How could Wang Xiaoming be a match for Li Hai? He was beaten up by Pang Zi. Da Wa and Da Hu definitely couldn't bear to watch their friend get beaten, so after a while, the two teams of kids started to fight.

However, because they were in school, the teachers came quickly, and they started fighting for a short while before they were separated by the teachers who arrived in a hurry.

After hearing this, Ning Tang didn't know what to say.

This is what you call a sandbag causing trouble?

Actually, it's not a big deal.

Even Shen Lie's expression was not so ugly anymore. He still thought that it was Da Wa who bullied others. Now it seems that Da Wa is on the side of justice.

As Zhou Caiwei talked, she found it hilarious. In the eyes of adults, fighting over a sandbag was just childish behavior.

The expressions of the several parents who were called over also relaxed.

The fat boy's mother, a thin and long-faced woman named Wu Cuihua, a military wife, frowned and angrily scolded, "You've learned to fight at such a young age. What will happen in the future? How do you say that? If you steal needles when you are young, you will steal gold when you grow up."

Teacher Lang nodded in agreement, "That's right, so you parents, you must educate your children well when you go back."

Wu Cuihua immediately said, "Teacher, don't worry, I will beat him up when I get home so that he won't learn his lesson."

Zhou Caiwei coughed, "...It's not that serious. Children are all naughty, and Xiao Ming and his friends are boys, so it's normal to have some minor frictions occasionally. Xiao Ming's mother, you just need to explain the reason to Xiao Ming, and don't use violence to solve problems in the future. If you have any problems, you can go to the teacher, that's all."

Moreover, Li Hai and his friends were wrong in this matter. The sandbag originally belonged to Wang Xiaoming. He should have the final say on who could play with it and who could not. But Li Hai actually snatched it away, which was simply making a mistake on top of a mistake.

To put it bluntly, if Li Hai got beaten because of this, he deserved it.

As expected, when Wang Xiaoming heard that his mother was going to beat him up, he immediately jumped up and shouted, "Why do you want to hit me? I didn't do anything wrong." He pointed at Li Hai and said, "It's obviously his fault. He was the one who grabbed my sandbag first!"

Li Hai looked at him sideways and snorted.

Wang Xiaoming already had wounds on his face, and because of his anger, the corners of his mouth twitched, making it even more painful.

Wu Cuihua slapped Wang Xiaoming in the face and said, "The adults are talking, why are you, a child, butting in?" Then she smiled at Zhou Caiwei and Teacher Lang and said, "Teacher, I'm sorry, I'll take him back now."

"Don't be in a hurry." Zhou Caiwei quickly stopped her.

Together with Teacher Lang, she explained to a group of children why they should not fight.

After that, he asked them to shake hands and make peace. "Let's shake hands and remain good friends, okay?"

How could they shake hands after just having a fight?

However, with teachers and parents watching, the group of children still shook hands unwillingly and promised not to fight again.

After shaking hands, Wu Cuihua took Wang Xiaoming away, cursing as she walked. Wang Xiaoming looked unconvinced.

The other parents looked at each other and left with their children.

Ningtang patted Da Wa and said, "Say goodbye to the teacher."

Da Wa smiled and waved to Zhou Caiwei, "Goodbye, teacher."

Zhou Caiwei also said goodbye to him and her eyes moved around to Ningtang again.

Ning Tang blinked and looked at Zhou Caiwei. Zhou Caiwei turned her head away quickly, as if she had been caught.

Ning Tang is happy? The teacher is interesting this week.

Shen Lie snorted coldly and said to Big Baby, "You can still laugh."

The eldest boy shuddered and quickly covered his mouth.

Ning Tang said, "Stop scaring the child."

She saw Erniu and Sanwa peeking out of the door, so she waved and called them over, "Stop peeking there, come over here."

Erniu and Sanwa came over, their little faces full of worry.

The fight between Da Wa and his friends was quite a big deal. Kids from both the elementary school and the junior high school saw it, and they rushed over as soon as the class was over.

Ning Tang touched Erniu and Sanwa's heads and said, "Don't worry, Da Wa is fine."

Sanwa nodded, "I'm fine, okay."

He is young and stubborn, and he believes whatever Ning Tang says.

