Zhou Mingli was born in a family of officials. His grandfather was an official in the Pearl Bank system, and his father also held an important position in the banking system. Because they dealt with money all day long, their family was naturally not short of money.
And because he was the eldest son of the Zhou family, he was very spoiled. Usually, he could get whatever he wanted, even if he wanted the moon in the sky — that was impossible.
He had never suffered any setbacks or hardships. This also developed his arrogant and violent character, and he would lose his temper if he was slightly dissatisfied.
Because he didn't want to come to Swallow Dock for the Spring Festival, his mother forced him to come. He didn't dare to vent his anger on his mother, but he wouldn't be stingy to pour it on the villagers of Swallow Dock — if you didn't live here, how could we come to such a place where even birds don't shit?
After seeing the luxurious life in Yanjing City, he didn't want to leave. However, his parents insisted on leaving, and he couldn't spend the Spring Festival alone. The road was blocked by snow, and the wind was howling. The driver assigned by his father's leader almost drove the car into the ditch without any guardrail signs on both sides of the road several times.
The driver gossiped a few times, which made the Zhou family feel quite disgraced. Having such poor relatives was indeed not something to be proud of — at least Zhou Fan could hide this unhappiness in his heart, but Zhou Mingli didn't care and showed it on his face.
After arriving at Swallow Dock, seeing the scattered houses on the snowy plain, he felt like banging his head against the wall. This place in the middle of nowhere, except for the village, was surrounded by wilderness and lonely mountains. This was the destination where they had to stay for a few days and spend their precious winter vacation time?
Zhou Mingli had the urge to turn around and run.
His mother told him countless times that their village was a very amazing place, and that everyone in the village had powerful martial arts.
Zhou Mingli was skeptical about this sentence. How powerful could they be? Breaking a brick with one punch? Breaking two planks with one kick?
However, this was the era of technology. So what if you had martial arts? Before you could rush in front of others, you would be killed by them with one shot — every clown in the acrobatic troupe had unique skills, but didn't they also have to jump around in the air and rely on other people's tips for a living?
Even so, this was still a reason for Zhou Mingli to have a little expectation for this village.
Perhaps, he could always find something new to boast to his friends when he returned.
Therefore, after seeing Fang Yan, he wanted to verify his mother's words and his own thoughts. He pointed at the brick and asked Fang Yan to split it open — didn't the villagers have a desire to show off in front of the city people? If he asked them to do what they were most proud of, they must be eager to show off, right?
He did not expect that his eldest cousin, Fang Yan, would actually reject him. Not only did Fang Yan not give him face, but it also made him feel that the only highlight of this trip to the countryside had disappeared.
There was no splitting brick at all, it was their lies.
He became violent again, wishing that he could jump up and give Fang Yan a good beating.
Although he didn't make a move, his tone was already impolite.
The person he was facing was Fang Yan, and the person he was insulting was Swallow Dock. Fang Yan had just accepted the important task that was entrusted to him by the master, and he had become one with Swallow Dock.
"Therefore, the tragedy happened naturally."
When Zhou Mingli got out of the car, Fang Yan drove his grandpa's classic car to the shed. He didn't hear Zhou Mingli scolding Swallow Dock as "a place where birds don't even shit". However, when Zhou Mingli said that Swallow Fort was a 'village of lies', he did it right in front of him.
How could there be liars in Swallow Dock? How could there be liars in Swallow Dock?
With Fang Yan's temper, how could he tolerate such a thing?
Thus, he slapped him across the face.
This was a slap from Fang Yan. How could Zhou Mingli bear it? His knees went soft, and he fell to the ground.
Because they were standing outside the door to talk, Zhou Mingli insisted on letting Fang Yan smash the brick on the door. When Fang Yan slapped him on the head, Zhou Mingli was unlucky and fell on the door sill.
Half of his body was pressed on the raised doorway. If it wasn't for his thick down jacket, his ribs would have been crushed.
"Mingli …" Fang Yijing saw his son suddenly fall on the ground and quickly ran over to help him up.
Zhou Fan and Fang Yixing had already entered the courtyard. When they heard their son's scream, they quickly turned around and saw Zhou Mingli lying on the ground, unable to move.
Fang Yan moved even faster. Before Fang Yijing and Zhou Fan came over, he had already pulled Zhou Mingli up from the ground. He patted the snow and dust off his body and asked, "Mingli, are you okay? Are you hurt? The road in the village is slippery. Be careful … "
Fang Yijing and Zhou Fan finally reached their son's side.
Fang Yijing held his son and asked, "Mingli, how do you feel? Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere? "
Zhou Fan stared at the doorway in front of him and asked, "You have to watch where you're going, how did you fall?"
