper and iron.

"Yang Lao Er, you might as well sell it at a scrapyard. You can still make some money there."

Yang Lao Er ignored these people and just thought that he was doing a good job. But was it really useful? These people were just not conscious enough!

Cheng Zheng packed the things, took them to the army's mail room, and filled in the address of the Provincial Cultural Heritage Management Committee.

"Xiao He, please keep an eye on this thing and send it directly when the time comes."

"Yes, Captain Cheng, don't worry!"

As soon as Cheng Zheng left, Qian Hongzhuo came to the mail room with a wandering look in his eyes.

"Chief of Staff Qian," Xiao He greeted him, "Are you here to send something?"

Qian Hongzhuo nodded and asked, "Captain Cheng is here to send something as well?"

Xiao He answered yes, took the package that Captain Cheng had just put down and put it in the back.

Qian Hongzhuo wanted to say something else, but his eyes followed Cheng Zheng's package.

Xiao He put away the package he was going to send, and when he turned around, he found that Chief of Staff Qian was nowhere to be seen. He only muttered, "Hey, didn't you say you wanted to send something?"

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Cheng Zheng sent the things out, and there were two people who cared about this matter the most, one was Jian Lu and the other was Qian Hongzhuo.

Jian Lu kept asking if the Cultural Relics Management Committee had replied. Cheng Zheng noticed that his wife cared about cultural relics and joked with her, "You think it's something from the past? Maybe it's fake. In fact, there are a lot of things picked up from the sea, and they appear every now and then."

"What if, if they are really cultural relics, it would be a great deed." Jian Lu analyzed with him while drinking water, "Just think about it, if these cultural relics were taken away by some unscrupulous people and sold for money, wouldn't it be so infuriating?"

Cheng Zheng looked at his wife speaking righteously. When she mentioned that someone wanted to sell the cultural relics for money, she started to chatter and looked like she was almost angry. Her heart was shining brightly.

Cheng Zheng pinched his wife's face and smiled slightly, "Don't worry, I'll be on guard!"

Cheng Zheng took time out from his busy official duties to call the Cultural Management Committee.

The Cultural Management Committee has been very busy recently, with many people coming to them claiming to have found treasures for no reason. They have become a little numb to it.

After hearing Cheng Zheng asking on the phone whether the package had been opened and the object was not found during inspection, the staff who answered the phone replied that it had been received. After hanging up the phone, he searched around and found the package that had been sent from the army the day before yesterday.

After unpacking the package and taking out the tightly wrapped objects, the staff stared at them for a moment and knocked on the door of the office of the director of the Cultural Management Committee.

......

"Captain Cheng." Qian Hongzhuo had been married for just one month. After taking a few days of honeymoon leave, he returned to the army to continue working.

Although Cheng Zheng was present when Qian Jingjing exposed him, he acted as if nothing had happened and spoke to Cheng Zheng calmly.

"Chief of Staff Qian." Cheng Zheng's impression of Qian Hongzhuo has deteriorated a lot. He is no longer the good impression he gave Cheng Zheng when he was first transferred here. However, everyone is in the same unit. They usually don't see each other, but they see each other every day. They have to maintain superficial politeness.

"Captain Cheng, I heard that the fishermen nearby caught something. Did you mail it?"

This matter is indeed not a secret. Many people nearby have heard about it. Some people laughed at Yang Laoer, while others thought it was definitely not a good thing.

"yes."

"How is it? Any results?"

Cheng Zheng didn't know why Qian Hongzhuo was still concerned about this. To be honest, no one in the army cared about this. After all, it had nothing to do with troop training and military equipment. Besides, it was not certain whether the thing was an artifact from thousands of years ago, and its authenticity was unknown.

Qian Hongzhuo's question was a bit strange.

"I don't know yet." Cheng Zheng said a few vague words and sent the person away.

Two days later, Cheng Zheng received a call from the Cultural Management Committee. This time, the voice on the other end of the phone was not as calm as the previous two times. Instead, it was filled with excitement and excitement.

The excited voice came to Cheng Zheng's ears through the telephone line.

"Captain Cheng, we have already bought the train tickets. Please contact the fishermen to confirm the location where the cultural relics were recovered."

