Meng Yan's Transformation

On the third day of Zhan Mengyan's bicycle riding practice, she was discovered by Zhan Jiaojiao.

That day, Zhan Mengyan had just ridden her bicycle out of home when she met Zhan Qiqi and Zhan Jiaojiao coming back from the supply and marketing cooperative after buying soy sauce.

Zhan Mengyan hurriedly got off the bicycle.

"Aunt Mengyan, when did you learn to ride a bicycle?" Zhan Qiqi asked in surprise.

"Aunt Mengyan is a bad aunt. She promised to let me learn to ride a bicycle and carry me for fun, but she doesn't keep her word. What do you mean by breaking her promise? Mom said that Aunt Mengyan was a provincial three-good student, and asked the three sisters to learn from Aunt Mengyan. How can we learn from Aunt Mengyan and not keep our word?" Zhan Jiaojiao said with a pout.

"Jiaojiao, you misunderstood your aunt. Aunt Mengyan has just learned to ride a bicycle, and she hasn't learned it very well yet. She has only learned for two days, and today is only the third day. It would be very dangerous if I carry you on the bicycle now. If you fall and get hurt, your aunt will be very sad." Zhan Mengyan explained.

"Aunt Mengyan, you are lying. I clearly saw you riding a bicycle just now. Why do you say you have only learned it for two days and you are not very good at it? Aunt Mengyan must have been secretly learning to ride a bicycle for a long time. You were afraid that I would pester you and carry me on your back to play, so you deliberately hid from us. Why didn't you let us know when you didn't let you learn to ride a bicycle?" Zhan Jiaojiao said unyieldingly and aggrievedly.

"Sister Mengyan, why are you here just now? I went to the bathroom and I thought you were already practicing on the school playground. Why don't you go and practice riding a bike? What are you talking about here? Mom will come to find us to do some work later, and time is tight. You don't ride steadily enough, and you are not flexible enough to dodge sudden obstacles. You need more practice." Zhan Zixun ran over and said.

"Uncle Zixun, Mengyan learned to ride a bike secretly without telling us. She promised me that she would learn to ride a bike and carry me on her back for fun. Now Aunt Mengyan can ride a bike but she didn't let us know. She is not keeping her word. Mom said this is called being untrustworthy. Uncle Zixun, you have to do justice for me." Zhan Jiaojiao complained to Zhan Zixun.

"Oh, little Jiaojiao, you have such a sharp tongue. Uncle Zixun can testify that Aunt Mengyan secretly learned to ride a bicycle for a reason that she didn't tell our little Jiaojiao. And your Aunt Mengyan hasn't learned to ride a bicycle yet." Zhan Zixun explained.

"Uncle Zixun, how did you become a bad uncle? You were lying to Jiaojiao. I just clearly saw Aunt Mengyan riding a bicycle towards my sister and me. Sister Qiqi, please tell Uncle Zixun if you saw Aunt Mengyan riding a bicycle just now?" Zhan Jiaojiao said righteously.

"Uncle Zixun, I really saw that Aunt Mengyan can ride a bicycle..." Zhan Qiqi looked at Zhan Mengyan and said with her head down.

"Zhan Qiqi, Zhan Jiaojiao, being able to ride a bicycle is not the same as knowing how to ride a bicycle. The one you two just arrived with is your aunt Mengyan who can ride a bicycle, but she doesn't know how to ride a bicycle completely yet. She needs to practice for a few more days before she can ride a bicycle." Zhan Zixun explained further.

"Sister Jiaojiao, Aunt Mengyan may not have time today, so she can't take you for a ride on her bike. When Aunt Mengyan has time in a few days, she will naturally take you for a ride on her bike. Let's go home first." Zhan Qiqi said, holding her sister Zhan Jiaojiao's hand and walking towards home.

Zhan Jiaojiao broke free from Zhan Qiqi's hand, ran to Zhan Mengyan and lowered her voice and said, "Aunt Mengyan, I don't say you are a bad aunt anymore. You are a good aunt. Please, just carry me on your back for a while, how about that?"

"Jiaojiao, it's not that your aunt doesn't want to carry you on her back on the bike, but she's really afraid that my cycling skills are not good enough and you might get hurt." Zhan Mengyan replied.

"Aunt Mengyan has lied to Jiaojiao again. You are not good at riding a bicycle, so why aren't you afraid of getting hurt? You are not afraid of getting hurt, and I am not afraid of getting hurt either. If Aunt Mengyan doesn't ride her bicycle to carry me for a while today, I will go home and tell my mother, and let her complain to grandma..." Zhan Jiaojiao said, looking at Zhan Mengyan with a cunning look.

