"Come and sit down." Song Zhi patted his side and waved to the three of them.

The three little guys looked at each other, then slowly walked over and sat down next to her carefully.

"Eat. You must not have eaten enough at noon. Eating well will give you more energy to work."

Seeing that they were holding the steamed buns but not eating them, and seeing that the crust of the buns had become hard due to the wind, Song Zhi urged them.

Hearing this, the three little guys looked at the white steamed buns in their hands with heartache, took a deep breath, and then gently took a small bite.

After just one bite, their little faces froze.

San Ya even shed tears.

So delicious!

This steamed bun is even more delicious than the one they eat during Chinese New Year!

The warm and soft steamed buns melt in your mouth, and the rich aroma of flour lingers on your lips and teeth.

All three of them are still young and don't have that strong self-control.

By the time they reacted, they had already eaten more than half of the steamed buns in their hands.

"Would you like some water?" Song Zhi asked when he saw the three people's red faces.

The three little guys shook their heads in unison.

Seeing that they no longer ate the steamed buns, Song Zhi knew that they wanted to take them back to Ran Qiu again.

When Dabao was collecting the steamed buns, he looked up at her.

"You can take it back." Song Zhi nodded, and he quickly put the steamed buns into the cloth bag.

"When were you three adopted by your brother Qiu?" Seeing that the three little ones' expressions towards him had softened a little, Song Zhi pretended to ask casually.

"years ago."

Dabao answered in a low voice.

"You three look quite similar, are you siblings?"

Song Zhi said again.

She wanted to get some information from them.

"Erbao and I are brothers." Dabao gradually relaxed his guard against Song Zhi.

San Ya was right. If this elder sister wanted to harm them, she would have done so long ago. They had eaten so much of her food, they should have treated her better.

Brother Qiu said that there are still more good people in this world.

This big sister must be a very good person.

After all, the three little ones were young, and under Song Zhi's deliberate questioning, they quickly revealed all their family assets.

"The eldest brother and the second brother are twins. They are eight years old this year." San Ya likes Song Zhi very much and rushed to say.

"Big brother and second brother's families used to be very rich! They were landlords here! It's a pity that they were overthrown later. But the house you live in now belongs to big brother and second brother!"

Hearing this, Song Zhi also looked at the two brothers in surprise.

The dormitory for educated youth is quite large. I didn’t expect that this was their house before.

How could he become an orphan when his ancestors were so wealthy?

As if she could see Song Zhi's confusion, San Ya explained, "Big brother and second brother's parents died in an accident. Those bad guys were unwilling to adopt them, so they drove them out. Luckily, they met Brother Qiu later."

When talking about those people, San Ya bared her teeth angrily.

It was not difficult for Song Zhi to guess from her appearance that the bad guys she was talking about should be relatives of Dabao and Erbao.

When Dabao and Erbao heard these words, their faces became a little gloomy.

They were already able to remember things by then.

If they hadn't been lucky enough to meet Brother Qiu, they would have frozen to death outside the year they were driven out.

"What about you, Sanya? How did you end up being adopted by Ran Qiu?"

Song Zhi poured a glass of warm water for the three little guys.

The three little guys looked at the small cup she handed over with surprise, carefully took the water, and drank it gently. The warm water restored a hint of color to their lips that were frozen purple.

"I don't remember, but Brother Qiu said that he picked me up from the reed marsh." San Ya shook her head and said in a low voice.

"So you don't remember your parents either?"

Song Zhi asked subconsciously.

After she asked this question, she realized that her words seemed a bit sharp.

San Ya shook her head again.

"I haven't seen them."

After hearing their life stories, Song Zhi looked at the three little kids sitting in a row next to him and suddenly fell silent.

Compared to them, her background is really great.

What kind of sufferings have they experienced?

Two of them were abandoned by their relatives, and one had no parents. If they hadn't met someone who adopted them, they would have starved to death long ago.

What Song Zhi didn't expect was that Ran Qiu, the underworld boss who would kill people without blinking an eye in the future, was actually a good man who adopted orphans at this time.

His appearance is like a ray of vitality to the three little guys.

But what happened to these people later that caused them to completely turn into darkness and become demons who kill people without blinking an eye?

Song Zhi looked down at the three skinny and sallow little fellows with a look of pity in his eyes.

The three little guys felt a little uncomfortable with Song Zhi's suddenly gentle eyes. They stood up awkwardly and said tentatively.

"Sister, we've had a good rest."

"Go to work."

Song Zhi looked at the sky and nodded.

When the three little guys heard this, they suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and quickly ran to the cotton field. They continued to carry Song Zhi to pick cotton with nimble hands and feet.

Song Zhi carefully put the cup he had just given them into the space, then walked over and helped them pick cotton.

Four people can work much faster than three little ones.

Before it was completely dark, they had picked all the cotton in the field.

The three little guys were exhausted and out of breath, but when they saw that the cotton had been picked, they smiled innocently from the bottom of their hearts.

"Finally finished, thank you for your hard work."

Song Zhi put his hands on his hips and gasped for a while. It took him a long time to recover.

"Then let's go back first."

The three little guys dusted off their bodies, said goodbye to Song Zhi, and were eager to go home.

They have been out for the whole day, and if they don't go back, Brother Qiu will be worried.

Song Zhi really wanted to go back with them to see Ran Qiu.

But she also knew in her heart that now was not the time.

"etc."

She called out to the three little ones.

The three little guys stopped, and Dabao nervously protected the cloth bag in his hand, his eyes misty, fearing that Song Zhi had changed his mind and didn't want them to take the food back.

Song Zhi looked at the three little guys' distrustful eyes and curled her lips.

She didn't say anything, but took out four White Rabbit milk candies and four large Northeast steamed buns from the small cloth bag and stuffed them into their hands.

"One for each of you, and take the remaining one back to your brother Qiu."

The three little guys widened their eyes, looked at the things in their hands, and hurriedly handed them back to Song Zhi.

"Sister has already given it to us. We can't accept these."

Dabao said with a painful feeling.

Although they wanted it too, they had already taken enough.

"If you don't accept it, I won't ask you to help me with the work next time." Song Zhi frowned and stuffed the things back again.