Chapter 26 My sister is the cutest in the village
Tonight, Heihe Village has swept away the dullness of the past.
The villagers returned from the fields with laughter and joy. Their families had already boiled water. The young and old washed off the old dirt on their bodies and went to bed refreshed.
When Yunniang picked up the little guy from the wooden basin, his little head was tilted back, his pink little mouth was slightly open, and he made cute humming sounds like a little animal. He had already fallen asleep in a mess.
Looking at her lovely appearance, Yunniang couldn't help but kiss her gently several times. After putting her on the bed, she began to sort out the scraps of patchwork clothes under the lamp.
"Why don't you rest? You've ruined your eyes by staying up all night."
Ye Yanping came in with his upper body naked. He had just finished taking a shower outside. Water droplets were dripping on his bronze skin and his hair was wet.
"I was thinking of finishing the patchwork quilt quickly and giving it to Xiaojiu to wear, so that I could feel at ease."
Ye Yanping looked at the basket of colorful cloth pieces of various materials and asked, "So many?"
"Well, our Xiaojiu is really lucky. How could ordinary families collect so many pieces of cloth when making patchwork clothes? Except for the Huo family, every household in the village has sent cloth."
Ye Yanping's face darkened. In his mind, Xiaojiu's patchwork quilt should carry the blessings of the entire village, and it would be a pity if one family was missing.
"I'll ask Ye Yanlan tomorrow to see what she really thinks. Xiaojiu is her own flesh and blood, after all. How can she be worse than others?"
"Okay, why ask her? In my opinion, the Huo family is unlucky. I don't even want their cloth."
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Xiaojiu heard someone snickering in his ear in a daze. He opened his eyes and saw Xiaowen and Xiaowu lying in front of the bed, laughing foolishly.
Xiaojiu rubbed his eyes. His two brothers looked much whiter today than before.
"Sister, you took a nice bath last night and your skin looks so white!" Xiao Wen touched her face.
"The water was all black last night!"
Xiaojiu: “…”
"The water I use to wash is even darker!" Xiao Wu seemed to be saying something very remarkable.
Xiaojiu turned over in bed like a little turtle and slowly crawled to the edge of the bed. Xiaowen and Xiaowu worked together to carry her off the bed.
The three of them walked into the kitchen hand in hand. Yunniang was frying eggs in the kitchen, chicken soup was cooking in a big pot, and the porridge in the small pot had already cooled down. The aroma of the food penetrated into people's noses.
"Xiao Wen and Xiao Wu, take your sister to wash her hands and face and get ready for dinner!" Yunniang said.
The three little ones came to the yard. There was a wooden basin filled with clear and cool water. Xiaojiu scooped up the water with his little hands and touched his face.
A piece of soft cloth gently wiped her face dry. Xiaojiu's face was dimpled, "Anai!"
Luo Qiuyue responded softly and picked her up. Just as she was feeling the fragrant and soft little milk bag in her arms, Xiaojiu saw Ye Buwei behind her and said crisply, "Brain bag!"
Ye Buwei stretched out his long arm and pulled her directly from Luo Qiuyue's arms.
Luo Qiuyue narrowed her eyes, "I just held her in my arms, and she's barely warmed up yet, and you're already snatching her away!"
Ye Buwei: "You hold Xiaowen and Xiaowu."
Luo Qiuyue glanced at the two little ones and said, "It's so hot, what are you hugging..."
The two little ones: "..."
Several people walked towards the kitchen, and the two little ones whispered to each other behind them.
"Brother, are we not patient enough?"
"Nonsense, we are cute, mainly because my sister is so cute!"
"Well, my sister is the cutest in the whole village!"
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The Ye family has been eating chicken and eggs these days. The weather is hot and the ingredients are difficult to preserve, so they can only eat them as quickly as possible to avoid waste.
Xiaojiu got tired of eating the fish after a few days, so he put a few fish into the bucket while they weren't paying attention.
After breakfast, the three little ones played under the shade of the trees in the yard.
"Xiao Wen and Xiao Wu, come out and play!" Two round faces appeared at the side of the fence gate. They were the grandsons of the village head, Jinbao and Yinbao.
