Give Me Back My Schoolbag

Zhang Zhuzi immediately gave a thumbs-up and said, "San Niang, you're really smart. Let's just push this matter to my second uncle and let him handle it. I've seen it clearly—my second uncle is determined to stop Haizi Academy from opening. He's definitely more stubborn than us."

Qin Sanniang said, "That's the right idea. Tomorrow, you buy some gifts and take them to your second uncle's house."

While the two were talking, Zhang Zhaocai came in carrying the dinner.

Qin Sanniang was fuming with anger. Seeing Zhang Zhaocai come in, she immediately threw down the medicinal wine and grabbed his ear hard, scolding him fiercely: "You ungrateful little bastard! Why are you signing up for the academy? You stupid fool thinks you can study? Take a good look at yourself! You're just as dumb and bad as your mother, good for nothing, and you want to learn? Ridiculous!"

Qin Sanniang hit him hard, making Zhang Zhaocai's tears flow as he covered his ears, crying out and begging for mercy, "You all agreed to let me go to the academy!"

Qin Sanniang glared at him angrily and scolded, "Little bastard, now you've learned to talk back! Let's see if I don't beat you to death!"

Qin Sanniang grabbed Zhang Zhaocai's ear, dragged him to the woodshed, threw him onto the straw mat, and grabbed a thick stick to start beating him fiercely.

Zhang Zhaocai lay on the straw mat, covering his head with his hands, curling up into a ball.

Qin Sanniang grew more and more vigorous, scolding while fiercely beating Zhang Zhaocai with the stick. Still unsatisfied, she kicked him in the lower back, knocking him off the straw mat onto the ground.

Zhang Zhaocai fell, moving the straw aside and revealing a hidden schoolbag underneath.

Qin Sanniang saw that something was hidden in the straw, put her hands on her hips, and scolded, "You little thief, how dare you steal from home!"

Saying that, Qin Sanniang reached for the schoolbag.

Zhang Zhaocai saw Qin Sanniang trying to take his schoolbag, his eyes turning red with urgency. He lunged forward to protect it but was slapped twice on the ears by Qin Sanniang, making him sit on the ground.

"You little bastard, you’ve crossed the line and dared to fight me!" Qin Sanniang was furious, pointing at Zhang Zhaocai and scolding, "Wait until your father gets out of bed, I’ll have him beat you to death!"

While Qin Sanniang scolded, she took the schoolbag. Zhang Zhaocai looked anxiously at the schoolbag, wanting to get up, but his body was too sore. After struggling a few times without success, he could only watch helplessly as his beloved schoolbag fell into Qin Sanniang's hands.

Qin Sanniang threw down the stick and started pulling things out of the schoolbag: "What's this? Tree bark? You little bastard, are you out of your mind, hiding tree bark as a treasure!?"

Qin Sanniang threw several pieces of tree bark onto the ground and stomped on them until they were crushed to bits.

Zhang Zhaocai pleaded in a tearful voice, "Don't step on my things, please don't!"

Qin Sanniang ignored Zhang Zhaocai's pleas and continued pulling out a wooden pen, mocking, "What's this? A stick? A brush? What kind of nonsense is this!"

Then, with both hands, Qin Sanniang snapped the wooden pen into two pieces.

Zhang Zhaocai watched helplessly as his carefully made wooden pen broke, feeling as if his heart was breaking in two.

"What's this? Where did you steal this porcelain bottle?" Qin Sanniang pulled out the porcelain bottle Zhang Zhaocai used to hold medicinal wine and smashed it hard on the ground.

The porcelain bottle shattered into tiny pieces, scattered across the ground.

Zhang Zhaocai stared blankly at the broken porcelain shards, his heart filled with bleak despair, crying out, "Please, give me back my schoolbag, I beg you!"

Qin Sanniang kicked Zhang Zhaocai out with disgust, making him roll several times on the ground. Then she pulled out two small wooden figurines from the schoolbag and said, "What the hell are these things?"