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Chapter 578 Chapter 577 Laughter
"I told you not to smile!" When Wang saw his brother's smiling face, he got so angry that he hit him even harder.

"Sister! Listen to me!" Jingmin was terrified. Didn't Fengzhi say that smiling would work? He just wanted to imitate his brother-in-law to escape his sister's clutches, so why did his butt hurt even more?

"Your wings are hard, right?

You dare to quarrel with your second sister, right?
You still dare to go to the river, right?
You took Fengzhi with you and forgot how you fell in, right? "

Student Xiao Wang didn't listen to Jingmin at all. He kept hitting him. The sound of the slaps landing on his butt was so loud that Tang Zhitong couldn't bear it.

"Sister! I didn't! You are unreasonable!" The slaps came one after another, and his buttocks became more and more painful. Jingmin finally couldn't bear it anymore and started to cry loudly.

Jingying was happy to see her brother getting beaten, Fengzhen wanted to persuade him but didn't dare to, and Fengzhi just wanted to watch the fun while watching her "good friend" getting beaten. No one spoke for Jingmin. What a popular person he is.

"Okay, okay, the child knows he is wrong, stop hitting him." Tang Zhitong was the only one who could step forward to persuade him.

"This will teach you a lesson. See if you dare to go to the river again!" With the intervention of Tang Zhitong, Xiao Wang stopped, threw his brother aside, and sat on the sofa sulking.

"Sister...Brother-in-law, it's not like that." Jingmin felt wronged, not because of going to the river to fish, but because of laughing. Didn't Fengzhi say it would work?
"What's that like?" No one comforted the sad Jingmin. Tang Zhitong squatted over, wiped his brother-in-law's tears, and planned to listen to his excuses.

"Fengzhi said, Fengzhi said, as long as you smile, sister won't hit you hard and it won't hurt. Fengzhi, you lied to me!" Jingmin said, feeling even more aggrieved, and directed his criticism at Fengzhi.

"I didn't! It must be that your smile is not pretty!" Fengzhi was also angry. Someone wrongly accused her a while ago, but she got beaten up instead and didn't even get back at him, so she hated being wronged the most.

It is impossible to admit it, so it must be a problem with Jingmin itself.

"Fengzhi, tell me the truth, why didn't you get beaten because you gave Jingmin the advice?" Tang Zhitong was a little angry. His sister had only been here for two days. If she caused such a scene because of giving advice, she would have to give her a severe reprimand.

"No. He asked my sister-in-law if she would beat you..." Fengzhi repeated what happened yesterday.

After Fengzhi finished speaking, the room became unusually quiet. Xiao Wang covered his face, feeling embarrassed and wanting to laugh. He was really impressed by his brother's amazing train of thought.

Fengzhen and Jingying didn't see their younger brother and sister discuss this yesterday, but they were sensible now. When they heard it today, Fengzhen felt a little embarrassed, and Jingying covered her mouth out of embarrassment, but her eyes were narrowed, and it could be predicted that the corners of her lips must have curled up under her hands.

What Fengzhi said was basically consistent with the situation at that time. Jingmin did not refute it. With tears in his eyes, he looked at Tang Zhitong and said, "Brother-in-law, I laughed too, and it was very sweet. Why did my elder sister hit me?"

Hearing her brother ask this, Jingying finally couldn't hold it in anymore and laughed while leaning on the table, pressing her stomach with her other hand, as if she was going to laugh until she choked.

Fengzhen couldn't hold back her laughter anymore after hearing Jingying's smile. She turned around and leaned against the wall, laughing softly.

Fengzhi was still young and thought it was just a joke between her brother and sister-in-law. She occasionally made faces because she felt that her brother and sister-in-law were so grown up, but yet they were still acting like children.

Seeing everyone laughing, Fengzhi was a little confused. Is this funny?
Home is a warm harbor. The young couple is usually quite affectionate at home and doesn't hide their two younger sisters from each other. However, they didn't expect that this scene would be announced to everyone by the ignorant Fengzhi.

When Xiao Wang saw that Fengzhen and Jingying were both laughing so hard, he was so embarrassed that he covered his face with his hands and couldn't stop laughing at his brother's innocence and cuteness.

Tang Zhitong also wanted to laugh out loud, but he tried to hold it back. However, when he saw his brother-in-law's aggrieved face, he couldn't hold it back and turned away and laughed out loud.

At this time, Ye Zhijuan pushed the door open and saw that everyone was laughing, so she asked with a smile: "What's wrong? What's the matter that makes you so happy?"

When Ye Zhijuan asked this, Fengzhen and Jingying felt a little embarrassed. Some things might not be a big deal in front of their peers, but they were different in front of their elders.

The two little girls didn't answer, but went back to the bedroom with a smile. As soon as the door was closed, a burst of uncontrollable laughter broke out from inside.

