72 New Villagers
Little Ah Yu cried very sadly. An obvious helplessness flashed across Qin Huai’s eyes as the candied fruit froze in midair.
He looked at Chi Jia, who was also confused.
He was just a heartless guard. How could he understand the thoughts of a little girl?
“Ah Yu, Ah Yu, what’s wrong?!”
Wang Silang happened to come over to deliver something. When he heard Ah Yu’s cries, he hurriedly pushed through the crowd and ran over.
He saw Little Ah Yu standing in front of an unfamiliar boy, looking very sad.
Without thinking, Wang Silang pulled Little Ah Yu behind him and looked at Qin Huai with an unfriendly expression. “Did you make my sister cry?”
Beside her, Hu Erpang had already said, “I wanted to give the candy to Little Ah Yu. He doesn’t allow Little Ah Yu to eat it!”
“What right do you have to stop my sister from eating candy?” After Wang Silang finished speaking, he reacted and looked at Hu Erpang. “What candy? Where did the candy come from?”
Hu Erpang opened the candy in his palm, and there were black finger marks on it.
There was also a large bite mark.
Wang Silang was extremely disgusted. “Where did you get this candy from? How dare you give this to my sister!”
“Little Sister Ah Yu didn’t even say anything, so who are you to dislike it. It’s not like I’m giving it to you!” Hu Erpang also snorted and pointed at Qin Huai. “He wants to snatch it away to eat!”
Qin Huai :”…”
Chi Jia: “…”
Little Ah Yu was still crying.
[Kid, don’t cry. My head is about to explode from your crying!]
Meatball suddenly missed the careful little brat from before.
In the past, she had looked optimistic and strong, but she had never dared to cry or speak loudly.
Now, she was crying so easily that she could not stop.
She was behaving like those little brats who had been spoiled rotten.
It really considered finding a way to get a parenting guide back. Otherwise, it would be so worried that its fur would fall off one day!
Little Ah Yu felt aggrieved. “Elf, Little Brother doesn’t like me. Boohoo… But I like him so much. He’s so good-looking. He gave me flowers…”
“But… he made me eat candied hawthorns… it’s so sour!”
Only then did Meatball understand that Ah Yu’s crying was caused by that candied fruit.
[He likes you too. Think about it. Didn’t your Grandma give you the candied hawthorn last time?]
[Your Grandma likes you so much that she bought you candied hawthorns.]
[This little brother is really something. He just wants to treat you well, but he doesn’t know that you don’t like candied hawthorns.]
Little Ah Yu slowly stopped crying. There were still tears at the corners of her eyes, but she looked surprised. “Really?”
Seeing that she had indeed stopped crying, Meatball heaved a sigh of relief.
[Yeah, ask him if you don’t believe me.]
Little Ah Yu immediately walked in front of Qin Huai and looked up with her teary face. She asked, “Little Brother, did you give me the candied hawthorns because you like me?”
The unexpected question stunned Qin Huai.
‘Do I like her?’
No, there was nothing he liked, and no one he liked.
Hence, Qin Huai wanted to shake his head.
However, just as she tilted her head slightly, she saw the little girl’s mouth pout and tears welled up in her eyes.
It was as if as long as he said no, she would cry until the end of time.
Qin Huai was forced to nod.
Little Ah Yu smiled through her tears.
She took the candied hawthorns and pretended to take a bite. Her face was puffed up and she pretended to chew and swallow.
Then, she handed the candied hawthorns back.
Under Qin Huai’s puzzled gaze, Little Ah Yu said very seriously, “You like me and gave me a candied hawthorn. I like you too, so I’ll give you a candied hawthorn too!”
This way, the big brother would know that she liked him, and she would not have to eat the sour candied hawthorns too.
Wow, she was really a smart child!
Little Ah Yu praised herself in her heart.
Qin Huai looked at the candied fruit that had returned to his hand and was a little confused.
Fortunately, Qin Huai wanted to give Little Ah Yu more than just candied hawthorns. There were also the flowers he had asked someone to dig out from the small garden before he left.
The few peonies that he had given Little Ah Yu previously had grown new buds now which he had grown from their roots.
