A pleasant life in a courtyard

Chapter 41: Performing family law
Wait for the crowd to disperse.

Mother Li walked back quickly, her face darkened.

Li Xiang, who knew his mother well, didn't know what she wanted to do when she returned home.

He wanted to persuade her not to be angry, but he was too tall and had long legs to catch her up.

I don’t know how Mrs. Li’s small stature can burst out with such great energy.

After Li's mother entered the house, she saw her eldest sister holding Xiaodang in her arms, helping her younger brother and Banggeng with their homework.

It can only be said that Qin Huairu was well prepared for today's quarrel.

The two children were sent to Li's house a long time ago to prevent them from hearing this.

But despite all the calculations, she still lost to Jia Zhang's loud voice.

The neighbors in the front and back yards were attracted by her loud voice.

It’s not like Bangge is deaf, so how could he not hear the quarrel between his breasts and his mother?

At that time, he wanted to rush back with Mother Li to take a look, but was held back by his eldest sister.

The eldest sister feels that when adults quarrel and children are caught in the middle, it has no effect at all except embarrassment and sadness.

And there is no need to think about it. There must be a bunch of people watching the excitement in the middle courtyard, and they will not consider the child's mood.

When the time comes, they will point their fingers and say nasty things as if they are free of charge, drilling into your ears and eyes, even if you don’t want to listen.

Bangge was not afraid of anything at home, but he was a little worried about Aunt Xia, who was a few years older than him in the Li family.

You must know that Aunt Xia really beats people up when something happens. If she makes her unhappy, she is not like an adult who can just say a few words and it will be over.

In private, he and Xiao Ming were often bullied by her.

The most annoying thing is that after beating her, she would calmly drop threats.

"Go and file a complaint and see if the elders believe me or you?"

"Be careful what you do, if your family finds out about it, you will get beaten a second time."

They didn't know how many threats they had heard.

So he would still listen to Li Xia's words.

But even though the eldest sister was a domineering female in front of the two boys, she still had to behave with her tail between her legs when she found out that Li's mother had a strange look on her face when she entered the room.

The voice of tutoring homework suddenly became weaker, far less loud than before.

At this time, Li Xiang's figure also walked in from outside. He didn't see Li's mother in the living room, so he carefully glanced into the back room.

Then he said softly to Banggeng: "Banggeng, take your sister home first. If my uncle has something to do at home, I won't keep you here."

If Bangge is afraid of Li Xia, then he respects and admires Li Xiang.

If you ask them what they want to be when they grow up, most of the children in this area would answer Li Xiang.

Because Li Xiang has a very good reputation among adults, and when they talk about him, they only praise him, and he is considered a good boy from other people's families.

Over time, children have a fixed template for good children called Li Xiang.

Furthermore, Li Xiang had helped them fight off bullies more than once before, and he had never treated them perfunctorily just because they were children.

When I went out to play, I heard that it was from this courtyard house, and the envious looks from others made their chests rise an inch taller.

He has long been regarded as the leader of this group of children, although Li Xiang himself doesn't know this.

When Banggeng heard what Li Xiang said, he packed up his books obediently and led Xiaodang out of the door.

In fact, he had long wanted to go home.

After Bangge and Xiaodang walked away, Li Xiang silently closed the door.Little Brother Li, who didn't know that he was about to die, asked stupidly: "Brother, it's still daylight, why are you closing the door?"

Li Xiang just smiled and didn't answer him.

When Mother Li came out of the back room with a cane in her hand, she had a fierce look on her face.

Li Xiaodi's eyes began to look frightened, and he finally understood why it was closed in broad daylight.

The eldest sister shrewdly retreated to the corner to avoid being accidentally injured by the waving cane later.

He shouted in panic: "Mom, what mistake did I make again? Put down the cane, put it down quickly."

But it couldn't stop Mother Li's pressing step by step.

Little Brother Li hurriedly stood up and saw that the only exit was blocked by his elder brother. He could only back away until his back was against the wall and there was no way to retreat.

He rubbed his hands and begged for mercy: "What mistake did I make, and you want to beat me again? Can't you just talk about it? It's not like I don't understand the truth."

"You understand what you heard, but you can't remember. If I don't give you a good beating to make you remember the lesson, you don't know how much trouble you're going to get out there, you bastard."

The anger in Mother Li's heart has only exploded now.

Looking at her formation, today is not complete until the cane is interrupted.

"I didn't do anything bad. Why don't you just do your homework at home?" Li Xiaodi still defended himself without giving up, but his voice began to tremble. He knew that his mother was really serious today.

Mother Li asked: "Let me ask you, are you showing off to Banggeng that you ate eggs this morning and deliberately coveted others?"

"I wasn't greedy for him, I just said the smell of boiled eggs..."

Little Brother Li burst into tears, and the cane fell on his body with a "snap" sound.

Mother Li lowered the cane and swung it out with great force, whipping a deep fold on Little Brother Li's body.

She took a deep breath and ordered: "Xia'er, take off his outer clothes, don't damage them."

Little Brother Li crossed his arms and hugged himself, struggling not to let his sister take off her clothes.

But the eldest sister was unmoved and strictly followed her mother's instructions, tearing off his clothes in just three strokes.

Little Brother Li was almost scared to death. He knelt on the ground and cried and begged: "Mom, I was wrong. I won't dare to fight again next time. Please don't fight."

Whip after whip, the cane kept swinging at Little Brother Li's body.

At first, Little Brother Li would use his arms to block the blows, but it hurt even if the cane fell on his arms.

He could only huddle up and expose his back.

If you take off the outer underwear at this time, you can see that his back is already covered with purple-red rattan marks.

"I was wrong. I don't dare to do it anymore. Mom, it hurts." Li Xiaodi muttered a few repeated words and weakly begged for mercy.

Li Xiang and his eldest sister couldn't bear to look at that miserable look.

"Son, don't hate Mom, Mom is also doing it for your own good."

Mother Li was also heartbroken, with tears streaming down her face, but her strength in waving the cane remained intact.

"Your brother worked hard outside to bring things home. What a risk he took. You can't eat enough at home, and you have to go out to show off. No matter how many times I tell you, Listen, how old are you, why are you still so ignorant? You have to bring trouble to our family before you regret it."

"Mom, I was wrong. I was wrong. I will never say anything nonsense again. Please forgive me this time."

Little Brother Li stopped shrinking, raised his face with tears streaming down his face, hugged Mother Li's legs, and cried heartbreakingly.

The rest of the Li family could only sigh secretly when they saw him like this.

I hope this lesson will keep Li Xiaodi awake longer.

(End of this chapter)