Yi Xiaoqiu holds the little girl's hand, shocking to the eyes
What kind of hands are those!
It was frozen like a carrot, a purple one at that.
The skin on the hands was stretched thin and shiny.
Yi Xiaoqiu didn't dare to touch it hard, for fear of accidentally damaging the skin on her hand.
Looking at Xiaochuan again, his hands were frozen even more terribly than his sister's. They were cracked and there was not a single good spot on them.
Although both children's hands were frozen, they were clean. The crevices between their nails were spotless, without any black dirt.
"Does it hurt?" Yi Xiaoqiu looked at the skinny little face in front of him, his eyes a little sore.
"It doesn't hurt." Xiaocao shook his head with a bright smile on his face.
This sister's hands are so warm and her body smells so good! The grass likes to be close to this sister.
"So good," Yi Xiaoqiu stroked her dry straw-like hair.
"Sister Zhiqing, Xiaochuan and the others haven't eaten since yesterday. Their stepmother feeds them rice bran every day and makes them do a lot of work..." Xiaojun came close to Yi Xiaoqiu and whispered to her about the treatment the brother and sister usually received at home.
He actually has his own little thoughts.
Guo Xiaochuan and his sister had not eaten since yesterday. He knew that Yi Zhiqing had food, so he brought them to Yi Zhiqing's place. It would be even better if Yi Zhiqing gave them some food.
Just now on the road, he gave the two siblings some colorful melon seeds he had picked up, but these were not enough to satisfy their hunger!
Yi Xiaoqiu felt very uncomfortable after hearing this and wanted desperately to do something for the brother and sister.
She gave each of the other children a handful of sunflower seeds and candy. "You guys should go next door! Zhiqing Shen has food there, too."
Shen Ruofei: Thank you!
Xiaocao looked at the scene eagerly, but he understood and did not ask for anything.
Guo Xiaochuan felt a little uneasy when he saw that all his friends who came with him had left.
Yi Xiaoqiu was sending a few children off. When she turned around, she saw two little guys looking at her anxiously. She said softly, "Don't be afraid. I just cooked some dumplings and didn't finish them. I wanted to leave some for you to help me eat. Is that okay?"
Yi Xiaoqiu is not a hard-hearted person. Since she met these two children, she can't pretend that she saw nothing.
"Sister, you are lying. There are only not enough dumplings. How can we not finish them?" Guo Xiaochuan immediately exposed Yi Xiaoqiu's lie.
In his opinion, there are no dumplings that cannot be eaten, only dumplings that are not enough.
Yi Xiaoqiu definitely can’t recognize it!
"How could that be! I eat it every day and I'm tired of it, so naturally I can't finish it!" Yi Xiaoqiu blinked her innocent big eyes and looked at Guo Xiaochuan.
Guo Xiaochuan couldn't understand it! How could one get tired of eating such delicious dumplings?
He just never gets tired of eating it all his life.
If Yi Xiaoqiu knew what he was thinking at the moment, he would only say: Boy, you are still too young. You don’t need to eat dumplings for the rest of your life. If you eat dumplings for a year in a row, I guarantee you will never want to see dumplings again.
Guo Xiaochuan blushed and grumbled, unable to refute Yi Xiaoqiu's words for a long time.
He finally blushed, "You didn't lie to me? Are there really dumplings to eat? If there are, I won't eat any. Give them to my sister! She has never eaten dumplings in her life..."
As he spoke, he lowered his head again and looked at his toes anxiously.
In fact, he knew in his heart that Yi Zhiqing said this on purpose. He knew it was not good to eat other people's food, but he and his sister were really hungry, so hungry that they were almost out of strength.
Moreover, the room was so warm that he didn't want to leave.
Yi Xiaoqiu turned her head away, tears almost coming out.
"Don't worry, you all have it." Yi Xiaoqiu came out of the inner room and came to the stove in the outer room.
The water in the pot was already boiling.
Yi Xiaoqiu closed the inner and outer doors, slipped into the farm, and took more than thirty dumplings from the kitchen of the cabin.
