Li Hu was putting meat into Li Baoyin's bowl when the door of his house was kicked open with a bang. At this moment, countless thoughts flashed through his mind, thinking that he was going to be hacked to death like the previous governors. The body was thrown into the wilderness. He was so frightened that the meat in his hand dropped on the table, and he quickly picked it up and stuffed it into his mouth.
When he turned around, he saw Nie Zhao dragging a evasive little girl in his hand, wearing clothes from Qingyun Academy, and he breathed a sigh of relief. Suddenly he saw his daughter's provocative eyes, and his heart skipped a beat again.
Could it be that Xiaobao got into some trouble in the academy?
"Li Hu, you taught me a good daughter!" Nie Zhao dragged Jiang Yue forward, picked up her torn sleeves and her hair, which was cut like a dog nibbling at the ends, and showed it to Li Hu. .
His cherry-pink lips were pursed tightly, and his brows were deeply furrowed. He was really angry. Nie Zhao was rarely like this. Li Hu asked Li Baoyin urgently: "Xiaobao, did you do this?"
Li Baoyin didn't shy away from it and looked directly at his father: "I did it."
Li Hu felt dejected and hurriedly bowed and apologized to Nie Zhao; "It was my fault in raising my daughter, and I apologize to you..."
"No need." Nie Zhao waved his hand, pushed Jiang Yue out, and nodded his chin to indicate, "Go and beat her."
The folk customs in Zhucheng are barbaric. The adults bully the weak and fear the strong, and the children follow suit. Therefore, fighting is often banned in the academy. Li Baoyin is considered the leader in the youth class. A few days ago, Jiang Yue was so frightened that Li Baoyin avoided her. These days Deliberately difficult.
Jiang Yue didn't want to cause more trouble to Nie Zhao, so she tolerated it as much as she could. She didn't want anyone to see her, so she began to test and provoke her. After discovering that she was really weak and could be bullied, and that she would not complain to Nie Zhao, she became even more aggressive. Today, she even Her hair was cut without her noticing.
She couldn't hide this no matter how hard she tried. Jiang Yue cried in the corner of the college for a long time before she dared to go home. On the way, she bumped into Nie Zhao, who had come looking for her because she hadn't returned home.
Nie Zhao was arrogant when he was young, but now he is not willing to swallow his anger, which is why the current scene happened.
How dare Jiang Yue hit someone? Beating someone is not... not... an unvirtuous and virtuous act. Now her mind is filled with obscure knowledge in the academy. Those three obediences and four virtues seem to have happened in her previous life. She wants to remember them carefully. , can I recall a sentence or two.
But Nie Zhao was watching behind her, so she didn't dare not step forward.
But before she could do anything to Li Baoyin, Li Baoyin struck first, pushed her to the ground, and said stubbornly to Nie Zhao: "Now that I can beat Jiang Yue until she can't fight back, sooner or later I will defeat you. You guys I will not let anyone go, and I will never have the chance to bully my father again..."
Li Hu quickly covered Li Baoyin's mouth and apologized to Nie Zhao, but even so, he was reluctant to hit Li Baoyin. He was sad and in pain, knowing that his daughter was angry at these so-called "adults" in Zhucheng because of seeing him. We are cautious and care about ourselves, that's why we are like this.
Jiang Yue was from Nie Zhao's family, so she put her resentment on Jiang Yue.
Nie Zhao ignored Li Baoyin's child's words and did not anger Li Hu. He only called Jiang Yue: "Stand up and fight back. I will take care of everything for you."
They have to solve their own problems. He can't take Li Baoyin's head and stuff it into the moat to vent his anger on Jiang Yue.
Not to mention that he couldn't do it again and again, and he had so much time and patience to protect him. Moreover, if he did this, Jiang Yue would never learn to fight back in her life, and would only cower behind others and be a stupid and obedient person. Domestic rabbit.
