Ye Chengyang also took the rare opportunity to throw his weight around with his mother backing him up. Standing beside them with his hands on his hips, he shouted, "Hurry up and go to school!"
He still held a grudge against his brother for getting him beaten too the day before yesterday.
"None of your damn business."
"If you don't go to school, you'll get whipped."
"Want me to give you a taste of my fists first?"
Lin Xiuqing knocked him on the head again. "Getting big for your boots, are you? Hurry up and go to school. Look at you, and you still want to score a hundred? All you think about every day is playing. I never see you touch a book or a pencil after you get home. I'd have better luck counting on your younger brother and sister."
Only at the beginning, when the novelty was still fresh, had he done his homework as soon as he got home. Back then, they had even occasionally heard him reciting his lessons. Afterward, he had gone right back to his old ways.
"Hmph! I'll definitely get a hundred. I'm definitely going to the city!"
"Stop doing nothing but talking all day. Get going."
"Brother A-Hai and the others aren't ready yet."
"Can't you go ahead on your own? You lot are always fooling around together. A ten-minute walk takes you half an hour."
Just then, someone next door shouted Ye Chenghu's name. He quickly answered, "Here! Hehe, I'm off!"
With that, he immediately dashed for the door.
A whole crowd of children ran toward the main road, laughing and roughhousing. The dogs around the small workshop beside them barked and followed, the pack of children and dogs playing as they went.
Ye Chengyang craned his neck, unable to