Chapter 52

Mu Zhengxi didn't bring any clothes. Given his size, the only clothes he could use were those of Jiang Jiayi, who was now over 1.8 meters tall. As he dried his hair after showering, Jiang Jiayi came over and teased him, "Jiang Jiayi, your pants are really short."

"Take it off."

"I'm telling the truth. Look for yourself, isn't it a bit too short?" Mu Zhengxi raised his foot to indicate.

A smiling person walked by, hooking their arm around another's, saying, "Come on, take it off, take it off."

Mu Zhengxi retreated, still smiling provocatively, "Can't I even tell the truth? This world doesn't allow people to tell the truth anymore?"

Caught off guard, Mu Zhengxi was pushed down onto the sofa next to him by Jiang Jiayi, and the two began to wrestle.

Mu Zhengxi, looking like a young, unmarried woman, yelled, "Hey, you haven't showered yet, don't touch me!!"

Lin Kaijie, who was drinking a bottle of Wahaha, walked to their door and saw this scene. He shouted downstairs, "Sister! They're fighting!!!"

With a single click, the two people quickly separated, one standing and the other sitting.

Jiang Jiayi pretended to hit her younger brother, and the person who had successfully snitched ran downstairs.

"Hey Jiang Jiayi, where do you wash your clothes?"

“That balcony over there.” Jiang Jia gestured with her thumb to the left balcony, then glanced at the man up and down. “You know how to do laundry?” To be honest, Mu Zhengxi had a certain air about him that of a pampered young master who never did housework.

Mu Zhengxi stood up and precisely placed the towel over Jiang Jiayi's face. "Then why don't you help me wash it?"

Jiang Jiayi: "Go to hell."

"Who do you think you are?"

Jiang Jia took off her shirt with her hands behind her back, "Then why don't you wash it for me while you're at it?"

"Get lost."

Hahahaha.

The adults were making tea and chatting in the courtyard.

The small TV in Grandma's room was playing Nanyin tunes. She was sitting on the edge of the bed knitting a sweater, and had already finished one sleeve. Judging from the size, it was for Ah Le.

Ah Le sat quietly on the small sofa, holding a bottle of milk and drinking it. A small fan was turned on and was slowly blowing on his head. The night was very cool.

Sitting next to her, Mu Zhengxi teased her, "A-Le, give me a sip."

Ah Le pulled the straw out of his mouth and handed it to him.

Haha, just kidding!

Mu Zhengxi gently ruffled Jiang Jiawei's soft, freshly washed hair, suddenly feeling a pang of jealousy. They were both younger sisters, yet Jiang Jiawei was so much cuter. But... well, rounding up, she was practically his sister too. Thinking this, Mu Zhengxi felt much better, and Ah Le seemed even cuter to him now.

Ah Le put the straw back into his mouth.

Grandma said, "Ah Le, get a bottle for your brother too."

Ah Lok turned to look at Ah Tai, but didn't immediately understand the meaning being conveyed.

"Go get a bottle for your brother."

Mu Zhengxi quickly waved his hand, "No need, no need, I was just teasing her."

Grandma got out of bed.

"No need, Grandma, I really won't drink it."

Grandma ignored him, bent down and took a bottle of pure milk from the milk box under the bed, and handed it to Mu Zhengxi, who stood up to stop her. "Drink it like a beverage." She said with a smile, "One bottle for each of us."

Mu Zhengxi had no choice but to accept it, saying, "Thank you, Grandma~"

"Ah Le, where are you, Lin Jiale?"

"Lin Jiale?"

After taking a shower, Jiang Jiawei came downstairs to look for someone.

"This muddy ground!"

An idea came to him. Mu Zhengxi reached out and gently covered Ale's mouth, put his index finger to his lips and made a shushing gesture. Ale then imitated him by making a shushing gesture, his eyes crinkling with laughter. He had a talent for mischief even at such a young age.

"Auntai—"

"scare!"

When Jiang Jiawei entered the room, Mu Zhengxi, who was hiding behind the door, was holding Lin Jiale, which startled everyone.

"childish."

