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

Pei Xiaohai never saw Mu Shuanglin again after that day.

Pei Da Nv asked Qian San, the nephew of the donor Old Qian, to deliver the money, but he did not see Widow Mu and the others. He threw the money in front of the shack, saw them pick it up, and then left.

Mu Shuanglin saw it with his own eyes and told Pei Xiaohai that he would be reincarnated, but he didn't know whether it was true or not.

The child was worried, so he went to the town again and squatted in front of Pei's house for a long time. Seeing that there was indeed no ghost following Yu Li, he felt relieved and thought about how to make more money.

This is not easy. Many adults have trouble with money, let alone a little girl.

The days passed by in a trance. In the morning, before she opened her eyes, she heard Liu Renben talking to someone about slaughtering a pig.

Killing pigs? What pigs?

Pei Pig Blood is a pig.

Pei Xiaohai ran out barefoot, and his godfather Hu Rouer came again, and Shuanzi was there too. They pulled Pig Bloody's ears and front legs out of the pen and tied it to a bench.

Aunt Yu brought a basin and placed it below, saying, "Keep it up. Don't waste the pig's blood."

Cuimei and Peizhu were disgusted by the dirt and stood far away. Fubao hid behind Peizhu, with his little head peeking out. Liu Lianhua and Liu Tongsheng also came out. Chang Sui shook his head and recited something: "A gentleman's attitude towards animals is: seeing them alive, he cannot bear to see them die; hearing their cries, he cannot bear to eat their flesh."

He didn't want to read it, so Liu Renben pulled him aside and said, "Why are you being so pretentious, old man? I don't usually see you study so well."

When Pei Xiaohai saw Hu Rouer pull out the knife, she hurried forward with the money and asked them to wait a moment, as she would soon have enough money.

Liu Renben shook the copper coins in his pouch, his face drawn, "Where did you get the money?"

Chang Sui yelled, "She and Waiya are doing business in town, and they asked Shuanzi to help them sell firewood."

Pei Zhu's eyebrows stood up: "Okay, you dare to sneak away to the town? Where is the flower I asked you to embroider? Have you embroidered it? Show it to me!"

Embroidery... Of course not, the child was too timid to say anything.

Liu Renben, as if he had succeeded, took the money but ignored her, saying, "If she doesn't obey, kill her quickly."

Pei Zhu also said: "Tell her that she is ignorant, kill her quickly."

Everyone shouted together: "Kill, kill, kill that pig."

Little Pei knew that yelling at them would do no good, so he sobbed and begged, "Wait a minute, Mom and Dad, kill it later. At least let me say goodbye to it."

The Liu family agreed and they left.

Pei Xiaohai untied the rope and whispered to Pumpkin, and they escaped through the back door together.

She had already imagined how happy she would be in the future, riding a pig, holding a cat, and running through the deserted woods and fields.

Pig Blood seemed very happy, humming and still smiling at her, and was the first to push out through the crack of the door, followed closely by Pumpkin, and she also went out.

Hot blood splashed on her face, and a huge pig's head and a large piece of meat were stuffed into her arms without her knowledge. She couldn't hold it, and the meat fell to the ground, covering it with snow and dust.

Everything was steaming hot. She lowered her head, still with a smiling pig face.

She lowered her head and saw the smiling face, then raised her head to watch the pig's blood being split apart. A silent scream covered up all the emotions in her mind, like a huge wave hitting her head and drowning her. The water reached her mouth and nose, making it impossible for her to breathe.

"This is your meat. You paid for it with your money. The head is even given to you. You're taking advantage."

“What should we do if we have no head to offer to our ancestors?”

"That's easy, there's a cat here!"

No!

Pei Xiaohai wanted to scream, but she couldn't. She wanted to struggle, but she couldn't move. The bloody pig's flesh was pressing on her feet, heavy as a weight.

Finally, she raised her foot and the bloody pig's head and smashed it towards them. The world was spinning around her and she woke up.

The pillow fell to the ground, pressing down the quilt. Pei Nangua, who was suddenly thrown away, sat at the end of the bed and looked at her. In the darkness, the half-open cat's eyes with drooping eyelids were still bright, as bright as a knife with a cold glow.

The knife was getting closer and closer, and it rushed to her head.

Pumpkin raised his paw and struck the child on the forehead.

state! state! state!

it hurts!

It hit me again!

It was just a dream, but all the chickens, ducks and geese in the house were really sold. When they were sold, Pei was still doing business outside.

So Pei Nangua hasn't had eggs as a snack for a long time. He was already in a bad mood, and was forced to sleep with his mother at night and was woken up by her.

How could a proud cat endure this?

Pumpkin was scratching the door of the closet. Pei Xiaohai put on some clothes and let it in to inspect. Of course, there was nothing inside.

Pumpkin came out dejectedly, and let out a half-dead "Meow."

While shouting, he stretched out a claw to hook Pei's cotton pants.

It wants to be hugged.

Pei Xiaohai carried it to find Pei Zhuxue. It was already dawn outside. It was the 26th day.

In four days, we will go to worship the river god.

Last year, we bought the pig’s head for worshiping the river god from Qian’s wine shop. What about this year?

The one-month deadline arrived that day, and Pei Xiaohai was now worried every day. These days, when she was at home, she could hear Cuimei telling people that the pigs ate too much and there was a lot of bran left.

Pei Xiaohai regretted giving Waiyatao so much bran. Otherwise, how could she make money?

She didn't want to take advantage of Waiya.

