"No...no hitting people, eat...eat until you're full?" The little girl's speech was not fluent, but she was obviously smart, which surprised Song Zhuiyan. It seemed that she had found a treasure.

This child is very precocious. If he hadn't been constantly hungry and malnourished, how could he not even speak properly?

“Yes, if you stay with me, I can make sure you have enough to eat, no one will hit you, and I'll even give you new clothes. All you have to do is help with some housework.” Song Zhuiyan’s tone became increasingly gentle. She would take her in, but it wouldn’t be without any effort on her part.

"I...I want to eat, no, don't hit me." The little girl kept insisting that she needed to eat her fill and that she shouldn't be hit. One can only imagine what kind of life she had after her parents passed away. It's heartbreaking to hear.

The little girl's grandmother came over, grabbed Chief Zhong's sleeve, and asked in a trembling voice, "Is Your Excellency going to... to take Yaya in?"

The clan chief silently pulled back his sleeve, and it seemed so. But he didn't want to talk to the old woman right now. According to seniority, the clan chief should address the old woman as "sister-in-law," but this sister-in-law was usually difficult to get along with. She couldn't even treat her youngest son's only daughter well, which was heartbreaking.

The people in the tribe wanted to help the little girl but were powerless to do so. Life had been difficult for everyone these past few years, and there wasn't enough food. The only thing they could do was secretly give the little girl some food when they saw her crying from hunger so that she wouldn't starve to death.

If the noble person is truly willing to take Yaya in, it would be a good place for her, and the clan leader would be happy to see it happen.

"Well, well..." The old woman wanted to say something more, but her eldest daughter-in-law quietly grabbed her hand, signaling her to say less so as not to ruin the good thing.

This "good thing" naturally refers to Song Zhuiyan buying Yaya and taking the little girl away. Surely, she should be given some benefits, right? She can't ask for it herself, because that would anger the important person. This important person seems to be kind-hearted and won't take the girl away for nothing.

Song Zhuiyan did indeed give the other party a lot of benefits: three taels of silver, plus fifty catties of old rice and fifty catties of sweet potatoes.

"The cheapest thing in this world is a person. You're a girl who can't work and is too thin. If I don't buy her, who knows how long she'll live? The most beautiful girls at the slave trader only cost two taels of silver at most. Giving you three taels is already a profit for you."

I'll give you another hundred catties of grain. You should understand why I'm doing this, right?

Before the old woman could speak, her eldest daughter-in-law grinned and interrupted, "I know, don't worry, sir. From now on, Ya Ya is yours. She has nothing to do with our family anymore. We won't go looking for her again."

"Since everyone agrees, let's sign and put our fingerprints on it." If these people try to get back at us later, this written agreement will be enough to send them to the authorities.

After the formalities were completed, Song Zhuiyan brought the little girl to the carriage. The carriage was spacious enough to seat four adults without feeling cramped, and the little girl didn't seem to take up any more space.

Outside, Ye Moxun handed several packets of medicinal powder to Chief Zhong, saying, "This poison is for your self-defense. If you encounter danger, just sprinkle it out and it will work. This is the antidote. Before using the medicine, your own people should take the antidote first, so you don't poison yourselves first."

They drove a carriage, pulled by two horses. These people couldn't travel with them. The medicine they gave them was only because of the little girl.

Since Aunt has taken a liking to the girl and bought her, she should naturally take better care of the Zhong family to avoid the little girl developing a grudge against Aunt later.

The carriage quickly disappeared from everyone's sight, and the group of refugees began to slowly make their way. The Zhong family walked the fastest, seemingly trying to catch up with the carriage as soon as possible.

"Eat up, I have plenty more here." Song Zhuiyan gave Ya Ya two steamed buns and a bowl of milk.

The little girl wolfed down her food, her two hands gripping the steamed bun tightly, stuffing it into her mouth with all her might. She swallowed it without even chewing it properly, and as expected, it got stuck. Song Zhuiyan handed her some milk, and she used both hands that were holding the steamed bun to pick up the bowl and gulp it down.

Song Zhuiyan: "..." Poor thing, she's been robbed so much that at such a young age she's learned to stuff food into her mouth as soon as she gets it, and then swallow it immediately so no one can take it away from her.

Song Tantan: "..." She thought she now knew what it was like for a starving ghost to be reincarnated.

"Hiccup...cough cough...gulp." After a flurry of activity, the little girl finished off two steamed buns and a bowl of milk.

Song Zhuiyan patted her back gently, her eyes filled with concern, "Are you full? If not, I have some more."

"Eat, eat, burp." Mingming was already burping from being so full, but as soon as she heard that she wanted more food, she instinctively shouted that she wanted to eat.

“Auntie, your belly is only so big. If you eat too much, you'll make her sick. She usually doesn't eat much, so she's used to wanting to eat more. We can't give her anything more to eat now. She needs to eat a little more slowly.” Song Tantan said helplessly. Auntie can't do this. It will spoil the child.

Come to think of it, her aunt didn't spoil her like this when she was little. She was very strict with her, afraid that she would go astray if she wasn't raised properly. How come her personality changed so drastically after she got pregnant? It seems like she's going to spoil her child.

Song Zhuiyan leaned against the carriage and tugged at the corner of her lips. "You're right. I was just too worried. Seeing how hungry the little girl was, I just wanted her to eat more. I thought it was just a few steamed buns, what's wrong with her eating a few more?"

But they forgot that she was still young and her stomach couldn't hold that much food.

So is this a sign of pregnancy brain for three years?

The little girl had been stuffing food into her mouth like a mad little animal, but now she was looking down, her two dirty little hands twisted together, as if she realized that she had made a mistake and displeased the important person.

The little girl is quite perceptive; it's true that children from poor families mature early. People are forced to grow up in such harsh environments, becoming precocious and knowing how to read people's expressions.

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