Chapter 219

Xu Ran suddenly smiled at this thought and asked Guoguo, “Guoguo, does your face hurt?”

Guoguo nodded and shook his head. “Dad, it doesn’t hurt.”

Naturally, it was painful. The wound was bleeding. Not to mention that he was only a kid. It was good that he could endure it and did not cry. Xu Ran was not worried that it would leave a scar on Guoguo’s face. After all, after they took the medicated bath, their recovery ability was better than ordinary people.

However, Xu Ran decided to ask Gao Quan first.

Xu Ran said to Guoguo, “Guoguo, later, make a trip with Dad, Dad will first ask your uncle Gao Quan whether your wound is serious. If it is not, then you should endure it and let’s reason with the children who bullied you.”

Guoguo nodded obediently. “Dad, it doesn’t hurt, but will it leave a scar?”

Guoguo also felt a bit embarrassed when he asked this. After Xu Ran heard it, he smiled and said, “I didn’t expect that our Guoguo cherishes his look.”

Guoguo was even more embarrassed at Xu Ran’s words. He covered his wound with his hand, “If it does, I can’t be like my brother.” Grievance was all over his face.

Xu Ran took off his hand, “There are germs on your hand. Don’t touch the wound. Don’t worry! Dad won’t allow any scar left on your pretty face. Our Guoguo has to rely on this face to find his husband when he grows up.”

Then he saw Tangtang looking at him nervously. Xu Ran rubbed Tangtang’s face and said, “Tangtang is like his brother. He must be very handsome when he grows up.”

Then the two brothers were both happy.

Xu Ran went to the orchard to find Gao Quan and showed him the wound on Guoguo’s face.

To adults, this wound wasn’t serious at all. However, Guoguo was a child, with a long scratch mark lying across his tender face, which looked very serious.

Gao Quan took a look and said to Xu Ran, “There’s no problem, and there won’t be any scars left. Wipe some ointment for him later. Just use the one you bought from town.”

Xu Ran nodded, feeling relieved. He had been storing medicine at home, just in case anybody was cut or scratched. It turned out that it was quite necessary.

Knowing that there wouldn’t be a scar, not only Xu Ran, but also Guoguo was relieved. He pulled at Xu Ran’s clothes and said to him, “Dad, let’s go out now! When we go back, we’ll wipe the ointment. Maybe it will heal tomorrow. ”

Xu Ran smiled, thinking that how would it be so magical as to heal tomorrow.

However, Xu Ran did not say anything but smiled and promised Guoguo, “Okay! Let’s go right now. Mm, besides, we will take two dogs along with us. If someone attacks us, we’ll let the dogs bite them, okay?”

As Tangtang and Guoguo heard Xu Ran’s words, they were so happy that they almost jumped up and clapped.

Xu Ran told Gao Quan about their goal and went out with Tangtang, Guoguo and two dogs.

Tangtang and Guoguo had a good memory. They still remembered the people who bullied them today. Xu Ran even made a detour to Wu Mei’s house and asked Hu Zi to go with them as a witness.

Between the people in the village and Xu Ran, Wu Mei naturally was partial to the latter. What’s more, Wu Mei was a nervy guy.

Some people in the village considered Xu Ran as an eyesore. Who could say nobody see them this way?!

Many people in the village felt that they were too close to the Xu Ran family. Under the wing of Xu Ran, the life of their family was much better than before, about which Wu Mei was very clear.

But no matter what, ever since he decided to offer his hand to Xu Ran and Liu Tong when they were chased out, their families were stuck together.

Therefore, Wu Mei naturally supported Xu Ran unswervingly.

As soon as Xu Ran came to their house and told them his intention, Wu Mei, without any hesitation, asked Huzi to go with them.

Xu Ran with his kids went door by door to visit the perpetrators, whose parents’ reactions were as expected, not even apologizing.

Those with better temper would say that it was children playing around, and they would pay attention to it later.

Those with bad temper or those who were in the mood to make fun of Xu Ran would say harsh words.

Words like: it was just children playing around. How shameless it was to lose and tell parents!

Xu Ran was very angry at the time, but he didn’t say anything. After he turned around, he and his sons started to grin together. Even Hu Zi was confused, but after several times, he was used to seeing it.

After they had visited all these people, the faces of the Xu Ran and his sons were almost cramped, as if their trick had succeeded. Hu Zi was even more confused.

To thank Hu Zi for his help, Xu Ran asked Hu Zi to stay for dinner, and intended to send him home after dinner.

The wound on Guoguo’s face made everyone feel heartache, especially the few brothers, who were usually good-tempered, all pulled their faces long, obviously unhappy.

Xu Ran took Guoguo to treat the wound, leaving Tangtang alone to endure their anger. Tangtang was so exhausted, consoling them one by one.

Of course, it was useless even if he consoled them because they were so angry that they wanted to beat someone up.

