Xingyao's father shook his head and said, "He trusts you very much, he just doesn't trust himself."
Jin Yi tightened his fingers on the table.
His father glanced at him.
"When we sent him away, his mother and I were very worried. We were worried that he would be too tired outside, wouldn't be able to eat or sleep well, and that he wouldn't be able to adapt to this world..."
"He went home for a while after graduation and was in a very bad mood. It was obvious that he had been wronged, but he refused to tell us."
"I told him that if he's too tired outside, he can just stay home... Maybe you think it's a waste, but as parents, we just don't want to see our children sad..."
Xingyao's father slowly exhaled a puff of smoke.
"But we also understood that this place at home couldn't accommodate him... Sure enough, he left in the end..."
"It was a long time after I left that time that he called back. He was very happy again, saying that he had met a colleague who took care of him. He was very reliable, very capable, and knew everything... He often mentioned it after that. Now that I think about it..."
Xingyao's father looked at Jinyi.
"That person should be you, right?"
Jin Yi's eyes flickered, "Maybe."
He said in a deep voice: "I just help him deal with some things that he is not good at and are not very important."
Xingyao's father smiled knowingly.
"I'm sorry to trouble you."
At this moment, a straw hat suddenly appeared at the door, followed by two more.
A cow poked its head out and mooed towards the house.
"Good morning, Daisy." Xingyao's father took off his hat and greeted the cow.
Xingmu, who was sitting on the cow's back, waved his hands and said to Jinyi, "Say hello to Grandma Daisy!"
grandmother……?
Jin Yi was shocked, but still nodded and said, "Good morning."
Xingzhu lifted her straw hat and said, "Mr. Jin, would you like to go pick apricots with us?"
Xingmianmian made the same gesture as her sister, "Such sweet apricots."
Jin Yi hesitated for a moment and looked upstairs.
Xingzhu chuckled and said, "Brother really loves eating the apricots at home."
Jin Yi really stood up and said, "Let's go."
"Yeah! Here are the newbie gear for you!" Xingmianmian handed Jinyi a straw hat and a long bamboo pole. "Mianmian and Mumu can't lift it, so Mr. Jin will have to work hard for us."
Xingyao's father smiled and watched Jinyi follow the three golden figures into the fields.
The breeze carried their words.
Xingmianmian: "I have to clean up Daisy's shed before I go pick apricots."
Xingzhu: "Isn't that your job? You tricked my brother's boyfriend into doing free labor for you."
Xingmianmian hummed: "What does it matter? Brother will agree anyway."
Xing Mu: "Stupid brother is a lazy bum. He's still sleeping even when the sun is shining on his butt."
Xingzhu: "He did it on purpose..."
…
8.
As an objectively excellent student, Jinyi learns everything very quickly, including farm work.
By the end of the day, Xingmianmian had become addicted to this free labor.
So in the next few days, Jinyi's life was gone forever in the slavery of a family of cute blonde girls.
In the morning, he helped Daisy clean the shack and sent Mianmian and Mumu to school. In the afternoon, he picked apricots or helped Xingzhu take care of the vineyard. In the evening, he had to feed the lambs and correct homework.
Soon, neighbors from several surrounding ranches also got to know him.
Xing Mian Mian loudly announced to everyone: "This is my brother's future boyfriend! Mian Mian's future new brother!"
"He can solve any problem!"
Xingyao never showed up. She avoided her younger brothers and sisters when eating, didn't reply to messages, and didn't respond when knocking on the door. She looked like she was socially dead and nothing could stop her.
"We can't go on like this!"
After dinner another day, Xingzhu slammed the table and stood up.
"I'm still waiting for his reply? Is he just going to be a coward like this every day?"
"Don't be so strict with your brother." Xingyao's mother was shearing the lamb in front of the fireplace. "Work and confession are both issues worth thinking about carefully."
My father, who was humming a tune while washing dishes in the kitchen, interrupted and said, "Yeah, yeah."
"He's been thinking for too long!" Xingzhu continued to slam the table.
"But Mianmian wants her brother to think about it for a little longer." Xing Mianmian swung her legs while waiting for Jinyi to correct her homework. "Today the teacher praised Mianmian for her good homework."
Xingzhu: "This is your own study! Don't always rely on others, okay?"
Xingmianmian pouted.
Xingzhu sat down angrily, "If he keeps acting like a coward, I'll kill him!"
My father laughed and said, "No need, no need."
Xingzhu: "We have to let him out, right?"
At this time, Xingmu, who had finished his spelling homework under Jinyi's guidance and was chewing an apple, suddenly spoke:
"But Brother Turtle will sneak down in the middle of the night to eat the apricots."
apricot?
Jin Yi was stunned and looked up from his homework.
The others looked at Xingmu at the same time.
Xingzhu snapped his fingers. "Tell me in detail?"
Xingmu pointed to the bamboo basket in the kitchen and said, "I saw my brother sneaking down here yesterday and taking a lot."
The father tilted his head towards the bamboo basket and said, "Really? There are quite a few less."
Xingzhu also ran over.
She looked at the basket where a layer of apricots was obviously missing, and suddenly tapped her palm.
“Got it!”
…
9.
The next evening, at midnight.
The lights in Xingyao's house were off.
The burnt hay in the fireplace emitted a faint red glow.
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