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

Little Pei put down the bucket and ran over, subconsciously clasping his hands together: "Amitabha, benefactor..."

No good words were spoken.

Water dripped down from her wet hair and flowed in front of her eyes.

The long-haired Pei child straightened up and said stubbornly and indifferently, "No, they went to another temple. I'm the only one in the nunnery."

"Oh, that's a pity," the old woman said with some regret as she walked in, leaning on a strange-looking cane. "I'm an old friend of your three nuns. I came back this time hoping to learn about Buddhism from them, but they're all away. I wonder when they'll be back?"

"They're not coming back," Pei Xiao was unhappy when she mentioned this, but she was only sad for a moment before she asked cautiously, "Where are you from, my old friend? Why haven't I seen you before?"

Pei Xiaohai's tone was not good, but the old woman did not get angry when questioned. She still smiled kindly and said:

"I'm from Shili Village. My last name is Bai. You can call me Second Grandma Bai. This is my youngest son, Bai Gengming."

Shili Village, Second Grandma Bai?

Never heard of it. Little Pei looked at Bai Gengming, who was about the same height as him. His hat was pulled down very low, so he couldn't see anything. He could only see his hands holding the brim of his hat, which were white and rosy, slender and small... a little too small.

"Are you human traffickers?" Pei Xiaohai quietly stepped back with one leg and wanted to run away.

Second Grandma Bai: "Of course not. You don't recognize me, but I recognize you. Were you born on the beginning of spring?"

"How do you know?" Pei Xiaohai looked at her doubtfully.

Second Grandma Bai said, "Not only do I know, but I persuaded a few nuns to bring you back."

The old nuns were afraid that Pei Xiao would be sad if she knew her life story, so they rarely mentioned those things to her. Even if they did, they would only give her a general idea. She first knew everything from what others told her.

There are always some gossipy and talkative people who enjoy exposing other people's scars, even if those people don't know much, they just want to show off their eloquence and don't shy away from it. Fortunately, Pei Xiaohai didn't react much after hearing it, and was not sad about it. He just went to ask the old nun if what they said was true.

After getting a positive answer, I became even more lazy to pay attention to them.

Anyway, it wasn't her who did anything wrong.

Pei Xiaohai thought about it and realized that the old nuns hadn't mentioned Second Mrs. Bai. They just said that they thought about her for a day and went to pick her up the next day. They liked her as soon as they saw her, but they also felt sorry for her because she was so thin, and so on...

But what the old woman said was so certain.

None of the Liu family members remembered her birthday, let alone the bad guys.

"Okay," Pei Xiaohai reluctantly believed it and shrugged his shoulders. "Even if you knew me, Master and the others are not here. They went to Jianhua Temple in the imperial capital to look for my fifth uncle."

"Kanhua Temple is quite famous," Second Mrs. Bai said thoughtfully, "but unfortunately I've never been there. It's too far away."

Pei Xiaohai had an idea: "Then are you going? If you go, can you take us with you?"

"You are……?"

"Me, the cat, and the pigs."

Second Grandma Bai: "You haven't left anyone behind. It's a pity that I'm old and don't like to move. If I want to go in the future, I will definitely ask you to come with me."

Pei Xiaohai was a little disappointed, but after hearing these words, she felt much more favorable towards them.

"Would you like to come in and sit down and have some water?"

Second Mrs. Bai readily agreed: "Even if Master Xiao didn't tell me, I would also like to ask for a bowl of water. I am old and can't walk far. I am already exhausted after coming here. I would like to stay here for another night and go back tomorrow. I wonder if it would be convenient for you, Master Xiao?"

She had mentioned her age twice, but Pei Xiaohai saw that she was full of energy and didn't look like she couldn't walk at all.

What should she have said?

Oh.

"You two benefactors have come from afar. If you don't mind the simplicity of our nunnery, you may stay here. However, there is one thing I must tell you. The Yinggu enshrined in the nunnery only blesses girls. It is said that families who stay in our nunnery are more likely to give birth to girls."

"That's great," Second Mrs. Bai said, even happier. "With more girls, the family will prosper."

"Ah?" Little Pei looked at her in confusion.

I suspected that I was temporarily hard of hearing and heard the word "male" as "female".

But apparently not. Second Mrs. Bai explained to her, "Our customs are somewhat different from yours. It doesn't matter whether we have a boy or a girl. But after all, only girls can reproduce, so naturally the more the better. More people means a prosperous family."

That makes sense!

So... could it be that we all want to have boys because boys can also...

No, that has nothing to do with this.

People like boys because... there are many things they can do that girls can't do?

What can they do that they can't do?

Pei Xiaohai's mind was in a mess, she couldn't make sense of it. After thinking for a long time, she still couldn't figure it out. She knew that men and women could do the same work, except... going to school...

Changsui can go to school, but she and Baifu cannot. If they want to learn to read, they can only ask Pei Ganniang to teach them.

Pei didn't like studying and was annoyed by the sight of words, so he didn't think it was a big deal. However, Baifu loved listening to Changsui talk about school. Whenever Changsui practiced calligraphy, she would come forward...

Little Pei didn't like these confusing things, so she put them aside decisively and led them into the main hall. She pointed to her bed made of a futon and a quilt and said:

"You can sit here. I'll get you some water."

Second Grandma Bai smiled and nodded, watching Pei Xiaohai leave.

But he did not sit down. Instead, he pulled his youngest son and said, "Gengming, come and pay your respects to Yinggu."

"I'm a man. Doesn't she only bless girls? Besides, this statue has no spirit."

Bai Gengming said in a weak voice.

"I'm not asking you to ask her for blessings," Second Lady Bai said, taking out some incense sticks from somewhere and giving them to him. "I'm asking you to pay your respects to her. She's a rare good person. It's a pity..."

Mrs. Bai didn't finish her words, and Bai Gengming didn't ask. After hearing what she said, he took off his straw hat and bowed respectfully.

The incense started burning by itself.

The incense burner was broken, so he stuck the incense in the ashes.

When little Pei came back with a bucket of water, he saw them worshipping Yinggu.

Two white-haired men are paying homage to Yinggu.

two?

Bai Gengming turned around and saw her. He frantically searched for his hat and covered himself with it before whispering, "What are you looking at?"

Pei Xiaohai: ...

She didn't know what she saw.

A boy with white hair, red eyes and extremely white skin was obviously a little beyond her understanding.

But strangely, she also felt that... this unusual appearance didn't seem to be a big deal, she was just a little worried...

"Your eyes are not passed on to others, are they?"

Pei Xiaohai thought about it and realized that he was not as white as him and not as good-looking as him. Having red eyes would definitely not make him beautiful.

If it's Changsui or Baifu, maybe you can give it a try.

Bai Gengming: ...

"Don't pass it on."

"Oh," Pei Xiaohai got the answer he wanted and walked over to hand the water to Second Grandma Bai, "Here, the water is quite cool."