Chapter 178: Another 4000 words
Qin Xiaoxiao completed the homework assigned by Xu Ze seriously. Not only did she hand in thirty pages of written words, but she also fluently recited the "three hundred thousand" she had learned in the first half of the month.
During the interval of her endorsement, Xu Ze flipped through the words she had written. At first, his expression was normal, but as he watched, his expression gradually changed. He took out seven or eight pages of words and put them aside.
Qin Xiaoxiao memorized the book seriously and did not notice this. After reciting "Three Hundred Thousand", she felt that she had performed well. She secretly looked at Xu Ze's face and saw that he did not seem dissatisfied. She breathed a small sigh of relief.
, don’t expect Xu Ze to praise her.
Xu Ze did not praise her. He pointed at the thirty pages of words on the desk with a ruler and asked, "Did you spend all the three-day vacation on homework?"
Qin Xiaoxiao was not sure what Xu Ze meant and did not dare to answer hastily. She asked cautiously: "Sir, why is there a holiday?"
Xu Ze was not surprised that she would ask this question. He took back his ruler and said, "Only when you have work and leisure can you persevere."
Qin Xiaoxiao immediately knew how to answer, and said crisply: "I wrote twenty pages on the first day I came home, went to play with my brothers in the mountains the next morning, and finished the remaining ten pages in the afternoon.
I memorized 'Three Hundred Thousand' by heart every morning, and followed the teacher's advice of having work and rest."
Xu Ze nodded slightly and asked, "Did you write these thirty pages with your own hand?"
Qin Xiaoxiao didn't know that these thirty pages of words were mixed with Dabao's imitation, so he said without hesitation: "Sir, it was written in my own hand."
Xu Ze's face suddenly darkened and he shouted: "Reach out your hand!"
Qin Xiaoxiao didn't react and asked in confusion: "Sir, what are you reaching for?"
Xu Ze frowned, grabbed the seven or eight pages of paper that he had just picked out and threw them in front of her: "I'm not blind. Do you think I can't tell if you find someone to imitate your handwriting to fool me?"
Qin Xiaoxiao's little face suddenly turned pale. She picked up a few pages with trembling hands and looked at them carefully. She found that they were not written by her. Her little mind was in a mess and she had no idea where these pages came from.
"Sir, I didn't fool you, nor did I find anyone to write these words..." Qin Xiaoxiao was so afraid of the ruler in Xu Ze's hand that she hid her hand behind her back to explain to him, her tears falling as she spoke.
"No, I didn't fool you, I really didn't!"
Seeing that she still dared to quibble, Xu Ze became even more angry and shouted again: "Reach out your hand!"
Qin Xiaoxiao remained motionless, her tears falling even more fiercely: "Sir, I don't recognize anything you didn't do, and I don't recognize it even if you hit me!"
Then something suddenly occurred to her, and she was about to open her mouth to explain to Xu Ze, but Xu Ze laughed angrily, said "ok" several times, stepped forward, pulled her left hand in front of her, and slapped it five times.
: "Knowingly committing a crime and refusing to repent is a lesson!"
"Woo!" Qin Xiaoxiao gritted her teeth to hold back the cry that surged into her throat, and her forehead was instantly covered with dense cold sweat. She stared at Xu Ze, tears falling uncontrollably.
Seemingly feeling that this was too useless, she wiped away her tears and shouted at Xu Ze: "The sir is a bad guy, and I don't want a bad guy to be my husband!"
After shouting this sentence, she stretched out her right hand tremblingly, picked up the eight pages of words that were scattered on the ground but were not written by her, put the books and other items back into the book box one by one, and under Xu Ze's incredible eyes, she picked up the book
Boxhead walked out of the study without looking back.
The two servants at the door looked at each other, wondering whether they should stop him or not. Before they could think clearly, Qin Xiaoxiao wiped her tears and sped up and ran away.
"Rebellion, rebellion, this girl has rebelled!" Xu Ze was so angry that his chest hurt, and he slapped the ruler on the desk. After getting angry, he stood up suddenly and walked out of the study quickly, shouting to the two servants: "Return!"
Chase them back quickly!"
The two servants were so frightened that they ran to chase them in a hurry. After a while, they came back empty-handed and said to Xu Ze tremblingly: "Master, Miss Xiaoxiao refuses to come back, why don't you let me?"
Don’t recognize her as a student!”
Xu Ze's face became extremely ugly, and he couldn't tell whether he was angry or surprised. The next moment, he ordered one of the servants to escort Qin Xiaoxiao home, and he hurriedly left the study.
Under the suspicious eyes of the servants, Qin Xiaoxiao ran out with short legs. After leaving the Xu Mansion, she began to cry loudly, as if she wanted to cry out all her grievances.
It was still early, and there were many pedestrians walking on the road. Seeing that she was alone at such a young age and crying like this, a few well-wishers came up to ask. As they got closer, they discovered that her left hand was severely swollen, and they thought it was...
