Chapter 438 Hongjia Village 3
"Yes, auntie, just call us by our names - Ziyi and Yike." Yike also said.
"Come to my house and sit down. I'll ask someone to call the head of the household back." Yu Rui said as she pulled Yi Ke to her house and said to Hong Xing, "Hong Xing, you should also come to my sister-in-law's house and sit down. Let's have lunch together at noon."
Yu Rui didn't give anyone present a chance to speak and just kept talking about taking Yi Ke home.
Hong Xing's father hurriedly said to Ziyi: "Little brother, come to my house and sit down. We men can talk, and let the women talk."
Ziyi and Chen Dawang then went to Hong Xing's house.
"Yike, I'll go home to see my mother first and then go over later." Hong Xing said to Yike hurriedly.
"Okay, go ahead." Yike took Ziyi's backpack and followed Yu Rui.
“Xiaoyue, Xiaoyue.” Yu Rui shouted as she entered the house, “Go to the mountain and call your father back. The benefactor has come. Tell him to come back quickly.”
Yike didn't have a chance to speak the whole time. He could only listen silently to Yu Rui talking and calling out to people.
"Benefactor, where is the benefactor?"
A cute little voice came from the room, and Hong Yang ran out of the wing room, asking as he ran.
"Look, Sister Yike and Brother Ziyi are both your benefactors whom you think about every day." Yu Rui said to the little boy.
Hong Yang heard his mother's voice and ran out of the room, asking where his benefactor was as he ran.
"Look, this sister Yike is the benefactor you think about every day." Yu Rui said to the little boy.
The little boy had thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a chubby appearance. Because his body was too thin, his head looked particularly big, very much like the big-headed doll in his previous life.
The light in the earthen house was dim, and the little boy's eyes were particularly bright. The little boy blinked his big eyes and asked anxiously where his benefactor was. Now when he really sees people, the little guy becomes timid.
He just stood there, looking at Yike, his hands nervously pinching the hem of his clothes. The clothes were pulled straight and flat by him pulling them downwards. Yike was really worried that if he used too much force, they would be torn.
Another little girl also came out of the room. She looked to be about ten years old. There were water stains on her hands. She was probably working in the kitchen.
"Little brother, call for help." The little girl pushed her brother. She raised her dark, thin face and called out sweetly, "Hello, Sister Yike! You are so pretty, like a fairy."
"This is my daughter, her name is Xiaoyue." Yu Rui told Xiaoyue to go and call her father quickly.
Yike took out a piece of fruit candy from his pocket and handed it to Xiaoyue. Xiaoyue took the candy and said "thank you", then put the candy into Yu Rui's pocket and went out to look for her father.
"Hello, sister Yike, thank you for saving me. Thank you!" The little boy's courage was restored after being pushed by his sister Xiaoyue.
Not only did he call out to people with a smile on his face, he also said thank you and finally bowed respectfully to express his gratitude.
"What a sensible and good child. Your name is Hong Yang? Right? Look, sister still remembers your name. Here, sister will treat you to some candy." Yike took out some fruit candies and gave them to him as usual.
"Thank you, sister. You are a good person. Sister, you should stay here for a few more days. I will take you to the mountains to find fun things to do." Hong Yang was not shy at all now. He took the candy and handed it to Yu Rui, saying that it was for her brother and sister to eat. He also did not forget to pull Yi Ke to sit over.
Yu Rui took out a sugar porcelain cup and poured a cup of hot water for Yike. Hong Yang held it in both hands and handed it to Yike: "Sister Yike, drink the hot water, it will warm you up."
Yu Rui went into the inner room for a while, and came out with a basket of walnuts woven from straw vines. She put it on the table, and hit it hard with a small smooth stone, breaking the walnut shells.
"Yike, these are walnuts from the walnut tree that I planted. Try them, they're delicious." Yu Rui picked out the cracked walnut kernels and put them in a small bowl. She placed it in front of Yike and asked her to eat them.
"Mom, I'll crack the walnuts and you pick out the kernels." Little Hongyang volunteered to crack the walnut shells like a little adult.
"It's good to just sit and play. You might end up hitting your hand." Yu Rui stopped Hong Yang who was about to pick up the stone.
"Hongyang, come here and watch me perform a magic trick for you, okay?" Yike said.
"Okay, okay." Hong Yang came over to Yi Ke, snuggled up to him and sat beside him, wanting to see how Yi Ke performed magic.
Yike took out a walnut and turned it around to show Hong Yang, "Look carefully, this one is good, I will change a different one later."
Hong Yang nodded, "I've got a good look, this one is quite big."
Yi Ke stretched out his hand in front of Hong Yang, held the walnut in his palm, then turned it around his head, exerted force with his hand, and squeezed it hard. The hard shell of the walnut was secretly broken by Yi Ke.
"Look, now I've used a good walnut to turn it into a broken walnut, so we don't have to use stones to smash it anymore." Yike stretched out his palm, and there was a broken walnut lying in his palm.
"Oh, Sister Yike is really amazing." Hong Yang happily handed the cracked walnut to Yu Rui, "Mom, Sister Yike did it with magic."
Yu Rui took it with a smile, and Hong Yang took out a good one and gave it a massage. Yi Ke performed magic tricks for him one after another. Finally, seeing that he had peeled more than half a bowl of walnut kernels, he said, "Keep the rest and perform it next time, okay?"
"Okay, then it's a deal. We'll change it next time." Hong Yang was afraid that he might change his mind, so he stretched out his fingers and made a pinky promise. "Pink and stick to it for a hundred years."
Yike was entertaining Hong Yang while chatting with Yu Rui.
Hong Yang recovered from his illness after staying in the hospital for five days last time. When he was discharged, he had some money left over after paying the bill. They used the money to buy food and took it home.
"Yike, we didn't plan to use the remaining money at first, thinking about when to return it to you, but we don't know where the benefactor lives, so we thought about buying food for the children first, so that they will get sick less often. The head of the family said that we can use the benefactor's money to hunt more prey and pick up more mountain products in the fall, and then save the money after selling them. After we find out the benefactor's address, we will go to thank him and pay him back the money he gave us."
"Aunt, the money is yours. I told you not to pay it back, so you don't have to keep it in mind." Yike said.
Yu Rui waved her hands hastily, "How can that be possible? You guys also worked hard to earn the money, we can't be so heartless. But don't worry, we won't abandon our family just to pay back the money."
Yu Rui told Yi Ke a good news, that is, Tang Jianguo came to the mountains to buy mountain products, and the prices were almost the same as outside, so every household in the village had some money this year.
Tang Jianguo also brought food into the mountains, and the villagers also exchanged for better food. This winter, every household is better off than last year. Although they cannot eat to their heart's content, they can still eat until they are 50% full.
Yike felt a pang of sadness when he heard this. Being only five-tenths full was still better than last year. So what was their situation like last year? I can’t even imagine…
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