Reborn in a small village in the 1990s

Chapter 109

What should you do if you encounter human traffickers? Zhao Yongbo was puzzled after hearing this: "My eldest sister can't possibly do what my grandmother did and prepare to hand over my second uncle's younger sister to human traffickers, can she? My eldest sister is a good person..."

Upon hearing this, Wang Guixiang was instantly enraged: "Zhao Yongbo, what do you mean by that? You little brat, do you think you can mess with your grandma?"

Zhao Yongbo said innocently, "Grandma, you're overthinking it. How could I dare to say anything to you? I just said my eldest sister wouldn't sell me. As for the rest, we have nothing to hide, so we have nothing to fear."

Wang Guixiang glared angrily: "Zhao Yongbo, you..."

He was Wang Guixiang's beloved grandson, so even though Wang Guixiang was angry, she didn't continue to dwell on the topic.

Zhao Tingxu's expression was calm. He didn't care much about what his grandson said. His grandson was the guarantee for the Zhao family to continue its lineage. With a grandson, the Zhao family would have a future.

“Yongbo, don’t upset your grandma. You should know that filial piety is the most important virtue. You should always be filial to your grandparents.”

Zhao Yongbo thought about what he had taught him that morning and said in a serious tone, "I also know: if the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked too."

Wang Guixiang looked completely bewildered: ???

Zhao Tingxu was also a little bewildered and at a loss. Did this sound like something a four-year-old would say? Could someone have taught him this behind his back?

Seeing the somewhat bewildered expressions on Zhao Tingxu and Wang Guixiang's faces, Zhao Yongbo continued in a serious tone, "Confucius said: 'The highest good is like water, which benefits all things without striving.' If the upper beam is upright and treats the lower beam fairly, then the family will be harmonious and prosperous. Otherwise, chaos will ensue."

Zhao Tingxu frowned: "Yongbo, who taught you these words?"

"Self taught."

Zhao Tingxu: "..."

Wang Guixiang pouted and said, "My dear grandson, did you go out all night and let Zhao Da'e corrupt you? She's a traitor. She's disrespectful all the time. Don't you dare learn from Zhao Da'e."

"Yes, Grandma. I need to learn from my aunt. My aunt is great, and I should learn from her."

"Of course, your aunt..."

"Not only is my aunt adored, but her son is also adored. Look, my own grandson is so poor that he can't even get enough to eat three times a day. My mother was caught stealing a few pounds of flour from my older sister and was too ashamed to stay at home, so she ran away. As her son, there's nothing I can do. After all, I can't be like my aunt's son, Li Ping, who can open Grandma's bedside table and take out the treasure chest so my mother can have something good to eat."

Wang Guixiang and Zhao Tingxu's expressions instantly turned ugly. Zhao Yongbo's words were becoming increasingly barbed: "What do you know, kid?"

Confucius said: "A young man should be filial at home and respectful to elders outside, be careful in his conduct and trustworthy, love all people, and be close to the virtuous." Zhao Yongbo, with his hands behind his back and his head tilted back, recited the text as if it were a lesson: "My grandparents favor my aunt, and even my aunt's son. I'm already four years old, and my grandparents always say: 'Yongbo is the apple of our eye,' but they only give me 50 cents when I kowtow during the New Year. But when Li Ping comes over, he doesn't even kowtow, just gives me a simple greeting, and my grandparents, who love their grandson to an extreme degree, immediately take out 200 yuan each as New Year's money for Li Ping."

It's because my grandfather liked to marry into wealth and thought that other people's sons-in-law were capable people. My grandmother loved her daughter and thought that this daughter was the apple of her eye, much closer than her son, and even closer than anything else.

Little did she know that the saying "Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you" is reversed in this context: "Grandma, you love your own daughter, yet you want to give away someone else's biological daughter? Grandma, you are truly the epitome of double standards. And this unfairness revealed everywhere—is this how you old folks dote on your grandson? Whose grandson is so noble and superior to ours?!"