"Waaah, he's going to hit Erni!" Fu Man'er blurted out when the adults asked.
"I didn't!" Li Qing roared. "She bumped into me first." He had originally intended to hit her, but he didn't.
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"Waaah, he's going to run me over!" Wang Erni cried, pointing at Li Qing. It seemed she couldn't get past this hurdle of being run over today.
"What nonsense are you talking about? How could you possibly get hurt?" Granny Zhou pulled her granddaughter to her side to check her over. "You weren't hurt anywhere, were you?"
Li Yue also squatted down and carefully looked at Wang Erni's head, which she was pointing to and crying out in pain. It was a little red, but otherwise it seemed fine.
He Xiaoyu and Grandma He only found out then that their child had gotten into a fight with someone. "Oh dear, kids are always running around, it's inevitable that they'll bump into each other. It's nothing serious."
In everyone's opinion, this was indeed not a big deal. Every family in the village has kids who fight, and no one can control them. Moreover, this incident happened in the Xu family.
They're celebrating a happy occasion today; we shouldn't let these things spoil their fun.
Granny Zhou looked up and said, "That's right, the children are just playing around, it's nothing serious." But in her heart, she thought that she should stay away from the He family's grandson in the future, because she felt that nothing good ever came from running into him.
Grandma Xu also stepped in to smooth things over, saying, "Come on, everyone, go inside and sit down. The children have gone out to run around. I'll give you some milk tea and glutinous rice balls later."
This milk tea with glutinous rice balls is famous in town. All the children crave it, and they cheer when they hear there's food, even if they're already full from the feast.
Xu Yi looked down and saw Fu Man'er swallowing her saliva, her eyelashes still wet with tears. Well, she was craving something again.
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"You really are a little devil, aren't you?" Xu Yi pinched the bun on Fu Man'er's head. Hmm, no face to pinch.
That crying just now stunned him. His ability to tattle is getting better and better; he knows that the child who cries gets candy.
He heard someone say that the two little girls were crying like that, probably because they were frightened.
Liu Fang was extremely distressed, genuinely believing that Fu Man'er had bumped or bruised herself, and asked her several times before she felt relieved.
The person who was actually hit was ignored. As everyone walked away, Li Qingcai realized in a daze, "Mom, someone just hit me!"
If he hadn't been so preoccupied with watching the two girls cry, he wouldn't have forgotten such an important matter.
He Xiaoyu knew her son well; even the smallest things sounded very serious to him. He probably thought that just being hit by a car was a serious incident, but he described it as being beaten.
"Alright, Mom knows. Let's go now. Don't you want to eat those milk tea dumplings?"
Li Qing licked his lips. He wanted to eat it, but he had been beaten. Didn't his mother care?
"Mom, I..." Li Qing was about to speak again when He Xiaoyu impatiently slapped his head. "If you say another word, you're going home. I told you not to go out, but you insisted on running away."
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Li Qing felt extremely wronged, but due to He Xiaoyu's intimidation and the temptation of milk tea dumplings, he could only keep quiet.
Before Mingming came to his maternal grandmother's house, his mother didn't treat him like this. Now she not only scolds him but also hits him.
Hmph, that guy who just hit him, just wait, he'll get his revenge.
He Xiaoyu didn't care what her son was thinking and quickly followed after him, pulling him along.
It wasn't until late afternoon that the guests at the Xu family's house gradually dispersed. After seeing off the last guest, Old Mrs. Xu couldn't help but rub her lower back.
"What a busy day!"
"There's nothing much to do today, so let's finish dinner early and get some rest." Moving to a new home is indeed a joyful experience, but it also brings fatigue.
The continuous work during this period had indeed exhausted the Xu family, and they all went back to their rooms after dinner.
"Man'er, from now on you will sleep in your own room." Liu Fang led the clean-up Fu Man'er into her room, tucked her in, and looked at her lovingly.
Fu Man'er peeked out with only her little head showing. "Mother, I can sleep by myself."
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She sleeps alone during the day, and children her age envy her for having her own room.
Liu Fang brushed the stray hair that had fallen onto her forehead aside and said with a smile, "Our Man'er is so brave."
At first, she was worried that Fu Man'er wouldn't want to sleep alone, since she had been sleeping next to her for so long.
Seeing how brave she is now, I'm happy, but also a little disappointed. Sigh, my child has grown up.
