“Speak nicely. The child meant well. Look at your sullen face. Why don’t you have a sullen face outside? You only like to put on a show for your family at home!” Qin Xiaoling pulled her husband’s hand, signaling him to be more gentle.
Seeing the situation before him, Wang Tianxiao knew that if he insisted on giving two yuan, he would definitely not be able to get things done. So he smiled and said, "How about this, neither two yuan nor fifty cents, let's compromise and give you one yuan a day. What do you think? This is my final concession."
"This..." Li Wanfu was about to say something when Wang Tianxiao interrupted him, "Uncle, you should think about me too. If others know that I treated Guanping like this, they will think that I mistreated my wife's brother. It won't sound good if word gets out. Just give me one yuan."
"How about we leave it like this? Look how difficult it is for the child," Qin Xiaoling asked tentatively, looking at her husband's face.
Li Wanfu was silent for a moment before nodding. "That's settled then. Guanping, you must work hard when you get to your brother-in-law's place. Don't cause him any trouble, and don't let outsiders laugh at you."
"I know, Father!"
Just then, the gate rang, and Li Guanhong and Li Yamei rushed into the house upon hearing hurried footsteps in the courtyard.
"Is my brother-in-law here?"
Li Guanhong leaped from the yard into the house, and because of the speed, he almost hit the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed).
"Slow down," Qin Xiaoling said with a smile.
Li Guanhong didn't have time to talk to her mother. She threw her yellow-green canvas schoolbag onto the kang (a heated brick bed), grabbed Wang Tianxiao's sleeve, and said, "Brother-in-law, you said you'd take me on a motorcycle ride last time."
Li Yamei also came in. She was a bit introverted, so she went over and stood behind her mother, calling out softly, "Brother-in-law."
"Guanhong, your brother-in-law is busy, don't be silly."
"No, my brother-in-law clearly said that last time," Li Guanhong insisted.
Looking at the still immature Li Guanhong beside him, Wang Tianxiao thought about how Li Guanhong would later marry a very shrewish wife and be pitifully controlled by her all day long, and he couldn't help but laugh.
"Okay, I'll take you out to play."
"Tianxiao, don't spoil this child. You're so busy, why don't you take a break here?"
“It’s alright, Auntie. I’ll just take him out for a walk and we’ll be right back.” As Wang Tianxiao spoke, he saw the envious look in Li Yamei’s eyes. Thinking of this poor girl’s life full of hardships, he couldn’t help but feel a little sorry for her. So he gently said to Li Yamei, “Yamei, you can come along too. There’s no problem with two people on the motorcycle.”
"No...no." Li Yamei hurriedly shook her head, very nervous, but Wang Tianxiao knew she was just shy and actually really wanted to sit, so he smiled and said, "Try it, and if it's not fun, your brother-in-law will put you down again, okay?"
"I……"
"It's decided then, let's go, Guan Hong, grab your sister."
"I...I..." Li Yamei was still hesitating when her younger brother grabbed her arm and pulled her over. Like a little adult, he poked Wang Tianxiao with his arm and said, "Let's go, brother-in-law."
“Okay,” Wang Tianxiao told Li Guanping to wait a moment while he went to take the two children for a walk.
He was once a child himself, and he could understand children's longing for novelty at this age. Both children were his wife's younger siblings, and they were people with whom they had a good relationship in their previous lives.
Fulfilling some of their basic wishes when they were young is a way of repaying them.
Since there was only one helmet, Wang Tianxiao put it on Li Yamei's head at the very back. The little girl had a small frame and a small face, and the helmet immediately covered her eyes.
"Brother-in-law, could you please not wear this big hat? I can't see the road."
After hesitating for a moment, Wang Tianxiao simply took off his hat and hung it on the front of the car. In those days, traffic regulations were not so strict, and no one cared whether or not someone wore a helmet, as long as he drove slowly.
"Guan Hong, you need to hold onto my waist, Ya Mei, hold onto Guan Hong's waist, and sit tight so that you don't fly away when I speed up."
"Haha, how could that be, brother-in-law? I'm holding on tight, third sister, you'd better hold on tight to me."
"Okay. Hold on tight." Li Yamei was a little nervous.
"Let's go!"
Wang Tianxiao shouted, squeezed the clutch, revved the engine, and the motorcycle roared to life, speeding towards the village path.
Where do you want to go?
"Anything is fine, brother-in-law."
"Then I'll take you for a tour of town."
"Um."
The motorcycle sped along the village road, heading straight for the town.
In the field, Gao Juanjuan happened to see this moment, quickly ran to her husband's side, grabbed his arm and said, "Look, aren't those Guan Hong and Ya Mei sitting behind them?"
"What?"
"Hurry up, hurry up, it'll be gone in a minute."
Li Guanlin followed his wife's finger and looked in the direction she was pointing, his expression changing. "It seems so."
"Oh no, how did those two end up on the motorcycle?" Gao Juanjuan muttered to herself, then suddenly exclaimed, "Oh no, could they have been kidnapped?"
Upon hearing this, Li Guanlin felt a surge of anxiety.
Recently, rumors have been circulating in various villages that someone is trying to snatch children on a motorcycle. It's possible that they just happened to run into two children walking home from school and took them away.
This is bad; they took two away at once.
"What are you standing there for? Hurry up and go home to check on things." Gao Juanjuan kicked Li Guanlin.
He then threw the hoe on the ground, ignoring the main road, and ran home on the ground.
Gao Juanjuan, carrying two farm tools, followed behind, her stature varying, moving her plump body with difficulty.
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