Erniu looked carefully at Ningtang's face. Seeing that she looked relaxed, she thought she was really fine. She breathed a sigh of relief and her steps became lighter.

Ning Tang changed the subject, "What are we having for dinner?"

The eldest boy's eyes lit up, "Eat well and give me some nourishment." He had an injury on the corner of his mouth, and when he spoke, his mouth twitched in pain and he took a breath of cool air, "I don't know what Li Hai ate to grow up so strong."

Shen Lie glared at him and said, "Are you already angry enough? What else are you eating? Are you not going to eat anymore?"

Ning Tang: "How can you bear it? How can I and my three kids go hungry?"

Shen Lie: "...How can you bear it? Who made the eldest kid fight? He should be punished by going hungry."

That being said, his feet were already heading towards the vegetable market.

Shen Lie went to buy groceries, and Ning Tang took Da Wa and the others home.

The third child saw that the eldest child's cheeks were swollen, "Do you want to go to the clinic to buy some medicine first?"

"No need." Ning Tang said, "We have some at home."

She took a look and found that the eldest child's injury was not serious and that it could be cured by applying some disinfectant and mercurochrome.

Shen Lie often suffers minor injuries during training, so these two items are always available at home.

As soon as I got home, I saw Mrs. Luo standing at the door with an anxious look on her face, "You guys are finally back."

She walked over and looked Da Wa up and down, the concern in her eyes almost turning into reality, "Dad, did you have a fight with your classmates? Are you hurt?"

Da Wa let Sister Luo pull him, and embarrassedly pinched her head, "Sister Luo, how do you know I had a fight?"

Ning Tang said, "Is this a good thing? Good news never leaves the house, but bad news travels a thousand miles."

Then he said to Luo's wife, "Don't worry, sister-in-law, Da Wa is fine. Children don't have much strength in their hands. It's just a minor injury. I'll take him home and apply some medicine."

Mrs. Luo looked carefully and made sure that Da Wa was fine, so she left with peace of mind.

Ning Tang threatened Da Wa, "Sister Luo is so old, and she is still worried about you." She paused, "Fighting will make people who care about you worry about you."

The eldest child pursed his lips and said, "Yeah."

When we were fighting, I was just so impulsive. Now that I’ve calmed down, I feel regretful and scared.

After entering the room, Ning Tang took out disinfectant, red medicine and cotton from the cupboard, "Tell me, where are you hurt? I saw your face and arms."

Big Boy: "On the face, arm, and knee. The face was punched once, the arm was pinched once, and the knee was bruised when it rolled on the ground."

Ning Tang wiped him with disinfectant while scolding him, "You really can't leave the front line without getting hurt."

As she wiped, the eldest child took a breath and said with a grin, "Ouch, it hurts."

"How come you didn't feel pain when you were fighting? Now? You feel pain?" Ning Tang said.

The eldest child looked at Ning Tang's expression and realized that she was joking with him and was not angry. He asked cautiously, "Mom, aren't you angry when I fight?"

Ning Tang threw the used cotton into the trash can. "Angry? What are you angry about?"

The eldest child was also at a loss for words, and spoke incoherently, "Because, because I fought, and fighting is wrong, so you must be angry."

Other parents would get angry when they saw their children fighting, like Wang Xiaoming's mother, Wu Cuihua.

Wang Xiaoming was obviously right, but she still beat and scolded him and didn't listen? He explained.

Ning Tang looked at Da Wa carefully. His pupils dilated slightly and it was obvious that he was very frightened.

In the eyes of the eldest child, calling parents is more serious than fighting.

Even though Da Wa looks relaxed and calm now, his hands are shaking slightly and are very sensitive. He keeps watching Ning Tang's expression.

Ning Tang paused, then said in a relaxed tone, "Then I tell you, you can rest assured, I'm not angry." After thinking for a while, he added, "I will be angry only if you lose."

"If you lose, I will be too embarrassed to go out." Ning Tang pointed at himself and said in a deliberately weird voice, "When people see me, they will say, oh, this is Da Wa's mother who lost the fight last time, look, how embarrassing."

The three little ones were so amused by Ning Tang's lifelike performance that they burst into laughter.

Da Wa also felt a lot lighter in his heart, at least his fingers stopped shaking.

