By the time everyone had finished packing, the moon had just climbed into the sky.
Ye Wenxue carefully removed the blisters from the children's feet, then disinfected them briefly with hot water. After looking at the children's clean and fair skin after their bath, she felt a significant lightening of her heavy heart since fleeing the famine.
"Go to sleep."
Little Yuanyuan gave a soft, approving hum.
The next morning, Ye Wenxue sat up and met the gaze of Yuanyuan, who was sucking on her little toes.
She suddenly felt a little worried.
Noticing her gaze, Yuanyuan let go and exclaimed, "Ah!"
Ye Wenxue placed Xiao Yuanyuan in a basket and carried her out of the cave.
She first washed the children's clothes that they had changed out of yesterday, then looked around for places that hadn't been dried, and had no choice but to set her sights on the geese.
—Since the goose is going to escape anyway even if it's tied up, we might as well make the most of it.
The goose couldn't resist, and the rope binding its neck was forcibly requisitioned.
The other four kids must have taken a bath last night and felt much better, because they slept until late morning.
At this moment, Ye Wenxue was cooking lunch while keeping an eye on the little round thing in the basket, and casually dealing with the goose's complaint.
"...Alright, alright, I'll talk to him about it later. How could you give a goose a hot bath? It's like putting it in a pot. No wonder you're upset."
The goose couldn't stand the words "put into the pot" and immediately squawked.
—My voice is a little hoarse, not as loud as it was last night.
Ye Wenxue suppressed a laugh and pointed to the wild grass she had specially dug for the goose: "Let's eat first, then we'll talk."
The goose angrily buried its head and pecked at the wild grass.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
