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

Pei Zhu always felt that the child was a cold-hearted child. Perhaps it was because she had been in a nunnery since she was a child, so she did not care much about worldly ties and was a little indifferent to everything.

In this case, it doesn’t matter if she refuses to call us mom and dad.

But in the past few months, she gradually discovered that it was not the case at all!

She treats the poultry and livestock better than she treats people.

She even ate with pigs. I don’t know how she could eat in front of pigs.

She and Baifu felt disgusted when they saw those pigs, but she acted as if nothing had happened.

Why doesn't she care so much about her family?

Maybe Pei Zhu was taking her anger out on others.

Liu Lianhua's health has not been good in the past few months, and Liu Renben has become lame for unknown reasons.

Changsui was not good at studying and even asked Shuanzi to help him cheat. When the teacher came home, they didn't know what to say.

Baifu is obedient and sweet-talking, which always makes people feel sad, but she is useless.

She still has to do a lot of housework.

Pei Zhu was exhausted both physically and mentally. She went out for a walk and heard the cattle-herding boys talking to others about how Pei talked to pigs and cats.

A group of children laughed and guessed whether she was a monster.

I was just joking.

But to Pei Zhu, it was the final sentence that broke the camel's back, and it sounded like—

"She can still carry more. Come, put another elephant on it."

What she wants is a well-behaved and sensible daughter, not a stubborn and ignorant monster!

Doesn’t this reputation sound good when it gets spread?

Baifu knew that she was annoyed, and when she saw that Pei Xiaohai seemed to be completely unconcerned about what happened at home, how could Pei Zhu not be angry?

Now you still call her godmother, doesn’t it clearly mean that you don’t consider yourself a member of the Liu family?

Pei Zhu felt that the current state of the house was retribution for eating the dragon egg. Then she thought that the egg was brought back by the little boy Pei...

Thinking of this, he took action again. It didn't matter who was right or wrong.

Pei Zhu sat under the eaves with a guilty conscience, pretending to pick vegetables. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Pei Xiaohai carrying a dung basket out as usual.

He didn't cry out in pain, nor did he complain. He didn't know how to comfort anyone. He just sat there in a daze, as if nothing had happened.

She suddenly became even more panicked.

He couldn't breathe up or down. How could there be a child in this world who couldn't read other people's faces like this?

Baifu carefully observed her expression and asked, "Mom, did my sister make you angry?"

"No," Pei Zhu said with a cold face, "What's there to be angry about? Your sister is just a heartless person. I will be very happy when she becomes as sensible as you.

I really don’t know what she learned in the nunnery for so many years to become so weird.”

Pei Zhu remembered Pei Xiaoxiao saying that she could see ghosts...

She felt a little uneasy. She thought that this child was not able to see ghosts, but was just like a ghost, different from ordinary people!

She didn't tell Baifu about this, and she herself felt it was impossible for her to calm down, but she couldn't help but feel something in her heart.

Pei Xiaohai poured the manure into the compost pile.

She tried her best to remain calm, but that was obviously impossible.

She realized it belatedly and her eyes turned red. She stood there for a while with the basket on her back. The buzzing flies were annoying and the manure pile was disgusting.

Not far away, there were a few sneaky children, their heads pressed together, whispering to each other, as if they were looking at her.

But Pei Xiaohai didn't know them at all.

Finally, a little boy was pushed out and walked up to her with his head held high and chest puffed out: "Sister, can I ask you something?"

Pei Xiaohai: "What's the matter?"

He: “Are you a monster?”

Pei Xiaohai: "No."

They seemed a little disappointed with this answer, and then they poked the child who they thought was the bravest. He continued to ask, "Then do you know where there are monsters?"

"I don't know!" Little Pei felt that they simply took her for something very strange. She angrily took a few steps forward, then changed her mind and turned back to smile at them. "I don't know where there are monsters, but I know where there are ghosts. Do you want to go and see?"

The children's eyes lit up with excitement.

Little Pei led them for a while and pointed to a pile of rocks and dirt on the other side of the mountain. He said, "Go up there. Is there a house with a red cloth hanging on the window? There's a ghost in there."

"Really? Why haven't I heard of it?" The leading boy was a little skeptical.

Pei Xiaohai: "Why would I lie to you? Are you afraid to go?"

His friends were all watching, so he wouldn't say he didn't dare go: "Go if you want. If you don't have it, you're a liar!"

A few children plucked up their courage and rushed forward.

Pei Xiaohai threw down the backpack, turned around and walked towards the village entrance, thinking to himself: I am a monster, what can I do if I lie to you?

And Pei Xiaohai didn't lie. She did see a ghost in the house on the day she found the dragon egg. As for whether they could see it or not, it was none of her business.

They'll never find her anyway!

She wants to go back to the temple on the mountain. It’s not fun here at all!

Little Pei walked to the village entrance, then thought of Pumpkin and turned back. He slipped in through the back door and found Pumpkin lying on the top of the pigpen basking in the sun.

"pumpkin."

Little Pei called out to it and stretched out his hand towards it.

"Meow!"

Pumpkin cried out somewhat unhappily.

Pei Xiaohai: "Do you want to be beaten?"