Sanwa chuckled and said, "If big brother loses, then I can't go out either. Otherwise, people will point at me and say, 'This is the big brother who lost the fight.' Shame on you."

Da Wa was not even close to death, and said in a gloomy voice, "Don't worry, I will win every battle even for you."

As soon as he finished speaking, his stomach growled and his little face immediately turned red with embarrassment.

Da Wa and his friends had a fight during the break of the first class. When the teachers arrived, they took them to the office. Zhou Caiwei and Teacher Lang both had classes in the afternoon, and it was the last class. They asked their parents to be called after the class was over. It was like Da Wa was punished to stand in the office for an entire afternoon. Fighting was exhausting, and how could his stomach not be growling?

Ning Tang said, "You must be hungry, go get some oatmeal and calcium biscuits."

The eldest child made some cereal and ate some calcium milk biscuits and finally filled his stomach.

Ning Tang said, "If someone steals your things or bullies you again like today, you can beat them up if you dare. If you resist or tell the teacher, you will be rewarded with two dollars. If it's a tie, you will be rewarded with five dollars. If you win, you will be rewarded with ten dollars."

Shen Lie came back from buying groceries and just happened to hear this. The corner of his mouth twitched, "Did I hear it right? There is a reward for fighting." He glanced at Ning Tang, "Are you crazy?"

When the children had a fight, the mother not only did not get angry, but also gave them reward money. Only Ningtang in the entire Hailang Island could do such a thing.

Ning Tang was happy, waved his hand, and asked Da Wa to tell him, "Tell your dad if I'm angry or not."

The eldest child swallowed the last bite of biscuit and said, "I'm not angry. Mom said, I will be angry only if I lose."

Then he told Shen Lie about Ning Tang's theory that if he lost the game he would be ashamed to face others.

After Shen Lie heard this, the corners of his mouth twitched. "It's right not to be angry. I won't be angry if others get angry. If I get angry and get sick, no one can replace me. But this reward money, isn't it..."

When he mentioned the fight between the eldest child and his brother, he got angry and his hands moved to the belt around his waist. "No matter what it is, fighting is wrong. How old is the eldest child this year? He has already learned to fight. What will happen when he grows up? He will be a troublemaker in the future."

He glanced at Da Wa and said seriously, "Why not just let him follow me in the army? Only the army can deal with him."

Da Wa stared at the belt around Shen Lie's waist and trembled a bit. His eyes were full of resistance. He leaned towards Ning Tang involuntarily, his voice choked with sobs, "Mom——"

Ning Tang patted Da Wa, "Did you hear me clearly? They are rewarded only when they resist and fight against others who bully them, not when they cause trouble."

Then he said to the three little ones, "Ignore your dad and listen to me. The eldest was right today and he should fight back. He has been bullied to the point of being bullied, but he is still holding back and swallowing his anger. Then the new sandbags he bought were stolen for nothing."

Isn't this equivalent to someone hitting you on the left cheek and then turning up with the right cheek to let him hit you again?

Standing there and getting beaten, and swallowing his anger in silence, is totally not Ning Tang's style.

What happened to Big Kid today can be big or small. To put it in a big way, it can be said to be campus bullying.

Today we are grabbing sandbags, and we have tasted the sweetness. Tomorrow we will start grabbing pocket money.

Ning Tang didn't want the three little ones to not put up any resistance when they encountered campus bullies and just let others bully them, so he said "fight" and gave them rewards.

Shen Lie frowned and said, "No matter what it is, fighting is wrong." He added, "Fighting can easily get you hurt, so why not go find a teacher and let him decide."

Ning Tang: "It would be best if the teacher could come forward to solve the problem, but the teacher is not always here. What if Li Hai and his gang block Da Wa and the others in the alley and beat them up? What do you think we should do? Just stand there and let them beat us? Wait until they are done and then go find the teacher?"

"Anyway, I think differently from you, or even completely the opposite. I think it's a good thing for boys to fight." Ning Tang said.

Shen Lie felt that his mind was already a mess. Anyway, he would not be surprised no matter what Ning Tang said. "Tell me, why is it a good thing?"