It didn't scare anyone at all, so I felt no sense of accomplishment.

Jiang Jiawei said with a smile, "Jiang Jia plays this all day long."

Ah Le reached out and hugged Jiang Jiawei, immediately abandoning Mu Zhengxi.

The double blow made him frown. He pinched Lin Jiale's chubby cheeks and said with dissatisfaction, "Now that your older sister is here, you want your older sister too, huh?"

It was also discovered that Jiang Jiawei and Lin Jiale were wearing the same patterned pajamas, but Jiang Jiawei wore a dress while Lin Jiale wore pants. The red floral fabric made their skin look especially white, like freshly unearthed white radishes, still damp and dewy after a shower.

Perhaps it was because I had just drunk milk, but the tree inside my chest was absorbing nutrients, causing its branches to grow rapidly, and my throat felt itchy.

Mu Zhengxi glanced around, hands in his pockets, and asked, "These weren't clothes your grandma made for you, were they?"

"Yeah~"

With a cheeky grin, he said, "Watch out for mosquito bites~"

"I don't attract mosquitoes." With her innate divine body, Jiang Jiawei rarely gets bitten by mosquitoes, but Jiang Jiayi is in a terrible state. After thinking for a moment, she asked, "By the way, did you get bitten by mosquitoes?" Then she glanced at Mu Zhengxi and saw that, sure enough, several bumps had appeared on his arm.

Should I put some cooling balm on it for you?

Mu Zhengxi refused outright, his face full of disgust, "No, that tastes weird."

"Then let's use Ah Le's!"

Jiang Jiawei took Ah Le's mosquito repellent from Ah Tai's table and threw it to Mu Zhengxi.

Mu Zhengxi glanced at the packaging: Baby Gold Water. What is this? "This is for kids!" How could a grown man like him possibly say that?

"Jiang Jiayi also uses it, and it's very effective."

Mu Zhengxi was skeptical.

Jiang Jiawei put Ah Le down and came over, opened the lid, poured the contents into her palm, and grabbed his arm.

Jiang Jiawei's hands were cold, and the mosquito repellent she applied to her arms was also cooling because it contained mint. It was very pungent at first, but after getting used to it, it was not bad and not as unbearable as mentholatum.

Is there anything else?

Mu Zhengxi clenched his fist and extended his other hand.

Ah Le walked over and reached out his hand to Jiang Jiawei, "Ah Le, you can apply it too."

Jiang Jiawei looked down at her and said, "Okay, it'll be your turn in a bit."

Mu Zhengxi raised an eyebrow at the child, "I'll go first~"

Ah Le ignored him, and the child who was tugging at Jiang Jiawei's trouser leg waited obediently.

Jiang Jiawei looked up at Mu Zhengxi and asked, "Are you done?"

The person who had been staring intently at the other person suddenly snapped out of their daze, awkwardly put their hands in their pockets, coughed lightly, and hummed in response.

"alright."

Ah Le: "Ah Le Tu!"

"Okay, okay, you can apply it~" Jiang Jiawei then squatted down and symbolically wiped A-Le's hands, and then wiped her feet at her request.

"Are you done?"

"No, no."

Where else?

“仄泥”.

"alright."

"No number available."

"alright."

"And this mud."

"Here, inside."

“Ah Le, come here.”

"Okay, it's all right now. Your brother is calling you. Listen, your brother is calling you. They're going out to play."

Jiang Jiawei grabbed Ale and shoved him into Mu Zhengxi's arms. Caught off guard, the man who took the hand realized, "Oh right, brother will take you to play."

As fate would have it, the neighbor's kid came right on time and invited Jiang Jiayi and the others to play together.

Mu Zhengxi glanced at Jiang Jiawei.

Jiang Jiawei said, "I'll go later, you guys go first."

"Why?"

"Jingyu will call me later."

"Then I'll wait a bit."

Ah Le: "Go away, go away."

"You go first, and you take Ah Le with you."

"I don't want to. They're all just little kids. What's so fun about that?"

Jiang Jiawei let out a soft laugh, the meaning of which was obvious without needing to be spoken, teasing him about having a good time during the day.

