Chapter 51 Chapter 51 (234 more) My balls...
"What does it mean to be a talent? Is playing basketball the same as being a talent?" Zhuang Xiaohu asked blankly.
Yu Lili immediately raised her hand and slapped him: "You dare to talk back, don't you?"
Zhuang Xiaohu was so frightened that he quickly hid behind the door, hastily explaining, "No, no, I just don't know what it means to be a capable person. How can I be considered a talker?"
Yu Lili paused for a moment and sighed, "A successful person is someone who has talent and ability, and can make friends with people of high status. Do you understand?"
“…But my grandma said that being able to grow crops is a skill.”
"This is the provincial capital, son! How can the provincial capital compare to the countryside? In the countryside, if you can farm, it's a skill. In the provincial capital, it doesn't matter if you don't have any connections, who will know you?"
"But……"
But I don’t see you know any capable people, mom. Many people bought apples in the afternoon, but they were sold out when you went there? Why didn’t they tell you in advance?
Zhuang Xiaohu's mind was full of questions, but after looking at Yu Lili's slap, he still couldn't come up with a "but".
"Are you going or not? It would be nice to go and talk to people and get to know them. You've been here for over a month, how come you don't have any friends? Lu Yao next door is so easy to talk to, why didn't she bring you along?"
Zhuang Xiaohu was stunned. "We are not in the same class. They all know a lot of words, but I haven't even learned pinyin yet."
"It's not like you can't talk. Why did I call you here from your hometown? So that you can stay in the countryside and farm in the future? Can you show some self-esteem? Look at your eldest sister. After finishing junior high school, she returned to her hometown and became a teacher in a literacy class. It should be no problem for her to find a similar family in the future. If you don't show some self-esteem, I will have no choice but to send you back."
"...Mom, if I don't go back, then I can go."
Although his grandparents are very nice, there are other children in his hometown, and sometimes he can't even eat meat once a week. He doesn't want to go back because he can live in a big house with his parents and have meat from time to time.
Thinking of this, Zhuang Xiaohu went out with gritted teeth.
In addition to the study area, the military family compound has a total of three playgrounds.
A large playground was built next to the outer wall in front of the military family compound. If there were large-scale events, a stage would be set up in the playground for performances, and people from surrounding villages and other factory-run family compounds would come to watch.
The other two smaller ones are located on the east and west sides of the military family compound. Behind the villa area is the west playground, which is usually visited by children. In addition to the basketball court, there are also ping-pong tables and badminton nets.
After Zhuang Xiaohu came, although he went to school with his classmates, he always felt that he could not communicate with them. He did not recognize all the characters and was often laughed at. As a result, he became more and more reluctant to communicate with others.
When he arrived at the playground, he only knew Aunt Lu's children.
"Lu, Lu Yao, what are they playing?" Zhuang Xiaohu walked over, patted Lu Yao on the shoulder, hesitated for a moment, and asked as friendly as possible.
But just as Zhuang Xiaohu finished speaking, the audience cheered because a goal was scored.
Lu Yao didn't even notice Zhuang Xiaohu's voice and jumped up. "Come on, Lu Yang! Come on, Brother Meng Bin! Our first-grade group is the best!"
When she jumped, Zhuang Xiaohu, who was standing behind her, was bumped into.
"Sorry, I didn't notice."
Lu Yao apologized hurriedly without even turning her head, and continued to follow the basketball on the court.
"It's okay, it's okay." Zhuang Xiaohu quickly waved his hands, but couldn't help asking, "First grade group? I heard from mom that you guys only came here last year. Didn't you go to preschool like me..."
“Good job!!!”
Lu Yao jumped up and down again.
As the whistle blew, the halftime break arrived. Lu Yao grabbed the two remaining bites of cucumber and ran over.
Zhao Zirui originally wanted to follow, but suddenly he saw a familiar face behind him and stopped.
