Good Dad System (Arc 7) Chapter 56.2: After Being Abducted (14)
Mother Lu admitted that she was biased, but Xishun was born after ten months of hard work, while Dongshun was bought from outside. How could they be the same? If this child could help his younger brother, it would be fine, but as soon as Xishun was born, the two brothers didn’t get along. Sometimes Mother Lu couldn’t sleep when she saw the news about brothers fighting over family property and the elder brother being jealous of the younger brother. What if this happened?
“…Okay.” Lu Dong responded. He was considered to be eloquent in school, but he became a taciturn person at home.
Mother Lu put Lu Xishun in his arms, not being able to take her hands away, and said hesitantly: “You have to take good care of Xishun. Every time you two are alone together, you make him cry.” Thinking of this, she got angry. Xishun is so smart and cute, why doesn’t Dongshun know how to tolerate his younger brother?
“Mom, I know.” Lu Dongshun did not refute. He stretched out his hand, silently took his brother and held him in his arms. Lu Xishun was unusually well-behaved. He opened his eyes and stared at him seriously.
“Then I’ll leave.” Mother Lu kept looking back. Just as she was about to leave, she heard a heart-wrenching cry from behind. “What happened again?” She rushed over and snatched Lu Xishun back into her arms as if snatching him away. She glared at Lu Dongshun fiercely and said, “How did you provoke your brother again?”
Lu Dongshun was at a loss. He was quite panicked. Just now, his younger brother suddenly came over and licked the corner of his mouth. He started crying: “Mom, I didn’t do anything.”
“You didn’t do anything. Why would your brother cry?” Mother Lu was so angry that she pushed the child around in circles in the room. “Xishun, be good. Your brother is bad and made you unhappy. Let’s not cry and ignore him.” She coaxed Lu Xishun. When the child cried, she felt distressed too. She didn’t care about her eldest son who was standing aside with his head down. Firstly, she was angry with him, and secondly, who doesn’t coax their children like this?
Lu Dongshun wanted to defend himself, but he kept his words to himself – is there any point? It’s always like this, he’s used to it.
Lu Xishun cried so hard that he couldn’t breathe, and sobbed, “Brother is sweet…”
“What’s sweet?”
“My brother ate the candy secretly.” He cried very hard, “The candies are all mine, my brother ate my candy!” He complained to his mother. He just smelled the sweet smell from his brother’s mouth, and it was indeed sweet. His brother ate his candy secretly, and he wanted to complain to his mother!
“No, Mom, I didn’t steal it.” Lv Dongshun panicked when he was suddenly accused of stealing candy by his brother. In fact, the family was not a low-income household. There were several plates of candy on the table, and anyone who came could grab a handful. How could he steal it? But the younger brother liked to mark his territory at home. He believed that the candies were agreed to belong to him, so he would not let anyone touch them. Lu Dongshun was at the age of liking snacks. After his brother made trouble a few times, he never ate anything at home except during the New Year.
“He ate it!” Lu Xishun cried loudly when he heard his brother’s excuse, and his short legs began to kick around, “It’s sweet, it’s obviously sweet!”
“Dongshun, I’ve told you several times, if your brother likes it, you should just give it to him. What will happen if you eat less candy?” Mother Lu had a headache from the crying. She rubbed her forehead with one hand and blamed her disobedient eldest son.
“I didn’t.” Lu Dongshun paused, “Hu Zi treated me to a popsicle. I really didn’t eat any candy at home.”
“Really?” Mother Lu asked back. After Lu Dongshun nodded in confirmation, she began to coax her younger son again, “Xishun, be good. Brother said, he didn’t eat the candy, he just ate a popsicle!” She was hoping that the little ancestor would calm down soon, otherwise his throat would be damaged by crying, and he would not be able to speak for a long time. She would be heartbroken. As for apologizing to her eldest son, she had no such idea in her mind. It was their own child, so why bother talking about it?
“Popsicle, I want a popsicle too!” Lu Xishun diverted his attention and continued crying, “Why don’t I have a popsicle? I want a popsicle too!” He didn’t know what a popsicle was, but it must be delicious.
Okay, here we go again.
Mother Lu felt that her ears were buzzing with Xishun’s sharp cries. She couldn’t help but accuse him angrily: “Donshun, why are you so ignorant? You knew your brother was greedy, but you still bought all those things to seduce him!” When she was emotional, she didn’t care about reason. “Also, where did you get the money? I remember that your father and I didn’t give you any money. Don’t go out and get into the habit of stealing.”
She got angry at the thought of this possibility. It was not that she was blaming her own child. There were many children in the village who were clumsy. Children of this age were always prone to learning from each other and knew their limits. They usually didn’t take much, but they would also take fifty cents or a dollar!
“I didn’t, it was really Hu Zi who treated me.”
“For no reason, what did Hu Zi ask you to do? Is it a lot of money?” With crying on one side and an anxious heart on the other, Mother Lu could hardly think.
Lu Dongshun was speechless. How did he know why Huzi invited him? He didn’t know what it meant to find a pretext to accuse someone. He could only repeat the same thing over and over again: “I didn’t take it. Huzi insisted on giving it to me.”
“Mom, I want a popsicle.” Lu Xishun’s crying has gradually subsided. It’s not that he doesn’t want to cry anymore, but children only have so much physical strength. He cried too much and has no energy left. His little face is flushed and he is gasping for breath.
“No, you can’t eat popsicles. You’ll have stomach upset. Mom will give you some honey water.” When Mother Lu saw that the little ancestor started to make trouble for something else, she panicked and gave Lu Dongshun another glare.