Siheyuan: Game of Red Dust

Chapter 53 Xiaobai gets into trouble
After a while, Director Wang came back with a smile on his face.

"Weidong, it's done. Nanyi will come over tomorrow."

"Okay, I'll take him directly to the research institute tomorrow, and you can issue me a secondment certificate later." Li Weidong said.

"Weidong, where are the engine drawings?" Director Wang asked hurriedly.

Li Weidong said, "It's useless to give it to you now. You're too busy. There are fans and water pumps, and the new machine tool I want. There are so many projects. Do you have the manpower to give you an engine? I plan to give it to you when the new machine tool I want is finished. When the time comes, I'll come to pick up the machine tool and give you the blueprints."

Director Wang thought about it and agreed.

Li Weidong chatted with the factory director in the office for a while and then went to the laboratory.

In the laboratory, I packed up everything with Team Leader Wang and the others, explained to them the things they needed to pay attention to when moving the equipment, and also told them to bring Nan Yi over tomorrow, and then returned to the courtyard.

When Li Weidong returned to the courtyard, it was still early morning and only the elderly, weak, women and children were left in the courtyard.

Li Weidong went straight back to his home and prepared to pack up. After all, working in a research institute would not give him the same freedom as working in a steel mill, and he might not be able to come back for a long time.

He put some valuables into the space and then tidied up the room.

When Li Weidong finished, the people in the hospital had also gone off work.

Li Weidong left the house and just as he entered the backyard, he saw Dazhuang, Damao and the others running around the yard with the pistols they had made for them. Xiu'er was following behind them, her face flushed from running.

Li Weidong shouted, "Xiu'er, come here."

When Xiu'er heard someone calling her, she stopped immediately and looked around. When she saw it was Li Weidong, she hurried over with her short legs.

Li Weidong quickly squatted down and caught Xiu'er who was rushing towards him.

"Godfather." Xiu'er's grandmother said in a milky voice.

Looking at such a cute Xiu'er, Li Weidong took a piece of White Rabbit milk candy from his pocket and put it into her mouth.

"Xiu'er, do you miss your godfather?" Li Weidong said with a smile.

"I've thought about it. I can think about it." Xiu'er said.

Li Weidong smiled and took out a handful of White Rabbit candies from his pocket and stuffed them into Xiuer's pocket. He said to Xiuer, "This is my godfather. This is my reward for wanting a godfather."

At this time, Damao, Dazhuang and others also ran over and greeted Li Weidong.

Li Weidong happily gave them a handful of White Rabbit milk candies and asked them to divide them up. He also told them to look after their younger siblings and then let them go play.

Then I went to the tavern. When I got there, I saw Zhou Xiaobai there. I looked around but didn't see Zhou Xiaolin. I only saw a group of little boys who looked like Zhou Xiaobai.

Li Weidong walked over and patted Zhou Xiaobai on the head.

Zhou Xiaobai was bragging about her brother-in-law to her friends when she was suddenly patted on the head. She asked a little unhappily, "Who is it?"

The group of children around her age all stood up, ready to fight, much to Li Weidong's amusement.

Zhou Xiaobai turned around and saw that it was Li Weidong. Her face immediately brightened up and she called out to Li Weidong sweetly, "Brother-in-law, why did you come just now? I've been waiting for you for a long time."

Li Weidong rubbed the little girl's head cheerfully and said, "Do you think your brother-in-law is as idle as you guys? He has to go to work and build the country. Why did you think of looking for him today?"

Zhou Xiaobai said, "I told Zhang Haiyang and the others today that you killed a bear with your bare hands, but they didn't believe me and insisted that I was bragging. So I brought them here to see you, and you have to prove it to me. Let's make a bet. Whoever loses will treat Lao Mo to a meal."

Li Weidong understood as soon as he heard it. He thought that the little girl was probably greedy again and was trying to trick these silly boys into being taken advantage of.

Li Weidong decided to tease the girl and said to Zhou Xiaobai, "Xiaobai, maybe your brother-in-law can't help you with this."

Zhou Xiaobai said anxiously, "Brother-in-law, why can't you help? My sister and my father both said you killed the bear with your bare hands! I also asked Sister Huizhen and Sister Xueru, and they both said yes."

Li Weidong laughed and said, "Xiaobai, it doesn't matter whether it is true or not. What matters is that I have no way to prove it! I can't just get a bear to prove it to you, can I?"

Xu Huizhen was standing by and was amused by Li Weidong.

Zhou Xiaobai was also dumbfounded. She was so focused on conning Zhang Haiyang and the others into treating them that she forgot how to prove this to her brother-in-law. He couldn't really bring a bear, could he? Regardless of whether her brother-in-law could bring one, she probably would get a beating from her sister when she got home.