The people from the Cultural Heritage Management Committee arrived near the island a day later. Since it was Cheng Zheng and fisherman Yang Laoer who discovered the incident, he arranged for the people from the Cultural Heritage Management Committee to meet with Yang Laoer and go out to sea together to confirm the salvage location.

On the boat, Cheng Zheng finally learned from a researcher at the Cultural Relics Management Committee that the artifacts that Yang Laoer salvaged that day were from more than 2,000 years ago, but the specific year, dynasty and origin still needed to be studied.

The news that the Cultural Management Committee had arrived and set sail spread quickly, and everyone then realized that Yang Laoer had really found something good.

Jian Lu led Shuangshuang to the beach, looking at the vast ocean. Although there was no sign of any ship, she felt relieved thinking that the matter had passed smoothly.

As long as the Cultural Management Committee takes over this matter, there will be no room for Qian Hongzhuo to manipulate.

During this time, people on the island and those living by the sea like to go and see the excitement, wanting to see with their own eyes whether anything can really be caught.

However, after the Cultural Management Committee members left, no one knew what had happened. Did they gain anything? Was there any treasure under the water?

During dinner time, Jian Lu looked at Cheng Zheng from time to time while eating, her peach blossom eyes full of curiosity, but she seemed to be hesitant to speak, which made Cheng Zheng laugh.

"Can I tell you this?" Jian Lu really couldn't hold back her curiosity.

Cheng Zheng nodded, "We did get some stuff out, but our skills are limited, the seabed is complicated, and not many people can swim there easily, so we can't stay there for long."

Jian Lu understood that the salvaging was very difficult. According to the description in the original book, a shipwreck should have been discovered at that time with many cultural relics on board. The salvaging technology of the Provincial Cultural Relics Management Committee was indeed not advanced enough.

"The Cultural Heritage Management Committee has gone back to ask the State Administration of Cultural Heritage for support. There should be a sunken ship below."

Jian Lu nodded and felt relieved again.

Ten days later, experts from the State Administration of Cultural Heritage came over, accompanied by researchers from the Provincial Cultural Heritage Management Committee, and started a new round of collection work.

Some of the cultural relics from the shipwreck were salvaged and transported to the Provincial Cultural Relics Management Committee and the State Administration of Cultural Heritage. Yang Laoer and several fishermen on the ship at that time were awarded rewards and became the talk of the town.

Even Cheng Zheng was verbally praised for his communication.

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Jian Lu heaved a sigh of relief when she heard that the salvaged cultural relics had been transported away. It seemed that Qian Hongzhuo's conspiracy to sell cultural relics had been completely resolved.

"Here, for you." Cheng Zheng put something on the table.

Jian Lu picked it up and saw that it was a wooden badge with a five-star carved on it and the word "reward" engraved on the back.

It looks quite decent.

"What is it?"

"A reward for Comrade Jian Lu. You are very concerned about this matter, and you asked me to pay more attention to it every day. I didn't expect it to be a cultural relic. I took the initiative to carve a medal for you."

The medal was carved from coconut shell and polished with the back of a knife to create a burr-free finish.

"It looks pretty good." Jian Lu was delighted and put the medal away into the metal box. "Thank you, Captain Cheng~"

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After finishing the work of collecting cultural relics, Cheng Zheng took advantage of his day off to go to the seedling nursery class with Jian Lu, and of course brought Shuangshuang along.

Shuangshuang kept asking along the way, what is the seedling breeding class and is it fun?

When we arrived at the place, we saw the imposing school gate, which immediately attracted our attention.

"Wow~"

The army's nursery class is in the same area as the elementary, junior high and high schools, but the high school's teaching building is a little farther away, separated from the other four branches by a playground.

The red brick school gate stands tall, and inside is a flat tarmac road with coconut trees planted on both sides, providing shade and students running around.

The nursery class is located in a bungalow on the left side of the school, with a total of four classrooms, an office and four lounges.

The floor space occupied by the nursery class is not less than that of a primary or junior high school. Because most of the children are two or three years old, or three or four years old, the class is designed as a bungalow with no upper floors. In addition, the class has to manage the children's naps, which is not an easy task.

Some of the teachers here are female soldiers from the army, and some are recruited from military dependents. Most of them are in their twenties or thirties, with only four who are over 40 years old.

Cheng Zheng was wearing a military uniform. The director of the nursery class found out that he was the group leader and agreed to let both of them enroll.