He made a mistake and was taught a lesson by an adult before he ran away.
Qin Xiaoxiao didn't say anything, she just ran home quickly without knowing that the servants of the Xu Mansion were following her all the way, and did not return until she returned home safely.
Lin Qiuniang was tidying up the vegetable garden she had created in the yard when she heard a child crying not far away. When she listened carefully, she found that the cry was very similar to Qin Xiaoxiao, and she thought she had heard it wrong.
When the crying sound got closer and closer, until it stopped at the entrance of the courtyard, she was sure that it was Qin Xiaoxiao who was crying, and hurriedly dropped the hoe and ran to open the door.
"Xiaoxiao, what's wrong with you?" Seeing her daughter with tears streaming down her face, Lin Qiuniang felt distressed and anxious, fearing that something had happened.
"Mom, wuwu~" Qin Xiaoxiao threw herself into Lin Qiuniang's arms and stretched out her bruised and swollen left hand to show her: "Sir, he is a bad guy. I don't want to study with him. Don't study with him, wuwu~"
Looking at her hand that was even more injured than last time, Lin Qiuniang took a breath and burst into tears. She immediately picked up her daughter and walked into the house, comforting her: "Smile, be good, and bear with me, mother."
I’ll put some medicine on you and it won’t hurt.”
Last time Qin Xiaoxiao suffered three blows, Qin Shan was so distressed that he went to the medical clinic and bought a box of ointment. This ointment is very refreshing and can relieve pain when applied to the hands, and can also reduce congestion and swelling.
After applying the medicine, Lin Qiuniang asked about the reason for the beating.
Qin Xiaoxiao took out the eight pages of paper from the book box and sobbed: "It's the eldest brother. The eldest brother secretly helped me write. I didn't know, thinking that all the thirty pages of words were written by me. Sir, he checked what I wrote.
If you see that these are not written by me, just slap the palm of my hand, woo woo~"
At the end of the story, the little girl burst into tears again. The pain in her palms was secondary to the grievance, the grievance of not being trusted. At first, she did not associate the eight pages of words with Dabao, but later she thought of what she was going to do with Xu.
It is said that the board in the palm of your hand fell down.
"This, this matter is making trouble, why did it happen like this..." Knowing that everything was a misunderstanding, Lin Qiuniang felt even more sorry for her daughter. She believed that everything she said was the truth, and she didn't know that her eldest nephew had stuffed it into the big words she had written.
Eight pages of words.
She knew exactly what kind of temperament the daughter she raised had, so she would never tell such a big lie to her husband. What's more, she saw with her own eyes how hard her daughter worked on writing and endorsing the letter, so there was no reason to just covet the little time to play.
Let her eldest nephew help her write it.
Lin Qiuniang couldn't bear to blame Dabao in front of Qin Xiaoxiao for not helping her and causing her to be beaten. She hugged the little girl and comforted her. After she calmed down, she said: "Mr. Xu is not to blame for this, let alone
I blame you, mother, go into the house and change some clothes, and take you to the Xu Mansion to explain it to Mr. Xu!"
Qin Xiaoxiao shook her head and said angrily: "Sir, he just likes to beat people and is unreasonable. This time, my mother made it clear. If I don't make it clear next time, I will have to be beaten again." She looked at her still red and swollen palms, feeling aggrieved.
He said: "This hand is so unlucky. It gets beaten every time. If I get beaten a few more times, it will break."
Lin Qiuniang breathed into her daughter's palm distressedly, and gently rubbed the back of her hand: "Xiaoxiao has been wronged. Of course we have to make it clear to Mr. Xu. We can't let this hand be beaten in vain, right?"
Qin Xiaoxiao thought about it and thought it made sense, but she didn't want to see Xu Ze again: "Mom, can you make it clear to your husband? After we make it clear, we will go home. It will be like before, mother goes to work in the fields, and I will come back.
Sheeps at home."
Seeing that her daughter has always been obsessed with herding sheep, Lin Qiuniang was very helpless: "My mother has no control over studying. When your grandfather comes back, you can tell your grandfather to go home. Your grandfather promises to let you go home, and we will go home."
Qin Xiaoxiao wailed and leaned weakly in Lin Qiuniang's arms: "Grandpa will not agree...Grandpa will find a way for me to study, whether it is Mr. Xu or other gentlemen."
Lin Qiuniang sighed, touched her daughter's head and said, "As long as you know, don't say anything about going home to herd sheep in the future."
Qin Xiaoxiao said nothing, looking at her hands that were swollen like pig's trotters, feeling worried.
Lin Qiuniang didn't want Qin Xiaoxiao to suffer in vain, so she went back to the house and changed into clean clothes, then dragged the reluctant little girl towards the Xu Mansion.
In the Xu Mansion, Mrs. Xu, who knew the cause and effect, was also accusing Xu Ze: "You said that you have taught the little girl for half a month, and you still can't figure out her temper? It would be better for you to beat her up before the matter is clear.
