Chapter 12 "Mom..."

The smart educated youth Su would never be wronged.

She had read the original text, so of course she knew that every time the original owner got into trouble, Zhou Linglan would clean up for her. If the original owner picked a cucumber from someone, she would directly compensate him with two. If she snatched a candy from a child, she would pay for it. That's why the original owner did this. Zhou Linglan's reputation in the brigade was not affected at all. Instead, people felt sorry for her family's misfortune that she married such a spendthrift woman. So, no matter how much they scolded her, everyone actually wished that the original owner would pick their things.

Su Taotao took the initiative to pay for the black charcoal candy because she didn't want to leave a shadow on the children's childhood.

Su Taotao didn't dare to walk too far, so she just dug at the edge of the field. She didn't know many wild vegetables, so she dug a small basket and saw that it was almost time, so she went to the school to pick up the children after school.

This is the first time ever.

The news of her "glorious deeds" at the Banyan Tree Head had already spread throughout the entire brigade, and members were pointing and talking about her along the way.

It is true that people are afraid of being famous just like pigs are afraid of being fat, but she is thick-skinned and doesn't care.

When I arrived at the school, I saw Fu Yuanhang coming out from a distance carrying Chen Chen.

There's nothing you can do about it. Both of her children are good-looking and can be recognized at a glance.

Su Taotao smiled and waved at them: "Xiaohang, Chenchen, here, here..."

When Su Taotao shouted, all the little radishes looked towards her.

A curious classmate asked: "Fu Yuanhang, who is she?"

Fu Yuanhang's body stiffened, and he whispered, "My sister-in-law..."

The classmate's eyes widened: "Su Wen... ahem, it turns out to be Chen Chen's mother." Then he muttered, "She is so pretty, why does she have such a bad reputation?"

Suddenly, a tall male classmate rushed up from behind Fu Yuanhang, pinched Chenchen's face hard, and made a face at him. Chenchen cried out "wow".

The tall classmate was laughing beside them and was ready to pinch it.

As the saying goes, mother and son are connected by heart. Seeing this, Su Taotao's blood rushed to her head. She rushed over quickly and threw the small basket of wild vegetables in her hand heavily at the tall boy: "Are you tired of living? How dare you bully my son!"

The male classmate was stunned by her. He usually played with Chenchen like this, so why did he react so strongly?

Su Taotao took Chenchen from Fu Yuanhang's back and held him in her hands. She saw that his face was indeed red and swollen. No wonder he cried so hard. This was the first time she saw this good boy cry in all the time she had been here.

Of course the tall male classmate also noticed Chenchen’s swollen face, and felt a little guilty at the moment: “I, I didn’t mean it, I was just playing a joke on him…”

Su Taotao sneered: "Are you kidding? I pinched your face until it was swollen, is that okay? How old are you? How old is he? Don't you know how to use enough force when you hit him at such a big age?"

The tall man tried to make excuses: "Chenchen has no parents to take care of him, so he usually doesn't cry..."

Fu Yuanhang was so angry when he saw Chenchen's face turn red that he clenched his fists. How could he bear it after hearing this? He punched him directly: "Chenchen has a father, a mother, a grandmother, and a little uncle like me!"

Fu Yuanhang doesn't get angry easily. If you provoke him, he may not care because he has a good temper. But if you provoke Chen Chen, he will not forgive you easily.

There are classmates who usually pinch Chenchen's face or touch his head. As long as it doesn't hurt Chenchen, he doesn't care. But this time, Zhang Tiezhu obviously did it on purpose.

Zhang Tiezhu was stunned by Fu Yuanhang's beating. Relying on the fact that he was taller than Fu Yuanhang, he immediately rushed over and said, "Fu Yuanhang, you are so bold that you dare to hit me!"

But before he could touch Fu Yuanhang, Su Taotao grabbed his wrist and pushed him back hard:

"Tell me clearly, who are you? My Xiaohang's father, my father-in-law, is a martyr. He is still lying in the tombstone of the Martyrs Cemetery. On Qingming Festival, he has to accept the worship of you ignorant brats. Do you dare to touch my Xiaohang? I will make your whole family repent in front of my father-in-law's tombstone."

Su Taotao was calm and composed, and her voice was even lower than usual when she spoke, but Zhang Tiezhu was so frightened by her eyes and aura that he didn't even dare to move.

At this time, some older children vaguely remembered that the elders in the family seemed to have said that Fu Yuanhang was different from other children who had lost their fathers. His father was a very powerful military officer in his days, and he was an orphan of a martyred army. However, Fu Yuanhang was unlucky. His father died when he was still in his mother's belly, and he never even got to see him.

Because it had been so long, Zhou Linglan never mentioned it, and gradually everyone forgot about it. If Su Taotao hadn't brought it up, no one would have remembered it.

Su Taotao looked around and continued, "Listen to me carefully. If I find out who dares to bully our Xiaohang and Chenchen again, I will not let them off lightly. Do you understand?"

