Su Xiao strolled into her alley, which was quiet, where children were playing hide-and-seek.
As soon as she came in, everyone made a shushing gesture towards her.
She smiled slightly, made a shushing gesture, and then tiptoed forward.
With his eyes covered, Hua Cunming opened his arms and carefully moved forward step by step.
Su Xiao smiled and walked past him. The little guy seemed to sense something and suddenly took a step toward her, his fingertips just touching the hem of her clothes. "I caught it, I caught it!"
"Gotcha! Gotcha!" The other children clapped and cheered, happily gathering around, jumping and skipping.
He gripped her clothes tightly with his small hands, reached out and removed the handkerchief covering his eyes. When he looked up and saw it was Su Xiao, he quickly let go and shyly called out, "Sister."
"Hmm, Xiaoming caught his sister, that's great." Su Xiao pulled out a handful of seven or eight candies from her schoolbag and stuffed them into Hua Cunming's pocket, laughing, "This is a reward for Xiaoming."
Hua Cunming wanted to refuse, but Su Xiao held him down and whispered in his ear, "Share it with the kids."
After saying that, he smiled, waved to the children, and left.
As she entered the house, she glanced back and saw Hua Cunming distributing candy to his playmates, creating a joyful scene.
She smiled with relief.
The Hua family's grandfather and grandson were in an awkward position. Because of the blessings left by the old man Hua, the neighbors did not openly bully them, but they also told their children to stay away from Hua Cunming.
In her memory, when other children played together, Hua Cunming would mostly hide in a corner and watch enviously. Even when he participated in some games, he could only play the roles of bandits or Japanese devils.
I've spent more time with Hua Cunming these past few days and learned that he's a very smart and studious child, but unfortunately, his studies have been delayed.
However, the day when things will turn around is not far away.
She had already asked for leave today and didn't want to go to school this afternoon, so she went straight to her online space.
In just a few days, the space has been tidied up and looks quite nice.
The previously reclaimed acre of land was well-planned, divided into plots, each planted with different vegetables.
The saplings I bought from the old lady were planted in another plot of land, and now they are growing vigorously in rows, which is a delightful sight.
Most of these fruit tree seedlings are loquats, it seems that wild loquats grow abundantly on the hill behind Grandma's house. There are also a few apricot, pomegranate, orange, mulberry and persimmon trees left.
Su Xiao was very satisfied and paid the money readily, telling the old lady to continue next week and to take as many fruit tree seedlings as she wanted.
The old lady was very satisfied, and smilingly agreed to continue helping her look for the money.
Su Xiao plans to dig a water channel in her space today. Sigh, this space is great in every way, except for the lack of a water source; watering the plants is so inconvenient.
For the past few days, she had been carrying buckets of well water into the space to water the plants. With so much land to go, she was exhausted from carrying it back and forth.
Later, I asked Xiao Liu how the previous owners of the space had watered their plants.
Xiao Liu, still somewhat confused, told her that they didn't need to water them because the soil in the space was fertile and contained its own moisture.
Haha, I almost fainted from anger.
"Master, what are you doing?" Xiao Liu asked, puzzled, as she dug a large hole with great effort.
"Dig a ditch around the perimeter to store water, so it will be convenient to water the vegetables later."
"Oh, why do we need to dig a canal to store water? Why don't we just divert the water directly into the well? The spirit spring has dried up anyway, so it's just sitting empty."
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