Zhiqi quickly cleared the weeds in the garden, and Jiang Xi waved to him.

Huo Zhiqi ran over.

Jiang Xing patted his side and said, "Come up."

Zhiqi grabbed the swing and climbed up with his legs stretched out.

Jiang Xi stuffed him with a handful of candy and a cookie.

"Thank you for your hard work. This is a reward for you." Jiang Xing touched his head.

The unique fragrance of a girl wafted from the side, and Huo Zhiqi blushed again. Sister Jiang seemed to really like patting his head. He lost his mother a long time ago and had never experienced the feeling of having a mother's care.

Huo Zhiqi looked at the candies and biscuits in his hands. Uncle Wang's family also had them, but Aunt Wang and Grandma Wang had never given them to him.

He had heard Grandma Wang say more than once that he was not allowed to eat these things.

He stayed at someone else's house and knew he couldn't compete with them for food.

Jiang Gui peeled a candy and put it in his mouth, his mouth full of the aroma of fruit candy. He saw Zhiqi next to him holding something but not eating it.

Thinking that the child was precocious and she didn't know whether he liked these things or not, she picked up another candy, peeled it and put it to Zhiqi's mouth.

Huo Zhiqi opened his mouth subconsciously, and the sweet taste exploded in his mouth. The sweetness he had never tasted before made his scalp tingle.

Shen Mo was applying cement to the pool when his legs became numb from squatting. He stood up for a while, and out of the corner of his eye he saw two people, one large and one small, sitting on the swing.

The two of them were hanging on the edge of the swing, their feet dangling gently.

Looking at this scene, Shen Mo was in a trance for a moment, then bent down and continued to work.

"Sister Jiang."

The sugar in Huo Zhiqi's mouth had already melted, but the sweet taste lingered.

Jiang Qi looked at him sideways, "Huh? What's wrong?"

Huo Zhiqi lowered his head, his face flushed red, and did not speak.

Jiang Xing tapped his head and said, "What's wrong? If you have something to say, just say it. Why is a man so shy like a girl?"

Jiang Xi could see that the child had developed this kind of personality because he had been living under someone else's roof for a long time. He didn't dare to express his inner thoughts, and if he had any ideas, he would hold them back after knowing that they were impossible.

When Huo Zhiqi heard Jiang Xi say that he looked like a girl, his eyes widened immediately, he jumped off the swing, raised one arm and patted his arm, "I'm not like a girl, I'm very angry."

Jiang Xi raised his eyebrows, "So what did you want to say just now?"

Huo Zhiqi lowered his head again.

Jiang Xi leaned on the swing rope.

Well, this kid is used to being silent, and there's no point in forcing him.

“.......”

The guy pursed his lips and seemed to say something, but Jiang Qi didn't hear clearly.

"what?"

Huo Zhiqi mustered up his courage and raised his head and said, "Can I continue to learn English from you?"

Jiang Xing didn't expect that this guy was so eager to learn. At this age, don't people who like to play around like crazy?

Jiang Xi: "Sure, as long as you don't complain, I can teach you forever."

I don't know who this guy learned this from, but he is so powerful and quick.

As soon as Jiang Qi agreed, he ran into the house, took out the book with the hole in it, and then took out a pen and a notebook.

"There are no tables or chairs outside, let's go inside to write." Jiang Xi smiled and took Huo Zhiqi into the house again.

Little did he know that Shen Mo had heard what he said just now.

Shen Mo scanned the yard and finally locked on a location under a big tree where he could put a table and stools.

Huo Zhiqi is very smart, has a good understanding, and learns quickly. Jiang Xi really likes him more and more.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, Jiang Xing went to the kitchen to see what to cook for dinner. As soon as he entered the kitchen, the guy packed up his books and ran out of their yard.

Jiang Qi didn't even have time to call him.

Here, in an hour, Shen Mo also completely cleaned the pool.

Shen Mo took off his wet vest and walked into the house. He saw a glass of water poured from the kettle on the table.

After drinking the water, I realized that Jiang Gui was the only one in the room.

He asked, "Where's Zhiqi?"

This was the second time Jiang Xi saw him shirtless, and he couldn't take his eyes off him for a long time.

