In my 40s, the trading system took me flying

Xu Xiaoya was playing hide-and-seek with Li Goudan when she saw a man chasing a child with a stick and beating him.

The child's face was covered in blood and it looked like he was about to collapse.

"You little bastard, you run again? I'll break your legs if I catch you!"

The man holding the stick had a fierce look on his face, and the little boy who was intimidated by him ran even faster.

Li Goudan pulled Xu Xiaoya back behind the courtyard gate and whispered to her, "Xiaoya, hide well! That lunatic is really going to beat the child to death!"

Xu Xiaoya leaned over the crack in the door and looked outside.

"Why did he hit the child?"

Many parents beat their children, but few do so to the point of killing them.

They don't look like father and son at all.

"That poor little thing is a homeless child in town. He does everything for others to make up for his stutter. That madman has no son, so he wants the poor little thing to be his son!"

Li Goudan is not a big man, but the town is not big either. If there is any gossip in their area, he can at least hear the cause and effect from the adults.

"The poor little thing follows that madman. When he's not drinking the yellow soup, the madman is pretty nice to the poor little thing, at least giving him some food. But once he drinks the yellow soup, he likes the poor little thing to call him daddy, and if the little madman refuses, he'll beat her!"

this……

Xu Xiaoya didn’t know how to comment.

She had sympathy, but Xu Xiaoya knew too well that she couldn't cause trouble for her family.

So she just followed Li Goudan and hid behind the door, listening to the noise outside. Only after the drunkard walked away did the two children come out from behind the door.

I thought the poor little guy would definitely leave, but I found him curled up under the wall not far away.

Xu Xiaoya couldn't remain indifferent. She looked around and didn't see the drunkard, so she pulled Li Goudan to the poor little thing.

The poor little thing was covered in dirt and its original appearance could not be seen, but it could be seen that it was not very old, only about five or six years old.

Xu Xiaoya took out three candies from her pocket and handed them to the poor little thing.

The poor little thing looked at Xu Xiaoya in surprise.

"Eat some candy and the pain will go away!"

Seeing that the poor boy didn't take it, Xu Xiaoya didn't hesitate and stuffed it directly into his hand. Not expecting the poor boy to say anything, she turned around and took Li Goudan home.

When Li Goudan saw the candies, his mouth watered with greed. He felt sorry for Xu Xiaoya giving away the three candies. Fortunately, Xu Xiaoya did not show favoritism and gave Li Goudan three candies as well, which prevented him from telling the adults.

This matter was not a big deal for Xu Xiaoya at all. After all, it was just three candies. If it could make that unfortunate child feel better, it would be a kind of merit.

When Old Mrs. Xu woke up and regained her energy, she had dinner and did not hesitate to greet her uncle's family and stayed overnight.

The next day, Old Mrs. Xu and Xu Xiaoya left the town under the escort of her uncle.

After walking for a while, Old Mrs. Xu found something wrong. There was a small tail hanging behind her.

Xu Xiaoya was lying in Old Lady Xu's arms, so she naturally saw the little tail.

She thought Little Tail was going to follow them home, and his eyes were very alert.

She is not a big girl and she doesn't have a heart of a saint. She can give candy, but she just can't go against her own moral sense. However, if it brings trouble to her family, that would be too much.

When Little Tail saw Xu Xiaoya's wary look, he stopped and then turned and left.

"Xiao Ya, do you know that child?"

Old Mrs. Xu was not an ignorant person, so she naturally noticed that something was wrong with the child. Xu Xiaoya nodded and told her about what she saw the poor little thing yesterday.

Old Mrs. Xu sighed. Although she felt sympathy for the poor little thing, everyone's life was not easy. She couldn't take the person back just out of sympathy.

Although life at home was much better, their family secrets were so huge that they dared not bring outsiders back.

The hesitation lasted only a moment, and Old Mrs. Xu quickly quickened her pace.

The prerequisite for saving others is to first protect your own family.

