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Chapter 47 A Scathing Criticism of the Three Siblings

"Big brother...how could he do this!"

Little Baozhu wiped away her tears, stubbornly clenching her little fists: "How can I still eat?"

“Baozhu, how could you say that to your brother? Your brother is also very sad.” Li Xiaoer frowned.

The next second, seeing his younger sister crying, he panicked: "I'm sorry, I was too harsh. But you shouldn't have misunderstood your older brother."

Baozhu wiped away her tears, pursed her lips, and said, "But... if big brother doesn't throw away the token, we can go and buy back that grandpa. And we can get Daddy proper treatment."

Li Xiaoer was taken aback, and frowned as well. He opened his mouth several times, but ultimately couldn't say anything.

At this moment, Li Junping entered the house, lowered his eyes and said, "It was my fault. I will earn money and bring Grandpa Xin back."

"Brother, they said it would be one hundred taels. When will we be able to earn that much?" Tears streamed down the waiter's face.

Li Junping clenched his fists and knelt before Li Rong, whose eyes were open.

"Father, this is my sin. I have failed you and Grandpa Xin. Even if it costs me my life, I will bring Grandpa Xin back."

With that, he kowtowed three times to Li Rong, then turned and rushed out.

Jiang Nuanzhi stopped the person.

"Ping'er".

"Let me go, I'll think of something."

"Brother, don't go! I don't want to be without you!" Baozhu cried out in fright, grabbing Li Junping and refusing to let go.

The waiter also rushed down to chase after him, and accidentally tripped and fell.

Li Junping broke free from Li Baozhu's hand, but he couldn't break free from Jiang Nuanzhi's hand.

Seeing the children in such a chaotic state, Jiang Nuanzhi rubbed her temples and suddenly called out, "Alright!"

"Can you guys be quiet for a moment and let me say a few words?"

Seeing that they had quieted down, Jiang Nuanzhi took a deep breath and said, "How can you be so easily fooled?"

"Do you really think that just because you got their token, you can easily get your thousand taels of silver back?"

“Have you ever considered that if he wanted to give your father a thousand taels of silver, why didn’t he just bring a thousand taels of silver notes here instead of giving you a token? Isn’t that redundant?”

"These two don't want your father to get better at all; they don't even want him to live. It's just that, for some reason, they don't dare to actually harm your father."

There might still be some members of the Zhao family who cherish old friendships, but definitely not these two who came today. They're probably here for something else entirely.

"The insidious methods devised by these vicious people are worth the suspicion of you three brothers? Little Baozhu, I have to say to you, even if your brother had the courage to stand up and protect Father, didn't you approve of it at that moment?"
They went to humiliate your father, didn't you feel the same way? Think carefully, did your brother really do anything wrong back then?
Moreover, your brother even swallowed his pride and went to ask for the token back afterward, trying to make up for the loss.

Even this one thing, I couldn't do. Ask yourselves honestly, do you really have your brother's spirit?

Upon hearing this, Baozhu burst into tears: "Brother, I'm sorry."

Jiang Nuanzhu sighed: "Baozhu, what's done is done. You need to know that just blaming others won't do any good."

In other words, even if your brother does something wrong, others can criticize him, condemn him, and even misunderstand him. But that person must never be his closest, dearest sister, do you understand?

"Brother, it's all my fault, I was wrong, sob sob sob, brother, please forgive me, brother, don't go!" Upon hearing Jiang Nuanzhi's words, Xiao Baozhu's emotions suddenly collapsed, and she hugged Li Junping and cried loudly.

"And you too." Jiang Nuanzhi frowned and looked at Li Junping again: "You were controlling your emotions quite well just now, but how come you got so worked up after just a couple of words from your sister? Do you really want to go find Uncle Xin?"

"Have you ever considered where Simbir's camp is? Can you walk there on foot? And if you do, how will you get into the camp? And how will you rescue him?"

Even if you manage to rescue the person, are you going to flee with the old woman? Slaves who escape the army camp are considered rebels and are to be executed. Do you remember that?

Upon hearing this, Li Junping lowered his head and after a long while said, "It was my oversight."

"You haven't considered these things at all. Haven't you thought about how your father feels seeing you so distressed? What will he do if something happens to you? How worried and remorseful will your younger siblings be?"

Li Junping pursed his lips and remained silent, looking at his younger sister who was still crying in his arms. He sighed and rubbed her head.

"Brother won't go, don't cry. It's your fault."

Jiang Nuanzhi nodded in satisfaction, then glanced at Li Xiaoer, who was crying beside her, and rubbed her temples.

"And you, waiter."

“It’s not wrong to educate your sister, and it’s not wrong to protect your brother, but can you be a little more principled? Don’t rush to comfort Baozhu the moment she cries. And don’t be at a loss for words when your brother is angry, or be too afraid to step forward.”

Seeing Jiang Nuanzhi's angry expression, Li Xiaoer reached out and shook her hand, saying, "Nuanzhi, I will change, don't be angry."

Jiang Nuanzhi: "Do you understand what I just said?"

Li Xiaoer looked somewhat bewildered, but still nodded.

Jiang Nuan sighed inwardly, knowing that the boy was only saying that because he was worried that she would get angry.

However, she also knew in her heart that this kind of personality was the hardest to change, so she would take it slowly in the future.

"Alright, then stop crying. Now go back to the table and eat your food."

"The noodles we make today, we'll sell tomorrow, trying to earn a hundred taels as soon as possible to bring your Grandpa Xin back."

The children obediently went inside and sat at the dining table, but the atmosphere remained heavy.

"Mother, waaaah, what are we going to do? One hundred taels is so much money, we can never earn that much." Little Baozhu had calmed down a bit, but now she burst into tears again.

Jiang Nuanzhi picked up a piece of chicken and brought it to Xiao Baozhu's mouth. Xiao Baozhu subconsciously opened her mouth, ate it, chewed it, and then swallowed it down in one gulp.

Crystalline tears still clung to her large eyes as she sobbed and mumbled, "Delicious."

"Pfft." Jiang Nuanzhi couldn't help but laugh: "My little darling, you worry about so much."

Then, with his hands on his hips, he said, "Waiter, tell them how much silver I earned yesterday?"

Li Xiaoer immediately pulled it out from his pocket: "It's all here. Anuan gave me four taels of silver yesterday."

Jiang Nuanzhi rummaged in her pocket and pulled out two more taels of silver, placing them on the table: "This is six taels now, all earned yesterday. Although I was lucky yesterday, I ran into two fools and only made so much money by chance."

But who says I won't run into any idiots in the future?

(End of this chapter)