"It's Brother Xiaohu. What did you say just now?" Zhao Zirui asked.
Zhuang Xiaohu lowered his head and said, "I say..."
"Zi Rui! Come here quickly——"
"Oh." Zhao Zirui responded to his sister and turned around and said, "Sorry, I'll chat with you when I get back. Let's play together later."
As he spoke, Zhao Zirui hurried to the rest area. The other children around him were gathered in groups of three or five, and it seemed that Zhuang Xiaohu was the only child who was alone.
Zhuang Xiaohu felt a little aggrieved.
He didn't understand why they still didn't want to talk to him even though he was very careful in making friends.
Looking at the small group gathered in the distance, Zhuang Xiaohu glared hatefully at Lu Yang who was surrounded in the center.
Lu Yang happened to be looking over here, and he smiled and gestured to Zhuang Xiaohu.
"So fake and annoying." Zhuang Xiaohu snorted, turned around and ran away.
Lu Yang's sight was blocked by the others, and he didn't see Zhuang Xiaohu running away. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and continued, "So? I said my training wasn't in vain."
Lu Yao looked at the basketball hoop that had been lowered by the adults and compared it. "Isn't that unfair? The second graders are all taller than us."
Lu Yang explained: "Although we were divided into two groups, one for grades one and one for two, both groups actually consisted of children around seven or eight years old. I was seven, Meng Bin was eight, and we were about the same height."
"Oh oh oh."
Meng Bin finished drinking his water and came over. He patted Lu Yang's shoulder with satisfaction and said, "Lu Yang is really smart. He figured out how to play after just a short while. Although we didn't play as intensely as the adults, winning is still an honor. Good luck in the second half!"
"Um."
Zhao Zirui finished massaging Lu Yang's shoulders attentively and was extremely proud. "In the second half of the year, we can go to elementary school like Brother Meng Bin. Then I will join the basketball team!"
"Sure, we'll teach you how to play. I'm sure you'll be just as good as us." Meng Bin smiled gently, encouraging Zhao Zirui. After he finished, he looked at Lu Yao again: "Lu Yao, are you coming?"
"don't want."
"Why don't you come? Aren't you enjoying watching it?"
"I think watching you guys compete is fun, but I'm not interested in playing it myself. I think practicing military boxing with dad in the morning is more fun."
Lu Yang shook his head. "I don't like military boxing. It's just the same few stances. It's just repetitive movements after practice. Playing ball is more fun."
Lu Yao looked longingly at him. "But Dad said that if I can practice repetitive movements well, I can exert great power. Then I can beat up the bad guys and catch them!"
Meng Bin looked at Lu Yao with approval, "Lu Yao is amazing."
"Humph, you praise her every day."
"Eh? Why is he gone?" Zhao Zirui suddenly said, turning around.
"Who's missing?"
"Zhuang Xiaohu from Aunt Yu's house next door was standing behind us just now."
"Huh?" Lu Yao looked over curiously: "Why didn't I notice he was behind me?"
"It seems like he said something else." Zhao Zirui frowned.
Lu Yao also frowned. "It was so noisy at the time. I just heard someone mumbling something in the back, but I couldn't hear clearly."
"I didn't hear it clearly either."
If Lu Yang was there just now, he would have carefully noticed Zhuang Xiaohu behind him and taken Zhuang Xiaohu's emotions into consideration.
But the problem was that Lu Yang was not there, leaving only Lu Yao and Zhao Zirui, two careless guys, and their minds were full of the competition, so no one noticed Zhuang Xiaohu's strange emotions.
"Why are you back? What are you doing in the playground behind?" Yu Lili asked when she saw Zhuang Xiaohu coming back with his head down in the kitchen.
Zhuang Xiaohu groaned, "It seemed like they were at a competition. I didn't know anyone and no one was talking to me, so I came back."
"Brother, why don't you watch the game?" Zhuang Niu Niu asked curiously while playing with sandbags in the yard.