"If a boy has never fought during adolescence, he is not a boy. What is a boy? A boy is one with blood. Now he doesn't even dare to fight back. On a small scale, how can he protect his family and his loved one in the future? On a big scale, how can he defend his country in the future?" The eldest son is a soldier's child.

Ning Tang said, "I just don't believe that your troops don't organize martial arts competitions regularly."

This is true. There are many types of military competitions, including one-on-one and many-on-many.

Shen Lie twitched his lips, "...I think you are making excuses. So, according to what you said, if the eldest child often fights and beats up everyone he sees in the future, what should we do?"

Ning Tang said, "Then I will allow you to treat him to a rolling pin and bamboo shoots fried with meat. I just said that it is about fighting back when being bullied and being brave to do what is right, not about making trouble."

Da Wa immediately said, "If others don't mess with me, I won't mess with others."

What it means is, I won’t offend others unless they offend me.

Ning Tang helped him add the next sentence, "If someone offends me, I will be courteous and yield. If someone offends me again, I will cut off the roots."

Sanwa stretched out his palm and made a chopping gesture, "Cut the weeds and remove the roots."

Erniu raised her hand, "Mom, I am a girl, and girls should also be brave. Do I want to fight?"

Ning Tang said, "It's the same for both men and women, but you have an older brother and a younger brother, you can let them help you, otherwise what are they doing?"

Shen Lie: "You can just say this at home. If you say it outside and others hear you encouraging boys to fight and giving money as a reward for winning, not to mention the people far away, Mrs. Luo will definitely come to your house to talk to you."

"Then come over. I want to spread my theory." Ning Tang said.

Shen Lie held his forehead and said, "I can imagine how jealous those kids would be when they heard that Da Wa got into a fight but was not punished and even got rewarded."

"Not only do we envy him, but we don't dare to fight him anymore." Ning Tang said, "Whoever fights him will be beaten by Da Wa first, and then beaten by his parents when he gets home. Da Wa not only didn't get beaten, but also got money. Who dares to mess with him?"

"By the way, Big Kid, I haven't asked you yet, how did you win against Li Hai's gang of kids who are older and taller than you?" Ning Tang asked.

At this point, the eldest child got excited and said, "Because we know the art of war!"

"Art of War?" Shen Lie was stunned. "What art of war?"

The eldest boy rolled his eyes at his father and said, "Stupid, it's the book "The Art of War" that my mother bought last time."

Ning Tang also remembered that she had bought a copy of Sun Tzu's Art of War when she went to Xinhua Bookstore before.

Da Wa liked it very much and pestered her to tell Shen Lie about it every day, then he would write it down and go to school to tell his group of friends.

Da Wa said, "Da Hu, Wang Xiaoming and I have all read Sun Tzu's Art of War. When I shouted, 'Make a feint to the east and attack in the west,' they immediately understood..."

During the fight, Da Wa shouted "make a feint to the east and attack in the west", and Da Hu reacted immediately, pretending to yell at Li Hai, "Ahhhh, I'm going to beat you up." At this time, Li Hai's attention must have been on Da Hu, not knowing that Da Wa was watching him closely from behind.

There is also the saying "running away is the best policy". Among the group of kids that Li Hai was with, there was one who was particularly good at fighting and was very tall and strong. No one would take his hand and would just run away when they saw him.

For example, "luring the tiger away from the mountain", "covering the truth from the bottom of the heart" and "besieging Wei to save Zhao", I won't go into details. Anyway, Da Wa and his friends made full use of Sun Tzu's Art of War.

After hearing this, even Shen Lie wanted to praise them for being smart.

But fearing that Da Wa and the others might not be too careful, Ning Tang said, "You can fight as you please, but you can't dig your hands into other people's eyes or hurt their vital parts."

The eldest child nodded, "I know this."

Do you all know how to use military tactics? Da Wa and his men must know how to attack people.

Anyway, when Ning Tang was in the teacher's office, he scanned the room. Although everyone was injured, no one was seriously hurt.

At most, there will be some bruises. Just apply some red medicine or Yunnan white medicine and it will be healed within a week.

In fact, most people who have had fighting experience know how to do it. On the contrary, those who have never had a fight will definitely beat the opponent to death, and may even use a knife, because they have no idea in their minds and don't know when to stop.

