Chapter 169 Children's Conflict
Finally, Li Youshan and his wife lived in the room on the left side of the main house, Li Dachuan and his wife lived on the right side, Li Sandong lived in the east wing, and Xiaohe lived in the west wing.
The first room of the west wing is occupied by Li Erhu and his wife, the second room of the west wing is occupied by brothers Li An and Li Kang, and the second room of the east wing is occupied by sisters Xiaolan and Xiaotao.
There are two more guest bedrooms.
At lunch, Zhao Suying said, "You all have your own rooms, which you can decorate according to your own preferences, but each room has a quota. If you exceed this quota, you will subsidize it yourself."
Everyone had no objection. They were already very satisfied to be able to live in such a spacious blue brick house. What else was there to complain about?
In the afternoon, there was a gentle breeze and cicadas chirping.
Zhao Suying's family and a few good neighbors were peeling litchi seeds under a tree.
Xiaoman from the neighbor's house came running over breathlessly, shouting, "Grandma Dashan, Aunt Zhou Er, someone is bullying Xiaolan, Muniu and the others, go and take a look."
Zhao Suying, Wang Guixiang and Zhou Chen immediately stood up and followed the children out.
The others followed.
At the foot of the mountain, the crying of children could be heard from afar.
Then came the howling of the Zhou family's mother-in-law: "Oh, my dear grandson, who beat you?"
Qian Chunfeng also said distressedly: "My son, what's wrong with you?"
Zhou Jinniu pointed at Zhou Muniu and Li Xiaolan and shouted angrily, "Grandma, they were the ones who beat me and my brother. Zhou Muniu was a traitor. When Yinniu and I found out, he not only refused to admit his fault, but also beat us. Grandma, beat him to death."
"Well, you bastard, you actually dared to hit your brother and you are a traitor. I will beat you to death." Mrs. Zhou picked up a wooden stick and hit Zhou Muniu.
She was his grandmother, so Zhou Muniu didn’t dare to hide and could only grit his teeth and endure it.
Qian Chunfeng walked up to Li Xiaolan and her sister and raised her hand to touch Xiaolan's arm.
"If you took something from my house, return it immediately. You're so young and you're trying to get others to give you things. What will happen to you when you grow up?"
Wang Guixiang quickly ran forward, pushed Qian Chunfeng away, and asked worriedly, "Xiaolan, Xiaotao, are you hurt anywhere?"
Sun Xiuqin also ran up and hugged Xiaohe and asked.
Zhou Chen ran up to hug Zhou Muniu, and Zhou Po's stick hit her, causing her to feel a burning pain instantly.
Xiaolan had tears in her eyes. She was older than Xiaotao and Xiaohe, and understood what Qian Chunfeng meant.
He was frightened and shook his head and said, "I didn't ask anyone to send me anything, I didn't..."
Li Wanyue and Zhao Suying also ran over at this time.
Hearing this, Zhao Suying grabbed Qian Chunfeng's hair without saying a word and raised her hand to hit her in the face.
"Oh, you crazy woman, how dare you hit me."
Li Wanyue frowned and stuffed a handful of dirt into her mouth: "Shut your stinky mouth."
Zhao Suying looked at Qian Chunfeng's swollen face and loosened her grip. "What a slut! How dare you say that about my granddaughter? You make eyes at the widower in the village all day long. Don't you think anyone knows? What a bastard."
Those who caught up later also grabbed Mrs. Zhou.
"The village chief is here."
Someone shouted, and the scene suddenly became quiet.
The Li family father and son and the Zhou family father and son also heard the news and rushed over.
Each of them went to see the situation of their own family.
Qian Chunfeng spat for a long time, but there was still a dirt taste in her mouth.
She ran to Zhou Daquan and cried, "Boss, you have to seek justice for me. The Li family is too much. They rely on their wealth to bully the villagers just because they give them small favors. Look how they beat me."
