She had heard from her mother that her brother Dou Dou didn't want to study and only wanted to play. If things continued like this, they would have to send him to the countryside to farm.
She asked her mother why she insisted on sending her brother Dou Dou to farm. Her mother said it was to scare him and make him study hard. Even if he didn't want to take the civil service exam, he should still learn to read and write and become a knowledgeable person.
She thought that as the younger sister, she should persuade her older brother who didn't like studying, and so she began.
Little Bean was lying listlessly, thinking that the most boring thing in the world was reading. She was playing with her pen, but she just wouldn't use it to write properly.
Yes, he was the oldest among the children, and he was the only one who needed to write. The two little girls were still young and their bones were soft; they were not yet old enough to write and were simply reading. Compared to them, he felt even more annoyed and threw the pen in his hand away.
When Xiangxiang walked over, she saw him throw the pen away. She bent down, picked it up, and carefully placed it on the table, tilting her head to look at Xiaodoudou.
"I'm not going to the countryside to farm!"
Little Bean snorted and threw the pen away again!
"You're not even willing to farm the land? Do you want to go out and become a beggar?"
Xiangxiang remained calm and ran to pick up the calligraphy brush, placing it on the table.
Little Bean was extremely impatient and yelled at her, "Aren't you annoying?! I have good food and drink at home, why should I become a beggar?"
Xiangxiang thought about it very seriously and replied, "Because none of these things in the house are yours. You have nothing and don't want to do anything, so you can only become a beggar. Being a beggar is so pitiful. Last time I went out, I saw a little beggar being beaten up. He was covered in blood. It was so pitiful!"
Jiang Luo, standing next to her, put her hands on her hips and chimed in, "Yeah, that's terrible!"
Little Bean thought she was older than them and wouldn't be fooled by them: "Hmph, what my parents have is mine!"
"But Sister You and Brother Jie are so outstanding, Uncle and Aunt will definitely give them all the good things. You don't even want to study, so who will give you the good things?"
Little Bean got angry and slammed the calligraphy brush off the table again. She stood up and yelled at Xiangxiang, "What nonsense are you talking about! My parents spoil me and will definitely give me the best!"
Xiangxiang didn't respond to him immediately, but instead looked at the calligraphy brush that had been thrown on the ground three times.
Because Xiaodoudou is very strong and has been dropped so many times, the pen barrel has cracked a bit.
Xiangxiang's gaze shifted from the calligraphy brush to Xiaodoudou, and she said through gritted teeth, "You've thrown it three times already! You've ruined the brush! That's not right!"
"Do you know how expensive this is!"
Little Bean didn't care at all; her family was rich, and it wasn't like they couldn't afford it.
Besides, it's better if it's broken, then he won't have to write anything today.
It wasn't that he didn't want to write; it was that his pen was broken.
Thinking about this, he felt quite pleased with himself, as if he had found a good way to avoid writing.
Thinking of this, he smiled contentedly.
Xiangxiang was furious with him, and the little girl, puffing out her cheeks, said to him, "I want to hit you! Come on, let's go outside and have a fight!"
Little Bean looked at her speechlessly, thinking that the bad woman was sick, and the child born to the bad woman was also sick.
"Who wants to fight with a little brat like you? Your mother will definitely protect you when she gets here, and she'll blame me too. Do you think I'm stupid?"
He rolled his eyes, turned his head away, and continued to lie down, waiting for school to start.
Xiangxiang, however, did not want to indulge him, so she reached out and pulled him up, dragging him out into the courtyard.
"What's wrong with you at such a young age?!"
Little Bean was annoyed by her and tried to break free, but found that Xiangxiang was incredibly strong and he couldn't break free at all, leaving him speechless.
Are all kids these days so strong?
However, before he could complain any further, Xiangxiang punched him in the cheek. Xiaodoudou never expected Xiangxiang to hit him like that, and he took a real punch.
This enraged him. Regardless of whether it was his sister or someone else, he roared and rushed forward to hit her.
As a result, Xiangxiang was agile and jumped aside to dodge his attack, even kicking him in return.
Both were masters, and the servants around them didn't know what to do. They hurriedly went to find Qin Shi and Jiang Jiu Niang. When they arrived, the three children's hair was all disheveled, and they were twisted into a ball on the ground.
Yes, three children.
When Jiang Luo saw Xiang Xiang fighting with that bad boy, she was worried that Xiang Xiang would be bullied. As her aunt, she couldn't just stand by and watch, so she joined the fight.
Both Madam Yu and Madam Qin were very anxious. They stepped forward and separated the three children. Little Bean cried the loudest, saying that Xiangxiang had hit him first.
Xiangxiang rolled around on the ground, covered in dirt. She wasn't hit by Xiaodoudou, but seeing him cry, she also started to cry, "Waaah, brother broke my expensive pen, waaaah..."
Little Bean was crying when she heard Xiangxiang bring a pen to complain. She immediately said, "What's so valuable about that broken thing? It's not like we can't afford it! She just doesn't like me and is using this as an excuse to hit me! Mother, it must have been Third Aunt who taught her to hit me!"
"Smack!"
A loud slap stunned Little Bean, who was wailing.
Jiang Jiuniang wanted to say a few words of advice, but when she thought about how the child had spoken so recklessly, she felt that he deserved to be hit, so she stood aside without saying anything.
Qin was initially heartbroken to see her son being beaten on the ground by his two younger sisters, but she was furious when he uttered such disrespectful and divisive words. She slapped him across the face.
"You scoundrel! Do you know how difficult it was for your older brothers and sisters to go to school! They couldn't afford paper and pens, so they used bamboo sticks to write and draw in the sand tray. Now that things are better for you, we provide you with all sorts of good things, and yet you can say such heartless things!"
As Qin was about to apologize to Jiang Jiuniang, Jiang Jiuniang waved her hand and said, "Xiangxiang started it first, Second Sister-in-law, don't be so formal."
As she spoke, she asked the servants around her to recount what had happened. After listening to their accounts, Madam Qin felt even more ashamed.
My husband and I are honest and law-abiding people. Our eldest daughter and second son are both sensible and well-behaved children. How could our youngest son be like this?
Although the couple spoiled the child a bit during the year they took him out, they always stayed within the bounds of propriety and never condoned anything that violated moral principles. So how did he end up like this?
Thinking of this, she felt extremely sad and said, "Third sister-in-law, I am really sorry for what happened today. I will apologize to you later. I will take him back now."
Jiang Jiuniang had known Qin Shi for many years and knew her character. She also knew that Qin Shi was truly distressed. She nodded without saying anything and watched her leave with her entourage.
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