Dong Huang patted Xiao Xi’s head gently and said, "Xixi, be good. When I finish delivering the gifts, I will come back to play with you."
After getting two candies, Xiao Xi finally smiled and said, "Okay. Thank you, sister!"
Not long after leaving Liu Hua’s house, Dong Li and Dong Huang walked past a group of idle villagers. They sit under the banyan tree chatting or playing chess. Some are eating red bean cake while mending clothes.
When the villagers saw them coming from Liu Hua’s house, one of them sneered and said, "Only children without parents would play with illegitimate children."
Hearing this, Dong Li only glanced at her, but Dong Huan became furious. To her, Xiao Xi is not only her friend but also her little brother. As a good sister, she would not let anyone bully him.
So, before Dong Li could say anything, Dong Huang had already put her hands on her waist, and said, "I wonder who didn’t clean up after pooping. It turned out to be an old witch talking nonsense. No wonder it’s so stinky!"
As soon as she said this, everyone was stunned, including Dong Li. He frowned deeply at his sister but said nothing.
Although he wanted to discipline her, he would not do so in front of these people. So, he held back and pulled his sister’s hand.
When Dong Huang was pulled back by her brother, she still wanted to continue scolding those aunts. But when she saw her brother’s gloomy expression, she wisely kept her mouth shut.
Seeing Dong Li protecting his sister, the villagers who were scolded by Dong Huang pointed at them and said, "You little bitch, how dare you scold me?! Where is your manner? Ah I forgot, you don’t have parents to teach you this!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Dong Li looked at her coldly and said, "Auntie, as an elder, you must be careful in your words and deeds. This is a public space, and many children will learn bad things from you."
The villagers looked at him and the middle-aged woman with interest. From Dong Li’s words, he meant that his sister learned how to curse from someone like that middle-aged woman.
Therefore, the middle-aged woman was partly at fault even if she was being scolded by Dong Huang. What’s more, they could see that Dong Li seemed to be blaming the woman for causing his sister to go astray.
Without waiting for the middle-aged woman to retort, Dong Li added, "Also, my sister and I are not orphans. We were born to our biological parents, and now we have adoptive parents."
"Compared with other children, we are much luckier because we have two pairs of parents who love us very much. So, Auntie, you’d better use your brain before you speak."
"Stop talking nonsense and spreading rumors that harm others. It’s not good if your children learn from your bad behavior. I believe you don’t want your children to grow up to be ill-mannered, uneducated people who end up in jail because they don’t know how to talk like humans, right?"
"As for Aunt Liu Hua’s family matters, it’s their own business. What does it have to do with you? Have they harmed you with their personal family matters?"
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