Slums.

The grass is washing clothes.

Children from poor families learn to be independent early.

Other children, at this age, are still pampered and protected by their parents.

But Xiaocao had already taken on household chores that were beyond her years.

The clothes created many bubbles when stirred in the basin.

The little grass stared intently at the bubbles in the pot.

These bubbles.

It was as if it had transformed into one different world after another.

equality!

free!

Girls can also have their own space.

The little grass suddenly smiled.

The words Niannian gave her were like opening another window for her.

Although it is far away.

But suddenly there's hope in life, isn't there?

The little grass vigorously rubbed the clothes in the basin.

Unbeknownst to her, her brother and sister-in-law were currently conducting a thorough search of her bedroom.

After crawling under the bed and getting covered in dust, Brother Little Grass finally pulled out a thick handwritten book.

"So that's where it was hidden!" Little Grass was shocked.

That day, Xiaocao was in her bedroom reading this handwritten book and completely forgot to cook!

Li Leqin is going to tear this apart!

The grass was protecting some rare treasure, refusing to let Li Leqin tear it!

Then the handwritten book "disappeared"!

The more Little Grass Brother thought about it, the more uneasy he felt!

So today we turned Xiaocao's bedroom upside down! We finally found it!

"Quick, take a look! What did she write?" Li Leqin leaned closer. "She hid it so well! If you hadn't crawled under the bed, you wouldn't have found it at all!"

Li Leqin is illiterate.

But Brother Little Grass knows.

He immediately looked over, and then his expression changed drastically!

Then Little Grass Brother quickly flipped through the book.

The more I look at her, the paler her face becomes!

The more he looked, the more his fingers trembled as he turned the pages!

Li Leqin was extremely anxious: "What did you write! What did you write!"

Brother Little Grass trembled as he cried out, "How utterly rebellious! How utterly rebellious!"

This handwritten book is filled with blasphemous writing!

If people find out about this!

Their whole family is going to suffer!

"No wonder she said those things last time!" Brother Grass gritted his teeth. "It's because of what she saw!"

...

"Bang!"

A loud thud.

The basin full of clothes was kicked over.

The little grass was taken aback.

It's my brother and sister-in-law who have arrived.

The two of them looked pale and unwell!

Xiao Cao was completely bewildered when her gaze swept over him, and she froze.

She saw the handwritten book in her brother's hand!

Even the little grass turned pale!

She hid it so carefully!

How did they manage to find them!

Xiao Cao reached out to grab it, but Li Leqin kicked her again!

This time, the kick landed on the grass.

"Bang!"

Little Grass fell headfirst into the laundry tub!

The bubbles in the basin disappeared instantly!

"Who wrote all this for you!" Brother Little Grass suddenly pulled Little Grass up again, his eyes red: "Who wrote this for you?!"

The little grass didn't speak.

Brother Little Grass was also furious and slapped him across the face, the sound deafening!

"I'm asking you! Who wrote all this for you?!"

Xiao Cao's head was slapped to the side, and blood trickled from the corner of his mouth!

But she's just so stubborn!

Those eyes were wide open! But they didn't say a word!

Just then, Li Leqin suddenly exclaimed, "I know! It's Shi Nian! It must be Shi Nian!"

Brother Little Grass was taken aback.

Li Leqin, breathing heavily, said to Brother Xiaocao, "Besides Shi Nian, who else in this slum dares to write these words for Xiaocao? Besides Shi Nian! Who else dares!"

"And that day, when she was looking at these things in her bedroom, Shi Nian had come to see her that morning!"

Little Grass Brother's heart sank.

He knew it was time for Nian!

There's no doubt about it!

Besides remembering!

No one would be so rebellious!

"And I heard that Shi Nian is now working in a wealthy area. She must have seen these words there, so she wrote them for Xiao Cao!" Li Leqin slapped her thigh suddenly: "Shi Nian! She's trying to harm people!"

"I knew it all along! She's a menace! A scourge!"

"Your brain is full of garbage! And you want Xiaocao to be like her!"

From the beginning until now!

Even the grass is completely silent!

Only when Li Leqin scolded Xiaocao did Xiaocao get agitated.

Her face flushed red: "Niannian is not a menace! Niannian is not a wicked person! Sister-in-law! I won't allow you to say such things about Niannian!"

I see that Xiaocao is still helping Shi Nian speak.

Brother Little Grass was furious.

He simply reached out and tore the stack of handwritten books to shreds.

The thick, handwritten book was torn to shreds in the blink of an eye.

It fell from the sky!

The little grass stared blankly, and felt dizzy!

She tried to reach out and catch them, but there were just too many fragments; she couldn't possibly catch them all!

The pieces of paper fell down.

Some of them landed on the little grass.

Some fell to the ground.

Some of them fell into the basin.

"Wow!"

Suddenly, the little grass burst into tears!

It was as if her brother hadn't torn up any paper!

It was her dream!

Her hope!

"Cry, cry, cry! You still dare to cry!" Li Leqin shouted angrily when she saw Xiaocao still crying, "No wonder you dared to talk like that before! It was Shi Nian who instigated you!"

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