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

All the children in Puluo Village are paupers, and so are the adults, with only a few exceptions.

For example, when he was old, he had to go to the town every day. The academy would provide lunch after collecting rice, flour and vegetables, but Liu Renben and Pei Zhu were always worried that he would not eat well and felt that he was working hard, so they would give him some money every day to buy snacks.

This is also one of the reasons why those guys targeted him.

Anyway, he has money in his pocket.

Pei Xiaohai, who was at his wit's end, also set his sights on him.

One morning before daybreak, when he went to the toilet in the backyard, a sinful little hand stretched out from the pigpen. With a voice saying "Come here", Chang Sui was pulled into the pigpen by an irresistible force.

Pei Xiaohai blocked his mouth with a cloth, Waiya tied a rope around his neck, and two people hurriedly carried him into the house.

Chang Sui, with dark circles under his eyes: ...

His eyes were as big as copper bells. He was shocked, but at the same time, he felt that there was nothing to be shocked about, and he even felt relieved.

The eyes are like copper bells. Hehe, sir, I finally know how to use objects to describe people!

As soon as Pei Xiaohai took down the cloth, Chang Sui asked expectantly:

"Sister, are you going to kill me?"

Pei Xiaohai was confused: "No."

"Oh." The copper bell-like eyes disappeared, the eyelids drooped, the shining light in the eyes was extinguished, and the face was drooped like Pei Nangua, who was full of hatred and resentment. He didn't even call her sister anymore.

"So what's up? Tell me quick, I have to go to school!"

"Just go to school. It's not a punishment. Why are you gritting your teeth?" Waiya said as she gnawed on the cold steamed bun that Pei Xiaohai used to bribe her.

Chang Sui glanced at her and said with a look of despair, "There's no difference. I get up earlier than the chickens and sleep later than the dogs. If I'm a step late, I get a slap on the wrist. If I recite a sentence wrong, I get a slap. If my classmates are mean and try to cheat me out of money, don't I have to fight them? They're outnumbered, don't I get beaten? And there's endless homework and endless lies. Tell me, what's the difference between going to school and being tortured?"

Waiya: "So scary?"

Pei Xiaohai: "Endless lies?"

"I said that the master's praise of me was a lie, and I did it just to prevent my parents from scolding me. So? Are you going to kill me, sister?" Changsui showed a tired smile.

Pei Xiaohai: "No, I just want your money."

Chang Sui was genuinely shocked this time: "Haven't you heard how miserable my life has been?"

Pei Xiaohai tugged at his ears and said, "I heard you. Didn't you say someone cheated you out of your money? Now you don't have to worry. Just give me the money and no one will cheat you."

"They are just cheating, sister, you are robbing us!" Changsui tried to awaken the man's conscience by calling him sister again and again.

"I don't care! I want money! Do you want to be beaten?!" Pei Xiaohai raised his fist in anger.

Longevity: ...

Chang Sui: "It is better to die in glory than to live in dishonor. A real man cannot live in disgrace."

Pei Xiaohaibang punched him and said, "Speak human language!"

Chang Sui's eyes filled with tears: "Robbing me is nothing, sister, if you have the guts, kill me. Anyway, I don't have money, but I can take my life."

Waiya: “Are you serious?”

Chang Sui said miserably, "Anyway, I have no money, and my classmates won't let me go."

Pei Xiaohai: "What if they can?"

Chang Sui was silent for a moment, tears rolling down his face. "Did you send them?"

Pei Xiaohai really wished she had such ability, but she didn't. Her plan was to beat those kids up.

"Then their family will come and cause trouble."

"Just don't let them know who it is."

"Then what should I do? Dig out their eyes?" Chang Sui frowned and thought, "What if they see me digging them out? I'll have to cut off their tongues, but they can still write. Do I have to chop off their hands too? Wouldn't that be too much trouble? If they don't go to school, I'll have to make new friends..."

There must be a reason why he and Pei Xiaohai can become siblings.

Waiya looked at the thoughtful brother and sister with a puzzled expression: "How about putting sacks over our heads?"

That's a good idea.

The rope around Changsui was untied, and he took out five coins and gave them to Pei Xiaohai: "I've saved fifty coins. If you can do this, I'll give you half, which is twenty-five coins."

"All."

Pei kid looked like he was going to eat someone, and he said, "Thirty-five?"

"all!"

"That's all," the old, dog-legged man said with a smile, "Hit harder."

"I see," Pei Xiaohai nodded solemnly, then said, "By the way, there's a load of firewood at the back door. When you leave, ask Shuanzi to carry it to town to sell."

"He has to carry me and the school box, so he can't pick up anything." Changsui was a little unhappy.

Pei Xiaohai's face fell: "Can't you just walk there, brother? Or do you want to get beaten too?"

Chang Sui laughed in a servile manner, just like Liu Renben said to Pei Zhu: "I really can't do anything with you. After all, you are my sister. I will help you."

"You help me? Can you carry firewood?" Pei Xiaohai expressed his doubt.

"I'll tell Shuanzi for you that it's cold outside. You don't have to see me off. I'll say goodbye now and see you at the academy." Changsui bowed, turned around and left, taking those few steps.

Waiya was puzzled: "What's wrong with his legs? Why is he walking like a standing toad trying to imitate a human?"

Pei Xiaohai: ...There is no one I like in this family!

"How can there be such a strange toad?"

"Of course not! I saw one by the water in the summer. It was huge. I wanted to catch it and eat it, but it ran away too fast..."

After they talked for a while, Waiya sneaked out through the back door. She originally wanted to go home, but this morning she stole firewood from her second uncle out of loyalty... She decided to stay in the shack for a while.

Everything went according to plan, and Changsui went to the academy.

After Pei Xiaohai had breakfast, she told the others that she had gotten up very early today, so she wanted to take a nap at noon and would not eat or go out to play, so there was no need to call her.

It was rare for her to be so well-behaved, so Pei Zhu and Liu Renben certainly had no objection.

She quickly fed the chickens, ducks, geese and pigs, then when no one was paying attention, she grabbed a sack and ran out the back door.

Waiya had been waiting for her for a long time.

The two children ran towards the town and took a shortcut that was rarely visited. They were not afraid and walked through the snow with one foot deep and one foot shallow. When they arrived in the town, they tried every means to avoid people.

Pei Xiaohai relied on her memory and managed to find the direction. They even asked someone for help before they successfully arrived at the destination.

Looking at the closed door and the tall white walls.

Waiya: "How do we get in? Knock on the door?"

Pei Xiaohai: ...What door is she knocking on? She just wants to turn a long year into a short one.

After walking around the academy, I didn't even find a dog hole. There were only a few loose bricks on the wall, which were dug out by the children in the academy to buy food.

There were three or two vendors guarding there.

The chatter and words of the sages suddenly turned into the cries of monkeys, and they surrounded them.

The bricks were pulled away, and the monkey children were talking in low voices about dried tofu, preserved green plums, glutinous rice balls, five-spice cakes... There were so many kinds of things that it was obvious that they knew everything by heart, so there was no need to explain more.

The vendor had also made sufficient preparations. All the food was wrapped in oil paper and divided into small portions. He handed out a few coins. They took it and handed over a portion, saying in the same low voice, "Do you want some winter melon candy?"

"Come on, hush, stop making noise, don't let the master hear you!"

They seemed to be doing something thrilling and mysterious.

Pei Xiaohai and Waiya looked a little stunned.

Pei Xiaohai: "How come they are so rich?"

Waiya's throat gurgled and she swallowed her saliva: "My parents gave it to me. They are scholars."