Aunt Li had been sarcastic and sarcastic her whole life, so how could she not realize that Chen was indirectly cursing her?
"How dare you disrespect your elders!?"
Mrs. Chen quickly waved her hand: "Oh, no, I didn't know, I didn't name names. Aunt Li, please don't take it personally, it would be bad if you accidentally hurt your own family."
Aunt Li's face turned red with anger: "Who says we're family!"
Having said that, he turned and slunk away.
Little Li followed behind and glared fiercely at Lili, living up to her reputation as a shrew.
Pear secretly stuck her tongue out at it.
She can't even argue with her second aunt, and she calls herself a shrew!
After the two left, Old Lady Shen felt that even the air was fresher.
The pleasant atmosphere was thus ruined, and everyone's good mood was gone.
Old Mrs. Shen held Wang Da Niang's hand and said, "I'm so sorry, Sister Wang, I've made you laugh at me."
Aunt Wang sighed, "How can you blame yourself? These two are now mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and they're really in cahoots, it's unbelievable..."
After saying that, she looked at Lili, whose eyes were red with heartache, and said, "Our Lili is clearly a blessed person, how can we let her say that!"
Old Mrs. Shen exhaled a breath of stale air: "She's attacking my Shen family members without any regard for their feelings. It's utterly unreasonable!"
Aunt Wang shook her head, clearly feeling helpless: "Alright, I've seen Little Pear, so I'll head back now."
"Hey, stay for a cup of tea before you go."
"I won't drink the tea; I'm in a hurry to get back and feed the chickens!"
Old Mrs. Shen walked Wang Da Niang a few more steps before returning to hug Lili tenderly: "Lili, don't be afraid. Lili is our family's treasure, our most precious little darling!"
Shen Jiahao and Shen Jialuo, fearing their sister might overthink things, reassured her, "Yes, yes, Li Bao is our best sister!"
Pear's eyes were still red, but she smiled with emotion upon hearing this: "You're all my little darlings too!"
After saying that, Lili looked at the silent and awkward Chen Shi and said, "Thank you, Second Aunt~"
Ms. Chen was taken aback. Although she had accepted the newcomer in her heart, she was initially unwilling. Although others did not think anything of it, she herself felt awkward.
I can't explain why, I'm just stubborn.
A stubborn bunch.
But when she saw the little dumpling looking aggrieved yet still forcing herself to thank her, her awkwardness instantly vanished.
"Hey, if she insults my kid, she's insulting me, so what?"
Lili smiled as if she had received a treasure, and was very happy: "I like Second Aunt!"
Chen suddenly blushed and stammered, "Oh..."
It was quite...happy.
Seeing that her second daughter-in-law had accepted Lili from the bottom of her heart, Old Mrs. Shen was very satisfied.
She knew that her second daughter-in-law had been quite dissatisfied, but she also knew that she was not a bad person.
Given the current famine, it's quite normal for Chen to have such thoughts.
She had been worried about how to change Chen's mind, but now it seems that Xiaolibao has solved the problem.
Old Mrs. Shen waved her hand at Shen Jiahao: "Weren't you going to take your younger siblings fishing? Go ahead."
"Okay, we're off!" Shen Jiahao replied, carrying Li Bao in one arm and leading Shen Jialuo by the other towards the river.
"Keep an eye on your younger siblings!" Old Mrs. Shen instructed from behind.
"Okay!"
Lili leaned on Shen Jiahao's shoulder and waved goodbye to Old Lady Shen.
Beating up villains and flirting with women is a piece of cake.
After such an unpleasant incident, Shen Jiahao was afraid that Li Bao would hold a grudge against that shrew's words and be unhappy, so he kept teasing the little one and trying to cheer her up.
Lili naturally understood her brother's intentions and was sensible enough not to worry him. She swept away her previous grievances and rode on Shen Jiahao's shoulders to catch butterflies. There was no trace of unhappiness in her eyes.
She wasn't really that angry; she didn't need to bother with such an awful neighbor. At most, she was just astonished by his shameless and unreasonable behavior.
"Lili isn't unhappy." Lili felt a warm glow inside; so this was what it felt like to have a brother. "Catch the fish!"
Shen Jiahao and Shen Jialuo were relieved to confirm that Lili was really not unhappy anymore.
They were going to take Xiaotuanzi to the river to catch fish, but Shen Jiahao remembered his mother telling him that Lili was abandoned in the river at the end of the village and almost drowned. If they hadn't been rescued by them while they were washing clothes, they might not have found their little sister by now.
Therefore, Shen Jiahao hesitated again. Li Bao had been abandoned and thrown into the river, and had almost lost her life. Would going there to catch fish trigger Li Bao's bad memories and make her feel scared?
Shen Jialuo thought so too, so he tugged at Shen Jiahao's sleeve and said, "Big brother, why don't we go to the stream next to the rice paddies? It's not as wide as the river at the end of the village, but there are some small fish there!"
The stream beside the rice paddies was diverted from the river by the villagers of Xinghua Village to facilitate irrigation of their farmland, and over the years, it has gradually attracted fish.
Shen Jiahao thought to himself, "I'm not worried about Li Bao recalling bad memories, and I can take Li Bao to catch small fish. There's no better way!"
Shen Jiahao nodded: "Okay, let's go!"
Lili cleverly chose not to understand. She knew that her brothers didn't want her to go to the place where she was supposed to drown. Actually, she wanted to say that it was okay.
Although she was subconsciously a little scared of becoming a child, she had lived for more than twenty years and her mental resilience was not that weak.
But thinking about what Shen Jialuo said, the stream is next to the rice paddies, so wouldn't you be able to see the crops in the fields?
Previously, she had been thinking of waiting a while before acting coquettishly and asking Yang to take her along when she delivered lunch to the men in the fields, so she could take the opportunity to see her.
Now that the opportunity has come knocking on our door, there's no reason to refuse it.
"Little stream, little stream!"
Seeing his sister happy, Shen Jialuo said to her, "Libao, you don't know, although there are not as many fish in the stream as in the river, there are a lot of small crabs and loaches!"
The stream beside the rice paddies is similar to the paddy fields. In the summer, children love to jump into the stream, roll up their trousers, and dig into the mud on both sides of the stream, always managing to catch some small crabs and loaches.
Although there's not much meat, it's still a meat dish.
However, it's April now, and the weather is still a bit cool. Summer hasn't even started yet, so I guess I won't be able to catch anything.
This stream is drawn from the other side of the river, meandering and branching into several tributaries, all to ensure that the stream passes through the farmland of each household as much as possible.
It was just past 9 AM, and everyone was busy in the fields.
Shen Jiahao led his younger siblings along the path beside the stream toward their own field.
Lili was easily lifted above Shen Jiahao's head, and Shen Jiahao ran all the way, carrying Lili flying: "Whoa~ Flying!"
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