How can someone travel through time and space and become a beggar?

"Wow! This house is so nice." Dong Dongdong exclaimed as he jumped out of the car. He climbed over the threshold and rushed in. "Auntie, Auntie, Dongdong is here!"

"Dongdong is here! Auntie didn't catch him? Where is he?" Dong Xiaohuan came out with a smile, pretending not to see him and teasing him.

Dong Dongdong paused, squatted down, covered her mouth and laughed secretly, "Dongdong is here, auntie, come quickly."

Dong Xiaohuan was so adorable that she quickly walked over, picked him up and kissed him hard a few times, "I got you."

Dong Dongdong laughed and shouted, struggling in his aunt's arms like a fat fish out of water.

"Oh, this kid has become heavier. I can hardly hold him." Dong Xiaohuan said as she put him down. It would be bad if he fell.

Xia Chu also liked this chubby little doll, a bit like the Fuwa in the New Year pictures. It would be even better if she didn't catch insects for her to play with. She looked up and saw Dong's father and mother. She walked over to them affectionately and called them, "Grandma, Grandma."

"You're so cute! Xiaochu is getting prettier and prettier." Dong's mother took out a small purse she had prepared and stuffed it into her arms. "Use it to buy some candy."

Xia Chu looked at Dong Xiaohuan, and when he saw her nod, he thanked her.

"Hello, grandma! I'm Xiaoxu." Guan Xu looked at Dong's mother expectantly, and sure enough, he also got a small purse.

"Hello, grandma and grandpa." Xia Tian and Zhang Zhou also called people and each received a small purse.

Xia Tian hesitated and didn't take it. He felt that he was an adult and should not accept gifts.

"Hold it, you are Xiaotian, right? You look like a good boy. Come and take it." Dong's mother touched his head, "You take good care of your younger brothers and sisters."

The rough, large hand was gentle and warm, carrying the care and love that only an elder could offer. His eyes warmed slightly, "Thank you, Grandma."

"Dad, why are you bringing so many things? We have everything we need at home." Dong Xiaohuan's words were filled with complaints, but her heart was warm. It wasn't that she really wanted these things, but that her parents cared about her. She opened the sack and backpack and saw that they were almost all filled with her favorite foods.

There were all sorts of dried and well-preserved mushrooms, her mother's homemade bean paste, freshly picked vegetables from the family garden, and even an old hen. "Why did you bring this hen? It's laying eggs."

"To nourish the grandchildren." Dong's mother touched each child one by one and liked them all.

"What is this? Jerky?" Dong Xiaohuan took out a cloth bag containing a few pieces of hard meat.

"Beef jerky. A cow fell to its death in the next village. The beef was sold, and your father bought a few pounds. This is for you. I was supposed to send fresh beef, but Xiaomao wasn't home, and neither was the village oxcart. Your father's speed was slow, so I was afraid it would get spoiled on the way. So I made it the same way I made pork jerky." Dong's mother seemed a little embarrassed. "I just can't chew it. I don't know if I made it wrong. Why did your father put this in?"

"Let me try it. I have good teeth." Wang Yong picked up one. It was really hard, but after moistening it with saliva, he could bite it. The meat became more and more delicious the more he chewed, but it was hard on his teeth. "It's edible. It's not bad."

"Is it edible? Can the children bite it? Come and try it." When Dong's mother heard that it was not spoiled, she called the children to come and eat.

Guan Xu waited until everyone else had taken theirs, and finally it was his turn. He put it in his mouth and bit it hard. With a crunch, something fell out. "Ouch, I... I... Bro... I think my tooth fell out, ouch..." He spat out a mouthful of blood, a small tooth in the blood, already stained red.

Everyone present was shocked. Dong Xiaohuan had never seen such a situation before and was even more panicked. "Why is he vomiting blood?"

"Did your tooth fall out? It's okay, it's okay. Come on, pour some water for the child to rinse her mouth." Dong's mother was experienced and quickly pushed her daughter.

After rinsing his mouth, Dong's mother asked him to open his mouth and looked at it. A canine tooth had fallen out. "It's okay. A new tooth will grow in a few days. This is a bottom tooth. Throw it on the roof."

