Fu Bao's mother had no choice but to put the baby in her arms on the ground.
"Xibao, you all watch over your little sister."
Xi Bao, with her few little ones, dashed over in a flash.
Then the little ones hugged Fu Bao and walked towards the inner room.
When Fu Bao's mother saw that the children had gone inside to play, she felt relieved.
After all, Xibao is already eight or nine years old, and she is usually sensible and well-behaved, taking care of her younger sister herself.
I am completely at ease.
I went to the kitchen with my sister-in-law from my maternal family and started preparing lunch.
Inside the kitchen, the village chief's wife and several other young wives from the village were helping out.
Grandma Su and Sister-in-law Liu were the head chefs, both determined to showcase their culinary skills at today's birthday banquet.
Grandma Su was stir-frying pork. Wild boar meat has a slightly gamey smell compared to domestic pigs, and the meat is firmer.
Grandma Su added a lot of scallions, ginger, and garlic, which barely managed to suppress the smell.
Now that this dish is available, unless you have a very discerning palate, you probably won't be able to tell the difference.
However, they are all villagers who haven't eaten meat in a long time. Although they received a lot of wild boar meat yesterday, almost every family will make it into cured meat or smoked meat to eat during the New Year.
In these bad years, people may not even be able to afford meat during the Lunar New Year.
In this situation, people would definitely be thinking of eating wild boar meat during the Chinese New Year.
Fu Bao's side was quite lively, because she accidentally fell down in her room.
This startled the older brothers, who all gathered around to check if the boy had fallen anywhere.
"Little sister, where does it hurt?"
Su Muyao rubbed her bottom and finally managed to get up from the ground.
"It's okay, don't worry, you just stubbed your butt."
Now, Su Mingxuan was even more anxious.
"No, let me check if you're alright, and I'll rub it for you."
As Su Mingxuan spoke, he reached out to pull down Su Muyao's pants.
This startled Su Muyao, who tried to dodge to the side, but was stopped by Xibao.
"You're a boy, you can't take off your sister's clothes, and you definitely can't look at her bottom."
"Huh? Why can I see all of yours but not my sister's?"
Su Muyao felt a headache coming on. This little guy was quite persistent, staring at other people's butts!
"You're a boy, and your sister is a girl, so you can't look, understand? You can't take off your sister's clothes anymore."
Now, Su Mingxuan was even more confused, his little brain starting to bulge.
Suddenly, something occurred to me.
"But I watched my sister take a bath before, so why can't I now?"
Su Muyao wished she could slap her silly brother on the head.
"That's different, that's..." Before Xibao could finish speaking, Su Muyao interrupted her.
"Okay, okay, let's stop discussing this. I'm fine."
Su Muyao's mind was filled with nothing but hope for help!
She had never been so embarrassed in her life. How was she supposed to live like this?
Oh no, it's more like "lifetimes".
She thought her lifelong reputation was about to be ruined by these little brats.
While they were playing here, a few more children came over from over there.
Upon seeing his friends inside, Su Mingxuan quickly ran out of the room and headed towards the courtyard.
"Dog Egg, you're here for my sister's first birthday party too?"
"I...can I...see my sister?"
Gou Dan is a little younger than Su Mingxuan, and he has a slight stutter when he speaks.
"Of course we can go," she said, pulling Gou Dan's hand and walking into the room.
Su Muyao looked at the child with snot running into his mouth and silently cried out in her heart, "Don't come any closer!"
She really doesn't need friends, really, she really doesn't right now, please.
But she couldn't completely ignore the child's kindness; what if she hurt that young heart? Wouldn't that be a sin on her part?
When Gou Dan arrived, they discovered that although he looked three or four years old, he was very thin and weak.
It's obvious at a glance that they're malnourished; they look like big-headed dolls, and their faces are completely bloodless.
The dog in front of her awkwardly reached out and handed a small wildflower to Su Muyao.
"This is for you, sister."
Su Muyao stared into thought as she looked at the half-wilted wildflower in her hand.
Looking back, the villagers have always been very kind. Ever since I was able to walk, everyone I've met in the village has shown me kindness.
Thinking of this, and looking at the child's thin figure in front of me, I felt a lump in my throat.
It seems the money-making plan needs to be further implemented.
Xi Bao wished she could throw Gou Dan away. Ever since Gou Dan gave her this flower, her little sister had been staring at it for ages, unable to come to her senses.
It's also because I'm stupid; I never even thought about giving a gift, since I didn't have any other little trinkets.
So I never expected that this outsider would steal the spotlight.
Seeing that his position was about to be lost.
Xi Bao pushed Gou Dan away from her sister.
"Little sister, wait a minute, I have a gift for you too."
He ran back to his room and came back excitedly with two copper coins in his hand.
“This is a steamed bun that my dad gave me as a reward for helping me carry things in town.”
Here you go, so you can buy steamed buns to eat whenever you go to town.
Su Muyao looked at the two copper coins handed to her and accepted them without refusing.
Two copper coins can only buy one steamed bun now.
However, ordinary farm children almost never had a single copper coin in their hands.
It can only be said that the Su family's education was relatively good.
Inside the house, several children were playing and laughing, while outside, the kitchen was bustling with activity; it was soon noon.
The villagers outside brought their own tables, chairs, and benches, and one after another they arrived.
Before we could even start eating, a sharp and sarcastic voice rang out after the food was placed on the table.
"Wow, so many delicious dishes! My goodness, so much meat, and chicken too."
"Tsk tsk tsk, look at this huge bowl of pork! Has Taoliu Village struck it rich?"
The village chief's mother was displeased. "Hey, you old woman, did they invite you? You came empty-handed. This is a banquet in our village. How can people from other villages shamelessly come to eat?"
"You old hag, don't talk nonsense. Would I come if no one invited me?"
This person was none other than Liu Wen's mother from the next village.
Liu Wen only came in the morning to see if there was anything good to steal and take back to his family for a treat.
He hadn't expected the family to get up so early, and that they would be discovered so conveniently, so he could only say that he wanted to come and help.
Although I didn't get any good food, they still invited me to come over for a meal.
That's not bad either; at least it's not like there's absolutely no benefit.
So when he got home, he told his mother about it. That old lady was someone who was used to taking advantage of others.
How could she let her son come alone? So she brought her only grandson with her.
He thought it would be an ordinary meal, but when he looked closely at the table, he was completely dumbfounded.
There was a large bowl of pork in the very center of the table.
Not only that, there was another soup and two stir-fried vegetable dishes that looked fairly normal.
Thinking that this was already quite an achievement, Lu Lu continued to bring out several more dishes.
After seeing what kind of food was in the bowl, I was completely taken aback.
The main thing is that those plates not only contained fish, but also a whole stewed chicken and a pot of stir-fried meat that I don't know what kind of meat it was, but it looked like rabbit meat.
Looking back at the other tables, they were serving the same dishes.
Indeed, those words had barely left my mouth when they were spoken; it was truly unbelievable.
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