We finally arrived at the small house halfway up the mountain, and it was exactly as Da Zhuang said.
The front of the thatched hut was covered with knee-high weeds, and it looked very flimsy. It was simply a wooden shed supported by a few wooden sticks. There was no door, and it was covered with a piece of faded cloth.
There is no need to cover the cloth. You can just make a hole here or there and pass the girl through any of the holes.
Cui Ju looked at the thatched cottage in front of her and said softly, "This might be a house that no one wants."
Bai An also agreed: "No wonder Da Zhuang called it a thatched house instead of a wooden house. I feel like it will fall down in the next second."
Da Zhuang was still beside him, smiling proudly: "How about this place? How about we use this place as our secret base in the future."
"What about the secret base before?" asked Aster.
"That secret base is not as well hidden as this place." Da Zhuang looked at the wooden house in front of him and said with longing: "Let's pull out the weeds in front and I'll make the wooden house stronger. We'll decorate it when we have a chance. This place can be our home."
Bai An and Cui Ju were both aroused by what he said and wanted to show off their skills right away and clean the house just like they had imagined.
Da Zhuang tore off the cloth in front of the door, and Bai An leaned over to look.
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There was just a piece of open space with a table as shaky as the hut, a small bed, and a few short benches.
one two three.
There were exactly three benches, one for each of them.
Da Zhuang threw the rag in his hand away, looked at Bai An in front of him and asked, "Bai An, have you had breakfast?"
Bai An was stunned and replied: "Not yet."
Hearing that Bai An had not had breakfast yet, Cui Ju felt a little guilty. When she left just now, her mother told her that there was not much food left at home, otherwise she would have wanted to keep Bai An for dinner.
"Then take out the eggs and eat them." Da Zhuang urged.
But Bai An waved his hand and said, "I have food. We can sit down and eat together after we finish cleaning the house."
Da Zhuang thought about it and said, "Okay, let's do it faster."
In fact, there was nothing to clean up. Dazhuang pulled out the weeds in front of the door and found some sturdy wooden sticks to make the house a little more solid. Bai An and Cui Ju simply wiped the furniture.
When it was almost done, Bai An said mysteriously to Da Zhuang and the others, "Wait for me for a moment. I'm going to get something."
When Bai An came back again, she was holding a big bag of food in her hand.
Da Zhuang stared with wide eyes and asked in surprise: "Bai An, these are the delicious foods you told me about."
"So many!" Cui Ju's eyes widened and she asked, "Bai An, when did you bring them up here?"
Bai An looked away with a guilty look on his face, muttering softly, "Just when I came up here with you guys."
When Bai An opened the bag, Da Zhuang and Cui Ju exclaimed at the same time.
"Wow!"
Where can you find so many luxurious snacks in the village? Da Zhuang looked up at Bai An, his eyes revealing his desire for them.
Bai Anren smiled and said to them, "Eat whatever you want."
"Thank you, Bai An."
Da Zhuang and Cui Ju each took a piece of fruit cake and ate it. Looking at the pile of food, they often went hungry, but now they felt the happiness in their hearts was about to overflow.
After Cui Ju finished eating the cake in her hand, she looked at Bai An and said, "Bai An, I really envy you."
"Huh?" Bai An blinked in confusion, "What?"
Aster whispered, "I don't know why, but looking at you I feel like you're very happy."
"Your face is white, your hands are tender, and although your clothes are the same style as ours, you can tell at a glance that the cotton inside is very thick."
"The harvest this year was not good. Every household does not have enough food. Everyone's face is filled with worry and anxiety."
"But Bai An." Cui Ju looked at her and said, "Your family is completely different from ours. It's like you and I are from two different worlds. You seem to live in the world we long for."
Da Zhuang also followed and said, "That's right, Bai An, you can still give us so many delicious foods to eat."
"You're a very nice person."
Cui Ju looked at Da Zhuang's silly look, rolled her eyes, and said to Bai An, "So, Bai An, you have to be careful."
Bai An became more and more confused as he listened, and asked, "Why do you say that?"
Although Aster still looks like a child, her demeanor now is as mature as an adult. “Who would like others to live better than themselves?”
Bai An was stunned, and then she understood.
When everyone should be on the same level, a protruding bulge will become a thorn in everyone else's eyes.
Bai An originally thought that her family had hidden the truth well, but she didn't expect that what she thought was an ordinary life was already a luxury in the eyes of others.
The human heart is the most difficult to understand.
You can live well, but you can't live better than them.
"Cui Ju, why are you telling me this?" Bai An felt that everything in his hand no longer smelled good.
Cui Ju exclaimed, thought for a moment, and said, "Maybe your family is too special in the village."
Da Zhuang also said, "My mother also said that Bai An's family is rich and lives better than anyone else. As long as I can go to Bai An's house, I can have enough to eat. My mother also wants Bai An to marry me."
As he spoke, Da Zhuang blushed and lowered his head to glance at Bai An.
Cui Ju couldn't stand it anymore, so she knocked on Da Zhuang's head and scolded him, "You are eating the food given by Bai An, and you still shamelessly say such things. Aren't you ashamed?"
Da Zhuang covered his head and said aggrievedly: "Why are you embarrassed? Bai An is so good, can't she marry me?"
"See if you are worthy enough."
Cui Ju rolled her eyes at Da Zhuang again, then turned to Bai An and said, "We won't tell anyone else that you gave us these things to eat."
"Why can't I tell it? Can't I tell my mom?"
Aster controlled her temper, "You can talk, but you can get out now."
Bai An had never seen such an irritable Aster, and was stunned for a moment. He could only whisper, "I know."
Cui Ju didn't want to tell Bai An this, but Bai An's look made her feel that he was easy to deceive, so she could only remind him again.
"Bai An, you are just too well protected by your family. In fact, not everyone is kind."
Bai An, who grew up in an orphanage, certainly knows the shortcomings of human nature. She has tried her best to behave like a normal child as she imagined, but she has also forgotten that when she was this age, children were not as innocent as she imagined.
As long as a person is happy enough, it cannot be hidden and anyone can see it.
And she also underestimated the human nature of this era.
In her heart, in this era, everyone's heart is simple and kind.
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