People in the alley: A woman dressed as a man shouldn't be foolishly filial, Zhuang Chaoying

Chapter 156 Mixed Doubles

The three of them were feeling uneasy. When they got downstairs, they saw their parents, Aunt Song, and Yiming standing at the entrance.

When Zhuang Chaoying saw the three children, she quickly ran over, grabbed one in each hand, and led them towards Huang Ling.

Huang Ling ran over and hugged Xiao Ting and Peng Fei, her voice trembling with tears: "Xiao Ting, Peng Fei, do you know how scared I was? If you were really kidnapped, I wouldn't want to live anymore. Peng Fei, how am I supposed to explain to your mother if you get lost?"

Suppressing her anger, Zhuang Chaoying thought that the children were all grown up and she should give them some face. She just said coldly, "I'll deal with you two when we get home."

When Song Ying saw Dong Zhe, she quickly hugged him and started crying: "Dong Zhe, you naughty monkey, you're going to worry your mother to death! Why are you running around like that?"

Then he let go of him, looked him up and down to make sure there was nothing wrong, and then reached out and hit him a few times.

Zhuang Tunan followed beside them.

"Tunan, where are you going so late?"

“My younger brother and sister came to visit me, and I took them home. This is my dad, this is my mom, and this is my neighbor aunt and brother.”

Standing at the school gate, Huang Ling hugged Tu Nan. "You've lost weight! How come you've lost weight even when you're going to school? Are you short of money?"

Zhuang Tunan hugged his parents. "The subsidy is over ten yuan a month, enough to live on."

Huang Ling pulled fifty yuan from her pocket and stuffed it directly into Tu Nan's pocket. "Take it. Don't think about saving money. Make sure you eat well, understand, Tu Nan!"

Zhuang Tunan nodded. "I understand, Mom and Dad, don't worry."

They took the train home.

After getting off the train, I walked on my way home.

Grandpa Li and Lin Wufeng stood at the door waiting. "It's good that the child is back safely. He's back, he's back."

Song Ying and Huang Ling walked ahead, saying gratefully, "Thanks to Yiming, otherwise we wouldn't have been able to buy tickets either."

Li Yiming waved his hand: "You're welcome, Aunt Song."

The three children followed silently behind with their heads down.

No one spoke along the way; the atmosphere was somewhat oppressive.

Lin Wufeng grabbed Lin Dongzhe by the collar and strode into the alley.

Zhuang Chaoying looked at Xiaoting and Pengfei behind her and said sternly, "Hurry up and go inside!"

Xiaoting and Pengfei lowered their heads and slunk into the house.

Song Ying regained her composure: "Thank you, Teacher Zhuang."

Zhuang Chaoying nodded and walked into the house one after the other with Huang Ling.

Song Ying returned to her room and handed the bamboo paddle to Lin Wufeng: "I'm exhausted! I've been walking all day."

Lin Wufeng took the racket: "You must be exhausted today. You sit down and rest, I'll spank you! Stick your butt out, do I even need to tell you?"

Lin Dongzhe lowered his head, gripped the bed, stuck out his bottom, and said in a tearful voice, "Mom and Dad, I was wrong, really!"

Lin Wufeng took the racket and smacked Lin Dongzhe hard on the buttocks with a loud "smack".

Lin Dongzhe cried out in pain, "Ahhh! It hurts! Dad, be gentle!"

While hitting him, Lin Wufeng said, "This is an education based on love. I want you to remember it deeply. This time, I'll make sure you remember it completely."

Zhuang Chaoying walked into the room and looked at Xiaoting and Pengfei, who had their heads down, and felt conflicted.

He had never hit his child before, but Pengfei was too naughty, so he had to hit him. Xiaoting also had to be hit, otherwise she wouldn't learn her lesson.

Huang Ling, holding the racket, urged, "Chao Ying, are you going to hit it or not? If you don't, I will!"

Zhuang Chaoying took the racket: "Hit! Xiaoting, Pengfei, you two are really brave. You're always afraid of the unexpected. If something like that happens, you'll never see Mom and me again. It's infuriating! Your mom was so worried she forgot to put on her shoes!"

Zhuang Chaoying paused for a moment, then continued, "You know about the crackdown these past two years? So many human traffickers who traffic women and children have been arrested. If a trafficker lightly taps you on the head, you'll lose consciousness. When you wake up again, you won't know where you are."

Huang Ling stood to the side, hands on her hips, and said, "Chao Ying, just fight! Stop talking nonsense!"

