Yan Jing'an looked completely innocent and said, "I'm just afraid that the wall you built will collapse and hit me, since it's where I'll be living."

Jiang Xi glared at him, annoyed: "You jinx, how could it collapse?"

As she spoke, she pointed with a trowel to the wall she had built: "Look how densely I've built it, look at how I filled it with stones."

As they were talking, Yan Jing'an's expression changed, and he immediately rushed over, grabbed her arm, and pulled her outside.

Before Jiang Xi could react, she was caught off guard and rolled on the ground.

It's over.

She thought her leg was definitely ruined.

With a cracking sound, her leg wasn't completely broken, but something even more terrifying happened.

The house collapsed.

The pillar that had been broken in the blacksmith's shop finally gave way after they removed the tiles, and a corner of the house collapsed completely.

Clods of earth and stones were scattered all over the ground, raising clouds of dust. Half of the wall that Jiang Xi had just built had collapsed.

Dust was everywhere, and she covered her nose as Yan Jing'an pulled her up.

Yan Zheng, who was moving sand and soil at the other end of the yard, also heard the commotion and hurriedly climbed over the yard wall to find the two of them.

He took a deep breath and asked, "Is everything alright?"

Jiang Xi rubbed her thigh and replied, "It's nothing."

Only after confirming that Jiang Xi and Yan Jing'an were safe did his expression relax for a moment. He found Jiang Xi in the gray fog, took her hand and said, "Let's go a little further away to avoid a second collapse."

Before Jiang Xi could react, he could only lead her outside.

Back in the courtyard, the three of them sat on a stone bench under a tree to rest. Jiang Xi patted the dirt off her body and hair, looking utterly dejected.

Her ambition to make a big splash was completely shattered after this building collapse.

Yan Zheng smiled wryly and said, "I've learned a lesson: no one should stand under a half-collapsed house."

“It’s alright. Once Yan Jing’an recovers, we’ll build the house first and then lay the walls. You can do the wall-laying next time.”

Jiang Xi pouted and said, "You can't go back on your word."

As the group was talking, Yan Jing'an glanced warily at the courtyard gate and spotted Lin standing there.

"Come in."

His tone was not good, even a bit fierce; he had always looked down on Lin's evasive manner.

The last time in the woods, he was sneaking around, acting and talking in a timid and hesitant manner. He felt that Lin didn't act like a boy at all, and only Jiang Xi could tolerate him.

Jiang Xi followed Yan Jing'an's gaze and saw Lin at the door, so she quickly called her in.

She slowly walked into the courtyard, and all three people's eyes were on her. Lin felt a little embarrassed and didn't know where to put her hands.

Clutching at her clothes, dodging Xiao Hei, she walked step by step toward the fig tree.

There were only three stone benches. Yan Zheng got up to give her his seat, then moved a wooden stool and sat in the sun to play with Xiao Hei.

Jiang Xi poured Lin a glass of water and said, "Don't be afraid, he just has a bad temper."

Jiang Xi introduced herself to Lin: "My name is Jiang Xi. You look younger than me, so you can call me Sister Xiao Xi."

To everyone's surprise, Lin shook her head after she finished speaking: "Call me... Xiao Xi, not... Sister."

"Okay, you can call me whatever you want." Jiang Xi thought she cared about how she was addressed, so she didn't insist.

She then introduced Yan Zheng and Yan Jing'an in turn. When she mentioned that the two were the older and younger brothers, Lin Yiran did not look them in the eye, but simply nodded to them.

Yan Zheng and Yan Jing'an were also very puzzled; this was a bit too timid.

Yan Jing'an touched his nose awkwardly, it seemed that he was really frightened last time.

The sun was already setting in the west, and it would be completely dark in less than two hours. I was thinking that the rabbit at home hadn't eaten yet.

Jiang Xi said to Lin, "We're repairing the courtyard wall in front, but the house collapsed. I'm going to go to the field to pull weeds for the rabbits in a bit. Would you like to come with me?"

After she finished speaking, she looked at Lin with a smile.

Lin finally raised his head and said timidly, "Go."

Jiang Xi gave Lin and herself each a basket, and also gave her a shovel. The two girls walked towards the field.

Yan Zheng was also worried about letting Jiang Xi go to the fields alone with Lin, so he silently followed behind the two of them.

A gentle breeze stirred in the fields, rippling the wheat fields. Jiang Xi led Lin to see the vegetables she had planted.

She taught her to distinguish them one by one.

"This is sweet cabbage, it's crunchy and very sweet. We always stir-fry it. You ate some last time too."

"This one with small white flowers is a tomato. It hasn't produced fruit yet. The fruit is sour, but it can be used in cooking."

The tomatoes were now almost up to Jiang Xi's knees, with lush green leaves and clusters of small white flowers, looking exceptionally fresh and natural.

Lin curiously touched the flower, then smelled it under her nose, before covering her nose and frowning.

Jiang Xi was amused by her expression: "This doesn't smell good, it's a bit pungent."

Then, she took Lin to the place where cucumbers were grown and explained it to her.

"This green vine will produce green cucumbers in a few months. They are very sweet. It hasn't flowered yet."

When Jiang Xi introduced the vegetables, Lin hadn't used some of the words for a long time, so she only vaguely understood them. However, she tried her best to remember that these were vegetables and knew that she couldn't just pick them randomly.

After getting to know all of them, Jiang Xi then led Lin to pull up the weeds in the vegetable garden.

"Rabbits love this kind of grass with broad leaves. Sheep like this kind of grass that's longer and taller. We should pack these up and take them with us. We can just pull up the rest and throw them away."

"There's also this kind; we can take this back and eat it ourselves."

Every time Jiang Xi mentioned a plant, she would pluck one for Lin to see and then let her examine it carefully.

Lin learned very quickly. Before long, she knew which rabbits and sheep were edible, which people were edible, and which should be thrown away.

Two people are always faster than one, and Lin was quick and efficient.

Before long, their baskets were full.

Jiang Xi smiled and praised her, "Lin, you're amazing! This grass is enough for the rabbits to eat for two days."

Lin smiled shyly at Jiang Xi after being praised.

Then the two girls hurried home as the sun set.

When Jiang Xi walked to the breadfruit tree that she had just planted a couple of days ago, she also pulled up some weeds.

When feeding the rabbits, Lin's eyes widened when she saw the mother rabbit's belly. Jiang Xi thought of the male rabbit that had gone missing last time and said to Lin, "These can't be eaten now. We need to raise them to be bigger so we can raise more to eat in the winter."

Lin thought about the time she stole the rabbit, and she looked at Jiang Xi and said, "I'm sorry... last time... I was hungry."

"The bear... is gone, there's no... food."

Jiang Xi felt a little uncomfortable listening to this. After all, she was just a child, and the bear had given her food but then bullied her.

She said to Lin, "If we work hard together from now on, we won't go hungry."

Upon hearing this, Lin seemed to have tears in her eyes. She wiped her eyes, smiled at Jiang Xi, and her small tiger teeth looked particularly vivid.