Xie Yan tossed her behind him, saying, "I don't need you."
He didn't use brute force, but instead stomped hard on Qin Yu's little toe, causing Qin Yu to cry tears of pain instantly.
The other children were terrified. "You! You dare hurt him? Aunt Qin won't let you get away with this!"
Xie Yan smiled at Qin Yu, "You're such a big kid now, you can't be a little brat and tattle, can you? Can't you handle losing?"
Qin Yu really wanted to complain, but after what he said, he was caught in a dilemma – whether to complain or not – and he burst into tears.
"Shame on you, crying at such a big age, nyah nyah nyah." Sisi stuck her tongue out at him, and Little Gem imitated her, "nyah nyah nyah, shame on you."
"You, you just wait! I'm going home to find my older brother, and I'll have him beat you all to death!"
After saying that, he ran away. The other children, seeing this, also left in fear, leaving only a boy dressed in yellow with his hair tied up. He looked about six years old, with a pale face and an air of scholarly refinement.
"His brother, Qin Hu, is a notorious local tyrant in Wuzhou. He loves to torment children. If you offend him, you're finished."
Sisi didn't understand his words, tilted her head and asked in return, "So you just let him bully you?"
Guan Yize was taken aback, her face flushed slightly, and she stammered, "No, it's that you will be retaliated against."
"No, I have many pots and pans, and I have my father, the city lord, and my mother protecting me. I'm not afraid."
Guan Yize was a little envious. "Then you shouldn't go out recently either. Take good care of yourself."
Just as he finished speaking, a maid rushed over, "Young master, you haven't finished reading your book yet."
"Do I have to study on my birthday?" Xie Yan asked.
Guan Yize's gaze was somewhat vacant. "Okay, you go first. You guys have fun."
He turned around, then suddenly turned back to Sisi and smiled, "You're very pretty, not ugly at all."
Sisi covered her face shyly, and Xie Yan grabbed her, his tone fiery.
"If you're going to leave, then leave now!"
Guan Yize nodded dejectedly and left.
"Sister, Gem will protect you." Little Gem said confidently, then suddenly shivered.
Xie Yan looked at him coldly, "I don't need you."
Little Gem held his breath and didn't dare to make a sound. He looked so pitiful. Sisi patted his head with heartache. "Wuguoguo, why are you being so fierce? Little Gem is still a child."
Little Gem nodded vigorously.
"Heh." Xie Yan grabbed her and sneered, "Let's go, it'll be dark soon."
Sisi looked up in confusion. The sun was still so bright. Was there something wrong with Wuguo's eyes?
As we approached the pavilion, we could hear voices coming from inside.
"It's not that we don't want to donate grain, but doesn't the city lord's wife know about the locust plague that happened not long ago?"
Madam Wang sighed, "Yes, the locusts have eaten all the wheat seedlings, so how can we harvest any grain?"
“Our Qin family doesn’t have any either,” Madam Qin snorted, and Madam Li nodded in agreement.
You Rong said, “I know everyone is having a hard time, but many people in the city have already starved to death. I ask you ladies to save some food for these people.”
"Madam City Lord, aren't you putting us in a difficult position?" Madam Wang sighed, "We are truly powerless to do so, otherwise we would not refuse to give it to you."
“I remember that in addition to the food resources in the city, you also purchase some from outside every year.”
Upon hearing this, Madam Qin could no longer sit still. "So what if we have food? You yourself said that many people in the city have starved to death. The lives of ordinary people matter, but our lives don't?"
"Madam Qin is right. The locusts have eaten the wheat seedlings, and we don't know when they will grow back after replanting. What will we do if we give the grain to the people?"
"That's right, we're all part of a large family!"
Madam Guan said coldly, "You should go back. We have no way of handing over grain. We have no grain, but you can take our lives. Unless you kill a few of us today, you won't get any grain."
With a gentle grip on her handkerchief, she said, "I just want some of your surplus grain, not..."
"No!" Madam Guan slammed her hand on the table and stood up. "Someone, show them out!"
The musicians, chess masters, calligraphers, and painters captured the maid who tried to chase them away. Madam Guan sneered, "Are you trying to rob me today?"
Sisi looked up and asked Xie Yan, "Fifth Brother, why don't they give Mother any food? Don't they feel sorry for the people who died?"
Little Gem said indignantly, "They're so mean."
“It’s not that we don’t want to give, it’s that we’re afraid. In years of famine, we have to protect ourselves before we can give to others. They’re all afraid that if they give us food, they won’t have any to eat later.”
"If they have no food, their mother will give them some."
Xie Yan patted her head and said, "Human hearts are unpredictable. When it doesn't affect their own interests, they can be good people. But when it does, they lose their kindness and generosity."
Sisi shook her head, "Five pots, I don't understand."
"I know!" Little Gem excitedly raised her hand. "They're all bad people, they're all big villains!"
Xie Yan scoffed, "That's not right."
"Oh," Little Gem said, sounding aggrieved.
"What will we do if there's no food?" Sisi asked, distressed. "Will everyone die?"
No, it won't.
At least, I won't let you die.
"You like this radish?"
The voice suddenly appeared, so sharp that it made Xie Yan's ears ring. He covered his ears and sat on a rock, his voice low, "Shut up."
"You're ridiculous, you know that? Do you like her? You're so young and you already know what liking someone means?"
"Shut up." He was very impatient.
"You can't like her, you can't be together, you're siblings, Xie Yan, don't be confused."
Suppressing his anger, Xie Yan pinched his brow. Did he like Sisi?
I like it.
But what kind of liking is this?
He didn't know.
After composing himself, Xie Yan looked up, but the two were already gone. Feeling a little guilty, he grabbed a maidservant.
"Did you see those two children who were here just now? A little girl and a little boy."
The maid pointed in one direction, "They went over there."
Sisi pulled Xiaobaoshi along the path and secretly ran towards the warehouse. She had just heard a maid say that the Guan family had a lot of grain, but they were unwilling to give it to her mother.
“Sister, I think Xie Yan is a fool. He’s wrong, I’m right. Madam Guan is a big bad guy. She doesn’t even give us food.”
"Shhh."
Sisi pinched his mouth shut. "Don't make a sound. We'll sneak over quietly and then take all the grain."
Little Gem nodded. "Then what should we use to store all this food? How about I reveal my true form and swallow us all whole?"
"Are you trying to eat yourself to death? You're so silly! Don't worry, this princess has a magic bag!"
"Princess, you are so amazing!"
The Qiankun Bag can hold everything. The princess actually has such a powerful treasure. The princess is amazing!
With Little Gem's adoring expression, Sisi smugly stuffed the Guan family's warehouse inside.
Immediately afterward, a servant ran into the pavilion shouting, "Madam, something terrible has happened! The warehouse is gone!"
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