The dog, its face red and neck thick, shouted at Erhua, "You think you're so great? You were scared and screaming back then too, and that guy just scurried away behind me like a mouse."
Erhua also shouted, "So what? I'm a girl, isn't it normal for me to be afraid of wild boars? How can you, a man, be so petty?"
"Hey, how am I petty? If I were petty, I would have run away and exposed myself to that wild boar, and let it eat me right then and there."
"Pah, I knew you were a coward."
Gouzi jumped up and said, "You, you, you, who are you calling a coward?"
Erhua darted behind Qian Xiao in a flash, but stuck her head out to annoy him: "I, I, I, I was just saying what you did, so what? You dare hit me?"
The dog's outstretched fingers were trembling, clearly indicating he was extremely angry: "You, you, you say it again."
"I...I...I just won't say anything, so what?"
Qian Xiao rubbed her forehead. These two should never get together. They always end up arguing. She didn't know why they were so eager to fight. "Shut up, both of you. If you keep arguing, go argue somewhere else."
Erhua protested, tugging at Qianxiao's sleeve: "Isn't it because Gouzi always makes fun of me?"
The dog was quite indignant: "Then why do you always make fun of me? I'm a man, how can you look down on me like that?"
"Pah, you call yourself a man? I've never seen such a cowardly man as you."
Qian Xiao shoved each of them and pointed to a secluded spot: "Go, you two go argue there and come back later. Don't force me to deal with you two in front of so many people."
The two immediately shut up, exchanging sharp glances. Qian Xiao pretended not to see them, as long as they didn't yell at her, which always made her ears ring.
Sun Kaicheng... this is what a normal person his age should look like, right? He and Erdan both look too... prematurely aged.
The four eggs returned quickly. Although they hadn't changed their clothes, their paws were much cleaner: "Dog Brother, Sister Erhua, what brings you two here too?"
The dog ruffled Six Egg's head: "What? Can't we come over here?"
Liu Dan dodged Gouzi's hand, opened his mouth but didn't say anything. After all, Gouzi had always been very good to them, so he couldn't just say that he was reluctant to give him the most meat in the pot.
Wu Dan chuckled: "How could that be? I was just thinking of calling Brother Gouzi and Sister Erhua over to eat with us later. This pot has the most meat in the whole place."
Although the four eggs are greedy, they are not greedy at all. They are quite willing to share with those who are good to them.
Finally, it was time to eat. Everyone lined up in front of their respective large pots, and someone was there to serve them the food. How much meat you got depended on how well you got along with the person serving you.
However, at this time of year, the older women serving the food are generally quite fair; otherwise, a major fight would definitely break out over a single bite of food.
Sun Kaicheng, carrying a small basin and holding a flatbread, squatted with Qian Xiao and his group in a relatively well-lit spot. This suddenly reminded him of when they ate like this during missions in the apocalypse.
To be honest, I do miss those days. Although people were a bit too indifferent and the order was a bit chaotic, there was still some camaraderie among them. I wonder if the people he protected in the end will ever have time to reminisce about him.
Qian Xiao nudged Sun Kaicheng with her elbow: "What are you thinking about? Hurry up and eat. It'll get cold soon, and the food won't taste good when it's cold." The food wasn't very tasty to begin with, and it would taste even worse when it got cold. Eating it would also easily upset your stomach.
"What? Sorry?" I guess city people have never eaten like this before.
"No, I was just lost in thought," he said, picking up a bite of food and putting it in his mouth. Well, it wasn't particularly tasty, but it wasn't bad either. In this day and age, a little bit of oil and fat is considered a good dish.
"The taste is alright. I have a lot of meat here, can I give you some?" He said, picking up some meat from his own rice bowl and putting it into Qian Xiao's bowl.
Qian Xiao dodged slightly: "I have more here, you can eat the rest yourself." As she spoke, she put the meat from her bowl into the bowl with four eggs. She really didn't go hungry outside, unlike her four younger brothers who often didn't get to eat meat at home.
The four eggs were overjoyed: "Thank you, big sister. We've had enough, you can eat more. You did the most work today."
"Don't talk nonsense. Everyone contributed today." We can't ignore the efforts of others just to highlight ourselves.
The group ate in silence, heads down, slurping their food. The food had to be eaten quickly, otherwise it would get cold in no time.
Suddenly, Qian Xiao felt her arm being bumped. She turned her head and saw that Er Hua's eyes were practically spitting out sparks. Following Er Hua's gaze, Qian Xiao saw that there was a group of educated youth gathered over there.
To be fair, my great-uncle was quite generous. Although these educated youths didn't contribute much, they still participated in the group activities.
"What's wrong?"
She had already met the educated youth before she left for school. To be honest, she didn't plan to have any contact with these people. It's not that educated youth were necessarily bad or good; she just didn't want any trouble.
"Didn't you see? The female educated youth in the shadows at the very back, the person next to her is Qian Wangcai."
Qian Xiao hadn't noticed the dark, blurry area before, but upon closer inspection, he actually saw a person. Looking at him this way, Qian Wangcai didn't seem to be living as miserably as he had imagined; he actually looked quite smooth and sleek.
That big cotton-padded coat didn't even have a patch on it, and it was considered the best one worn in their village. Right now, he was putting meat into the female educated youth's bowl, but judging from the female educated youth's expression, she didn't seem too happy about it!
Wait a minute, why does that female educated youth look so familiar?
Oh, so it's that young lady named Wang Xue!
"No, why did Qian Wangcai go there?" Could it be that Qian Wangcai has his eye on that female educated youth named Wang Xue?
However, seeing Wang Xue become so low-key from being such an outgoing person, she felt quite uncomfortable. If it were before, Wang Xue would have been sitting in the most conspicuous place in this situation!
They'll even reach out and nitpick, their mouths full of complaints. It's true that environment is the greatest tool to change a person. Look at them, how proud they used to be, but now all the luster on their faces has disappeared.
As for Wang Xue, she wasn't particularly annoying; she was just a spoiled young lady. But she wasn't particularly likable either. When Qian Xiao teased her, it was like teasing a child; there was really no malice involved.
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