"Sweetie, what's wrong?"
"Why are you crying out of the blue? Did this wretched girl bully you?"
Fu Xiaoqiang glared at Chen Xiaoran, convinced she was the one who made Little Xi Tian cry.
Yun Jinshan, pulling up his trousers, ran over and saw his little aunt's large eyes brimming with tears.
Without a word, he landed a punch on Fu Xiaoqiang.
"How dare you, you dare to provoke my little aunt? Are you looking for death?"
Although Yun Jinshan wasn't as tall and strong as Yun Jinhe,
this kid was the most mischievous in the old Yun family.
Grandpa and Grandma had said that their little aunt was the family's lucky charm.
No one dared to upset her.
Who did Fu Xiaoqiang think he was?
Was he seeking trouble?
Fu Xiaoqiang, his hair disheveled by the wind: "..."
Brother, you hit people without asking for any explanation?
"I didn't! It was that wretched girl who bullied Sweetie. If you don't believe me, ask your little aunt!"
Fu Xiaoqiang rubbed his face, feeling utterly wronged.
What was this all about!
He took a punch for no reason, and his eye socket was already swollen.
Yun Jinshan was furious. He asked Little Xi Tian, "Little aunt, who bullied you?"
Little Xi Tian stopped crying and burst into laughter, her stomach aching from amusement...
Oh dear, second nephew, can you distinguish friend from foe before hitting someone!
Also, your pants are about to fall!
"Pants..."
Little Xi Tian pointed at his half-fallen pants and reached out her little hand to help him pull them up.
Yun Jinshan quickly tied his waistband and grinned sheepishly, "I was just afraid my little aunt would be bullied!"
Chen Xiaoran felt ignored, so she shrieked.
"Hey, you bunch of brats, get out of the way! Don't block me from teaching her a lesson!~"
These country kids were all so dirty.
She felt the air was tainted.
She really couldn't stand it...
Unexpectedly, this remark offended all the 'brats' present.
Fu Xiaoqiang frowned and immediately started cursing, "You stinking girl, who are you calling a brat?"
"You look so well-dressed, why do you have no manners at all?"
Yun Jinshan also joined the fray, "Yeah, didn't your parents teach you about propriety and shame?"
"Even we farm kids understand these principles. How dare you call yourself 'this young lady' without feeling ashamed..."
"What young lady? I think she's just a poorly raised, ill-mannered brat!"
"..."
The mischievous kids unleashed a torrent of scolding.
Even if Chen Xiaoran wanted to retort, she couldn't keep up.
She turned red with anger and stamped her feet, "You... you're going too far! My father is the Prefect!"
She brought up her father.
In other places, just mentioning that she was the Prefect's daughter
would have made children and even adults happily coax and pamper her, vying to say nice things.
But the mischievous kids of Dashui Village were unimpressed.
Who told this stinking girl to bully Sweetie!
Didn't she know that Little Sweetie was the little Bodhisattva, the little lucky charm of the entire Dashui Village?
Even the village chief bowed respectfully to Little Xi Tian. Who was this brat anyway?
"So what if he's the Prefect? Does that give his daughter the right to bully people?"
Yun Jinshan blocked Little Aunt behind him, his brows furrowed tightly. "If you think our Dashui Village is bad, then scram! No one is asking you to be here!"
Fu Xiaoqiang quickly chimed in, "That's right! Dashui Village is clean, but you've come and dirtied it. You're so annoying!"
Chen Xiaoran's eyes widened, her mouth agape, too shocked to speak...
What kind of monsters were these?
It seemed her mother was right, country brats really did bite.
No, they almost ate people.
"You... you have no shame!" Chen Xiaoran stammered for a long time before squeezing out the words.
She was so angry.
Why wasn't her mother helping her?
Chen Xiaoran looked back and saw Gu Shi resting her head against the car window, actually asleep...
Chen Xiaoran's heart seethed with anger.
She felt stifled and wronged.
She was usually a pampered, high-and-mighty young lady.
She could scold or insult the servants in the manor at will, even hit them.
The servants wouldn't dare to utter a word.
But these rural farm children didn't play by the rules.
Little Xi Tian tugged at Yun Jinshan and Fu Xiaoqiang's sleeves.
She signaled for them to stop.
Although Chen Xiaoran was in the wrong, she had learned a lesson and would hopefully be more restrained!
Before she could speak, Chen Xiaoran yelled furiously, "Hmph, you bunch of plague-ridden little beasts, you... you all deserve to die!"
She had learned the phrase 'plague-ridden' from Prefect Chen.
Last year, when a neighboring county suffered from a pig plague, her father often used these three words.
Children often imitated their elders, and after a while, they learned them.
The word 'plague' was highly taboo in the eyes of farmers.
Donkeys, horses, cows, and sheep could drown or be beaten to death,
but if they died of plague, the villagers would feel uneasy.
"You stinking girl, how can you curse us with plague at such a young age? Are your heart and intestines black?"
Yun Jinshan was enraged and directly shoved Chen Xiaoran.
Even if the little girl was strong, she couldn't match the strength of a mischievous boy.
Yun Jinshan merely pushed her, and Chen Xiaoran fell to the ground with a loud cry, wailing...
"Wuwuwu, Mother, wuwu..."
The sharp cries echoed through Dashui Village, waking up Madam Huang.
She rubbed her eyes and looked closely, only to see her daughter sitting on the ground, sobbing uncontrollably.
Madam Huang's anger flared. Without thinking, she lifted the curtain and jumped down.
"Xiaoran, don't cry, Mother is here!~"
Madam Huang helped Chen Xiaoran up, her heart filled with distress.
Her daughter, whom even she dared not scold, was being provoked by these brats who were utterly audacious and lawless.
"Wuwuwu, Mother, hurry and let Father come out to exterminate their nine generations of relatives!"
Chen Xiaoran was extremely wronged.
Her eyes were red from crying, and her face was smeared with snot and tears, making her look even more disheveled than the country children...
Madam Huang rubbed her head and glared at Little Xi Tian and the others, "Kneel down immediately and apologize to my daughter!"
"As I am the wife of the Prefect, and considering your village produced a wolf-slaying hero, perhaps I can spare your lives!"
This was truly unlucky.
If she had known this would happen, she should have stayed at the manor with her daughter.
Why come to this impoverished place to suffer?
Little Xi Tian took her short legs and pushed aside her second nephew and Fu Xiaoqiang, sticking out her tongue at Madam Huang.
"La la la..."
Apologizing was impossible.
It would never happen in this lifetime.
If you want to exterminate the nine generations of relatives, go ahead. Let's see if you, a mere Prefect's wife, have the guts.
Madam Huang was furious, her anger escalating.
Why wasn't this child afraid?
Meanwhile, Prefect Chen and Old Man Yun had finished their tea in the main hall.
After paying the silver notes, they were also preparing to leave...
Just as he stood up, a servant rushed in.
"Oh dear, Prefect, this is bad! The young lady has been beaten..."
"What?"