"Captain Cheng, our seedling class will start on March 6th. If you don't have anyone to take care of your children, you can send them here in advance."

Not only does it bear the responsibilities of a kindergarten, Jian Lu discovered that the nursery class here also bears a large part of the responsibilities of a nursery.

"Then let's come when school starts. She still needs to get used to it."

"Okay." The director looked down at Shuangshuang and saw that she was a pretty and lovely little girl. He smiled and said, "This girl is really pretty. She will definitely be as pretty as her mother when she grows up."

Cheng Zheng was also happy to hear that two people were praised in one sentence.

When they walked out of the nursery class, they found Shuangshuang looking back from time to time. Jian Lu asked her daughter, "Shuangshuang, can you come here to study in a few days?"

"Okay!" Shuangshuang was even a little impatient. Thinking of the equipment of brother Dunzi and the others, Shuangshuang made a request, "Mom, I want a schoolbag too."

What to go to school for is secondary, the important thing is the schoolbag!

Children with schoolbags look especially cool!

Jian Lu used the scrap cloth at home to make a schoolbag for Shuangshuang. The cloth was dark blue and it was made into a double-shouldered bag in the style of schoolbags in later generations. This was different from the popular military shoulder bags nowadays.

Jian Lu thought back to when she was a kid going to school, she felt uncomfortable carrying so many books on both shoulders, and it would be even more of a pain on one shoulder.

She always thought that if she hadn't carried so many heavy books when she was a child, she might have grown a few centimeters taller.

"Come on, give it a try." After putting the backpack on, Shuangshuang felt something different on his back, a little bit of weight. Wow, this is fun. "Mom, I can't see!"

If you can’t see, doesn’t that mean you don’t have a schoolbag?

"It's okay if you can't see it, as long as other students can see it." Jian Lu helped the girl to straighten her schoolbag straps, "They will definitely praise it for its beauty."

On the first day of school, Shuangshuang from the seedling class, brothers Chenchen and Dongdong who were in the fifth grade, and brothers Dunzi and Hengheng who were in the first grade of junior high school, set out together.

The four older brothers were carrying military messenger bags, which are the most fashionable bags nowadays. Every child is proud to carry a military messenger bag, but Shuangshuang is the only one who is different. He is carrying a backpack with the bag on his back.

Dunzi stared at Shuangshuang's bag for a few seconds and said, "Shuangshuang, do you still need to carry a school bag to the seedling class?"

Shuangshuang, who was being led by her mother, nodded and said, "Yes, I want to go to school."

After waiting for so long, it was finally her turn to go to school. She was so happy. She could only watch her brothers go to school before, but now she can go too.

"Ahem." Chenchen took a look, walked over and weighed Shuangshuang's backpack, which was very light. "Is there anything in it?"

Jian Lu answered for the lady, "No, she's not pretending. She just carried him on her back for fun."

The water bottle that Shuangshuang uses to drink water is carried by Jian Lu. From now on, adults will carry them when picking them up and dropping them off in the morning and afternoon every day. What can I say about this schoolbag? It's purely a decoration.

On the first day of the seedling raising class, Shuangshuang showed great interest. They just waved goodbye to their mother who came to see them off and their brothers who came to watch the fun, and then went in to play, no, to go to school.

"Shuangshuang is amazing. She didn't cry or make a fuss at all and was actually looking forward to it." Dunzi didn't understand, he really didn't understand.

Jian Lu felt relieved, and the adults could feel much more relaxed this way.

On the first day of the seedling raising class, Shuangshuang was picked up by her mother and grandmother and went home. On the way home, she chattered about her new experiences of the day.

"Mom, grandma, I...I sleep with a lot of people." During nap time, the children in a class sleep in a small bed and the teacher tells them stories before they go to sleep.

This was something Shuangshuang had never experienced before. There were so many people in the lounge, it was really interesting.

Normally she needed someone to coax her into taking a nap, and sometimes when she was in the mood, she wouldn't fall asleep even after being told seven or eight stories. But it was different in the nursery class. If everyone closed their eyes, she would feel embarrassed not to close them, and then she would fall asleep in a daze.

"Do you like it?"

"like!"

Cheng Zheng was not surprised that his daughter liked to attend the seedling cultivation class. After all, Jian Lu was a person who loved to learn and had made great achievements through self-study. He had high hopes for his daughter.

