As Niu'er spoke, she spread out her palm and pulled Hua Xiao's hand over. In comparison, Niu'er's hands were tender and white, while Hua Xiao's were rough and yellow. Because he always worked in winter and was exposed to ice water, he had several chilblains on the palms of his hands.

Hua Xiao pulled her hand back with force, lowered her head, and frowned deeply where no one could see.

The girl is still the same, and what she says is still as annoying as before...

She knew that Niu'er played with her because she was ugly and dirty, with ragged clothes and a dirty face. When she stood next to Niu'er or walked on the street, people in the village would praise Niu'er for her beauty and say she was ugly...

Hua Xiao has heard such words many times.

But only Niu'er was willing to play with her. Sometimes, when Niu'er was happy, she would bring her food from home. More importantly, she often spoke ill of Hua Shi to Niu'er before. She knew how important a woman's reputation was. She used to hate Hua Shi, but she knew that if Niu'er listened to her, she would tell everyone in the village about Hua Shi's bad things and ruin her reputation...

But now…

After comparing them, Niu'er felt that she was still prettier than Hua Xiao, so she didn't ask any more questions. Instead, she said, "Then let's go out and play! We won't bring your mute brother this time, right?"

As Niu'er spoke, she looked around and noticed that there seemed to be someone else in the main room. She looked closely and frowned, with a look of disgust on her face: "Your vicious sister is here too..."

She thought she spoke very quietly, but Hua Shi heard it clearly.

Hua Shi listened to every word of the conversation between the two.

Hua Xiao came back to his senses, suppressed the malice that was about to overflow from his eyes, and unconsciously clenched his hands under his sleeves into fists.

When Hua Xiao heard Niu'er mention Hua Shi, she turned around suddenly and saw Hua Shi standing outside the door frame of the main room, looking at them.

Hua Xiao felt a little nervous and was also a little afraid that the girl would say something nonsense.

If Hua Shi heard or knew that Nuoer was saying bad things about her everywhere and always scolding her behind her back, it was all because of her...

Hua Xiao didn't dare to think about it any further. He just wanted to take Niu'er away as soon as possible, so he hurriedly said, "Niu'er, let's go..."

Niu'er glared at Hua Shi, who was standing behind her, and then she pulled Hua Xiao out of the courtyard gate.

Niu'er asked, "Are you really not bringing your dumb brother this time?"

Hua Xiao shook her head, feeling a little confused.

After the two pretty little girls ran away hand in hand, Hua Shi shook his head and prepared to take Xiao Huaying out.

She was also somewhat curious about the ritual of worshipping the mountain god...

This seems to be the only large gathering in Shoushan Village throughout the year. The scene must be very lively with huge crowds of people...