Zhang Tiezhu was a bully in the school. He relied on the fact that he was taller than other children and loved to play tricks on others. The children who had been tricked by him or who had a good relationship with Fu Yuanhang felt very happy and shouted in unison: "I heard it clearly!"

Those little radish heads who had ever "bullied" Fu Yuanhang or Chen Chen all lowered their heads and did not dare to look Su Taotao in the eye.

Su Taotao nodded with satisfaction, "Let's all go." Then, without even looking at the tall male classmate, she turned to Fu Yuanhang and said, "Xiaohang, take the wild vegetables with you, and let's go home."

With red eyes, Fu Yuanhang picked up the wild vegetables scattered on the ground and put them back into the basket.

On the way home, Su Taotao whispered to Fu Yuanhang:

"Xiao Hang did nothing wrong just now. We don't take the initiative to cause trouble, but we can't be afraid of it either. If someone dares to bully us like this again in the future, we can't swallow our anger. But Xiao Hang, remember that force is the worst way to solve problems. Most of the time, it will result in killing one thousand enemies and injuring eight hundred of our own. Unless forced by the situation or we are absolutely sure of victory, we will never use force to solve problems.

Once it comes to the point where you have to fight, you must be ruthless and subdue the opponent while ensuring your own safety and not hurting his life, so that he will be afraid and obey you, and he will be afraid of you when he sees you in the future. This is the only way to solve the problem once and for all. But Xiaohang, your physical condition is still too poor, and you can't do this for the time being. If you fight, we will suffer. In the future, you can go home and discuss anything with me. We will work together to find a solution. Your brother is not at home, and there is no man to support us. We must never do things like fighting against rocks with eggs. Do you understand?"

Fu Yuanhang stared at her blankly and nodded woodenly. It was the first time since he grew up that he had his family to protect him and teach him how to be a good person.

Fu Yuanhang was shocked. From childhood to adulthood, no one had ever said such words to him since he could remember, not even his brother. He had never seen his father, and his brother didn't spend much time at home, let alone time with him.

When he was young, when the villagers mentioned his father, they either said that he was unlucky and had never seen his father, or that he was the one who killed his father. He was clearly a glorious orphan of a martyred country, but he never dared to mention it.

This was the first time he mentioned his father since he grew up, and he felt honored and proud.

It's not that Zhou Linglan didn't teach him or protect him, but Zhou Linglan's personality was completely different from Su Taotao's, and her way of dealing with things was also completely different. Zhou Linglan was too gentle, and she would always apologize first no matter if she was right or wrong. To put it nicely, she was trying to calm things down, but to put it bluntly, she was trying to smooth things over, which caused him to become inferior and cowardly.

Just like the fact that other people had to go to the toilet at home, neither his mother nor he liked it, but they endured it for so many years.

If the sister-in-law hadn't stepped in, they would have continued to endure it.

My sister-in-law is really different now. She has become generous, confident, brave, daring, and smart, as dazzling as the sun. Fu Yuanhang is very sure that my sister-in-law is really different from before.

For the first time, the smart and sensitive child felt how great it was to have such a sister-in-law.

The child’s skin is too tender, and when Chenchen returned home, his face was already swollen.

The boy was still young, and the wound was near his mouth, so Su Taotao didn't dare to apply medicated wine to him, fearing that he might accidentally swallow it. So she boiled an egg at a moderate temperature and gently rolled it on his face, blowing on it as she rolled it:

"Don't be afraid, it won't hurt in a while."

After this incident, the little guy had completely let down his guard against her. He would stare at her with his big round eyes from time to time, without the previous confusion and helplessness, as if he was repeatedly confirming that this was his mother.

Su Taotao loved this good boy so much that she couldn't help but kiss him on the uninjured side of his face: "Chenchen, you are so brave. Don't be afraid anymore. Mom will protect you in the future."

Chen Chen had no idea what other children of his age were like, but he could understand every word adults said and remember a lot of things. He could tell whether someone was kind or malicious towards him from their eyes, tone of voice or attitude.

He knew that his mother didn't like him before, but it wasn't that she didn't like him. It was probably because she liked herself more. She would be nice to herself but not to him. She would keep the good things to herself and wouldn't share them with him, but would share his food. She would never take him out to play and had no patience to talk to him. She only thought about herself in everything she did and even forgot his existence.

Chenchen knew that he was loved by his grandmother and uncle, so it didn't seem to matter whether his mother liked him or was nice to him. He just felt that his mother was different from other mothers.

It was only in the past two days that he realized that his mother had suddenly become very nice and liked him very much. Although he didn't know why, he could just feel his mother's kindness and love for him.

Especially just now, when brother Zhuzi bullied him, mother was very angry and helped him fight back hard. Chenchen knew all this.

"Mom..." By the time Chenchen reacted, these two words had already been uttered.

With a "pop", the egg in Su Taotao's hand fell to the ground.

She was ecstatic, staring at the boy's big wet eyes: "Chenchen, my dear, what did you say just now? Did you call me mommy just now? Did you call me mommy just now?"

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