The little ancestor of the family

"Coming!"

The two children responded crisply.

After a while, they all ran into the kitchen.

Changping sat properly on the stool beside the table.

Chang'an had short legs and couldn't climb onto the stool for a long time with his butt sticking out. Finally, Changping reached out and pulled him up.

The two children looked at the big bowl of steaming noodles in front of them. Neither of them touched it. Instead, they looked at Ye Xinran eagerly.

"Why don't you eat? Eat it!" Ye Xinran advised.

Changping stretched out his hand and handed over a roasted river crab.

"Just now I was afraid that my brother would be hungry, so I said I wouldn't give you any He Xi. You made dinner for us, so we'll share one He Xi with you!"

The dragonfly was roasted a little bit, and its tail was burnt into charcoal.

Ye Xinran smiled awkwardly: "I don't like eating this, you...you should eat less in the future."

Chang Ping retracted his hand upon hearing this: "Oh, forget it then."

The boy lowered his head, with a look of grievance on his face, looking a little pitiful.

Ye Xinran's heart softened instantly: Why not just eat it? Don't hurt the child's heart.

But she really couldn't eat that thing, so she took two deep breaths and finally gave up.

"Eat some noodles and try my cooking!"

To ease the embarrassment, Ye Xinran picked up the chopsticks.

"Ok!"

The two little guys picked up their chopsticks and their previous depression was swept away.

The soup that cooked the noodles became thick, and the snow-white noodles were soaked up with the soup, covered with thin shreds of meat, and dotted with a few strands of green leaves. The aroma of the noodles and the hot steam kept drilling into the nostrils, making people salivate.

The two children buried their heads in their bowls and began to eat with a slurp.

"Eat slowly, don't burn yourself!"

Ye Xinran was very pleased to see that the noodles she made were so popular.

She herself hadn't eaten for several days and her stomach felt like it was on fire. Only after she finished a bowl of noodles did she feel better.

Although the noodles are smooth and crisp, the taste is still bland.

All the sugar and salt in the jar were gone, not to mention other condiments like peppercorns, aniseed, soy sauce, etc.

If the seasoning is complete, I guarantee they will like it more.

"Aunt! It's so delicious!"

While slurping his noodles, Chang'an finally looked up and gave a compliment.

Chang Ping also raised his head when he heard this and smiled shyly, "It's delicious!"

"Eat more if you like it, but don't eat too much, otherwise you will have a stomachache at night." Ye Xinran advised.

After eating one bowl, Changping wanted to eat more, but when he thought of his elder brother who had not come back yet, he reluctantly put down his bowl and chopsticks.

"Are you full?" Ye Xinran also finished her half bowl of noodles.

"Yeah!" Changping nodded with a lingering feeling.

Ye Xinran saw that he was not full and said, "I have already saved your brother's portion. The food in the pot is for the three of us."

"Really?"

Changping's eyes lit up when he heard this.

"Really!" Ye Xinran said with a smile, "Eat more, or the remaining noodles won't taste good."

Changping happily served another bowl.

Now that it was mentioned, Ye Xinran asked, "Where did your brother and second uncle go? Do they come home late every day?"

Changping swallowed the noodles in his mouth and said: "My elder brother is studying in the school in Donggou Village and will not be home until very late.

My second uncle went to the mountains. It usually took him seven or eight days to come back. Every time he came back, he would stay at home for one day.

This time, in order to get married, he stayed for three days before leaving."

Speaking of getting married, Changping looked at Ye Xinran in front of him again.

Grandma Zhang said that the woman her second uncle married was ugly and lazy.

They must have had a hard time when she came home.

But in fact it is not like that at all.

They had been in Yunbian Village for almost a year, and this was the best meal he had ever had.

"So, Grandma Zhang usually takes care of you?"

Ye Xinran seemed to have figured out the situation in this family.

Xiao Huaian takes care of three children alone. He usually goes out to earn money. The older one is in school, and the two younger ones are left to be taken care of by their neighbor Aunt Zhang.

"Yes!" Xiao Changping replied.

"So is she nice to you?"

Chang Ping shrank his neck when he heard this question, and even slowed down his eating of noodles. He lowered his head and said, "Very good!"

"not good!"

Changan, who had been eating quietly, suddenly spoke.

At this time, he had finished most of the bowl of noodles and even drank up all the soup in the bowl.

Changan wiped his mouth and looked at Changping fiercely: "Second brother is lying! Grandma Zhang is not a good person at all! Changan can't even eat enough, but she still beats Second brother!"

Changping also gave up his job.

He shouted at Changan: "You are talking nonsense!"

Changan was not afraid at all: "I didn't!"

Chang Ping covered his mouth anxiously when he saw this: "Didn't we agree on this? You can't tell anyone else, otherwise Second Uncle will be worried!"

Chang'an bit Changping's hand, and Changping immediately pulled his hand away in pain.

Changan widened his eyes and said, "But we have our aunt now! She gives us food, candies, and even delicious noodles! We don't have to be afraid anymore!"

"What do you know? She will leave! She will be gone in two days!" Changping roared.

Changan: “No!”

Chang Ping: "Yes! Second Uncle said that she doesn't want to marry Second Uncle at all, and she will leave when she recovers from her illness!"

Chang'an immediately felt aggrieved when he heard this.

She looked at Ye Xinran, her eyes full of tears.

"Aunt, don't you want us anymore? Is it because Changan is not well behaved?

Then Changan will be obedient from now on and I will give you all the candy. Will you please not leave?"

After hearing this, Ye Xinran's heart softened and her eyes became sore.

This was the first time in her life that she felt what it felt like to be needed by others.

Xiao Huaian and others are just clouds. Who can bear to make a child like this sad!

"Auntie won't leave!" Ye Xinran replied.

"Really?"

Chang'an couldn't quite believe it, and Changping on the side also looked at Ye Xinran in disbelief.

is this real?

"My parents at home will beat people, so I don't want to go back. I'll stay here with you, okay?" Ye Xinran scratched Chang'an's nose.

"Is your mother also a stepmother? Our stepmother also beat us before." Changping asked in surprise.

"No, she is my biological mother. Even though she is my biological mother, she is more cruel than my stepmother." Ye Xinran replied.

"Then don't go back, aunt. Stay here and we will protect you." Chang'an clenched his fists.

Chang Ping rolled up his sleeves upon hearing this: "Don't worry, Auntie, Chang Ping will protect you."

"Okay! Then you two protect me and I'll cook for you. Let's make a promise!"

Ye Xinran said, stretching out a little finger. The two children's eyes sparkled, and they all stretched out their little fingers and hooked them together with Ye Xinran's fingers:

"Hang yourself with a hook and don't change for a hundred years!"

The sound of laughter roamed in the dilapidated courtyard.

The atmosphere in the Zhang family, separated by a wall, was heavy.