The child added another bucket of pig blood to the food. The elder's voice came into his ears intermittently: "Gentleman... beast... can't bear it... wuwuwu..."

He cried again. The academy was on vacation, but he still had to study every day. Yesterday, Pei kid even stole his money. It was really pitiful.

The children couldn't bear to listen: "How can we memorize so many words in two days?"

Baifu rolled his eyes after returning from the toilet and said, "You guys are stupid, I just memorized it!"

I don't know what it means though...

She also recited it to Bae Joo and Yoo In Bon.

Pei Xiaohai imitated Liu Renben's words and said in a strange voice: "Yes, you are so smart. It would be even better if you were a boy."

Baifu: ...

She left angrily.

If there is a boy in the family, the family business will naturally be inherited by the boy. If there is only a girl, a female household will be established, a son-in-law will be recruited, and then a son will be born.

The end result was the same. Even Pei Zhu, the mother who preferred her daughter, did not think there was anything wrong after hearing similar words for a year. She even agreed with a few words and said that she would take Baifu to sell a beautiful dress as a reward in a few days.

Chang Sui asked hesitantly, "Mom, then I..."

"After you finish memorizing this one, memorize the next one as well. You have seven days off, so you have to memorize at least seven chapters, otherwise you can't go anywhere."

The seven articles Pei Zhu mentioned were complete articles, each one counted as one. Chang Sui immediately burst into tears.

He didn't recognize many of the characters here, let alone understand their meanings. Even... the teachers in the academy didn't talk about them, but just mentioned that a certain article was good, and he came back to learn about it. Liu Renben and Pei Zhu then wrote it down for him, waiting for him to have free time to ask him to recite it.

Two days have passed and he hasn't had time to finish his college homework.

Even after the new year, he was only six years old. How could he bear this?

He ate so much rice mixed with tears that he almost lost his sense of taste.

Liu Renben and Pei Zhu still liked him after all, so they kindly asked him to go out and play for half an hour after breakfast.

Changsui happily went to look through his little toys, but as he was looking through them he felt sleepy and put his head in the box and fell asleep. When he woke up he was reciting again!

He burst into tears and rolled around on the ground, looking like a bad boy.

The child and Baifu were cracking melon seeds and peeking through the crack in the door, just watching the fun. No one was willing to sympathize with him, and some even felt a little annoyed.

Baifu: "I'm going to go play with Sister Shanniang, do you want to come?"

"No, I'm going to find Waiya."

"alright."

Thanks to their age, no one had time to take care of them, so one ran away through the front door and the other slipped away through the back door.

Waiya hadn't seen Pei Xiaohai for several days and missed her very much. She also missed the hustle and bustle of the town and all the delicious food and fun things.

So as soon as they met, he urged her to go to town: "I still have some money. If you go, I'll give you half."

Little Pei was shocked: "Why are you so generous?!"

She took out six copper coins, gave her three, and said proudly, "Isn't that what I always do?!"

Pei Xiaohai: ...

"Why do you only have six?"

Waiya pouted and said, "The money saved was taken away by my second uncle. He used the firewood to make trouble. What can I do?"

She murmured to Pei Xiaohai guiltily, still thinking that they had kept the fact that they went to the town every day a secret, and she also told Pei Xiaohai not to let the secret slip.

The child nodded seriously.

Waiya then whined and said, "You should give me half of the money from selling firewood."

Pei Xiaohai's heart tightened and he wanted to run.

But Waiya continued, "But forget it. Saving your pig is more important."

In fact, Waiya also thinks that pigs are meant to be killed and eaten for meat, but pig blood is different. It is very important to children, so it is better to keep it alive.

"By the way, have you saved enough money?"

The child shook his head: "Not even close."

If it was enough, the child would definitely give her the money for firewood.

Waiya: "Wait for me."

She ran to the kitchen, and after a while came back with a handful of money, took Pei Xiaohai and left.

She stole the money back, but only a handful. She planned to put the blame on the old man. If her second uncle asked about it, she would say that the old man took it.

"Adding these, how much is left?"

"More than a thousand coins."

Waiya:!

No matter how many times she heard it, she was still shocked.

She stuffed the last three copper coins into her hand without worrying about it: "I'll give them all to you. I don't have a penny left this time."

"So what are you going to buy in town?"

"It's good to take a look."

If it were someone else, Waiya would never be so generous, but children are always different.

Little Pei was a little touched. With tears in his eyes, he hugged her arms and rubbed her face: "You are so kind."

Waiya: ...

With great disdain, she gently pushed her head away and looked to see if there was anyone else on the road.

It's cute when kittens do this, and it's okay when chickens, ducks, and geese do this, and it's also endearing when pretty kids like Changsui and Baifu rub against each other like this, but Waiya and the kid... forget it, they're just two ordinary kids, and if people see them acting like this, they'll laugh at them.

Especially the kids around their age, such as those in the academy, their every word, action, and dress are great sources of laughter.

Waiya and the kids are at an age where they love to imitate others. They use any funny gestures or words they like, which makes them the target of more jokes.

They don't seem to care on the surface, but they are inevitably upset inside, and try their best not to act crazy in front of others.

But there was no one around now, and when they were happy, they forgot everything and rubbed against each other, holding hands and running and jumping.

It was a not-too-remarkable face, he was running towards the wind with a big laugh, his ungrown teeth showing, making him look a little silly.

What two crazy girls they are! It’s so nice and wonderful when they are crazy!

The troubles and sorrows of the world have nothing to do with them at this moment.

The wind was filled with hahaha laughter.