After hearing Zhan Jiaojiao's threatening words, Zhan Mengyan looked at Zhan Zixun with a look of despair and thought: If Zhan Jiaojiao really tells Sister Guihua about her bicycle riding and then complains to her mother, then the fact that she and Zhan Zixun secretly learned to ride a bicycle will be known to the whole family, and she will inevitably be blamed by her third brother Zichuan and punished by her father... She cannot bear the consequences.

Zhan Zixun frowned and thought to himself: "Why is Zhan Jiaojiao so difficult to deal with? She's like a tough nut to crack..."

Zhan Mengyan saw Zhan Zixun frowning and not talking, so she quickly grabbed Zhan Jiaojiao's hand and said, "Jiaojiao, let's make an agreement. If Aunt Mengyan rides a bicycle and carries you, and you really fall, you can't cry, and you can't go home and complain to your mother, let alone your grandmother, and you can't let them know that I secretly learned to ride a bicycle."

Zhan Jiaojiao felt that she had grasped Zhan Mengyan's secret and her wish was about to come true, so she said excitedly: "I, Zhan Jiaojiao, promise not to blame Aunt Mengyan if I fall and I will not tell anyone in the family about Aunt Mengyan's secret learning to ride a bicycle. Come on, Aunt Mengyan, let's make a pinky promise - we'll stick to it for a hundred years!" Zhan Jiaojiao said as she made a pinky promise with Zhan Mengyan.

"What are you doing, Zhan Jiaojiao, your Aunt Mengyan really can't carry you on a bicycle, it's too dangerous. How about this, let Uncle Zixun carry you on his bicycle for a while." Zhan Zixun hurriedly stepped forward to stop her.

"I don't need Uncle Zixun to carry me on his bike. You didn't promise me that you would carry me for fun when you can ride a bike. Aunt Mengyan promised me that she would carry me on her bike today. That means she keeps her word. Grandma said that this is called fulfilling a promise, and also called 'a gentleman's word is as good as gold'..." Zhan Jiaojiao said proudly.

Zhan Qiqi saw Zhan Jiaojiao desperately climbing onto the crossbar of the bicycle that Zhan Mengyan was pushing, and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Sister Jiaojiao, you'd better think about it. If you really get hurt by an accident, don't betray Aunt Mengyan like you did last time when you got your hair permed."

"Sister Qiqi, why do you like to hold other people's braids in your hands? That will happen in the future. Don't worry, Aunt Mengyan and I have made a pinky promise, didn't you see it? Aunt Mengyan, go ahead boldly..." Zhan Jiaojiao said happily while sitting on the bicycle.

Zhan Mengyan jumped on the bicycle and sat on the bicycle seat. The bicycle moved forward slowly. Zhan Jiaojiao lay on the front handlebars and rang the bicycle bell. Zhan Jiaojiao also laughed as clear and pleasant as a silver bell...

"Aunt Mengyan, can you be faster?" Zhan Jiaojiao said happily.

Zhan Mengyan increased the speed of the car. The fast driving made people feel the blowing of the wind and the impact brought by the speed.

Suddenly a donkey cart came, Zhan Mengyan turned the handlebars in a hurry, but it was too late. The donkey cart was safe, but the bicycle was going too fast and the brakes were not in time, so it fell on the poplar tree beside the road. Zhan Mengyan was pressed under the cart. Zhan Jiaojiao's nose was bleeding. Zhan Mengyan felt a sharp pain in her knee, as if it was a protest from her body. She tried to get up, but the weakness of her body made her unable to move. Beads of sweat slid down her face and neck, and she covered the bloody wound on her right knee with her hand...

"I'm sorry, Jiaojiao, it's your aunt who hurt you. Don't be afraid, don't cry, let me see where you are hurt." Zhan Mengyan comforted Zhan Jiaojiao with guilt and annoyance.

"Sister Qiqi, Uncle Zixun, please save me and my aunt. My nose is bleeding and I'm going to die... wow wow wow" Zhan Jiaojiao cried and shouted to Zhan Qiqi and Zhan Zixun who were running towards her.

"Don't cry, Jiaojiao, you deserve it. I told you to wait a few days until Aunt Mengyan learns how to carry you. But you insisted on having Aunt Mengyan ride her bicycle to carry you today. You won't die from a nosebleed. I'll wipe it for you." Zhan Qiqi said as she took out a handkerchief to wipe the blood from Zhan Jiaojiao's nose.

Zhan Zixun helped Zhan Mengyan up, then picked up the bicycle and found that the pedals and chain box were damaged to varying degrees.

"It's over this time, we are in trouble..." Zhan Zixun said.