The housekeeper made quite a few dumplings, but it was obvious that the brother and sister hadn't eaten properly for a long time, so they definitely couldn't be given too much at once.
When the dumplings were brought into the house, the two siblings stared at the dumplings in the bowl in front of them with their round eyes, not blinking, their faces full of disbelief.
"What are you looking at? Are there flowers on the bowl?" Yi Xiaoqiu closed the door to the inner room and turned around to see the two little guys staring at the bowl in a daze.
Guo Xiaochuan has never eaten hot food since his mother passed away.
When he saw the hot dumplings, he didn't know what to do.
"Sister Zhiqing, this is too expensive..." Guo Xiaochuan pulled his sister and shook his head as he retreated, almost reaching the door.
Yi Xiaoqiu grabbed Xiaocao's arm with a sad expression on his face.
"Hey! It's Chinese New Year, and I don't have any relatives around me. Seeing you reminds me of my brothers and sisters at home. Please help me eat the dumplings! This way I can still think of my brothers and sisters eating with me.
Besides, I cooked so many dumplings, I can’t finish them all by myself, Xiaochuan, you and your sister can help me!"
Guo Xiaochuan was almost confused by Yi Xiaoqiu, but he always remembered that he should not take advantage of others. These dumplings were so expensive, and they would not be able to pay back after eating them...
Xiaocao kept swallowing her saliva while looking at the dumplings, but she didn't say a word about wanting to eat them. However, the desire in her eyes was about to show.
"Sister, you can save it for next time. It won't go bad in this weather..." Guo Xiaochuan held his sister close, fearing that she would not be able to resist eating the dumplings on the plate.
"Oh! It seems that you are not willing to help me. I am all alone... Alas!" Yi Xiaoqiu showed a pitiful look, reached out and grabbed two handfuls of snacks and stuffed them into the pockets of the two siblings.
"Sister... I'm sorry..." Guo Xiaochuan was about to cry.
"Then help me eat the dumplings!" Yi Xiaoqiu carried Xiaocao onto the kang.
The five or six-year-old grass felt light in my hands, just like a paper man.
Yi Xiaoqiu put Xiaocao on the kang, then bent down to take off her tattered cloth shoes.
When he took off his socks, Yi Xiaoqiu was stunned. His feet were without socks, his feet were frozen purple, and his toes were still oozing water.
Yi Xiaoqiu's eyes were hot and her nose was sore. She took a mattress to cover her feet and said, "Eat the dumplings first! I'll apply medicine to you later."
She remembered that there seemed to be medicine for frostbite in the medicine box.
Yi Xiaoqiu pushed a bowl of dumplings in front of Xiaocao.
Xiaocao looked at her brother Guo Xiaochuan with some uneasiness.
Yi Xiaoqiu pulled Guo Xiaochuan onto the kang and said, "Don't just stand there like an idiot. Your sister didn't eat yesterday, so she must be hungry. Hurry up and feed her some dumplings."
Having said that, Guo Xiaochuan couldn't refuse. He and his sister hadn't eaten since yesterday.
The cruel stepmother drove them out of the house during the New Year's Eve dinner, and the indifferent father watched coldly and did nothing.
He looked at the still steaming dumplings and swallowed.
Just now, because they were far away, he could still suppress the desire in his heart, but now that they were close, his mouth was drooling.
Seeing that her brother didn't object, Xiaocao couldn't help it any longer. She picked up a plump dumpling with chopsticks and stuffed it into her mouth.
"Um...Brother, the dumplings are really delicious, come and eat them too!"
The dumplings were so delicious that she didn't want to stop eating. But when she thought of her brother who was still hungry, she couldn't help but remind him.
"I..." Guo Xiaochuan swallowed and looked at Yi Xiaoqiu embarrassedly.
"Eat it! It will get cold if you don't eat it now." Yi Xiaoqiu pushed another bowl of dumplings in front of Guo Xiaochuan.
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