Besides giggling, this child also cried a lot, and when he cried, his voice was particularly high-pitched and lingered for a long time. Zhao Guihua and Zhao Guizhi both ran out of the kitchen.
"What's wrong? Why is Ruru crying?" Zhao Guihua asked.
At this moment, Zhao Guizhi had already held Ruru in her arms, gently patting her back and whispering words of comfort and coaxing.
Xingxing pouted and said unhappily, "Ruru is disobedient. She tried to grab my little bunny and eat it. She cried when I told her not to."
“Mom, Xingxing is right. It’s just that little Ruru insisted on catching the rabbits in the burrow, drooling and shouting that she wanted to eat them.” Zhou Wufu chimed in from the side.
Then the brothers took turns speaking up for Xingxing, basically saying that Ruru was indeed in the wrong, trying to steal Xingxing's rabbit right away.
Zhao Guizhi sighed softly. They were newcomers, and Ru Ru's emotions were unstable, so it was inevitable that they would have friction with her sister's children. They could only work things out gradually over time.
Zhao Guihua was definitely on her daughter's side, but she couldn't show it. She glared at the boys and scolded, "Ruru is the youngest. You older brothers should give way to her. It's one thing to be modest, but why are you making a fuss and criticizing her? It's outrageous."
Then she pointed to Zhou Erfu and Zhou Wufu, who were shouting the loudest, and said, "You two go to the cellar and get some dried fruit and dried meat for Ruru to eat. You must appease her and promise that you will not bully her again."
"Oh." Zhou Erfu and Zhou Wufu didn't argue anymore. They weren't deliberately targeting Ruru. They just felt that she was in the wrong because they saw that she had upset Xingxing.
"Xingxing, my little darling," Zhao Guihua hugged Xingxing and whispered reasoning with her, "Ruru was terrified of hunger when she was fleeing outside, and she was often bullied. She was so scared and so hungry that she wanted to stuff food into her mouth whenever she saw it. She's sick, it wasn't on purpose, Xingxing, please don't be angry with her, okay?"
Xingxing blinked her big, round eyes, looking completely innocent. "Mom, Xingxing didn't bully Ruru. I reasoned with her, but she just wouldn't listen."
After hesitating for a moment, she said, "Mom, did Xingxing not take good care of Ruru? She's so thin, she must be starving, that's why she's craving food. Let's share the dried fruit and dried meat with her, and she won't crave it anymore once she's full."
Zhao Guihua affectionately patted Xingxing's head. "Yes, if she's full, she won't put everything in her mouth when she sees something edible."
"But rabbits are covered in fur, how can Ruru dare to eat them?" Xingxing asked, puzzled.
Zhao Guihua glanced at Zhao Guizhi, who was also looking over. The two sisters tacitly remained silent. Xingxing was still young and had not experienced such hardships, so she did not understand the difficulties and horrors of the escape route.
The refugees were starving and would grab anything they could find. Once, Zhao Guizhi and the others had been starving for two days. Chen Yueru was young and almost died of hunger. Later, they saw a large group of refugees robbing a fleeing group, which should have been a group of landlords and gentry.
The cart was pulled by two oxen and a donkey, all of which were robbed by the refugees. The refugees didn't even spare the people; they knocked the people in the oxcart unconscious and stole all their belongings and food.
The two cows and the donkey were eaten alive by the refugees. When Zhao Guizhi and Chen Shunping arrived, they saw a large group of refugees devouring the two cows and the donkey.
In order to survive, the two of them didn't care about anything else. Zhao Guizhi held Chen Yueru and hid in the distance, while Chen Shunping rushed in and snatched out a large piece of raw beef.
They were so hungry back then that they ate raw beef like that. This happened more than once or twice. The adults knew that it was something they had no choice but to do, but Chen Yueru was just a child.
She was somewhat delirious; what did she know? Her mind was filled only with fear and the instinct to grab food, whether it was raw meat or cooked food.
Zhao Guihua and Old Man Zhou naturally understood, but Xingxing didn't. The quintuplets had also experienced it, but the five boys were brave. When they were fleeing, they were not only terrified, but each of them also had a kind of fierceness that others didn't have.
Before long, Zhou Erfu and Zhou Wufu came up with dried fruit and dried meat. They handed the food to Ruru, who stopped crying and grabbed the dried fruit and dried meat, stuffing them into her mouth as she ate, grinning foolishly at everyone.
Zhao Guihua and Zhao Guizhi felt heartbroken watching this.
"Ruru, eat slowly. No one will take it from you. There's more at home. You can get more when you're done." Zhou Erfu couldn't bear to watch. His aunt's younger sister was too wild, like a hungry wolf pouncing on its prey. It was quite frightening to watch.
Xingxing clutched her little chest, looking terrified. Ruru was so pitiful; fleeing was so scary. Xingxing had to work hard to stock up on food so she wouldn't go hungry.
As the days went by, Chen Yueru stayed at the Zhou family's house, enjoying good food and drink. With Xingxing and the quintuplets' intentional or unintentional guidance, the little girl became much more normal than when she first arrived.
When they see food, they won't just stuff it into their mouths regardless of whether it's raw or cooked.
Some time ago, Zhou Laoda and Zhao Guihua took Ruru to see a doctor and got some medicine. After taking the medicine for a while, Chen Yueru's condition improved a lot.
"This dried fruit is very sour, you have to eat it with this sweet one. This kind of smoked jerky is very hard and not tasty, you have to cook it to eat it, otherwise your teeth will fall out, and if your teeth fall out you won't have any teeth to eat." Xingxing brainwashes Ruru every day, letting her know what she can and cannot eat.
Speaking of losing teeth, the quintuplets are actually at the age where they are losing their baby teeth. Today Chow Tai Fook loses a front tooth, tomorrow Twelve Fuk loses a big tooth, and all five of them are now slurring their words.
"Ruru, did you understand? If you don't answer me, I won't give you any dried fruit." Xingxing stared wide-eyed at Chen Yueru, whose little face had become quite rounder.
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