"I don't understand."
"Then come and play with me, brother."
"No, I'm going inside."
Yu Lili shook her head helplessly. After a while, Captain Zhuang came home from get off work. Yu Lili couldn't help but complain to the man.
"I don't know what sin I've committed. Except for my eldest daughter, the rest of us are useless. I tried so hard to get them to come here to study, but in the end, they don't even have many friends."
Captain Zhuang, also a somewhat opportunistic person, sighed and said, "They're all a bit introverted. If you ask me, the little Lu Yao next door has the best personality. She's lively and active, and she can chat with anyone she meets."
"I don't like Lu Yao's behavior of climbing up the roof and tearing off the tiles. I don't know why Sister Wei's children like playing with them so much."
Yu Lili said, and then glanced at her two sons, "If you ask me, Xiaohu's temperament was all caused by your parents, so I take care of Niu Niu myself."
Captain Zhuang snorted coldly, "You can talk about it, but why bring up my parents? The child's personality is innate, what does it have to do with them? They're helping you take care of the child, so how could they make mistakes?"
"What do you mean by taking care of my child? It's your child too. They are helping their own son, not me."
Captain Zhuang was also anxious. "You can't be so selfish. To be honest, this is a child given to us to raise, and you don't even acknowledge it. If we have another child in the future, you will be able to raise it yourself!"
"If I raise the baby myself, I will raise it myself. I raised Niu Niu myself."
"Which of the first three wasn't brought up by my parents until they were three or four years old? Can you please have a little conscience?"
Yu Lili threw the spoon away and said, "How can I be so heartless? I don't send money or things home every year."
"That's my salary, my money!"
"Didn't I give birth to your children? Didn't I wash your clothes and cook for you?"
"My parents didn't bring the child to you?"
The two of them would never stop arguing.
But they are an old couple after all, and even after the quarrel, they have to go on with their life.
Yu Lili picked up the spoon and continued to serve herself rice. Captain Zhuang had a grim expression on his face and turned to fix the water pipe with a depressed look on his face. The atmosphere in the evening seemed a little depressing.
The other children were used to their parents' daily quarrels, but Zhuang Xiaohu, who had only been there a short time, was feeling uncomfortable.
The quarrel was caused by my parents.
Besides myself, it was also because of that crappy ball game, because Lu Yang insisted on playing that ball!
snort!
"Brother, what's wrong with you?"
They were almost asleep when Zhuang Niu Niu was woken up and asked Zhuang Xiaohu next to him curiously.
Zhuang Xiaohu pouted. "I've figured it out. If we don't want to play together, then we don't. He doesn't talk to me, and I don't want to play with them. When I was in the countryside, I could even play with a slingshot. They don't know shit."
"slingshot?"
"Yes, I brought it with me when I came here. Let's go hunting for bird eggs after school tomorrow."
"Wow." Zhuang Niuniu's mouth was almost drooling. "Is it delicious?"
“It’s guaranteed to be delicious!”
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"Mother--"
"mom--"
“Mom, mom!!”
Finally, this Lu Yao.
In the kitchen, Zhao Zimo complained to Lu Qinghe while serving the dishes: "Even if it's a boy or a girl, just by listening to the noise, you know it's Lu Yao in the end."
Lu Qinghe smiled and told him to quickly set the table so as not to burn his hands. She turned around and untied her apron to stop the three little ones who rushed in and went to wash their hands.
"Mom, Lu Yang is not stupid today! He actually scored a goal today!! One goal! Brother Meng Bin didn't even score a goal!!"
"Oh my god, Lu Yao has never praised me in my life!" Lu Yang's eyes widened. "Mom, did I hear wrongly?"
Lu Qinghe looked at the steam rising from his son's head and laughed heartily: "You have only lived for a few years and this is it."
"This is the first time anyway!"
Zhao Zirui: "But mom, brother Yangyang is really amazing. He scored a goal in one go today."