In Jingmin's opinion, everyone in the room was laughing at him getting beaten. After seeing his biological mother, he felt particularly aggrieved and took a step forward to rush towards Ye Zhijuan.

In his mother's arms, Jingmin seemed to have found his backbone and started crying again. While crying, he complained to his mother and told her the whole story, emphasizing that his elder sister was rude and unreasonable and treated him differently! !

Ye Zhijuan was also amused when she heard this, and criticized the couple, "You two, don't you know how to stay away from the children?"

"Mom, is that all? You have to do me justice!" Jingmin was not satisfied; his butt was still hurting!
"If you ask me, you didn't deserve the beating. Have you forgotten how you fell into the water? And you still dare to take Fengzhi with you? You only saw your sister beat you, otherwise I would have taught you a lesson." Ye Zhijuan scolded with a stern face.

Jingmin felt extremely aggrieved because even his own mother didn't stand up for him, and he burst into tears with his mouth wide open.

"Stop crying, your eyes will be swollen if you keep crying. Your head can be cut off, your blood can be shed, but your will cannot be bent. If you cry when you suffer a little injustice, you will be narrow-minded." Tang Zhitong laughed enough and stood up to comfort his brother-in-law.

"The beating you got this time has nothing to do with whether you laugh or not. Even if you didn't laugh, you would still get beaten. Your sister and I were just joking. How could we really kill you?" The child was still young. Tang Zhitong was not like some other parents who would not explain after beating the child and let the child understand it himself. He wanted to explain it as clearly as possible to his brother-in-law.

"Then... didn't you say you were afraid of my sister? Aren't you scared because of the beatings from my sister?" After hearing what Tang Zhitong said, Jingmin felt much less aggrieved, but his focus was strange.

"Your sister and I have never fought. Even if we have a fight occasionally, it won't hurt. It's different from hitting you. You'll understand when you grow up." Tang Zhitong felt that he couldn't explain it clearly, and if he continued talking, it would become an emotional enlightenment.

Xiao Wang was listening, but he wanted to retort in his heart, why not fight? Goblins fighting is also considered fighting, right? Sometimes if you hit them too hard, it will still hurt...

After comforting his brother-in-law, Tang Zhitong pulled Fengzhi over again and said, "I have to criticize you. Others didn't know that Jingmin fell into the water, but how could you not know? Was it you who insisted on going to such a dangerous place?"

Fengzhi lowered her head and secretly glanced at Tang Zhitong again. Her toes were twirling on the ground, and the two little tufts of hair on her head were swaying back and forth as if they were greeting ants. She was completely different from the person who was just watching the fun.

"It wasn't her. It was me who suggested going. There are many people at home, and we thought of going fishing for a few fish to have a snack for the family tomorrow." Jingmin interrupted at this time. Not only did he take the initiative to take the responsibility, but his words were also heartwarming.

"Then Fengzhi is also responsible. From now on, you two should stay at home and not go to dangerous places. Even if you go out, you must not go beyond the scope of Chunshu Hutong. When you go out to play, take care of each other and don't let outsiders bully you." Children love to play, and it is better to define the scope of their activities than to suppress them blindly.

After explaining this to Fengzhi, Tang Zhitong then told Jingmin, "I believe you have good intentions, but there are some responsibilities that you should not bear right now. Your main task at the moment is to study.

If you really want to go fishing, just wait until spring comes and the ice on the lake melts. Then I'll take you there and we can have a great day of fishing." "Really?!" Jingmin asked in surprise.

"Really? Can I lie to a child?" Tang Zhitong was a little worried about his brother-in-law. He seemed to be developing into a fisherman. But there was good news. At least he didn't suffer any psychological trauma from falling into the water.

"Then let's make a pinky promise!" Jingmin stopped crying after getting Tang Zhitong's promise. He stretched out his little fist and showed his little finger.

"Okay, let's pinky promise." Tang Zhitong didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He hadn't made a pinky promise for years.

After comforting the child, Tang Zhitong stood up, took the shoulder bag from the sofa, and said to Ye Zhijuan: "Mom, tomorrow is the Little New Year. I exchanged some Jingxi rice with someone. Let's mix it with steamed rice twice."

"Okay. What do you want in exchange? Do you two have enough money?" Faced with her son-in-law's kindness, Ye Zhijuan did not refuse. Her son-in-law not only had ideas but also had a quick brain, and he could always find a way to get food. However, as someone who had been through this, Ye Zhijuan knew that no transaction was free, and everything had a price tag behind it.

"It's enough. I exchanged it for cornmeal. I'll give it to someone tomorrow so that no one will suffer a loss." Tang Zhitong lied.

"Yes. Leave some aside and give it to Master Gao when you two leave, and mix the rest with the rice at home." Ye Zhijuan nodded. The child has grown up and has his own ideas. She is still very confident in her son-in-law and knows that he does things prudently.

