Chapter 4 That night, it happened
The system was thinking about how to start the conversation when a few low voices suddenly came from the window of the woodshed, "Chao Chao, Chao Chao, are you asleep?"
The little girl on the bed sat up, rubbed her eyes and looked towards the small window of the woodshed.
"Chao Chao?"
The familiar voice sounded again. Chao Chao confirmed that he had heard it correctly and quickly stood up and responded, "Sister Lin Lan, I'm not asleep."
She placed a wooden block under the window, stepped on it and looked out. The window was not big, and there was no window paper, so the cold wind blew in without any shelter.
At this time, a hand stretched in from the gap in the window, holding a hard coarse flour bun, "Chao Chao, here, my mother asked me to give it to you. When I passed by your door before, I heard them say that you were not allowed to eat. You must be starving, hurry up and take it."
Chao Chao hesitated, "Did Sister Lin Lan save this for herself?"
"No, my mother just gave birth to my sister. My father went into the mountains to pick a lot of chestnuts and shot two pheasants. We are all full. This is extra. Take it quickly. I can't delay any longer. I have to go back to help my mother take care of my sister."
After saying that, Lin Lan stuffed the steamed bun into Chao Chao's hand, without giving her a chance to refuse, and turned and left.
Chaochao didn't dare to call her loudly, so she could only get down from the wooden block with the coarse flour buns.
Looking at the cold and hard steamed bun in her hand, her stomach began to become uncontrollable and her mouth began to drool like crazy.
After a while, she still put her mouth close to it and took a careful bite. The steamed bun was tasteless, but to Chao Chao at that moment, it seemed like a delicacy.
She couldn't help but eat two more bites. She stopped only after she had finished one-third of the food and then put it away carefully.
She doesn't have to do anything today, and she won't feel hungry after sleeping for a while. The remaining food can be saved for tomorrow.
After putting the steamed buns away, Chao Chao took a branch, walked to the corner, removed the straw on top, exposing the ground.
Under the moonlight outside the window, she could see many scratches on the dim ground caused by the branches. Now she exerted a little more force and added another scratch at the end.
The system was curious and couldn't help but ask, "What kind of mark did you make?"
Chao Chao replied subconsciously, "I have written down all the people in the village who have helped me. I will repay them when I grow up. Sister Lin Lan gave me..."
Before she could finish her words, the branch in Chao Chao's hand fell to the ground with a "thump". She widened her eyes in horror and looked around quickly.
No, there was still no one, just like during the day. This voice suddenly rang in her mind.
It was dark at night and the sound was much more creepy than during the day.
Chao Chao trembled, "Are you, a, a ghost?"
system,【……】
The woodshed was eerily quiet. Xiao Chaochao took a deep breath and his body began to tremble with fear.
The system quickly spoke, [Chao Chao, don't be afraid. I'm not a bad person. No, I'm not a human. Ah, that's not right either. I, well, anyway, I'm not a ghost. I won't hurt you. On the contrary, I'll help you.]
Chao Chao pursed her lips. The system spoke a long paragraph, which made it seem less scary. It really didn't look like a ghost, so she hesitated and whispered, "Then you, who are you?"
[I am a system, a charitable system.]
Chao Chao didn't understand, "What is a system, and what is charity?"
How to explain this...?
The system is in a big trouble, the host is young, and she can’t understand what is said too profoundly.
After thinking about it, the system could only explain it in a way that she could understand, [System? It means that I have the ability to speak in your mind. No one else can hear it, only you can hear it. Of course, you can't let others know. Charity is to do good deeds. My appearance is to teach you to do good deeds.]
Chao Chao, “Oh.” It turns out it wasn’t an auditory hallucination, nor was it a ghost.
The system exhaled, and the next words were much smoother, [Xiao Chaochao, you are my host now. As long as I accumulate enough energy, I can send you home. Then no one will beat you, scold you, or bully you anymore.]
"Go, go home?" Chao Chao's face was full of hesitation, "Do I...have a home?"
She had been in Shangliu Village for two years, and gradually forgot many things as the Hu family and their husbands and wives went about their daily lives. Not to mention that she was young at the time and could only remember a limited amount of things. Now her mind was filled with thoughts of what work she had to do and how to find food.
Moreover, Zheng always told her that she was abandoned by her parents at the foot of the mountain, and no one wanted her because she was a disaster star and there was no place for her in the world. Only the Hu family was willing to take her in and saved her life. She should be grateful and serve Baodun well in the future, otherwise she would suffer retribution and be struck by lightning.
Now this so-called system wants to send her home? Can she go home? Will her parents kick her out if she goes back? Where should she go then?
The system was very sad to see this, and quickly said, "Of course you have a family, your parents... your parents love you very much. But your family is very far away, and I need a lot of energy to send you back, and I am still a little short. As long as you do one more good thing, just one, my energy will be enough. 】
The energy of the charity system needs to be accumulated bit by bit by the host doing good deeds.
But in the past two years, Chao Chao has no time, energy or ability to do charity. Fortunately, her parents have never stopped doing charity, especially after Chao Chao disappeared. When they were helpless, they could only put their hopes on metaphysics, thinking that doing more good deeds would accumulate blessings for Chao Chao, at least these merits would keep her safe.
I have to say, the direction is really correct.
Even if it wasn't the host who did the good deed, Chao Chao's parents did it in the name of their daughter, so part of the cause and effect fell on Chao Chao. In addition, their charity efforts were very strong, and even though they were separated by different time and space, the energy of the system was slowly accumulated, although this process took two years.
Now, it's just a little bit short. As long as Chao Chao himself does a good deed, the energy bar will increase a lot, enough to send people back to the modern era.
Chao Chao didn't quite believe it, "Are you serious? My parents didn't abandon me?"
[Of course not!] The system said firmly.
Chaochao sat on the straw, hugged her knees, rested her chin on them, and a smile slowly appeared on her face, "Well, that's good." It turned out that she was not unwanted, her parents loved her very much, knowing this was enough.
As for going home, Chao Chao didn't dare to think about it. To her, that was a very distant thing, and she was happy as long as she knew that she was not abandoned.
But the system still heard the desire in her tone. It sighed and said softly, "Chao Chao, you have to trust me. I will teach you how to do it in a moment. Just bear with it for two more days at most."
Chao Chao paused, thinking back to what the system had said. Oh, yes, it said to do good things.
"Then what should I do?" She looked at her small hands and feet and began to count the things she could do. "Now I can feed chickens and ducks, collect firewood, wash clothes, sweep the floor, light the fire, wash dishes, wipe the table, water the vegetables, cut the rice, massage my back, fetch water..."
[That’s enough, that’s enough, you don’t have to do that.] The system became more and more annoyed as it listened, and quickly interrupted, saying that doing laundry and sweeping the floor for others was certainly a good thing, but it was too small, and after completing one task, the energy could only increase by +1+1, so it would take forever.
It has to take advantage of these two days to search for something good that can directly replenish its energy. After all, if Chaochao continues to be abused, it may not be able to control itself and explode.
However, before the system could figure it out, it happened that night.
(End of this chapter)
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