"That was companionship! Companionship, you understand? As an older brother! Companionship!"

"Hmm~"

"Brother Xi, let's go."

Jiang Jia waved to people as she came down from upstairs.

Ah Le patted Mu Zhengxi's shoulder and leaned forward, "Elbow, elbow, elbow!"

Mu Zhengxi then egged Ale on, "You told your sister to leave, but she won't." He started shifting the blame, "Your sister said she wasn't going."

Ah Le started asking Jiang Jiawei to hug him, saying, "Sister, hug me."

"Mu Zhengxi, have you read Aesop's Fables?"

"Yes, I've seen it. What's wrong?"

Jiang Jiawei narrowed her eyes. "I'll tell Ah Le the story of 'The Farmer and the Snake' in a bit."

"Okay, okay, I'll take her with me."

Mu Zhengxi pulled Ale back into his arms, saw the relieved look on Jiang Jiawei's face as if she had found a free babysitter, and snorted coldly, "Laugh if you want to, what if you choke to death?"

Jiang Jiawei loosened her grip on her lower lip and patted Lin Jiale. "Listen to your brother, and he'll take you to play, okay?"

Jiang Jiayi: "Are you two leaving or not?"

Ah Le: "Coming, coming!"

"Why not let Jiang Jia take him along?"

Recalling the past, Jiang Jiawei said without hesitation, even with a hint of disgust, "He's unreliable."

That means you're more reliable.

Mu Zhengxi reluctantly accepted the reason, "Alright then."

"Let's go, Ah Le~"

She then added to Jiang Jiawei with concern, "Remember to come, what if she cries later?"

"She won't cry. Besides, if she cries, she'll just leave it to Jiang Jiayi."

"Jiang Jiawei, you wouldn't be—"

I'll be there in a bit.

Don't lie to me.

The grandmother in the yard told him, "Don't go too far, come back early."

They said they were going to play at the stage, but actually they were going to roast sweet potatoes in the field. No wonder when they took Ah Le out earlier, his two older brothers strongly objected and said they wanted to send him home.

Mu Zhengxi kept Lin Jiale clinging to him the whole time, not daring to let her get off the ground. Insects chirped and frogs croaked in the ravines. Looking up, he occasionally saw golden fireflies flashing. "Wow... you have fireflies here."

Jiang Jiayi, gesturing with a tissue, said, "Yes, there are plenty. We caught several the night before last."

"Eggs can be baked?!?"

Mu Zhengxi was truly amazed.

Seeing that they even pulled out chicken wings and other things, I realized that this was a premeditated plan.

Several people looked at Mu Zhengxi as if he were an idiot, and then looked at Jiang Jiayi, as if to say, "Where did you get this friend?"

The fire started.

Ah Le exclaimed "Wow!" and clapped his hands.

Mu Zhengxi hugged her and took a small step back.

Jiang Jia asked Mu Zhengxi, "Want me to let you try it?"

Throughout the process, I was actually eager to try and wanted to nod in agreement, but I couldn't because I had a heavy responsibility and couldn't neglect my duties.

A painful but firm refusal.

Jiang Jiayi chuckled to herself: "I told you I left Lin Jiale at home, but you didn't believe me."

Mu Zhengxi lightly kicked the man, "Don't try to act innocent after getting the benefit. Why don't you say that to your sister?"

"Damn, I just took a shower!"

"What are you going to say? What are you going to say to me?"

Jiang Jiawei, who came with a flashlight, appeared like a ghost, startling the two of them.

One person fell to the ground, while the other stumbled backward. Luckily, the person was holding the child and managed to keep their balance; their heart skipped a beat.

Jiang Jiawei held the flashlight under her chin. "What's wrong? Did you say something bad about me, Jiang Jiayi?"

"Holy crap, sis!!! Stop it, please stop!!!"

Jiang Jiawei put down the flashlight and smiled.

Ah Le reached out for the flashlight to play with, and Jiang Jiawei turned it off and handed it to her.

"I'll carry you."

Mu Zhengxi glanced at the rugged, uneven fields.

"Let me carry you."