Throw your lower teeth on the roof, your upper teeth under the bed—is this a rule that's been around since ancient times? Xia Chu gnashed her teeth on some beef jerky, her cheeks so tired she couldn't even bite it.

It was time to make lunch, so Dong Xiaohuan and her mother went to the kitchen to help. Xia Tian and Xia Chu went to help, leaving Zhang Zhou to play with his two younger brothers.

Guan Xu walked around Dong Dongdong. The little chubby boy was really fat and looked very solid. "What's your name?"

"Dongdong." Dong Dongdong approached Guan Xu without any hesitation, "Brother, what should we play?"

"What do you want to play?" Guan Xu asked.

Zhang Zhou couldn't find anything to play with either. It seemed like there weren't many toys at home. Guan Xu looked around, not knowing what to play with, so he simply asked Dong Dongdong, "What do you want to play with?"

"Let's go dig for earthworms! I know where they are!"

Guan Xu and Zhang Zhou looked at each other, not knowing what was so fun about digging earthworms, but he was their grandmother's younger brother after all, so they just let him have fun.

Dong Xiaohuan and her daughter chatted while cooking and talked about Li Xi.

"Have you brought Li Xi back?" Although Dong Xiaohuan was annoyed by Li Xi's unreasonableness, she didn't really want her brother to divorce her because Dongdong was still so young.

Dong's mother looked up and said, "I brought him back. Before Xiaomao left, I asked him to bring him back. Do you blame me?"

"Why should I blame you? Dongdong is just a little kid, how pitiful it must be to have lost his mother." Dong Xiaohuan said what was in her heart.

"Ah," Dong's mother was silent for a while, "We all know you've been wronged, but our family situation is not good, and we don't know what it will be like if we marry another child. If we have another child in the future, Dongdong will be so pitiful. We can only let you down, don't blame Xiaomao."

Dong Xiaohuan smiled and comforted her, "I don't blame you, Mom. Don't you know me? Now that I've moved, I can't hear those gossips anymore."

After the mother and daughter talked it over, Dong's mother finally felt less guilty. Looking at the two little ones squatting there washing vegetables, their backs looked like two pumpkins, so cute and endearing. "These children all look good. I don't know how lucky you are."

"Of course I'm lucky. The children are all well-behaved, sensible and obedient. They take turns washing the dishes, and I don't have to help with sweeping the floor or cleaning the house. Mom, I'm content in this life. It doesn't matter if I don't have my own children. The only difference is that they came out of my belly." Dong Xiaohuan's face was full of happiness, and it was obvious that she was living a very good life.

Dong's mother was completely relieved. "It's what you deserve."

The table was overflowing with lunch dishes, barely enough space to fit them in. Wang Yong took out a pot of wine, ready to chat and drink with his father-in-law.

Dong's mother went to look for her grandson for dinner and found three mud monkeys. She didn't know how they got there, but their faces, hands, and pants were all covered in half-dried mud. "Oh, how come they are so dirty?"

Zhang Zhou and Guan Xu thought they were being blamed when they heard this. They stood up with their hands behind their backs and their heads hung low.

"Look, come with me and wash up." Dong's mother took Dong Dongdong by her left hand and Guan Xu by her right hand and pulled them to the well. With a smile, she wiped their faces with her hands wet, "Look, such pretty little faces, they won't look pretty if they get dirty."

Guan Xu was stunned, watching the wrinkled hands gently rubbing the mud and water off his hands, even between the fingers.

"Grandma, I caught a lot of earthworms to feed the chickens..." Dong Dongdong shook his head, even a little proud.

"There are no chickens at my aunt's house to eat this, so throw it in the vegetable garden."

"Why don't you raise some chickens? They lay eggs, which are delicious."

"The chicken still poops, it stinks."

“But the eggs smell good.”

"Then go talk to your aunt..."

Dong Dongdong is not very obedient when eating, so most of the time it is Dong's mother who feeds him. Otherwise, when he eats while playing, the food will be cold.

Today, perhaps because he saw his older brothers and sisters eating by themselves, he refused Dong's mother's feeding. "I want to eat by myself. I have a big mouth. Awooo awooo..."