Eight small rivers capsize

  Li Wei's anger has dissipated, the chicken is killed, and they plan to divide it cleanly in half, giving one half to her grandfather to take back home, and keeping the other half for themselves. Today, they can eat the chicken smoothly thanks to her grandfather's efforts. In the future, she still hopes that her grandfather will support her.

  Li's mother, Cheng Min, was heartbroken about the old hen, but she was still very filial. She didn't have a narrow-minded view like some housewives, and she just said a few words to Li Wei without scolding her further. Moreover, mothers know their daughters best, and she suspected that her eldest daughter was being spoiled rotten. With a compassionate heart, she secretly pitied the poor child.

  Ke Li's father, Li Zhaoxing, was choked by his daughter and couldn't breathe out that mouthful of air. This girl had killed a chicken in front of him for the second time.

  Last time, her neighbor, Fourth Brother, helped her avoid disaster. He thought of her as a first-time offender and let her off the hook this once. Unexpectedly, in just a few days, that dead girl actually dared to do it again, treating him like his old man was a paper tiger!

  Li Zhaoxing suddenly stood up, his hand involuntarily grasping the broomstick beside him, ready to mete out family punishment. On the opposite side of the table, a wine cup clattered onto the dinner table, and Cheng Lao Yezi's eyes gleamed with ferocity as he glared at him:

  "What are you standing up for? Who are you trying to scare with that thing?"

  Li Zhaoxing, who started his career as a penniless soldier returning from the army, has always been grateful to one person - his father-in-law, Cheng Enjiu. When Li returned to his hometown after being discharged from the army, he was assigned to work at a wine factory in the town's collective enterprise. Cheng took good care of him and eventually married off his eldest daughter to Li, helping him set up a home and start a family. This kindness has been deeply etched in Li's heart, who has always treated his parents-in-law as if they were his own biological parents.

  Of course, what he didn't know was that his mother-in-law, who had been troubled by her daughter-in-law and sisters-in-law in the past, liked him not only for his character but also because he was a lone wolf with no parents above and no brothers below, clean and free from any entanglements.

  Now, Li Zhaoxing was furious, but facing his father-in-law's tiger-like authority, he couldn't erupt, and it was hard to bear the suffocation. He reluctantly put down the ruler and sat down, picked up the small wine pot and refilled his father-in-law's cup, and said with a mix of frustration and unwillingness:

  "Dad, you don't know how arrogant this kid has become. The other day, she said she wanted to change her name, and I just scolded her a couple of times. She picked up a kitchen knife and went to kill a chicken, looking like she was ready to take on the world. If I weren't her father, she would have dared to come at me! Now, if I don't discipline her, what will become of her in the future? Just last time, someone intervened, and I didn't do anything to her. Now she's killing chickens to intimidate monkeys!"

  How can this be so wrong? Li Zhaoxing reacted and got even angrier, he was completely infuriated by that dead girl.

  Cheng Enjiu didn't smile as he turned around. He took a sip of wine and ate a bite of food before slowly saying:

  "Zhao Xing ah. Children need to be managed. But they must be given independence at the right time. Now the child is still young. If bullied outside, parents must support them. Otherwise, when grown up, they will be timid and lack courage. What achievements can they have? People say heroes emerge from the wilderness. I think it makes sense."

  "That's also reasonable. Can't always resort to violence. Always hitting people." Li Zhaoxing's educational philosophy for his children is not in line with that of his father-in-law, who always does things with a "first the soldiers and then the ceremony" approach.

  "Reason? Screw reason! The winner is king, the loser is a bandit. You're just a waste of time. Even if you're right, it's useless. At most, you'll get a reputation for being reasonable. But in the end, you'll still lose out. Who told you to be reasonable anyway? So, big grandson, we can talk reason if we want to. If not, then don't bother talking. It's better to avoid losing out." He turned his head and said the last half of the sentence to Li Lianhui, while giving him a piece of egg.

  Li Lianhui didn't know what was good for him. He nodded: "Uh-huh!"

  Li Zhaoxing, a scholar, met with soldiers and had reasonable words that couldn't be made clear. Still, he was pressed down by an old soldier who was on top of him.

  From past experience, if he continued to talk nonsense for a few more sentences, the old master who had been drinking would raise his palm and slap him under the table like slapping a mosquito, without even taking a deep breath. In the end, he might even exclaim in surprise: "Huh? Little kid, what are you doing hiding under the table? Get up, get up, what's wrong with you?"

  Then use a fist the size of a bowl to pound twice, and bruising is inevitable. Sometimes when you're in the mood, don't pound, just pinch your biceps, that's two finger marks. If you pinch other small points on your biceps, Li Zhaoxing reckons he can pinch them off directly.

