Chapter 63: Children

Xing'er took her hand back in embarrassment and looked around. The straw was almost ready. She couldn't go and grab someone else's.

Xing'er returned empty-handed. Qian asked her, "Where is the straw you carried?"

"No more." Xing'er shook her head.

Qian slapped Xing'er in the face, "Useless dead girl, you can't even do such a small job, what's the use of you?"

Xing'er covered her face and cried and ran out.

She was already fourteen or fifteen years old. Girls were thin-skinned. It was really embarrassing to be watched by so many people.

Shanzi watched Xing'er run out, hesitated for a moment, put down the straw in his hand and walked out. Shanzi's mother said faintly, "Shanzi, what are you doing? Help your mother to spread the mattress."

Shanzi responded sullenly, turned around and took the mattress and spread it on the kang.

Shanzi's mother's eyes flashed.

She saw her son's little thoughts.

But she looked down on Xing'er.

Xing'er couldn't compare to Xiao Fei in any way, not to mention that she had a troublemaker mother like Qian.

Gu Fei was the ideal daughter-in-law in her mind. Although she was a little spoiled, she could make money, which was better than anything else.

Shanzi's mother felt that her family was still in good condition.

Although her husband was killed by a carriage in the city last year, the owner of the carriage was quite kind and compensated their family with 20 taels of silver. Her family was originally well-off, with a small population and little expenses. Over the years, she had saved dozens of taels of silver.

She felt that her family was only slightly worse than the village chief's family in the village, and was a good match for Gu Laoer's family.

After the mattress was laid, Shanzi's mother went to sleep.

She was so tired that day that she started snoring as soon as she lay down.

Shanzi saw his mother snoring loudly, so he quickly got up and ran outside. After searching for a while, he found Xing'er under the loess wall.

Xing'er heard the noise behind her, looked back, wiped her tears, and said, "What are you doing here?"

Shanzi grunted for a long time, unable to say a word. Suddenly, he remembered something and took out a cooked egg from his arms, "Here you go."

Xing'er stared at the egg and swallowed unconsciously. She turned away proudly, "I don't want it, you can eat it yourself."

Shanzi took Xing'er's hand without saying anything, and stuffed the egg into her hand, "It's windy outside, eat it and go into the house quickly."

After saying that, Shanzi ran away quickly.

While running, his mind was in a mess, holding hands, he just held her hand!

It's hard to say what it felt like, but my heart seemed to be jumping out.

Xing'er held the egg in her hand. The egg was warm and still had Shanzi's body temperature.

Xing'er blushed and spit. Just as she was about to put the egg in her arms, she suddenly thought of Bao'er. Her face darkened, and she quickly peeled the egg and stuffed it into her mouth.

It smells so good!

When Gu Fei got up early in the morning, she didn't feel anything at first, but after walking a few steps, she felt as if there was a lead block tied to her calf, which was sore and painful, and she couldn't move.

Seeing her like this, Chen slapped her head and said, "Look at me, I forgot all this."

She took out two pieces of cloth, pulled Gu Fei to sit down, picked up the cloth and tied it around her legs.

Gu Fei asked curiously, "Mom, why do you tie your legs up?"

While tying them, Chen said, "I don't know why my legs won't hurt when I walk a long distance after tying them, but it's what the old generation has passed down."