The others echoed, "Yes, shameless thing, get out of the village."
The leading boy cast his gaze towards Xiao Shuangning, pointed his finger at her, and said viciously, "Especially you, little vixen. You are a bastard, a vixen born of a mother but not raised by her."
Little Youchen couldn't stand it any longer and rushed over to fight with the kids. "What did you say? I told you to talk nonsense. Whoever bullied my sister, I will never let him go. I can't bear to bully my sister, so how can you be the one to do that? I will beat you to death."
The children wrestled and tangled with each other, and little Shuangning started crying out of fear.
"Stop hitting me. Stop hitting my brother."
"Wuwu...Brother, stop hitting me. Mom will punish you when we get home."
"Please, stop hitting me..."
Xiao Shuangning was crying and begging intermittently beside them. They were fighting in a group and she didn't dare to go over.
Seeing this, a group of adults came over to dissuade them and forcibly separated them. The children were all bruised and some even had blood on their faces. Of course, the most seriously injured was little Youchen.
Xiao Shuangning anxiously moved closer to Xiao Youchen, and looking at the wounds on his face and arms, she cried even more sadly.
"Brother, are you in pain?"
"Ningning, don't cry. It doesn't hurt. Look, they're all injured. I didn't suffer any loss."
"It's all my fault. If I hadn't insisted on eating shrimp, you wouldn't have been beaten by them."
"Okay, Ningning, don't cry, I'm really fine. They can't just scold you. I promised to protect you, how can I just ignore it?" Xiao Youchen wiped the tears from Xiao Shuangning's face and turned his gaze to the crushed shrimps and crabs on the ground. "It's a pity, I'm afraid you won't be able to eat shrimp today."
"Ningning doesn't want to eat anymore. Ningning never wants to eat shrimp again, wuwu..."
"Haha! Okay, let's go home!" Xiao Youchen picked up the bamboo basket on the ground, took Xiao Shuangning's hand and prepared to go back.
An adult ran over anxiously, pulled one of the children to his side, and examined his injuries with concern.
"How did this happen?"
The child pointed at Xiao Youchen's back and said, "Mom, he beat me up."
The woman angrily rushed in front of Xiao Youchen and the others, grabbed Xiao Youchen's arm, and said fiercely, "You two are such troublemakers. Instead of staying at home, you run out to cause trouble. Look at what you have done to my son. I have to ask your parents to judge this matter."
The woman grabbed Xiao Youchen's arm with one hand, almost dragging him away, and with the other hand, she held her son's hand and rushed towards Shumei's house.
Little Shuangning trotted after her and explained to the woman, "They were the ones who scolded us first. It's not our fault."
"You little bitch, you still dare to quibble? You don't even know where your mother went to steal the bastard child from the man she stole. You're ruining the morals of our village. Get as far away as you can and don't get in my way."
The woman's roar was like a lion's roar, and Xiao Shuangning was so frightened that she dared not say a word.
Only now did she understand that besides her grandmother and aunt, there were many bad people. It was just that living in the shade of Xiao Youchen and Shumei during this period made her forget to be prepared for danger in times of peace and forget that she should become strong.
She followed them dejectedly, feeling sad and scared.
Little Youchen had always been a well-behaved child, an excellent student in the eyes of his teachers and classmates, never making a single wrong move. It was only in the eyes of these narrow-minded, gossipy villagers that he became so worthless.
Xiao Shuangning felt very guilty. If Xiao Youchen was punished by his mother and was labeled a bad boy because of her, then she would really be a sinner.
The woman cursed all the way. Whenever she met anyone, she would tell them how bad the two siblings were. She didn't make any connections and didn't ask why the children were fighting. She just thought that Xiao Youchen had bullied their child.
They came to Shumei's house, and Shumei was sorting the dried cabbages in the yard.
"Kang Shumei, are you home?" The woman angrily kicked open the iron gate and walked in without being invited.
She pushed Xiao Youchen to the ground with anger on her face.
Seeing this, Shumei hurried over and helped Xiao Youchen up from the ground. Xiao Shuangning hid behind her and clung to the corner of her clothes.
"Sister Hua! What happened?"
"What's wrong? Look at what your child has done to my child. You're a stepmother after all! You gave birth to my child but didn't raise him."
"Sister Hua, just say the thing, don't curse. The children are here, you don't want them to learn bad things, do you?" Shumei said politely.
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