Year 1979: Eating meat with my wife and children

At this moment, Zhou Yuqin, who was working alongside Li Xiaotao, looked at him with a smile and said, "Your third uncle is just teasing you. What did you say? Tell us so we can hear it too."

Li's sister-in-law, who was standing nearby, said angrily, "What did you do to upset your third uncle this time? Explain yourself right now!"

Li Xiaotao glared at his mother, indignant and resentful. "I didn't! I'm telling the truth! My third uncle is just being unreasonable; he just wants to beat me up!"

Li's mother laughed and said, "Then tell me, what truth did you tell?"

"I said..."

Li Xiaotao had barely opened his mouth when Li Xiangdong hurriedly interrupted, "Shut up! Shut up right now!"

He didn't want Li Xiaotao to repeat his embarrassing moments in front of everyone.

“I’m going to say that I’ll ask my grandma to be my judge.”

Li Xiaotao tugged at his mother's clothes, about to explain what had just happened.

Li Xiangdong gritted his teeth and said fiercely, "If you just shut up, our matter will be over."

Hearing that the matter was over, Li Xiaotao looked at Li Xiangdong, whose face was dark, and asked, "Third Uncle, do you keep your word?"

"Don't worry! As long as you don't mention what just happened, I'll let you go this time."

Worried that his mother and others might ask secretly, Li Xiangdong reminded them again, "Don't tell anyone who asks, understand?"

Knowing he had escaped a disaster, Li Xiaotao chuckled and said, "Don't worry, Third Uncle. As long as you don't beat me up, I won't tell anyone who asks."

Li Xiangdong nodded, swallowing his anger, mainly because he didn't want to embarrass himself in public.

He looked at the dates he had already selected on the table, picked one up, rubbed it, and snapped it in half with a 'crunch'. He first bit off the pit and spat it out before throwing the half-eaten date into his mouth.

He likes to eat dates like this; it's so satisfying.

Although Li Xiaotao, who had come to complain, failed to get his complaint approved, he was spared a beating and happily started eating dates, just like his third uncle.

Grandma Li, who was standing to the side, smiled as she watched the uncle and nephew. She raised her cane and tapped Li Xiaotao on the buttocks.

“你三叔多疼你啊，他还能真揍你？”

Li Xiaotao tilted his head, refusing to look at Old Lady Li, and said, "My third uncle just wanted to beat me up."

Li Ersao laughed and grabbed a handful of dates, stuffing them into Li Xiaotao's pocket. "Your third uncle is just teasing you. Hurry up and go back to your room to do your homework."

"Didn't you hear what your second aunt said? What are you still eating!"

As she spoke, Sister-in-law Li twisted Li Xiaotao's ear.

"Mom, let go of me, I'm going to do my homework right now."

Li Xiaotao shook his head and ran out.

"Third brother, you don't need to eat either. I'll go get you two cloth bags and send some to Deputy Director Zhang and Xiaotao's master's house."

As Li's mother spoke, she walked into the inner room.

Li Xiangdong swallowed the dates in his mouth. "Two aren't enough. Could you give me three?"

"understood."

Li's mother didn't ask her youngest son who else he planned to give the gift to. Her son had been working for over a month, so it was normal for him to make a few friends.

Taking advantage of this moment, Li Xiangdong planned to bring his daughter over for his wife to look after.

He had just come out of the main house when he saw Li Xiaotao standing at the door of his room, about to push the door open and go inside.

"If you're not going to do your homework, what are you going to do?"

"I need my homework, Uncle. I left it in your room."

Li Xiaotao turned around, gave an explanation, and went straight inside.

"Ah! My homework!"

Upon hearing Li Xiaotao's shout, Li Xiangdong quickly walked into the house.

At first glance, Li Xiaozhu was sitting on the kang (a heated brick bed) tearing up her homework, laughing as she did so.

Li Xiaohai stood in front of the kang (a heated brick bed), staring intently at Li Xiaotao, who was standing beside him, sobbing uncontrollably.

