As soon as Xiao Ruyi walked away, Jixiang and Xinglong looked at Li Ping'an eagerly.
Li Ping'an pinched his eyebrows and said, "Okay, let's all go play."
Ji Xiang's eyes lit up, he shouted to Xiao Ruyi, "Little sister, wait for me", and quickly chased after her.
Xinglong also left quickly and ran to his second uncle and third uncle's house. There were little cousins about his age there, and he often went to play with them.
"Brother, shall I go find Dr. Zhu?" Fugui asked, holding back his laughter as he took all his brothers and sisters away at once.
Li Ping'an waved his hands feebly, but he felt a little relieved. Finally, there was someone who was motivated. He had a good attitude towards learning, but he was a little too shameless. Why did he call him Doctor Zhu? He would have been licking his face and calling him Master. .
"Sister, let's go to Auntie's place!"
After Xiao Ruyi was held by Ji Xiang's little hand, she pointed the other hand in the direction of Li Dafang and the others. Firstly, she was afraid that she would be dragged by the big pot here to learn how to read. Secondly, she didn't see many people coming to her aunt's house. Sister, she wants to go and see it.
Ji Xiang happened to have this intention, so he walked over with Xiao Ruyi. As soon as she arrived at the place, Xiao Ruyi threw away Ji Xiang's hand and ran to hug Zhang Yue'er's arm.
"Sister Yue'er!"
He was calling someone, but his eyes were looking in the direction of Cao Ya and the others.
Zhang Yue'er was amused by her appearance. He pulled her into his arms, pointed at Caoya and said with a smile: "Little Ruyi, do you recognize Sister Caoya? Sister Caoya picked wild fruits for Xiao Ruyi to eat."
Xiao Ruyi's eyes widened instantly, do I know you? But I don’t remember!
"Sister Yue'er, is this Ruyi?" At this time, Caoya also knew the identity of this little girl from Zhang Yue'er's words, and was a little surprised, "Why is Ruyi so thin?"
"I have only been drinking rice soup for the past half month and have been on the road. How can I not lose weight?" Zhang Yue'er touched Xiao Ruyi's face and said distressedly, "She had a fever that night when we went up the mountain to hide from the flood, and she had a fever again a few days ago. If you do it once, you will suffer!”
Little Ruyi sighed in an old-fashioned way, and said with a sad face: "Ruyi is so thin that she's not cute anymore."
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Zhang Yue'er pinched Xiao Ruyi's cheek, and wow, the fleshy touch felt much better before, "Xiao Ruyi is the cutest. You looked so cute just now. If you don't believe me, ask your eldest sister, forget it. , let’s ask Sister Caoya.”
Ji Xiang loved teasing Ruyi the most, so he asked her if she didn't mean to cause trouble for Ruyi.
But Ji Xiang didn't like hearing this, "Sister Yue'er, what are you talking about!"
"Do you still want to learn needlework from me?" Zhang Yuer asked.
Ji Xiang raised his chin angrily and said tit for tat, "I don't want to learn from you anymore. I'm still so young. When I grow up, I'll get married!"
Zhang Yue'er's face suddenly turned red, "You little girl don't know how to be ashamed!"
Ji Xiang smiled, stopped talking to Zhang Yue'er, and instead shouted to Cao Ya: "Sister Cao Ya!"
"Little Jixiang!" Caoya's thin, dark face was filled with a smile, "You've become much thinner too. Don't you think Brother Ping'an is going to feel bad for you?"
"Yes, my elder brother feels sorry for me." Ji Xiang sat next to Cao Ya, holding his little face and feeling silly.
When Ruyi heard this, she immediately became unhappy and said, "Da Guo feels sorry for me the most!"
"Feel sorry for me!"
"it's me!"
…
The two sisters quarreled again, Cao Ya heard and saw, the corners of her lips raised crazily, and envy flashed in her eyes.
In the past, the three sisters always didn't have enough to eat at home. When they went to work in the mountains, they would find some wild fruits to fill their stomachs. They would often meet Li Ping'an and Zhang Xiaoshan, and they would occasionally give them some food, sometimes snacks, and some. Time is the meat of the prey they hunted.
At that time, they were envious of Jixiang. To be precise, they envied many girls in the village. She is also a girl. Even if others don't have enough to eat, they are not hungry, and the work they do is also easy. They grew up hungry every day, treated like laborers by their parents, and often scolded and beaten.
It's just that the envy of Jixiang is even stronger. There are few girls in the village who don't envy Jixiang. They have never seen a brother in the village who dotes on his sister so much. Even if her eldest brother is so good at making money, he always buys snacks for her. They eat sweets and snacks that Li Pingan earns and buys for Jixiang to eat.
They wished they could replace Jixiang and become Li Ping'an's younger sister.
It's just that the white and chubby little face in the memory has now become dark and thin. If she hadn't heard Sister Yue'er calling their names, Caoya wouldn't have believed that one of the two sisters was Jixiang and the other was Ruyi. She felt a little distressed, not to mention Brother Ping An, who doted on his younger brothers and sisters so much.
…
After resting enough, everyone took the time to go up the mountain. It was not easy to find so much food. Since they were not in a hurry today, they naturally didn't have to worry about the harsh sun and could eat as much as they could find.
Cao Ya also went up the mountain with the children she had picked up. They had promised to find food by themselves, and Zhang Yue'er had prepared their porridge in advance. They had no choice but to shamelessly eat the rice porridge they had not seen for a long time. Why? I have to go dig more wild vegetables and pick some wild fruits and come back to pay for this meal.
Taohua and Zhaodi also want to go with Caoya and the others. The sisters have just reunited, and they still feel like they are in a dream. They are so afraid that Caoya and the others will not come back once they leave.
"Xiaoshan, go and ask Ping'an to follow you. Caoya and the others are missing one. We'll see if I beat you when you come back." Li Dafang said.
Needless to say, Zhang Xiaoshan would definitely go with him, after all, his future wife was among them. Li Ping'an was a little reluctant. He wanted to go hunting with Zhang Yu and the others. Maybe he could find some good things, so he didn't want to be a bodyguard for a group of girls.
But the aunt had spoken, so what could he do? The aunt said she would beat him, but she really beat him, and neither his parents nor his grandmother could stop him.
Went up the mountain listlessly. The place we came to this time was not the same as that in the morning. It was brought here by Caoya. She had been here for several days and was barely familiar with the surrounding area.
Let the six retrieved ones follow the aunts in the village to dig wild vegetables and help pick medicinal materials. She said before that they could not help much, which was actually not modest. They were not welcome at home and always had to work. They also worked hard, but that was normal. On the way to escape from the desert, even half-grown guys like Li Ping'an and Zhang Xiaoshan didn't play much role in the team. Little girls like them really couldn't do much.
"Brother Xiaoshan, Brother Ping'an, let's go. I know where there are wild fruits." Caoya didn't plan to dig wild vegetables. She spent a lot of time looking for food during the past few days here. She found a lot of wild fruits, and the ripe ones were already picked. , the half-cooked ones were left unpicked.
In addition to wild vegetables and fruits, she also found many bird nests, some of which she climbed trees to see contained bird eggs. I met Li Ping'an yesterday because she happened to find a bird's nest there.
I originally thought I would stay here for a while so as not to pick them out in a hurry, but now I have to leave, so naturally I can't leave them behind.
