Qiao Simei's crying, fussing and complaining instantly made the three Cao family members at the table feel embarrassed, but the direction of the embarrassment was slightly different.

As Qiao Simei's biological sister, Cao Lili's embarrassment is simple. She simply thinks that this sister is too embarrassed. She actually quarreled with a group of children on such an occasion, and when she lost, she came crying and complaining. It was too shameful.

Cao Zhiqiang's embarrassment was a little complicated, but he didn't think too much about it.

He just felt that the person who bullied Qiao Simei was his own nephew, and his nephew's mother was watching right here, and the palms and backs of her hands were full of flesh, so it was inappropriate for him to help anyone.

In other words, if it were other adults who bullied Qiao Simei, and Qiao Simei took charge, Cao Zhiqiang would have stood up and vented his anger on Qiao Simei.

But it was his two nephews who bullied Qiao Simei. The most important thing was that they were both children. They only quarreled verbally and did not take action, so it was difficult for him to step forward.

It's not that Cao Zhiqiang has any special feelings towards those two nephews.

But Cao Zhiqiang thinks that this is a problem between a group of naughty kids.

It is best for children to solve their own problems. If adults intervene hastily, it may be counterproductive.

Although Qiao Simei behaves like a little adult all day long, she is still a ten-year-old child after all.

For such a child, if you take her words as an adult, then there is something really wrong.

Compared to Cao Lili and Cao Zhiqiang, Cao Jiajia's embarrassment is a little more complicated, or the most complicated.

Because the targets of Qiao Simei's accusation were her two children, and it seemed that it was her own children who talked nonsense, said things about outsiders, and made people cry, which made Cao Jiajia feel embarrassed.

You know, just because Cao Jiajia's two children are ignorant does not mean that Cao Jiajia is also ignorant.

Yes, in terms of blood relationship, Cao Jiajia and Cao Zhiqiang are indeed siblings. In theory, Cao Zhiqiang's relationship with Cao Jiajia should be better than that with Cao Lili and that Qiao Simei.

But in reality, distance is not calculated in this way.

In addition to blood relationships, there are other similar feelings in this world, which are not necessarily worse than blood relationships.

To put it bluntly, Cao Jiajia has not been back for more than ten years, and she is a girl married outside. In a sense, she is no longer a serious member of the Cao family, and it is not bad to say that she is an outsider.

Why does Cao Jiajia insist that this family dinner must only be held by members of the Cao family with the surname Cao? Isn't it just to use this method to highlight that she is a member of the Cao family and to build a closer relationship with Cao Zhiqiang?

To be more precise, although Cao Lili and Cao Zhiqiang are not related by blood, they have lived together for a long time, taking care of each other and caring about each other. They are no longer biological brothers and sisters, but better than biological brothers and sisters.

It is because of this realization that Cao Jiajia praised Cao Lili in various ways. In fact, he wanted to gain Cao Zhiqiang's approval and consolidate his position by acknowledging her relatives.

In this sense, although Qiao Simei is not a member of the Cao family, she has lived here for a long time, and her relationship with Cao Zhiqiang is definitely deeper than that of her biological sister, let alone her two nephews.

Therefore, in terms of relationship distance, among the people here, Cao Lili must have the closest relationship with Cao Zhiqiang, followed by Qiao Simei, and then her biological sister.

As the saying goes, if you have no desires, you will be strong.

If Cao Jiajia wants nothing from Cao Zhiqiang, of course she doesn't need to care about this.

But the problem is that Cao Jiajia wants something from Cao Zhiqiang, and her current plans are all dependent on her younger brother.

Whether it's Cao Jiajia's food, clothing, housing and transportation, her work arrangements, her husband's job transfer, or her children's schooling, she now relies on Cao Zhiqiang.

One after another, none of them are easy to handle.

Why does Cao Zhiqiang go through so much trouble to do this? Isn't it just because of the family ties?

But if there is a problem with this family relationship and Cao Zhiqiang feels that his sister is ignorant, that will be troublesome.

If Cao Zhiqiang really lets go, Cao Jiajia's family will be in big trouble, and they may even have no way out.

When she thought of this, Cao Jiajia immediately put her chopsticks on the table and stood up with a livid face.

This moment, it startled Qiao Simei, who was crying loudly, and instinctively leaned towards her sister.

Sure enough, at the critical moment, Qiao Simei trusted her sister the most.

"unacceptable!"

After Cao Jiajia said this with a livid face, she immediately looked at Qiao Simei: "Simei, right? Don't be afraid. Auntie asked you, Wenfang and Wenxuan really said that? Did they really say that you are an outsider? No.

From the Cao family?"

"Yeah!" Qiao Simei nodded with tears on her face, "That's what they said! They also said that my surname is Qiao, not Cao, and I can't come here to eat with you, then I'm not Cao.

The people in the family are outsiders, so they are not as good as them."

