Ruan Xi learned the craft from the old tailor for a day, and his ability to master it at a glance really opened the old tailor's eyes. Before leaving in the evening, the old tailor's way of addressing Ruan Xi had changed from "the king of bullshit" to "the extremely smart one".
Jueding Damingming put on his schoolbag and said to the old tailor, "Master, I have learned and remembered everything you taught me today, and I have sorted out everything that needs to be sorted out. I will go back now and come back tomorrow."
After saying that, she picked up the big yellow cat at her feet and held it in her arms and stroked it a few times.
The old tailor didn't see her off, but just said, "Go."
Ruan Xi was satisfied after petting the cat. She slung her schoolbag over her shoulders and left the tailor shop.
She was walking home along the mountain road. When she was halfway down, she suddenly saw a group of boys fighting on the hillside not far away. In this poor and remote area, where there is no school to go to, it is not uncommon for boys to fight in groups.
It is common that you hit me today and I hit you tomorrow, or we make an appointment to have a group fight together.
Ruan Xiyuan didn't intend to interfere, but she suddenly felt that the boy who was being beaten looked a little familiar. To confirm, she stopped and looked carefully for a while, then shouted loudly: "Hey, what are you doing!"
Hearing the scream, several boys who were beating the girl looked back and did not say anything to her. Instead, they turned around and continued to beat her with their hands and feet, slapping her on the head and kicking her hard, showing no mercy.
Seeing that it was useless to stop them with words, Ruan Xi took a deep breath, rushed forward and pulled one of the boys away.
They are from the same team, so naturally they know each other.
The boys all knew that Ruan Xi was the granddaughter of the brigade secretary, and her fifth uncle Ruan Changsheng was a very good fighter and was well-known in Fengming Mountain, so they didn't dare to do anything to her and didn't attack her.
Ruan Xi pulled the boys who were beating others away and asked with a slightly frowned face, "What are you doing?"
Not taking action does not mean a good attitude. One of the boys said unceremoniously, "His father is from the black five categories, and he is the son of the black five categories. We are educating the son of the black five categories here, what's it got to do with you?"
Ruan Xi held her breath and looked at the boy who was beaten. It was definitely Ling Yao. He had been shielding his face with his arms, and he still maintained that posture without looking up. His hair was disheveled and his body was covered with muddy footprints.
Ruan Xi couldn't help but clench his fists.
Before she could say anything else, Ling Yao bent over, shielded his face with his hands and said, "Don't worry about me, I'm fine."
As soon as he spoke, the boy next to him laughed and said, "Oh, so you are not dumb? We thought you were dumb. If you are not dumb, you should be a fool, stupid."
Ruan Xi held her breath and looked at the boy who was talking, and said with a gloomy face: "Shut up!"
The boy who was speaking put away the smile on his face and said, "I won't shut up, what can you do to me? You are standing up for the son of the five black categories, your class stance is problematic. Don't think that just because your grandfather is the brigade secretary, we can't punish you."
Ruan Xi pinched the strap of her schoolbag and stared at him, "Make one for me."
The boy was about to speak again, but his companion pulled him back and whispered, "If you dare to mess with her, Ruan Changsheng will not let you go. He will beat you to death. Why are we fighting with a fool? Let's go."
The boy restrained his expression and stopped arguing with Ruan Xi.
He exchanged glances with the other boys, then turned and left.
Seeing them walk away, Ruan Xi retracted his gaze and looked at Ling Yao and said, "Why didn't you fight back? You just let them beat you like this. They saw that you were easy to bully because you didn't say anything, so they must have picked you to bully."
Ling Yao put down his arm that was covering his face and whispered, "Don't worry about me. It will cause you trouble."
Seeing him like this, Ruan Xi couldn't help but feel distressed. She raised her hand and brushed his messy hair twice, "My fifth uncle is the leader of Fengming Mountain. They dare not do anything to me. Don't worry."
Ling Yao did not hide, as if accepting Ruan Xi's concern, he held his breath and hesitated for a moment before asking: "Do I... have any injuries on my face?"
Ruan Xi looked at his face carefully and said, "No."
Ling Yao breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good."
Ruan Xi thought for a moment and asked, "Are you afraid that your parents will see you when you go back?"
Ling Yao looked at her and nodded, "Yeah."
Ruan Xi understood that he thought that if he just endured it, it would pass, and he would not be beaten to death anyway. His family background was not good and they were discriminated against. Her father and mother lived cautiously and dared not cause any trouble. Naturally, he would not cause trouble for them. The best way to avoid trouble was to be patient.
Ruan Xi didn't say anything else and reached out to help him brush off the muddy footprints on his body.
After dusting it off, I helped him herd the pigs and walked with him for a while.
When Ruan Xi got home, she was still thinking about this matter. She didn't even put down her schoolbag. She dragged Ruan Changsheng outside and said to him, "Fifth Uncle, please help me warn Gao Haiyang and his gang and tell them not to bully Ling Yao in the future."
"Ling Yao?"
Ruan Changsheng thought for a moment, "The idiot in the stilt house?"
Ruan Xi raised her hand and patted him, "How can you call him a fool?"
Ruan Changsheng smiled and said, "It's not me who said that. It's everyone else in the village who said that. He doesn't even talk to anyone. He just goes out with a book and herds pigs and sheep all day long. He looks like a fool with a problem here."
He pointed to his head, implying that Ling Yao had an IQ problem.
Ruan Xi glared at him, "Can you read a book or are you a fool?"
Ruan Changsheng still smiled, "Nerd."
Ruan Xi stopped talking nonsense with him and said, "Just tell me whether you will help or not?"
Ruan Changsheng said, "Help! Of course I will! How dare I not agree to something my niece asks me to do? I will spread the word tomorrow that I will protect that nerd from now on, and no one will dare to bully him anymore."
Ruan Xi was satisfied and smiled sweetly, "Thank you, Uncle Wu."
Ruan Changsheng patted her on the head and said, "Let's go eat."
Ruan Xi raised her hand to touch the place where he had tapped her, and followed him into the house.
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