"Really? If I had known earlier, I would have gone to see our Lu Yang's performance! It's such a pity that I didn't see it today."
Lu Yang felt a little embarrassed by the praise. "I didn't expect to score a goal today. It was just luck. I never score normally. Oh, by the way, Mom, there's another match the day after tomorrow. It's the last one. Why don't you go and watch it?"
"I have to go and see."
"Then I'll go too." Zhao Zimo shouted.
"Let's all go."
"Why hasn't Dad come back yet?" Zhao Zimo glanced at the door.
Lu Qinghe urged the younger ones to wash their hands, and then took Lu Yang to wash his face alone. "He's on a mission, and he won't be back for a week."
"Then I'll make breakfast for the next two days."
Lu Qinghe wiped the back of Lu Yang's neck with a hot towel and cleaned the child before letting him into the house.
"Are you okay?" Lu Qinghe stood up. "Why did you suddenly want to make breakfast?"
Zhao Zimo's eyes flickered as he looked at the floor beside him. "My dad told me to help take care of the house when he's out. Breakfast is just hot porridge and boiled eggs, so I can handle it."
"Do you want to do it?"
"Um."
"That's fine. I'll go with you tomorrow morning. If that's okay, you can come when your dad goes out."
Zhao Zimo suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and nodded with a smile.
Breakfast at home is sometimes boiled eggs, sometimes vegetable pancakes or steamed buns prepared the night before. If the children ask what they want to eat, I will make something different, but normally we only have the same few.
The next day, when Lu Qinghe woke up, he heard clanging sounds outside.
"Why so early?"
In the yard, Zhao Zimo was scooping water from the water tank.
"It's not that early. I was a little excited because I had a mission, so I woke up a little early. Auntie, there's not enough water in this tank."
Lu Qinghe yawned and walked over. "There's no water before eight in the morning. If you want water, you have to go to the well outside. There's water on the coal fire the night before. You can use it directly without heating it up, and it doesn't waste time."
Zhao Zimo secretly took note and said, "Then I'll boil some water before going to bed tonight."
"Okay, I'll leave it all to you."
Lu Qinghe didn't bother to be polite with him. She instructed him to boil some eggs, mix some pickles, and heat up the porridge. Zhao Zimo did as he was told. When the three children got up, breakfast was ready.
"Thank you, brother."
After finishing his meal, Zhao Zirui did not leave in a hurry. Instead, he thanked Zhao Zimo alone.
Zhao Zimo felt a little embarrassed. He said it was okay, touched the back of his head, and seemed to be thinking about something before going to school.
After going out, Lu Yang stopped Lu Yao who was in a hurry to leave.
"Let's wait for Zhuang Xiaohu."
Lu Yao slammed on the brakes. "Oh, yeah, Aunt Yu seemed to have told us that we could go to and from school with him, but he never went with us before and always left first."
Zhao Zirui: "He seemed to have something to say yesterday. I'll ask him later."
"Um."
The three children waited for a few minutes, and Lu Yao couldn't wait any longer, so she simply went and knocked on the door.
Yu Lili opened the door and saw the three of them. She happily pushed Zhuang Xiaohu, who was still chewing his steamed bun, out and said, "Let's eat on the way. You two can come together. Brother Meng Bin will be with us later."
As soon as he finished speaking, Meng Bin arrived.
Several children gathered together and headed towards school.
"Brother Xiaohu, what did you ask yesterday?" Zhao Zirui asked.
Zhuang Xiaohu clenched his fists and swallowed the last bite of steamed bun with great effort. "No, I didn't ask anything!"
Lu Yao looked at him curiously and reached out to pat Zhuang Xiaohu on the back.
"Why are you hitting me?" Zhuang Xiaohu was stunned and asked vigilantly.
"I didn't use much force. I was just worried you'd choke. This is how my mom massages my back at home."