  So Li Zhaoxing wisely shut his mouth.

  The two little brats were initially scared by their dad, and like little mice, they didn't dare make a peep. Now that they see their dad is also a bit intimidated, with grandpa in charge here, the two of them perked up again. Hearing their mom and older sister cooking and cleaning the chicken, they started to get restless, sneaking around and making mischief, their faces beaming with joy, and they can eat chicken meat again! (*^__^*) Hehe...

  Li Wei, who was plucking chicken feathers with her mother in the outer room, perked up her ears and heard her grandfather's lofty words, almost rushing in to support him, but was held back by her mother, who also slapped her several times.

  She's the kind of person who, if born in the old society, would at least have become a bandit leader, and if she had made something of herself, she would have been another Zhang Da Wei. That would make her the granddaughter of a high-ranking official.

  What a pity! Born at the wrong time, no hope for the general, ended up as a partner in a mediocre business.

  A celebrity once said, "Either you're a big shot or a gangster, I'm not kidding."

  She always felt strange, when she was in college, on the bus, being molested by a pervert, but didn't dare to make a sound. It turned out that her father's righteousness and morality had suppressed the bold family tradition passed down from her mother's side, and her bloodline had been weakened. What kind of talent does she have left?

  Disaster befalls those who don't listen to their elders' advice.

  Look at the uncles and little aunts, they are so energetic and lively, their days are also spent in joy and prosperity. It seems that living life is similar to fighting a war, one must make an effort to win, or else decline after two or three attempts.

  It seems that she is closer to her grandfather than her father. Coincidentally, her mother has a day off tomorrow, so in the evening, Li Wei carried half a chicken and sat on the back seat of her grandfather's bicycle, while Grandpa Cheng hung a bag of white steamed buns on the front of the bike. The two of them rode in the dark to their hometown of Baima Village, Wenquan Township, Wenquan Town, over 10 miles away.

  Li Wei was initially delighted, haha, she went to her grandfather's house and saved her family from having one more person to feed chicken, while her grandfather's house gained an extra steamed bun eater, a win-win situation... What's even better is that her dad couldn't scold her no matter how angry he was, and she could finally get rid of the two little brats and have a relaxing day. At her grandmother's house, she was a treasure, haha, this was killing two birds with one stone!

  Not long after, Mr. Chen's belch made Li Wei feel a sense of foreboding, and she discovered a major security risk that she had overlooked:

  Her grandfather just drank at her home, this is drunk driving!

  Slow down, although there are no traffic police and few motor vehicles now, can her grandfather's brain, which was once fooled by alcohol, correctly judge the road conditions? There are many potholes and water ditches on this road.

  Thinking of this, Li Wei quickly jumped down from the back seat. She startled Old Man Cheng who was concentrating on riding his bike, and he swerved to one side, hastily using his foot to brake and stop the car, then turned around and said:

  "Girl, what's wrong with you? Did you forget something?"

  Li Wei is not afraid of her grandfather attacking her biceps, her grandfather is good to the younger generation, directly questioning her grandfather's skills:

  "Grandpa, are you okay? We just had a drink, don't take me into the ditch. I can still wash up if I go into the ditch, but if the buns fall in, they'll be ruined."

  Her grandfather spoiled the child, but didn't like to hear the child question his driving skills. With his skills, he thought that in his younger years, he could travel thousands of miles during the day and hundreds of miles at night, and was a great driver, never having had an accident!

  "Girl, put your heart at ease and sit tight. I've been riding a bicycle for half my life and have never lost anyone. Once, three blind men blocked my way on the road and tried to rob me..."

  Then Li Wei sat in the back seat of her grandfather's car again, listening to his heroic stories. She would rather worry here than go home, where her father's face was still not good and hadn't calmed down yet.

  Old Cheng got excited and even showed off two fancy driving moves, scaring Li Wei half to death. Fortunately, the back seat was quite stable, and she clutched onto it tightly with one hand, not daring to move a muscle. However, in her heart, she couldn't help but regret what had just happened, thinking that she shouldn't have used distrustful words to provoke her grandfather.

  All the way back was smooth, and as they entered the boundary of Wenshui Town, Li Wei quietly let out a breath of relief. They were almost there. Her grandmother's house was located in the nearest village to Wenshui Town - Baima Village. Once they arrived at Wenshui Town, it was equivalent to arriving home, and after walking more than two miles, they would arrive at her grandmother's house.