As soon as they entered the mountains, they saw Xu Laoyao and Xu Dazhui. Old Mrs. Xu was very glad that she had put the things in the backpack in advance. She directly stuffed Xu Xiaoya into Xu Laoyao's arms and gave the backpack to Xu Dazhui.

"Mom, how is my uncle?"

Xu Dazhui chatted with Old Lady Xu in a naive manner. Old Lady Xu replied casually and had no intention of telling them about going to the county town.

Xu Xiaoya was already tired, and she fell asleep directly in Xu Laoya's arms.

When they got home, Xu Xiaoya woke up and started playing with Xu Shier and the others without feeling embarrassed at all.

Although Old Mrs. Xu did not tell her sons about her trip to the county town, she told Old Man Xu about what she saw there.

"Dad, this city is in chaos, people are killing people everywhere, and we may not be safe here!"

Old Mrs. Xu was wearing a coat and leaning against the head of the kang, with a worried look on her face.

The sons in the family had to go to the city to work as laborers to earn money. Even with Xu Xiaoya at home, the family could only barely make ends meet. As the children grew older, food and clothing became a headache.

Old Man Xu exhaled deeply. "In this world, no place is safe. Fortunately, our ancestors showed their wisdom. With Xiaoya, our family will at least not starve to death!"

Old Mrs. Xu nodded.

But she knew that her granddaughter had an even more magical thing in her hands. As long as that thing existed, she could still make some plans in advance.

Having lived for most of his life, he knew too well that things in the world are unpredictable, just like this trip to the city. If it weren't for Xu Xiaoya's space, the two of them, the grandfather and grandson, would have died.

It was not appropriate to talk about this with Old Man Xu, so Old Lady Xu said, "It's not as cold this year as last year. The sons are idle at home anyway, so let them go hunting in the mountains tomorrow and get as much food as possible!"

There is a lot of food stored at home, and it is not easy for Old Mrs. Xu to hide it all because her daughters-in-law are watching it. Moreover, the New Year is approaching, and several daughters-in-law have to go to their parents' home to give gifts. After accumulating food for an entire autumn, it is not known how much can be preserved.

Fortunately, none of the daughters-in-law have children. If they continue to have children, there will definitely be problems in their family.

Old Mrs. Xu had a lot on her mind, but she was also very tired after walking all day, so she fell asleep quickly.

Compared to Old Mrs. Xu's worry, Xu Xiaoya felt nothing. When she returned home, her mother took her back to the house. She said that she hadn't seen her daughter for two days and she must hug Xu Xiaoya to sleep.

Xu Xiaoya: ...

To be honest, she didn't really want to sleep in the same room with her parents.

After all, she is not a real baby, and her parents are both in their prime, so it is inevitable that she is more active at night.

Before she was one year old, she couldn't escape and could only cover her ears and pretend to be deaf. But since she slept with Old Lady Xu, she became more and more unable to tolerate her parents' disturbance.

Fortunately, that night, both Xu's father and mother had something on their minds, so they were able to restrain themselves.

However, when they were chatting, Xu Xiaoya listened very carefully.

"Mom said it's the end of the year and we should all go back to her parents' home to give gifts, but I don't want to go back!"

When Xu's mother mentioned her parents' home, Xu's father hugged her.

"If you don't want to go back, then don't go back. I'll tell our mother that from now on, as long as you don't want to go back, no one can make you go back!"

It sounds like he loves his wife very much.

Xu's mother choked up and said, "Thank you. I know this is difficult for you!"

Father Xu hurriedly wiped his wife's tears: "We are husband and wife, don't say such things in the future. If you say it again, we won't go back. We have saved a lot of things. Our mother will definitely not say anything to you!"

Having said that, it still seemed uncomfortable to see Xu's mother.

She also missed home, but she didn't dare go back.

Xu Xiaoya, who was not asleep, also thought of her mother's family. The family of Xu Xiaoya's nominal grandmother was not an ordinary family. It was even too large, otherwise it would not have been arranged as a springboard for the heroine in the plot.