"Okay!" Tang Zhitong agreed readily. Although Ye Zhijuan did not say it explicitly, the rice given to Master Gao this time was a thank you to Zhang Ye for stopping Jingmin and Fengzhi from going fishing in time and sending them home.

The couple had no plans to eat here. Before leaving, Tang Zhitong told Ye Zhijuan about the pharmaceutical factory and emphasized that Zhang Ruojian was the representative of the pharmaceutical factory.

Ye Zhijuan understood what her son-in-law meant. It was simply that she would not discuss business matters unless she met Zhang Ruojian. This was not considered a violation of the rules, so she nodded and agreed.

When the couple left, they gave some Jingxi rice to Master Gao, not much, only about half a pound.

"What's wrong with your hand? Does it hurt?" Tang Zhitong asked with concern when he saw Xiao Wang moving his wrist from time to time.

"I was angry just now and used too much force." Student Wang did not deny it.

"I'll apply cold water to you when we get back, and rub you with tiger bone wine tomorrow." It's a joint sprain, and the correct way to do it is to apply cold compress first and then use medicine. If there is Yunnan Baiyao spray, you can use it immediately, but unfortunately the current level of technology cannot support it.

"It's okay, I'm not that delicate." Student Wang replied nonchalantly.

"You too, why did you hit your own brother so hard?" Since Xiao Wang's wrist was sprained, Jingmin's butt should be swollen again, right?
"It's you. Don't tease me in front of Fengzhi anymore." When talking about this, Xiao Wang was rarely annoyed or embarrassed, three parts annoyance and seven parts shame.

"Blame me, blame me. Well, tomorrow is the New Year's Eve, do you think we should take some time to visit Uncle Hao and Aunt Li?" Tang Zhitong quickly changed the subject. As a woman, don't try to reason with her, just go along with her and everything will be fine.

"Okay. Let's get off work and have dinner. We'll go to Uncle Hao's the day after tomorrow. Aunt Li's hometown is in Hunan Province, and it looks like they'll celebrate the New Year's Eve on the 24th. We'll go there on the 25th of the twelfth lunar month." Xiao Wang thought about it and made arrangements.

"Okay, let's do as you say. What do you think we should bring with us? Otherwise, I'll try my luck tomorrow and see if I can catch a couple of rabbits?" Tang Zhitong was from a small family, and before this, he had no chance to even meet her, let alone enter a family of this level.

"Can you get it?" It would be great if you could bring some meat with you, but Xiao Wang knew that this was not an easy task.

"Please believe in my strength. At worst, I can just run away." Tang Zhitong was full of confidence. In his own space, there were still rabbits that he had "banged" off. Some of them were skinned and still steaming! Of course, there were also live ones. He had everything he wanted. He focused on being comprehensive.

"Okay, it doesn't matter if we can't catch them. Bringing a few cabbages is a token of our thoughtfulness." Student Wang did not force it.

Halfway through the winter, the people in Chunshu Hutong have already eaten up all the cabbages that were restricted from purchase. Xiao Wang estimates that other families are about the same.

Fortunately, Zhang Guifang planted a lot in the yard, and Tang Zhitong also shared some, so in addition to supplying daily food for the two families, there was still some surplus.

"Okay, that's settled then." Tang Zhitong agreed.

Tang Zhitong knew that the pig heads, offal, lard, pig blood and other things he had stored in the past could be occasionally taken out and eaten in front of his family, but it was best not to show them in front of high-level leaders...

Zhang Guifang didn't wait for her son to come back to cook. The food was already prepared, so the young couple went home and had a ready-made meal.

The house seemed a little deserted without the two younger sisters. Only Beibei was meowing tirelessly at Tang Zhitong's feet, calling her little silver fish.

"By the way, I received several letters from you today." After dinner, Zhang Guifang remembered something and took out the letters from the desk drawer.

"You hid it very well." Tang Zhitong took the letter and looked at the mailing address one by one.

"With Fengzhi away, Beibei has become braver and is wandering around the house. I'm worried that he will be torn to pieces by the cat." Zhang Guifang said as she cleaned up the dishes.

"Well, you are very thoughtful. I'll go out and smoke a cigarette first." Tang Zhitong was annoyed by Beibei, so he took it out to eat snacks.

Tang Zhitong first used two small fish to send Beibei aside, then lit a cigarette and looked up at the starry sky.

It was cloudy in the afternoon, but it is sunny now.

Thanks to the strong northwest wind, the industrial and domestic waste gases over the city were swept away.

There is no moon in the first half of the night in the second half of the lunar calendar, but there will be an unusually large number of stars in the sky. When you look up, you can see densely packed stars, just like what you can only see on the plateau in later generations, as if you are high in the sky.

It would be nice to have a camera at that time, but I don’t know if the sensitivity and aperture of cameras these days are up to that standard.

It doesn’t matter if you can’t take a picture of the starry sky, you can definitely capture Xiao Wang’s youth as a souvenir, right?

(End of this chapter)