Chapter 251: Village Girl Xiaobao
Xiaobao had never seen such a scene before, he sat on the ground, not caring about the pain in his butt, and stared at the scene in a daze.
"Little girl, can you touch me?"
Uncle Wang looked back at Xiaobao and pointed at the starling on his shoulder.
“Yeah!”
Xiaobao nodded vigorously. It was such a magical thing that the free-range birds could fly back by themselves.
This time, Xiaobao ran over without Ling Ran's consent and stretched out his hand cautiously.
When the starling turned its head to look at her, Xiaobao was stunned and looked at Uncle Wang pitifully.
"It's fine."
Uncle Wang laughed.
Only then did Xiaobao touch it.
In fact, bird feathers are not smooth and not very comfortable to touch, but I just enjoy the feeling.
"Thank you, Uncle!"
Satisfied, Xiaobao thanked excitedly, it was really amazing.
"You're welcome. If you're willing to catch more bugs, maybe you and it can become good friends."
Innocent and cute children can always penetrate people's hearts, let alone people of Uncle Wang's age who like children very much.
In an instant, Xiaobao felt unwell.
I was conflicted inside, choosing between becoming friends with the little bird and the big caterpillar.
Looking at the starling that had already flown up and was hovering in the air, Xiaobao finally gave in.
"Uncle Wang, you are fooling her like this..."
Sitting side by side with Uncle Wang on the edge of the field, Ling Ran said helplessly.
A good guy like him, he would like Xiaobao very much even if Xiaobao didn't catch bugs.
"Little girl from the big city, you need to experience the countryside."
"You can protect her for a while, but you can't protect her forever. You still need to practice courage."
"Look at the kids here. When she was her age, they were cutting grass in the mountains to feed pigs."
Uncle Wang took out a cigarette from his arms, slowly lit it, took a sip and smiled.
"This era is no longer comparable to your era."
"Let me know when you're going to the city."
"I'll take you to have a look. The construction of Shenzhou Continent is very good now."
"Education and everything are perfect. Children her age just need to study."
Ling Ran explained that this is the generation gap. What the previous generation and previous generations thought is no longer suitable in today's world.
Today's young people, especially girls, don't want to stay in the mountains for the rest of their lives. The colorful world outside is so tempting.
"That's not how you came here when you were a kid."
“It’s only been a few years.”
Uncle Wang gave Ling Ran a blank look.
"That's impossible."
Ling Ran spread his hands and smiled. At the same time, Xiao Bao, who was lying on the ground without caring about the dirt, finally found his trophy. He walked over timidly with a small green vegetable wrapped in leaves on the ground.
"Uncle."
Xiaobao's big eyes were full of fear, and he didn't dare to look directly at the thing that was still squirming in her palm.
With a whistle, the starling flew back.
"Feed it. After you feed it, you two will be friends from now on."
There was a gleam of ill intent in Uncle Wang's eyes.
"ah!"
Xiao Bao exclaimed and looked at Ling Ran, but Ling Ran just looked at her with a smile, without saying anything, nor did he help her out.
Having come this far, what else is there?
Giving up halfway is not the style of the Ling family.
"Hmm."
When he touched the big green caterpillar again, Xiao Bao got goose bumps all over his body. He endured the nausea, closed his eyes, grabbed it, and handed it to the starling, which had already opened its mouth waiting for food.
"Xiaobao, right?"
"You are already friends."
"Look how much it likes you."
Uncle Wang then smiled happily, and Ling Ran also stood up and said goodbye, taking Xiaobao home.
As expected, the starling became her friend and kept hovering over Xiaobao's head all the way.
"Sister, won't it get lost?"
Xiaobao looked up from time to time, and then felt satisfied.
"It can find the way, just like Xiaobai. They are both very smart."
All things have spirits, and the higher you stand, the farther you can see. From the height of the starling, you can probably overlook the entire small mountain village. How could you get lost?
If there wasn't a seal, this snow fox wouldn't have followed Ling Ran and would have gone to play in the mountains long ago.
Thinking of this, Ling Ran felt regretful. She didn't have the ability to remove Mo Wen's seal from the snow fox's body, nor did she have the ability to take Xiao Bao to fly and experience the joy of flying.
“Some things aren’t that scary.”
"Look at yourself, aren't you dirty?"
“You wouldn’t have liked it before.”
"Aren't you very happy now?"
Pointing at Xiaobao's red coat covered with mud and various stains, Ling Ran smiled.
“That’s right.”
Looking down, Xiaobao suddenly realized what was going on and felt quite embarrassed.
The new clothes were already so dirty, the dirtiest they had ever been. She felt a little embarrassed.
"So go back and wash it yourself."
Ling Ran said unhappily, he just realized who was the one who was lying on the ground with his butt sticking up to search for insects just now.
"good!"
Xiaobao is not a willful person. Besides, in her mind, she is here to take care of her sister and unborn niece. Washing clothes is nothing. She can even wash clothes for her sister.
Ling Ran nodded with satisfaction.
Uncle Wang's words just now made her suddenly realize that Ling Ran was not a special person. He just had different experiences from childhood to adulthood, so his mentality was also different.
When it comes to growing up, it’s not enough to just study hard. It also requires teaching by example, allowing children to experience the ups and downs of life on their own.
So after returning home, when Ling Ran was cooking, he didn't even help Xiaobao to prepare water, leaving the girl to figure things out on her own.
"Sister, I'm done."
"It's not clean."
"Sister, is it clean this time?"
"Can you look here?"
Time and again, Ling Ran greatly frustrated Xiao Bao's enthusiasm, but this girl still persevered and enjoyed it.
Maybe it was out of curiosity. At least now Ling Ran couldn't tell whether Xiaobao really liked doing housework.
In the following days, Xiaobao became familiar with the villagers.
The people of the Ling family were more approachable and sweet-spoken than Ling Ran, so Ling Ran felt relieved that she could go out alone.
Xiaobao always went to play with Uncle Wang’s bird, caught insects for it in the fields, and then took the starling to watch the old people play chess under the big tree at the entrance of the village.
Xiaobao has become the cutie and everyone's favorite in the village.
"Sister, I'm going to do the laundry."
After passing the test for the first time, Xiao Bao took on the responsibility of washing clothes. Every day, she carried Ling Ran and her clothes to the creek at the entrance of the village. While washing clothes, she listened to the aunts in the village chatting. The little girl enjoyed herself so much that she didn't want to leave.
"Go early and come back early, don't be like yesterday."
Ling Ran, who had just started a fire, reminded helplessly.
Yesterday, this girl was so engrossed in listening to other people's conversation that she even followed them home for lunch in a daze. This made her very anxious, and she thought something was wrong with this girl.
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