A dark-skinned boy was waiting at the Qian family's gate. He looked about the same age as Qian Xiao, and his build was as strong as a calf. This boy was called Gouzi, and he was the grandson of Erdan's great-grandfather. He had grown up with Erdan since he was a child.
This kid's parents always work in the city. When Gouzi got a little older, they went to the city. This time, he came back for the Chinese New Year but didn't go back with his parents. He said he wanted to stay in the village and play with Erdan, and hopefully they could go to school together.
The two were born in the same year. Erdan was born on the sixth day of the sixth lunar month, while Gouzi was born at the end of July. Logically, Gouzi should call Erdan "sister".
Erdan saw Gouzi as soon as he stepped out the door: "What's wrong? Is it that thing?"
The dog nodded mysteriously: "Hurry up, the adults at home have all gone over. I came over to tell you right away. Didn't you tell me to keep an eye on things? Didn't you notice that your second and third uncles aren't home?"
"Oh, I found them! I thought they'd gone to the fields. Come on, let's talk on the way." Qian Xiao's legs moved incredibly fast as she talked about watching the commotion.
"Do you know where it is?" He rushed over to inform Erdan, but didn't come with him, so he didn't even know where it was.
"I know, just come with me, but be careful that other adults don't find us."
The two little ones ran quite fast, and soon they were almost at the place Qian Xiao had discovered last time. Qian Xiao raised his hand to stop the dog's movements, pointed to the big tree next to him, and made a climbing gesture.
It wouldn't be appropriate for the two kids to go over there, so they could just watch from afar. For rural kids, climbing trees is no big deal. The two of them each chose a thicker tree and climbed up in no time.
Fortunately, the leaves had all grown out by this time, otherwise the bare tree trunk wouldn't have been able to hide the two children.
The two climbed the tree and saw their family members hiding not far away. They were all young men from the three families' uncles' generation. In the clearing in the middle of a circle of grass, where Qian Xiao had discovered the place last time, Cao Xing and her lover were kissing and cuddling.
"Erdan, why are those two biting each other? Is this how people fight? Wait, who is that guy? Why is he fighting with my aunt here? You asked me to watch the family because of this?"
Qian Xiao quickly gestured for the man to shut up, not wanting him to ruin the opportunity he had finally gotten. Thinking about what Gouzi had said, she found it a little funny. This guy was just an innocent child, so it wasn't surprising that he asked such a question.
When Gouzi saw Erdan's gesture, he quickly shut his mouth. What was going on? He scratched his head, trying his best not to be seen by people in the distance.
Luckily, they were still quite far away, otherwise, given the dog's loud barking, the two of them would have been spotted.
Things progressed very quickly; not long after the dog shut up, the two men started taking off their clothes.
Once the two of them had taken off their clothes, the Qian brothers who had been hiding jumped out. Several aunts tied up Cao Xing, who was naked. The man beat her up first but didn't put any clothes on her. She was tied up naked like that.
My third uncle left quickly, and judging from the direction he was heading, he was probably going to call Cao Xing's family. Although there was some noise, it wasn't loud, probably because he wanted to resolve the matter behind the villagers' backs.
Why are they taking their clothes off?
Suddenly someone spoke behind her, and Qian Xiao was so startled she almost fell off the tree. She quickly grabbed the trunk and turned around. She didn't know when Gouzi had come down from the tree and was now standing right behind her. She had been too careless; if it had been a bad guy, she would be dead by now.
When did you get here?
"It's been half a day already." Gouzi scratched the back of his head in confusion. Why was Erdan reacting so strongly?
"I called you for ages and you didn't respond. I didn't dare raise my voice, I just wanted to be close to you so you could hear me. You still haven't told me what those two were doing taking their clothes off?"
"Isn't it said that only couples can take off each other's clothes? Who is that man? Isn't Auntie Xiaotang our Uncle Xiaotang's wife?" Why is she letting someone else take off her clothes? He had too many questions.
"No, how do you know that only couples can take off each other's clothes?" Who instilled this idea in their dog? The dog is only eight years old! Eight-year-olds are very innocent at this age.
"Ah! Last time I got up to pee in the middle of the night and saw my parents fighting without any clothes on. I asked them what they were doing. Why couldn't they talk things out instead of fighting? My dad told me that they were a couple taking off their clothes to see each other?"
After saying that, he asked Qian Xiao with a puzzled look on his face, "What are you looking at? Isn't everyone the same when they take off their clothes? Why does it have to be a couple to look? In the summer, everyone takes a bath naked, how many extra couples would that make!"
The dog was talking about the village children. In the summer, they would swim in the river. The village children weren't so particular about such things. The boys would all swim naked so they wouldn't get their clothes wet and have nothing to change into.
No, her uncle and aunt are so unreliable. How could they say that to a child? No, how could they be so careless?
"Hey, those two are doing something naughty. You can just watch, but don't go outside and let anyone know, okay?"
She regretted bringing the dog along; how was she going to explain it?
The dog nodded seriously and said, "I know they're doing something bad that can't be told. Don't worry, I won't tell anyone. My dad told me not to tell anyone last time, saying people would laugh at me."
Then why did you tell me?
The dog seemed to know what Erdan was going to say: "You're different. You're family, not an outsider."
"Hehe, hehe, let's not talk, let's go back and talk about it, okay?" It won't be long before the matter of Gouzi's parents becomes an open secret among his family.
The dog quickly nodded: "I won't tell, I won't tell, don't let anyone hear."
I don't know if this child is clever or stupid.
The two men who had been beaten knew how shameful their actions were, and though they were in pain, they only dared to groan softly, awaiting their fate. Not long after, they saw their third uncle return with an elderly couple and a man.
Qian Xiao had met all three of them before. The elderly couple were Cao Xing's parents, and the man was Cao Xing's older brother.
When the old woman saw that her daughter and Xiangzi from next door were both naked and tied up, what else did she not know?
She pounced on them and started hitting them hard, yelling, "Have you no shame? Have you no shame at all? You can't stand being alone and you have to get together?"
The worst part is that his in-laws caught him red-handed, and he's lost all face for the rest of his life.
Cao Xing cried out in pain, "Mother, Mother, please stop hitting me! Quick, please save me!"
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