Ning Tang finally concluded, "As long as you know how hard you are, you can fight without worry. If you win, I will pay for the other party's medical expenses, give gifts and apologize. If you lose, you will have to be beaten by me when you come back."

After thinking for a while, he said, "Or you can come back and ask your father to teach you how to do it and how to do it without leaving any marks. When you can do it and only have bruises when they return home, you will be considered a master."

Fighting is not a bad thing, as long as it is not a problem of sexual nature, as parents, you just need to be responsible for cleaning up their messes.

Boys should move more. They should be raised like lambs. How can we feel at ease when they grow up and go out?

Ning Tang looked at Shen Lie and said, "Comrade Commander, do you have any other instructions?"

Her words took all aspects into consideration. Shen Lie had nothing else to say. He stood up and said, "I'll go cook. I'll give you instructions after I'm full."

The fight between the eldest child and his wife came to an end. Ning Tang waited at home for several days, but no parents came to ask her for compensation for the medical expenses.

I guess it's not a good thing. A group of boys who are half a head taller than Da Wa and his friends first robbed Da Wa and his friends' things, and then got beaten up. They were neither in the right nor embarrassed.

If she were the parent, she wouldn't have the nerve to come and ask for medical expenses.

Sunday, November 12th.

Shen Lie went to the army early in the morning. After dinner, the three little ones went out to play with their friends, leaving Ning Tang alone at home.

She cut a plate of dragon fruit, pitted pineapple, mangosteen, and cantaloupe and placed it on the table next to the lounge chair in the yard. She also put some snacks and drinks on it, and took a few books from the bookshelf and placed them within reach.

Everything was ready. Ning Tang glanced at the sky. The sun was not shining today. Half of it was hidden behind the clouds and the other half was visible. There was an occasional breeze. It was a good day for reading.

She sighed, lay down on the lounge chair in the yard, picked up a book, read and ate, feeling so comfortable.

About half an hour later, after watching a climax, she was ready to relax her eyes.

As soon as I looked into the distance, I saw Zhou Caiwei standing by the low wall of the yard.

The two looked at each other straight, Ning Tang blinked, but Zhou Caiwei was startled and quickly looked away.

Her nervous look made Ning Tang couldn't help laughing in his heart.

I don't know how long she has been watching outside the yard.

Zhou Caiwei didn't have to go to work today, but she had to go to school for something. When she came back from school, she passed by the Shen family's yard and happened to see Ning Tang leaning on a recliner reading a book.

Not knowing why, she stopped and looked around.

There was a large mushroom-shaped parasol, two white-painted lounge chairs, and a small round table with snacks, fruits, drinks, and several books on it.

Zhou Caiwei: ...Are you here for vacation?

When I think of how she had just come back from school after working overtime, and then compare it to Ningtang's leisurely life.

So angry!

Zhou Caiwei and Ning Tang looked at each other, nodded expressionlessly, and prepared to leave.

When I thought about how I had just stood outside the Shen family yard and stared at Ning Tang for a long time, I felt like a fool! !

Even though she looks expressionless now, she is going crazy inside.

What should I do? I suddenly feel like a voyeur...

Ning Tang didn't expect that Zhou Caiwei turned around and prepared to leave as soon as she made eye contact with her.

She blinked and waved, "Teacher Zhou!"

Zhou Caiwei paused and tapped her chin, "Big Baby's mother."

"Would you like to come in and sit down?" Ning Tang asked.

Zhou Caiwei opened her mouth and wanted to say "No thanks".

But her eyes swept across the fruit plate on the table, the red-hearted dragon fruit, the bright yellow pineapple honey, the white mangosteen, and the tender green melon, and she swallowed subconsciously.

Next to the fruit plate were two coconuts with tube-like objects inserted into them and two green mint leaves adorning them.

She suddenly felt her mouth dry and swallowed again.

"Teacher Zhou?" Ning Tang put down the book and called Zhou Caiwei again.

Zhou Caiwei's pupils trembled slightly. The book in Ning Tang's hand was the "Whustle and Bustle" that she had been looking for for a long time.

Looking again, there were several books on the small round table, including "Wushu Heights", "Pride and Prejudice", "Eugenie Grandet", and "The Hometown of Heroes".

Zhou Caiwei turned around and coughed, "Excuse me?"