Chapter 1581 Even children don't tell the truth?
Young men aspire to travel far and wide, while middle-aged and elderly men prefer a warm kang (traditional heated bed). Li Ye, having been away on a business trip for so long, naturally missed home. After leaving Ma Zhaoxian's place, he skipped work and went home. As soon as he got in the car, he started calling his wife.
"Hey Xiaoyu! I'm planning to leave work early today. What do you want to eat tonight? Should I go to the market and take a look?"
"You don't need to worry about what I eat. I'm already home and have started cooking. Just bring something to eat when you come back."
"You've already gone home to cook! I'm so lucky! Let me bring you and the kids some ice cream!"
Although Li Ye and Wen Leyu were both over thirty, Li Ye still remembered that Wen Leyu used to love sweets. They had plenty of other sweets at home, but ice cream was a no-go.
Because children have no resistance to that stuff, and eating too much will upset their stomachs, Li Ye can only buy a few occasionally to make the children happy.
However, Wen Leyu said, "We can buy a few ice creams, but the kids can forget about eating them."
Li Ye was taken aback and immediately became anxious: "What's wrong? Is the baby having an upset stomach?"
"Hey~, you really dote on the child."
Wen Leyu chuckled and then said, "You'll find out when you get back."
“.”
Li Ye and Wen Leyu have been married for a long time. Judging from her somewhat angry tone, the child probably didn't have an upset stomach. So, did the child cause the trouble?
Sure enough, when Li Ye got home, he saw his son and daughter standing obediently in the courtyard, being punished by standing in the blazing sun.
Meanwhile, the younger sisters returned and stood under the corridor, watching the spectacle with glee.
Li Ye's son, Xiao Bao'er, had a strong sense of self-respect. Under the watchful eyes of his aunts, he felt extremely ashamed and indignant, lowering his head and pouting, as if he were deeply repenting.
But Li Ye's daughter was different. Her eyes darted around, constantly glancing at the gate of the Second Hospital, clearly waiting for her "saviors."
Sure enough, the moment Li Ye appeared, his daughter Xiao Dou'er immediately started wailing at the top of her lungs.
"Dad, you're finally back! You have to get justice for us!"
“.”
Li Ye was stunned.
He had considered that his son and daughter might have gotten into trouble, but the word "fairness" coming from his daughter's mouth still felt too out of place.
Your six or seven-year-old child has been wronged?
Who's wronging you? Your mother?
However, before Li Ye could ask why, Xiao Dou'er started chattering away.
"Dad, my brother and I were doing well at school, but some idiot watched 'The Lion King' and insisted that lions are stronger than tigers. You told me back then that this was imperialist infiltration of our Chinese culture."
Then we started arguing. He pushed me, so I pushed him back. Then the teacher made me apologize to that idiot. I'm not apologizing! "A scholar can be killed but not humiliated!"
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Li Ye couldn't help but smile as he watched his daughter speak fluently and logically.
This little girl probably drafted her argument several times before pinning the blame for arguing with her classmate on Li Ye.
It was wrong of me to fight, but the fight was related to you. You were the one who said we must pay attention to the infiltration of overseas ideologies, and I argued and pushed them because I was correcting their mistakes.
Li Ye hesitated for a few seconds, then asked Xiao Dou'er, "The Lion King? Has it been shown here yet?"
Xiao Dou said angrily, "He said the videotape he watched was in English, and he even laughed at us for being country bumpkins. I get angry when I see his slavish attitude towards foreign things. The teacher is slavish too."
"Huh? Why is the teacher being so Western-worshipping?"
Li Ye became interested and wanted to discuss it thoroughly with his daughter.
But Wen Leyu came out of the kitchen and said coldly, "Don't listen to this child's interruptions. Xiao Dou knocked out someone's teeth, that's why the teacher called the parents."
"What?! Little Dou'er actually knocked out someone's tooth?!"
Good heavens, Li Ye was completely shocked.
Just now, Xiaodou casually said, "So I pushed him down," but he ended up knocking out his teeth. Can't this six or seven-year-old kid tell the truth?
At this moment, Grandma Wu Juying also came out of the restaurant, and said with a protective attitude, "It's nothing for children to fight. Anyway, that child is about to lose his baby teeth."
Wen Leyu said helplessly, "Grandma, I just lost all my baby teeth, and they won't grow back."
“.”
Li Ye was speechless for a moment, thinking that the child in the family was indeed spoiled by his elders. The child had just lost his baby tooth and it was knocked out. This was a lifelong regret.
However, Wu Juying continued, "Xiaoyu! I know it's wrong for children to fight, but this time those other children started it, so it's not our child's fault."