, let alone this girl, anyone with a temper would not want to recognize you as your husband!"
Xu Ze felt very remorseful, but did not show it on his face. He could not defend himself against his wife's accusations.
Mrs. Xu didn't know what she thought of, and said gloatingly: "This girl has a stubborn temper, and this time I think it's your fault. If you want her to come back to class honestly, I'm afraid you have to apologize to her."
When Xu Ze heard this, his expression changed instantly: "If I don't reply, I won't reply. There is no reason for me to beg her!"
The two have been husband and wife for nearly twenty years. How could Mrs. Xu not know that he was just trying to keep up his reputation? This man strictly controlled the little girl, so why not himself? He would not condone the little girl's mistakes, let alone himself.
's wrong!
If the writing thing was a misunderstanding and the man had wrongly blamed the little girl, he would be willing to lose face.
While the couple was talking, a servant hurried in and informed Lin Qiuniang of her request for an audience.
Before Xu Ze could say anything, Mrs. Xu quickly asked him to bring the people in, and then ordered the maid to serve refreshments. Not long after, Lin Qiuniang was brought in by the servant, holding Qin Xiaoxiao's hand.
Mrs. Xu went up to her immediately and said hello to Lin Qiuniang. She then looked at Qin Xiaoxiao's injuries. When she saw that her white and tender hands had become more bruised and congested than last time, her heart turned towards Qin Xiaoxiao.
This way.
Qin Xiaoxiao liked the amiable Mrs. Xu very much. After being coaxed by Mrs. Xu for a few words, a smile appeared on her face. She was unwilling to talk to Xu Ze. Lin Qiuniang thought it was rude and asked her to give Xu Ze a student salute.
After a few casual pleasantries, Lin Qiuniang explained the origins of the eight imitation calligraphy sheets. She did not mean to accuse Xu Ze, she just said that everything was a misunderstanding and begged Xu Ze not to care about Qin Xiaoxiao's previous rudeness.
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No wonder Lin Qiuniang kept her attitude so low. The misunderstanding was revealed and it was tantamount to insulting Xu Ze's face. Now Qin Xiaoxiao had to study with Xu Ze. She could not accuse Xu Ze of anything, and she did not believe Xu Ze.
He would slap himself in the face and admit that he hit Qin Xiaoxiao by mistake.
"So that's it... I knew Xiaoxiao was a good boy and wouldn't lie to others. This must be a misunderstanding, and it turned out to be true!" Mrs. Xu said apologetically to Lin Qiuniang, and touched Qin Xiaoxiao lovingly.
The little face said: "This is your husband's fault. If it were you, the master's wife, the master's wife would run away and not recognize him as your husband!"
Qin Xiaoxiao didn't expect that her refusal to recognize her as husband would be recognized by Mrs. Xu. Her eyes suddenly lit up and she nodded repeatedly. She originally wanted to say that she couldn't accept the bad guy as her husband, but she didn't dare to say it in front of Xu Ze.
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Xu Ze, who had not spoken much, looked gloomy, stood up and came to Qin Xiaoxiao.
Looking at this disciple who was just as high as his waist, his eyes fell on her horrible left hand. Lin Qiuniang looked like she had seen a ghost and said to Qin Xiaoxiao: "This matter is my fault. I shouldn't punish her without asking the truth."
You, it’s normal for you to refuse to acknowledge me as your husband.”
Qin Xiaoxiao was speechless and couldn't close her mouth. After a while, she asked uncertainly: "Sir, are you admitting your mistake?"
Xu Ze nodded: "Yes, I admit my mistake to you, and it is indeed my fault."
Qin Xiaoxiao's expression became strange, and she said in disbelief to Lin Qiuniang, who was also unable to close her mouth: "Mom, sir, recognize me..."
Before she could finish speaking, Lin Qiuniang covered her mouth. Ignoring the silly girl's struggle, she hurriedly said to Xu Ze: "Mr.
Let you admit your mistake to Xiaoxiao!"
Xu Ze shook his head: "A teacher teaches by words and deeds. How can he educate others if his own body is not upright?"
Lin Qiuniang was shocked, and finally understood why her father-in-law insisted on letting her daughter become a teacher of Mr. Xu. Mr. Xu had beaten her daughter before, and her father-in-law never forgot to teach her daughter not to be angry or resentful towards Mr. Xu even when she was drunk.
Isn't such a gentleman exactly what my daughter needs? If she misses Mr. Xu, will my daughter meet another one like him?
Thinking of this, Lin Qiuniang's eyes fell on Qin Xiaoxiao, and her heart became tense, fearing that her daughter would get into trouble and say something about her disapproval of her husband.
Qin Xiaoxiao didn't know the meaning of these twelve words, but his eyes gradually changed when he looked at Xu Ze: "Sir, I made mistakes before, and grandpa told me that he is a good boy if he knows his mistakes and can correct them! Sir, he will correct his mistakes if he knows they are wrong.
Chapter completed!