Tangtang had to reveal to them the idea that Xu Ran had told them. Out of partiality of some other reasons, no one objected.

When Xu Ran came back to take Tangtang and Guoguo downstairs, he happened to see this scene. He smiled and said, “Aren’t you afraid of spoiling these two kids? How reckless they might be in the future!”

After hearing Tangtang’s idea, the brothers were not very worried. After all, they had a Dad who would never allow others to bully his children. When he heard Xu Ran’s words, Qin Shuwen joked with him, “You tell me. Didn’t you come up with this idea? If the kids are really spoiled, it is definitely because of you.”

Xu Ran touched his nose and wore an innocent look, “I can’t watch my kid being bullied by others, but it’s not good for adults to handle the matter, so I have to leave it to the kids. Since they have learned from Gao Quan for so long, it’s time to practise.”

“That’s right, let them practice their kung fu, so as to know their deficiencies,” Zhuo Yun said as he was walking from outside.

Gao Quan followed behind him. From Gao Quan’s expression, he might think alike to Zhuo Yun.

Therefore, Xu Ran’s practice got unanimous support. Tangtang and Guoguo also said that they were ready to punch someone tomorrow.

Only Hu Zi, an outsider, had no idea about what was going on.

After returning, he told Wu Mei what had happened and got a slap from Wu Mei, who instructed him to protect Tangtang and Guoguo tomorrow and not let others bully them again.

Hu Zi looked at Daddy’s palm and didn’t dare say that Tangtang and Guoguo were the toughest persons in their school.

Of course, he didn’t dare say it. His Daddy, obviously thought that the good-looking ones like Guoguo and Tangtang wouldn’t be capable of beating people.

Hu Zi took another look at himself and sighed heavily. Even he himself did like his own look, no wonder his Daddy would be partial.

……

When they got up the next day, the scratch marks on Guoguo’s face were still there, but they weren’t as red as yesterday. Guoguo was a little depressed, because he was not identical with Tangtang any more and couldn’t play tricks on people.

However, Guoguo thought about what Xu Ran said yesterday, and his mood instantly improved. He got together with Tangtang early in the morning to discuss with him how to give them a hard time today.

The two brothers had discussed it well. When they left the house after breakfast, they both wore a smile on their faces. They were ready to return the grievances they suffered yesterday.

Xu Ran said they would be waiting for their good news at home.

Of course, they still had to continue planting fruit trees in the daytime. It was better to wait until night to watch the fun. After planting these fruit trees, it would be time to dig potatoes. They were actually very busy.

Besides these, the livestock at home had to be attended to, two kids also needed one person to look after. Xu Ran and Zhuo Yun had to visit the town now and then, dealing with the business of the deli, and the affairs of the caravan that Zhuo Yun mentioned. Thus, there was really no one in their family who could focus on working.

However, everyone worked hard when planting trees. The hundreds of trees must be planted as soon as possible.

On this day, everyone seemed to be working harder because they were looking forward to the ‘show’ at night.

In the morning, Liu Qing and Wu Lan also found out about the experience of Tangtang and Guoguo and were very angry. They had watched the two kids grow up. In addition to their good looks, their mouths were sweet too. As they adored them so much, how could they not be annoyed seeing that Guoguo had got scratched?

Probably having inherited his brother’s impatience recently, Wu Lan rolled up his sleeves, and was going to beat someone up.

Xu Ran thought for a moment and said, “The fighting job can be handled by themselves. Let’s just wait and watch the show. Have dinner at our house tonight! In the evening, let’s listen to their story. I felt really indebted to you for your help of planting trees these days, which had delayed your own family’s work.”

As soon as Xu Ran finished, Wu Lan was dissatisfied. “Xu Ran, have you considered us as friends? As you said, we delayed our work to work for you, but we’re not here to hear you say this. If you continue saying so, I’ll leave immediately.”

Xu Ran hurriedly apologized, “I’ll not say it anymore. I promise I won’t say it in the future. Actually, I did not stand on ceremony with you. Look, I turn to you whenever I need help. Do you see my point?”

Wu Lan was satisfied when he heard Xu Ran’s words. He said, “You have helped us a lot. The money to buy ten acres of land was earned with your help, and you even put it under your name to shun our taxes. It is we who should thank you for such a big favor.”

Liu Qing echoed, “Yes, Xu Ran, you were busy when you came back. We didn’t even treat you to a meal. If you weren’t really too busy to do it yourself, you wouldn’t have told us. So let’s save the ceremony. We have kept in heart how have you helped us.”

These brothers didn’t usually talk much, but when they really wanted to speak, they did it methodically. Just like in the 21st century, one should not offend women; in this era, one should not offend the brothers.

Since both of them had said so, Xu Ran wouldn’t say anything more. Just like Liu Qing said, they would keep in heart how he had helped them. In the same way, Xu Ran would remembered their favor as well.