Dong Li knelt down and wiped his sister’s tears with his sleeve.
He looked at her, softened his tone, and asked, "Xiao Huang, do you know why your brother is angry?"
Dong Huang shook her head and said, "Xiao Huang doesn’t know."
"Then, do you know where you went wrong?" he asked again.
Dong Huang shook her head again.
Seeing this, Dong Li sighed and asked, "Xiao Huang, have you forgotten what our parents taught us? Did our mother teach us to be a rude child without manners?"
"No."
"Did our father teach us to use those impolite words to scold people?" he asked again.
"No."
Dong Li looked at her and asked, "Then, where did you learn to curse like this?"
"I...I heard those aunties scolding people like this. So, I..."
"So, you just learned their bad habits and forgot the teachings of our parents," Dong Li interrupted her.
After hearing her brother’s words, Dong Huang lowered her head and said nothing. At this moment, she finally realized what she had done wrong.
"Xiao Huang, although our parents are very kind to us, we are their adopted children. No matter what we do, it will be magnified by others and used to harm them. Our honor and shame are not something that will affect us alone, but will also affect our adoptive parents."
"Why?" Dong Huang asked.
"Because to other people, people like us without biological parents don’t deserve good treatment. We are just a burden on the village and anyone can bully us."
"So when our parents adopted us, they were treated badly by others. They endured contempt and slander from others and took good care of us," Dong Li explained.
"Brother, what should we do? Xiao Huang doesn’t want our parents to be scorned and slandered," Dong Huang asked with tears in the corners of her eyes.
Dong Li wiped his sister’s tears and said, "If you don’t want this to happen to our parents, then you must study hard and be polite. No matter how harsh other people’s words are, you can’t imitate them."
"Brother didn’t tell you to accept being bullied by others. If you are bullied, you have to fight back. But even if you scold other people, you have to use polite words and be polite to others. Don’t behave like a shrew. Do you understand?" he added.
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