"Shuangshuang, your mother didn't have the conditions to study at that time, so you should study hard in the future."

Shuangshuang nodded vaguely and agreed, "I like going to school."

Ever since Shuangshuang went to the nursery class during the day, the adults at home have been more relaxed. Aunt Wang likes to go to the family yard to chat, while everyone else sews shoe soles or picks vegetables together.

Jian Lu took the time to finish her manuscript and wrote a letter to her family.

Last time, Cheng Zheng mentioned the demand for ginseng among the people in the county, and since the mountain in his hometown was suitable for growing ginseng, Jian Lu became interested.

Now, the families of the eldest, second and third sisters all make a living by earning work points from farming. The third sister's in-laws have the best conditions and she doesn't need to work in the fields. The conditions of the other two sisters' in-laws' families are average, especially the eldest sister's in-laws' family, which has a large population. The more children they have, the poorer they become, and the poorer they become, the more children they have.

A large family lives together and cannot split up, so if there is a piece of meat, it has to be divided into several portions.

In the letter to her third sister, Jian Lu specifically mentioned, "Third sister, I heard that there are a lot of wild ginseng on the mountain in our team. When you have time, go figure out how to grow ginseng with your brother-in-law. Then you can eat it for your family to replenish your body. You can also send some to us and I will give you money."

Jian Lu did not explicitly say that reform and opening up would come in a few years and that they would be able to directly open up for business then. She just found an excuse to ask her third sister and brother-in-law to help her, and to slowly learn how to grow ginseng. After the reform and opening up, they could contract land to grow ginseng, and they would be able to live off the land in the future.

She took the money to the post office and bought an eight-cent stamp and an envelope. After she mailed the letter, she went to the supply and marketing cooperative and bought half a pound of winter melon candy before she prepared to go home.

When we were passing by the beach, we saw a group of people gathered at the beach, looking down at something.

With the Chinese people's strong curiosity and love of watching the excitement, Jian Lu also went over and saw a comrade lying on the beach, spitting out water. He had just woken up and was spitting out water.

Looking around, Jian Lu found a familiar military wife a few people away from her in the family compound, "Mrs. Liu, what happened? Did this person fall into the water?"

"Hey, Lulu, you're here too? Someone heard there was a treasure under the sea and wanted to go get it, but he almost drowned."

"Ah?" Jian Lu never expected that there could be someone who is so reckless.

The military ships and the professional salvaging equipment of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage were dispatched, so how could anyone still think that they could salvage treasures from the sea by themselves?

Because the shipwreck could not be salvaged, this time, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage only tried its best to salvage some cultural relics, and did not publicize it in the newspapers. After all, if too many people knew that there were treasures in the sea, it would easily cause an uproar, and perhaps some people would be willing to risk their lives to salvage a fortune.

However, salvaging at sea is not something that can be hidden, and people nearby can always see a little bit. When the people from the Cultural Relics Management Committee left, some people became interested and really wanted to give it a try.

The man who spit out water was helped back home by his family. Next to him was his hoarse-voiced mother, who was muttering, "Qiangzi, do you want to die? How dare you go down there!"

Mrs. Liu watched the excitement for a while, then went back home with Jian Lu. On the way, they talked about everyone's recent unrest.

"It's not just this one. There are many people who want to get the treasure. These people think it's too easy. It's not that easy to get it."

"Yeah, I don't know what you're thinking." Can you just go to the underwater world casually?

After returning home, Jian Lu talked about this with her mother-in-law who was busy in the kitchen. Aunt Wang also heard about it, but she heard it when she went out the day before yesterday. "Some people want to row a boat out and prepare a fishing net. It's really troublesome."

Jian Lu found that this matter was indeed not simple. The fact that there was a treasure under the sea had caused a psychological shock to many people. They all wanted to take a chance. Once the bet was successful, it would be different.

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Cheng Zheng and his team have been busy with this matter recently. Brigade Song asked Cheng Zheng's regiment to warn comrades in nearby communes to pay attention to safety and not to go out to sea blindly to catch fish.

"Recently, there have been several cases where people nearly drowned while trying to retrieve treasures. Take the soldiers on patrol and strengthen their ideological education."

"yes."

Cheng Zheng, Liang Haisheng and Xu Lang took turns to lead their soldiers to patrol the coast and conduct ideological education all the time. No soldier could bear to see people lose their lives because of this, and after all the trouble, a lot of effort was indeed wasted.

