Chapter 17: Shame

  After school, because Qing Lan's family had her grandmother at home, every day she would remind and urge her grandmother to cook early, so that she could hurry up and invite Lin Xie to go to school together, and then go to Shao Jie's house with Lin Xie to ask him to go to school.

  Because Lin Xi and Shao Jie's family didn't have a dedicated person to stay at home and cook, every meal had to wait until their mothers finished their household chores or farm work before they could start cooking.

  The Qinglan family has an aunt at home who is responsible for cooking for her, so naturally every meal is eaten earlier than Lin Xi and Shaojie's family.

  So, after dinner every day, Qing Lan would pack her bag and head to Lin Xi's house early to wait for Lin Xi to go to school together. As long as she arrived at Lin Xi's house and saw that Lin Xi was there, Qing Lan felt at ease.

  Because she knew that as long as Lin Xi didn't leave, Shao Jie would be waiting for them at home.

  So, Qing Lan should eat early, actually as long as she eats before Lin Xi's family does.

  Because she waits for An Shaojie every day, and An Shaojie waits for Lin Xi every day.

  It's precisely because of this that in the Qinglan family, her brother Liu Jiawei, who is also attending elementary school with her and is in fourth grade, rarely goes to or returns from school with his own younger sister.

  Because Liu Jiawei didn't want to wait for An Shaojie to finish school.

  "I'm so annoyed with that person, I won't go to school with him, only you, stupid and foolish, can tolerate him." Liu Jiawei pointed at Qinglan, gritting his teeth as he spoke.

  "Brother, you don't want to wait for him, I'm not forcing you either, why must you speak ill of him?" Qing Lan stamped her foot, hands on her hips, and jumped in front of Liu Jiawei, raising an eyebrow and glaring angrily.

  "You..." Liu Jiawei pointed at Qing Lan, so angry that he couldn't speak for half a day. He turned around to seek help from Liu Xiu Zhen, "Mother, look at her, she's only fierce at home, but in front of An Shaojie, she's like a mouse seeing a cat."

  "Not like her father, not only did she follow his surname, but also followed his roots, inseparable from that family." Liu Xiu Zhen glanced at Qing Lan with disdainful eyes, a sarcastic smile emerging from the corner of her mouth.

  In recent years, due to being hurt by Qing Shu, Liu Xiu Zhen has been feeling a bit disheartened and her words have become sarcastic.

  Also, because Qing Lan grew up with Qing Shu and got close to the Bai Cui Fen family, this led Liu Xiu Zhen to have some complaints about Qing Lan. She would pour out her words without considering whether Qing Lan could understand or if it was suitable for her to hear. Often, this made the two children who didn't fully comprehend things feel embarrassed, but she was completely unaware of it.

  Qing Lan ignored her brother and mother's dissuasion, still carrying her bag, humming the nursery rhyme she just learned in school, and skipped to Lin Xi's home.

  Qing Lan had just walked out the door when Qing Shu suddenly scolded Liu Xiu Zhen, "You're her mother, do you know what you just said? Qing Lan is still so young, does what you said sound like something a mother should say? Even if she did something wrong, what she needs is your guidance, not your cold mockery."

  As soon as Qing Sheng's words fell, Liu Xiu Zhen threw the thing in her hand to the ground and ran to Qing Sheng's face, shouting loudly at him: "How did I mock? You can all do it, can't I say?"

  Qing Shu covered Liu Xiu Zhen's body with his hands and asked back, "What did we do? What did you see? Or how? Making a fuss every day, is it interesting?"

  Qingsheng knew that Liu Xizhen had already started her endless and unrestrained scolding, if he continued to entangle with her, then forget about doing anything else for the whole morning. Moreover, if he continued, who knows what unpleasant and dirty words would come out of her mouth next.

  The green trees grew hastily and withdrew to walk outside. Endless heroic guests travel

  However, Liu Xiu Zhen refused to give in, pulling at Qing Shu's sleeve and refusing to let go.

  Helpless, Qing Shu could only pry open Liu Xiu Zhen's hands and push her away. Who knew that he used too much force and ended up pushing Liu Xiu Zhen to the ground.

  Now, she had provoked Liu Xiu Zhen, and she burst into loud wailing, her mouth constantly uttering all kinds of curses.

  This was a trick Liu Xiuzhen often used, and Qing Sheng had grown accustomed to it, so he ignored her and continued walking away.

  Just as she was leaving the courtyard, Liu Xiu Zhen suddenly got up from the ground and rushed out of the courtyard, facing Bai Cui Fen's home, and started scolding loudly.

  "You shameless vixen, with no other abilities, you only know how to seduce men. Ugh, and yet you still pretend to be so proper."