Zhuang Chaoying took a deep breath: "Xiaoting, your mother and I have never hit you before, but we have to this time. You two, stick your butts out!"

Zhuang Chaoying raised her racket, and Xiaoting and Pengfei trembled in fright.

"Ah! Dad, I was wrong!"

Zhuang Chaoying frowned: "I haven't even started fighting yet, what are you yelling about!"

"Ah Ling, how many hits?"

Huang Ling thought for a moment. "How about each of us hits five times?"

Zhuang Chaoying took the racket and hit it five times.

"Snapped"

"Smack..."

Hearing the shouts from next door, Aunt Li quickly turned down the TV volume.

Aunt Li: "Quickly turn the volume down, you can't hear it anymore!"

Uncle Li pricked up his ears: "I want to hear about Dongzhe getting beaten. He deserves it, he'll be beaten until midnight if he were my kid sneaking out."

Aunt Li sighed, "Teacher Zhuang's nephew is so naughty, and Xiao Ting has followed suit. They've really become a pair of troublemakers. It's a real headache!"

Uncle Li chimed in, "Serves him right! Give him a good beating. He's young but has quite the nerve, sneaking off to Shanghai without even being kidnapped!"

Aunt Li reached out and slapped Uncle Li: "Shut up, listen to how miserable that sound is. It's the first time I've heard Xiaoting get beaten."

After hitting them, Zhuang Chaoying slumped into a chair and looked at Xiaoting and Pengfei: "Remember this, you can't be so willful anymore, and you can't make your family worry."

Xiaoting and Pengfei lowered their heads and nodded silently.

Zhuang Chaoying and Huang Ling looked at the child and felt very sorry for him.

They knew that hitting the children was a last resort, and they hoped that the children could learn a lesson from this experience and become more sensible.

Zhang Amei was leaning against the door frame, listening intently to the sounds from across the room, muttering to herself, "The old saying goes that a nephew resembles his uncle, but Pengfei doesn't resemble Teacher Zhuang at all. No, wait, he's just like Teacher Zhuang in his heart."

While cracking sunflower seeds, Old Wu chimed in, "Before we had a TV, the evening show was Lin Dongzhe getting beaten and the neighbors trying to comfort him. Today the show has been changed; both families are doing a mixed doubles beating. It's been several years since I've heard the Lin family beat their child. It's quite heartwarming."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Amei casually picked up a pillow and threw it at him: "You big dummy!"

Next door, Song Ying sat in a chair eating sunflower seeds, watching Wu Feng beat Lin Dongzhe, and couldn't help but say, "Hit him, Wu Feng, use a little more force! Do you need to measure the distance when hitting a child?"

"Your seat restricts my movement and hinders my performance. Go sit over there!"

As Song Ying spoke, she quickly stood up to offer her seat, muttering, "Honestly! Making such a fuss over a child's beating!"

Next door, Huang Ling stood beside Zhuang Chaoying and asked Xiaoting and Pengfei seriously, "Xiaoting, Pengfei, did you remember that? Have you learned your lesson?"

Xiaoting cried so hard she could barely breathe, snot streaming down her face, sobbing, "Mom, Dad, I was wrong!"

Pengfei also cried, "Uncle, Aunt, I was wrong, I was really wrong, I'll never do it again!"

Zhuang Chaoying took the racket and hit Pengfei hard again: "You can't go to the bus station anymore. You'll be taking the high school entrance exam next year. Can't you try harder and get into No. 1 High School? It's not that your uncle is heartless, but going to university can broaden a person's horizons. No matter what you do in the future, going to university won't do you any harm."

Upon hearing this, Pengfei nodded while crying, "Uncle, I know I was wrong!"

Seeing Xiaoting crying so sadly, Zhuang Chaoying's heart softened immediately. He had never even laid a finger on this precious daughter, and this was the first time he had ever hit her.

Zhuang Chaoying couldn't bear to hit Xiaoting hard, so she just patted her gently.

Then, Zhuang Chaoying hugged the two children tightly and said gently, "Xiaoting, Pengfei, you can't do this again next time. Your parents and your uncle and aunt are very worried. Next time you want to go, we'll take you. You can't go by yourselves, okay?"

Huang Ling quickly took out a handkerchief to wipe away Xiao Ting's tears and comforted her, "Okay, don't cry, but you still have to write a self-criticism!"

Old Wu listened intently: "It's over already! That was fast. It must be halftime. There'll definitely be another game!"

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