Shi Mingxin was puzzled. "Brother, why did you lie?"
"What else? Are we going to cause trouble next door? You know what kind of person Mom is. If we make a scene and everyone knows about it, then everyone will know that we started the trouble first. Everyone will also know that even if the three of us go together, we can't beat that damn girl alone."
It seems to make sense.
But Shi Mingxin was confused. Was his elder brother such a person? How come he didn't know?
Will a person who is always making trouble even when he is unreasonable know that he is in the wrong before he causes trouble?
Seeing his eldest brother's expression, Shi Minglei pushed the plaster in his hand to him and said, "Put it on me quickly. My feet are getting more and more numb."
After being interrupted by his elder brother, Shi Mingxin gave up his doubts and took off his elder brother's shoes, which immediately caused a foul smell to fill the air.
"Brother, how many days have you not washed your feet?"
"Two days."
Shi Mingxin covered his nose, stood up, took out his handkerchief, wrapped it around his nose, and tied it at the back of his head.
Although we cannot completely isolate the smell, it is better than facing it directly.
"Take off your socks yourself."
"My legs are numb and it's hard to bend them."
Shi Mingxin had no choice but to take off his elder brother's socks. He felt like he was about to vomit.
But when I saw the redness and swelling on the soles of my brother's feet, I couldn't smell any bad smell anymore, I just felt scared.
How much force does it take to kick the sole of your foot and make it red and swollen? No wonder my brother said his foot was numb and swollen. If it were swollen, wouldn't it be swollen too?
"Brother, your feet are swollen."
Shi Minglei was slightly startled, "Put it on!"
Shi Mingxin held his breath, applied the plaster on his elder brother, and then put on socks and shoes for him.
"Do you want to take a leave and rest at home?"
Shi Minglei shook his head. If he asked for leave, his mother would know the reason.
Shi Mingxin felt that something was wrong with his eldest brother, but he couldn't put his finger on it, nor did he dare to say anything. He had always been the one who had the final say among the three brothers.
I could only help him go out to eat, even though my mother urged him several times.
Gao Zhaolan looked at her eldest son's walking posture and felt something was wrong. "Big brother, I'll take you to see a doctor after dinner."
Shi Minglei wanted to refuse, but his mother's unquestionable look made him dare not say no.
He walked to a nearby clinic with difficulty. After the doctor looked at his smelly feet, he was told to put on shoes and socks immediately.
"Your foot was hit hard. I'll prescribe some Chinese medicine for you. Grind it into powder. When you go home, mix it with boiled water, heat it up in a pan, and add some white wine. When it's warm, apply it to the bottom of your foot. Wrap it with ordinary cloth. One dose of medicine will last for three days. Apply it morning and night, adding white wine each time to heat it up. Come back in three days. Also, it's best to rest your foot for a few days and don't walk."
Gao Zhaolan nodded repeatedly in agreement, paid the money, took the medicine powder, and helped her son go home.
When I got home, I started to get angry. "Tell me, what happened to the sole of your foot? Didn't you say you fell? How high did you fall from to get your foot swollen?"
Shi Minglei lowered his head and remained silent. No matter how his mother scolded him, he did not answer.
Gao Zhaolan was angry but helpless and could only fry some medicine powder and apply it to him.
In the evening, when her second and youngest sons came home from school, she took them into the kitchen and asked, "Tell me, what happened to your eldest brother's foot?"
Although the two were afraid of their eldest brother, they were more afraid of their mother. "It was because of a fight between the eldest brother and someone else."
"With whom?"
"Zhou Xiang next door."
Gao Zhaolan's eyes widened, and he slammed his hand on the table. "Say it again, who are you fighting with?"
Shi Mingxin shuddered with fear, "Zhou Xiang next door, she's too powerful, my brother got kicked like this by her."
Big brother! Don't blame me for not giving you face. Mom's anger is terrible.
Gao Zhaolan couldn't hear anything except that her eldest son's foot was swollen from being kicked by that dead girl Zhou Xiang.
How can this be? I spent several dollars and my eldest son can’t go to class.
He stood up and rushed out. Shi Bolin, who was returning home from get off work, asked, "Where are you going?"
Gao Zhaolan's face was filled with anger. "I'm going to find the Zhou family."
Shi Bolin stretched out his hand, but only caught the air. He looked at his second son and asked, "What's wrong with your mother?"
"Big brother had a fight with Zhou Xiang, and she kicked him and made his foot swollen."
After hearing this, Shi Bolin hurried into the house to see his eldest son.
Seeing that his right foot was wrapped into a big bun with old clothes, he asked, "Your mother went to find the Zhou family. What happened to your foot?"
Seeing that he could no longer hide the truth, Shi Minglei told his father the truth.
Shi Bolin was very surprised. "You mean, that girl made your foot swollen with just one kick?"
Shi Minglei nodded.
Shi Bolin was still a little bit unbelievable. His son often fought and got into trouble, and this was the first time he was beaten by someone, and the victim was a girl.
Seeing his father remained silent, Shi Minglei became anxious. "Dad, go stop my mom! If she makes a scene, I'll be the one to be embarrassed. And it was me who first stopped her with my two brothers."
Shi Bailin looked at his eldest son suspiciously. This son was just like his mother. As long as his family suffered a loss, he would go to their house to make trouble, no matter whether it was reasonable or not. Why... ?
"Dad, you have to go quickly. Otherwise, how can I play with others here in the future? I will be laughed to death by others."
Shi Bolin certainly knew what boys valued most. He turned around and planned to go to Zhou's house to call back his wife, but when he heard the voice coming from outside, he said to his eldest son helplessly, "It's too late."
Hearing the loud noise coming from outside, Shi Minglei lay down weakly on the bed behind him.
Shi Bailin no longer cared about him. It was important for him to go out and see his wife and not cause any trouble.
Zhou Xiang was accompanying her mother in the kitchen to cook when she heard Gao Zhaolan's shrill voice outside, "Zhou girl, come out right here! You beat my son like that, what are you doing hiding in the house?"
Zhou wanted to walk out of the kitchen and looked at Gao Zhaolan who was stopped outside the courtyard gate by Dahuang and his cubs. He raised his eyebrows. They had a fight at noon, and now they are causing trouble?
Zhou's mother took out the firewood from the stove and followed him out.
"Yo! What's this for?"
Gao Zhaolan pointed at Zhou Xiang and said, "Why? Ask your good daughter. She kicked my son's foot and made it swollen. Shouldn't she come to my house to apologize and pay for the medical expenses?"
Mother Zhou sneered, "Apologize? Pay for the medical expenses? Are you dreaming? Ask your son for the truth before you come and accuse him."
"No need to ask, no matter what, it's true that your daughter injured my son."
"So, according to what you said, if someone who wants to kill someone is injured by the victim, the victim will have to pay compensation and go to jail?"
Zhou Xiang felt that his mother's words were truly blessed. Isn't that how it is in later generations? Over-defense!
"Don't talk about this. If someone gets hurt in a fight, compensation is the right thing to do."
The people living in these two alleys didn't take Gao Zhaolan's shrill voice seriously. When did she not curse at people loudly?
But what did she say? "Zhou's girl, is she making trouble again?" Hurry, hurry out and watch the fun.
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