Chapter 2 Family
As the sun sets, I can hear faint voices in the distance; it's the adults returning home from work.
After a while, Shuxin saw several women walking home. Among them were her biological mother, grandmother and aunt, and the others were the aunties from the surrounding neighborhood.
Not far away, she was chatting and laughing with a few village aunties. When my mother saw Shuxin sitting at the door with her chin in her hand and looking into the distance, she hurried over and said,
"Xin girl, why are you sitting at the door? Are you still feeling uncomfortable?"
While he was talking, he walked to the door, took Shuxin's hand, looked her around, and touched her forehead.
"Mom, I'm not feeling bad. I'm waiting for you to come home." She felt relieved when she heard Shuxin say this.
He pulled her up and walked into the yard, took out a handful of wild fruits from his pocket and gave them all to Shuxin. Seeing that her hands could not hold them all, he put a few of them in his palms and put the rest in Shuxin's pockets and said.
"Mom picked some wild fruits, hurry up and eat them, and leave some for your brothers and sisters."
Shu Xin held the fruit given by her biological mother in both hands, her eyes shining, and she responded to her vaguely. When Yang Yue saw Shu Xin agreed, she said nothing and went about her own business!
Shuxin carefully put the wild fruit into her mouth. Hmm, it tastes so good. Thinking back, the last time she ate fruit was half a day ago.
The fruits in that world were not as juicy as these, they were all shriveled. Even so, the fruits were very precious in the end times, and only a few strong people could enjoy fresh fruits and vegetables.
The sour and sweet taste stimulated Shuxin so much that she couldn't stop drooling. She couldn't even open her mouth. She could only eat and wipe the food at the same time, thinking in her heart: What a waste! My saliva is flowing out!
She took the time to slowly savor the wild fruits her mother gave her, and once again thanked God in her heart. What a magical recipe this was, so wonderful. She would definitely live up to the blessing given by God and eat all over the world.
After savoring the taste in my mouth, I walked towards the kitchen. I didn't remember much, but the one in charge of meals in this family was my cheap grandmother.
So you have to please grandma, then you can have delicious food and drink spicy drinks in the future, what? How can a powerful man in the last days please an old lady?
That's not a big deal. Do you think you can please your relatives? That's being close to grandma.
In the kitchen, Grandma Liu was stirring the corn and grain porridge in the pot with a big spoon, her aunt was chopping vegetables, and her mother Yang Yue was making a fire.
The cheap grandma saw Shuxin walking into the kitchen with her short legs, her hands busy but her mouth talking.
"Go away, little girl. You're not well yet. Don't go into the kitchen and make trouble. Go play. Your grandpa will be back soon. Go and see him."
"Good! Milk!"
The plan has not been successful, but there is no rush. There is plenty of time now. I don’t believe that I can’t get the cheap lady. Shuxin turned around with her short legs at the kitchen door and walked towards the courtyard gate.
At this time, every household is at home, and the Liu family lives in the village, so it is very safe, so Grandma Liu is not worried about her child playing outside.
It's getting late today and it's almost time for dinner, so Shuxin is just wandering around the door and will explore the new world with her brothers and sisters tomorrow.
Speak of the devil, he appears. Just as I thought of my two brothers and sisters, my brothers and sisters at home came back. My cousin Shulan was carrying a basket full of fresh wild vegetables, my eldest cousin Liu Jianjun was carrying a bundle of firewood, and my brother Liu Jianguo was also carrying a bunch of pig grass.
At this time, asking children to go out to play does not mean that you can just go out to play. Children of poor families have to take care of themselves early, and when they go out to play, they have to do some work for the family within their ability, such as cutting grass for pigs, collecting firewood, and picking wild vegetables. They can play and do housework at the same time.
Shulan saw Shuxin lingering at the door, so she quickly walked over, took her hand, and asked:
"Xinbao, were you good at home today? Are you still feeling uncomfortable?"
There were only two girls in the family, and Shulan usually took the original owner out to play, so the two of them had a very good relationship.
