Pampered by the Toughest Man After Divorce
Chapter 1137 - 1139 Xiao’ai, Dabao, Xiaobei

Chapter 1137: Chapter 1139 Xiao’ai, Dabao, Xiaobei

Aunt Zhao couldn’t bear to see her nephew being mistreated, so she said a few words, "Sister-in-law, I think Xiaobei is quite honest, he shouldn’t be lazy, and that jade pendant sold for quite a bit of money, you just..."

Instantly, Aunt Zhao shot her a sharp look, "Sold for how much? How much could that broken jade pendant possibly fetch? Plus, he lives here every day, doesn’t everything cost money—eating, drinking, and the rest? He even eats so much, two bowls of rice per meal, more than our Datu does. Didn’t you see him at dinner last night? He helped himself to two pieces of meat, while our Datu barely had a little."

"Datu had half a..." Aunt Zhao temperedly tried to say "half a bowl," but ultimately she was too meek and dared not say too much.

Xia Dabao glanced again at Tian Xiaobei, who was quietly packing up to go cut pigweed. Being a boy of his age, his pride was strong, and being disparaged in front of strangers like that, he must have felt extremely humiliated. Yet he was incredibly stubborn and didn’t say a word to defend himself, resigned to cutting four baskets if it came to that.

But it was Axian who, in his childish voice, spoke the truth, "Aunt Zhao, Brother Datu didn’t actually cut any pigweed yesterday. Those two baskets of pigweed were all cut by Brother Xiaobei. Brother Datu was lying down by the riverbank, taking a long nap."

Although Axian spoke the truth, he was still too young and Aunt Zhao didn’t take his words to heart.

Xia Dabao couldn’t hold back either, regardless of whether it was appropriate or not, she had to speak the truth, "Aunt Zhao, Axian is right, Datu didn’t cut any grass yesterday, it was all Tian Xiaobei who did it. If you don’t believe it, you can ask Zhang San and Lanlan, everyone saw it."

After Xia Dabao spoke up, Tian Xiaobei, who was on the other side gathering baskets, paused momentarily. Still, he said nothing and just shouldered his basket and headed towards the riverbank.

"This kid, hasn’t even had his breakfast yet," Aunt Zhao wanted to call Tian Xiaobei back, but he had already walked off into the distance.

On the other hand, Aunt Zhao was still clearly unconvinced, "You must have seen wrong yesterday. Our Datu is the most eager to work. How could he possibly not do the work himself and let someone else do it for him? Forget it, I won’t argue with you anymore. I need to go wake Datu up for breakfast."

...

During breakfast, Brother Wild and Nan Feng noticed Xia Dabao and Axian looking quite downhearted. Ever since they returned from Aunt Zhao’s side, they seemed distracted. Nan Feng couldn’t help but ask, "What’s wrong with you two, hasn’t Little Black given birth yet?"

Axian had gotten up early in the morning and hadn’t even combed his hair yet, which was in a mess. Seeing Xia Dabao remained silent, he spoke first, "Brother Xiaobei was bullied."

"Xiaobei? The young boy from Aunt Zhao’s place, how was he bullied?" Nan Feng asked.

Axian didn’t quite know how to express it, so he just looked at Xia Dabao, who recounted the morning’s events in detail, then turned to Nan Feng and asked, "Mom, what do you think we should do about this? Facing such an unreasonable head of the household, and since Tian Xiaobei himself doesn’t speak up, Aunt Zhao just bosses him around, stubborn as a mule."

Nan Feng looked at Brother Wild, "Technically speaking, this is their family matter, and it wouldn’t be right for us to interfere. But since both Abao and Axian feel sorry for Tian Xiaobei, and you two are so compassionate and willing to help others, Dad and I feel we can’t just ignore it. Tomorrow, Mom has to see the village chief for something, so I’ll take the opportunity to talk to them. I’ll ask the village chief to give Aunt Zhao a lesson and tell her that what she’s doing is wrong. Brother Wild, what do you think?"