Even if it is a rabbit, it must be a hare that can only bite people.
Jiang Yue turned around and looked at Nie Zhao for help. His eyes were cold and he ignored her plea for help.
She had never hit anyone before, and she didn't dare to hit anyone, so she just stood up and stayed there.
"Why don't you take action yet?" Nie Zhao scolded.
Jiang Yue's tears fell down, she held her messy hair, wiped it off with the back of her hand, and said to him, "I don't dare."
"Trash!" Nie Zhao cursed, "Since you don't dare to do anything, you don't have to eat tonight." This was a huge threat to Jiang Yue, and she would rather Nie Zhao beat her up and scolded her. .
After all, Jiang Yue hadn't eaten, so Nie took care of her and dragged her home to dry out.
Not only that night, but also the next day, she still didn't have anything to eat. Nie Zhao asked her when she dared to call back before he would give her food and talk to her.
Jiang Yue was so hungry that her chest was pressed against her back, and her eyes were filled with stars. Her husband was giving a lecture in front of her. He was wearing a long green gown. He was as thin and tall as a chrysanthemum. She swallowed at her husband, who was fascinated by her eyes. Hairy.
She didn't learn anything that day, and she didn't drink enough water. Ever since she started following Nie Zhao, she had three meals a day at the same time, so she had never been hungry. She was suddenly hungry, and it was not as good as before.
A person's quality will decrease with the degree of hunger, and his temper will increase. Everyone she looks at now looks like they are still alive. Several students threw stones at her, and her numb and resentful eyes stared directly at her back. I got cold and ran away quickly.
She was hungry for three days. On the fourth day, she finally couldn't bear it any longer. She cried and told Nie Zhao that she was being beaten.
Nie Zhao guessed that she couldn't bear it for a few more days, so at the same time and at the same place, the meat on Li Hu's chopsticks fell to the table again.
Jiang Yue looked at Li Baoyin's cheeks that were stuffed with rice, and her resentment became more serious. She hesitated for a moment, but her hunger still prompted her to rush forward and throw Li Baoyin to the ground. She turned around and asked Nie Zhao with her eyes, so Does it count as a fight?
Nie Zhao shook his head. She was in a daze when Li Baoyin turned her over and pushed her to the ground.
Jiang Yue had not eaten for three days, so she was no match for Li Baoyin. She could not struggle, and her face turned red from holding it in.
Li Hu and his wife spoke anxiously at the side, urging them not to fight, but Li Baoyin was holding his neck and refused to let go.
"Jiang Yue, if you can't beat her, don't eat tonight's meal." Nie Zhao said it lightly. Jiang Yue couldn't hold back her tears and shouted, "I'm hungry!"
"Then beat her." Nie Zhao said it easily.
She was heartbroken and bit Li Baoyin's wrist that was holding her down hard, causing blood to bleed. Li Baoyin screamed, and Li Hu and his wife were heartbroken, but they were stopped by Nie Zhao.
Jiang Yue didn't know where she got the strength, so she turned over and pressed her elbow against her chin. The two of them rolled in the soil, going back and forth like mud monkeys, splashing loess all over the ground. Neighbors came to watch with their rice bowls in hand.
In the end, Jiang Yue lost her strength and leaned on Li Baoyin, asking her, "Do you accept it?"
Li Baoyin stubbornly said no, and Jiang Yue bit her on the face, causing her to scream.
Both of them were in a very embarrassed state. Li Baoyin's hair was disheveled, Jiang Yue's teeth marks were everywhere on his arms, and blood was oozing out. There were also scratches on Jiang Yue's face, but the power given by hunger was indeed greater, and Li Baoyin obviously looked more... It would be more miserable if all the hair was torn out.
Jiang Yue's eyes turned black, and she couldn't hold on any longer. Li Baoyin cried so loudly, scolding and preparing to counterattack, that Nie Zhao stopped: "Okay, Jiang Yue," he looked at Li Hu, "Look out for the future. Your daughter, please don’t see her in the moat in the future.”
