The boy held his breath, his face flushed, and remained silent.
Shui Qing: ...Little brat, you're still too young. If it were her, she could lie through her teeth without batting an eye.
The two walked to the nearest house belonging to Aunt Zhang.
Aunt Zhang's new home is on a flat open space below a high slope. The main house of the three mud-brick and tile house is exceptionally spacious.
The kitchens, woodsheds, and livestock pens on both sides all had tiled roofs.
The family that was originally the poorest in the village suddenly became one of the top ten.
As soon as Zhang Xiaocao saw Shuiqing, she shouted loudly into the kitchen, "Sister-in-law Shuiqing is here!" After shouting, she quickly ran over.
Now, people in Shanshui Village call her by the name Shuiqing.
Just to distinguish themselves from others.
As soon as Aunt Zhang and Tong Tie Mu Niu heard that Shui Qing had arrived, they rushed out of the kitchen with their rice bowls in hand.
Aunt Zhang greeted him, "Shuiqing, have you eaten yet?"
"Sister-in-law, our breakfast is really good now, would you like some?" Mu Niu asked in a simple and honest manner.
The bronze ox and iron ox were older and wanted to ask, but felt embarrassed.
Shui Qingluo said generously, "No need, we've already eaten before we came. We have some things to do now, so please eat first and we'll talk after you've finished."
Aunt Zhang got a little nervous when she heard that something was going to be said: "Oh, what is it? Can you just tell me? If it's important, I'll put the bowl in the kitchen and eat after we've talked."
After saying that, she turned and went into the kitchen.
Shui Qing quickly called out, "It's nothing serious, we can talk and eat at the same time!"
When Aunt Zhang heard that it wasn't a big deal, she turned back.
Zhang Xiaocao had already gone inside and brought out two chairs with backrests, and said warmly, "Sister-in-law, please sit down. Mr. Bai, please sit down."
Bai Ziqian felt a little uncomfortable being called that, but he also knew that the others were even more uncomfortable than him.
The two sat down on the chairs, while Aunt Zhang and the others sat casually on the stone steps under the eaves, holding their rice bowls.
Shui Qing looked at Bai Ziqian, who took several deep breaths and blurted out all the reasons Shui Qing had given him on the way.
The more she spoke, the redder her fair cheeks became.
Aunt Zhang and the others, sitting on the stone steps under the eaves of the opposite house, forgot to pick at their food, their mouths half-open.
Bai Ziqian looked at Shui Qing beside him with unease.
Shui Qing accepted: "It's up to you whether you want to or not. It's entirely voluntary. If you don't want to, we'll go to the next place."
Aunt Zhang snapped out of her shock and slapped her thigh in delight, exclaiming, "What a coincidence!"
Shuiqing, you're truly a blessing to our family! You've been a godsend, just in time for us.
The water is clear, and the clouds and mist are mixed together.
In the past, exchanging rice, buying charcoal for the Golden Ox and Silver Ox fires, and giving them potato seeds could barely be considered acts of kindness, but today, they certainly don't qualify as acts of kindness.
Bai Ziqian was also completely confused.
"My brother-in-law, Zhang the Bald, didn't he come here before, demanding that I provide food for his whole family? But after everyone saw him and threatened to beat him up, he never dared to come again."
A couple of days ago, he told me he knew the villagers were trading cornmeal with me for potatoes. My family had plenty of cornmeal, so this time I didn't dare ask for it directly, but instead offered to trade.
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