Splendid peasant girl busy farming

Chapter 12013

After saying this, Yang Huazhong turned around and followed Yang Ruoqing into the kitchen, leaving Da Sunshi alone in the courtyard.

Madam Sun carefully considered Yang Huazhong's words, 'Does what the third brother said mean that he has some kind of opinion about me?'

Sigh, it's no wonder that an honest man like Lao San has a problem with me. If I hadn't started teasing those two kids, they wouldn't have ended up fighting. If they hadn't fought, Qing'er wouldn't have hit Yuan Yuan's hand so badly, causing the whole family to feel sorry for her.

It's my fault, it's really my fault. My mouth, it's so sharp, it deserves a beating!

Madam Sun gently patted her mouth, as if to teach herself a lesson, and then followed him into the kitchen.

Meanwhile, in the kitchen, when Yang Ruoqing came in, Sun was sitting on the rolling stone at the stove opening, with Tuantuan sitting on her lap.

While holding Tuantuan in her arms, Sun held a hard-boiled and peeled egg in her other hand and gently rolled it on Tuantuan's face to apply to the red and swollen areas where Yuanyuan had hit him.

Sun's heartache was evident in her eyes. If it had been someone else who had beaten Tuantuan like this, Sun, this soft-hearted old woman, would have gone to the other party's house to argue and demand an explanation for Tuantuan.

Unfortunately, the perpetrator was her other grandson, and Mrs. Sun was helpless.

Meanwhile, Tuantuan nestled in Sun's arms, tears still streaming down her face. She pouted, her eyes and nose turning bright red from crying.

She's like a little girl.

Xiao Hua was also busy in the kitchen. At this moment, she brought a bowl of sweet egg flowers to Tuan Tuan, squatted down and coaxed her.

"Don't cry, Tuanbao. Your auntie made you some sweet egg drop soup. None of the other kids in the family got any today, so it's just for you, Tuanbao!"

As a mother of three, Xiaohua is very experienced and knowledgeable in handling such disputes and in coaxing and compensating afterward.

For children like Tuantuan who are clearly at a disadvantage and can't win, they must be given 'special benefits'.

So when Yang Ruoqing entered the kitchen, the scene before her eyes was Sun Shi and Xiao Hua surrounding Tuantuan, both trying to coax her.

But Tuantuan doesn't seem to buy into this, or rather, she really does.

Their coaxing provided him with considerable emotional value, making him feel even more justified and as if he had suffered a tremendous injustice. Tears streamed down his face like they were free, showing no sign of stopping...

Yang Ruoqing frowned slightly as she looked at him. "Your father just scolded Yuanyuan, saying that a real man sheds blood but not tears."

"You, as the older brother, cry even harder than a girl at the drop of a hat. Is that appropriate?"

"It's so ugly, do you know that?"

Yang Ruoqing's tone was not at all doting; on the contrary, it was very serious and displeased.

His gaze swept over the redness and swelling on Tuantuan's face, a fleeting pity passing through him, not giving the 'cunning' little guy a chance to catch it.

The moment Tuantuan saw Yang Ruoqing coming over, his eyes lit up. He had actually overheard some of the noise his mother was making in the yard scolding his younger brother.

He had initially thought his mother was coming in to comfort him, and he had even mentally planned what price and punishment he would make Yuanyuan pay later. However, instead of hugging him, comforting him, or scolding Yuanyuan with him, his mother was criticizing him in a very unhappy manner.

Tuantuan stared blankly at Yang Ruoqing, her big, watery eyes filled with confusion and bewilderment, so much so that the speed at which the golden tears fell slowed down a bit.

Xiao Hua turned around and walked towards Yang Ruoqing, holding out a bowl of egg drop soup. She said apologetically in a low voice, "Sister, could you help persuade Tuantuan to drink a few sips of this egg drop soup? I'm trying to feed him, but he won't open his mouth."

Yang Ruoqing took the egg drop soup and gestured for Xiaohua to go about her business, leaving this to her.

At the same time, Yang Ruoqing winked at Sun Shi: "Mother, you, my father, and my aunt, all of you go and grind the tofu. Don't let these things delay the tofu-making process!"

Sun responded and lowered her head to coax Tuantuan in a low voice, trying to get Tuantuan to go to Yang Ruoqing's side.

However, Tuantuan refused to get off Sun's lap and kept trying to hide in Sun's arms.

"Qing'er, let's get this straight first. You can teach her, but you can't hit her like you did with Yuanbao just now!" Madam Sun was very worried. She had heard Yang Ruoqing hitting Yuanyuan earlier, but she was busy comforting Tuanbao and couldn't be in two places at once!