  Liu Xiuzhen's scolding was unprecedented and unmatched, not only was her voice loud, but she almost exhausted all the world's profanity.

  Her scolding not only brought out the people who were eating breakfast in the house, looking around with their heads raised, but also Qing Lan, who was sitting at Bai Cui Fen's house waiting for An Shao Jie to go to school, and Lin Xi, who had a bag on his back.

  Since Qing Lan heard it, Lin Xi, An Shaojie, An Shaomin and Bai Cuifen must have also heard it.

  The obscure and ambiguous words of cursing, perhaps the children did not understand, but what came out of Liu Xiu Zhen's mouth that day were all direct insults that locals could understand.

  In An Shaojie's home, except for Qing Lan who was lowering her head in shame and An Shaojie who was lowering his head in anger, everyone else looked at each other in dismay.

  Suddenly, An Shaojie slapped the chopsticks in his hand on the dinner table, stood up, glared at Bai Cuifen who was eating with her head down opposite him, and rushed to Qing Lan's side with a few loud slaps.

  Qing Lan raised her head and stared at An Shaojie in front of her, who looked like a furious lion.

  "Get out of here with you."

  Before others in the house reacted, An Shaojie picked up Qing Lan with one hand and threw her off the stool.

  Qing Lan was originally weak, but at this time An Shaojie, who was furious, happened to have a burst of brute force all over his body. With one lift and one push, he pushed Qing Lan out very far.

  Qing Lan stumbled backward, retreating to the doorway. The high threshold tripped her up, and she bumped her head against the wooden door panel. A loud "thud" was heard, followed by Qing Lan's pained cry of "Ah yo". The entire house fell silent in an instant.

  Qing Lan gritted her teeth and covered her head, but didn't make a sound.

  "An Shaojie, what are you doing?" After a while, Bai Cuifen finally reacted, put down her chopsticks, took a step forward, walked to An Shaojie's front, raised her hand and slapped him on the head.

  Shao Jie used his arm to block White Cui Fen's palm.

  Although Bai Cuifen's slap did not land on An Shaojie's body, it landed on his heart. At that moment, he secretly vowed that one day, he would return the slap.

  Of course, An Shaojie wouldn't resent his mother Bai Cuifen for this slap, he wasn't going to return it to her.

  He wants to return it to Qing Lan!

  It was because of her family that his family was shamed.

  It was because of her that his mother wanted to beat him. After school, because Qing Lan's family had her grandmother at home, every day she would remind and urge her grandmother to cook early, so she could hurry up and invite Lin Xie to go to school, then together with Lin Xie go to Shao Jie's house to ask him to go to school.

  Because Lin Xi and Shao Jie's family didn't have a dedicated person to stay at home and cook, every meal had to wait until their mothers finished their household chores or farm work before they could start cooking.

  The Qinglan family has an aunt at home who is responsible for cooking for her. Naturally, every meal must be eaten earlier than Lin Xi and Shaojie's family.

  So, after dinner every day, Qing Lan would pack her bag and head to Lin Xi's house early to wait for Lin Xi to go to school together. As long as she arrived at Lin Xi's house and saw that Lin Xi was there, Qing Lan felt at ease.

  Because she knew that as long as Lin Xi didn't leave, Shao Jie would be waiting for them at home.

  So, Qing Lan should eat early, actually as long as she eats before Lin Xi's family does.

  Because she waits for An Shaojie every day, and An Shaojie waits for Lin Xi every day.

  It's precisely because of this that in the Qinglan family, her brother Liu Jiawei, who is also attending elementary school with her and is in fourth grade, rarely goes to or returns from school with his own younger sister.

  Because Liu Jiawei didn't want to wait for An Shaojie to finish school.

  "I'm so annoyed with that person, I won't go to school with him, only you, stupid and foolish, can tolerate him." Liu Jiawei pointed at Qinglan, gritting his teeth as he spoke.

  "Brother, you don't want to wait for him, I'm not forcing you either, why must you speak ill of him?" Qing Lan stamped her foot, hands on her hips, and jumped in front of Liu Jiawei, raising an eyebrow and glaring angrily.

  "You..." Liu Jiawei pointed at Qing Lan, so angry that he couldn't speak for half a day. He turned around to seek help from Liu Xiu Zhen, "Mother, look at her, she's only fierce at home, but in front of An Shaojie, she's like a mouse seeing a cat."

  "Not like her father, not only did she follow his surname, but also followed his roots, inseparable from that family." Liu Xiu Zhen glanced at Qing Lan with disdainful eyes, a sarcastic smile emerging from the corner of her mouth.

  In recent years, due to being hurt by Qing Shu, Liu Xiu Zhen has been feeling a bit disheartened and her words have become sarcastic.

