sbdcsierra Chapter 1588 Brother and Sister
Chapter 1588 Brother and Sister
Chapter 1588 Brother and Sister
I don't want to go out at all.
The carefree spirit they had been basking in outside had vanished. The two brothers slumped into their chairs, feeling utterly lost in the darkness.
Ye Chengyang looked at Ye Chenghu, "What should we do?"
"You're asking me? Who am I supposed to ask? Aren't you usually the one with the best ideas?"
"It's all your fault for having such a terrible idea."
"Is it my fault? You're so smart, how come you couldn't come up with a better idea?"
"Since you told Dad that, what else could I say? I never imagined that Mom would take the piggy bank with her."
"Sigh, should I beg Mother when she gets back?"
"Forget it, it's better to say that school is about to start and ask her to return the piggy bank to us, and we'll pay the tuition ourselves."
Ye Chenghu was overjoyed. "That's good. The tuition fee is only a few dollars. If we offer to pay for it ourselves, Mom will be even happier."
"Try it."
The two brothers squatted at the doorway to cool off, not wanting to go anywhere else.
The old lady smiled and used a palm-leaf fan to pat their legs and backs, and to swat away the mosquitoes.
"Not going out to play?"
"I'm not going out anymore. I have no money and no mood. I'm so sad," Ye Chenghu said dejectedly, resting his chin on his hands.
These past few days have truly been a double loss; I've lost everything I had.
How could he be so stupid? Do adults have the right to be threatened?
"Hehe, if you're not going out, then I'll stay here and watch the house. I'm going out for a stroll."
After the old lady finished speaking, she stood up, leaning on her cane, and with her other hand waving a palm-leaf fan, she swayed and went outside.
Ye Chenghu quickly asked, "It's so dark, where are you going?"
"I'm going to the workshop to listen to what everyone is saying. It's lively and crowded there. I'll go take a look. You all keep an eye on the house and don't wander off. If you go out, lock all the doors."
"Oh."
Ye Chengyang muttered under his breath, "I thought Grandma would give us money to buy things to eat..."
"I think so too..."
"Your reason was too good, so Grandma stopped caring about us."
Ye Chenghu pouted. When his father asked him about it, he just blurted out whatever came to mind. Who knew he would come back in such a miserable state?
His father even said at the time that this was a good reason, that the money they handed over hadn't been wasted, and that the reasons were readily available and very well-founded.
His father probably already knew they would get a beating when they came back, which is why he praised the reason.
Adults are just too cunning.
"Where's Xiao Jiu? Where did she go?"
"Who knows where she ran off to play? When she came back in the afternoon, she was all lovey-dovey with us, but as soon as she saw her mother holding the whip, she ran faster than a rabbit, as if she was afraid of being hit too. At dinner, she was like a quail, pretending to be well-behaved."
"Why don't you go and ask her to buy us popsicles? It's so hot, we want something cold."
Ye Chengyang's eyes darted around. "Brother, let's fill a bowl with water and freeze it in the refrigerator. Tomorrow we can have a big block of ice to eat and won't have to spend money on ice water or popsicles."
"Hey? This is great, this is great, it's free! Let's go pack it now! Pack a little bit, we can eat it before bed!"
"Let's go, Mother's not here, let's sneak it in."
The two brothers happily got busy and stopped looking for Ye Xiaoxi.
Lin Xiuqing was too busy to pay attention to them and had no idea that they were causing trouble again.
She felt relieved when she heard the next day that they would have to pay for their own tuition.
If they didn't spend all the money they earned from their jobs, she would happily praise them.
However, before she could even finish expressing her satisfaction, the old lady burst her bubble.
"They don't actually want to pay their own tuition; they just want you to return their piggy bank. They were whispering about it last night..."
"Grandma..." the two brothers called out anxiously, but it was too late.
“I heard everything, of course I have to tell your mother.”
The two brothers' shoulders slumped.
Grandma doesn't help them anymore...
Lin Xiuqing's smile vanished, and she glared at them. "You said you were sensible, but you've been using all your cunning on me."
"Mom...we want to buy something to eat..."
"We didn't ask you for money, we took our own money..."
"Don't you know where your money comes from? It's all from us that you've saved it up. I haven't even seen the money you've earned."
It's in the piggy bank!!!
Both of them really wanted to retort.
Ye Chenghu looked at her with a resentful and aggrieved expression, "So when are you planning to return the piggy bank to us?"
"Let's see how you perform."
"That's too vague, isn't it? It's all up to you."
"Whether or not to return it to you was originally my decision."
The old lady chimed in, "You two should behave yourselves for a few days. Any kid who spends money so recklessly needs to be disciplined. Some families don't spend that much money in half a year."
"Did you hear me?"
"heard it."
"But what if we want to buy something to eat, but we don't have any money?"
"You spent over 100 yuan and still haven't had enough to eat?"
The two brothers immediately shut up.
"Have you finished your homework?"
The two dared not utter a sound.
"Why aren't you doing it? What are you still standing here for? Are you waiting to get beaten up? There are only three days left before school starts, so you'd better figure it out yourselves."
The two of them were scolded again early in the morning, and after breakfast they could only obediently do their homework.
Once Lin Xiuqing had some peace and quiet, she ignored them and went out to do her work.
