Gu Hui pouted dejectedly: "I'm not going. My mom asked me to go to my grandma's to get something. It's so annoying. Of all the pregnant women in the village, my mom is the most difficult to take care of. By the way, Er Ya, don't go near my mom lately. Wait until she gives birth."
"Okay, I'll be going now, Sister Huihui!"
Gu Xin waved.
Zhang, the wife of the first wife, was very patriarchal and treated her own two daughters poorly, let alone Gu Xin, the daughter of the second wife.
If it weren't for the Gu family and the old lady keeping things in check, Zhang Shi would have turned the world upside down.
It was getting late, and Gu Xin was walking faster than usual, trying to get home before dark.
Upon arriving at the back of the mountain, Gu Xin first put down her carrying basket, then moved the withered leaves on the ground into a pile using dry branches. She then scooped them up and put them into the carrying basket, layering them with dry branches, breaking them off and placing them inside to press them down.
After going back and forth several times, her little basket was full of kindling.
"You brat, I told you not to go playing over there, but you insisted on going anyway. What will you do when you fall in?"
"Oh, Mom, Mom, let me go, let me go! I caught a fish! We can eat fish tonight!"
"Eat fish my ass! The third son of the Feng family drowned in that water this summer. The fish in that water are very evil. You dare to eat them?"
"That's something that happens in the hot weather! Now... Ah! Mother, why did you knock over my basin!"
"You little rascal, come back home with me right now! Stop causing trouble outside all day long. I told you, you can't go over there. If you go back, your father will break your legs! That basin, that basin that's been tainted with evil spirits, is no good. Come on, come with me now!"
"Ouch! Mom, stop pulling my ear! I'll leave, I'll leave, okay? Ouch, ahhh, it hurts, it hurts..."
Gu Xin was about to lift the basket onto a ridge to make it easier to carry when she saw a mother and son pass by. She recognized them; the son was named Liu Gou'er, from the next village, and was about the same age as her. He often came to their village to play.
As Liu Gou'er and her son walked past, they glanced at Gu Xin but ignored her.
Gu Xin has always been an invisible person. Her own parents and sister don't care about her, so naturally others won't pay any attention to her.
Gu Xin didn't mind. After everyone had passed by, she looked at the wooden basin and the fish.
It was a very beautiful fish, just like the one held by the New Year's picture doll. Her grandfather had told her that the New Year's picture doll was holding a carp.
But she had never seen such a beautiful, glowing carp.
Just then, the carp fell out of the wooden basin and was jumping on the ground.
For some reason, Gu Nian felt that the fish was very sad and distressed.
Oh, right, Grandpa said that fish can't live without water.
Gu Xin quickly stepped forward and put the pretty little carp back into the wooden basin that was still a little bit full.
"Little fish, little fish! Shall I take you back? I remember that pond over there. Even though children have drowned there before, and I'm still scared. But seeing how upset you are, I'll take you back. Be sure to hide well from now on!"
Gu Xin put the fish into the wooden basin, which only had a little water left, not even enough to completely submerge the fish.
She carried the wooden basin and ran towards the pond where the child had drowned, thinking that if she did more good deeds, would God grant her wish and allow her parents and sister to continue to treat her so well?
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