Zhou Mingli felt waves of pain in his chest, but his anger made him lose his mind. He pointed at Fang Yan and shouted, "He slapped my head — — he slapped me on purpose!"
"Mingli!" Fang Yijing shouted. "Don't talk nonsense!"
"I'm not talking nonsense! It's all his fault! " Zhou Mingli was unforgiving. His voice was as sharp as a knife as he said, "I told him to split the brick, but he didn't know how to do it. He slapped my head — — he did it on purpose. He hit me on purpose. "
Zhou Fan looked at Fang Yan and asked, "Fang Yan, this — —"
Fang Yan smiled bitterly and said, "I did slap Mingli's head. But it was a touch, a light touch — — he asked me to split the brick, but I didn't agree. I felt that this child was quite mischievous, so I couldn't help but pat his head. I used to pat Fang Mengying and Fang Mengxiang's heads — — but this was all because of me, I apologize to Mingli. "
"Mingli, that's enough!" Fang Yijing was furious, stared at Zhou Mingli with an unfriendly gaze and said, "Are you done? If you are, then go rest in your room. Didn't you already eat? You don't have to eat dinner. "
Zhou Fan glanced at Fang Yan and smiled: "Mingli is still a child. As his big brother, please forgive him. "
"Uncle, don't worry. I'll take good care of Mingli "Fang Yan promised.
"You — —" Zhou Mingli felt that he had nowhere to vent his anger, so he glared at Fang Yan and said: "You lied to me, I won't let you off easy"
Saying so, he quickly walked into the room.
"Be careful, the road is slippery," Fang Yan reminded him.
"Why do you care?" Zhou Mingli's tone was unfriendly.
Thud!
As soon as he said so, he fell to the ground again.
This time, there were no obstacles on his body, so his body slid forward on the thin ice until he reached the bottom of the stairs.
Fang Yan raised both hands and said: "I really didn't touch him this time — —"
Fang Mengying clapped and laughed, saying: "So stupid, he can't even walk properly"
Fang Mengxiang was even worse, he ran along the path where Zhou Mingli slipped and said: "Look at me, look at me — — I can't even slip!"
Second aunt Fang Yiling quickly ran over and pulled Fang Mengying and Fang Mengxiang to the side so that Zhou Fan and his little sister wouldn't feel embarrassed.
Zhou Fan originally wanted to blame the slippery road for not cleaning up the snow, but after Fang Mengying and Fang Mengxiang's antics, he couldn't bring himself to complain.
Even two young children could walk and jump freely, how could his son not be able to walk properly when he's already so old?
Moreover, Fang Yan even reminded him to be careful of the slippery road, but he said "I don't care" — — wasn't this a typical dog biting Lu Dongbin? Pfft pfft pfft, who's the dog here?
This time, Fang Yan didn't need to do anything. Zhou Fan quickly walked over to help Zhou Mingli up and shouted with a stern face: "Zhou Mingli, can you please behave yourself? This isn't a place for you to behave atrociously. "
Zhou Mingli felt like all the bones in his body were about to fall apart. Although he said he didn't need Fang Yan's help, he was indeed worried about the road under his feet. However, for some reason, his knees softened — — no, his entire body suddenly lost its strength, and he fell to the ground for no reason.
He was a bit scared and scared. He felt pain in his chest just now, so he was worried that he might have some side effects from the fall.
Seeing that his father was angry, he didn't dare to say what he wanted to say. He shook off his father's hand and strode into the house.
Fang Yijing looked at everyone apologetically and said: "You guys should eat first. I'll go help him settle down. This child is in his rebellious phase, and he always makes people worry — — "
Lu Wan also stood up and said: "Let's eat, let's eat. The food is getting cold. "
Fang Huwei was also pushed out. Although the old man's legs were paralyzed, he still had his power. With him present, everyone behaved warmly and harmoniously.
The main guest of the dinner tonight was Zhou Fan. Fang Yixing, Fang Hao, and Zhao Chengxin took turns to drink. Zhou Fan took the initiative to toast Fang Huwei three times, Lu Wan, Fang Yixing, and Zhao Chengxin. He even took a toast from Fang Yan. His mind was not very clear, and when he spoke, his tongue began to waver.
He squinted at Fang Yan and said: "I heard from your aunt that Fang Yan is a teacher in Huacheng?"
Fang Yan nodded and said: "Yes."
"What's so good about being a teacher?" Zhou Fan waved his hand and said. "The salary is low, the work is heavy, and you have to deal with a group of children every day. When you go to work, you have to eat chalk dust — — that's not a good thing, it can damage your lungs. It'll be too late to regret it. Listen to Uncle, quit your job after the Spring Festival. Go to Mingzhu, Uncle will arrange a job for you, and you'll have a lot of free money — — "
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