They even carried out a dual-track approach of peaceful ideological education and strict propaganda on the ownership of cultural relics, warning everyone that it is illegal to sell cultural relics privately if they really find them.

With these two measures in place, most people have indeed given up their thoughts, but there are still a few who are not afraid of death and are still ready to make a move.

Until one day in early April, things took a turn for the better.

It was a dark and windy night. Li Laosan from a nearby commune was about to set out on his boat. He was still thinking about the treasures on the bottom of the sea. As a result, the shabby boat he built could not withstand the strong winds and waves. His boat was not as good as the professional boats of the army, nor even as good as the boats that the fishermen used to go out to sea for a long time. When a wave came, he panicked and didn't even have time to throw away the fishing net he brought with him. He fell into the sea with his boat and people. After falling into the water, he swam for a while before he ran out of energy and struggled to get up.

It was his good fortune that he met a marine who was patrolling nearby.

The Marines noticed someone struggling nearby and rescued Li Laosan, but he almost lost his life.

After resting for a while at home and coming to his senses, he found himself bragging about how bravely he went out to sea, but encountered a monster in the sea that overturned the entire boat. He also said that he felt there was a monster in the sea that was pulling his legs down, which was terrifying to hear.

This way, no one would laugh at him for his crazy attempt to go out to sea to catch treasures. Everyone would only care about what kind of monsters there were in the sea.

For a while, Li Laosan became a popular figure in everyone's eyes. Everyone wanted to come over and ask a few questions and hear what the person involved had to say.

The more Li Laosan talked, the more complete the story became, adding various details each time. After this incident, no one dared to join in the fun. Picking up treasures is a big deal, but saving your life is the most important thing!

Even reporters from the city weekly and provincial daily came to interview the reporter. Everyone was extremely curious about this bizarre rumor, and it caused a sensation.

"Are there monsters in the sea?"

Jian Lu heard people talking about it in the family compound, but she didn't quite believe it. She had lived in the 21st century before and had indeed seen some reports saying that sea monsters were discovered here and there in the 1970s and 1980s. Later, some of the revelations were misunderstandings. At that time, a lot of information was not well developed, which made it easier for rumors to spread.

"Yeah, it was really scary. Li Laosan was almost dragged down and eaten, but luckily he was lucky enough to be saved by the soldiers!" Feng Xiuhui also heard about it, and it sounded really scary.

I believe this incident accounts for the majority of people. Because of this incident, no one has gone out to sea to catch treasures recently. Even the nearby fishermen are a little scared and have temporarily stopped going out to sea to catch.

At night, Jian Lu asked Cheng Zheng, "Do you know what's going on? Is there really a sea monster in the sea?"

Cheng Zheng never believed in such things. Besides, the soldiers who rescued Li Laosan were from his own regiment, so he knew what happened. "He made it up. He didn't mention this at the time. He just said that he fell off the boat after the waves capsized. He said this several days later. I guess he felt too embarrassed, so he made up this story."

"That does make sense, but a lot of people out there really believe it." Jian Lu did not underestimate the speed at which rumors spread and the strength of people's conviction, but it was too exaggerated.

Gradually, many people even said they had seen it with their own eyes. They really came to join in the fun. Especially those who had gone out to sea to collect treasures before, and used a rumor to wash away the ridicule of themselves. They loved to brag to others in private about seeing sea monsters.

"We asked everyone to calm down and stop spreading rumors. Now things have calmed down on the surface, but we have no control over what people say behind the scenes."

However, this rumor does have one good thing. Now no one wants to go out to sea to collect treasures because they are all afraid of the monsters in the sea.

This matter caused a big commotion for a while. Not only were the adults discussing it enthusiastically, but even the children knew about it.

In the nursery class where both of them were attending school, several teachers were also discussing this matter, chatting while taking care of the children.

"Xiuhong, have you heard?"

"I heard about it! How could anyone not have heard about it? We have to be careful. There are monsters in the sea. It's so scary."

"But don't be too scared. The sea where the accident happened is far away from us. It took them a long time to get here. How could the monster run so far and come ashore to eat us?"

"Then don't be so skeptical. Li Laosan said that the monster is so tall, and when it opens its mouth, it is scarier than a pair of pliers...it can swallow a child directly."

