The world is broken, the cubs mend it

"Hmm..." Yuanyuan nodded and showed him her sticky hands: "Dad, this is the little fruit I brought for you."

The prickly ash was crushed to leave only the small seeds stuck to the palm of your hand, exuding a fruity and sweet taste.

"..."

Chen Jiahe looked at her fingers that were sticky with purple-red liquid and felt speechless for a moment. It couldn't be considered as brought back if they were broken into pieces like this.

Seeing that he didn't say anything, Yuanyuan put her hand close to his face, as if wanting him to see clearly.

"Go wash your hands."

Chen Jiahe put the child on the ground and scooped a bucket of water into the basin.

He reasonably suspected that the child wanted to feed himself the blister residue on his hands.

She rolled up her sleeves and rubbed her hands for the child, and out of the corner of her eye she saw a gray-brown object in her pocket.

"What's in your pocket?"

"fish…"

Yuanyuan took it out and showed it to him. It had been stored for a long time, and the eel's skin looked dry.

"You are quite brave."

Chen Jiahe took the eel from her hand and put it aside, an obvious smile appearing on his dull face.

Perhaps it was the repressive situation he experienced in his childhood that made him yearn for this kind of warm and generous personality.

"Dad is also... um... very fierce..."

Yuanyuan tried very hard to come up with a word to praise her father.

“That’s a very accurate description.”

007 was very sure of what the host said. The target of the strategy was not to be mean to a certain person, but to attack everyone indiscriminately.

“I’m not being vicious…”

Chen Jiahe wiped her hands and went to the kitchen to light a fire and cook, and retorted in a flat tone.

His arrogance is just a form of self-protection, and talking sweetly to others will only make them become more demanding.

"Dad is not mean to me."

Yuanyuan followed him like a little tail, watching him busy at the stove.

"You can't say for sure."

Chen Jiahe couldn't guarantee that he would always be good-tempered to her, at least he didn't dare to think about their future life.

If nothing unexpected happens, he should be a bachelor for his whole life, working when the sun comes out and sleeping when the sun sets.

But now his future has become unknown, and it is hard to guess what his development trajectory will be.

"Dad, Sister Yingying said that cows need to eat grass to grow fat."

Yuanyuan felt that the cow at home was too skinny and suggested feeding it some grass instead of just the gray cow food.

"I don't have time to herd cattle."

He was the only one left in the Chen family. There was so much work to do that he couldn't handle it, so how could he have extra time to herd cattle?

It's good enough to occasionally go out and cut a bale of grass and carry it back to feed the children.

Every household in the village has a large population and is keen on having children.

More people mean more labor, and the cost of having children is the lowest. They can survive by being fed, and when they grow up they can help the family with farm work.

"I'm going to herd cattle."

Yuanyuan raised her hand like a primary school student listening to a lecture to indicate that she could do it for her.

"Go play somewhere else..."

Chen Jiahe glanced at her and put the rolled pancake in the pan.

"I can work, too."

Yuanyuan thought his father felt that he was too young to help, so he patted his chest to show that he could do it.

"This has nothing to do with whether you can work or not. Stop thinking about useless things."

Most of the children in the village who work have to help their families with things. It is common to feed chickens, bring water, and help carry things.

But Chen Jiahe didn't want to order her around. Childhood passes very quickly, it's gone in the blink of an eye, so just have fun when it's time to play.

Besides, rather than caring about the fatness or thinness of the cow, his mind was now filled with the identification results.

"..."

Yuanyuan didn't say anything else and shifted her attention to lunch.

At noon, I just made two pancakes, rolled them with wild vegetables I picked a few days ago, and ate them with gourd soup.

Chen Jiahe was forced to learn how to cook when she was about six or seven years old. She was often beaten for not cooking well. Over time, her cooking skills became pretty good.

"Dad's cooking is delicious."

Yuanyuan took a big sip of the gourd soup, and some vegetable foam got on her mouth.

“Eat more…”

Chen Jiahe felt a sweet feeling in his heart when he was praised unexpectedly.

For people who have never been recognized or praised since childhood, their first reaction when hearing such words is embarrassment, and they are a little afraid to look the other person in the eye.

After dinner, he let the children take a nap and cleaned up the dishes himself.

Yuanyuan picked up her bowl, stood on tiptoe and placed it next to the stove with great effort.

“Dad is so hardworking!”

The little guy's bragging skills are becoming more and more proficient.

"Okay... okay, go to bed quickly."

Chen Jiahe shook the dishwashing water off his hands and pushed her out of the kitchen. He felt his ears burning and his whole body uncomfortable, and he was in a mess while washing the dishes.

diligent?

Actually, he is not very diligent...

"Congratulations, host. The target's favorability towards you has risen to 25%."

007 seems to gradually get to know what touches Chen Jiahe. He is a person who extremely lacks a sense of security and recognition.

I thought the child was just casually mentioning the matter of herding cattle, but unexpectedly, when he went to work in the fields after a nap, Yuanyuan asked to take the cattle in the side shed with him.

"What do I need to bring it with me? How can I have time to look after the cows?"

There are crops everywhere on the ridges of the fields. It would be troublesome if the cows ran around and ruined other people's food.

"I can see."

"Can you watch..." Chen Jiahe swallowed the rough words that came to his lips: "How old are you? You can't watch the cow."

The child was very obedient in the past few days, but when he gets stubborn, he is even more stubborn than a cow. No matter how much you persuade him, you have to take the cow out.

The father and daughter were in a stalemate for five or six minutes, standing in the yard, neither giving in.

An old lady passing by saw the father and daughter quarreling and said half-jokingly and half-seriously: "The little kid won't dare to do it again after a beating after throwing a tantrum."

Many people believe that beatings make for good children, and it is indeed the fastest and most effective way to suppress children.

After hearing this, Yuanyuan's momentum obviously weakened, and she looked at her father with her big watery eyes.

"If you want to fight, go home and fight your own kid."

Chen Jiahe heard this sentence many times when he was a child, and his reaction was even more intense than that of the children.

"Why do you take my kindness for granted? Children cannot be spoiled. Every family beats their children."

The old lady was very angry at his sudden rage. She thought that she would suffer the consequences if she didn't listen to the old woman. If she spoiled him, she would suffer in the future.

"Then I won't herd cattle anymore..."

Yuanyuan lowered her head and stopped insisting, looking visibly disappointed.

"Forget it, if you want to herd cattle, go ahead."

Chen Jiahe sighed and went to tie the rope around the cow and lead it out. He had never seen anyone who was eager to go to work.

It's a good thing that the child wants to help at home, but I just don't want to order her around.

He tied the cow to a small slope not far from the ridge of the field so that he could keep an eye on it from time to time while he worked.

"Just stay here and watch over the cows. If you need anything, just call me."

"it is good…"

Yuanyuan sat obediently on the grass, looking at the old ox eating grass with its head down.

"..."

Seeing that she was happy, Chen Jiahe let her go. When she found that herding cattle was a boring job, perhaps she would not insist on it.