The two children looked about five or six years old, with thick arms and legs, stronger than the average child, and a bit of simplicity and cuteness.
"There are a lot of people digging wild vegetables over there, let's go too!"
The sudden enthusiastic invitation left Xiaowen and Xiaowu a little confused, as no one had ever taken the initiative to ask them to play before.
Until I noticed Jinbao and Yinbao looking at Xiaojiu with shining eyes.
"Your sister is so cute!"
"The little face is pink, and the little mouth is red, just like a dough. It looks fragrant and sweet!"
As he said that, he was about to start rua.
Xiao Wen and Xiao Wu blocked Xiao Jiu's way and said, "Don't do it, my sister is very clean!"
Jinbao and Yinbao weren't annoyed at all. Grandpa had told them to be nice to Ye's Xiaojiu, so they came to play with her early in the morning.
"Xiaojiu, I'm Brother Jinbao!"
"I'm Brother Yinbao!"
"Shall we go play together?"
Xiaojiu nodded obediently, "Okay!"
The hillside is full of people digging wild vegetables. There are few wild vegetables, but there are many people.
Adults and children alike were all pale and thin, especially the children, with big heads on thin necks, showing signs of long-term malnutrition.
Xiaojiu was holding his brother's hand as they climbed the hillside. Halfway up, he heard Jinbao and Yinbao's stomachs rumbling from time to time.
"Didn't you two have breakfast?" Ye Xiaowen asked.
Jin Bao and Yin Bao looked envious: "You have breakfast at home?"
Nowadays, who doesn’t only eat one meal a day and wait until noon to eat?
Xiao Wen and Xiao Wu: “…”
Thinking about how my family has been eating chicken and eggs every day recently, I feel inexplicably guilty.
Xiaojiu walked slowly to Jinbao and Yinbao, pointing at their bellies with her little finger, "Ding ding, are you hungry?"
Jinbao and Yinbao smiled embarrassedly, "I'm hungry, but I'm used to it. I don't feel hungry anymore after being hungry for a while!"
Xiaojiu pointed to the bushes not far away and said, "Bei, that's Ben Kang Kang!"
Jin Bao Yin Bao hesitated: "What's that over there?"
But he still went there hesitantly, because Grandpa said that he had to listen to whatever Ye family's Xiaojiu said.
"So many eggs!" The two exclaimed in surprise as they entered the bushes.
After a while, Jinbao and Yinbao came out with pockets full of eggs. There were big goose eggs, green duck eggs, white chicken eggs, and bird eggs (quail eggs)... In short, there were so many kinds that they couldn't count them.
Both of them had confused expressions on their faces as happiness came too suddenly.
The kids nearby all gathered around and asked, "Where are the eggs?!"
Jinbao pointed to the bushes and said, "Over there, but we've picked them all up."
Some children, unwilling to give up, could not help but go over to take a look, and ended up shouting with joy, "There are eggs! Lots and lots of eggs!"
After hearing this shout, all the other children, including Xiaowen and Xiaowu, ran into the bushes.
Soon, everyone came out with a pocket full of eggs, laughing.
Jinbao and Yinbao were completely confused. "Strange, we just picked up all the stuff!"
"Where are the eggs?! Don't grab them, keep them all for me!" Huo Xiaohu rushed over like a gust of wind.
After seeing that everyone had picked up so many eggs, he was so anxious that his eyes widened. "Where did you pick them up?! Tell me!"
"Over there." The children were a little afraid of him.
Huo Xiaohu is the son of Huo Danian and the only grandson of Old Lady Huo. He is unreasonable and likes to beat people.
If he hits someone, he doesn't allow them to fight back, otherwise his grandmother will jump and roll around in front of the other person's door.
Huo Xiaohu jumped into the bushes and said angrily, "Where are the eggs? I can't see any! Are you kidding me?"
"Hurry up! Otherwise he will rob us!" The children knew what kind of person he was and slipped away as fast as they could.
When Xiaojiu came to his senses, he found himself running very fast on his short legs.
She didn't know why she ran away. Anyway, after hearing Huo Xiaohu's voice, she felt inexplicably scared. It seemed that she was scared by the beating she had received before.
"Daya, stop right there! Give me all the eggs you picked up! All of them!!"
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