"Teacher, can it really eat children?" The children next to him also knew about this and were a little scared.

"No, no, it won't happen. Don't worry." Teacher Yang touched her colleague's arm and reminded her, "Hey, don't say it. There are so many children here. Be careful not to scare them."

"Okay, okay, I won't say any more."

There were more than 30 children in Class 3 of the Seedling Nursery Class, and Shuangshuang was among them. She had also heard about monsters in the sea, but she was not afraid at all.

"Shuangshuang, aren't you afraid?" asked Xixi, the daughter of Shuangshuang's new acquaintance, the commander of the 1st Regiment of the 4th Brigade of the army.

The two children were of similar age and became familiar with each other soon after they started school.

"I'm not afraid." Shuangshuang was eating lunch obediently, using the spoon very well. "The monster is from the sea, it must be delicious. Delicious food is not scary."

Xixi: “…”

Xixi thinks Shuangshuang is scarier. Why does she want to eat monsters?

Shuangshuang persisted and introduced her favorite foods to Xixi, "Do you eat shrimp? How about fish? And crabs, scallops, clams... They are all delicious. Everything from the sea is delicious, yeah."

"But that monster is very big and very tall." Xixi still didn't give up and told Shuangshuang how terrifying the monster was.

"Wow~" Shuangshuang stopped the spoon and looked at Xixi.

Xixi was excited. Her good friend finally felt the same as her. "Are you scared too?"

"It's very tall and big, so you can eat it for a long time. You can even eat it for a month."

Xixi: “…”

So scary!

A few little boys nearby had lunch and started playing. They were all about three or four years old and none of them were not naughty.

You chased me and ran around everywhere. The classroom was noisy and the decibel level was extremely high.

Boom.

Suddenly, a little boy fell to the ground, holding up his hands, looking aggrieved. Standing in front of him was the oldest and fattest boy in the class, who had just transferred from Class 2 to Class 3 yesterday.

"Hou Xiaobao, why did you push him?" the little boy next to him spoke up.

"He's blocking me!"

Hou Xiaobao snorted angrily, his sturdy body trembled, his eyes full of disgust, "You are really annoying."

"You are the one who is annoying. You pushed me...I...I will tell the teacher."

Lu Tian, ​​who was pushed to the ground, stood up and wanted to find the teacher, but was pushed away by Hou Xiaobao again.

"Look at you! You're such a sissy!"

Hou Xiaobao had a big head and looked fierce. For a moment, all the children in the classroom didn't dare to make a sound.

"You can't hit people." Shuangshuang put down the spoon in her hand, stretched her legs and slowly got down from the chair, looking at Hou Xiaobao seriously and said, "It's not a good thing to hit people."

"What is it to you!" Hou Xiaobao glared at him viciously again. In order to show how powerful he was, he reached out his hand to push Lu Tian for the third time.

"Hey!" They ran over and tried to stop Hou Xiaobao, but who knew that this man was so strong? With a thud, they were also pushed to the ground.

Their little butts felt sore. They both watched Hou Xiaobao hum smugly, turn around and leave, looking at his departing back with aggrieved look.

"Shuangshuang, get up." Xixi and Lu Tian beside her struggled to pull Shuangshuang up, each holding one of her hands.

"Does it hurt?"

Shuangshuang's butt was a little sore, but she shook her head and said, "I'll go find the teacher."

The teacher who was in charge of the lunch break today was washing dishes outside. When she saw the cutest little girl in the class come out to complain, she didn't take it seriously. "Shuangshuang, go back. I'll talk to Hou Xiaobao later. He won't do it again."

Shuangshuang thought about it and nodded, then went back to continue eating. Only their pants were still dirty. The black trousers were stained with dust and looked not very clean.

"This grandson of Chief Hou is really..."

"Hush! Keep your voice down."

"He just loves to bully other kids. Can we control him? We have to be careful when we say anything to him. He just bullied the kids in Class 2 when he was transferred here, and now he's causing trouble in Class 3."

"Forget it, forget it. Just keep an eye on him until he goes to elementary school. Then he will give his elementary school teacher a headache."

In the afternoon, Shuangshuang watched the two teachers talking to Hou Xiaobao. After a while, Hou Xiaobao came back, but he seemed not to have been criticized by the teacher and still looked fierce.

