In the book, I was fed by my sister

"Little darling, go see who's here."

Before Song Li opened the door, she had already found out who was coming out - Li Zi, whom she had been avoiding for the past few days.

"Song Li! Have you eaten yet? Can I play with you in the afternoon?"

As soon as Song Li opened the door, she saw a round, red face full of expectation.

Grandma Gu put out the fire in the stove and scooped a bucket of water to wash her hands. Seeing the little girl jumping around like a meatball, she smiled and said, "Xiao Li'er has really made a good friend. Xiao Lizi comes to visit almost every day these days."

"Really? That's great. If Xiaoguai makes good friends, she won't want to run to the mountains all the time. They are going to the hall to play, right?" Song Ran was really scared when she thought of her sister running into the woods that day.

"No, Xiao Li'er hardly ever goes out. Ran'er, is Xiao Li'er not in good spirits? She doesn't get up during the day these days and just strolls around the yard in the afternoon."

When Song Li's illness was mentioned, Song Ran felt uneasy. The disease healed too quickly, and he was afraid that the root of the disease still remained in his body. "After thanking the village chief, I will go to the city to see a doctor."

Song Li has been running at night and catching up on sleep during the day. She also has to go to the mountains to replenish her superpowers while Grandma Gu is busy with her own family affairs. She really has no time to take care of this "partner".

"Is it okay? Is it okay?" Li Zi's eyes were full of expectations, and he bit his lip waiting for Song Li's consent.

Song Li did not answer. What happened this time still frightened her, and she dared not leave her sister.

"Xiaoguai, is it Li Zi who comes to play with you? Has Li Zi had lunch?" Song Ran came out from the kitchen and greeted.

"Hello, Sister Ranran!" Li Zi was like a little squirrel. She smelled the aroma of food coming from behind Song Li and exclaimed, "It smells so good!" She swallowed her saliva and said, "Sister Ranran, I... I have already had lunch. I will wait at your door. I won't go into your house."

Song Ran could see that Li Zi was greedy, so he laughed, "Little Li Zi, why don't you wipe your saliva and eat some more with Song Li?"

"Ah?" Hearing that she was drooling, Li Zi blushed and quickly wiped it with her sleeve. She glanced at Song Li and whispered, "Then I'll only eat a little."

Xiao Lizi was secretly unhappy about the presence of one more person at the dinner table, and her sister kept picking up food for that person.

"Why did the locust tree in the yard suddenly drop so many leaves?" Grandma Gu looked at the locust tree in the yard and asked in surprise: "Is it windy?"

When Song Ran heard what Grandma Gu said, he tilted his head to look up at the sky, "Oh, is it windy? We have to put away the things that are drying. It might rain in the east."

"It's... so delicious!" Li Zi's cheeks were puffed up with food, and he raised his head from the bowl: "Song Li, you are so lucky. I have never eaten such delicious food in my life."

Her brother had picked mushrooms in the mountains before, but they were never as delicious as what she ate today. Li Zi thought about the reasons. It might be that the mushrooms were not good, it might be that her mother was reluctant to put meat in them, or it might be that her mother's cooking skills were not good.

Song Ran was amused by Li Zi's appearance and raised the soup spoon, "Li Zi, do you want another half bowl of soup?"

"Sister Ranran, I can't take it anymore. My stomach is going to explode." Li Zi quickly waved his hands and said, "I guess Damai has never eaten such delicious food."

"Big Mac? Xiaoguai, have you ever played with Big Mac?"

Li Zi realized that he had said the wrong thing and quickly explained: "No, no, I wanted to see Da Mai myself."

She knew that the adults in the village didn't allow Damai to play with them, fearing that Damai would go crazy and beat people without mercy. But she had never seen Damai go crazy or beat anyone. Damai would cry when he was unhappy and laugh when he was happy.

Song Li said sullenly, "Yeah, I have seen him."

"Sister Ran Ran... Damai is not crazy and doesn't hit anyone! Song Li and I... just saw her from a distance and didn't go to her house." Li Zi stumbled over her lie, but she was afraid that Sister Ran Ran would not let Song Li play with her. Without Song Li, Damai didn't even dare to go out and could only hide in her house.

"It's just..." Song Ran wanted to say something, but when she saw the child blushing and stumbling over his explanation for Maizi, she couldn't say anything. She had heard rumors about Damai. But she also knew that there were a lot of gossips about their family. Could it be that other adults also stopped their children from playing with Xiaoguai?

Grandma Gu said with a smile, "Oh, it's okay. I watched Damai grow up, and I never saw her go crazy and hit anyone. When you were little, Ranran, you spent a lot of time in the city with your parents, so it's normal that you are not familiar with the children of your age in the village. Damai is a very pitiful child."

"What?" Song Ran was not very familiar with the "fool" as the villagers called him, and she had never heard Grandma Gu talk about it.

"Oh, God is so unfair, Damai is such a beautiful child, but he is not very smart."

