Next door to the courtyard, Guo Xiaomao and Guo Wenjing crept furtively over the wall, stepping on the stones.
"Grandma, there's no sound. Did Grandma Li beat someone to death?"
"Why can't we talk things out? Hitting someone is illegal. I heard Qingci say this last time, it's called domestic violence!"
Guo Xiaomao glared at Guo Wenjing with a look of utter dissatisfaction, "I told you to lie here and watch, not to talk nonsense!"
"You heard what Grandma Li and that old man said just now, did it make any difference?"
Guo Wenjing shook her head. "It's no use."
"Then see, after you beat him up, did it work?"
Guo Wenjing nodded. "It worked."
Guo Xiaomao taught, "In this family, it's either the East Wind prevails over the West Wind, or the West Wind prevails over the East Wind."
"You should learn from this. With your soft-hearted nature, you won't utter a word even if you're beaten three times, and you still want to enter the Su family? How can I feel at ease with you?"
“Let me tell you, if you don’t learn the essence of Grandma Li’s teachings, don’t expect me to approve.”
Guo Wenjing almost lost control of her expression, "Grandma, this, this isn't right..."
Guo Xiaomao raised his finger and tapped Guo Wenjing's forehead with dissatisfaction. "This is their family tradition. Don't you understand family tradition?"
"Just because they married you as their granddaughter-in-law doesn't mean their family traditions have been ruined, does it?"
"Starting today, you'd better get bold and start practicing. Otherwise, you'd better listen to me and go on another blind date."
Guo Wenjing's scalp tingled. "Grandma, no, no! I'll practice, but how? I... I don't know how to fight..."
"How do you train? That's easy. Starting tomorrow, get up early every day and go with your Grandma Li to practice that beastly act."
"After you're done, run a few laps around the alley. I'm free today, so I'll ask your Uncle Ada to make a wooden figure for you. From now on, when you come home from work, stand in the yard with firewood and chop wood for an hour before you come in!"
"Didn't your Grandma Li always say that doing simple things repeatedly will make you proficient?"
"Let me tell you, you don't have any brothers or parents to back you up. Everyone in this world can change. Maybe they seem fine now, but one day their heart will be crooked, and they'll punch you in the face. Then you'll be left with no one to turn to."
"So, as women, the most basic thing we need is the ability to protect ourselves. Even if you can't beat someone in a fight, you should at least be able to outrun them, right?"
"You know, back when your mother and I were in our hometown, if I hadn't risked my life, would I have been able to bring your mother out here? We would have been eaten alive by your mother's bloodsucking uncles and aunts long ago, leaving not even bones behind."
"Look at your Grandma Li, you know their family situation. If she weren't so strong-willed, could she have established herself in Kyoto with her children and grandchildren? If it were someone else, all they would know is to cry and whine. They would have been sent back to that poor, remote place to dig dirt eight hundred years ago. Would your Uncle Su have been able to study abroad, become a doctor, and marry a girl from a scholarly family like your aunt? Would Su Jindong have been able to join the army?"
“Look, your Grandma Li just tried to reason with Grandpa Su, but did she win? Her voice isn’t even as loud as his. Let me tell you, if Su Jindong dares to bully you or lay a hand on you, just slap him across the face.”
Under her grandmother's constant brainwashing, Guo Wenjing's gaze gradually hardened.
She likes Jin Dong and she must marry him, so she must learn from Grandma Li and not let the Su family's tradition end in her hands.
Okay, she'll go find Grandma Li tomorrow morning to become her apprentice and learn that beastly play.
Inside the house, Li Yueniang was lovingly applying safflower oil to the large bump on Su Yi's head.
"Look at you, after all these decades, how come you still can't change your temper? You always have to provoke me, always force me to hit you?"
"Tear~, ouch, ouch, be gentle, be gentle..." Su Yi's eyes were almost brimming with tears.
"Oh, I'll be gentle, I'll be gentle, ouch, this is terrible, it makes me feel sorry for you."
"It's alright. If anyone asks, just say you're old and your eyesight is failing, and you accidentally bumped your head on the door frame."
"Hey, once we get back, we need to go to the Hu family right away, okay?"
"Get things settled quickly with Changqing and Weihua, and it would be best to get them back to their original units."
“My Yi’er is so capable, this kind of thing is just a matter of a word from you. You are the pillar of our Su family, the most promising person.”
"I've known you're amazing since I was little, you're the kind of person people call a dragon or something, otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to train you for so many years..."
Half an hour later, Su Yi lowered his hat and left Liu Huai Lane with a proud and imposing air.
Li Yueniang hummed a little tune as she tidied up the house, feeling very happy.
How could she not be happy? Her eldest son and daughter-in-law are coming back soon, and their family will be reunited.
On the other side, Song Jingzhou hurriedly returned to the military camp and ran towards Su Qingci's dormitory.
Just as I ran downstairs, I ran into Shang Yuping, who was carrying documents and returning from her shift change.
"Brother Song, did you come to see me?" Shang Yuping asked excitedly, as this was the first time Song Jingzhou had come to see her.
Song Jingzhou was in a good mood and, unusually, didn't have a dark expression. "Comrade Shang, could you please call Comrade Su down for me?"
Shang Yuping's smile froze. "Ah, oh, Comrade Su is back?"
"I...I'll go up and take a look."
"Okay, thank you for your help."
Shang Yuping turned around, her smile vanishing completely, and stomped her feet heavily as she went up the stairs.
Before long, she came running down happily, like a bird returning to its nest.
"Brother Song, Comrade Su hasn't come back. Who told you she's back?"
"There's no one in the dormitory, and I asked my roommates, and they all said they hadn't seen Comrade Su either."
Seeing that Shang Yuping didn't seem to be lying, Song Jingzhou's smile slowly faded. "Oh, thank you. I have something to do, so I'll be going now."
"Hey~, Brother Song, Brother Song~"
Seeing that the other person left without looking back, Shang Yuping stomped her feet in anger.
He's such a blockhead, completely lacking in romantic understanding.
After leaving the camp, Song Jingzhou headed towards his General Armaments Department. Since Su Qingci hadn't gone home or back to her dormitory, she must have gone to find him.
Thinking that Su Qingci was eager to find him as soon as she returned, Song Jingzhou couldn't help but smile sweetly.
Even the wind blowing on his face could feel his impatience.
As darkness fell, the emotions on Song Jingzhou's face were also taken away.
Su Qingci didn't come back?
Why is Wang Zhongren, who was in charge of the case, back again?
That heartless bastard leaves his men to suffer outside, while he, as the commander, knows to do it all along...
Suppressing his unease, Song Jingzhou resolved to find him and have a serious talk with him tomorrow.
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