Outside the house, there was a burst of noise and cursing.
Li found that no matter how much she yelled and cursed, the tightly closed door remained motionless. She continued to shout in a fierce voice for a long time.
There was only the rustling sound of pushing and shoving outside for a while, and soon there was a bang and the sound of the opposite door being violently closed.
Hua Shi in the house pricked up her ears to listen to the sound. After a while, it was quiet outside the door and there was no more noise. She turned around and met several pairs of big dark eyes.
These pairs of eyes looked too real, and Hua Shi felt a little uncomfortable being stared at. She coughed lightly and then said,
"Grandma has left, so don't worry too much. Her back injury won't heal quickly. When it gets better, Dad will go to town to take the exam, and Grandma will definitely go with him. Then she won't be able to take care of us anymore, so don't worry about Grandma holding a grudge or taking revenge on us in the near future."
She did have her own thoughts and had thought about it.
By the time Li regained his strength to start the attack, the New Year was almost over...
There are still nearly two months until the New Year, but people here call the New Year "Guosui", which means the New Year season.
Around January, the results would be posted. Seeing Hua Ciyuan's confidence and ambition, she thought he might actually pass...
At the moment, those were all long-term plans. Li didn't have the energy to bother with them right now. It just so happened that she also had an idea to renovate her house...
I still have more than one or two taels of silver on hand. As long as I spend it sparingly, and after I finish eating the rice and flour I have, I can buy a big bag of rice. If I am frugal, I can still survive this winter.
"Grandma is very angry... When spring comes, will she refuse to give us food anymore... That's not right..."
Hua Xiao lowered his head, revealing his dark and messy head, and spoke to himself.
wrong…,
Hua Xiao listened to the whistling sound of wind and snow outside the house, and unconsciously hugged her shoulders and arms tightly.
She felt terribly cold indoors, too cold… There must be nothing to eat outside, and if her mother refused to give them anything, they would starve to death or freeze to death…
As she thought about it, her empty stomach began to churn.
Because of silent fear, her thin body trembled for a moment, curled up, and began to spasm slightly.
Hua Li, who was standing half a step behind Hua Xiao, was the first to notice that something was wrong with Hua Xiao. He reached out and touched her, then asked in a panic, "Hua Xiao, what's wrong with you?"
Just as Hua Shi turned around and was about to push the door open to leave, he suddenly heard Hua Li's panicked voice. Turning back, he saw Hua Xiao's thin shoulders curled up tightly and trembling.
"W-What happened?"
Hua Shi had not expected such a sudden situation to happen, and his voice became a little tense and a little panicked.
Because of his illness, Hua Yu has always been a little dull and dazed, and his reactions are always slower than others.
After hearing Hua Li's exclamation, he reacted belatedly and raised his hand to support the trembling Hua Xiao.
The two brothers, one on the left and one on the right, supported Hua Xiao, who was weak and a little unsteady.
Hua Shi also turned around and walked over.
She first reached out to smooth away Hua Xiao's messy hair that was covering her face, then reached out the back of her hand to touch her forehead and felt a wet sweat.
Hua Shi lowered his head and saw Hua Xiao's pale face and lips. His pair of big black eyes were raised blankly.
She saw tears welling up inside...
"Xiao Xiao? What's wrong with you?"
Hua Shi's heart tightened and he asked softly.
“I,…I? Ugh…”
Hua Xiao's lifeless eyes slowly focused after a long while.
She shuddered, her voice trembling as she spoke, but because of her emotional instability, she burst into tears as soon as she opened her mouth...
Hearing her soft sobs, Hua Shi's eyes felt sore. Unable to bear it, he reached out and gently hugged her head.
"Woo..."
This unexpected hug made Hua Xiao's psychological defenses collapse all of a sudden. She hugged Hua Shi's waist with her backhand, buried her head, and cried silently.
“Wuwuwu…”
The little girl broke down emotionally and burst into tears.
Hua Shi held her silently, stroking her back which was trembling from crying.
He didn't say any words of comfort, but silently soothed her with his actions...
When Hua Xiao rushed over and hugged Hua Shi, Hua Yu and Hua Li both let go of their hands.
Hua Li didn't know why Hua Xiao was crying, but since Hua Xiao was crying, he wanted to cry too. He stood behind her in a daze, gritting his teeth, his eyes red, wiping his tears silently.
Hua Yu just felt dizzy. Although he was wearing very thin clothes, he felt that his hands, feet, face... his whole body was hot.
Although he was standing, he couldn't think of anything. His dark eyes looked at Hua Xiao's crying back indifferently...
Hua Xiao was tired of crying and waited until there was no sound in her arms. Hua Shi pulled her away and looked down, only to find that the little girl had fallen asleep while crying.
She bent down and picked the person up, put her on the corner of the kang bed, pulled the quilt beside her and covered her with it.
Her little face was red and tear-stained from crying. As soon as she lay on the bed, she shivered at the cold touch and curled up like a baby in swaddling clothes.
There was still a thin layer of snow in the middle of the kang bed, which had not yet been cleaned. At the other side of the bed, Xiao Huaying had curled up and lay on it, sleeping soundly without even covering herself with a quilt.
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