He would not argue with Li Baoyin, but with her personality, it would be difficult for her to avoid anything happening in Zhucheng.
Li Hu nodded repeatedly, and hurriedly stepped forward with his wife to help his daughter up, screaming with distress.
Nie Zhao walked over, squatted down, and poked Jiang Yue, who was lying on the ground with too much air in and out: "Can you still stand up?"
Jiang Yue shook her head with difficulty, but still asked: "Food..." She didn't win. Did she not get to eat?
Nie Zhao chuckled, as bright as the bright moon, and the flowing wind returned to the snow. He turned around and patted himself on the shoulder: "Come up here and take you home for dinner."
He dragged the person up and carried him on his back.
Jiang Yue's arms were loosely wrapped around his neck. She was too tired to care about what was wrong. Her head was buried weakly in his neck. It was so close that she smelled a faint fragrance on his body. No matter what kind of spices were used, it was extremely quiet and fragrant, even more fragrant than flower cakes. I couldn't help but sniff it again like a puppy.
So hungry, really hungry...
"You did a good job today. If you encounter this kind of thing in the future, you must do this. If you can't defeat it, I will stand up for you. You must stand up for yourself first. No one dares to underestimate you. You must be patient and wait for others. Standing up for you is an act of cowardice, do you understand? Others will only bully you even more." Nie Zhao carried her steadily, walked slowly on the stone road, and whispered to her as he walked.
He didn't really want her to defeat anyone, as long as she dared to fight back after being bullied.
Jiang Yue nodded lightly.
She was very well-behaved. She was always very well-behaved and listened to everything she said. Nie Zhao chuckled and weighed her on his back again. She was like a feather and weighed nothing. She didn’t know where the food went: “First. How do you feel about beating someone for the first time?"
"..." Jiang Yue was so hungry that she felt dizzy and thought for a long time: "It feels so good."
At that time, she was completely blank. She only wanted to win. She used all her strength and exhausted her limits. Looking back, although she was very tired, she felt physically and mentally comfortable.
"So, Third Brother, do you like to hit people?"
"..."
Nie Zhao's smile froze, no, was there something wrong with his educational methods? This is not what he wants to teach! What did she learn from herself?
He, who had always felt that he was right, reflected for the first time on what went wrong.
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After Jiang Yue had eaten, she fell asleep on the bed. The thunder outside did not wake her up. She covered her head with a quilt. Nie Zhao came to see her and was afraid that she would cover herself to death, so he tucked the quilt down for her. Tuck her hair away from her face and push it behind her ears.
He stood for a while and finally left. Not long after, he turned back, lit a lamp, sat beside her bed, pinched a needle, and under the light, carefully mended her torn clothes that day, stitch by stitch. He was not over eighteen yet, so he was not good at this. After two or three stitches, he would frown and look closely at the lamp to see if it was crooked or not.
Mending clothes under the lamp was a physical job. After a while, he was sweating profusely on his fair forehead. He bit his lower lip anxiously, and his eyes became dry. Half of the stitches were stitched, and blood started to bleed when the needle pricked his fingertips. , he was so angry that he threw his clothes on the ground.
Let her make up the calculations herself! What kind of extraordinary person is Jiang Yue? He also deserves to be mended for clothes.
Nie Zhao thought irritably for a while, and when he saw Jiang Yue sleeping peacefully, he seemed to have thought of something, and the frown between his brows deepened.
Jiang Yue had gone astray in teaching by words and deeds. Could it be that he had a bad style and failed to lead by example?
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this was extremely possible. When he was young, in order to make him practice diligently, his brother danced the sword in the courtyard every day before dawn. He was indeed led to be much more diligent.
Raising children is such an annoying job, he thought angrily, picked up the clothes on the floor again, and continued to work hard in front of the lamp.
