Song Fanxing really wanted to applaud her older brother.
She thought that a girl like Ye Fangxuan would evoke her two brothers' protective instincts, but to her surprise, neither of them were interested.
She chuckled to herself.
They really are her good brothers!
Song Yaohui and Song Yaohua were initially quite sympathetic to Ye Fangxuan, after all, her father had died and she and her aunt had been kicked out by her in-laws.
But after what happened at breakfast, they really couldn't like this aunt, and this little cousin always had a pitiful expression as if someone had bullied her, and she had no sense of propriety in other people's homes.
They don't like it.
Fang Min's face turned pale and then flushed.
Ye Fangxuan is young, but because she is a girl, she has been disliked by the Ye family since childhood, and even her own father doesn't like her much.
Therefore, she grew up observing people's expressions and was very sensitive.
After hearing what Song Yaohui and Song Yaohua said, she realized that none of the three siblings liked her.
Song Fanxing's cousin didn't say anything, but she could understand her eyes.
At first, she thought it didn't matter if Song Fanxing didn't like her. She could please her two cousins. As long as her cousins and aunt liked her, she could stay in this family.
But to her surprise, neither of her two cousins liked her either.
She looked at Song Yaohui and Song Yaohua with a pitiful expression and tears in her eyes.
"My two older brothers, what did I do wrong? Why don't you like me? I'm your sister too."
Song Yaohua: "We only have one sister, Xingxing."
Ye Fangxuan burst into tears and threw herself into Fang Min's arms.
Fang Min pushed her away irritably.
"Cry! All you do is cry!"
Ye Fangxuan stood there, tears welling in her eyes, looking aggrieved.
Fang Min angrily said, "Yaohua, you can't say that. Fangxuan is also your sister. You can't say that. I'm going to tell your mother later."
Song Yaohua, with his fiery temper, retorted, "Go ahead and tell my mom right now, I'm not afraid!"
Fang Min was furious. Of course, she couldn't go to the fields to complain to Fang Jie; that would be disrespectful.
Song Yaohui and Song Yaohua ignored them and took Song Fanxing's hand to leave.
As Song Yaohui passed by the pigsty and chicken coop, he glanced inside and saw the animals happily eating.
He seemed to be deep in thought, as if the immortal uncle knew about their family's situation.
We had guests visiting, so we didn't bring them any food today, but we secretly brought some for the livestock.
They had only been gone for two minutes when Fang Min pushed Ye Fangxuan out the door.
"Are you a blockhead? Come along!"
"Mom, they won't let me come along."
Fang Min poked Ye Fangxuan's forehead with one finger.
"If I tell you not to come, you just won't. How can you be so stupid? And so shameless. How can you stay in this house like this? Do you want food?"
Ye Fangxuan shook her head vigorously, like a rattle-drum.
"In no mood……"
"If you don't want to, go with them. Be shameless and try to please them so they'll like you and you can stay in this family."
Ye Fangxuan hesitated, and Fang Min directly threatened her, "Anyway, if we can't stay in this house, I'll take you to live in the deep mountains and forests. There are woods right next to us, and we'll go in and fend for ourselves."
Upon hearing this, Ye Fangxuan was startled and immediately ran after Song Fanxing and the others.
Ye Fangxuan eventually caught up with the three at the entrance of the village primary school.
The three men glanced at her but said nothing.
If she likes to come along, then let her come along.
The village primary school was surrounded by a lot of people.
The group of people curiously gathered around and, after asking around, learned that the village primary school was about to reopen.
The government arranged for new teachers to come and teach the classes.
A short while later, the brigade's loudspeaker came on.
"Fellow villagers, fellow villagers, good news! Good news! The children in our village will have a chance to go to school! The higher authorities have sent us new teachers, and school officially starts next month. Families with children who are 7 years old or older can register. The registration address is at the brigade headquarters. Remember, registration starts today! Registration starts today!"
Song Fanxing laughed, "Big brother, second brother, you two have a school to attend."
Song Yaohui and Song Yaohua, however, were not happy.
They wanted to go to school, but their family didn't have the money.
Fang Jie, who was working in the field, also heard the broadcast and became worried as she worked.
The two sons are 10 and 8 years old, and should be of school age, but they have been delayed because the village primary school has never had a teacher.
Now that she has a teacher, she's worried about tuition fees.
The allowances that Song Darong sent back were all intercepted by her mother-in-law and rarely reached her.
Even Song Darong couldn't do anything about his mother-in-law. If he said too much, she would sit on the village road and cry and curse, saying that her son had forgotten his mother after marrying a wife and didn't care about her life or death.
Song Darong is a soldier, and what he fears most is his mother making a scene like this; he feels he's losing face.
His mother-in-law took advantage of this, so she exploited their little family without restraint.
She needs to write a letter to Song Darong about her child's schooling.
Song Fanxing's eyes darted around twice and she knew exactly what her two older brothers were worried about.
It's simply that their family is so poor that they can't afford to send them to school.
Song Fanxing: "Big brother, second brother, take me for a walk in the mountains."
Song Yaohui rejected it without even thinking about it.
"no!"
"Why?"
"Anything can happen in the mountains—wild boars, tigers, snakes. If we encounter any of those, we won't be able to come back."
Let alone the three children, even adults wouldn't dare to go into the mountains easily.
Only when there is absolutely no food will the brigade organize everyone to go into the mountains to find some.
If there's any food to eat, nobody wants to take that risk.
Having no other option, Song Fanxing had to settle for second best.
"Then can we just go for a walk at the foot of the mountain, without going into the mountain?"
She wanted to see if she could find some good deals.
Song Fanxing shook Song Yaohui's arm and said coquettishly, "My dearest big brother, take me there."
Song Yaohui couldn't resist his cute little sister's coquettish behavior and surrendered in no time.
“Okay, but you have to stay with me and Yaohua, and you can’t run around on your own.”
"Mmm, I won't run around."
The three then went down to the foot of the mountain.
Ye Fangxuan caught up, "Big brother, second brother, little sister Xingxing, where are you going? Take me with you."
Song Fanxing chuckled, "Let's go to the mountains."
Upon hearing this, Ye Fangxuan immediately stopped in her tracks.
Her mother said that if she didn't listen, she would take her to the mountains to fend for herself, but she was afraid to go into the mountains.
There are many ferocious animals inside that eat people.
She turned around and ran back.
Song Fanxing muttered, "Coward!"
Upon reaching the foot of the mountain, Song Fanxing carefully searched the ground. Song Yaohui, unaware of what she was looking for, followed closely behind her.
Suddenly, Song Fanxing squatted down and shouted, "Big brother, second brother, there are wood ear mushrooms!"
Song Yaohui and Song Yaohua looked over and saw a small piece of rotten wood with a tiny black fungus growing on it.
Song Yaohua laughed, "Little sister, you can't eat such small black fungus."
It's too small; I'm afraid I won't be able to find it after boiling it.
Song Fanxing happily took the black fungus along with a small piece of rotten wood.
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