Chapter 41 Pinching cheeks and giving candy

Helian Jiao stubbornly held up her little hand and said in her tender voice, "No, I want to eat."

Although she is possessive of her food, she is very generous to her own family.

Looking at her filial and sensible granddaughter, Ma Xiulian felt incredibly warm inside and accepted the gift with a radiant smile. "Okay, Grandma, take it back and eat it with your grandpa."

She said that, but she actually planned to save one for her granddaughter to eat every day.

Jiang Manyun was even more delighted to see that her daughter, who was so young, already knew how to be filial to her elders. She wished she could give her all the White Rabbit candies in the house!

Thinking this, she said softly, "My sweet baby is so good, Auntie will bring you more milk candy next time."

The dragon princess, who never knew the meaning of politeness, nodded frankly, "Then I'll catch some birds and rabbits for Auntie to eat."

"Okay, let's pinky swear!"

"Pinky promise!"

So the two of them, one big and one small, made a promise to meet again next time.

After saying goodbye to the reluctant Jiang Manyun, Helian Jiao and her group officially set off.

Zhou Zhaodi's family home is in Qinghe Commune. Although it belongs to the same town as Sanqiao Commune, it is not close to her. It takes at least an hour and a half to walk there.

However, they were lucky enough to run into a tractor from Qinghe Commune that was carrying seeds back from town, and they got a ride.

Many members of the Zhou family had never seen Helian Jiao before. When they saw the chubby, beautiful, and pink little dumpling, they gasped in surprise, "Big sister, which temple did you bring back this lucky doll?"

Zhang, Zhou Zhaodi's mother, had met him before and said calmly, "This is the Chen family's precious child."

"She's such a sweet girl! No wonder her in-laws like her so much; she looks so blessed!"

The Zhou family had long heard of Helian Jiao, and for a moment the whole family gathered around her as if she were a rare animal.

Helian Jiao drank her sweet water, letting them look at her with an open and generous attitude, unlike the other young girls who were shy and timid.

"She's really beautiful. How did she manage to have such lovely eyes, nose, and mouth?"

"Look, there are still dimples on the back of her hands."

"This little face is so fair and tender, with chubby cheeks, it must be so cute to pinch."

Hearing this, Helian Jiao raised her head and said loudly in a childish voice, "Don't pinch my face."

You can look at it, but you can't customize its appearance.

The adults in the Zhou family teased her, "How about we pinch you and give you a piece of candy?"

Before Helian Jiao could refuse, Chen Erbao jumped in to protect his sister: "No way! Grandma said you can't pinch! If you want to pinch, pinch mine, pinch me a hundred times!"

Although he didn't know exactly how many candies a hundred were, he knew it was a lot, and he would share half with his sister.

The adults in the Zhou family laughed, "Your face is hard to pinch, so we won't pinch yours. We'll only give you candy if we pinch your sister's, and we'll give you two pieces. How about one for each of you?"

As she spoke, she actually pulled out a handful of fruit candies from her pocket to tempt him. In those days, a small piece of fruit candy was a rare treat for a child in the countryside.

But Chen Erbao hesitated for only a moment before shaking his head with a firm yet pained expression, "That won't do either!"

He sacrificed so much to protect his sister!

Just as I was grieving, I felt someone tugging at the hem of my clothes.

Helian Jiao grabbed his clothes with one hand and held a few fruit candies in the other, saying with a generous air, "Second brother, I have candies, you can have them all."

After she finished getting dressed in the morning, her grandma grabbed a handful of fruit candies and put them in her pocket.

The pained expression on Chen Erbao's face instantly turned into a bright and cheerful one. With a candy in his mouth, he happily said, "Good little sister, your brother will protect you from now on!"

The male lead will appear tomorrow!

Goodnight, my little darlings.

(End of this chapter)