On days when there's no school, Xingxing stays at home, feeding the rabbits grass, the chickens some bran, and the ducks... Oh, the ducks have gone to play in the stream, so they don't need to be fed.
After teasing Little Grey and Little Black a bit more, Zhao Guihua went out to pick rabbit grass and then gathered a basket of pig feed before heading home. The pig feed was specially gathered from the mountain, and when she returned, she would pick a large bunch of azaleas.
Xingxing loves azaleas. These flowers are so bright and vibrant, they're not only beautiful to look at, but you can also eat a few petals.
This kind of azalea is edible. After picking the stamens, the petals have a sweet and sour taste that is quite nice. However, I dare not eat too much. Whether it is an edible wild flower or a wild fruit, it should not be consumed in excess.
Eating too much of things like myrtle and other October fruits can cause constipation. The five boys in the family are strong and robust, so Zhao Guihua doesn't care about them. But she is very careful with Xingxing and doesn't dare to let her eat too many wild fruits.
Xingxing is also very well-behaved. As long as her mother tells her not to eat too much of something, she will only taste it and not overindulge.
She looked at her face in the bronze mirror. "I've been at home for five days now. The scabs on my face are almost gone. It's so boring staying at home every day. Xingxing wants to go out and wander around the village."
Seeing that there wasn't much sun today and that going out wouldn't cause sunburn, Zhao Guihua said, "Then you can take Xiao Hui and Xiao Hei out with you, but you can't play for too long. If the sun gets too strong, you have to stay in the shade. You can't get sunburned, or you'll really get scars."
"Don't worry, Mom, I won't stand in the sun. Why don't you put a straw hat on me? That way, even if the sun comes out from behind the clouds, it won't shine on me."
"That's a good idea. Wait here, I'll go get you a small straw hat." Zhao Guihua ran to the woodshed to find a straw hat.
Xingxing went out to play wearing a little straw hat. Today, her father drove an oxcart to town to buy bricks and tiles because their house was not big enough and they needed to build many more rooms.
Once outside, Xingxing strolled leisurely.
"That's him! Grab him!" A clear voice suddenly rang out.
Xingxing looked over curiously and saw that the person who spoke was a little girl of about ten years old, dressed in gorgeous clothes, wearing gold and silver at such a young age, and accompanied by several maids and servants.
The young girl was clearly the mistress, and standing beside her was a young master. The young master was also dressed in brocade and looked to be about the same age as the young girl, but he looked sickly and very thin, unlike the young girl who was full of vitality.
"Waaaah, let me go, sob sob." Two servants dragged Zhou Dayin to the little girl.
"Miss, the person has been brought over," the servant replied respectfully, bowing slightly.
The young girl, addressed as "Miss," made a gesture, and the maid standing behind her stepped forward with a small earthenware jar. She then opened the lid of the jar, placed the mouth of the jar on Zhou Dayin's head, and patted the bottom of the jar forcefully.
The young lady and the young master quickly moved away from Zhou Dayin, maintaining a safe distance.
The little girl said, "Let him hold the pottery jar himself."
Under the servant's threats, Zhou Dayin cried with tears and snot streaming down his face, but he still had to obediently hold the earthenware jar steady on his head. "Wow, my head is so itchy! What are you putting in this earthenware jar?"
The pretty young girl immediately scolded angrily, "You dare ask? It's all because you don't like to wash your hair! Your hair is all dirty. Yesterday you and your older brother were catching mosquitoes under the big tree. You were filthy, and you even infected me with the mosquitoes, and almost infected Brother Qingfeng too!"
Luckily, Aunt Wu discovered it in time last night and removed all the hairs from my head. There were six in total, and I'm returning them all to you today.
Zhou Dayin was dumbfounded. What kind of operation was this?
Yesterday, he and his brother Zhou Dajin were sitting under a big tree to cool off, having nothing to do. His brother said his head was itchy, so he started catching wind for him. Later, his brother helped him catch wind, and the two brothers were having a good time catching wind.
Suddenly, the young lady from the Song family came over with several servants. Curious about what they were doing, he told Miss Song that he and his brother were catching wind sparrows. Miss Song asked him to catch one for her to see.
"I've never seen Fengzi before. Catch him and show him to me, and I'll give you these pastries." With that, Miss Song took out two fragrant pastries from her small purse and handed them over.
Zhou Dajin and Zhou Dayin couldn't resist the temptation of the pastries, and the two brothers quickly grabbed a lot of fritters from their heads and gave them to Miss Song.
The maids and servants of the Song family exclaimed in alarm, telling Miss Song not to touch that thing, but Miss Song was used to being willful, and the more she was told not to do something, the more she wanted to do it. So she held Fengzi in her hands and even put it on her head to test it.
These were all stupid things she did herself, but who knew that after just one night she would blame everything on others. Zhou Dayin had no way to explain herself. What bad luck! If only she hadn't gone out today and had stayed home with her brother, she wouldn't have run into this jinx.
“Miss Song, you could just kill the mosquito once you catch it. Why did you keep it and put it on my head? Now I have even more mosquitoes on my head, and you'll be more likely to get infected if you play with me.” Zhou Dayin simply couldn’t understand Miss Song’s thought process.
He and his brother were usually bullies among the children in the village, but when faced with the wealthy and powerful Miss Song, he was just a country bumpkin who could be bullied at will, which was truly pitiful.
"Shut up, you wish! Do you think I'd play with you? You think you're worthy?" Miss Song said with a sullen face, ordering the servant, "Throw him far away, don't let me see him again, he's so annoying."
Zhou Dayin was dragged away by the servants of the Song family.
After watching the play, Xingxing found it uninteresting and led Xiaohui and Xiaohei to play elsewhere.
Where should we go? How about we go to the village chief's house to play with Chun Chun?
"Stop!" Miss Song suddenly spoke up, pointing at Xingxing. "That's right, I'm talking to you. Humph, you stood there watching the show for so long, did you think I didn't notice? You dare to watch my show? You have quite the nerve."
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