  Although Cheng Lao Yezi said it lightly, he was actually very careful all the way. Now that they had arrived home, he didn't forget to continue showing off his masterful demeanor in front of his granddaughter:

  "See, girl, your grandfather wasn't wrong, was he? After all the ups and downs I've been through, could I possibly capsize in this small river? I, your grandfather, have crossed more bridges than you've walked roads, so just..."

  Ding dong... Ah yo... Boom!

  Li Wei suddenly remembered a famous saying of her grandmother's as she fell into a small stone bridge's water pit:

  Your grandpa drank cat's urine, he is no longer your grandpa, he is a hero of Liangshan, everywhere is Liangshan Marsh!

  Grandma is really not deceiving me, alas, if you don't listen to grandma's words, you will suffer losses right before your eyes.

  How could she have forgotten this?!

  Now he's old and afraid that Liangshan won't take him in, so he sent her here instead.

  Just now, when they were crossing a small stone bridge, her grandfather's wheel was struck by a small stone and the cart tipped over. In that instant, Li Wei, who had let down her guard, was thrown off the bridge without railings.

  Fortunately, the bridge was not high, and the distance from the water ditch below was less than one meter.

  Li Wei's half chicken in her hand hadn't been thrown away, and it stayed with her in the ditch.

  Mr. Chen was flustered and his hands and feet were busy, but this cow had just finished blowing and then broke.

  He hastily abandoned his bicycle, jumped over the ditch that had just passed under his feet, and pulled his granddaughter up. He anxiously asked:

  "Girl, how are you? Didn't get hurt from the fall?"

  Li Wei handed the chicken in her hand to Grandpa, she had no time to take care of it now. Although the weather was still quite hot in September, the mud and water on her body were unbearable.

  Shaking off the water on his body, he suddenly felt something moving in his pocket. He reached in and found a frog!

  This frog is a genuine green tree frog, absolutely not a toad. Under the moonlight, you can see fine blue stripes on its smooth skin. It's been over 20 years since she last saw this kind of frog. Release it back into nature.

  After finishing her bath, she lifted her head to see her grandfather holding a chicken and waiting for her report on the feeling of falling into the water. He said gruffly:

  "It's okay, I'm not hurt, it's just that my heart feels chilly."

  Who just told her to put her heart in her stomach?

  The old man felt embarrassed and said hastily, "Isn't it a bit cold? Let's hurry up, we'll be home soon. I'll get your grandma to find you some clothes to change into."

  This time Li Wei said something and didn't let him ride the bike, pushing it instead, she sat at the back. Anyway, they were almost home.

  But looking at her grandfather's tall and majestic figure, which was even more impressive than her father's, Li Wei couldn't help but want to smile, wondering if he would still brag about his experiences after seeing so many things.

  The old man also felt a bit embarrassed this time, and hesitantly asked: "Girl... how did Grandpa usually treat you?"

  "Except for this time, it's all right." A small flaw does not obscure a person's overall character.

  "It's okay, it's okay... That... Later when you get home, if your grandma asks..."

  Li Wei's spirit lifted and her eyes sparkled: "My mom said I couldn't tell lies!"

  The old man was a bit caught off guard, and this broken child reacted so quickly. He was somewhat angry: "I didn't tell you to lie."

  For a moment it was a bit awkward, Li Wei hurriedly found an excuse for her grandfather: "My dad said that when talking about things, focus on the key points and don't talk about useless things."

  The old man chuckled and said: "Not bad, your dad is cultured, this makes sense."

  I don't know who said just now that truth comes out of a fist.

  "Then, Grandpa, we three siblings have never been to the city before, I want to go and play."

  Don't waste your breath on trivial matters.

  "You still dare to negotiate, no wonder your father wants to spank you, you little devil!" The old man scolded with a smile, not actually angry.

  Li Wei didn't say a word, she remembered that it wasn't until she was in the third grade that she went on a field trip to the city park with her school during Children's Day. After that, she had gone there a few more times before graduating from elementary school. Apart from the park, the only other place she had been to was her older sister's house. She really didn't have any impression of what the city was like back then. Nowadays, she spends every day wandering around her home and school, which is suffocating her. She wants to go out and take a look at what the outside world is like now.

  "It just so happens that next Sunday an old friend of mine is getting married, you can come with me then, but don't bring the twins, they're too rowdy."

  "Hehe, thank you Grandpa, then I'll tell Grandma, the key is that I accidentally fell into the ditch." Li Wei also said straightforwardly.

  If she had prevented her grandfather from occasionally drinking a little wine, her grandfather would have gotten angry with her.

  The father and son both were overjoyed and walked home under the moonlight with great pleasure.