The casual life of the flat space

Bai Tieying continued to persuade him, "So where do you play when you are at your house?"

"In the yard, in the barn, in the main room, and in our house."

"Have you ever played in other rooms?"

"No, my grandma is sick and needs to rest in bed. My aunt always locks the door when she goes out, and my mother also doesn't let me go to the east wing to play."

"So what do you guys play?"

"Play hide and seek! Also play Crane Jixiang and Goufu."

Bai Tieying was stunned for a moment. She didn't expect that the things she taught Bai Tiexiong to play with had spread so far.

"Sister, don't you want to ask questions anymore? But I just answered your question, so you should give me another penny."

"Jiaojiao!" Aunt Yang shouted. She felt a little embarrassed. This Miss Bai gave money too easily. If she wanted to see it, she only needed to give one penny after asking all the questions.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I just thought of a very difficult question and forgot about it. Here, I'll give you another penny. You have seven pennies now. Do you want to continue answering?"

"I do!" Jiaojiao said, and stretched out her hand again.

"Wait a minute, my sister hasn't asked yet!"

"You asked me, did you ask me 'Do you still want to continue answering?' I said 'Yes'!"

"Hahaha, Jiaojiao is such a clever little girl! Okay, sister will keep her word and give you another penny! But I'm also going to increase the difficulty of the questions!"

Jiaojiao's little hands were a little bit loose, so she turned around and wanted to give it to her mother, but then she remembered that her mother had lost her money, so she used her clothes to pocket it, stretched her little neck and said to Bai Tieying: "Ask!"

Bai Tieying smiled at her naive appearance, then asked, "I just heard you say that you guys played hide-and-seek. I love playing hide-and-seek the most, but I get found by my friends every time. Are you often found too?"

“No way! I hid it very well, and I always won! But... I was not very good at hiding before, and they found it after a while. Then I hid it..." Jiaojiao suddenly covered her mouth with one hand, as if to block the secret she was about to tell.

"Hey, Jiaojiao, I really want to win. So, if you tell me your secret hiding place, I will give you five cents for this question!"

"Really? Then I have..." Jiaojiao counted the copper coins in her lapel one by one with her left hand, and kept counting: "One, two, three..."

"Hey, hurry up and tell me! Eight, eight, you have eight cents!" Aunt Yang said anxiously. Just a few words could earn her more than the money she had saved for half a year. Only a fool would not tell her!

"I'm hiding in..." Jiaojiao glanced at the people around her, then motioned Bai Tieying to come closer.

"Oh... so you were hiding there!" Bai Tieying looked as if he had suddenly realized something. "You're really amazing! Did you come up with that on your own?"

"Yes... no, not..." Jiaojiao's look of first affirmation and then denial made Bai Tieying more certain of his thoughts.

"Who told you that? Was it your mother?"

“That’s three questions!”

Bai Tieying readily gave out three cents, Jiaojiao took it, and then said, "Sister Lingzi told me!"

"Reiko, didn't you tell me that as long as you hide here, they won't be able to find you?"

"Yeah! After I won once, I hid there every time, but they couldn't find me. They said I was a chronic hoodoo player!"

"Who are they?"

"Oh, why are you so stupid? Didn't I tell you? It's Lingzi, Chunhua and Laidi!"

"Were they also here with you on the day Bao'er played with you?"

"Yes! Baoer hid behind the gate, and I saw her feet at a glance! It will be her turn to find us after that."

"Then how did you come up with the idea of ​​going to play with Baoer that day?"

"Sister Lingzi said she looked so pitiful, digging wild vegetables with her mother every day. If she had a friend to play with, her mother would be able to work without worry, and she wouldn't have to dig wild vegetables!"

"Jiaojiao is such a beautiful and kind-hearted girl! Well, I'll stop asking you questions here. Go find your mother and see if there's enough money to buy some meat!"

"Okay, then if you have any questions, remember to ask me! My mom said that I'm the smartest in my family! Smarter than my mom!"

Bai Tieying stood up, secretly stamped her right foot which was numb from squatting, and asked Baoer, "Baoer, tell me, when you were playing hide-and-seek that day, where did you hide? Where did they hide?"

"We played three times that day. The first time I hid in the poplar tree at the gate, the second time I hid behind the courtyard gate, and the third time I went to look for them. I covered my face with my clothes and covered my ears with my hands, so I didn't see or hear where they were hiding.

The first time was when Chunhua came looking for us. When I finished climbing the tree, I saw Baoer hiding behind the firewood pile. Because she made a lot of noise and stayed there for a long time, I was afraid that Chunhua would hear her, and I was worried about her. But Chunhua found her before she could hide.

The second time I wanted to hide on the poplar tree, but Lingzi climbed up there before me, so I was embarrassed to hide there too. I searched for a long time but couldn't figure out where to hide. Baoer had almost finished counting, so I had to hide behind the gate.

The third time it was my turn to look for them, I wanted to look from the inside out, so I went to the kitchen and the warehouse first, and then walked out of the warehouse. I saw Lingzi coming out of Aunt Yang's room at the door, and I have just told you the rest of the story. "

"Jiaojiao, didn't you say you always hide... there? Why did you hide behind the firewood pile this time?"

"Because Sister Lingzi secretly told me that Sister Chunhua knew where I was hiding, so I asked her where I was hiding. She said she gave me the firewood pile she liked, so I hid there. Sister, do I still need to pay for this question?"

"Haha, give it to me, why not? You are such an honest little cutie!" Bai Tieying took out another penny from his pocket and handed it to Jiaojiao, thinking, "We are both 'Jiao', but how can there be such a big difference in our conduct?"

"Okay, folks, we only have one more witness to question in order to identify the real culprit! But I need your help. You don't want an unknown thief to exist among you, do you?"

"Ms. Bai, what do you mean by this? Are you saying that Bao'er is not a thief?"

"Haha, Aunt Yang, don't be anxious. We have come this far. What else is there to worry about? Don't talk about whether my money is easy to make. Aren't you curious that Baoer's mother came to your door even though you didn't tell anyone?"