Zhou Xiao rolled her eyes and said to Li Weidong coquettishly, "Brother-in-law, can you think of a solution? I've already told everyone about it, and I'm not lying. Can you help me?"
Look at Zhang Haiyang and the others. If they were invited to Lao Mo, the New Year's money they received since childhood would probably not be enough."

Li Weidong said cheerfully, "Will you dare to bet again in the future?"

"Brother-in-law, I won't dare to do it again. Please help me!"

"Okay, you guys wait here." After saying that, Li Weidong went to the backyard.

After a while, Li Weidong came back with a wooden stick that was as thick as a bowl and more than one meter long. This was the firewood bought by Xu Huizhen, which was left over from the last time Li Weidong and Squad Leader Wang chopped firewood.

The firewood was handed to Zhang Haiyang. Zhang Haiyang took it blankly, looked at it, and didn't understand what it meant.

"Check it out. Can you see the flowers just by looking at them?" Li Weidong explained.

Zhang Haiyang finally understood and quickly turned the firewood in his hand over and over again. He then stepped on the firewood on the chair and found that it was fine. Then he handed it back to Li Weidong.

"No problem."

After Li Weidong took it, he grabbed the middle of the firewood with both hands. With a force of both hands, the firewood was broken directly into two halves from the middle.

Zhang Haiyang and the others opened their mouths wide. Zhang Haiyang ran over, picked up the broken firewood, looked at the broken end, and looked at his face in disbelief.

"Brother-in-law, how did you do this?" Zhang Haiyang asked.

"What are you shouting about? That's my brother-in-law." Zhou Xiaobai said fiercely with a furious face.

Li Weidong smiled and said, "You can call me whatever you want. Doesn't he have to call your sister sister when he sees her? Calling her brother-in-law is also fine."

"No, only I can call you brother-in-law. You can call me Brother Li or Brother Weidong, but you can't call me brother-in-law." Zhou Xiao said to Zhang Haiyang with a furious face.

Zhang Haiyang acted like a young wife and said carefully, "Brother, how did you do that?"

Zhang Haiyang's expression amused Li Weidong. It seemed that this boy had begun to like Zhou Xiaobai at this time.

Li Weidong smiled for a while and said to Zhang Haiyang, "Why, do you want to learn?"

Zhang Haiyang and his group nodded excitedly and said to Li Weidong flatteringly:
"Brother, I want to learn."

"Brother Li, I want to learn too."

"Brother Weidong, I want to learn too."

…………

The noise from the crowd made Li Weidong feel overwhelmed.

"Stop, stop, stop. I'm fine with teaching you, but let me make it clear: if you want to be as good as me, forget it. But beware, beating up one or two adults shouldn't be a problem." Li Weidong said quickly. Zhang Haiyang and the others were a little disappointed at first, but their eyes lit up when they heard the rest of the story.

"Brother, we are learning. When will you teach us?" Zhang Haiyang asked.

"I don't have much time these days, so let's go to the weekend. I'll send a car to pick you up. But let me tell you, once you get in the car, I won't send you back until you finish your exercise. Don't cry then." Li Weidong said.

"Brother, don't worry, that won't happen." Zhang Haiyang patted his chest and promised.

"Remember your words." Li Weidong said with a smile.

"By the way, have you told your parents when you came out?" Li Weidong suddenly asked.

"Sister Huizhen, has our Xiaobai been here?" Zhou Xiaolin's anxious voice came from outside the tavern.

Zhou Xiaobai quickly hid behind Li Weidong, and Li Weidong was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

"Linlin, Xiaobai is here!" Xu Huizhen said hurriedly.

The door was opened and Zhou Xiaolin ran in with an officer. Seeing a group of children standing behind Li Weidong, Zhou Xiaolin's eyes were almost burning with anger.

"Zhou...Xiao...Bai"

Zhou Xiaolin spoke word by word.

Zhou Xiaobai shuddered behind Li Weidong, thinking that this time he was in trouble and would be beaten when he got home. Suddenly, his face turned bitter.

Li Weidong quickly tried to smooth things over, saying, "Xiaolin, don't be angry. Isn't this okay?"

"Brother Dong, you don't know that Xiaobai ran away with these stupid guys. Everyone in the compound is looking for her like crazy. What a big trouble she has caused!" Zhou Xiaolin said anxiously.

Li Weidong immediately frowned and said to Zhou Xiaobai, "Xiaobai, how could you do this? You must tell your parents when you go out next time. Even if your family is not at home, you can tell the guards. How could you sneak out?"

