Old man Shen was half lying on the bed. When he saw the chubby little girl running towards him, he immediately perked up and smiled lovingly at her, "Fubao, come here, come to grandpa!"
"Grandpa, I have something delicious for you!"
Old Man Shen waved his hands as soon as he saw it and said, "No, no, this is for Fubao. Grandpa won't eat it."
However, he was very pleased that his granddaughter knew not to eat alone and shared with the family. Looking at Fubao's cute little appearance, Old Man Shen felt much more refreshed.
After much persuasion from Fubao, Old Man Shen reluctantly ate a piece, but then he refused to eat any more and called Shen Zhile to feed Fubao. Shen Zhile was very willing, but Fubao shook his head, saying that he was a big boy and could eat by himself.
After his sister turned three, he refused to let him feed her, which made Shen Zhile a little disappointed and regretful. However, he was very satisfied when he saw his sister eating with gusto.
Fu Bao was a little smart. It was obvious that he wanted to eat, but he was just trying to pretend that he was not interested. She looked at the half of the meat left in the bowl and said to him, "Fourth brother, you eat with me."
"No, no, no!" Realizing that he might have revealed his desire to eat, Shen Zhile was extremely annoyed and quickly took a few steps back, "Fourth brother doesn't want to eat!"
Fubao puffed up his cheeks, snorted again, and said angrily, "No! If you don't eat with me, I will ignore you!"
How could Shen Zhile accept Fubao ignoring him? After thinking for a while, he touched the back of his head with some embarrassment, "Then... Fourth Brother secretly eats a few pieces? Don't let grandma find out, otherwise she will scold me."
"Okay!" Fubao smiled at him and pointed to the corner with his little hand, "Let's go over there to eat, then grandma won't notice."
The two children ran to the corner, and Shen Zhile stood in front of Fubao, blocking the view from the kitchen, and ate with Fubao. Soon, the remaining half of the frog meat was finished.
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It is now April, the busy farming season. Every household has started working in their own paddy fields. After plowing the land, they begin to plant rice.
The Shen family doesn't have much land, only three acres, but Mrs. Shen can't handle it all by herself. Shen Jianlin and Lin Xiujuan both took leave and will come back to help in the next two days.
The Shen family didn't have any oxen to plow the land, so they also needed to use the oxen they had at home, so they couldn't borrow them and could only rely on manpower. In the afternoon, when Old Lady Shen had some free time, she took Shen Zhile and Fubao out.
Old Mrs. Shen refused to let Fubao go to the fields, saying that there were many leeches in the fields, and what if she got bitten? She couldn't bear to let her little granddaughter suffer this.
Fubao tried to sneak into the fields several times, but was told off by her. He had no choice but to sit obediently under the shade of the tree and watch Old Lady Shen and Shen Zhile working in the fields.
After a while, Shen Zhile was bitten by a leech. Although it was painful, he did not cry. Instead, he calmly got the leech off, as if he was used to it.
He and Old Lady Shen plowed the land with great effort, especially Old Lady Shen, who had a hunched back at such an old age, yet still had to do such heavy work. Fu Bao saw it with his own eyes, and felt pain in his heart. His eyes were red, and he couldn't help but say, "Grandma, Fourth Brother, are you tired? Come up and have some water."
Old Madam Shen looked at her and saw that her eyes were red. Her heart warmed up and she smiled at her, "Not tired! Fubao, you are worried about grandma and your fourth brother, right? Be good, we are fine and can handle it!"
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