After making a fuss for a long time that day, Li Mizhen finally stopped and forced Ding Yushu, who had been beaten, to cook in the kitchen. She had a dark face, one hand on her waist and the other holding a broom. She would start yelling at Ding Yushu if she did something wrong. It was obvious that she was determined to teach her daughter-in-law a lesson.

In the afternoon, everyone else went to work. Zhang Rui continued to prepare the room for Tianjiao, while Dabao was held in the arms of Ding Yusu and took a nap in the room.

"Jiaojiao~~~" a small voice sounded.

Tianjiao was lying on the table in the main room, bored, listening to his father's hammering sounds. Suddenly, he remembered what happened yesterday afternoon and decided to go to the village chief to take a look.

I just stood up when I heard that voice.

She ran out and saw Zhao Xiaohua standing at the door. People in rural areas usually don't close their doors during the day. When she saw someone coming out, she quickly waved, "Let's go play. Dazhu found some sticks. Let's fight later!"

Tianjiao's eyes suddenly lit up, and he looked forward to it. He turned to Zhang Rui and said, "Dad, I'm going to play."

Zhang Rui hurried out of the room, looking dusty and dusty: "Jiaojiao, who will take you there?"

Tianjiao pointed at the girl outside: "Sister Huahua!"

Zhang Rui took a look and saw two boys behind Zhao Xiaohua, both from the village, so he nodded: "Okay, let's not get too late to go into the water, and..."

He racked his brains and repeated what his mother had told him.

Tianjiao listened carefully and nodded obediently. When he finished speaking, he ran out in a hurry. His excitement made Zhang Rui laugh and cry.

After leaving Zhang's house and following his friends, Tianjiao suddenly felt relaxed.

Zhao Xiaohua came over and held her hand: "Come on, this way, we're waiting in the rice field."

Tianjiao shook his head and said, "Sister Huahua, I want to go to the village chief's house."

Zhao Xiaohua was surprised: "What are we going there for?" My goodness, the village chief is the highest official in the village. They usually don't dare to go there because the village chief always has a serious face. Even though the village chief is her cousin, they dare not get close to him.

Tianjiao pursed his lips and told Zhao Xiaohua what happened yesterday. Zhao Xiaohua pouted: "Don't go, he is a bad boy, he really stole something before. If you play with him, I won't play with you!"

Tianjiao opened his mouth slightly, a little confused about the current development. Could it be like this?

She hesitated and didn't answer. Zhao Xiaohua immediately got angry and said unhappily, "If you play with him, you are also a bad kid. Then we won't play with you anymore, right, Dazhu!"

Zhou Dazhu, who was walking in front, turned around and nodded: "Yes, don't become a bad boy! My mother told me not to play with him."

Tianjiao gritted her teeth in confusion, not knowing what decision to make. The only thing that came to her mind was the child being beaten to death. All this was caused by her casual gift.

She took a deep breath and let go of Zhao Xiaohua's hand: "Then go and play."

After saying that, he turned and ran away.

Zhao Xiaohua stamped her feet in anger and dragged Zhou Dazhu, who wanted to chase Tianjiao, away: "Humph, I won't play with her anymore! You can't allow me to do that. She wants to go play with that bad boy."

When Zhou Dazhu heard the bad boy, he immediately stopped and said, "Okay, let's go play by ourselves."

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Children's friendship comes and goes quickly. Although Tianjiao felt a little disappointed, he didn't take it to heart and ran straight to the village chief's house.

The village chief Zhao Jiangang's home was on the edge of the village, and it took several minutes to run there.

There was no one outside, so Tianjiao stepped into the yard cautiously, peered inside, and called out, "Village Chief?"

Zhao Jiangang's wife Li Qin was cleaning the room when she heard someone shouting in the village. She subconsciously shouted, "Jiangang, someone is looking for you."

After saying this, she was a little confused. What she just heard seemed to be the voice of a child?

Li Qin hurried out of the house and saw a pretty little girl standing at the gate of the yard under the dazzling sunlight. Her fair skin looked a little dazzling in the sunlight. Li Qin's eyes, which were often pierced with tears while he was sewing clothes at night.

