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"Then..." Xu Yan hesitated.

Although the original text mentioned the situation of Xie Zhuo's family, it was vague. He was written mainly to serve as a control group for Han Xiaoyu, so if Xu Yan wanted to know many things, he had to ask Xie Zhuo himself.

such as……

"Where is Dabao and Xiaobao's mother?" Xu Yan thought about it and asked.

Xie Zhuo paused for a moment, then continued weeding.

"I don't know," Xie Zhuo said.

He really doesn't know.

His two older brothers joined the army when he was still young. In the following ten years, the number of times he returned home could be counted on one hand.

When my eldest brother got married, he wrote a letter home, but it was the busy farming season at the time and his parents couldn't make it, so they didn't go. When my second brother got married, it was winter, but the road was blocked by heavy snow, so the family couldn't go either.

A few years later, they both returned home one after the other, each bringing a baby with them.

He just said that he was busy and couldn't take care of the child, and wanted Xie's father and mother to help take care of the child. Then he went back after staying for a few days.

So Xie Zhuo never saw his two sisters-in-law from beginning to end, and only took a few glances at their photos.

He looks heroic and you can tell at first glance that he is in the army.

"When I received the letter saying my eldest brother had died, my father and I went to the army together," Xie Zhuo said. "I met his leader, but I didn't see my eldest sister-in-law. I heard that she was too sad and went back to her hometown on leave. We didn't know where her hometown was."

Xu Yan listened quietly.

"Second brother is about the same," Xie Zhuo said, his hands were moving very fast, and his words did not delay his work at all, "I haven't seen second sister-in-law."

The story was very short, and Xie Zhuo didn't know the whole story, so he couldn't tell her in detail.

Xu Yan turned his head and glanced at the two children sitting under the shade of the tree, and sighed slightly.

In fact, she knows better than anyone what it's like to be a child without parents.

After all, she lived alone when she was very young. Even though she had grandparents later, she was still laughed at by other children for not having a father and mother.

There was even one time when, during a parent-teacher meeting at school, she heard her desk-mate's mother ask the teacher to change their seats.

She said that she didn't want her child to sit next to children who didn't have a father or a mother.

It was the first time she heard such words, and she seemed to cry.

Later on, it didn't matter anymore, because from that day on, many of her peers knew that she had no parents.

Ridicule, exclusion, all kinds of things... she has experienced it all.

Xie Zhuo noticed that Xu Yan hadn't spoken for a long time, so he turned his head to look at her, "What's wrong?"

Xu Yan did not answer him. Perhaps there was something wrong with his expression, so Xie Zhuo put down the shovel.

"A little melancholy," Xu Yan looked at him.

"What?" Xie Zhuo asked.

"I want to eat meat," Xu Yan said. After he finished speaking, he looked at Xie Zhuo's gradually frowning brows and suddenly laughed out loud, "What's with that expression on your face? Are you not allowing me to eat?"

"No," Xie Zhuo's brows were still furrowed, and it was obvious that Xu Yan had not finished his words.

But seeing that she didn't want to talk, he didn't force her to say it.

After staring at Xu Yan for a few seconds, Xie Zhuo turned around and continued weeding, much faster than before.

A large piece of land was hoed just when the team leader asked everyone to take a rest.

Xie Zhuo carried the straw bag over and placed it next to the cart. He said something to the team leader, then walked back with Xu Yan and the two boys.

The dog days of summer began two days ago, and the weather is getting hotter day by day.

When we went to the fields in the morning, the team leader said that for the next month, the workload in the mornings would be heavy, but it was too hot in the afternoons and it would be easy to get heatstroke, so we didn't need to go to work anymore.

So Xie Zhuo decided to take Xu Yan and the others to the city for a meal.

But when I talked to Xu Yan about it on the road, Xu Yan didn't agree.

Although it is very normal to have one adult and two children riding on a bicycle in this day and age, some people with better skills can even carry one adult and three children.

"Dabao and Xiaobao can sit on the beam," Xie Zhuo said.

"Don't," Xu Yan felt dangerous when he thought of that scene, "It's the road the team takes to the city. I'm afraid you're the only one left on the bike before we get there."

Xie Zhuo was amused by her words, "How come?"

"It's too dangerous anyway," Xu Yan refused completely, "I object."

"Then I'll go ask Zhao Bin if he's going into the city today," Xie Zhuo said, "If he goes, he'll take us with him."

"No need," Xu Yan shook his head, "I'm talking about eating meat, but you don't have to go into the city."

After she finished speaking, she glanced towards Dabao and Xiaobao, and the two kids immediately understood what she meant.

"Uncle San, let's go fishing," Dabao pushed back the straw hat that was blocking his eyes, "Xiaobao and I will dig earthworms for you."

"Fishing," Xiaobao was also excited, "grilling fish."

"I heard from them this morning that your grilled fish is especially delicious," Xu Yan smiled with his eyes curved, "I'm craving it."

The female educated youth were good-looking, and they looked even prettier when they smiled.

A few strands of hair were wet with sweat and stuck to her face. Xie Zhuo moved his fingertips slightly, wanting to brush them away, but he held back when he remembered that he hadn't washed his hands.

Xu Yan didn't notice his gaze and small movements. He felt itchy on his face, so he raised his hand and wiped it on his face.

Then he rubbed the dirt on his hands onto his face.

Xie Zhuo was stunned.

"Hmm?" Xu Yan looked up at him.

"It's okay," Xie Zhuo cleared his throat and turned his head.

"You're okay, why do you look like that?" Xu Yan didn't believe it. He lowered his head to look at his hands, and saw that both of them were covered in mud and black grass juice.

Xie Zhuo also looked down at her hands.

Although this is how farm work is done, having dirty hands, dirty clothes, and being covered in dirt is normal.

But maybe it was because the young educated youth was too fair, the dirt on her hands formed a sharp contrast with her skin, and Xie Zhuo felt that the dirt and grass juice were very glaring.

Dabao and Xiaobao were happily discussing going fishing when they saw Uncle San frowning and wiping Aunt San's face with a handkerchief.

"Is it dirty?" Xu Yan asked.

"No," Xie Zhuo said.

"You have the same expression without me," Xu Yan raised his eyebrows, "Thank you, dear. How come you are not sincere at all?"

Xie Zhuo didn't react when she first said this, but after a few seconds he realized what she said and immediately stopped.

After a while, Dabao looked up, and asked in a puzzled voice, "Aunt San, who is Xie Baobei?"

Xie Zhuo was also waiting for her to explain.

He had noticed before that this young educated youth was quite disrespectful. Although he was six years younger than him, sometimes he always tried to take advantage of him in terms of addressing him.

Really, it needs to be cleaned up.

Xie Zhuo narrowed his eyes and looked at Xu Yan.

"That's it, baby Xie," Xu Yan glanced at Xie Zhuo, "the most powerful person in our family, your third uncle."