Song Li agreed with what Grandma Gu said, "Da Mai is a beautiful child."

The women she had seen in the last days were almost all pale, thin and lifeless. The pictures of beautiful women pasted on the broken eaves and walls seemed like a painting of a distant dream.

When she arrived here, there were two women who amazed her: her sister who was like the rising sun, and Barley who was as plump and juicy as a spring pear.

Grandma Gu thought about it for a while. It seemed that people had not talked about this matter for a long time. How to talk about it, she had to think carefully: "I remember that Damai's mother was also very beautiful. At that time, people were joking that Huixin would have to rely on her daughter in the future. They didn't know how good a son-in-law would be worthy of her daughter Xia Hua. But Xia Hua fell in love with a young opera singer at the Lantern Festival. Opera singers have no roots and wander around the world. Huixin came to her house to ask for an explanation, but the opera singer ran away for fear of trouble."

Hearing this, Song Li couldn't help but sneer in her heart. She had already guessed what would happen next. In a love affair between a man and a woman, the woman would definitely be the one who got hurt in the end.

"Then what? Then what?" Li Zi always listened very carefully to matters concerning Barley. Seeing Grandma Gu stop to drink water, she asked hurriedly.

"Later, Xia Hua's belly started to grow bigger. Hui Xin gave her countless medicines but she still couldn't keep the baby. Maybe Xia Hua took too many medicines when she was pregnant, and she ended up giving birth to a moron."

Chestnut asked quietly, "Is that barley?"

Grandma Gu nodded in response.

"What happened next? I haven't met Damai's mother, but I have met her fierce grandmother."

"The illness is gone."

Li Zi took a deep breath. Illness was so terrible. It always took away the people around her so easily.

"Why doesn't Da Mai get married? Since her grandmother doesn't like her and beats her, she should get married. If she gets married, someone will take care of her." In Li Zi's mind, girls will get married when they grow up, and if they get married, someone will love them. She thinks that if Da Mai can get married, she won't be beaten by her grandmother, and if she has someone to take care of her, she won't be afraid of being bullied by others.

"How can you be reliable by relying on others..." Grandma Gu wanted to continue, but she felt that the child in front of her was only four or five years old. How could he remember the hardships of others at the most innocent age?

"Why?" Li Zi didn't get an answer, so she kept asking. She thought if she could find the reason, she could help Da Mai.

"Because... because she is a fool, and fools only know how to eat but not how to work, so no one wants her."

"No!" Li Zi retorted loudly, "There was a fool in the neighboring village who got married last month. I saw her belly a few days ago and it was very big. I heard that there was a baby inside. So even a fool can be wanted by someone!"

"Little clever ghost." Grandma Gu nodded Li Zi's head, "Then I don't know. After all, I'm not a fairy."

Li Zi pouted and said, "It's the same thing again." Adults always like to fool children like this.

"Oh, you little thing, you still want to get married? Shame on you."

"I know a lot now! Barley's grandmother is very fierce and always beats Barley. If Barley marries a man, she won't be beaten by her grandmother anymore."

"Little brat, don't judge people by appearances. You see that Grandma Damai is fierce, but you also see that Damai can eat hot meals and is always clean and fair."

Li Zi didn't know how to refute for a moment. Adults always have their own opinions, and she couldn't win the argument. She turned her eyes to the remaining mushroom soup and asked, "Sister Ranran, can I take a little bit of this mushroom soup?" Li Zi pointed to the bowl of remaining mushroom soup on the table.

Song Ran knew what Li Zi was thinking. He probably wanted to bring some to Da Mai to try. "How are you going to take this soupy soup?"

"I have a plan!" Li Zi took out the oil paper bag from his pocket, opened the wrinkled oil paper, and placed three or four pieces of greasy bacon inside. "You can wrap it inside." At this point, Li Zi glanced at Song Li and explained, "Today is my second brother's birthday, so I can eat it, but I can only share a little bit of bacon. I'll bring it to you next time it's your birthday."

"No need." Song Li was speechless. There was no need for her to snatch two pieces of meat from the child.

Seeing the two little guys' actions, Song Ran couldn't help but smile and said, "I'll get you a bowl, you take a bowl over."

"Thank you, Sister Ranran. I will definitely protect the bowl and won't let it get broken." Li Zi knew the importance of the bowl. If he broke a bowl at home, he would be beaten. I didn't expect Sister Ranran to be so beautiful and kind, and her cooking was delicious. I really envy Song Li.

Song Ran took out a large bowl, put half a bowl of rice in it, and topped the rice with half mushrooms and half minced meat and eggplant.

Li Zi held the ceramic bowl carefully, and kept promising: "I will definitely protect it..."

"Sister Ranran, can Song Li go with me to look for Damai?"

"Of course." After hearing what Grandma Gu said, Song Ran no longer had any grudges in his heart and agreed.

"I don't want it!" said Song Li.