"Mother, don't worry about it, go about your business." Yang Ruoqing didn't dare to make any promises to Madam Sun. She wasn't a delicate queen; she had plenty of strength to teach the children herself.

The key point is that sometimes when dealing with these little brats, it's better to just take action than to talk your way out of it with words.

Persuading people with reason can be based on logic or physical means; in critical moments, using both may be more effective.

Helpless, Mrs. Sun could only sigh and continue to coax Tuantuan to go to Yang Ruoqing's place.

"I'm scared~" Tuantuan was already intimidated by the coldness emanating from Yang Ruoqing, and clung to Sun's neck, refusing to get down.

"Cough cough!" Yang Ruoqing coughed loudly.

This time, Tuantuan became obedient and came down quietly. A single cough from her was worth more than a thousand words from Mrs. Sun.

Looking at the little guy standing there with his head drooping and shoulders slumped, not daring to look up, Yang Ruoqing secretly smiled to herself.

Tuantuan is scared. Well, once she's scared, things will be easier.

Unlike Yuanyuan, who was so stubborn, standing in front of her earlier with her neck sticking out, making her want to hit her.

But Tuantuan is different; her submissive demeanor makes it easier for Yang Ruoqing to soften her heart beforehand.

Yang Ruoqing first placed the egg drop soup on the stove, then came to Tuantuan, squatted down, and took out a handkerchief to wipe away his tears.

"Let's talk things out, let's reason things out, and let's not cry."

"I...I don't want to cry, it's...it's my eyes that are not listening to me," Tuantuan muttered softly, glancing furtively at Yang Ruoqing.

Noticing that Yang Ruoqing's expression wasn't as serious as before, Tuantuan grew a little bolder. She grabbed Yang Ruoqing's sleeve with her little hand and tentatively tugged at it, her tone slightly coquettish: "Mommy, I won't cry next time. If my brother hits me again, even if it hurts, I'll hold back my tears..."

Yang Ruoqing sighed inwardly, "This brother of mine, such a young man, yet he's so cunning."

"Your mother has already severely criticized and hit your younger brother. His mistake was that he shouldn't have hit you."

Tuantuan's eyes lit up even more. She raised her head and looked at Yang Ruoqing expectantly, nodding repeatedly.

"My face hurts so much!" To let Yang Ruoqing see it more clearly, he even stood on tiptoe and brought his profile closer to her.

Yang Ruoqing took a closer look and cursed Yuanyuan in her mind again. That brat, trying to kill his own brother!

"Since it hurts, have you learned your lesson?" Yang Ruoqing asked him.

Tuantuan stared at her with wide, confused eyes. Yang Ruoqing continued, "One should be loyal and not betray one's friends."

"I...I didn't..."

"If you didn't do it, why would Yuanyuan hit you? Even after all this, are you still going to be a bad child who lies and makes excuses?"

Tears welled up in Tuantuan's eyes again. She lowered her head, pouting pitifully, and looked down at her feet.

"Don't cry, tilt your head back and force the tears back!" Yang Ruoqing's tone became serious again.

She and Luo Fengtang, Zhi'er, Chen'er, Luo Wuyou, Yuanyuan... all the tear ducts of this whole family seem to have grown onto Tuantuan. Why do they love to cry so much? It's so annoying!
Yang Ruoqing's shout startled not only Tuantuan, but also everyone else in the kitchen.

Sun was about to come over and try to dissuade her again, but Xiaohua stopped her at the crucial moment. Xiaohua secretly shook her head at Sun, signaling her to steel herself and not go over there.

Yang Huazhong and Da Sunshi remained silent. In fact, when Tuan Tuan looked over for help, they pretended not to see it and continued with their work.

After searching around for help from outside the venue to no avail, Tuantuan could only obediently raise his head, trying hard to breathe and fight back his tears...

After the time it takes to drink a bowl of tea.

Through a combination of intimidation and verbal persuasion, Yang Ruoqing finally made the little fox Tuantuan realize its mistake.

He promised Yang Ruoqing that he would never betray his friends again and would be a responsible and righteous little man.

After Luo Fengtang applied the medicine and gave Yuanyuan a second lecture and criticism, Yuanyuan, whose momentum had completely subsided, returned.

In the kitchen, in front of everyone, Yang Ruoqing not only made the two brothers apologize to each other, but also hugged them, signifying reconciliation.

Tuantuan's eyes searched around.

"What treasure are you looking for?" Mrs. Sun asked hurriedly.

Egg drop soup.

"Oh, here it is, still warm. Would you like a drink?"

"My brother and I drank together."