"I'm good, sister. I'm so bored at home today. Can you take me with you tomorrow?"
Seeing that Shuxin looked energetic, unlike when she had a cold before and looked listless, the cousin did not refuse and said, "Okay! I'll take you with me tomorrow."
"Sister is the best, eat quickly, sister. My mother gave it to me, and I saved one for sister, and also for big brother and second brother."
Shuxin gave one of the fruits she had just saved to her cousin.
The cousin was not polite either. She put the fruit in her mouth and took out the harvest she and her brothers had today.
"Brother and his friends picked up a nest of pheasant eggs today. Let's have some. I'll ask grandma to make some for us. How about we have fried pheasant eggs tonight?"
“Okay~ okay~”
Thinking of the taste of eggs, Shuxin nodded quickly and said, "Okay, why is it bad? The child is dying of thirst."
At this time, several brothers also came up to her. Shuxin quickly shared the fruit with them. Her brother rubbed her hair and started to tease her.
"Greedy girl! You're in for a treat tonight. I stole a nest of pheasant eggs today. Unfortunately the pheasant ran away, otherwise you would have eaten chicken tonight!"
Hearing this, Shu Xin wiped her mouth quickly and thought it was such a pity. She would never let it run away next time she saw it, and would only feed it into her stomach to supplement her nutrition. She was still a cub and needed nutrition to grow healthily.
"What are you talking about? Making so much noise?" Grandpa, uncle and dad were carrying my brother and the others on their backs, walking towards the house collecting firewood.
Shuxin looked at her biological father coming towards her. Although she had seen him in the original owner's memory, Shuxin was still very excited.
Because the original owner's biological father looked 60% similar to her grumpy old father, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and his skin was dark and shiny due to long-term labor, and he looked like an honest farmer in the countryside.
It's not entirely true to say that they are 60% similar. In addition to the fierce, domineering and murderous aura that he developed in the apocalypse, the grumpy father also has a deep scar on his face. He looks almost the same as the original owner's father.
The scar was left by her grumpy father when he was injured during a mission. Temperament is a person's distinctive feature and can change a person's appearance.
The original owner's father's honest temperament is not only 18,000 miles away from the grumpy father's fierce and domineering appearance, but also 54,000 miles away.
That's why I say that the original owner's dad is only 60% similar to the grumpy dad. If the grumpy dad hadn't been in the apocalypse, he would be about the same as the biological dad here.
This was also the reason why she quickly accepted the original owner's family after reading his memories. They all had the surname Liu and their names were similar.
The two fathers look similar, and the original owner has the same name as her. I haven't had a chance to see their appearance, so I don't know if they are the same, but these are certain.
After all, one coincidence is a coincidence, but two are not coincidences. This must be the result of her and her father's previous lives.
Seeing her dazed look, her father touched her head worriedly and said, "Daughter, what's wrong? Have you not recovered from your cold yet? Why are you so dazed?"
Seeing the worry in her father's eyes, Shuxin quickly replied: "Dad, I'm fine now. I just miss you!"
"Haha, Dad misses his daughter too."
While Dad was talking, he held Shuxin's hand and walked towards Liu's house.
Shuxin was very happy holding her father's hand. She felt at ease knowing this familiar person in this strange time and space, and this person was her biological father.
He skipped and danced towards home, calling out to the people following him as he walked.
"Grandpa, uncle, hurry, hurry, go home, grandma has made delicious food, and my brother has picked up pheasant eggs, let grandma cook them when we get home~ slurp"
I'm drooling as I talk about this. …
"Here it comes! Here it comes! You greedy cat, wipe your saliva quickly, it's dripping onto the doorstep! Haha!" said the uncle with a smile.
"That's right, the water is almost turning the entrance into a pond," Grandpa followed up with a joke.
"Grandpa and uncle are so bad! They haven't turned into a pond!" Shuxin said childishly.
The family walked into the yard chatting and laughing. There was the setting sun at the door, shining on the surrounding tree branches, forming spots, adding a touch of warmth to this warm background.
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