Seeing her disheveled hair and swollen face, Zhou Daquan felt disgusted and said, "Don't worry, the village chief is here and will definitely take care of it for us."
Zhou Erquan looked at his wife and son covered in injuries, feeling both distressed and helpless.
He looked at Mrs. Zhou and asked, "Mother, what did Cuihua and Muniu do wrong that you want to beat them like this?"
Mrs. Zhou said angrily, "He is a traitor. Our family is already living in poverty, but he still took things from our home to give to that Li family girl. Shouldn't I beat him?"
Zhou Muniu shook his head: "I don't have one."
"How dare you lie." Grandma Zhou immediately raised the stick again.
Village Chief Li yelled, "Shut up, everyone."
Then he asked, "Who was there during the fight?"
The children looked at each other and took a few steps forward.
Village Chief Li asked in a gentle tone: "Tell me, what happened? Why did they start fighting?"
A boy of eight or nine years old stepped forward and said, "Grandpa Village Chief, we are looking for wild fruits here. Brother Mu Niu found them first. He picked half a basket of fruits and gave a few to each of us. He gave the rest to Sister Xiaolan and said he would pick some more to take home later.
As a result, he was seen by the two cows of the Zhou family. They came up and accused Brother Mu Niu of being a traitor and trying to steal the fruit from Sister Xiaolan's backpack.
When the wooden ox refused to give it to him, the golden ox and the silver ox started beating him. A fight broke out between them and we couldn’t separate them, so we went to call for help.
Zhou Jinniu retorted: "It was not just this time that he gave fruit to Li Xiaolan. Some time ago, Zhou Muniu also gave the cicada monkeys he caught to Li Xiaotao, and he also gave them to other children.
I also saw them helping the Li sisters collect firewood and cut grass for pigs, but I didn’t say anything because my second uncle was working at their house at that time.”
Now that he is no longer working for them, he will not hide it anymore.
Qian Chunfeng snorted coldly: "Well, not only did they hook Mu Niu, but they also let so many people help them do things. Li's family, what else do you have to say?"
Zhao Suying rolled up her sleeves, apparently she hadn't been beaten enough.
Frightened, Qian Chunfeng immediately hid behind Zhou Dashen.
Village Chief Li shouted at Qian Chunfeng impatiently: "Shut your mouth."
Then he asked Zhou Muniu: "Muniu, tell me what's going on?"
Zhou Muniu choked up and said, "Grandpa Village Chief, I and the other uncles' children did give things to Xiaolan and her sister, but we found them on the mountain ourselves and did not give them anything from home.
We just want to pay the tuition and don’t want others to teach us for nothing, so we are helping the Li sisters in our own way.”
"What? Pay tuition?"
"Yes, we often learn things from Xiaolan sisters when we collect firewood, cut grass for pigs or go out to play. Xiaoan and Xiaokang would teach us in the past, but since they went to the academy, they teach us less often. It's Xiaolan sisters who teach us now.
During this time, I have memorized the Three Character Classic and learned simple arithmetic. Some people can even memorize the Thousand Character Classic. They don’t charge us tuition, but we feel embarrassed to let them teach us for nothing.”
A little girl said: "Now I not only know how to write my own name, but also the names of my family members. I learned all this from Sister Xiaotao."
The other children nodded and echoed in unison.
Xiaoman's mother stood up and said, "Don't you know? I thought everyone knew about this. My Xiaoman and Xiaoyu both learn from Xiaolan. Every time they learn a new sentence, they come back and recite it to me.
I asked him to bring eggs to the three sisters, but they refused to take them. I said I was helping them with their work, but how did it become like they were asking for things? "
"My son Shitou did the same thing. He wrote his name with a small wooden stick that day. I didn't believe it until I asked him about it. I found out that it was Xiaolan and the others who taught him."
"My child can now do arithmetic faster than I can."
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Those who followed suit came out to testify, and those whose children had not learned it all clamored to follow suit.
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