Li Wanlong's sudden apology made his mother explode in the temple instantly, yelling "Ah——":
"Why are you apologizing? Why are you apologizing! She just said she didn't want to play, so who covered her mouth? I don't have to listen to the music. How can I force her if she says she doesn't want to play?"
"Mother——"
"Mother, mother, did I say something wrong?"
Li Qingtong's wife was extremely aggrieved. When the villagers who came after hearing the news, they hurriedly and loudly recounted what had just happened.
Li Yue's face turned red with anger, and he glared at Li Qingtong's wife with resentment, feeling that his lungs were about to explode with anger.
Yan Yixin was so anxious that he pushed her several times secretly, but the girl just didn't speak.
Li Heng was also angry, but he still wanted to defend his sister and retorted loudly——
"Auntie, what you said is not true..."
"Shut up, Tiedan."
"Mother?"
"Shut up!"
Cheng Xue's calm voice immediately caused the villagers who were whispering to stop talking.
Seeing that Li Wanlong still wanted to speak, he shook his head with a smile, pulled the resentful Li Yue to his side, and said:
"Tangtang, do you want to play the piano outside?"
"..."
Li Yue wanted to say "no", but was afraid that others would say that the tide had lifted all boats and that she was getting carried away, and was in a dilemma for a while.
A wise daughter is like a mother.
Cheng Xue saw her concerns at a glance and lightly reminded:
"If you are willing to play the piano outside, then sit down now and play the piano for everyone. If you don't want to, just say it out loud. When your father named you 'Yue', do you still remember what it means?"
The last question suddenly enlightened her.
He took the piano from his brother, hugged it tightly, walked to his mother, and said:
"Elders, I am a piano learner, not a music seller. The reason why I took a detour home is to avoid you at the end of the village..."
Before she finished speaking, Mrs. Lu shouted in a loud voice:
"If you don't want to speak up, just say so. Who can force you?"
"It's not good. We live in a village. How can people of our age do this to a little girl like you?"
"Da Ya, this is your fault. Just say it if you don't want to talk about it. We elders are not ignorant..."
"..."
Cheng Xue stood aside quietly, looking at Li Yue who had suffered the consequences, feeling both angry and distressed.
The reason why everyone is like this is because she is used to it. If you don’t want to play, you should clearly refuse it the first time, instead of abusing yourself for unwarranted baggage.
To put it bluntly, it’s self-impression.
Yan Yixin and Li Heng were both extremely anxious, but the look in their aunt/mother's eyes made them afraid to act rashly.
Finally——
"You are ungrateful when I reject you, and you accuse me of relying on my father to lift all boats. I am so complacent that one person can achieve the goal of raising a chicken or a dog to heaven! Why are you the only ones saying good things? How can you be so reasonable!
Today I will tell you clearly that I won’t play. If you want to listen to your own money and go to town, don’t look for me! I just got carried away and the tide has risen. Who gave me a scholar father and you don’t have one anymore?!" After yelling, Li Yue instantly felt refreshed and bright.
My father is already a scholar. As long as I don’t do anything harmful to nature, how can I influence him?
Stupid, so stupid, I’m so stupid!
Looking at Li Qingtong's wife who looked astonished, he sarcastically said:
"Auntie, if you can't stand that my mother is happier than you, then try your best to be happier than my mother, instead of making things difficult for me, a little girl! If you get oily under the sun, it's your own fault. I didn't say you stopped me.
If you don't let me go home, you should be the first to file a complaint.
My family, both in the past and now, has always relied on the clan to live and do things that are recognized by the clan. Why are you still nagging? Auntie, elders should act like elders and don’t rely on their elders to act like their elders."
"Who do you think relies on old age and sells off old age?"
"What's wrong with you? Who just said, 'In the past, when your father was not a scholar, your family was submissive and dependent on the clan. Now the tide has risen, and you look down on others?'. If you respect me, I will naturally respect you. No respect.
Me, why should I respect you?"
Now that Li Yue had completely removed his burden, he imitated Li Qingtong's wife's face just like him.
Everyone in the village who knew Ms. Wanlong knew her virtues, and they all couldn't help laughing and laughed out loud.
Li Qingtong's wife still wanted to talk, but Li Wanlong dragged her away.
Cheng Xue looked at the backs of mother and son and said calmly:
"Tangtang, remember, as long as you don't kill people, set fires, bully men and dominate women, it won't affect your father. Don't think about it every day and put so much burden on yourself."
"Well, I remember my mother." Li Yue nodded heavily, as if he was born again.
Since then, no one has asked Li Yue to play the piano.
Li Yue herself generously stopped taking detours and went straight home from the village. When someone pointed at her, she would stop and speak back frankly. She is no longer the submissive little girl she used to be.
After the excitement subsided, the mother-in-law hurried back to the backyard of the school and told what happened.
"...Grandma, why do you think this talented lady didn't speak at first and then supported Tangtang? It was all settled by then!"
If it were her and her daughter was bullied like this, she would have scolded and beaten her. How could she let her child face it alone?
Listening to her mother-in-law's report, Mrs. Lian smiled and shook her head.
"What was the child like when he left?"
After hearing this, the mother-in-law thought for a moment and pointed to the northwest road:
"Like the big roosters they raise at home, with their heads held high and their chests held high, they walk in the wind."
"Pfft——"
Lian laughed lightly, feeling that this metaphor was too direct. She knew Li Yue, that child is sensible and thinks a lot, but sometimes thinking too much is not good. Just like today.
"Grandma, if you want us to raise some poultry, we'll raise twenty geese. They'll get upset every day by squawking 'should...should...'."
Xin Yiwei was a talented scholar from a farmer's family. His daughter-in-law was diligent and thrifty in running the household. Not only did she eat a certain amount of food for each meal, but she also never wanted to eat the eggs laid by the chickens. She saved them all and sold them to make money.
This is nothing, but his big rooster crows in the morning and during the day, and the hen crows non-stop after laying eggs, which makes Lian very upset and angry.
I can’t say anything, I can only endure it myself.
Seeing my mother-in-law making this suggestion, I waved my hands hastily.
"No, if you raise twenty geese, they won't be upset, but your husband will be upset first. Have you explained the matter? When will there be results?"
"Don't worry, grandma, it will be five days at the latest. Yazhe has quick legs and can do things quickly."
"Well, just do it as soon as possible, don't delay others."
Seeing that she was always thinking about Li Xiucai's family, the mother-in-law couldn't help but said:
"Grandma, I just want to talk a little more. Why are you helping her so much?"
Mrs. Lian looked at the courtyard through the window, her eyes empty and the corners of her mouth raised. The mother-in-law waited for a long time without getting an answer, and finally could only leave dejectedly...