"Oh my, my little darling is acting like a big brother now, so sensible and thoughtful."

Yuanyuan said in a muffled voice, "Thank you, brother."

“Oh dear, my Yuanbao is so sensible, they are all sensible, they are all good children.”

Luo Fengtang happily led the children to the front hall to drink egg drop soup. Yang Ruoqing suddenly called out to Da Sunshi: "Aunt, after all this commotion, I haven't even had a chance to ask them what you said to them that made them make such a fuss?"

Da Sun originally thought the storm had passed and that she was no longer involved. She had just breathed a sigh of relief when she still couldn't escape Yang Ruoqing's sharp eyes and questioning.

"Oh, this is my fault. I had such a loose tongue. I won't dare tease the children like that again." Before explaining the matter, Madam Sun didn't forget to slap herself in front of Yang Ruoqing and the others.

Neither Yang Ruoqing, nor Madam Sun, nor Yang Huazhong could stop Madam Sun from slapping herself.

Compared to the injury on Tuantuan's face, and the swelling and redness of Yuanyuan's little hands... Da Sun slapping herself in the mouth as a token gesture is really nothing!

“I was just teasing them today. I told them that my family is slaughtering a pig for the New Year tomorrow and invited them over to eat meat. I also said that if anyone plays the role of a child for my family, I will blow up the pig's pee bubbles into big balloons for them to play with.”

"Both kids wanted to play with that pig pee ball, and they both said they wanted to make dolls for my family... That's it!"

Yang Ruoqing's lips twitched as she listened. She had thought it was something serious, but after all the fuss, it turned out to be all because of that smelly piss.

"They probably both said they wanted to be my baby, but when they saw you were here, they were afraid you'd be upset, so Tuanbao sold Yuanbao out, saying it was his younger brother who said it. He was probably worried you'd be upset too, but he couldn't stop Tuanbao in time, so he got really angry. He felt like they were saying it together, so why is he putting all the blame on me? And now he's taken it out on me! Ugh, it's all my fault, it's all my fault. Next time I tease them, I won't make those jokes about being my baby again!"

As she spoke, Madam Sun blamed herself. It seemed that she had truly learned her lesson today, given her carefree nature.

Sun frowned as she listened. "Sister, I'm not trying to criticize you, but please don't say things like that again. You keep saying you're going to be a child of this family and not a child of the Luo family anymore... It's really not appropriate to say such things to children. They don't have the ability to discern right from wrong yet, and they'll take it seriously."

Madam Sun nodded repeatedly, offering apologetic profusely.

For someone as docile as Madam Sun to say so much, it's clear that Madam Sun was genuinely unhappy and had a problem with Madam Sun.

Because she was his own older sister, he couldn't really turn against her.

As the brother-in-law and also Sun's husband, Yang Huazhong stepped in to smooth things over.

"The older sister just likes children, that's why she teases them like that. Alright, let's leave it at that and move on."

Madam Sun nodded: "Yes, let's not talk about it anymore, let's turn the page. Eldest sister, what I said earlier was a bit harsh, please don't take it to heart."

She felt so sorry for the children... being beaten for no reason.

Madam Sun shook her head repeatedly: "No, no, I won't take it to heart."

Despite saying that, Madam Sun still subconsciously looked at Yang Ruoqing. In today's matter, Yang Ruoqing's attitude was the most important.

Yang Ruoqing's expression returned to normal, and she smiled slightly at Madam Sun, saying, "Although today's events were a bit... well, fortunately, the ending was good. I hope that the two brothers can correct their mistakes after this experience."

Every situation has a negative side, but it also has a positive side. If this incident can make the two children better, then it's a gain.

Hearing Yang Ruoqing's words, Madam Sun was truly relieved and nodded repeatedly, "Good, good."

Yang Huazhong and Madam Sun exchanged a smile.

"Sister, come and see how the soy milk is cooking?" Xiao Hua had been diligently tending to the two pots, which contained the soy milk that had been ground earlier, and was being slowly simmered in them.

"Coming," Yang Ruoqing replied, getting up and going to the pot.

The soy milk boils and swirls in the pot. With each boil, a thin layer of soy skin condenses on the surface of the soy milk. This is the soy skin that Yang Ruoqing wants when making spicy strips.

"It needs to be cooked a little longer before the skin can be peeled," Yang Ruoqing concluded after observing for a while.

"Is Qing'er making spicy strips today? What are spicy strips? I've never seen or eaten them before." Madam Sun and the others also came over and looked them over.

Yang Ruoqing smiled and said, "Once I've finished making it, you'll be able to see it and eat it too."