  Also, because Qing Lan grew up with Qing Shu and got close to the Bai Cui Fen family, this led Liu Xiu Zhen to have some complaints about Qing Lan. She would pour out her words without considering whether Qing Lan could understand or if it was suitable for her to hear. Often, this made the two children who didn't fully comprehend things feel awkward, but she was completely unaware of it.

  Qing Lan ignored her brother and mother's dissuasion, still carrying her bag, humming the nursery rhyme she just learned in school, and skipped towards Lin Xi's home.

  Qing Lan had just walked out the door when Qing Shu suddenly scolded Liu Xiu Zhen, "You're her mother, do you know what you just said? Qing Lan is still so young, does what you said sound like something a mother should say? Even if she did something wrong, what she needs is your guidance, not your cold mockery."

  As soon as Qing Sheng's words fell, Liu Xiu Zhen threw the thing in her hand to the ground and ran to Qing Sheng's face, shouting loudly at him: "How did I mock? You can all do it, can't I say?"

  Qing Shu covered Liu Xiu Zhen's body with his hands and asked back, "What did we do? What did you see? Or how? Making a fuss every day, is it interesting?"

  Qing Shu knew that Liu Xiu Zhen had already begun her endless and unrestrained verbal abuse, if he continued to entangle with her, then forget about doing anything else for the entire morning. Moreover, if he continued, who knows what unpleasant and dirty words would come out of her mouth next.

  The green trees grew hastily and withdrew to go out. The emperor and I fought together in the same armor.

  However, Liu Xiu Zhen refused to give in, pulling at Qing Shu's sleeve and refusing to let go.

  Helpless, Qing Shu could only pry open Liu Xiu Zhen's hands and push her away. Who knew that he used too much force and ended up pushing Liu Xiu Zhen to the ground.

  Now, she had provoked Liu Xiu Zhen, and she burst into loud wailing, her mouth constantly uttering all kinds of curses.

  This was a trick Liu Xiuzhen often used, and Qing Sheng had grown accustomed to it, so he didn't pay attention to her and continued walking out.

  Just as she was leaving the courtyard, Liu Xiu Zhen suddenly got up from the ground and rushed out of the courtyard, facing Bai Cui Fen's home, and started scolding loudly.

  "You shameless vixen, with no other abilities, you only know how to seduce men. Bah! And yet you still pretend to be so proper."

  Liu Xiuzhen's scolding was unprecedented and unmatched, not only was her voice loud, but she almost used up all the world's profanity.

  Her scolding not only brought out the people who were eating breakfast in the house, looking around with their heads raised, but also Qing Lan, who was sitting at Bai Cui Fen's house waiting for An Shao Jie to go to school, heard it.

  Since Qing Lan heard it, Lin Xi, An Shaojie, An Shaomin and Bai Cuifen must have also heard it.

  The obscure and ambiguous words of cursing, perhaps the children did not understand, but that day from Liu Xiu Zhen's mouth continuously popping out, were all local people can understand the meaning of, the most direct scolding words.

  In An Shaojie's home, except for Qing Lan who was lowering her head in shame and An Shaojie who was lowering his head in anger, everyone else looked at each other in dismay.

  Suddenly, An Shaojie slapped the chopsticks in his hand on the dinner table, stood up, glared at Bai Cuifen who was eating with her head down opposite him, and rushed to Qing Lan's side with a few loud slaps.

  Qing Lan raised her head and stared at An Shaojie in front of her, who looked like a furious lion.

  "Get out of here with you."

  Before others in the house reacted, An Shaojie picked up Qing Lan with one hand and threw her off the stool.

  Qing Lan was originally weak, but at this time An Shaojie, who was furious, happened to have a burst of brute force all over his body. With one lift and one push, he pushed Qing Lan very far away.

  Qing Lan stumbled backward, retreating to the doorway. The high threshold tripped her up, and she bumped her head against the wooden door panel. A loud "thud" was heard, followed by Qing Lan's pained cry of "Ah yo". The entire house fell silent in an instant.

  Qing Lan gritted her teeth and covered her head, but didn't make a sound.

  "An Shaojie, what are you doing?" After a while, Bai Cuifen finally reacted, put down her chopsticks, took a step forward, walked to An Shaojie's front, raised her hand and slapped him on the head.

  Shao Jie used his arm to block White Cui Fen's palm.

  Although Bai Cuifen's slap did not land on An Shaojie's body, it landed on his heart. At that moment, he secretly vowed that one day, he would return the slap.

  Of course, An Shaojie wouldn't resent his mother Bai Cuifen for this slap, he wasn't going to return it to her.

  He wants to return it to Qing Lan!

  It was because of her family that his family was shamed.

  Going out