After crossing, I was forced to hold on to my thighs and build a kingdom

"What happened next? After you came back, didn't you go to see if those two people finally climbed out of the pit?" Jin Chu frowned slightly and looked at Zhao'er.

The two kids bullied Zhao'er first, and it was understandable that Zhao'er wanted to retaliate after suffering a loss. However, the fight between children was far from being life-threatening. If Zhao'er dug the pit too deep, and it was so cold, and the two kids had to stay in the mud pit all night and got frozen to death, then Zhao'er would seem to have acted without measure, and even being right would be wrong.

Zhao'er met Jinchu's gaze and said comfortingly, "Don't worry, sister. Not long after I came back yesterday, I went to the grove again. When I got there, I saw Liu Fudan climbing out of the mud pit by stepping on Wang Ernao's body. Then he lay down at the mouth of the pit and pulled Wang Ernao out as well..."

Only then did Jin Chu feel relieved.

After a while, she frowned again and reminded her brother, "Those two look so miserable. When they get home, they'll definitely be interrogated by their elders about the cause. Then you won't be able to hide the fact that you tricked them into falling into the pit in the woods! Then, they..."

"Don't worry, sister! Liu Fudan is so concerned about his reputation and so arrogant. He won't admit nor will he believe that he is stupid and fell into the pit because of my trick. He will probably say to Sun that he fell into the dung pit because he was playing around." Zhao'er was so confident about his plan that he almost patted his chest to make a promise.

He raised his head proudly. "They were the ones who insisted on me going with them to the woods to poke the bird's nest. They had walked the path themselves. I just followed behind and luckily didn't fall into the mud pit. So they can only blame themselves for this. They definitely can't blame me."

"Oh! Do you want your sister to praise your smart little brain?" Jin Chu stretched out her hand and scratched his fleshy little nose, teasing with a smile.

Jin Chu suppressed the slight worry in his heart. Now that things have come to this, there is no point in worrying more. He can just take it one step at a time.

While the brother and sister were talking happily, Mrs. Sun was scolding her son in a chaotic manner.

"Mom, I was shocked and scared when I came back last night. Can't you feel sorry for your son?" Liu Fudan half leaned on the bed, looking at his mother with a headache.

"If I didn't feel sorry for you, I would have let your father beat you to death last night!" Sun stood by the bed, staring at her son with scrutiny. "Tell me in detail what happened last night. You and Er Nao were fine, so how did you come back covered in mud and stinking water?"

"Didn't I tell you several times last night? Ernao and I went to play in the woods and accidentally fell into a mud puddle. The pit was deep and slippery, and it took us a lot of effort to climb out." Liu Fudan stuck out his neck and still used the same old rhetoric.

"You two haven't been to the grove since winter started. Why did you suddenly want to go play there on this cold day after the snow?"

Sun didn't believe her son's words at all. The grove was located at the west end of the village, and it was quite a distance to walk there. Besides, it was cold in winter, and the woods were bare. There was nothing interesting to see there.

She knew her children well; they preferred to lie down rather than stand up. They were lazy! Without any special circumstances, these two children would not have run so far to play in the woods for no reason and come back in such a mess.

She always felt that her son's muddy body was not as simple as it seemed. Few people walked in the woods in winter, and even if someone went there, they would just sweep up some dead branches and leaves to use as firewood. Who would have the time to dig such a deep hole?

Her son was a tall and strong man, and with his brute force, he always liked to bully other children of the same age in the village and act like the boss. She knew this very well.

Fortunately, Fudan was young and not a cruel person. She didn't cause any big trouble after all the back and forth. In addition, she was also a hot-tempered person and not someone who was easy to mess with. Even if other children were wronged and came home to cry, as long as they were not too excessive, the adults in the family would choose to keep the peace. They would only privately tell their own children to have less contact with her son in the future, and the matter would be over.

Anyway, the one who was bullied was not her own child, and no one came to ask for an explanation, so Sun turned a blind eye and pretended not to see anything, and just kept doting on her only darling.

This was the first time that her son had returned home in such an embarrassing situation as yesterday. Thinking of her son's usual behavior and the fact that he refused to tell her why he went to the woods, Sun couldn't help but think that someone had deliberately set a trap for him to fall into in order to take revenge on her son.

"Of course it's to go!" Liu Fudan quickly swallowed the last three words "poke the bird's nest" back into his stomach.

He couldn't tell his mother this. If he did, she would naturally ask who had come up with the idea of ​​'poking the bird's nest'. Then she would inevitably bring up Zhao'er, and if she did, her mother would be upset and would definitely scold him again. He didn't want to be scolded again!

Seeing that her son was not telling the truth again, Sun's patience was completely gone. She glared at him and raised the broom as if to hit him. "Why?"

Looking at the broom in his mother's hand, Liu Fudan quickly thought of something, "Of course it's to help Mom pick up some firewood!"

Sun was stunned. "Collecting firewood?" She rolled her eyes, her distrust evident. "You lazy little brat, you actually thought of helping me with some work?"

"Mom, mom, this is what I really think."

Liu Fudan got out of bed, grabbed Sun's arm, and said coquettishly, "Mom, I used to be naive, but I'm growing up! It snowed heavily a few days ago, and our firewood got wet. When we were burning the stove, the thick smoke made it hard to open our eyes. I heard you complain a few times that day, and I took it to heart."

Seeing Sun's somewhat relaxed expression, Fudan continued, "The weather has been nice these past two days, and I thought the dead leaves in the grove to the west are so thick, so I'll go sweep some up and bring them back for you to use in the stove. That way, you won't have such a hard time cooking. That's why I went to the grove over there with Ernao."

"Who knew that before he could even pick up any firewood, he would fall into a mud pit and get himself so dirty and smelly. My mother kept asking me about this unfortunate thing. My son is so grown up, he should also save face!" After saying this, Fudan glared at his mother with dissatisfaction.

Seeing her son caring about her, Sun's face lit up with smiles. She put down the broom in her hand, hugged her son, and the doubts in her heart completely dissipated. "My son, I have loved you so much for so many years. Now that you have finally grown up and learned to be filial to your mother, your heart is sweeter than honey."

"Mom, it's good that you know about this. Don't tell Dad! After all, I didn't help you at all. Instead, I came back covered in dirt. It's so embarrassing." Seeing that Sun had put aside her suspicion, Fudan still did not forget to remind his mother. This statement could only fool his mother, but his father might not believe it.

"Okay, okay, I know. I won't tell your father. I think my son's filial piety is better than anything else."

After receiving Sun's assurance and comfort, Liu Fudan breathed a sigh of relief. The matter was finally over.

Thinking about how he had to resort to force yesterday to force Er Nao to bend down and use him as a ladder to climb out of the pit, Fudan cursed Er Nao in his heart: "You always call me big brother, but you turned out to be such an unreliable person at the critical moment."

Then I thought about how miserable I was yesterday, and it was all because of that bird's nest.

I became furious and decided that I must go to the grove again tomorrow and tear that damn bird's nest apart!