Compared to the greed of the heroine in the plot, she is not very curious about her grandmother's family. Instead, she hopes not to have any contact with them so that Xu's mother will not want to go back. It can be seen that the family is not very good to Xu's mother.

Then came the affectionate voices of Xu's father and mother. Xu Xiaoya closed her eyes and fell asleep. She was still a child, and her physical and mental health was very important.

The next day, Xu Xiaoya was woken up early in the morning by the annoying voices of her parents. She got up decisively and ran to Old Lady Xu's room without even putting on her clothes.

"Grandma, I'm going to sleep with you from now on!"

Old Lady Xu hurriedly carried Xu Xiaoya onto the kang, helped her put on her clothes, and casually asked, "What's wrong? Isn't it good for you to sleep with your parents?"

Xu Xiaoya curled her lips: "They don't sleep at night and just kiss!"

Old Mrs. Xu spat.

Their son, daughter-in-law and child are already born, yet they are still so affectionate.

However, Old Lady Xu also knew that her youngest son only had one daughter, so it was normal to have a few more children, so she wiped Xu Xiaoya's face and said, "Okay, my dear grandson, you will sleep with grandma from now on!"

Old Mrs. Xu did not explain why her daughter-in-law and son kissed each other that night, and she reminded Xu Xiaoya: "We have to grind tofu today. Are you going to play with grandma or with your brothers?"

Xu Xiaoya immediately said: "Go play with the brothers!"

Old Mrs. Xu agreed readily. Making tofu is indeed very time-consuming, and it is understandable that children lack patience.

Several neighboring families agreed to make tofu together, and their children also came to Xu's house to play with Xu Xiaoya.

A group of children who grew up in the mountains are not well-behaved. They have more creative ideas than each other. They either shoot birds with slingshots, play snowball fights in the snow, or slide on the river.

The main point is that you can do whatever you want, and it’s so fun.

Xu Xiaoya feels that the life she is living now is the life a child should live. She doesn't have to go to school, be constrained, or look at adults' faces, and she doesn't have to work so hard to attend various tutoring classes or interest classes.

play!

Just play!

I played until my cotton-padded jacket was soaked, but I still didn’t want to go home.

A group of naughty kids were lying on the ice, watching the older kids smash a hole in the ice and start catching fish with a net.

Although the fish they caught were not big, they were not fishing to eat them, but just for the joy of catching them.

Xu Xiaoya had never experienced such a thing before. She rushed forward excitedly and almost slipped into the ice hole. Xu Xiaoba and his brothers were so scared that they screamed and hugged Xu Xiaoya tightly.

If Xu Xiaoya really fell into the ice hole, not to mention whether she could survive, even if she was not hurt at all, their butts would be beaten to pieces by grandma.

There was no way to catch the fish and Xu Xiaoya was in a bad mood. Fortunately, Xu Xiaoba saw his sister's dissatisfaction, so he pushed a snow rake and asked Xu Xiaoya to sit on it.

Several brothers took turns pulling the snow rake, which made Xu Xiaoya scream with excitement.

I soon forgot about catching fish.

When Old Man Xu came to look for the children, he almost took action. Except for Xu Xiaoya, whose clothes were still presentable, the other children were all dirty, and they were holding frozen fish in their arms.

Catching fish should be a happy thing, but one or two people's hands were frozen red and their faces were cracked by the cold wind.

When the Xu brothers saw their grandfather's expression, they pushed Xu Xiaoya out.

"Little ancestor, if you can appease grandpa, I will take you out to play next time!"

Xu Xiaoba lowered his voice and begged Xu Xiaoya.

Xu Xiaoya looked down on Xu Xiaoba's courage, but she also knew that she didn't want to make her grandfather angry, so she threw herself directly into Old Man Xu's arms.

"Grandpa, Xiaoya feels the call from our ancestors!!"

All of Old Man Xu's anger disappeared in an instant. He picked up Xu Xiaoya and ran home. Xu Xiaoya lay on Old Man Xu's shoulder and winked at her brothers.