Zhuang Xiaohu turned around and met Lu Yao's eyes, which were full of concern and curiosity, but he felt inexplicably uncomfortable.
"I don't need your help, it's annoying." Zhuang Xiaohu snorted.
Meng Bin was a little unhappy. "They're helping you, so if you don't want to use it, then don't use it. Why are you acting like that?"
Zhuang Xiaohu was a little afraid of Meng Bin, so he shrank his neck and lowered his head again in grievance.
"Forget it, Lu Yao didn't ask in advance. Maybe his family doesn't have this habit." Lu Yang tried to smooth things over.
Lu Yao was also unhappy. "If there is no answer, then there is no answer. I don't know, and I'm still bothering you. I'll leave by myself, and you guys can leave by yourselves."
After saying that, Lu Yao quickened her pace and walked forward a little.
Meng Bin has always regarded little Lu Yao as the boss, so he snorted and followed.
"Lu Yao!"
Lu Yang called out twice, but Lu Yao ignored him. After thinking about it, he decided to walk with Zhuang Xiaohu.
"Even though Lu Yao has an impatient temper, her temper fades quickly. Don't mind it. We'll just get to know each other better in the future. We didn't get to play together right away when we first met."
Zhuang Xiaohu said nothing, staring at Lu Yao in front of him, touched his trouser pocket, and then lowered his head.
Lu Yang thought for a moment and found a topic to talk about: "Which class are you in now?"
"…Preschool Class 2."
"We're in the same class. No wonder we haven't seen each other much these days. Don't you want to come out and play after class?"
“…”
Zhao Zirui was still following Lu Yang. "I don't like going out during breaks either. Maybe he's the same as me."
Zhuang Xiaohu didn't say anything, and Lu Yang just thought he was like that.
When they were almost at school, Zhuang Xiaohu suddenly spoke again: "Are you going to preschool next year too?"
Zhao Zirui said happily, "No need! Mom said that if we learn enough words next year, we can go to first grade! Then we can be closer to Brother Meng Bin."
Lu Yao said goodbye to Meng Bin in front, then stopped and turned to wait for the people behind her.
"Hurry up, Lu Yang, you don't want to be late."
"Here I come."
After saying that, Lu Yang looked at Zhuang Xiaohu again and asked, "Will we still be together after school?"
Zhuang Xiaohu pinched the things in his trouser pocket and spoke after a long while, "...Okay, then remember to wait for me."
"no problem."
After agreeing on a time, Lu Yang really called his friends to wait for Zhuang Xiaohu at the door after school.
A few children waited at the school gate for more than ten minutes. It was almost time for them to play basketball, but there was still no sign of Zhuang Xiaohu.
"Still waiting?" Lu Yao asked impatiently.
Meng Bin also spoke up: "Lu Yang, if you want to wait, wait a moment. I'll run back and tell the students playing basketball to wait for you for a while."
Lu Yang shook his head, thought about it, and then ran to Class 2 on the second floor to take a look. After confirming that Zhuang Xiaohu was really not in the class, he left with them.
Halfway through, Lu Yao asked curiously, "Did you really make an appointment with him?"
Lu Yang: "Yes, he said we should go together. Our houses are so close, so it's normal for us to go together. I don't know why he didn't wait for me."
Lu Yao thought for a moment, "Did you go to the bathroom to look for it?"
"ah?"
"Did he fall into the pit toilet? I remember a kid fell into the pit toilet because he wasn't used to the toilets here."
Lu Yao spoke so seriously that Zhao Zirui began to believe it.
Meng Bin shook his head: "If he fell in, he should have cried for help."
"Besides this, I can't think of any other reason. Forget it. Do you have a game later?"
"There will be one tomorrow, so we'll practice today," Lu Yang said.
Lu Yao: "Then I won't go to see it. What about you, Zhao Zirui? How about coming with me to play a spinning top later? Uncle Feng gave Lu Yang one before, and he's never touched it. Let's go give it a try."
