In the kitchen, Xuemei and her three siblings were also curious about what had happened.
"Sister, why do Sister Dahua and Xiaohua look like they are fleeing? And what happened to my aunt? I think I heard Dad mention it just now." Qingya turned her head and asked Xuemei.
"How should I know? Don't get so close to the stove when you're warming yourself by the fire. If your cotton-padded jackets get burned, you'll get beaten."
"Sister, do you think I should secretly listen to what mom and the others are talking about?" Ruirui and Feifei were also eager to do so.
Xuemei was curious, but she remembered her mother's instructions. She was the eldest in the family, so she had to set a good example. She glared at Qingya, imitating her mother's usual behavior. "Qingya, and Ruirui and Feifei, if you get the itch, go eavesdrop."
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Gurgle, gurgle, the stomachs of the two sisters Dahua and Xiaohua began to growl.
Xiaohua said embarrassedly: "Aunt, we haven't eaten since we got up this morning. We are crying because we are too hungry. Dahua also blushed with embarrassment."
"It's okay. There's food at my aunt's house. Just tell me if you're hungry." Mother Liu got up and went to the room to make a cup of sugar water for each of the two sisters.
"Dahua, Xiaohua, you two drink first. I'll go to the kitchen to see if the rice porridge is ready."
After Dahua and Xiaohua finished eating, Liu's mother asked them to take a bath. While the two sisters were bathing, Liu's mother went in to put clothes on them and found that both sisters' backs were covered with belt marks, some new and some old. After the bath, when Dahua went to the firebox to warm herself, she found that Dahua's feet were scratched by stones, which made Liu's mother even more distressed. Dahua was a child who could endure it. She walked over ten miles barefoot and didn't say a word for such a long time. If Liu's mother hadn't noticed, she would still be holding on.
"Xuemei, go get two pairs of clean socks and a pair of clean shoes." After saying that, Liu's mother went into the room and took out gentian violet to apply to Dahua's back and soles of her feet, and Xiaohua's back.
"Dahua, wait until the medicine has dried before putting on your sister Xuemei's socks. Don't wear shoes for the next few days except when eating, sleeping, or going to the toilet. Just stay in the firebox. You need to take good care of your feet for a few days."
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