"I remember one day, a little girl from the city was having a climbing competition with those little rascals from the town. She climbed up a very tall loquat tree but accidentally fell down into the paddy field."
Uncle Xie pointed towards the area ahead, known as University City, and said, "Back then, University City was still a rice paddy, and that girl fell into that field."
Xu Xingguang felt that the story sounded somewhat familiar. She rubbed her ear and softly asked, "What happened afterward?"
"A Zui saw the girl fall into the field and rushed to save her, carrying her all the way home. When his mother saw them, she suddenly went crazy. She tied up A Zui, made him kneel in the yard, and used a bamboo cane this thick to beat his hands."
Uncle Xie raised his index finger and said, "A cane as thick as my finger."
The bamboo cane was knotty and resilient, making it extremely painful.
Mrs. Huo used such a thick bamboo cane to beat Huo Wen'an, truly showing no mercy.