"good!"
When they reached the door of their home, they put their schoolbags at home and said goodbye to their mother. Then they split into two groups and went to play their own games.
After a while, Zhuang Xiaohu from next door came out with his younger brother Niu Niu.
"Brother, why are you acting like a thief?"
"Get lost," Zhuang Xiaohu cursed. "Do you still want me to take you to hunt for bird eggs?"
"Oh oh oh, let's go then."
On the back side of the street next to the wall, in addition to a neat row of poplar trees, there are also locust trees and willow trees interspersed, which serve as protection and also as a landscape.
In April, the grass is green and the birds are singing, and the temperature is gradually getting warmer. It is the breeding season for birds.
"Look what that is?" Zhuang Xiaohu pointed to the bird's nest on the willow tree.
"sparrow?"
"Idiot! Sparrows are ugly. This one is called a willow warbler. There aren't many of them back home, but there are more of them here. If we can knock down the bird's nest, we can get five or six eggs at a time. We can roast them at home and have one for each of us."
Zhuang Niuniu licked his fingers and looked over greedily, "Okay, brother, if you catch the bird eggs, I'll listen to you from now on!"
"Humph, you underestimated me."
Zhuang Xiaohu took out a slingshot and the stones he had prepared in advance, and shot at the bird's nest more than ten times, but only half of them hit the target.
"Brother, didn't you say you never miss a shot?"
“…”
Zhuang Xiaohu went to pick up stones in shame and said, "I'll try again."
The more anxious he was, the less he could hit the target. The more he failed to hit the target, the more annoyed Zhuang Xiaohu became. Zhuang Niuniu simply squatted under the tree, tilted his neck and supported his chin, looking weak and powerless.
"Brother, it's been almost half an hour. If you can't beat it, we'll be late to get home. Mom will scold us."
"Don't be impatient."
"I'm not in a hurry, I'm just hungry."
Zhuang Xiaohu gritted his teeth, threw away the slingshot, and prepared to climb the tree to get it, but after two attempts he failed, so he picked up the slingshot and continued shooting.
Finally, with a "pop", the whole bird's nest fell down.
Zhuang Xiaohu's arms were sore from exhaustion, but he didn't care about that and ran over happily.
"There really are bird eggs!!" Zhuang Niu Niu ran over and held two bird eggs in his hands like treasures.
Zhuang Xiaohu was also happy. He put the remaining three bird eggs in his pocket and took his brother home.
At the street corner, the two brothers happened to meet Lu Yang who was returning home after practice. Lu Yao and Zhao Zirui were also there.
Lu Yao: "Zhuang Xiaohu, where did you go after school? We've been waiting for you for a long time. Did you fall into the toilet?"
Zhuang Xiaohu was instantly annoyed, "You're the one who fell into the toilet!"
"Then where have you been?" Lu Yang wiped the sweat off his face and asked breathlessly, "I went to your class to look for you, but I couldn't find you."
"I……"
Zhuang Xiaohu lowered his head and said, "I forgot."
"Forgot?!" Lu Yao stomped her feet in anger. "We've been waiting for you for more than ten minutes, and you don't even bother to apologize."
Lu Yang has a gentle personality, but that doesn't mean he has no temper. He was a little unhappy when he heard this.
But Zhuang Xiaohu still kept his head down, said nothing and didn't intend to apologize, and turned around to go home.
Lu Yao was a little annoyed and stepped forward to grab Zhuang Xiaohu's sleeve.
Zhuang Xiaohu dodged for a moment, and the bird egg hidden in his palm accidentally fell to the ground with a "plop".
With a "wow" sound, Zhuang Niu Niu started crying first.
"Ooooooooo my eggs ah oo ...
"What is this?" Zhao Zirui's attention was drawn to it.
Lu Yao frowned, a little annoyed: "I didn't even pull you hard, how did your thing fall off? What kind of egg is this, an egg?"
