Lihua Village.
The shallow water in the lower reaches of the Qingshui River that goes around the village.
A little girl who looked to be only four or five years old dragged a wooden bucket to a stone. She took out the dirty clothes from the bucket and rubbed them with difficulty with her little hands.
Not far away from the little girl, Aunt Chen was holding a mallet, beating the clothes while washing her clothes, and said disdainfully:
"Old Mrs. Yang is really evil. Yue Ya is only so old, so she is allowed to wash the clothes of a whole family."
Several women around Aunt Chen also continued:
"Old Mrs. Yang only knows a few children from Dachang, and treats them like cattle and horses.
If she had been kinder to Mingxue in the past, Mingxue's family might have given her some money based on the affection they had raised Mingxue for more than ten years. "
"Don't talk about getting money now, it's better that Mrs. Yang and the others are not resented."
"Yes, I heard that Mingxue's biological father is a high official. The day they came to pick up Mingxue, the face of the young master who was said to be Mingxue's biological brother looked scary!"
"After what happened to Mingxue, Mrs. Yang still doesn't know how to repent. After that, Yue Ya and her brother... oh, what a sin."
"Hmph, if she can repent, I'll fry the fish in my hand for you to eat."
Aunt Chen punched her clothes several times.
Then she looked up at Shen Yueya, who was washing clothes quietly.
Just as he was about to tell Shen Yueya to just pass the dirty clothes in the bucket through the water, he suddenly saw a carriage approaching on the roadside in front of him.
Carts are very rare in the village. There are only one or two oxcarts in Lihua Village.
The last time I saw a carriage in Lihua Village was when Shen Mingxue's family came to pick her up.
Where did this person come from?
"Already arrived at Lihua Village?"
Shen Zhiyao put away the storybook she bought on the road. After riding in the carriage for more than ten days, she felt that her butt was almost broken into pieces.
She opened the curtain of the carriage and looked out. What she saw was a scene as beautiful as a painting and ink.
The sparkling river meanders up the mountain, looking as ethereal and beautiful as a ribbon from a distance.
"arrive."
The driver nodded and saw someone on the river bank in front of him. After driving the carriage for a short distance, he stopped at the river bank above Aunt Chen and the others to ask for directions.
"Excuse me, may I ask how to get to the Shen family?"
Aunt Chen put down the mallet in her hand and asked, "Shen family? Which Shen family?"
The Shen family in Lihua Village has a common surname, and almost half of the households have the surname Shen.
"We come from Luzhou..."
"Luzhou? Is Mingxue's biological father and mother's family coming?"
With just one sentence from the coachman, Aunt Chen knew which Shen family they were looking for.
Turning to look at Shen Yueya, who was still washing her clothes, Aunt Chen immediately shouted in a loud and loud voice:
"Crescent Moon! Someone is coming to your sister's house!"
Crescent moon?
Shen Zhiyao remembered hearing Shen Mingxue say that her original sister's name should be Yue Ya.
She followed the sound and saw a few women standing by the river looking curiously at the carriage. Not far from the women, there was a small girl squatting in a ball.
When the little girl heard the word "sister", she turned around and stood up.
Is this her sister Shen Yueya?
Wearing dirty, patched shorts, he was dark and thin, as thin as the refugees Shen Zhiyao had seen on TV.
I remember she was six years old, but she was so thin that she looked only about four years old.
And, is she doing laundry?
Let such a young child do laundry?
Shen Zhiyao raised her eyebrows and got out of the carriage.
Walking to Shen Yueya, Shen Zhiyao glanced at her red hands and squatted in front of her: "Are you Shen Yueya?"
Shen Yueya met Shen Zhiyao's face and said in a sweet voice, "I am Shen Yueya."
"Yueya, I am your sister, Shen Zhiyao." Shen Zhiyao also spoke softly.
Shen Yueya's big black grape-like eyes showed confusion: "Sister... you are not my sister."
Her sister didn't want her and her brother anymore. On the day her sister left, she ran after the carriage for a long time, but her sister didn't look back.
"Girl, who are you?" After hearing Shen Zhiyao's words, Aunt Chen had some guesses in her heart and looked over curiously.
Shen Zhiyao stood up, faced Aunt Chen, and said generously: "Aunt, my name is Shen Zhiyao, I am Yue Ya's biological sister."
Sister? The girl who switched with Mingxue?
Darling, this little girl is really beautiful. Her face is white and tender, as if she could squeeze out water. She has never seen such a beautiful girl.
"Yueya's biological sister? Were you kicked out by Mingxue's parents?"
There was an equally curious woman next to him. After hearing what he said, he asked without thinking.
"Sister, don't talk nonsense. Our master and his wife did not chase the girl away. The girl wants to come back on her own."
Grandma Wang glanced sideways at the woman, her aura so powerful that the woman lowered her head in disbelief.
Shen Zhiyao said "hmm".
"There are my younger brothers and sisters here, and I have to come back to take care of them."
Taking care of younger siblings?
Grandma Wang glanced at her and didn't believe her words. She felt that she was trying to gain respect for herself, but she didn't speak to refute her.
Aunt Chen was very happy after hearing this: "What a good boy. It's great that you will take care of your younger brothers and sisters from now on. Yueya, call someone quickly, this is your biological sister."
Sister?
Crescent Moon remembered.
A few days ago, grandma and the fourth aunt told her and her brother every day that she and her brother were unwanted children. Sister Mingxue was not their biological sister, and their biological sister did not want them and would not come back.
"Are you really my sister?" Shen Yueya blinked her big eyes and looked at Shen Zhiyao eagerly.
Shen Zhiyao bent down and pinched her little face: "Yes, it's true."
Shen Yueya pursed her lips and smiled, and called out obediently: "Sister."
"You're so good, come on, open your mouth." Shen Zhiyao took out a pack of winter melon candies she bought on the way here, picked up one and stuffed it into Shen Yueya's mouth.
When the winter melon candy came into her mouth, Shen Yueyue's black grape-like eyes lit up: "It's sweet, it's candy!"
She had never eaten candy before, and it turned out to be so delicious.
After feeding Shen Yueya winter melon candy, Shen Zhiyao distributed some of the winter melon candy to several aunts, and Le's aunts became more fond of her.
"By the way, Auntie, I saw that my sister was doing laundry just now? Why is she here alone? Where are the rest of my family?"
After dividing the winter melon candies, Shen Zhiyao turned his gaze to Aunt Chen and asked as if he had accidentally asked.
"Good boy, my surname is Chen, you can just call me Aunt Chen." Aunt Chen sighed and said, "There is no one else, Yue Ya is the only one who is ordered by your grandma to wash clothes."
"What? How old is my sister? How can she wash so many clothes! Isn't this bullying!"
Shen Zhiyao frowned in surprise, as if she had heard something incredible.
Then, she stretched out her hand towards Shen Yueya: "Yueya, let's go home with my sister."
"But the clothes..."
"Don't worry about it." Shen Zhiyao took Shen Yueya's little hand, took Shen Yueya into the carriage, and asked her to show the driver the way to Shen's house.
"This Yue Ya's biological sister looks hard to mess with."
Watching the carriage go away, a woman sighed softly.
Aunt Chen smiled when she heard this: "After all, that girl has been raised in a high official's family for more than ten years. Looking at her young age, she has a very strong aura. She is not easy to mess with, so she can protect the Yue Ya brother and sister. "
It would be even better if we could take care of Old Mrs. Yang and the others.
Aunt Chen thought unkindly.
