Chapter 146 - 146 Asking for an Explanation
146 Asking for an Explanation
Maodou argued back immediately, “Third aunt, we are cousins from the same family. We shouldn’t be so distant.”
Lu Jiao glared at him and mocked, “Now you’re cousins from the same family? How come I never saw you protect your little cousins or share food with them? I never see you help them out and instead, you make your three-year-old cousins do all the work. After leaving them with all the work, you go into town to study. How dare you come out here today to say, you’re cousins from the same family.”
Lu Jiao thoughtfully added, “Now that your third uncle’s legs are healed, you want to be a family again. It’s truly sad that you spent a few years studying because you haven’t seemed to learn anything about shame.”
Maodou’s face turned bright red. He wanted to say more but Lu Jiao stopped acknowledging the two brothers.
She asked the four little ones, “Are you wounded?”
The four little ones shook their heads, “No, brother Mutou, Niuniu, Gousheng, and Tiedan helped us.”
Mutou was Uncle Youcai’s youngest son. He was nine this year and was very good at fighting. Since he took the four little ones’ side, they didn’t get hurt.
Lu Jiao thanked Mutou, “Thank you, Mutou, for helping out your little brothers.”
Mutou embarrassingly shook his head, “They’re little. It’s my job to protect them.”
Lu Jiao then thanked Niuniu, Gousheng, and Tiedan. She even took out candy and asked the First Born to thank the others.
“Give each of your friends two pieces of candy to thank them for helping you out.”
The First Born happily took the candy and distributed them.
The boys happily rejoiced.
Across from them, Maodou and Caidou burned with anger. The image of other kids eating candy made their eyes go green from greed.
In the end, Maodou lost it and ran home to rat.
Lu Jiao took the four little ones home. Behind her, Gousheng, Niuniu, and Tiedan were so excited they promised the four little ones to help them fight again if similar things happened.
The children all went home happily. In the end, it was just Lu Jiao and the four little ones.
The quadruplets were a little unsettled. They carefully looked up at Lu Jiao, who pretended not to see.
The First Born frightfully asked, “Mommy, we didn’t want to fight. Maotou hurt us and that’s why…”
The Second Born interrupted, “We should’ve hit back! I think we went too soft on them. They cursed at mom! The next time I see them, I will hit them again!”
The Third Born grabbed Lu Jiao’s hand, “Mommy, don’t be mad.”
The Fourth Born hugged Lu Jiao’s arm, “Mommy, smile. You’re so pretty when you smile. There’s nobody in the village prettier than you.”
Lu Jiao stopped walking and looked down. She then knelt down to talk to them, “I’m not angry but I have to be clear with you.”
The four little ones lined up and stared.
Lu Jiao said seriously, “It’s okay to fight as long as you are on the moral high ground. If you have no reasons to fight and hurt others, I will punish you. Of course, what happened today wasn’t fully your fault. It was Maodou and Caidou who provoked you. Therefore, I won’t punish you.”
The four little ones felt instant relief and started to compliment Lu Jiao.
“My mommy is the best.”
“She’s the best!”
“Mommy even gave us candy to share.”
“Brother Mutou and them were so happy!”
Since they brought it up, Lu Jiao added, “You have to treat those who help you well. Only then, will you build a bond. Only then, will they continue to help you and be loyal to you.”
Lu Jiao said to the Second Born, “Second Born, you want to be a general one day, right? A general has many soldiers under his wing. To gain loyalty from them, you have to make sure they want to follow you and sacrifice their lives for you.
And you three, you have to remember that if you want to be a leader, you need numerous followers. You have to treat them nicely and make them want to believe in you and gain their trust. They have to want to work for you.”
The four little ones couldn’t fully understand but they felt like they understood a bit.
Lu Jiao didn’t expect them to get it right away. She’ll just have to slowly educate them.
The five of them returned home.
As soon as they got home, the children from the village slowly arrived for their reading lesson.
Before the lesson could start, however, Chen Liu’s furious voice came from outside the trellis, “Lu Jiao, get your @ss out here right now!”
Lu Jiao was in the east bedroom telling Xie Yunjin about the wheelchair.
“Uncle Youcai said he’ll make it for you soon.”
Xie Yunjin nodded and asked worriedly, “He should be able to make it, right?”
“It’s no problem. He looked at the design and understood it quickly. I’m sure he can make it.”
The wheelchair was going to be made fully out of wood. It was easy for any craftsman.
It was then that Chen Liu’s voice carried inside. Xie Yunjin’s expression changed right away. He asked Lu Jiao, “What happened?”
Lu Jiao angrily told him what happened between the four little ones and Maodou and Caidou.
“Don’t you think everyone in that family has lost their minds? They keep on provoking us.”
Xie Yunjin’s face was unspeakably dark and his gaze was cold, “Endure it until I can move around.”
It was because he was restricted that those people never stopped bothering them. Once he is healed, he will make sure they lose the energy to interfere with their lives.
Lu Jiao went into the yard, there, Chen Liu and Caidou yelled at Lu Jiao, “Look at what your kids did to my Caidou!
Before, my Caidou hit your kids so you brought your kids to my house, asking for an explanation. Now it is your turn to provide an explanation!”
All the kids who were learning how to read went outside to watch the show.
In front of her house, Lu Jiao snickered and said unwelcomingly, “Explanation? What explanation? Should I explain how your sons harassed my sons and forced them to make up with each other? Or should I explain how your sons called me a b!tch who raised bastards? Your sons spoke those words rather easily. I sure want to know how you managed to raise boys who only knows bad words.”
Lu Jiao didn’t want this to go on forever and pointed at the gate, “Get the hell out of here. My family does not want to be tied to yours in any way. If you don’t leave, I will drag you out.”
Lady Ruan, she had to think of her own reputation given that she was her mother-in-law. Towards Chen Liu, she had nothing to fear. Nobody in this village even knew who Chen Liu was. There was no reason to be nice to her.
Chen Liu’s face went dark and she looked at her son.
When she saw how beat up her son was, she brought him over right away without finding out all the details.
Who knew her son cursed at the four little ones and at Lu Jiao?
No matter how bad of a person Lu Jiao was, she was the wife of a scholar and she got to keep that title as long as the Third Brother doesn’t leave her. In the future, if they still wanted to benefit from the Third Brother position, they had to maintain a good relationship with Lu Jiao.