A pleasant life in a courtyard

Chapter 21 Smashing the glass, smashing the glass

Li Xiaodi's words shocked the others.

It took a while for everyone to find their voices.

Li Xiang asked in confusion: "Did you see the old lady smash it?"

"That stone is what I found, otherwise the old lady would throw it at me." Li Xiaodi said matter-of-factly, not feeling that he had done anything wrong at all.

"Wait a minute, tell me again. Did I misunderstood? You were the one who found the stone that smashed the glass?" Li Xiang confirmed again in disbelief.

"Yes, the old lady asked me to find it."

Little Brother Li, who didn't know that his death was imminent, thought it was strange that his elder brother asked him. What was there to ask again and again?

When the eldest sister heard that the messenger was an old lady, she immediately became furious and wondered if this younger brother was careless.

She mocked: "The old lady asked you to look for you, so when did you smash it? There was no movement at all like a mouse."

"I didn't smash it. Just in the morning, I was playing alone in the yard. The old lady asked me to help her find a few stones. After I found them and handed them to her, the old lady gave me a snack and asked me to throw them. I resisted and refused, so the old lady told me not to tell anyone else and sent me away."

Mother Li suddenly realized: "I said that Zhuzi and Damao fought like that last night, and the old lady didn't show up. She was waiting here."

Then she twisted Little Brother Li's ears and dragged him into the inner room.

He yelled and cursed: "I'll beat you to death, you bastard. You never do any good things. You dare to hide this kind of thing from your family. You just lied without batting an eyelid."

The eldest sister added jealously to the side and said: "Mom, he must be punished today. If he dares to lie now, he will dare to commit crimes when he grows up. If you don't show him some color, this fool will not know what fear is."

Although Li Xiaodi was being pulled by the ear, he still said harshly: "Sister, what are you talking about? I just wanted to recruit from the second uncle's side, so you are a fool."

But his tough words were in vain, as Mother Li dragged her to the bed and lay down.

The elder sister handed over the cane she had prepared long ago and slapped him hard on his butt.

Before the wailing sound could even leave her mouth, Mother Li blocked it with her hands.

She hated lying the most in her life. She had no control over other people's children, but she would never allow her own children to lie.

"I told you not to do good things, and I told you to lie." The finger-thick rattan fell on Little Brother Li's butt again and again.

At first he struggled desperately, but then he simply lay there and was beaten and scolded. After Mother Li was tired and let go, the sheet where her face was buried was soaked in tears.

"Mom, will the old lady be there from now on?"

Although Li Xiang didn't finish what he said, Li's mother understood what he meant.

Could it be that this old lady is getting too old and confused now? She wants to punish Xu Damao, so what can she do with her own children?

It's better now. In this incident, the Li family's mud fell into their pants, which was either feces or feces.

I am really worried about whether the child can have contact with the old lady from now on.

Seeing Mother Li's dilemma, the eldest sister would not miss this opportunity to apply eye drops to the old lady.

"Mom, let me keep my little brother away from the old lady in the future. He is still young, so don't be fooled into being a swordsman. Our family has no conflicts with the Xu family before."

Mother Li hesitated and said: "But the old lady used to treat our family..." Li Xiang immediately interrupted what she was about to say and persuaded her first: "We don't want to break up with the old lady. We should have the proper etiquette. It’s better to do everything, just don’t let the little brother and the old lady be alone together in the future, the old lady is a bit left-tempered now and has lost the kindness of the past.”

Thinking of the old lady bringing her family into trouble this time, she felt unhappy.

He paused and continued: "He Yuzhu and Xu Damao didn't suffer any loss in the fight. The old lady broke his window. I can tell. The first place in the old lady's heart is her eldest grandson. We all have to go back. Platoon, in order to avenge a young man like her, he would not hesitate to use our family as his backer."

If Mother Li said she was not angry, she must be lying. What her two children said made sense, and she certainly took it to heart.

She slapped her youngest son who was lying on the bed pretending to be dead again, and said sternly: "Did you understand what your eldest brother and eldest sister said? From now on, don't go to the old lady for help. For a few mouthfuls of food, you are stupidly used as a knife." .”

Little Brother Li was very tired both physically and mentally at this time. He had already taken on responsibilities that he shouldn't have taken on at a young age. Faced with Mother Li's beating, he hummed softly and responded.

There was already a commotion outside.

I don’t know what the second uncle said to the old lady, but the old lady beat her out with a cane.

After all, the old lady was old, and the second uncle did not dare to fight back even if he was beaten, so he could only leave the house cursing.

"Second uncle, what do you mean? Did someone in the backyard do it?"

Xu Damao stepped forward and murmured in the direction of the Li family and the old lady's house. In fact, he had suspicions in his heart, but he said this deliberately to give Liu Haizhong face.

"It's not the Li family, and his family has no conflict with you, so it won't be a big deal."

The second uncle waved his hand to eliminate the Li family's suspicion, and then hesitantly said: "Old lady..."

"It's the old lady? It makes sense. She treats Silly Zhu as her own grandson. I guess the glass was broken by either the old lady or Silly Zhu. Second uncle, your home is in the backyard. I dare to commit crimes under your nose. , I obviously don't take you seriously." Xu Damao slandered the second uncle.

In his opinion, the ones who wanted to break the glass of their house were just the same ones last night. No matter who it was, he wanted to pin this crime on the stupid pillar and nail it to death.

"When we hold a general meeting, we must hold a general meeting of the whole hospital. We cannot allow such bad elements to do evil in the courtyard."

The second uncle was coaxed to his head, and he had just been beaten by the old lady. He was full of anger and didn't know where to vent his anger.

As soon as he turned around, he went to the middle courtyard and decided to go to the first master to discuss holding a general meeting of the whole courtyard.

Xu Damao didn't follow him. After wasting so much time, the broken glass in the house hadn't been cleaned yet.

When he returned to the house, he saw Li's mother helping to clean. Although the relationship between the two families was not so good, Li's mother was the elder after all.

Xu Damao still had this bit of etiquette. He hurriedly stepped forward and said, "I'll do it, I'll do it. The broken glass is very sharp. Why bother you to do it?"

"Don't move, don't move, it's just a matter of two broomsticks."

Mother Li turned sideways, not letting him grab the broom, and continued to clean up the broken glass on the ground.

She lowered her head while cleaning, and said with some guilt: "It's not a big deal, I just saw that your Xiao'e is not doing well with housework, so I came here to help."

"Either we say that distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors. From now on, Xiao'e, you have to hang out more with good people like Aunt Zheng and have less contact with those scheming people in the outer courtyard."

Lou Xiao'e was very fond of Aunt Zheng who came to help her, so she followed Xu Damao's words and nodded in agreement.

(End of this chapter)