Pei Hehui was knocked backwards and fell on his butt.
"Hiss—Pei Xiaoqing!" Pei Hehui was a little angry: "I told you not to learn from Pei Xiaoli, who gets physical at every turn. You need to be reasonable, understand?"
Pei Xiaoqing seemed to know that he had made a mistake. He grabbed the hem of his clothes with his little fingers and pulled Pei Hehui helplessly, "Brother, I'm wrong. I don't want to be angry."
He simply...
Okay, okay, he was wrong, and she shouldn’t be angry. She is really his good sister!
"What did I do wrong?" Pei Hehui asked back, got up from the ground and brushed off the sand and dust on his body.
Pei Xiaoqing blinked twice. She seemed to have said something wrong. She quickly grabbed Pei Hehui's hand and said, "I was wrong, brother. I was wrong. Don't be angry, brother."
Pei Hehui was coaxed into submission in no time.
He was just thinking that if Pei Xiaoqing admitted his mistake, he would ask "What's wrong?"
But now he couldn't ask any more questions. Even if Pei Xiaoqing was wrong, she had already admitted her mistake. How could she bear the accountability?
Forget it, let’s wait until she’s older.
Pei Hehui quickly completed his self-strategy and then hugged his sister affectionately and played with her.
After a while, Pei Jianhui came over holding Pei Xiaodan. When Pei Qingsong went to their house to call them, he said that it didn't matter if the adults didn't come, as the children liked to be together, so he let them have some fun together.
Pei Xiaodan in Pei Jianhui's arms is a few months older than Pei Xiaoqing in Pei Hehui's arms.
But the two little girls look completely different.
Although Pei Xiaoqing is small, she is white and plump, and feels very heavy when held in the hands.
In contrast, Pei Xiaodan, who is a few months older than her, seems to be a little taller than Pei Xiaoqing, but he looks pale and thin.
Ruan Niannian didn’t know whether this height was really high or just because he was thin.
Her face had an unhealthy yellow hue, she looked pale and listless, without any of the lively spirit of a child.
What happened between Pei Qingbai and Zhang Xiangyun?
Ruan Niannian frowned.
If Li Dani still lived in their house, and they raised their child like this, everyone would say that it was not easy for the couple. But now, there are two adults and two children in the family, and the combined salary of the two adults is 20 yuan a month, and Pei Jianhui also has a salary.
Logically speaking, their lives are much better than those of ordinary villagers.
How is it possible to let the child starve like this?
As soon as Pei Xiaodan arrived, Pei Xiaoqing broke free from Pei Hehui and ran over. She wanted to play with this sister who was almost her age.
"Slow down, don't fall." Pei Hehui followed and watched.
Ruan Niannian waved to Pei Jianhui.
Seeing that he entrusted Pei Xiaodan to the care of Pei Hehui, he walked towards Ruan Niannian.
"Aunt, what's wrong?"
Ruan Niannian asked him directly: "Your parents don't give you food? Why is Xiaodan so thin?"
"No, auntie." Pei Jianhui shook his head quickly. "Since my mother got a job, we can eat bone soup, meat and eggs every two days. My sister doesn't like to eat. She can't eat more than two bites of a meal."
They were also helpless. Pei Jianhui heard his parents say several times that they were afraid they couldn't support Pei Xiaodan.
How come you don't want to eat? How many people look forward to eating every day?
If this was the case, Ruan Niannian had nothing to say and silently apologized in her heart for suspecting Pei Qingbai and Zhang Xiangyun of being bad to the child.
Since it's not caused by external forces, Pei Xiaodan is very likely sick.
But she didn't have time to think about it further, because Li Jinhua had already invited everyone to the table to eat.
"Hey, why are you all standing there? It's almost twelve o'clock. Come in and eat. I've been busy all day yesterday and this morning. Don't you guys want to show your support?"
Everyone in the yard smiled and expressed their support, and walked downstairs to the hall.
The temperature inside the house is completely different from that outside. As soon as you enter the door, you will feel a cool breeze blowing towards you. In September when the autumn heat is raging, this cool breeze makes people feel refreshed.
Soon, Li Jinhua discovered that two people had not returned yet. "Where are Lao Si and Qing Gang? Why haven't they come back yet?"
Everyone was stunned for a moment and looked at Ruan Niannian.
Ruan Niannian didn't know either. "They left before I got up. They might have gone to the venue to pack up. Why don't we wait for a while?"
"Yes, yes, wait a moment. Mid-Autumn Festival is all about family reunion. Wait until everyone is together before eating."
"Children sit at a separate table. If they are hungry, they can eat first. The older ones can take care of the younger ones."
The children were very excited because they saw that there were not only dishes on the table, but also many bottles of soda, which they rarely drank on weekdays.
Pei Hehui bit open a can and placed it in front of Pei Xiaoqing, then bit open another bottle cap and started drinking.
"Ha! So sweet! This air feels so good!"
What kid can resist the temptation of soda?
Ruan Niannian looked at the children with a smile, and in her ears she could hear her brothers and sisters-in-law chatting happily.
Amid the hustle and bustle, she noticed that Pei Xiaodan took two bites of the food and said he couldn't eat anymore, and he didn't even drink a sip of soda.
"You just can't eat anymore? Sister, you should at least eat a few more bites. How can your body handle this?"
Pei Xiaodan still shook her head, bit her lip and said, "My stomach hurts."
"Does it hurt again? Brother will rub it for you." Pei Jianhui quickly put down his chopsticks and started rubbing Pei Xiaodan's stomach.
After a while, Pei Xiaodan shook his head and said, "It doesn't hurt anymore, brother, come and eat."
"Would you like to eat two more bites?"
The answer was still a rejection.
Pei Xiaodan held the bottle of soda that belonged to her, put a little in her mouth, licked her lips to taste the soda, and after tasting it, put the soda back on the table.
The fragrant food and sweet soda on the table did not tempt her at all.
Ruan Niannian couldn't help but say at the adults' table, "Big brother and sister-in-law, third brother and sister-in-law, look at Xiaodan, does she look like she has worms in her stomach?"
"How is that possible? Didn't he come to our place to distribute pagoda candies not long ago? I defecated several worms, and Xiaodan must have eaten them too." Li Jinhua said after thinking for a while.
But Wu Lanhua frowned and said, "Mom was still here at that time, wasn't she? She was still living with my second brother and his wife."
It has been several months since the pagoda candies were distributed. If Li Dani was not around, the children would definitely have eaten them, but now that Li Dani is around, it is not certain.
After hearing what she said, Ruan Niannian was already 90% certain in her heart, "That's it. Xiaodan looks like she has worms in her stomach. She can't eat and is complaining of stomachache."
"What's wrong with the second brother and his wife? The child is so thin, and they are always calculative. Don't they want to raise the child?" Pei Qingsong suppressed his voice and said angrily.
If he wasn't afraid of scaring the children, he would rush over and beat Pei Qingbai up.
You are of such an old age, and you still raise a child like this.
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