Chapter 19 Making others even more unhappy is a skill
At noon, Li Wenhua went home to eat after playing all sweaty, "Mom, why didn't you see my second sister eating at noon."
Li Wenting glanced at him, "Your second sister is quite easy to call."
"What else can I call her?"
Li Wenting was choked.
Qin Lan brought out the dishes, "If she doesn't come out to eat, does she need someone to invite her? Forget her, we'll eat first."
Li Wenhua turned his head and looked at the stairs, wanting to say something, but didn't say it in the end.
In the evening, Li Hongbin asked Qin Lan if she bought clothes for Xiaoxi as soon as he came back.
Qin Lan, who was cooking, didn't even look at Li Hongbin: "I followed your instructions and went to buy it early in the morning."
"What's your tone? Who has offended you?"
"It's your good daughter. I think she and I are not compatible." Qin Lan said as she shoveled the food in the pot heavily, and the pot made a hissing sound.
"Did you have a fight with Xiaoxi?" Li Hongbin frowned.
Qin Lan did not answer this question, but stopped and said: "Let's not tell others that Tingting is not our biological daughter, okay? Let's say that Xiaoxi and Tingting are twins, and Xiaoxi was lost when she was born, and was found now."
"But Xiaoxi and Tingting don't look alike at all."
"There are many twins who don't look alike. This is good for both Tingting and Xiaoxi, so that people don't always gossip about Tingting. They are all biological children, so there is nothing to say." Qin Lan continued to persuade.
Li Hongbin thought about it and agreed that this might be more conducive to the harmony of the family atmosphere.
Qin Lan was very happy. She now felt that she and Tingting were closer, and Xiaoxi was incompatible. Moreover, Tingting, who had been nurtured by her for so many years, would definitely be more promising than Xiaoxi, who grew up in the countryside and was timid.
In this case, of course, Tingting should be treated as her own daughter.
Seeing Qin Lan so happy, Li Hongbin reminded her, "Teacher Chen, Sister-in-law Sun, and my leader all know the truth. I told them the truth when I asked for leave."
"As long as we tell others that they are our biological children, they will understand and won't say anything nonsense. By the way, you should also talk to Wenhua and Xiaoxi and ask them not to say anything nonsense outside."
Li Hongbin felt a little worried after hearing this. He didn't know how to tell Xiaoxi, but he agreed anyway. He remembered what Qin Lan had just said and asked, "Did you have a fight with Xiaoxi?"
"She pushed Tingting to the ground and her knees were bleeding. I asked her to apologize, but she said that Tingting was as unreasonable and unreasonable as me. Tell me, how was this child taught to be like this? How did I end up with such a biological daughter?"
"Why are you guys making such a fuss?" Li Hongbin turned around and went upstairs to look for Xiaoxi.
He knocked on the door, but there was no response.
Li Hongbin was a little anxious, so he knocked a few more times but there was no response. He opened the door and saw that no one was inside. The sheets and quilts on the bed were neatly tidied, and the pajamas were neatly folded on the bed.
But the things Xiaoxi brought were gone. The study was in the same state as before.
Li Hongbin panicked and called Xiaoxi's name, but no one answered. He looked at the rooms upstairs one by one, but there was no sign of Xiaoxi.
He hurried downstairs, "Qin Lan, have you seen Xiaoxi? Did she go out again today?"
"Isn't she in her room? She went upstairs this morning and hasn't come down since." Qin Lan said without looking back.
Li Hongbin was surprised when he heard this: "She didn't come down to eat at noon either?"
Qin Lan felt guilty: "I don't know what kind of strange temper she has. She won't come down to eat unless
you tell her to." Li Hongbin angrily slapped the kitchen chopping board, "I've said Xiaoxi is a sensitive child. You've quarreled with her. Will she eat if you don't tell her to? How can you, as a mother, bear to let your child not eat? If it was Tingting, would you be willing to do this to her?"
Li Hongbin ran straight to the pier.
At this time, the sun was setting and the pier was empty. A staff member at the ticket window next to the pier was about to lock the door and leave.
Li Hongbin ran over and asked him: "Excuse me, have you seen a little girl around fifteen years old taking the boat today?"
"Oh, it's summer vacation now, and there are many children taking the boat every day. There were quite a few little girls taking the boat today." The staff member recalled.
