The jade beads were sparkling and only the size of Gu Xin's little finger.
She had forgotten about the jade beads when she woke up this morning, so why have they suddenly reappeared?
But no one answered her question.
She squeezed it with her hand; it was just as soft and elastic as it had been the night before.
"Little fish, what's this bead for?" Gu Xin asked softly.
The jade fish did appear in my palm, but unlike the little carp under the waterfall, it couldn't talk!
"Oh! I forgot about the one from last night!" Gu Xin suddenly remembered that the jade bead from last night was still on the bed.
She went around to her room from the back ditch and searched everywhere, but the jade beads were nowhere to be found.
The little fish spat out three jade beads. She accidentally dropped the first one into the foot bath water. She clearly didn't throw away the second one, so where did it go?
Gu Xin looked at the third jade bead in her hand, unsure of what to do.
Hearing the sound of chopping vegetables coming from the kitchen, Gu Xin didn't have time to think about it anymore. She put the jade beads under her pillow and rushed to the kitchen to help with the fire.
Even during dinner, Gu Xin remained somewhat absent-minded.
Cai Xiaolian and Gu Nian, these two strange spirits, felt a little guilty.
Cai Xiaolian: Could it be that when I was trying to start a fire, it wouldn't light, so Xinxin noticed something was wrong and became suspicious?
Gu Nian: Could it be that my knife skills are too good, which doesn't fit the original owner's character setting, so the owner sensed something was wrong and became suspicious?
Gu Xin: What exactly is that jade bead for? Where did the one from last night go? Could the magical little carp's gifts fly?
The mother and her two daughters finished breakfast, each with their own thoughts. Cai Xiaolian and Gu Nian were sweating profusely during the meal.
It wasn't that they were afraid Gu Xin would see through them and do something to them, but the thought of this poor little girl knowing the painful reality of losing her parents and sister all at once made them unsure how to face it.
Gu Xin habitually went to collect the dishes to wash them, but Cai Xiaolian stopped her: "I'll go, Xin Xin. You go wash up quickly, your sister and I have already washed up."
"Oh, okay, Mother. I'll go feed the chickens first." Gu Xin didn't push it away like before, mainly because she wanted to run back to the house quickly to see if the jade bead had disappeared like it had last night.
Back in my room, I lifted the pillow, and there it was—the jade beads were still there.
Gu Xin picked it up, looked at it for a while, but couldn't figure it out, so she put it back.
Then she picked it up again and decided to keep it on her person.
She wore clothes that her older sister couldn't wear anymore, but they were too big for her, so she learned to adjust the sleeves and pant legs herself, leaving a hole so she could put small things in the sleeves.
After she finished setting it up, she went to feed the chickens.
Chicken feed consists of wild vegetables, chopped up, placed in a bowl, and mixed with some water.
When adding water, Gu Xin's sleeve got a little wet. She shook it, and as a result, the jade beads fell out and landed in the chicken feeder.
Just like last night when I washed my feet, I followed the plan to put the jade beads into the water.
"Ugh!" Gu Xin exclaimed in frustration.
"What's wrong?" Cai Xiaolian asked with concern as she came out of the kitchen.
"It's nothing, Mother, my sleeves just got a little wet," Gu Xin replied, turning her head.
"Then hurry up and finish feeding them, go change your clothes, be careful not to catch a cold." Cai Xiaolian felt relieved upon hearing this.
The jade beads had all melted away, so Gu Xin could only feed the chickens in the coop.
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