Li Ye was a little confused. His grandmother, Wu Juying, rarely argued with Wen Leyu based on her seniority, but today she was not giving an inch and was taking it seriously.
Faced with Wu Juying's unyielding stance, Wen Leyu decided not to argue with her any further. Instead, he turned to his son with a cold expression and said, "Little Bao, tell your dad again how your sister got someone to hit her first."
Xiao Bao lowered his head even further, but under the weight of his mother's authority, he could only whisper, "My sister said if you dare, give me a push, and then Xu Xianpeng pushed my sister."
Wen Leyu said coldly, "And then?"
Little Bao'er grinned and cried, "Then...my sister knocked him down!"
Wen Leyu persisted, asking, "And then what?"
Little Bao'er burst into tears: "Then I did it too."
Good heavens! Li Ye exclaimed.
Xiao Dou'er's series of schemes—first luring the other party to make the first move, then dragging his brother into the fight—would have been perfect if he hadn't knocked out the other's teeth.
And Xiao Dou'er was still indignant: "The four of them are ganging up on me. If my brother doesn't fight for me, is he still my brother?"
No problem!
Li Ye simply couldn't refute it. It's wrong for kids to fight, but if four of them were beating up your sister and you, as the older brother, just stood by and did nothing, Li Ye would beat you up again when you got back.
Wen Leyu raised her eyebrows in anger, but did not scold her daughter.
Because if Li Ye gets into a fight with someone, Wen Leyu will also have to lend a hand.
However, at this moment, Grandma Wu Juying said quietly, "Xiao Yu is angry because she is afraid that Xiao Dou'er will take after Xiao Ye, Xiao Ye, you were such a fool when you were a child."
Sigh, it's really not the child's fault; the root of the problem lies with you. We'll talk to her about this slowly later, making sure to explain right and wrong clearly. Also, blindly worshipping foreign things is wrong.
Why are you blaming me again?
Li Ye was indignant at being unfairly accused and almost argued with his grandmother.
After all, my grandfather, Li Zhongfa, loved martial arts when he was young and was a well-known hero in the surrounding area! If we're talking about the roots of that love, it all comes down to my grandfather.
...
Because Li Ye went home, the two children's punishment of standing in the corner was over, but they couldn't have ice cream. The kind of punishment where you watch others eat while you can't have any is more damaging to children than adults can imagine.
When they went to bed that night, Wen Leyu said to Li Ye, "Actually, I was angry not just because Xiao Dou'er didn't know her own strength, but mainly because Xu Xianpeng's parents are of some rank, and Xiao Dou'er mocked them, saying, 'What's a section chief?'"
"If our son hadn't stopped her, your daughter would have compared the two of us to other people's sizes. We've warned her sternly about this, but she doesn't take it seriously at all."
Li Ye exclaimed in surprise, "Is that so? This won't do. I'll give her a talking-to later. What's the point of comparing yourself to others by your parents? A hero is someone who has real ability."
Wen Leyu said, "You think I didn't discipline her? Guess what your daughter said? She said her fists are bigger than boys', that's real skill, otherwise why would I be so angry? It's been so long since I made her stand as punishment."
Li Ye nodded quickly: "What's so great about having a big fist? Being good at studying is what really matters. I'll definitely give her a good talking to later."
Wen Leyu added, "I already mentioned that, but your daughter said, 'My brother is a good student! So all I need is a big fist.'"
“.”
Li Ye was utterly speechless, finally understanding why someone as capable as his wife could be so easily angered by his daughter.
Wen Leyu sighed and put her arms around Li Ye's neck: "It's only you who can handle this. You're good at studying, you have a big fist, and you can talk to her effectively. You can't spoil the child anymore; you have to discipline her strictly."
Li Ye pursed his lips and asked, "How do you want me to discipline them strictly?"
Wen Leyu crossed her legs: "Teach her to study, make her get first place in exams, teach her martial arts, let her know that there is always someone better, and let her know to be in awe."
Li Ye blinked, turned over, and fell asleep immediately.
"I'm so tired~"
Li Ye isn't stupid. Tutoring a child is incredibly difficult, isn't it? It's a chaotic mess!
Taking the kids to practice martial arts? Now it's Grandpa taking the two kids to practice martial arts. The old man plays with Xiaobao and Xiaodou every morning, and he's in great shape and full of energy, even more energetic than if he'd eaten ginseng fruit.
You're sending Li Ye to steal one of Li Zhongfa's few happy moments?
Isn't that just asking for trouble?
This is a trap! I'm not taking it!
"You come here right now!"
Enraged, Wen Leyu forcibly turned Li Ye over.
If Wen Leyu can't control her daughter, can't she control her own man?
(End of this chapter)
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