She exclaimed in surprise: "It's Zhang Rui's girl, her name is Jiaojiao, right?"

Zhao Jiangang also came out and was surprised: "Little girl, what's the matter?"

Tianjiao ran up to them with a sweet smile on his face, looked up at the two adults, and asked in a baby voice: "Uncle and aunt, is the little boy from yesterday still here?"

Zhao Jiangang nodded: "Yes, you are looking for him, come in."

Li Qin's gaze at this pretty girl was worth it. It was the first time she had seen such a fair and soft girl. She smiled and her voice was no longer as sharp and generous as before, but much softer: "I took him to apply medicine yesterday. He has been sitting there since he woke up in the morning, not talking. It's a good time for you to go and have a look."

This was exactly what she wanted, and Tianjiao replied in a crisp voice: "Okay."

The voice was crisp and clear. Looking at the little face that became whiter, tenderer and more delicate as she walked in, Li Qin couldn't help laughing. She thought that everyone thought the Zhang family was stupid to raise a daughter for someone else, but in her opinion, they were not stupid. They had picked up a treasure. If they raised a girl like this, would they be afraid that no one would come to propose marriage?

Her heart was warm, she took her hand and led her to the room, holding her soft little hand, and said, "Play here for a while, auntie will give you some candy."

Tianjiao's eyes had already fallen on the dull and expressionless little boy. Seeing that his head was wrapped in a bandage and his hair was shaved, he was shocked. He just didn't want to think about his father's methods. It would be better for him to have a bald head. However, when he heard what the village head's wife said, he quickly refused: "No, auntie, Jiaojiao just had lunch and is very full!"

As she spoke, she patted her belly. The black and white plaid skirt couldn't hide her bulging belly. When she patted it, the "pop" sound was a bit crisp, just like patting a ripe watermelon.

Li Qin laughed so hard that he fell forward and backward. He also went over to pat the girl and said, "Your watermelon is almost ripe." I really don't know whose child this girl is from. How can she be raised so well in this era?

Tianjiao covered her face a little embarrassedly. She was indeed a little fat, but to be honest, she had actually lost weight recently. After all, she hadn't eaten meat for a long time.

The more this happened, the more enthusiastic Li Qin became. After a short while, three more candies appeared in her hand. Judging from the packaging, they were colorful, which was a good thing in that era.

Xiao Hehe, who was sitting there blankly, received one. Yes, just one.

It was the first time for Tianjiao to see this kind of candy. He looked at it for a long time but couldn't bear to eat it. He kept thanking his aunt, and he smiled so much that there were several more wrinkles at the corners of his eyes.

Xiao He, the only spectator in the audience: "..."

Apart from being dazed, he showed no reaction to anything in front of him, nor did he pay any attention to the candy in his hand. He... didn't know how to eat it.

For Li Qin, this candy was brought back by her son from work outside. There were no children at home, so she usually couldn't bear to eat it. She had no intention of taking it out, but when she saw such a cute little girl, she couldn't help but want to give something. She said the candy on impulse, so she had to take it out.

When she gave it to him, she was also very happy, and even muttered: "This old Zhang family is really good at picking up children."

*****

Putting the candy in his pocket, Tianjiao climbed onto the couch, facing Xiao He, then grinned and shook his little head: "Xiao He, are you in a daze?"

Xiao He, who had no reaction from the time Li Qin took the candy to the time she left, heard these words. His dull eyes moved and fell on Tianjiao. There was finally a little more life in his eyes, but he still didn't say a word.

Xiao He at this moment was very different from yesterday. His body and face were washed clean, and his hair was gone. He was holding gauze and wiping it with dark brown medicine, but his face was clean.

He was a little dark and still as thin, with eyes still too prominent, but his nose was high and his lips were a little thin, with a little more flesh in the middle. Although his lips were pale, he looked good. His clothes were clean, although a little worn, but still acceptable. The fingers holding the candy were also clean.

So this is what he looks like.

