Shumei listened to the conversation of those women before, and she felt uncomfortable, but the people in this village suddenly came to the door again, and she really didn't feel good in her heart.

But she still tried her best to suppress the boredom in her heart, after all, she was a woman, and there was no man in the family to support her, so she could endure it, and more was better than less.

"Haha, which ear do you hear me swearing, I'm telling the truth. Don't give me nonsense, you see that if you beat my son like this, you have to give me an explanation! The woman was spitting and pointing, and pulled her son in front of her, and showed Shumei the bruises and purple wounds on his son's body.

Before Shumei could ask why, she just looked at Xiao Youchen, and Xiao Youchen hurriedly explained.

"Mom, it's not that I deliberately want to fight, it's that they scold people first and ...... first"

Xiao Youchen explained aggrievedly, but before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by the woman.

"Shut your stinky mouth, I said Kang Shumei, you don't plan to listen to the words of children, and just want to pass the blame away, right? Even if he said it wildly, you have to give me an explanation today. What is your family, the people in the village can see it, even if the adults are bad morals, I didn't expect the children to do this kind of evil. I dare to think that this village is your own, and you can't do whatever you want. ”

The woman roared loudly and far-fetched, determined to let Shumei give her an explanation.

Shumei was very aggrieved in her heart, although she didn't know if the children were wrong, but at the moment, I was afraid that she really had to make a show in order to send this woman away.

"Get on your knees!" Shumei yelled at Xiao Youchen and Xiao Shuangning.

Xiao Youchen glanced at Shumei aggrievedly, he saw the helplessness in Shumei's eyes, and knelt on the ground without hesitation.

Shumei saw that Xiao Shuangning didn't react, and glared at her angrily, "You are brothers and sisters, and you should be punished together, kneel." ”

Xiao Shuangning lowered his head aggrievedly and hindered Xiao Youchen from kneeling.

"Mom, it's all my fault, it has nothing to do with Ning Ning, I can kneel alone."

"Forced mouth, didn't you tell you not to cause trouble? We can't afford to mess with us, we can afford to hide, now it's okay! Provoke the door, you guys are happy! Shumei scolded sharply, and she judged the two of them as if she were kind and kind on weekdays.

She found a very thin branch in the courtyard and hit the two children, this thin branch was particularly painful, but it could not hurt the muscles and bones.

Xiao Shuangning cried out as soon as she wowed, Xiao Youchen clenched her teeth, trying not to cry out herself, their expressions were both aggrieved and painful.

Xiao Shuangning kept pleading, "Mom, stop fighting, we don't dare anymore, it hurts, please don't fight." ”

Shumei looked at the poor child, her heart was dripping blood, usually she didn't even want to touch a finger to the two children, but now she had to beat her own hands. Especially Xiao Shuangning's pleading voice made her even more sad, and tears rolled in her eyes.

She hated herself, hated herself for being useless, hated herself for being too cowardly, and let her two children suffer as well.

But she also had to scold the two children against her will, "Let you have a long memory, let you not learn well, let you make trouble, quickly, quickly apologize to others and make amends." ”

"We're not wrong, why shouldn't we compensate them, I won't." Xiao Youchen is really a little manly. He held his head high and said categorically, no matter how hard Shumei hit, he resolutely did not apologize.

The woman looked proud, her eyes were not willing to blink, and she was very relieved to see the two children burst into tears. Her son was so frightened that he hid behind her and peeked his head out.

"You're still stubborn, hurry up and apologize." The strength of Shumei's hand is a little heavier, although she is a stepmother, but she is not too taboo, there is still no mercy in her hand when she should fight, and every blow is really on Xiao Youchen.

Xiao Shuangning was quick to soften, and she immediately kowtowed to the mother and son, "I'm sorry, it's all my brother and me's fault, I apologize to you, please forgive us." Please, please, there will be no next time. ”

"Ning Ning, you-" Xiao Youchen didn't understand, obviously it wasn't their fault, why did Xiao Shuangning kowtow to them.

Seeing this, Shumei finally stopped the whipping in her hand, and her hands were shaking involuntarily. hit the child, and the pain was in her heart.

Shumei tried her best to suppress her uncomfortable heart, turned back to the woman and said, "Sister Hua, this should be done!" I beat and scolded, scolded and scolded, and kowtowed and apologized. I saw it, my children are also injured, children play together! It's inevitable to bump and fight, and I hope you don't care about it anymore. ”

"Is that enough?" The woman asked, as if she hadn't been relieved, with wide eyes.

"So what else do you want? Is it possible to beat them to death? ”

"It's-"

"Otherwise, come, stick to you, beat you until you are relieved, this should be done, right?"

As she spoke, Shumei shoved the stick in her hand into the woman's hand, and turned her back and put the life and death of the two little children in the hands of the woman. Her palms were sweating, her hands were clenched into fists, and she was still a little worried and scared.