Don't do that next time, got it? And you guys, did you hear that?"

"understood."

"heard it."

"I won't dare to do it again."

……

Li Weidong nodded in pretense of satisfaction, then turned to Zhou Xiaolin and said, "Linlin, I've already taught them a lesson, so let it go.

Look, why don't you have this guard go back to the compound and tell everyone to stop looking for him? He's safe."

Zhou Xiaolin stomped her feet and said to the guard, "Brother Zhang, go back and tell my dad first. I'll take them back in a moment."

The guard nodded and went out.

Zhou Xiaolin said to Li Weidong, "Brother Dong, just protect this girl. Humph, when we get back, you'll see if she gets beaten up!"

Li Weidong had no way to deal with this. These guys were indeed doing something wrong, and it was his fault for protecting them.

If a child does something wrong, he should be educated. If he intervenes rashly, it will be inappropriate.

Never mind, they're just kids. A little spanking is healthier.

After talking to Xu Huizhen for a few words, he and Zhou Xiaolin took this group of troublemakers to the compound.

When he arrived at the compound, Li Weidong smiled unkindly when he saw a group of officers holding belts and chatting at the gate.

Li Weidong's laughter also attracted the attention of the officers. Seeing their naughty monkey coming back, they suddenly felt itchy and stood up one by one.

The leading officer stepped forward, and Zhou Xiaolin hurriedly stepped forward to tell the officer about the situation. There was no need to hide anything, and she told the officer everything Zhou Xiaobai had done, and asked Zhou Xiaobai to step forward and apologize.

Li Weidong did not stop her. If someone did something wrong, he had to bear the corresponding responsibility, no matter who it was. He could not prevent her from taking responsibility just because he loved her. This was wrong.

The leading officer didn't embarrass Zhou Xiaobai and even offered him some words of comfort. He then nodded to Li Weidong and led Zhang Haiyang away. The remaining officers also returned home with their children.

Li Weidong frowned at this scene.

Zhou Xiaobai skipped back to Li Weidong and breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Weidong turned around and said to Zhou Xiaobai seriously, "Xiaobai, do you think this matter is over? Do you think that if you apologize and others forgive you, that's all that's left?"

I tell you, it's not. In this world, no matter who you are, if you do something wrong, you must bear the corresponding responsibility.

You made a mistake this time, who will take the responsibility? Your family will take the responsibility for you, and your friends will also take some of the responsibility for you. "As he said this, Li Weidong squatted in front of Zhou Xiaobai, who was in tears, and gently wiped Zhou Xiaobai's tears, and said softly:
"Xiaobai, you're young, like a child, and you make mistakes. But brother-in-law tells you, you can make mistakes, but you can't be ignorant of the fact that it's wrong. If you don't know, you'll make the same mistake again in the future. If you know, you won't make the same mistake in the future. Do you understand?"

"Brother-in-law, I understand." Zhou Xiaobai wiped her tears.

"Okay, okay. When you get home, apologize to your parents and explain your mistake. And apologize to your friends tomorrow.

"On the weekend, I'll take you out to play and buy you whatever you want to eat," Li Weidong said.

"Okay." Zhou Xiaobai nodded.

Li Weidong stood up and said to Zhou Xiaolin, "Linlin, take Xiaobai back. If your parents hit her, stop them! Look, this little girl is crying because of me."

Zhou Xiaolin rolled her eyes at Li Weidong, winked at him, and glanced behind him a few times.

Li Weidong didn't react and was about to persuade Zhou Xiaolin again when a voice came from behind him.

"Why don't you stop them? Asking her to do that won't be very helpful."

"How can I stop him? What identity do I have to stop him?" Li Weidong said, then turned his head to look, and the next moment he almost popped his eyes out.

"Uncle Zhou, why are you here?" Li Weidong touched his head innocently.

"Well, Uncle Zhou, look, the little girl is crying because of my scolding. How about we just forget about it?"

"Haha, in our family, your mother-in-law has the final say. Why don't you go and persuade her? Maybe she will spare Xiaobai for the sake of you, the new son-in-law." Zhou Zhennan said jokingly.

"Dad, what are you talking about! I'm not going to pay attention to you! Humph!" Zhou Xiaolin blushed and ran away pulling Zhou Xiaobai.

Li Weidong was also extremely embarrassed. He had been caught. What should he do? Run!

"Well, Uncle Zhou, I'll go back first. I have something to do at home. I'll come to visit you again in a few days." With that, Li Weidong got on his bicycle and ran away.

"Hey, this guy runs pretty fast!"

Zhou Zhennan put his hands behind his back and returned to the compound.

(End of this chapter)