Tianjiao felt a little more favorable towards him. Seeing that he had been silent, she thought that he was frightened by what happened yesterday. She thought about it and reluctantly took out a candy, revealing the light green candy inside. It was hard, and there was a green apple printed on the outer packaging. A sweet and sour taste wafted out.

She clenched her small hand, swallowed the saliva that was secreted instinctively, and handed the thing over.

Xiao He also had candy in his hand, but it was his. He didn't move, so Tian Jiao naturally wouldn't touch his things. He could only hand over his candy eagerly: "It's delicious, I'll give it to you."

Xiao He's eyes flashed again and his lips moved slightly, but there was still no response.

Tianjiao's attention is no longer on him, his eyes are full of this candy. It smells so good, with a sweet and sour taste, and it must taste delicious.

"Gurgle!" The sound of swallowing saliva sounded again.

Tianjiao couldn't help but change the direction of the candy and put it into his mouth, while he said in a guilty voice: "Let me taste it first, just taste it..."

She licked the candy, just once, and then she squinted her eyes in satisfaction. It turned out that there were so many delicious things in this little world!

Tianjiao's little mouth moved, wanting to lick it again, but she held back and quickly stuffed the thing into Xiao He's mouth. Only then did she breathe a sigh of relief and stop thinking about it since she couldn't see it.

After the sour and sweet candy entered his mouth, Xiao He's head finally shook and he started eating with his little mouth.

The sour taste was probably quite strong, so sour that his eyes turned red.

But the body was still sitting steadily, motionless, looking at Tianjiao, it was unclear whether he was in a daze or doing something else.

Tianjiao looked at it, and became even more greedy, but also a little worried and hurt, and asked in a low voice: "Don't you like it?"

If she doesn't like to eat it, why not pick it out?

She actually likes this candy very much.

Xiao He looked at her and remained motionless again.

Tianjiao didn't move either. The two of them looked at each other, as if they were competing in patience.

One second, two seconds,...ten seconds!

Finally, Xiao He shook his head.

Is this an answer to her question just now?

Tianjiao suddenly realized that it was not that she didn't like it. She didn't know whether to be happy or sad. She licked her lips and the tip of her tongue seemed to still have the taste of just now.

Finally, attracted by the candy, she wanted to leave. Just remembering the purpose of her visit, she put her hand on Xiao He's head and asked, "Does it hurt?"

It was so serious yesterday, it must be very painful. She didn't touch the wound, but just touched the void above, and a faint invisible thing slowly entered his head.

Xiao He blinked twice, feeling very comfortable, as if... the sunlight entered his chaotic mind, making him want to squint.

After doing all this, Tianjiao pinched his arm again, then smiled with satisfaction and said to Xiao He: "I'm going back now. I'll come to play with you next time."

Xiao He's eyes were still half-closed, and he didn't say whether he agreed or disagreed, he just looked at her.

Knowing that he was slow to respond, Tianjiao couldn't wait any longer and quickly climbed down from the couch, waved his little hand, said goodbye to the village chief and aunt, then jumped away.

This candy is so delicious, it will definitely be able to coax him. If one can’t do the trick, it’s okay, Xiao He still has another one in his hand.

Seeing that Xiao He was fine, she didn't want to stay there anymore and wanted to go find her father.

Behind him, Xiao Hemu stared blankly at her figure which gradually disappeared from his sight. He even forgot to eat the candy in his mouth. He pursed his lips, shook his head slowly, and climbed down in a hurry.

However, he still had some wounds on his limbs, so he didn't use enough strength and fell off the couch with a loud bang.

Li Qin heard the noise and rushed over to pick him up: "Oh, what happened?"

Xiao He moved and wanted to struggle, but his limbs had not fully recovered yet and his strength was very small. He was pressed down on the bed again, and finally continued to sit there motionless.

Looking at Li Qinzhi, he sighed. This child, he had almost never heard him speak. I heard that he could still speak when he was just over one year old. Not long after that, his father died. Something happened at home and he was hit on the head and could no longer speak. He became like this, stupid and foolish.

During that time, Xu cried and wailed while holding her child every day. The whole village could hear it. It was an eerie atmosphere until she entered the Sun family.