My sister became the empress, but I'm still growing vegetables and raising chickens

"Child?" Si Muyan sneered, "Whose thirteen-year-old is still staying at home? Ten-year-old children are out working!"

That's true. Children from poor families have to grow up early. Children as young as three or four can do light work like collecting firewood in the mountains. When they are ten years old, they have to help with heavier work.

The reason why my younger brother continued to collect firewood was that the family used up too much firewood. Although most of the firewood was bought from the children now, Aunt Jin always felt sorry for him, so she let my younger brother go as well.

Song Dazhuang is already thirteen years old, but he still doesn't do anything serious. He spends all day playing around with the kids. There is no other fool in the village except the seventeen-year-old fool at the village head.

In fact, everyone thought so. Some people even advised Dazhuang's father that he should find a better job for his child, otherwise Dazhuang would go to the fields to farm, otherwise he would become a lazy man and would not be able to find a wife in the future.

But Dazhuang's father can't take care of Dazhuang's affairs.

Dazhuang's grandmother immediately covered her chest and wailed, "Oh, poor Dazhuang, your mother died when you were very young, your father didn't love you, and your stepmother didn't care for you. Only I, your old grandmother, loved you and raised you. I never thought that now you would be bullied by an outsider."

Moral kidnapping?

Si Muyan sneered, but ignored her, only speaking loudly to her younger brother: "Little brother, we have been in Songji Village for eight years. In these eight years, it is all my fault. I always think of the village as one, and I think it is better to have less trouble than more, so you have been wronged. But why should you be wronged? It is you who is being bullied? Now, little brother, tell me, who has bullied you all these years?"

The younger brother was surprised. He knew that his elder sister trusted him and believed what happened this time, but he didn't expect that his elder sister also believed what happened in the past.

Meeting the elder sister's encouraging gaze, the younger brother told her without hesitation all the grievances he had suffered over the years.

"Last time, it was Zhang Erhu who scolded me for having no mother and I got so angry that I started fighting. He wasn't hurt at all."

"The month before last, it was Song Dazhuang. I refused to play with them, so he brought a few of them to spit on me, saying I was a criminal who should be thrown in jail."

"The beginning of July is..."

My younger brother said a lot of things. Da Zhuang's grandmother was still crying, but after hearing what my younger brother said, she stopped crying and started scolding me and even wanted to hit me.

However, as soon as Grandma Dazhuang came over, Aunt Jin went up to her and started scolding her.

Although Aunt Jin seems easy to talk to, she has lived in the countryside for eight years and has learned all the swear words. Now she can curse without any hesitation.

After all, when the Si family was in trouble, the young master was only three years old, and the lady was not in a good mood at the time. Xiao An was basically raised by her, and she really loved him with her arms.

It was alright in the past, after all, she thought the young master was just being too naughty.

I just found out today that the young master was the one being bullied.

How could Aunt Jin stand this? She rolled up her sleeves and started a back-and-forth exchange of insults with Grandma Dazhuang. Furthermore, she had learned to read and write with the Madam when she was young, so she had some knowledge, and her insults were never the same.

Grandma Dazhuang was so angry that she sat on the ground and burst into tears.

Si Muyan signaled his younger brother not to worry about other people, and continued to talk about the grievances he had suffered over the years, telling him all the disputes.

The villagers blushed when they heard this. In fact, their own children were quarreling with Xiaoan from the Si family, and they subconsciously thought that Xiaoan was disobedient and their own children were so well-behaved.

Even if their own children occasionally hurt Xiao An, they didn't care and thought Xiao An asked for it.

Now after hearing what Xiao An said, and seeing the guilty look on the faces of his own children, he knew that Xiao An was telling the truth. It turned out that all along, it was his own children who had been deliberately looking for trouble and ganging up on him to bully Xiao An.

Then a child of about eleven or twelve took the initiative to step forward and said to the younger brother, "Xiao An... I was wrong before. I shouldn't have joined them in bullying you..."

Other children also came over timidly: "Xiao Ange... I... I'm sorry too..."

More and more children came out, and those who did not dare to come out were brought over by their parents and forced to apologize.

Si Muyan looked at the children, then at Xiao An: "Xiao An, actually, the one who is most sorry to you is your elder sister. In the past, your elder sister always distrusted you. When you had a dispute with others, I thought you were the one causing trouble for the family. Now I know that it was your elder sister who made you suffer so much injustice over the years."

"Big sister..." The younger brother pursed his lips and shook his head, saying, "It's not Big sister's fault. I don't blame you."

"Then, Xiao An, do you want to forgive them, these children who hurt you and apologized to you?" Si Muyan asked, "If you forgive, just nod your head, and we won't talk about the past. If you refuse to forgive, I will investigate every matter thoroughly!"

The younger brother was very surprised. He thought that the elder sister would advise him to be magnanimous and tolerant. After all, those things were in the past and had been resolved long ago.

Unexpectedly, the eldest sister said that if he didn't forgive her, she would pursue the matter to the end.

In fact, over the years, because of his "troublemaking", his family has paid a lot of money as compensation to various families.

But not all villagers were as unreasonable as Mrs. Zhang. Most of them were honest. They would take some money for seeing the doctor and accept some eggs and fruits sent by the Si family, but they would not ask for too much.

The younger brother thought for a moment before shaking his head and saying, "Sister, many of them have been bullying me and leading the way. I don't want to forgive them. But I also don't want to pursue the matter."

It doesn't matter whether it's good or bad, he doesn't like playing with the kids in the village.

I used to envy those friends who made friends in groups, but later I found that most people would only follow the strong children, or as my eldest brother said, they would curry favor with the powerful.

He didn't want to be a flatterer, and he was no match for those people, so it was best not to have any contact with them.

We didn’t have any contact in the past and don’t want to have any contact in the future.

Si Muyan smiled and patted his shoulder: "Okay, then I won't pursue it. It's your business whether to forgive or not. If you think they can be friends, it's okay for them to interact. If you don't like them, then just don't interact."

These words made the people around them marvel.

Everyone had the same idea: children, friends, and so on, didn't matter that much. They could just hang out with the children of the families the adults were close to.

This is the first time I heard that children have to make their own decisions about how to interact with friends.

However, he still gave a few of the kids a friendly smile. Si Muyan knew in his heart that those kids probably didn't really bully him and were probably trying to maintain a neutral attitude.

But this scene hurt Song Dazhuang.

He was the leader of the children. What were these furry kids up to now? How dare they turn against the sinner from the Si family?