He had placed them in two small basins before giving them to Little Ah Yu.
“Wow, flowers! Ah Yu likes it!” Little Ah Yu was naturally happy to receive Huahua.
She decided to like Little Brother a little more!
Little Ah Yu pulled Wang Silang’s hand. “Fourth Brother, let’s go pluck flowers. I want to pluck flowers for Little Brother too!”
In Little Ah Yu’s eyes, she would give flowers to whoever she liked.
Wang Silang said, “Let your Fifth Brother bring you there. Fourth Brother still has to deliver something and can’t accompany you now. I’ll bring your flowers back first. You play here first. Be good.”
Wang Silang was a child of the second branch. Because his father was paralyzed, he always subconsciously worked more at home, thinking that he could do the same for his father.
“Alright.” Little Ah Yu knew that everyone did things seriously while she picked flowers for fun, so she could not delay serious matters.
At the side, Hu Erpang said, “I’ll take you there. I know where the most beautiful flowers are!”
Little Ah Yu was immediately happy. “Alright, thank you, Brother Fatty!”
Wang Erpang grinned. “Hehe, there’s no need to thank me. You’re also my Little Sister Ah Yu!”
With such an obedient sister who called him brother every day, he would still go even if he had to pluck the stars and moon.
Qin Huai watched helplessly as Little Ah Yu left with the brat called Hu Erpang. He did not even look at the candied hawthorn in his hand and threw it to the ground.
A snot-nosed child had long been staring at the candied hawthorns. Seeing that Qin Huai had thrown it aside, he immediately ran over to pick it up and bit it.
“Sweet!” His happy expression did not last long before he spat out, “Sour. It’s bad!”
He looked at Qin Huai indignantly.
No wonder Blessing didn’t like it. So it was bad.
Then, he licked all the sugar juice off the candied hawthorn and threw away the remaining hawthorn.
Qin Huai :”…”
The coachman got someone to unload everything in the carriage and bring out the horses.
Then, he asked the people from Hu Family Village to carry the carriage up the cliff.
Under the stimulation of the copper coins, they only used half an hour to carry the things up.
Chi Jia was already speechless.
He began to think about the new plans to use their money.
Someone had come to Hu Family Village, creating such a huge commotion which naturally alarmed Village Chief Hu.
Village Chief Hu saw a large pile of things at the village entrance and said in surprise, “This is?”
He subconsciously looked at the adult among the two-Chi Jia.
Chi Jia glanced at Qin Huai and said in resignation, “We’re here to stay in your village.”
“Stay?” Village Chief Hu frowned. “Our village just suffered a snow disaster and hasn’t recovered yet. We don’t have any extra houses for you to live in. If you’re here to sightsee, why don’t you go to Feng’an Village? I heard that that village hasn’t suffered a disaster, and the scenery is good.”
Chi Jia shook his head. “Village Chief, you might not know this, but we’re here to treat Young Master’s illness. Our Young Master has been weak since he was young, and Sir said that he should take good care of himself. An expert said that your village is a good place to hide and gather qi, and suggested that we come here to stay temporarily. He said that it’s good for his condition.”
Seeing that Village Chief Hu was not moved, Chi Jia secretly activated his True Qi. His eyes turned red and his voice was hoarse. “Just treat it as a favor. We won’t stay here for nothing.”
“I’ll compensate you every day…”
Chi Jia recalled the coachman’s method and deliberated. “How about 10 copper coins for the accommodation?”
Village Chief Hu clapped his hands and said, “Money is not the issue here! It’s mainly because the child’s recovery is more important. I’ll take a look and arrange a place for you to stay.”
The villagers all looked at Qin Huai and his companions warmly.
Ten copper coins for a night. It was a big matter!
They were thinking in their hearts that it would not be a problem to chase their men or sons to sleep in the pigpen just to make an empty room for the guests!
Qin Huai looked at Chi Jia.
Chi Jia understood and said, “I heard that you have a Wang family here. I wonder if we can stay with them?”
Someone said faintly, “Old man Wang’s chicken coop is indeed still empty…”