It is normal for children to have conflicts.
Lu Yao just wanted an apology and treated it as a quarrel with Zhuang Xiaohu at most.
But Zhuang Xiaohu didn't see it that way. He felt that Lu Yao was deliberately provoking him.
One moment he said he fell into the toilet, and the next moment he asked him to apologize. This was clearly intentional!
"Lu Yao! Stop bullying me!"
Lu Yao looked puzzled. "Who bullied you? Asking you to apologize is bullying? Then you also bullied Lu Yang, making him wait for you for so long in vain. And this egg, where did you get it from?"
Lu Yang squatted down and took a look. "This isn't a chicken egg. Judging from its size, it should be a bird's egg."
"Bird eggs? Where did you get them?" Lu Yao widened her eyes.
"Wa ...
Zhuang Niu Niu's crying attracted the adults. Yu Lili saw it from a distance and ran over quickly.
"Auntie, it seems to be Lu Yao and the others."
Lu Qinghe was stunned. "Help me keep an eye on the fire. I'll go check it out and come back."
She threw down her apron and went out. When she arrived, she saw her three children staring at Zhuang Niu Niu with a confused look on their faces and crying.
"What's going on?"
Zhuang Niuniu pointed at Lu Yao and said, "She broke our eggs!"
Lu Qinghe: “…”
This made everyone around laugh.
Lu Yao jumped up and down in anger, "No, I didn't break it!!"
"So what's going on?"
"Lu Yao bullied me!" Zhuang Xiaohu suddenly jumped in to complain to Yu Lili, "She said I fell into a cesspool and even pulled my sleeve!"
Yu Lili looked at Lu Qinghe with a somewhat unfriendly expression, "Qinghe, your Lu Yao seems to have always been very naughty."
Lu Qinghe frowned, "Let's get things straight first, then you can argue with me. Lu Yang, what do you think is going on?"
Lu Yang: "This morning we specifically waited for Zhuang Xiaohu to go to school together, and we also agreed to go home together after school. But after school, Brother Meng Bin and I waited at the door for twenty minutes, but didn't see Zhuang Xiaohu. I went to his class and looked around, and found that there was indeed no one there. Brother Meng Bin can testify to this!"
"I bear witness!"
Meng Bin ran over panting.
"Then what about falling into the pit?" Yu Lili asked again.
Lu Yang: "A while ago, a kid who had just started attending the Military Family School fell into the toilet. I couldn't find him in the classroom, so Lu Yao guessed that he might have fallen into the toilet. Later, when we ran into each other at the street corner, Lu Yao asked him what happened and whether he had fallen into the toilet. Mom, Lu Yao didn't spread rumors. She was just concerned and simply asked about Zhuang Xiaohu, but Zhuang Xiaohu got angry with us for no reason."
Zhao Zirui couldn't help but nod, "Yes, then Sister Lu Yao asked Zhuang Xiaohu to apologize to Brother Lu Yang. Zhuang Xiaohu refused to apologize and insisted that Sister Lu Yao bullied him. When he turned to leave, Sister Lu Yao pulled his sleeve and his balls fell out."
“…”
Although the child spoke seriously, the people around him couldn't help laughing after hearing what he said.
Lu Qinghe also wanted to laugh, but seeing that the children all looked serious, she held it back.
Seeing the adults remain silent, Meng Bin anxiously added, "I can testify that everything they said is true. Lu Yang was jogging to the playground to wait for him. This morning, he also said Lu Yao was annoying."
"Is that so?" Yu Lili asked from the side.
Before Zhuang Xiaohu could say anything, Zhuang Niuniu cried out, "Yes, that's it, wuwuwu... I want my balls wuwuwuwu... Brother, why didn't you hold them firmly? If you drop them, both will come out wuwuwuwu..."
Now it's clear.
