Children are always mischievous; the more they are forbidden to do something, the more they want to do it.
So this morning, a few children ran to play near the ancient well, and one of them boldly walked to the edge of the well and naturally discovered that there was water in the well.
With the current drought, everyone in the family goes to the mountains to fetch water in wooden buckets before dawn, a fact known to everyone, including the children who the adults thought were naive.
So when a child discovers that there is water in the ancient well, he immediately runs home to tell his parents, and then the whole village comes to see the wonder.
How could it not be strange? A well that was completely dry suddenly started gushing water again. Could it be that our ancestors have appeared to us?
That's not impossible, is it?
So, when Yue Jiuyue, who had been a "little thief" in the middle of the night, was woken up by Liu Shi calling her for breakfast, everyone outside had already gone to the ancestral hall to kneel and thank their ancestors.
"Huh? Did everyone oversleep today?"
Yue Jiuyue always checks the time on the online store when she gets up. It's already past nine o'clock, but the whole family is still home, and none of them have eaten breakfast. She figured it made sense.
“Mother, water actually came out of that old well today, so the clan elder took us to the ancestral hall to kneel and thank our ancestors. We just got back.”
Lin Chaodong's explanation made Yue Jiuyue feel awkward for a moment.
So, she's the only one who woke up late?
"Hmm. What were you discussing just now?"
Yue Jiuyue habitually changed the subject when she felt awkward.
"Mother, it's like this, my eldest brother thinks we need to prepare for both possibilities. He wants me to continue fetching water from the mountains, just in case we find that there isn't that much water in the well and then we don't even have any drinking water left at home."
Lin Chaobei immediately explained that it was actually a bit like tattling.
The well is already bubbling with water, so why bother going all the way to the mountains to fetch water? The huge scab on his thigh hasn't even faded yet, and the spring isn't bubbling with as much water as it used to.
Yue Jiuyue didn't catch Lin Chaobei's underlying meaning. She just thought that with her there, how could the well be without water? She wanted to give Lin Chaodong some advice, but the words she was about to say turned into praise for him.
"Your brother has a sense of crisis; you should all learn from him!"
Lin Chaodong, who had received praise, had a faint smile on his face, while Lin Chaobei, who had failed to complain, looked miserable.
Will his older brother beat him up later?
If this lawsuit succeeds, he'll definitely be fine.
The crucial point is that he failed to get the case resolved, and he was bound to receive a severe beating from his elder brother, who was as loving as a father!
A fist as heavy as a mountain landed on him, and Lin Chaobei begged for mercy in a pitiful voice:
"Big brother, I know I was wrong! I'll never tell on you to Mom again!"
Waaaaah! He's so pitiful! Why isn't he the eldest child in his family?!
"That's what you said last time too!"
Lin Chaodong's fist still landed on Lin Chaobei. Of course, he was very skilled at this and would never let the purplish mark appear in a place it shouldn't be, or be seen by people who shouldn't know about it.
"Big brother! Be gentle! We're brothers!"
Lin Chaobei curled up on the ground, utterly defeated.
"No, there are two brothers between us. I'm closest to the second and third brothers!"
Lin Chaodong didn't believe the kid's words at all, especially since everything he said at this time was just to escape a beating.
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