Thanks for the invitation: In ancient times, people shared children

Before Pei Xiaohai had adapted to his new life in the Liu family, his godfather Liu Renben brought two more children back.

When they were a little over four years old, the boy was named Liu Changsui and the girl was named Liu Baifu, a pair of twins, a boy and a girl.

Both of them were pale and thin, with no flesh on their faces, but they still looked handsome.

Their father died, their grandmother was gone, and their house collapsed. When their illegitimate mother came back and saw everything, she ran away that very night, stealing the cakes given to them by the villagers before running away.

The village chief could take them in for a while, but not for a lifetime. Their families made a fuss and wanted to drive them away. Liu Renben saw the two children kneeling on the ground and kowtowed to them, and his heart softened, so he took them back.

He told Pei Zhu: "Just think of it as finding two companions for the child, and using them as maids and servants would be good too."

"Come on," Pei Zhu was not a very cruel person. Seeing the two children huddled together, looking at her timidly, she could not bear it any longer and said, "Child, they will be your brothers and sisters in the future."

Pei Zhu was afraid that she would feel resistant, so she quietly told her how pitiful these two children were. Ever since their father died, they had not had enough food to eat or warm clothes to wear, and now their mother didn't want them either.

Little Pei didn't understand what this had to do with her. They didn't have parents or a grandmother anymore, so did she have them? Not having enough to eat sounded pathetic, but she had no food to feed them.

At the end of her words, the godmother's eyes welled up with tears. She just looked at her and said, "The child is already a big girl. She will take good care of her younger brothers and sisters, right?"

That look made Pei Xiaohai feel irritated and uncomfortable. She seemed to be waiting for him to say something, but she was definitely not waiting for him to tell the truth.

Because that was how the master and the others viewed her at that time.

Maybe adults don't like to hear the truth.

"Yes, don't worry, godmother. I will take good care of them."

She wasn't in front of Yinggu, so it didn't matter if she lied.

Pei Zhu smiled with relief and asked her, "Why do you still call me godmother?"

Her hands were on her shoulders, not very hard, and she could get free with a struggle, but Pei Xiaohai felt that she might not be able to get free in this lifetime. This feeling scared her, so she lowered her head and still refused to call out "Mom".

Pei Zhu was a little disappointed, but she didn't force her: "If you don't want to scream, then don't scream. You can scream when you want to."

As she spoke, she loosened her hand, and Pei Xiaohai immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

There are many people who are happy to call her mother, even though she can't bring herself to do so.

Changsui and Baifu quickly accepted their mother who stayed with them when they had nightmares, and also accepted their father who brought them to their new home.

Because their mother was not good to them, they were still young when their father died, and their memories of him faded with time, so it became easier for them to accept new people.

What really made them sad was the passing of their grandmother, but when facing old grandfather Liu Tongsheng and old lady Liu Lianhua, they still obediently called them grandpa and grandma.

When Pei Xiaohai saw them like this at the dinner table the next day, he was completely dumbfounded. Suddenly, he became the only one outlier.

They were still calling each other uncle and aunt yesterday...

Little Pei remained silent and still couldn't call out. She didn't want her parents, she didn't want anyone to kiss or do anything with her, she didn't want anything.

After dinner, Pei Zhu took out a large bunch of cattails, sat under the eaves, and weaved some rabbits, flowers and other things.

Changsui and Baifu were very interested in these things. They squatted on the side with their hands holding their chins and looked at them carefully. When they saw something beautiful, they would exclaim "Wow~" in a cheery voice.

This made Pei Zhu very happy, and she made three wreaths for them to wear on their wrists. The flowers were naturally also made of grass.

The two children pulled out some grass, fiddled with it for a long time, and made a grass ring for Pei Zhu.

Pei Zhu lowered his head and asked Chang Sui to help him put it on with a smile.

Baifu approached Pei Xiaohai lightly, stretched out her hands from behind her back and said, "Sister, this is for you. Wear it, and no one can see your head."

Little Pei looked at the hat-like thing with two straw braids in her hand and didn't quite understand: "What's wrong with my head?"

Baifu pulled her soft yellow hair and said, "My sister has short hair, just like Sister Waiya. If someone sees you, they will bully you."

"Who is Waiya? Why is someone bullying me?" Little Pei could only understand one-third of a sentence.

Chang Sui said, "Sister Waiya is Liu Waizui's daughter. Liu Waizui wanted to drink but had no money, so he cut off her hair and sold it."

Baifu nodded: "Everyone laughed at her because she had no hair and looked like a nun. They also said her head looked like it had been chewed by a dog."

What is this word?

Is it so bad to be a nun?

While Pei Xiaohai was still thinking, Baifu had already raised his hand to buckle the thing on her. He also put his arm around her neck and kissed her casually: "Sister, you look good in this."

Pei Xiaohai suddenly pressed his face against hers, and she rubbed her face against him again and again, which was a completely different feeling from Pumpkin rubbing against him again and again.

it's wired!

Pei Xiaohai asked doubtfully, "Thank you."

"You're welcome, we're a family," Baifu kissed her again, then said to her, "This is for your brother. He's a boy and can't kiss me, and you can't let boys kiss you outside either."

"Don't worry, I won't let girls do that either."

She was surprised for the first time, and then felt a little numb. Pei Xiaohai said to her with a fake smile.

Baifu didn't know what she was thinking, and suddenly became shy and coy: "That's not necessary, sister, I'm not such a stingy sister."

"Ah?" Pei Xiaohai didn't understand her.

Changsui nodded: "Yes, sister, we are different from Zhuier."

"Who is Zhuier?"

"She's Uncle Hu's daughter. She has an older sister named Shanniang. She's very pretty and we all like her, but Zhuier says that she's her older sister and we're not allowed to like her."

Baifu and Changsui seem to know a lot about such things, such as who is close to whom, who is whose child, who is bullied, and who is the most loved. They can talk about it in a very clear and logical way.

Little Pei also knew a lot of things, such as whose family had died, whose food was more delicious, whose family was more generous in giving alms, or that in stories about gods, ghosts, demons and foxes, humans are often the worst offenders, and that Cheng Tianbao said that the capital city was a hundred times more lively than this kind of place.

In other words, she knew something different from other children.

Because she had never really lived at the foot of the mountain, and... she had also missed the best time to live at the foot of the mountain.

She is already a big child of seven years old.

Pei Zhu has a lot to teach her. Baifu and Changsui are both extremely well-behaved and hardworking children. They study more seriously than she does. They don't want to run around, so Pei's child naturally can't do that either.

She can only play for a short period of time from dusk to dark every day.

But she didn't know any of the children. Chang Sui Bai Fu was willing to take her along, but their friends were much younger than her.

Not liking making friends and not knowing how to make friends are completely different things.

Pei Xiaohai didn't want to hang out with a group of kids, and he also felt awkward not wanting to look for those peers who were in groups.

I can only find some place where there is no one and not far from Liu's house and stay there alone.

Either climb trees, or hide behind rocks or haystacks, and play with the kitten Pumpkin.

That place covered with mud, sand and rocks also became her rare "place of joy".

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