Seeing this, Li Xiangdong thought to himself, "Well done!"

It's his daughter who knows how to love him; she really helped him get revenge!

"Stop crying. Didn't you not want to do your homework? Isn't this perfect?"

"Ah~"

Upon hearing this, Li Xiaotao immediately stopped howling and sniffled.

"Uncle, you're right. I only have this one notebook, and now my sister has torn it up, so I don't have to do my homework."

"Oh, that's great! Little sister, tear it into a little smaller pieces, then I'll go wash my face and eat the dates."

As he spoke, he walked over, bent down, reached out and patted Li Xiaozhu's head, then walked out of the house with a relaxed expression.

"Tsk tsk~"

Li Xiangdong didn't know what to say. Li Xiaotao had actually taken his casual remark seriously.

"What a fool."

Li Xiaotao, who was about to leave the house, stopped, wiped away his tears and snot, and turned back to ask, "What did you say, Uncle?"

Li Xiangdong laughed and said, "I didn't say anything. As long as you're happy."

"Of course I'm happy that I don't have to do homework."

Li Xiaotao snorted, abandoned the torn notebook, and smugly stepped over the threshold and walked out.

"Play..."

Li Xiaozhu sat on the kang (a heated brick bed), tugged at her brother's homework, and when she couldn't pull it off, she started biting it.

"can not eat."

Li Xiangdong snatched the notebook from his daughter's hand, and picked up all the scraps of paper on the kang (a heated brick bed) and held them in his hand.

Li Xiaohai, who was standing nearby, leaned closer to him and explained, "Dad, I didn't break Xiaotao's notebook."

Li Xiangdong nodded and said, "I understand. I didn't say you did it. You keep an eye on your sister. I'll go throw these scraps of paper away."

"I know dad."

As Li Xiaohai spoke, he took off his shoes, bent over, and climbed onto the kang (a heated brick bed).

Li Xiangdong pinched his daughter's nose. "You play with your brother obediently, okay?"

"Uh-huh..."

Li Xiaozhu nodded.

Li Xiangdong thought for a moment, then grabbed his daughter's hand and placed it on her own foot. "Go ahead and play, Dad will be back soon."

Li Xiaotao's notebook has been torn to shreds by his daughter and is no longer usable. The larger pieces of paper can be kept to start a fire, but the scraps can only be thrown into the trash can.

After finishing with Li Xiaotao's homework, Li Xiangdong looked at the paper dust on his hands, walked to the sink, and turned on the tap.

Zhou Yuqin came out of the main room and quickly walked to Li Xiangdong, who was washing his hands, and asked, "Did you hit Xiaotao?"

Li Xiangdong turned off the tap, picked up a towel and wiped himself, "No."

Zhou Yuqin breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this. "We all heard the child crying just now. I was so embarrassed sitting next to my sister-in-law. I thought you were the one who made the child cry. I have to go over and explain right away."

Li Xiangdong grabbed his wife, who was about to leave, and laughed, "Don't go yet. Although I didn't make her cry, it's related to me. Well, you can't escape either."

Zhou Yuqin was dizzy from what he said. "What do you mean by that?"

"Our daughter tore up someone else's homework, at that time..."

"what?!"

Before Li Xiangdong could finish speaking, Zhou Yuqin jogged towards the west wing.

She pushed open the door and saw her son and daughter hugging and laughing. A surge of anger welled up inside her.

"You still have the nerve to laugh! I'm going to beat you up today! Get over here and lie down right now!"

When Li Xiaohai and Li Xiaozhu saw Zhou Yuqin's fierce expression, they immediately stopped smiling.

Li Xiaozhu stared with innocent eyes at Zhou Yuqin, who was standing on the kang (a heated brick bed).

Sitting behind her, Li Xiaohai reluctantly let go of his younger sister in his arms.

He thought to himself, "I didn't cause any trouble, so why is my mother beating me?"

Although he couldn't understand it, he obediently took off his pants and lay down on the kang (a heated brick bed).

"Mom, be gentle."