After talking with Fu Man'er for a while, Liu Fang got up and left. As she closed the door, she reminded her to call them if anything happened.
Liu Fang's room was next door. When she went in, Xu Genshan had already made up the bed. "Is Man'er asleep?"
"Hmm, the little girl is quite something, she said she can fall asleep by herself." Liu Fang's face was full of affection as she thought of Fu Man'er.
Xu Genshan felt relieved. "I'll keep an eye on her tonight. If she's scared, I'll bring her over to sleep."
After all, it takes time for adults to adjust to a new place to live, let alone children.
"Okay, I'll keep an eye on things tonight." Liu Fang thought so too. The couple lay in bed, and Xu Genshan yawned, looking sleepy.
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Liu Fang turned her head to look at him, "You knew He Xiaoyu before?"
Xu Genshan abruptly stopped yawning halfway through, instantly waking up. "Yeah, I know him, I know him."
She became visibly uncomfortable as she spoke. Liu Fang raised her head suspiciously, "No wonder he kept calling me 'Brother Genshan' all day."
Xu Genshan quickly turned to the side and looked at Liu Fang with a serious expression. "We're all from the same village, so it's not surprising that we know each other. Besides, I didn't exchange more than two words with her today."
That's the truth. He Xiaoyu would call out to Xu Genshan whenever she saw him, but Xu Genshu would either ignore her or walk away. Sometimes, when he had no choice, he would end the conversation with just one or two words.
Liu Fang then withdrew her oppressive gaze. Perhaps she had been overreacting. He Xiaoyu was already married and had a child; what else could she possibly do?
Thinking of this, she relaxed completely, yawned lazily, leaned against Xu Genshan's arm, and soon fell asleep.
Xu Genshan remained frozen until he heard the even breathing around him, at which point he relaxed and secretly thought to himself that he really had to stay far away from the He family in the future.
After a long day, most of the Xu family members fell asleep as soon as they hit the bed, except for one person who was still wide awake with his eyes wide open.
This person is Fu Man'er.
She had already slept enough during the day and wasn't sleepy at all. In addition, she would stay in Xu Genshan and Liu Fang's arms for a while before falling asleep every night.
The sudden shift to sleep felt a little strange to her.
She had her eyes tightly closed for a while, but she just couldn't fall asleep. It wasn't because she was scared to sleep alone.
When she opened her eyes, the room was pitch black and she couldn't see anything. Fu Man'er, who had been pretending not to be afraid, almost shrank into the blanket.
Her small body remained stiff under the covers for a while, until finally she couldn't hold on any longer and rolled over and got out of bed.
Xu Yi had been asleep, but he vaguely heard a creaking sound and woke up with a start, sitting up in bed. "Who's there?"
He could clearly hear footsteps approaching, and he thought to himself, "They've already been robbed on their very first day here? What a terrible thief! How could a kid like me have any money living in such a place?"
The 'little thief' stopped and said weakly, 'Brother, it's me.'
Xu Yi lit the candle, illuminating Fu Man'er, who was wrapped in a blanket and curled up in a ball.
"Brother, are you afraid to sleep alone at night?" It was very good to say it upfront, so Xu Yi didn't know whether she was afraid or he was.
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The little girl ran over in the middle of the night, and Xu Yi couldn't bear to expose her. "Yeah, I'm scared."
"Then I'll coax you to sleep today. Don't be afraid, brother, I'll stay with you." Fu Man'er smiled and showed her little white teeth. She didn't even pull the blanket up and covered her chest to make a promise.
As the weather turned cooler, Xu Yi quickly pressed her down onto the bed and pulled the blanket up to wrap her up tightly.
"Thank you, go to sleep now." After saying that, Xu Yi lifted the blanket and lay down next to her.
This was the first time he had slept with Fu Man'er. The little girl was different from the other brothers in the family; she was fragrant and soft, and she would even sleep with her arms wrapped around his.
Xu Yi thought to himself that he absolutely mustn't move at night, lest he hurt his soft little sister.
He could control himself and not move, but Fu Man'er couldn't. First, she grabbed his hand, and then she put her feet on Xu Yi's stomach.
As for her sleeping posture, it was hard to describe. Xu Yi spent the whole night either holding her hand, lifting her legs, or covering Fu Man'er with a blanket from time to time.
This soft and cuddly little sister is just as charming as her brother.
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