Upon hearing this, Cao Jiajia slammed the table angrily, and then began to roll up her sleeves slowly: "Okay, how dare you say that? Just wait, I will vent my anger on you, and I will beat these two nonsense little bastards to death!

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After saying that, Cao Jiajia rolled up her sleeves and rushed out.

When she saw this situation, Cao Lili was the first to become anxious, and she stood up and said, "Sister, please don't! It's not a big deal."

Cao Zhiqiang blinked and stood up immediately, just in time to block Cao Jiajia's way: "Sister, don't go. Children are making trouble, why are you, an adult, making trouble with them?"

"Zhiqiang, get out of the way!" Cao Jiajia said with a livid face, looking at Cao Zhiqiang who was blocking the door, "It is said that teaching a child in front of others is like killing a child!

If these two bastards dare to talk like this, I must deal with them in public!

Otherwise, they don’t know how to remember!

Get out of the way, I will beat them to death this time!"

Cao Zhiqiang did not leave, but directly held Cao Jiajia's shoulders with both hands to prevent Cao Jiajia from leaving.

Immediately afterwards, Cao Zhiqiang advised: "Sister, I understand what you mean, but the old saying is not necessarily true.

Let's just talk about Wenfang and Wenxuan. If they really said those words, it would be inappropriate, but they would be fine if they were taught a lesson in public.

Although they are young, they still have self-esteem. If you teach them a lesson in front of so many of us, they will definitely feel humiliated and uncomfortable, and their self-esteem will definitely be hit hard."

"Huh, embarrassing? It's uncomfortable, that's right!" Cao Jiajia said loudly, "When they teamed up to bully Simei, why didn't they think about Simei's feelings?

Huh, everyone is older than Simei, but they gang up to bully a little girl. Is this ridiculous?

I see, he has been out for a long time and his temper has become wild.

Zhiqiang, get out of the way and leave this matter alone!

Dutiful sons emerge from the stick, I must deal with them today, otherwise how can I explain to my little girl?"

Cao Zhiqiang used force again to stop Cao Jiajia from walking out.

"Sister, please sit down first, sit down and talk!"

After forcefully pressing Cao Jiajia onto the chair where he was sitting, Cao Zhiqiang said:

"Sister, everything you said is right. Children have problems and must be educated. Sometimes they have to be beaten when they need to be beaten.

But I still want to say that it is okay to educate children, but we must also pay attention to methods, especially don’t beat our children in front of us.

why?

Because this will have a deep psychological shadow on children, making them hate us, and may even be counterproductive and cause them to have rebellious psychology."

"Then what should we do?" Cao Jiajia said angrily, "Did they bully Simei and just ignore it?"

"Of course you can't ignore it." Cao Zhiqiang looked at Qiao Simei who had stopped crying, "But you can't beat the child in public."

After a pause, Cao Zhiqiang said: "Well, sister, you need to calm down here first, and I'll go out to take a look and ask about the situation.

If it is indeed their fault, then I will try to persuade them first and ask them to come over and apologize.

If these two kids don't listen to my reasoning, how about you wait until we leave and then beat them as you please, even if your butts bleed and bloom, but just don't beat them in front of us?"

Upon hearing this, Cao Jiajia frowned and then nodded: "Okay, you are their uncle, you can try it. If they don't listen to you, I will beat them hard when I turn around, and I will give you and Simei an explanation."

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As soon as Cao Zhiqiang heard this, he understood that the main reason why Cao Jiajia was so excited and angry, or in other words, the reason why she did this, was to give herself an explanation.

To put it bluntly, Cao Jiajia was so angry because she was afraid of offending herself and for her own sake, never for her children.

But this is normal. Isn’t this what the adult world is like?

But Cao Zhiqiang didn't want to let several children endure a beating that they shouldn't have to endure because of these things.

It is bullshit in Cao Zhiqiang's opinion to teach children in front of others and produce filial sons under the stick.

Cao Zhiqiang also came here as a child. When he was a child in his previous life, he was beaten by his father in front of a group of people.

The situation at that time is still fresh in Cao Zhiqiang's memory. The unforgettable shame was really uncomfortable.

The so-called teaching children in front of others, to put it bluntly, is just for the sake of the adults' face, but it ignores the children's heart.

Educating children is not like this.

Cao Zhiqiang can't control others, but he still wants to try to save his own relatives.

At the very least, you should first ask the person the real situation, and then try to reason with them. If the reason doesn't make sense, it's not too late to fight.

What Qiao Simei said before was just her side of the story and may not necessarily be the truth of the matter.

Others don't know Qiao Simei, but Cao Zhiqiang knows her very well. This person has been troubled since childhood.

So at this time, the more important it is to stay calm and figure things out first, and then do what you need to do. You can't just assume that everything Qiao Simei said is right.

Sure enough, after being persuaded by Cao Zhiqiang, Cao Jiajia temporarily calmed down.

Also, speaking of it, Cao Jiajia wouldn't be willing to beat her own children if it weren't for her own face and concern for Cao Zhiqiang's thoughts.
To be continued...