Lu Qinghe spread out his hands. "See? If this matter is clarified, it has little to do with my Lu Yao. Lu Yao, did you pull his sleeve hard enough? Did you know he was holding something in his hand before you pulled it?"
"I don't know." Lu Yao followed her mother and stuck out her tongue at Zhuang Xiaohu.
Zhuang Xiaohu stamped his feet in anger: "But if she doesn't touch me, my bird eggs won't fall to the ground!!"
"Then I didn't know you had bird eggs!"
"That's right." Meng Bin defended Lu Yao. "You said Lu Yao was annoying this morning, but Lu Yao didn't take it seriously. In the afternoon, she even spent 20 minutes with Lu Yang enjoying the breeze. You broke your promise first, and now you think you're right!"
"But--"
“That’s enough!”
Yu Lili interrupted Zhuang Xiaohu, "Why are you so unsociable? Why are you the only one who has so much trouble? They asked you to go home after school, but you were the one who told you to go home first! Now you didn't hold it firmly, and you're blaming them. Apologize to them!"
Zhuang Xiaohu's eyes turned red.
Lu Qinghe watched with his arms folded, and had no intention of smoothing things over.
If Lu Yang hadn't explained it clearly just now, he would have wanted to frame Lu Yao. Lu Qinghe was protective of her daughter and especially couldn't bear to see her daughter being bullied.
"Forget it..."
But someone wanted to smooth things over.
"It's just a little thing about the children. They all started crying."
Lu Qinghe raised an eyebrow and pulled the two children in front of him. "It's time to forget about it. It's not a big deal. Lu Yao is right. We should just let Zhuang Xiaohu apologize to them and let it go. We can't let the adults start a quarrel too."
If your child doesn't apologize, she doesn't mind arguing with Yu Lili at all.
But Yu Lili didn't dare to do that and pulled Zhuang Xiaohu to apologize.
"Hurry up! Say sorry to your brothers and sisters! What the hell do you do all day? You don't even play when others call you. I don't know how your grandparents raised you back home!"
Zhuang Xiaohu was already in tears. He walked to Lu Yang and Lu Yao with a wronged look on his face. Under Yu Lili's coercion, he lowered his head, bowed, and apologized.
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said that to you."
"I'm sorry, I forgot and didn't wait for you."
Lu Yao snorted and said nothing. Lu Yang hesitated for a moment and then said, "If you hadn't said that to me today, I'd still like to play together tomorrow and even ask you to join the basketball team. But if you're like this, we won't be together tomorrow for the time being."
"Who wants to follow you..."
After Yu Lili slapped him, Zhuang Xiaohu became obedient.
Yu Lili smiled and tried to get closer to Lu Yang. "It's normal for children to fight and argue. They'll be fine after a few days. Let's play together again then."
"Mom." Zhuang Niuniu raised her head and pointed at the bird eggs on the ground. "What should we do with the eggs?"
"Just thinking about eating..."
"What are you doing?"
Ying Lu hurried over, listened to the general situation, and then looked at the bird eggs on the ground. Her brows immediately furrowed.
"Whose child destroyed a willow warbler's nest?!"
Yu Lili was startled. "What, what happened?"
"What's wrong? What's wrong?" Ying Lu looked at the bird eggs with heartache, and glared at them angrily, pinching her waist.
After Ying Lu reminded them, the others also realized that something was wrong.
"Robbing a bird's nest in April is a bad conscience."
"It's not that the child is bad. He just arrived, but his family didn't teach him anything. In April, most birds are hatching eggs, and it's time for spring plowing. Except for sparrows, no one wants to kill these birds, especially since we have so many trees here. We have been reminding people not to kill bird nests for several years."
"I told my kids that anyway."
"The teacher should have reminded this child at school..."
Ying Lu took another closer look and became even more angry. "These are willow warbler eggs. Yu Lili, didn't you tell your child that the farm breeding team caught a batch of these willow warblers and released them here to help the nearby villagers get rid of pests on their fields?"
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