When everyone was playing games in the afternoon, he cheated again. When he lost, he snatched things from the people next to him. He was pushed away by others and scared everyone to tears.

He looked at Hou Xiaobao with wrinkled brows, cursing the bad boy in his heart. He watched the teacher go forward to comfort the crying child and educate Hou Xiaobao with earnest words, but Hou Xiaobao didn't want to listen at all.

It was the last outdoor class in the afternoon. Everyone played in the yard outside the nursery class. Shuangshuang usually liked this class the most, but today she was in a bad mood and her little butt was still a little sore.

"Hou Xiaobao is so annoying." Xixi pouted and muttered.

"This is so disgusting." Shuangshuang squatted down and took a branch to scribble on the ground. He didn't even have the heart to play the game anymore. "I'm going to tell my mother when I get home."

Mom told me to tell her everything, whether happy or sad, that happened in the nursery class.

"Both!"

There was a sound coming from outside the fenced yard. Shuangshuang felt it was familiar. When they looked up, they saw it was Brother Dunzi.

"Brother Dunzi." Shuangshuang called out weakly. She was in a bad mood. She looked at her three brothers and called out, "Brother Hengheng, Brother Dongdong, Brother Chenchen."

"Your classes in the seedling raising class are so good, just play." Dunzi and the others had a labor class this time, so they came down to pull weeds.

A few of them started to wander off while strolling. As they were walking, they remembered Shuangshuang who was working in the seedling raising class on the other side and thought of coming over to check it out.

After all, these boys, who are almost ten years old, are big brothers to these three or four-year-old children.

"Shuangshuang, is it fun to go to school?" Dongdong teased her across the low fence.

They both nodded and shook their heads with complicated expressions.

The little girl hasn't learned to hide her emotions yet. Chenchen waved and called Shuangshuang over.

Shuangshuang stood up and trotted over, looking up at the older brothers, "Aren't you going to school?"

"We are working."

"What's wrong with you, little girl?" Chen Chen had rarely seen Shuangshuang look so depressed before. "Did the teacher scold you?"

"I'm a good kid, that's why I won't be scolded by the teacher." Shuangshuang shook her head.

"What's the matter?" Dunzi was standing at the side. As he spoke, he noticed that Shuangshuang's left leg and butt were covered with dust. "Where did you go to play? If you get covered with dust, Aunt Lulu will teach you a lesson when she gets home."

Xixi came over and spoke first, "Shuangshuang wasn't playing. It was Hou Xiaobao who pushed her to the ground."

Push on the ground?

Hearing this, the four brothers stood up straight instantly. Dunzi looked at the little girl next to Shuangshuang and asked, "Who is Hou Xiaobao? Did he hit someone?"

Hengheng reminded, "It seems that Chief Hou's grandson is called this name."

Xixi nodded, "He was beating people. He pushed Lu Tiantian to the ground, and then pushed Shuangshuang to the ground. He also pushed Chen Xiuxiu to the ground and made her cry."

Dunzi automatically ignored Lu Tiantian and Chen Xiuxiu and looked at Shuangshuang, "Did someone bully you? And someone pushed you to the ground?"

Shuangshuang covered her little butt with her two little hands and nodded, "I'm going to go back and tell Mom."

Heng Heng asked again, "Don't your teachers care?"

"The teacher said it, but he didn't listen. He is so bad!"

Heng Heng choked up, "It seems that no one dares to control this chief's grandson."

"No one is in charge?" Dunzi was furious. Whose sister was he bullying? "I'll take care of him!"

"Dunzi, are you hitting a child?" Dongdong looked at Dunzi's expression, then at the expression of four-year-old Hou Xiaobao not far away. He was sure that the child would be beaten to death.

"How about asking Aunt Lulu to come and talk to her?" Hengheng was also thinking of a solution.

"Bullshit, it's useless for Aunt Lulu to come. He's the grandson of the chief. Who dares to go to his house to reason? The child's problems should be solved by himself. It's troublesome to ask the parents." Dunzi stretched his muscles and shook his head. "I can't do anything to beat a little kid, but I can scare him."

Shuangshuang listened to the brothers talking through the fence, looked up and said seriously, "Don't fight."

Chenchen stretched out his hand through the fence, rubbed Shuangshuang's little head, and said with a smile, "Brothers, go and avenge you. Let him see what an underwater monster looks like."