At the school gate, Pei Tang was walking into the school, and Xu Sishi was jogging towards her while shouting.

Pei Tang looked back but did not stop.

It was not until they were almost at the classroom that Xu Sishi finally caught up with her. She was a little unhappy and said, "I asked you to wait for me, why didn't you wait for me?"

"I'm afraid of being late. It's the same if I talk in the classroom."

Xu Sishi held her back and said, "Don't go in yet. I'll give you something."

As he spoke, he took out a small piece of pastry wrapped in oil paper from his cross-body bag and handed it to her.

"Here, this is pea yellow. It's delicious. My uncle bought it for me from the capital!"

"Thank you, but no, I can't eat sweets. It gives me a toothache."

After saying that, he opened his mouth and pointed at his cavities to show the other person.

Xu Sishi stared at her cavities for a while, put the pea yellow back into her schoolbag, and said with sympathy: "You are so pitiful. No wonder you don't bring snacks now. It turns out you can't eat them. How about this, you can bring them to me in the future. I have good teeth and I am not afraid of cavities."

Pei Tang rolled his eyes secretly and said directly: "I will never bring snacks to school in the future, otherwise I will always think about eating snacks and can't concentrate in class. You should also eat less snacks and eat more rice, so that your body can grow well."

After saying that, seeing Xu Sishi pouting and looking disapproving, Pei Tang didn't bother to say anything more and turned to walk into the classroom.

When she was in kindergarten, Xu Sishi always liked to ask her for candy and cakes under various pretexts.

For example, she said she really liked the chocolate from Pearl House, but it was too expensive and her mother had no money to buy it for her.

Pei Tang inherited Shen Mingzhu's soft-hearted kindness and would always bring chocolates from home for Xu Sishi to eat.

I was young at that time and didn’t understand anything. I thought that good friends should share with each other.

But this summer's birthday will make Pei Tang see clearly the problems of Xu Sishi.

Xu Sishi is greedy, of course, this is not a big problem. She is also greedy and has eaten herself into a little fat girl.

But not only did Xu Sishi cheat on her, she also always asked her for this and that.

Today I gave her the pea yellow, not because I really wanted her to taste it, but because I wanted something from her.

It’s better to just be ordinary friends with someone as shameless as Xu Sishi from now on.

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After school, Pei Tang was invited to go with his deskmate Su Tong and the one in front of him, Ruan Xueer.

Pei Tang readily agreed.

Compared to Xu Sishi, Su Tong and Ruan Xueer never asked her for anything, and when they played together they only discussed study or interesting things. Such classmates are worthy of being good friends.

As the three of them walked out of the school gate arm in arm, they ran into Han Xiuxiu.

Han Xiuxiu attended another primary school, across the street from Pei Tang's school.

"Pei Tang."

"what?"

Pei Tang had not forgotten that Han Xiuxiu had snatched her crystal necklace at the birthday party, and she was not at all happy with Han Xiuxiu.

"I have something to tell you in private."

"I don't want to hear it!"

After saying that, Pei Tang was about to leave, but was stopped by Han Xiuxiu.

"Let go, what do you want to do?"

Su Tong and Ruan Xueer quickly surrounded Pei Tang like bodyguards, fearing that she would be bullied by Han Xiuxiu.

Cui Lianying, who came to pick up Pei Tang from school, also came over and asked with concern what happened.

Seeing that the parents were there, Han Xiuxiu had no choice but to let Pei Tang go.

"Pei Tang, is that your classmate? He has been following us."

Pei Tang looked back and saw that it was indeed Han Xiuxiu.

Han Xiuxiu did not answer, but glanced at Cui Lianying who was a few steps away and said, "Pei Tang, I have something to tell you in private. Come with me."

Pei Tang had no choice but to follow the other person behind a tree.

"for you."

Looking at the two old man's heads that Han Xiuxiu handed over, Pei Tang's cat-like almond eyes widened and asked, "Where did you get so much money?"

Pei Tang's shock greatly satisfied Han Xiuxiu's vanity. She said complacently, "Don't worry about it. I want to buy your crystal necklace!"

It turns out he's still thinking about her necklace.

Pei Tang rolled his eyes and said, "I won't sell it! Also, do your family know that you're taking out so much money?"

Thanks to the New Year's money and holiday red envelopes given by her elders over the years, Pei Tang can be considered a veritable "little rich woman", but the pocket money she usually takes out does not exceed two yuan.

If the amount exceeds two pieces, you must report it to the parents and explain the reason.

Han Xiuxiu did not answer her question. Instead, she asked her where she bought the necklace and said she would buy it herself.

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Pei Tang stared at her for a while and said, "I need to ask my mother. You go to my house first. She will be back soon."

Han Xiuxiu happily followed her to Pei's house.

As soon as she entered the Pei family's courtyard, Han Xiuxiu ran towards the grape trellis, "Wow, so many grapes!"

Pei Tang asked Cui Lianying to accompany Han Xiuxiu to pick grapes, while she returned to the living room to call Shen Mingzhu.

Half an hour later, Shen Mingzhu and Han's mother came in together.

Han Xiuxiu's face, who was happily eating grapes, suddenly changed when she saw her mother, and she became flustered.

"Where's the money? Take it out!"

Faced with the parents' harsh words, Han Xiuxiu was so scared that she quickly handed over the money.

"Mom, I was wrong. I will never do it again..."

Even if she cried and admitted her mistake, it would not change the outcome of being beaten.

"Wuwuwu, no more hitting, Mom, I was wrong, wuwuwu..."

After getting the money, Mother Han picked up a bamboo branch in the yard and used it to hit Han Xiuxiu's butt and legs.

The bamboo stick, which is thinner and softer than chopsticks, immediately leaves red blood marks when it hits the skin, and it hurts just by looking at it.

Seeing Han Xiuxiu jumping up and down after being beaten, Pei Tang showed an expression of pity on his face.

Although she was beaten by Shen Mingzhu when she was naughty as a child, at most she was just slapped on the buttocks twice.

It was the first time she saw a parent beating a child so harshly.

"Mom, Xiuxiu is so pitiful, can we help her?"

Shen Mingzhu was not used to such scenes, and she did not agree with Han's mother's way of education. She did not want to meddle in other people's business, but if the other party wanted to beat the child, he should go back to Han's house, not Pei's house.

She asked her daughter to go back to the living room, and she and Cui Lianying went forward to persuade her.

After being persuaded by the two, Mother Han also realized that she was embarrassed and pulled Han Xiuxiu away.

Shen Mingzhu asked Cui Lianying to pack a few bunches of grapes and let Mother Han take them home to eat. After being rejected by her, Shen Mingzhu did not force her. After the mother and daughter left, she gave the grapes to their neighbors.

The neighbor was very happy and gave her half a basket of loofahs in return.

In the past, everyone planted flowers and plants in their yards. Since Cui Lianying came, not only did he grow vegetables and melons himself, he also led the neighbors to plant them together. Now every household’s yard has become a small vegetable garden.

"Guoguo, you did the right thing today. You must not accept money or items of unknown origin, otherwise you will get into trouble."

After returning home, Shen Mingzhu taught her daughter, "This money is like a piece of dirty stuff. If you take it, your hands will also be dirty, and you won't be able to explain yourself when the time comes."

Pei Tang nodded heavily and secretly made up his mind that he would never talk to Han Xiuxiu again.

Not only did he covet her necklace, but he also stole money from the family. How could there be such a person? (End of this chapter)