In front of the courtyard gate, the two groups of children faced each other as if they were facing a great enemy, as if the two forces had formed a delicate balance in front of the mud wall.
A group of older children stood against the wall, led by Xiao Shitou, a half-grown child from the fifth production team. There was a hint of provocation on his face, and a gleam of unwillingness to admit defeat in his eyes.
Another group of children surrounded Li Tiezhu, following him closely, as if waiting for his order.
At this moment, Li Tiezhu and Xiao Shitou were glaring at each other, like two sharp knives, bound to collide and create fierce sparks in the air.
Li Tiezhu's face showed a trace of disdain, as if to say: "What can you do?"
Little Stone gritted his teeth and glared at him coldly, as if to say, "Try it if you can."
Just when the atmosphere was about to reach its climax, Li Tiezhu and others tried to climb over the wall again, but Xiao Shitou and others took advantage of their height advantage to stop them.
The bodies of the two groups of children collided with each other from time to time, making dull sounds, as if testing each other's bottom line, while also intensifying the tense atmosphere.
At this moment, a cold voice broke the tension: "What do you want to do at my door?"
Yan Mingli fell off the bicycle, stood steadily beside the little girl, and looked at the group of children with sharp eyes.
"Boss Yan, Brother Yuan asked me to come over and keep an eye on things." Xiao Shitou quickly explained when he saw Yan Mingli.
The Brother Yuan he was referring to was naturally the scoundrel Xiong Yuan. This morning, Xiong Yuan specifically knocked on his window and told him: Follow Boss Yan and you will have meat to eat.
Meat, it’s meat, it’s been so long since he last had meat!
Xiao Shitou naturally did not dare to neglect the possible opportunity to eat meat. He immediately called together his friends from the village, followed Xiong Yuan's instructions, and stared at the people from Lao Li's family.
When he saw Li Tiezhu from Li Laosi's family calling his friends to go to the grove, he immediately followed them.
Fortunately, they caught up, otherwise these little brats would have piled up stones to climb over the Yan family’s wall.
"Thank you!" Yan Mingli nodded to express his gratitude.
Then his eyes fell on Li Tiezhu with a bit of annoyance and disgust.
Seeing that Yan Mingli was still polite to Xiao Shitou, Li Tiezhu immediately became arrogant and screamed, "Yan Mingli, hand over the eggs!"
When people heard the commanding tone, they had only one thought, which was to never let go until he was beaten to tears.
You're sick! Yan Mingli sneered and ignored his unreasonable request. He took out the key and prepared to open the door, but was stopped by Li Tiezhu.
"Get out!" He has never had a good impression of the people from the Li family, and he never has a good temper.
"Yan Mingli, I am your cousin." His matter-of-fact look made Mo Yutong frown at the door.
"Is the letter of severance fake?" Yan Mingli sneered again, his eyes revealing his deep disgust for the Li family.
As he spoke, he opened the lock, but did not rush to take it off. Instead, he stared at Li Tiezhu coldly.
Li Tiezhu's heart trembled at his gaze, but he still said firmly, "So what? I must eat the eggs anyway."
As he said this, he winked at the people he brought with him and prepared to force his way in.
"You didn't give me your eggs, but gave them to the bastard. I'm going to beat them to death." Li Tiezhu was furious and was about to rush in with brute force.
Seeing this, Yan Mingli felt furious.
He almost reflexively lowered the support pole behind the bicycle, quickly hugged Mo Yutong's waist and took two steps back.
At the same time, he pressed Li Tiezhu against the yellow mud wall.
"Are you okay?" Yan Mingli looked at her nervously, looking her up and down, fearing that she would be hurt in the slightest.
Mo Yutong shook her head, saying that she was fine and that she had reacted in time, so Li Tiezhu did not touch her.
Originally, Yan Mingli wanted to ignore the provocation, but when he saw that Li Tiezhu almost bumped into the little girl, he picked up a branch nearby and hit Li Tiezhu hard on the butt.
Li Tiezhu was pressed against the wall, already screaming in pain, and now he was being spanked. His face was grim, he cried and hid. At the same time, he shouted in frustration, "You five-category element, I'm going to kill you! Our Li family is going to kill you!"
Both groups of children opened their eyes wide, stunned by this sudden change, not daring to breathe.
Looking at Yan Mingli's cold and dark eyes and listening to Li Tiezhu's screams, fear surged in his heart.
Mo Yutong stood aside, with a hint of anger in her pretty eyes. She was not strong enough to help him, and she felt even more distressed for him.
She really wanted to hug the boy she was with, comfort him with the deepest kiss, and let him kiss her for as long as he wanted without pushing him away.
"Are you dead? You can't pay it back." Li Tiezhu's men heard his cries and rushed forward to help.
Seeing this, Xiao Shitou's men also took action, and the group of children were about to start a fight.
After all, this is the Li family's family affair, and Yan Mingli can't just watch a group of children fighting.
He yanked the branch against the wall and shouted coldly, "Li Tiezhu, take your men and get out of here!"
Although his voice was not loud, it carried a murderous aura that made people tremble.
Li Tiezhu and others were frightened by his shout and stopped what they were doing when they saw his cold eyes.
Yan Mingcheng and Yan Mingxue, who were in the yard, had already heard the noise outside the door, but they sat quietly as usual and did not open the door to find out.
The tin frog on the table had been put away. They each held a piece of firewood in their hands, their eyes fixed on the slightly shabby courtyard gate.
They have been eating well and having enough to eat these days, and they are much stronger than before, especially Yan Mingxue. She feels that she can definitely beat Li Tiezhu.
At this moment, a faint sound suddenly came from the grove, and Li Jianxing's bruised and swollen face appeared in everyone's sight.
He frowned, his tone full of obvious blame: "What's going on? Yan Mingli, you are too cruel."
"Uncle, Yan Mingli won't give me eggs to eat, but you said all the eggs in his family are mine." Li Tiezhu took the opportunity to complain, trying to use Li Jianxing's status as an elder to suppress Yan Mingli.
Li Jianxing smiled awkwardly. This nephew really doesn't know how to talk. What do you mean I said that? Didn't I just fool you? Only you would be stupid enough to believe it!
He is indeed a fool who only grows flesh but not brains. He has wasted so many good things at home!
Think about my two little boys at home, they still have nothing to eat!
After all, the person in front of her is the boy's elder, and Wei Zhengmao has also advised him, so she has to stand up at this time.
Mo Yutong looked at Li Jianxing with a faint smile, and said in a clear and firm voice: "Uncle Li, when you start to instigate people, you won't even let go of a child."
Li Jianxing felt not only fear but also dislike for this educated youth from Beijing. Especially when he saw the blood-stained white cloth, he felt even more disdain.
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