Her Cultivation Diary

Chapter 2156: Chapter 1838: Whose Fault Is It?

Tsk.

The little girl had a round head, round face, and round eyes, looking quite cute in her bewilderment. Song Tan was a bit conflicted about whether to call Lun Chuan.

Heaven knows how a homebody like him evolved into someone capable of such apt language...

She herself had no experience dealing with children; at this moment, she thought about shifting blame—

"Alright. About the dispute between your baby and our Big White, it’s hard to assign blame. Let’s ask someone in authority to mediate, shall we?"

Someone in authority?

The baby’s mom thought seriously for a moment, then nodded solemnly in agreement.

Meanwhile, Wu Lan was chatting with Liu Baoni.

"You know, kids are really smart these days! When I was six or seven, all I knew was catching bugs, cutting grass for the pigs, feeding chickens, and picking rice. When adults talked, about disputes or responsibilities, I couldn’t understand any of it."

Liu Baoni agreed: "Absolutely! Don’t even mention us—I have a son who was still playing with mud on the dirt road at the village entrance when he was seven or eight."

Song Tan sent a message to Secretary Xiaozu and couldn’t help but laugh upon hearing:

"Mom, it wasn’t that you guys weren’t smart back then, it’s just that the information environment was different."

Back in those days, everything moved slowly, illiteracy was common, and aside from the big loudspeakers at the village entrance, there were no public information channels.

Speaking of other things, in earlier times, when people were matchmaking, the man still had to borrow grain from neighbors to pile up in their storage to show the matchmaker.

But now?

Kids have early education, kindergartens, mobiles, computers, TVs as soon as they are born...even going to malls and parks exposes them to various environments.

And Wu Lan?

Back then in a poor mountain village, it wasn’t until she was about to get married that she went to a department store with Song Sancheng.

In places like Yun City, an 18th-tier small city, everything moved slowly. Even in the ’80s, to buy something, ticket office clerks used to slide tickets held in metal clips on their heads, everywhere zooming around.

All in all, the information density and exposure were far different from now.

Wu Lan waved her hand: "Saying so much! A child is smart or clever, can’t I tell? It’s not about information, it’s just that our baby’s mom is smart!"

Complimenting her granddaughter, Liu Baoni grinned widely:

"Hey, her child..."

Meanwhile, the baby’s mom was wholeheartedly waiting for the official to bring her justice, and had moved her small stool to sit in the hallway, huddling together with her poor baby.

When Secretary Xiaozu swiftly arrived after receiving the message, she saw a little girl with a round face and red eyes, cuddling with her patchy-plucked goose looking expectantly at her.

Secretary Xiaozu:...such a sin!

Song Tan had bullied the kids!

Seeing her arrival, the baby’s mother got excited and stood up immediately!

Little fat legs rushing quickly, with expectations written all over her:

"Big official!"

"You’re here to help my baby!"

Secretary Xiaozu:...

Wu Lan:... Even when I was little, I never called our village official "big official."

Song Tan chuckled, thinking if she’d known this beforehand, she would have definitely recorded a video! Secretary Xiaozu’s lifetime reputation, perhaps it might even get viral online!

Secretary Xiaozu cleared her throat: "I’m not a big official."

This needed to be clarified well indeed.

However, an official who doesn’t serve the people might as well go home and sell sweet potatoes. Although it was a small dispute, she took it very seriously:

"Come, little friend, what’s your name? What requests do you have?"

The little friend spoke with a remarkable standard accent:

"I’m the baby’s mom, my baby was bullied, big official you must seek justice for us!"

After speaking, her small fist clenched and waved fiercely.

It seems the presence of the official indeed gave her some support and confidence.

Everyone:...

How to say, the most challenging part of this dispute is how not to hurt the little friend’s self-esteem while holding back laughter.

Secretary Xiaozu thus displayed her official animus: "Alright! Then explain the matter clearly, let’s see how we can handle it."

This time Song Tan didn’t speak, letting the baby’s mom falteringly explain everything.

Kudos to kids, when they talk, no subjective thoughts—purely a mix of Song Tan’s narration and hers.

Fortunately, her memory was good, even conveying the essence of Chen Xi’s earlier defense of Big White.

New brains come in handy.

Secretary Xiaozu, a qualified helper, remained serious as she responded occasionally with "Hmm" or nodded, saying, "Then?"

Overall, she provided ample emotional support, and as the baby’s mom spoke, seeing her so serious, suddenly felt a bit embarrassed.

It’s like, maybe her baby did indeed make a tiny mistake too...

She glanced at the baby: No!

Their baby was still a baby, hadn’t grown up at all. That Big White’s goose was so big, so fierce, Dabao bullying Xiaobao, just isn’t right!

She clenched her fists, firm in her stance.

And as Secretary Xiaozu listened to the entire story, she suddenly said:

"Actually, in this case, your baby did nothing wrong."

"Playing outside, spotting strange large leaves, poking one’s head to investigate, is absolutely fine—it’s the goose’s nature! How could it be wrong because of that?"

Seeing the smile spreading across the baby’s face, she added:

"But, Big White also did nothing wrong."

"The entire riverside beach, including surrounding mudflats and stone slope trailing upwards, was contracted by Aunt Song Tan’s family. The pasture was planted by her, the riverside managed by her, and the entire lotus pond was constructed, planted, and maintained by their family."

"Suddenly being disturbed by the baby, their Big White being the deputy captain of the security team (the captain being Da Wang), defending their property is perfectly fine too."

She didn’t intentionally use lower-age words for the children, but the baby’s mom, capable of saying things like "seek justice," had undoubtedly been well-influenced, making it graspable even by guesswork.

Now comes the problem.

The baby did nothing wrong, the fierce Big White did nothing wrong, how to resolve this?

She looked eagerly at the official.

And the official’s gaze skimmed across the spectators, directly pointing to Liu Baoni.

"In this dispute, the most wrong is actually your grandma. Liu Baoni—"

Huh?

Liu Baoni gestured towards herself: "Me?"

"Exactly!" Secretary Xiaozu continued sincerely:

"When you told me yesterday your granddaughter brought a goose back, what did I advise you?"

"Did I not say it’s best not to go to Jinhe River Beach, but to take it to the back slope pond and let it recognize the area?"

"Did you do it?"

Oh dear!

Liu Baoni felt deeply wronged.

"To advise about a goose, who would seriously treat it as a major task?"

It had been raining continuously, that goose grew up cooped in the city, never seeing the world, even roadside wild grass could captivate it for ages.

Liu Baoni didn’t expect that in a blink it would waddle so far, ending up at the riverside beach!

And now, her granddaughter’s gaze had locked onto her:

"Grandma! You didn’t pass on the official’s instructions to the baby!"

As the kindergarten teacher said, whatever the teacher instructs, the kids must pass on to their parents.

Grandma made a mistake!