After eating and drinking, the three little guys ran to the field and started picking cotton.
It hailed last night and the cotton was covered with ice chips. Song Zhi frowned as he looked at the three little guys' red, frozen hands.
Although their hands were frozen, the three little guys were not slow in picking cotton. In a short while, they picked half a bag.
Song Zhi rested for a while and then joined in.
After all, she had never done much work and her efficiency was even lower than that of the three little ones.
The three of them picked twice as much as she did.
After starting to work, his body quickly warmed up. Song Zhi was afraid of the cold, so he secretly put on a thin down jacket when he went out. Now he just felt hot.
Looking at the rosy faces of the three little guys beside him, Song Zhi wiped the sweat from his forehead: "If you are tired, you can take a rest for a while."
“We’re not tired!”
The three kids answered in unison, wiped the sweat off their faces, and continued working.
In one morning, four people picked two sacks of cotton.
At noon, Song Zhi was going back to the educated youth canteen. Seeing the three little ones still there, he suddenly remembered that they had said yesterday that they only had one meal a day.
"Do you want to go home and rest for a while?"
Song Zhi looked at them and asked.
It's freezing cold, they can't wait for her here for an hour or two, it would be better to go home and warm up.
The three little guys shook their heads. Facing Song Zhi's puzzled expression, Dabao explained, "Our home is a little far from here. Sister, go eat. Don't worry about us."
There is not much food at home. If they go back, Brother Qiu will definitely give them all the food, and Brother Qiu will have nothing to eat.
Song Zhi noticed his evasive gaze and suddenly realized something.
She sighed softly and looked at these three poor little things. Her heart was not made of stone, so it was not easy for her to just leave.
Who would have thought that the powerful demons who would be able to call the wind and rain in the future would now be just a few orphans who were hungry and cold.
Besides, she also needs to start with them and build a good relationship with Ran Qiu.
After thinking for a while, Song Zhi asked directly: "Do you want to go back to the educated youth dormitory with me?"
Hearing this, the three little ones widened their eyes in surprise, and then immediately shook their heads.
"We'll just wait here for you to come back. We're not hungry or cold. Sister, go back and eat. Don't worry about us!"
San Ya said this and quickly persuaded Song Zhi to go back for dinner.
Song Zhi keenly sensed a hint of something unusual. Seeing the uneasiness on their faces, Song Zhi glanced at them suspiciously.
"What are you afraid of?"
The three little guys turned pale when their cover was exposed. They looked at each other and then stammered, finger-jointing, and whispered, "We were really hungry before, so...we went there to steal things from the educated youth, and then..."
Dabao mumbled this sentence for a long time but couldn't explain it clearly.
Hearing this, Song Zhi remembered the first time he met them. At that time, they begged him not to tell the village committee. It seemed that when they stole things before, they must have caused trouble to the village committee.
Erbao and Sanya lowered their heads in shame, their little faces flushed red.
They had all been educated and knew that stealing was a bad thing, but they were so hungry at the time that they did the wrong thing on impulse.
But when I think about it now, I just feel regret.
Although Song Zhi was sent to a mental hospital in his previous life, he had never experienced hunger.
Looking at their small bodies, they were only five or six years old but were not even as tall as her legs.
He probably rarely has a full meal on weekdays, which is why he looks so pale and thin.
Perhaps it was because they suffered so much that they went astray.
"It's okay, just follow me and go to my room to rest. No one will say anything to you."
Song Zhi's heart sank a little, and he gave the three of them a friendly smile and comforted them.
When the three heard this, they looked at her hesitantly, twisting their fingers.
"Is it really possible?"
"Of course." Song Zhi nodded heavily.
She went home early today. The educated youth were still working in the fields. There were few people in the dormitory and cafeteria. Song Zhi easily brought the three of them back to her dormitory.
After entering the room, the three little guys stood behind the door uncomfortably.
I dare not sit or look too much.
Song Zhi looked at the three little kids' dirty faces and went to get some hot water with a basin.
"Come here and wash your hands and face."
The three little ones walked over obediently and washed their hands and faces clean.
They had been outside all day, and their faces were chapped and very red from the wind.
Song Zhi frowned and walked to the cabinet, taking out a bottle of Pechoin vanishing cream.
"Come here and let me apply some on you. Look at what your faces look like."
As Song Zhi spoke, he grabbed the arm of San Ya, who was closest to him, and took out a large amount of vanishing cream from the jar and gently applied it on her face.
As soon as the cold cream appeared on her face, San Ya took a deep breath. Her little hands nervously pinched the corners of her clothes, not daring to move, allowing Song Zhi to apply the cold cream on her.
Song Zhi applied a thick layer of cream on her hands. When she looked down, she found that her hands were also very chapped and she had frostbite. Her little fingers were swollen like radishes, and some places were even cracked and festering.
San Ya subconsciously hid her hands behind her back.
But Song Zhi pulled him back: "Does it hurt?"
Sanya shook her head and answered honestly: "It doesn't hurt, just a little itchy sometimes."
Song Zhi felt a lump in his throat and didn't know what to say.
My hands are in this state, it would be strange if they didn't hurt.
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