The woman looked at the stick in her hand, and then at the two children kneeling on the ground, but she didn't dare to come forward and beat them.

"Well-I haven't had time to discipline my children, so where do you have the leisure to help you take care of it, and if you manage it, you won't provide for me. Two little cubs, with a long memory, dare to bully my son in the future, but it is not as cheap as this time. ”

She threw the branch in her hand to the ground and pulled her son, "Son, let's go, let's go home." The two of them walked out of Shumei's courtyard.

Shumei also walked to the door to check, and made sure that the mother and son were far away, so she locked the courtyard door, turned around and squatted in front of the two children, hugged the two poor children into her arms, and caressed them.

"I'm sorry, kids, I'm sorry, are you hurting?"

Her tears finally burst out of her eyes, and all the sadness and helplessness were finally released.

"Mom, it's really not my brother's fault, it's they who trampled all the shrimp my brother caught on the ground." Xiao Shuangning sobbed and explained to Shumei.

Xiao Youchen added: "Mom, it's true that they are too much, not only that, but they also scolded us, scolding my sister for being a little vixen and a wild seed. ”

Shumei pushed the two children out of her arms, looked at the two poor children, and listened to them explain the reason for the incident, she gently stroked the faces of the two children.

"Youchen, mom beat you, do you hate mom?"

Xiao Youchen lowered his head and thought for a moment, and whispered a sentence from his lips, "The grace of nurturing is greater than the sky, and the mother in my eyes will always be a good mother." ”

Xiao Youchen's words moved Shumei to tears. Laughing and crying, she lifted the two of them up from the ground, undressed them, and examined their injuries.

"Ningning, Youchen, Dad is not here, we have been ostracized by them in the village. Remember, try not to provoke others in the future, so that you can live a worry-free life in the village. ”

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"They're like this, and they're fighting over these noisy and trivial things, and your ambition is not to do that, but to take a long-term view, not a short-sighted one."

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"Mom doesn't have the ability to keep you well now, so you have to endure it, study hard, and have a bright future in the future, and they won't be able to bully you anymore."

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Shumei said to the two children intermittently, she didn't know if the children could understand what she said, anyway, all in all, Shumei only had one purpose, as long as they understood and tolerate.

She looked at the injuries on the children's bodies, and her heart ached, blaming herself for why she had just laid such a heavy hand.

Sure enough, Xiao Shuangning didn't understand, she stopped Shumei suspiciously, "Mom, is there no right or wrong?" They bully us, should we put up with it? ”

"Ning Ning, my mother is right, my mother is a powerless person, of course, she can't withstand the power of everyone, you and I are still young, and we can't help in the slightest. The only thing we have to do is to endure the humiliation and slowly make ourselves stronger, and when we are strong, others will not dare to bully us anymore. Gou Jian lies down and tastes courage in order to return to his homeland, which is what it means. Didn't I tell you such a story? ”

Xiao Youchen explained to Xiao Shuangning carefully, Xiao Youchen, who likes to read a wide range of books, has understood such a simple truth thoroughly in the library.

Xiao Shuangning is greedy for fun on weekdays, where to put these boring things in her brain, she naturally doesn't know.

Although Xiao Youchen explained it like this, she didn't seem to understand such a big truth, "I-"

Xiao Youchen's words surprised Shumei, she didn't expect Xiao Youchen to say such profound words.

"Youchen, are you taught by the teacher?"

Xiao Shuangning muttered and rushed back, "It's not!" Otherwise, how could I not know, it was all he who took the time to go to the school library to see. ”

Shumei's face was full of surprise, this little Youchen was far more sensible than she knew, "Youchen, is it true?" ”

"Mom, it's true, don't I want to learn more? There is no harm in learning more and knowing more, only benefits, isn't it? ”

"Uh-huh! Yeah! Ningning, in this regard, you have to learn from Youchen. It's really a good boy, being able to be your mother is a blessing that I have cultivated in my previous life, it's so good, God is not thin on me. ”

Xiao Youchen is not her own after all, she originally thought that if she beat Xiao Youchen like that, Xiao Youchen should hate herself, but now it seems that she underestimated Xiao Youchen.

Xiao Youchen saw Shumei crying, and even comforted her, "Mom, don't be sad, Ning Ning and I will be obedient in the future, study hard, and be admitted to a key middle school, so that Dad will come back, with Dad here, they don't dare to bully us anymore without us growing up." ”

The three of them hugged each other tightly, Shumei cried even more sadly, the two children were fine, but they were hugged too tightly by Shumei, they were a little out of breath, and their faces were red.

"Mom, I'm out of breath!" Xiao Shuangning squeezed out such a sentence.

Shumei let go of the two, and the three of them looked at each other and smiled, leaving all the unpleasantness behind them.