roccoschili Chapter 347: Party before school starts
Chapter 347: Party before school starts
The three young boys had already agreed to go out and play together before school started. This time they didn't go far, just strolled around the pier.
The pier is of course familiar to all three of them, but it always feels different when classmates play together.
It was still early when the three of them arrived at the dock, so each of them held a candy man and chatted as they walked.
"Next time I'll take you to my farm. You can take a bath at my house."
Besides eating, Xu Wenyuan's favorite thing is taking a bath. He has been to Mu Tou's tea stall and now wants to invite Mu Tou to his home.
"Okay, I'll just tell my sister."
Mu Tou knew that his sister loved him and would not disagree with such a thing.
Mu Tou agreed, Xu Wenyuan happily took a big bite of the candy man, and then invited Qu Qing.
"In winter, taking a bath is the most comfortable thing. Ah Qing, please beg your father to come with us."
Qu Qing's family was strict and they did not let him relax during the summer vacation. They sent him to his maternal grandparents' home in Nanxun. His maternal grandparents were also a family of scholars for generations. Reading was as important as eating every day and they had no concept of winter and summer vacations.
Qu Qing has been studying with his cousin every day for the past two months. He doesn't have the confidence to convince his father, who is the most unreasonable and pedantic.
"My father doesn't want to. I told him today that I had to go to the bookstore to pick out a book before I could come out. I'm going to the bookstore to buy a book and report it to him."
Mu Tou and Xu Wenyuan began to sigh, and the three of them complained about Qu Qing's biological father together.
"Your father often visits his friends, so why doesn't he agree with you going out?"
"That's right. Although we are scholars, we can have many hobbies besides studying. My sister always says that we should combine work and rest."
Qu Qing felt embarrassed by what his friends said, and complained in his heart that his father was unreasonable.
"My eldest brother-in-law was having an affair outside, and my sister came back to complain. My father actually blamed my sister for not being able to keep her husband's heart. Mu Tou, do you think my sister should be blamed for this?"
Qu Qing was a little confused. He was good at writing articles, but after all, he was too old to know anything about love. But there was one thing he knew: he loved his sister and his brother-in-law was an outsider.
"How does your sister behave after marrying into her husband's family?"
"She takes care of her husband and children, and serves her parents-in-law every day. During the Chinese New Year, I heard from the servants who came with her as a dowry that my sister's parents-in-law all said that my sister was virtuous and managed the household in an orderly manner."
"That's because your brother-in-law is wrong. It has nothing to do with your sister."
Mu Tou came to the conclusion affirmatively, and Qu Qing said hesitantly.
"Then why did my father blame my sister? Is it because my sister is jealous?"
"Husbands and wives should be sincere to each other. Jealousy is just a slander against women. Qu Qing, I want you to give me your favorite book. Are you willing?"
When talking about giving his treasure away, Qu Qing shook his head like a rattle.
"No, that was given to me by my grandpa, I want to treasure it for the rest of my life."
"Yes, you are not willing to give up your books. Would your sister be willing to let her husband be intimate with another woman?"
"If I say you are stingy because you don't want to give me the book, will you agree?"
Mu Tou asked two questions in a row, and Qu Qing was no longer in the mood to eat the candy man.
"But isn't it common for a man to have three wives and four concubines? Wenyuan, your father also had three concubines and had a daughter, right?"
Qu Qing's mind was very confused. On the one hand, she felt sorry for her sister, but on the other hand, she thought it was normal to take a concubine. So she could only ask her friends around her for confirmation, and Xu Wenyuan generously admitted it.
"Yes, my father married several women, saying that they would give me brothers, but I ended up with two more sisters."
Both of them looked at the wood at the same time.
"It is normal for men to take concubines, but does it mean it is right just because it has always existed?"
"But everyone is doing it. What does it matter whether it's right or wrong? My dad said we still have to fit in."
Xu Wenyuan was obviously as confused as Mu Tou.
"Social? Sociable with whom? Blindly pursuing sociability is the beginning of mediocrity."
"We have to make our own judgments. We can't just follow what the elders say. Are the elders right? Your sister has given birth to two sons and continued the family line. Under such circumstances, your brother-in-law is still fooling around outside. He is clearly a heartless man. He is just lustful and can't control himself. He even flatters her by saying that a red sleeve adds fragrance and a man is romantic. His face is as thick as a city wall. You are your sister's biological brother, you must support her."
Mu Tou chose an open space under a willow tree and spoke to Qu Qing seriously.
"Your sister didn't do anything wrong, why should she be blamed?"
"But I'm so young and I can't help my sister."
Qu Qing was a little depressed, and thinking that Mu Tou also had a sister, he asked curiously.
"Wood, if you were me, what would you do?"
When Mu Tou thought about his sister being bullied like this, his face suddenly turned gloomy.
"If my sister is still willing to live with him, I will find someone to castrate him. Now that my nephew has him, his role is over. There is no need to keep useless things for too long."
Xu Wenyuan was frightened by the wood and stammered in his defense.
"But, but your sister is still young and can't be a widow."
"My sister has everything she wants. There are plenty of young and handsome men. As long as she is happy, that's all."
Qu Qing widened her eyes, and recalled the appearance of Sister Mu in her mind. She could never imagine the scene of her sister being surrounded by people.
The next second, Mu Tou laughed again, "But this is impossible. My sister won't marry, and she has me."
"Besides, my sister had already left her father and son long before I did anything, so she didn't need me."
Qu Qing and the other man looked at Mu Tou's smug look and didn't know what to say.
"Mu Tou, this is against the law."
"How could that happen? It was all an accident. If you want to blame someone, just blame God."
Mu Tou took a bite of the candy man and called his two friends to go to the bookstore.
"Come on, let's go pick out a book with you to fool your pedantic father."
The three of them ran away smiling.
In a private room on the second floor of the teahouse next to the willow tree, a group of people watched the three young boys walk away before they started talking.
"This is a loving sister."
A man in green commented on the wood.
"I was just a little impulsive."
The man in blue next to him echoed.
"Oh, last month your sister was bullied by your brother-in-law's mistress. The next day your brother-in-law was beaten up and lay on the street for a night. He almost died. I don't know who did it."
The man in blue was being laughed at, but he was not in a hurry. He took a sip of tea and said lightly.
"Maybe God has a vision."
There was a burst of laughter in the box. God is meddling too much.
After Mu Tou and the other two picked out the books, they went to the pier to eat.
The three of them bought a bunch of food, then sat in front of the wonton stall and ordered a bowl of wontons each.
"Mu Tou, this isn't as delicious as yours. Bring me some spicy chicken feet next time you go home."
Xu Wenyuan was a picky person and would not eat any more after eating one of each item. He was used to eating these, but the ones from the tea stall were the best. They were things he had never eaten before and the taste was tempting.
"I brought it this time. Come home with me to get it before you leave."
Mu Tou made a reservation with the aunt at the tea stall yesterday morning. He paid with his own pocket money as a gift to his friend whom he hadn't seen for a long time.
"Really? How much did you bring? Give it all to me. Qu Qing's father won't let him eat it. Give it all to me."
Xu Wenyuan was eating the tasteless wontons, and all he could think about was the spicy chicken feet.
"I can just eat secretly. My father is out visiting friends today. He always comes back in the evening. I will have eaten by the time he comes back."
How could Qu Qing agree? He also liked spicy chicken feet.
Mu Tou calmly comforted the two people.
"Everyone has some. You can come to my house later. I have some fruit."
Qu Qing and the other man agreed on the spot. They didn't do it for the fruit. The Mu Tou family had few rules and they were very free there, so they didn't feel reluctant at all.