The two were quite calm about their homework, taking their time. They had already completed most of it while in Zhoushan, and they figured they could finish it in two days.
I've been thinking about their piggy bank, which is why I couldn't wait to tell them this morning.
"Hehe, brother, I've already made it." Ye Xiaoxi was bored after dinner, so she leaned on the table and watched them.
"I didn't ask you."
"I finished it at my dad's place, and he praised me and gave me a 10 yuan reward!"
envy!
Ye Chenghu glared at her, "If you don't speak, no one will think you're mute."
Ye Chengyang jabbed the paper hard with his pen, "You already said that half a month ago."
"But I'm happy and I want to share it with you. You guys go ahead and do your homework, don't worry about me, I'm just taking a look."
Ye Chenghu: "If you just shut up, we could probably write a whole diary entry about it."
“I’m trying to inspire you. You can write me into your diaries.”
"Okay, my lazy and greedy sister has gained two pounds over the summer vacation..."
"hateful!"
Ye Xiaoxi angrily kicked his chair, then sat down in front of the TV and turned it up.
Ye Chengyang got angry at the noise, slammed his pen on the table, and ran out to call Lin Xiuqing.
Ye Chenghu thought he was protesting that he wasn't going to do his homework and had run off to play again, so he called out from behind, "Hey? Where are you going? It's so early in the morning. Wait until you finish your homework before we go play together."
After saying that, he threatened Ye Xiaoxi, "Turn off the TV, or I'll beat you to death."
“I won’t shut it off, go ahead and hit me! Mom specifically told me not to run outside, to just stay home and watch TV.”
"Stop trying to intimidate me."
Just then, Ye Chengyang ran back, followed by Lin Xiuqing.
As soon as Lin Xiuqing entered the room, she turned off the TV and then brandished a whip at Ye Xiaoxi.
"Who watches TV so early in the morning? Where would you find TV so early in the morning? Don't disturb your brother's homework. Come with me to the workshop to work."
The moment Ye Xiaoxi raised the whip, she had already sprang up and found a place to hide.
After Lin Xiuqing finished speaking, she had already run out to help in the workshop.
Those who know the current affairs are handsome.
"Finally, some peace and quiet..."
"Hurry up and write, then you can go out and play."
Only then could the two brothers calm down and write quietly.
After lunch, they continued to work diligently, remembering what their mother had said that morning: they needed to behave well in order to get their piggy bank back.
His mother probably didn't even open the piggy bank to look inside, otherwise she wouldn't have known they had a month's salary in there.
I need to get it back as soon as possible. School starts soon, and I'm short on money. Things are going to be tough.
My younger sister seems unreliable; she won't help them.
They never expected that while they were writing furiously, their younger sister would betray them again.
Ye Xiaoxi came back sweating profusely from playing and went to get some water. She hurriedly rummaged through the refrigerator and found two bowls of ice water. She exclaimed with delight and immediately took out one bowl and licked it.
Although it has no taste, it tastes delicious when you lick it while it's cold and refreshing.
She walked around licking the bowl as she went, and then asked the two brothers a question.
"Brother, did you put the water in the refrigerator? It tastes so good, it's so cool and refreshing."
"what!"
"That's ours!"
Ye Chenghu dropped his pen, ran over, and immediately snatched the bowl from her hand.
Just as he was about to lean in and lick it, Ye Xiaoxi said in a daze, "I just licked it, I licked everything on top of it."
Ye Chenghu immediately stopped talking, cursing, "Yangyang and I put this here, it's ours, how could you steal it?"
"Where did I steal food? I took it out and ate it openly and honestly. Didn't I ask you?"
"Where did you ask? You asked after you licked it."
"Well, I did ask. Who told you not to make one more... You made one but didn't eat it... I'll eat it for you, otherwise Mother will find out."
"Of course I'll eat..."
At this moment, Ye Chengyang ran past them, opened the refrigerator, took out his bowl of ice water, and licked all the ice cubes off it.
He instantly grinned, feeling completely refreshed. On such a hot day, the cool, refreshing feeling was so comforting.
Ye Chenghu's eyes widened in disbelief, and he screamed, "That's mine!"
"Hehe, your bowl is with Xiao Jiu, this one is mine, I've licked it all up too."
Ye Xiaoxi snatched the bowl from his hand and continued licking it.
"Go do your homework, I won't bother you."
Ye Chenghu was furious. He had worked hard to freeze it all night, but it wasn't frozen properly before he went to bed yesterday, so he left it until today.
I can't eat anything cold first thing in the morning, so I was planning to eat it after lunch.
She got all the benefits!
"I'm going to write about you in my essay, you lazy and greedy little sister."
"Hmph, I'm going to write about you in my diary, that you got a thick spanking from Dad and a thin spanking from Mom..."
P.S.: I'm home now. It's a bit late today, and I'm having writer's block. I only managed to write 500 words in an hour, and my eyelids are too heavy to keep open. I'll make up for it tomorrow during the day.
I saw a news report today that the 8-year-old boy who had been missing in Putian for over 50 days has been found. His body was already decomposed; it was so tragic. When I saw the short video, my hair stood on end. It's so pitiful. How helpless must the child have felt when he was lost alone in the mountains? How terrified and desperate must he have been before he died…