"Meow~"

Pei Nangua raised his voice, flicked his tail and jumped into her arms, becoming a good cat again.

Pei Xiaohai opened the bag, which was a little too small for him, but he still managed to squeeze himself in with great difficulty.

Pei Xiaohai held it and opened the door of the pigpen.

She couldn't find the rope, and she didn't know whether the pigs would listen to her or not. But she thought, it didn't matter if they didn't listen, because the door was open anyway, and if they were smart enough, they would definitely run away.

Little Pei took off all the jingling bracelets and necklaces on his hands and feet, threw them on the millstone, and ran away without hesitation.

The weather was already quite warm, with a little wind. She ran a long way against the wind and in the scorching midday sun.

Pumpkin was tossed around and finally stopped being lazy. He jumped down and ran in front of her, occasionally stopping to wait for her.

Not one of the five pigs was left behind.

Little Pei still remembered how to get to the town and how to get back to the mountain, and she also knew some small paths.

Everything was pretty much as she remembered.

Although it was her first time walking alone, she didn't take any wrong turns.

She even remembered that one time she was thirsty on the road, and her master had only taken her to drink the mountain spring water once. It was a very small stream, winding, and she wondered if it also connected to the Shuanglong River.

"Pumpkin, Pig's Tripe, and the four of you, stop drinking. If you don't leave now, you won't get there before dark."

Pei Xiaohai pulled them here and there, but they not only refused to listen, but also rolled over. She took two steps forward, and they followed her obediently.

Just like her!

She is worthy of being the one who raised him!

They are all smart!

Little Pei remembered that she had been able to read people's faces since she was little, and knew when she could roll around and when she should get up. She never expected that the cats and pigs she raised would be so great!

But come to think of it, the chickens she raised were certainly smart. The chickens were great, too, but they were too weak. They couldn't beat weasels and foxes, and they couldn't even beat rats.

I wonder what happened to them. Will they make their home behind the main hall like the rabbits in the temple on the mountain?

Anyway, she was going to live in the main hall. The hall just had a lot of tiles falling off. She had seen how Master Jingchi repaired the roof. She just had to climb up, arrange the tiles, and lay straw on them.

Or she could live in the cellar, which was also plenty of space.

As she thought about it, Pei Xiaohai suddenly had an idea as if she had just woken up from a dream - she should have come back a long time ago. The nunnery on the mountain was her home. She grew up here, and no other place was right. Naturally, she could not stay here for long. The old nuns were so good to her, but they would abandon her. How could other people be any better? It would be useless for her to be obedient.

Those who truly like her will like her no matter what she is like.

People who don't like her will never like her no matter what she is like.

Do Ganniang Pei and Ganniang Liu like her?

Pei Xiaohai doesn't think so. They don't understand her at all.

They just thought she was - weird!

But she has always been like this. She talks to the baby statue without a baby, she talks to the rabbit, she talks to the chicken, and she talks to Cheng Tianbao who no one can see.

Just say whatever you want to say.

The old nuns never said she was strange or asked if she was a monster.

“I thought you understood what I was saying,” Pei Xiaohai muttered, “When you look at me, you look no different from a human.

In the past, whenever I got into trouble, I was afraid that my master would look at me, because when my master lowered her eyes, she looked very much like Yinggu. She always stood in the main hall, looking at people. I felt that she knew everything, but she just didn't say it. Cheng Tianbao said that there was no Yinggu and no river god, and I have always said so, but what if there is?

If mandrills can become spirits, why can't stone statues have spirits? Her eyes look so real, just like a human's.

I have talked to her a lot. Could it be that she is out spreading gossip to others and is not at home?

Do you know who Yinggu is? Did I tell you?

Do you think she will be angry when she comes back and sees that there is no one in the nunnery?

It's her fault for being away all the time. After my master and the others left, I begged her in my heart, but she ignored me. After all, she watched me grow up. It's okay for her not to help, but ignoring me is too much. No one believes her, and she's not busy.

If you become a spirit in the future, don't learn from her."

Pei Xiaohai kept talking, and it was unclear whether Pei Nangua and the others were listening to him.

The road up the mountain is overgrown with grass. The road was clearly visible before when few people walked on it, but now it is almost blocked by grass.

The door of the nunnery also fell down.

Only Yinggu was still standing there, looking very new, and like her master, she looked at her with a sigh.

"I'm back, are you happy?"

Little Pei had a lot to say, but she had already said it to Pei Nangua and the others on the way.

When she came to Ying Gu, there were only two sentences left, one was this, the other was:

"I don't care whether you are happy or not, I am back anyway!"

The baby girl wouldn't respond, and little Pei no longer threw a tantrum and cried like a scoundrel.

A chicken came out from under the altar, flapped its wings and ran away. Pei didn't recognize it.

So I found a pot and a flint and boiled the egg hidden under the altar.

“I still can’t quite believe you’re here, but I’ll just take it as you and the chicken welcoming me.

I'm not a nun yet, so it's okay for me to eat in front of you. But once I become a nun, I won't eat anymore."

Little Pei sat on a dusty mat and looked back at Yinggu before eating.

The yard was full of grass and there was really no place to sit.