"Do you remember the little girl who bought the ticket by herself? She had a little scar on her forehead."
The staff locked the door with a bang. "Now that you mention it, it seems that there was one. The others were adults who bought tickets, but she bought the ticket by herself. Did she have two small braids? She wore a long-sleeved shirt in the hot weather?"
Li Hongbin nodded quickly and asked again: "When did she leave by boat?"
"The 3 o'clock this afternoon. It was very hot. I saw that the little girl was sweating all over. There was a slap mark on her face, and it was swollen. Did she run away from home because of a quarrel with adults? Tell me, adults, why can't you talk things out? Why do you do things by force? Now, the girl is gone." The staff shook his head as he spoke.
Li Hongbin was very anxious. There is no boat going to the other side now.
Li Hongbin hurried home, made a few phone calls, and prepared to go out.
"Where are you going?" Qin Lan watched the whole time and stopped Li Hongbin when he was about to go out.
"What do you think I'm going to do? Xiaoxi has been missing for most of the day. Aren't you worried? Did you beat her?" Li Hongbin didn't want to ask now, but he couldn't help it at this moment.
"Have you found her? Did she complain to you?"
Li Hongbin was very disappointed after hearing this. He waved away Qin Lan's arm that was blocking him and left quickly.
Li Hongbin had already found a fellow villager who had a fishing boat and was ready to take him to the other side.
When he was walking to the shore to get on the boat, he suddenly heard someone calling him "Dad". It was Xiaoxi's voice.
"Xiaoxi?" Li Hongbin was so excited that he almost fell off the boat.
Xiaoxi hurried over and called out "Dad" again.
Li Hongbin saw Xiaoxi in the moonlight. The slap marks on her face were very eye-catching, and her face was a little red and swollen. But she looked very haggard.
Li Hongbin felt very sad and thanked his fellow villager. He took Xiaoxi back.
"Where have you been? Dad was going to look for you on the other side of the river."
Xiaoxi was silent for a while, then said, "Dad, I'm sorry for causing you trouble. I won't do this again next time." She felt distressed when she saw Li Hongbin's anxious look.
This afternoon, she did take a boat to the other side. At that moment, she was thinking about making money and supporting herself in the future, and never caring about anyone's face again.
On the boat, sitting next to her was a girl of the same age as her and her mother.
The girl had been reading a book since she got on the boat. The title of the book was "How the Steel Was Tempered". Xiaoxi remembered that there was also this book in her room.
This girl was raised as delicately as Li Wenting. But she exuded a bookish scent all over her body, which made people feel terrified when they looked at her. The girl's mother was also very gentle. When she saw the slap mark on Xiaoxi's face, she took out ointment to apply on Xiaoxi.
The girl looked up from her book and found the slap mark on Xiaoxi's face. "Whose child are you? Why haven't I seen you before?" She looked like an adult.
Xiaoxi just smiled and said nothing. She could feel the kindness of the mother and daughter, but she was still not used to talking about this with strangers. The cool ointment felt so comfortable on her face. She thanked the girl's mother.
Unexpectedly, the seemingly quiet girl spoke again: "If someone bullies you, just fight back. Don't think about running away from home, that's the most useless thing. If someone makes you unhappy, you have to be happy yourself, and make others even more unhappy. This is a real skill."
"What are you talking about here?" The girl's mother pushed her.
The girl snorted, said nothing more, and continued to read.
This remark caused a ripple in Xiaoxi's heart. She felt that what the girl said seemed to be right, and she was afraid that the only person in that family who would worry about her might be Li Hongbin. And she suddenly missed the books in that room very much, and she also wanted to be full of the fragrance of books like this girl. She
suddenly felt a little regretful, and some panic arose in her heart. Where would she go to school in the future, and would she never be able to study again? Would her dream of going to college never come true again?
When the boat docked and everyone left, Xiaoxi saw a touch of green in the crowd. She suddenly missed her father Li Hongbin very much.
Then she took the last boat back to the island.
Back to the island, she wandered on the shore for a long time. Until she saw Li Hongbin's figure in the night. At that moment, she felt that tears were about to burst out of her eyes.
"Did your mother hit you?" Li Hongbin looked at Xiaoxi's face carefully. Because she applied medicine in the afternoon, it is much better than before, but it is still a little swollen.
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