The tear was warm, yet it burned Chen Yunyun's heart.
Xu Jingtian, her voice hoarse and struggling to hold back her sobs, said, "Mother, I know I was wrong... Please don't ignore me..."
"I will change. Please don't ignore me, Mother. I know I was wrong."
As she cried, her crystal-clear tears fell like pearls from a broken string, streaming down the girl's smooth cheeks.
Chen Yunyun felt a tightness in her heart, and a bittersweet emotion welled up in her chest, which she could no longer conceal.
He pulled the little girl's soft body into his arms and gently wiped away her tears.
"Why are you crying?"
Her attempt to comfort her only made Xu Jingtian cry harder, and she soon became a little tearful.
Chen Yunyun had no choice but to hug her, pat her back, and gently coax her.
The child was all soft and limp, trembling from crying so hard, and Chen Yunyun's heart melted along with him.
"Okay, okay, stop crying."
“Mother has always been here.”
“You were all so disobedient this time, you made your mother very angry, that’s why I’m like this.”
Xu Jingrun stood by the door, pursing his lips, his small face pale with fear, and cautiously replied, "Mother, we know we were wrong."
Chen Yunyun straightened her expression and said, "You two, come over here and stand properly."
Xu Jingrun obediently walked up to Chen Yunyun. He had grown a lot in recent days, and Chen Yunyun had to look up at him even when she was sitting.
"Where did we go wrong?"
Xu Jingtian stopped crying, lowered her head and counted on her fingers, "We shouldn't, we shouldn't have hit Xu Xiaogang."
"We were wrong..."
Hearing this, Chen Yunyun shook her head. "That's not right."
“I am your mother, I understand your personalities, and I know you won’t cause trouble.”
"So, what makes me angry is not that you hit Xu Xiaogang."
Chen Yunyun took a deep breath. The scene of several men punching the child yesterday seemed to linger in her mind.
"What makes me angry is that you had something going on at school but didn't tell me beforehand and expected to handle it yourselves."
"They've already come to retaliate, and they're still thinking of taking it all on themselves."
"If I hadn't come yesterday, you..."
Chen Yunyun dared not think about it. Those men beat people without any restraint. If she hadn't made it in time, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
“Mother…we were wrong…” Xu Jingtian’s tears fell again.
Helpless, Chen Yunyun hugged the two babies.
"Alright, stop crying. Don't do it again next time, or your mother will worry, okay?"
Chen Yunyun is a protective person. Although she knew that it was her own child who hit Lin Xiaogang, she would not scold the child in front of outsiders.
I went home and ignored them for a day and a night; that should be enough to teach them a lesson.
Moreover, with the two little ones' eyes brimming with tears, Chen Yunyun couldn't bear to get angry or lose her temper.
Let's just let this matter drop.
In the days that followed, the children did indeed become much more sensible and obedient.
On the third day of the busy farming season, the educated youth who had been sent down to the Eighth Brigade arrived.
The team leader cleaned up the old houses at the end of the village and turned them into a settlement for the educated youth, providing them with accommodation.
As soon as the educated youth arrived, they went to work in the fields.
The villagers were rather xenophobic, and their politeness towards the educated youth carried a heavy sense of distance. They generally wouldn't speak to the educated youth unless absolutely necessary.
The female educated youth who came from the city all had fair skin; they were definitely not cut out for farm work.
It was only half an afternoon, and I was already so tired that my whole body ached and I kept complaining.
The male educated youth had never done farm work before and could barely take care of themselves.
The female educated youth who didn't want to do farm work set their sights on Rong Yan.
After finishing work in the morning, the scorekeeper stood on the edge of the field with his notebook, silently shaking his head as he watched the group of female educated youth fawning over Rong Yan.
From the moment Rong Yan started working, she paid special attention to this young man.
He watched as wave after wave of female comrades flocked to Rong Yan like bees and butterflies, only to be driven away by Rong Yan's cold face.
Comrade Xiao Chen's younger brother is not so easily bribed.
It seems this group of female educated youths will have to return empty-handed.
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