Shen Mo also found that his wife seemed to like looking at his body. It didn't matter, his wife could look at it as she pleased.

Jiang Xi's eyes didn't move, but he continued, "Zhiqi ran away. This kid was in a hurry, and I don't know where he went."

Shen Mo glanced at the time and said, "It's time to go back to Chief Wang's house for dinner."

Jiang Xing nodded, and then asked curiously, "How can Zhiqi support other people? Where are his parents and family?"

Facing Jiang Xing's question, he rarely spoke without saying anything. After a moment of silence, he said, "His mother passed away due to illness when he was three years old. As for his father, he was a comrade-in-arms in the same regiment as me, but unfortunately he died three years ago. Zhiqi has no other family members now, so he is temporarily fostered in the chief's home."

Five years ago, after Zhiqi's mother passed away, his father was taken to the army to be raised. However, the hemp rope was not carefully cut. During a mission three years ago, Zhiqi's father died unexpectedly for his country.

Jiang Xi was stunned for a moment. She didn't expect that the child would be without parents at such a young age.

I thought he was just being fostered temporarily, but it turned out that his mother had passed away and his father had to live with someone else. There was no one in the world to support him, so it was no wonder that the child was so sensitive.

"Ginger."

Jiang Xi was still feeling sorry for Zhiqi's experience when she heard Shen Mo calling her.

"Um?"

Jiang Xi turned around and saw Shen Mo's expression of wanting to say something but not being able to, so she asked, "What's wrong?"

Shen Mo looked at her, his hesitation turned into determination, "If possible, I hope to invite Zhiqi to our house for dinner often."

Jiang Xi didn't think it was a big deal and said without hesitation, "Sure, I like Zhiqi very much."

Raising a child in this era is much easier than in the modern world. It is just as easy as adding a pair of chopsticks. Nowadays, everyone is a roller coaster, starting with children.

She actually hopes that the child can be happy. Children in the future will not be like today, where a piece of candy can make them happy.

Shen Mo didn't catch any reluctance from Jiang Xing's expression.

At that time, Zhiqi was entangled in the army for a while. Most of the sisters-in-law who came to join the army were unwilling to adopt Zhiqi. Later, the leader learned about this and allowed Zhiqi to be temporarily fostered in his family, which saved the leader's reputation.

But Zhiqi was only fostered temporarily, because the chief's mother had always been unwilling to adopt Zhiqi, and the chief could not persuade his mother, so he had to propose temporary fostering.

Shen Mo knew that Chief Zhiqi's family was not well off, but the men in their army often had to go on missions and could not take care of a child of his age.

All the soldiers in their regiment had secretly given money to Zhiqi, but the boy was always unwilling to accept it and even found opportunities to return it to them.

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At dinner time, Chief Wang and his family sat at the dining table to eat dinner.

Huo Zhiqi saw that most of the meat on the table was in Wang Xiaotian and Wang Xiaobo's bowls, and the rest was in Uncle Wang's bowl.

Wang Lianshan picked up a piece of meat and put it in Zhiqi's bowl, "Zhiqi, eat more rice, it's the time to grow up."

"Thank you, Uncle Wang." Huo Zhiqi said.

Wang Lianshan had the habit of reading newspapers while eating. After picking up some meat for Huo Zhiqi, he lowered his head to eat and read the newspaper.

I didn't notice at all that the meat in Zhiqi's bowl was taken away.

Wang Xiaotian even made a face when he took the meat from Zhiqi's bowl.

Aunt Wang and Grandma Wang beside them pretended not to see it, and Grandma Wang even touched her grandson's head with a smile.

Huo Zhiqi had gotten used to it and would eat with the green leaves on the table.

After finishing half a bowl of rice, Huo Zhiqi went to the kitchen to get a second bowl when a sarcastic voice sounded behind him, "You are just a little kid, one bowl is enough for you. What if you have to eat two bowls? Then you will say that our family didn't take good care of you."

Huo Zhiqi recalled how Sister Jiang had given him a bowl of white rice again and again. He had just finished eating half of the bowl of rice that Sister Jiang had given him.

He lowered his head and put the bowl on the stove.