My sister became the empress, but I'm still growing vegetables and raising chickens

Si Muyan put down her chopsticks, took a deep breath and looked at her younger sister: "Tell me, what's going on?"

The younger sister didn't dare to hide it anymore. With a sad face, she told everything that happened today.

"Big sister, you know what my little brother is like. He's always causing trouble, making everyone in the village dislike him. Now look what happened! He pushed Zhang Sihu down the hillside and broke his leg, but he still refused to admit it. I scolded him a few times, and he ran away in anger!"

When Si Muyan heard this, she frowned and asked, "Wait a minute, when did Xiao An push Zhang Sihu down the hillside?"

I don’t know either.

Aunt Jin said, "In the afternoon, I don't know the exact time, my younger brother came to me angrily and said that those kids had wronged him. I didn't even ask what the matter was, but then Mrs. Zhang came over with a few kids, looking furious."

My younger sister said bitterly, "Isn't he always like this? He says others are wronging him, that someone else started it first, but so what? He's wrong, and he always refuses to admit it. I asked him to admit his fault, but he refused to do so, insisting that he was not wrong."

Si Muyan interrupted her younger sister's complaints and asked, "So, where is Xiao An now?"

The younger sister paused before answering, "He ran away. Mrs. Zhu said he seemed to run up the mountain."

Si Muyan stood up immediately: "The child ran away, what are you still doing sitting at home? Mrs. Zhu, you are old, please help take care of the house. Dad, Aunt Jin, little sister, let's go up the mountain to look for him."

Si Xingzhi quickly stood up, but supported Si Muyan with a worried look on his face: "Sister, you are very weak, so you'd better not go."

Si Muyan shook her head: "He's my brother, how can I ignore him?"

The younger sister said, "Big sister, it will be dark soon. My younger brother should be back soon. Let's stop making trouble, okay?"

"If he doesn't come back by dark, what are you going to do?"

"Ah?" The younger sister scratched her head, "That shouldn't be the case, right?"

"Should he? What if he really doesn't come back? It's cold now. What will happen to him if he's left outside at night? It's pitch black in the mountains. He's only eleven. Won't he be scared? What if he gets lost and can't come back? What if he encounters a wild animal or slips and falls?"

"..."

After Si Muyan said this, the people at home became even more worried and planned to go find Xiao An immediately.

"Dad, go find those people you know and ask them to go up the mountain with you to look for him. There's strength in numbers, and we'll find Xiao An as soon as possible. Also, remember, just find him and bring him back. Don't scold him. I'll talk to him if there's anything."

The younger sister was very unhappy. She felt that the elder sister had become better-tempered. Why was she so indulgent towards her younger brother?

After all, I was just a child and didn't dare to go anywhere. I found an empty tree on the mountain and cried for half the afternoon.

He felt wronged and worried. He wanted to go back but didn't know how to face the situation. He thought his third sister would beat him severely, and his eldest sister would also slap him when she woke up.

But if I don’t go back, what will happen to my family? How will I handle my business tomorrow?

He thought angrily, why bother with so much? What does it have to do with him? No one in his family trusts him. It has been like this since he was a child. No one believes in him.

Why go back to that home?

The more he thought about it, the harder he cried.

As the sky gradually darkened, my heart began to beat faster and faster.

What should he do? Dad, Third Sister, and Aunt Jin, are they really not going to come look for him? What should he do?

Just then, a voice was heard shouting: "Xiao An!"

"Si Jingan!"

"Brother Si, are you here?"

Someone came to look for him. It wasn't the voice of his family, but someone from the village.

The younger brother was very surprised. He had been angry before, but every time it was his father and second brother who came to find him. Sometimes his eldest sister would come too, crying and slapping him.

The villagers were definitely not alarmed.

Because the eldest sister said that family disgrace should not be made public, the ugly things he did should not be known to others. If he ran away and someone wanted to find him, they could only do it secretly.

Why today...

The younger brother was even more scared.

I'll find it soon. I hope you won't get beaten.

But it was cold in the mountains, and he was very hungry. If he didn't go back, he wouldn't be able to bear it. And thinking about his sisters who still needed him, he couldn't not go back!

A sharp-eyed man in the village saw movement behind the tree and immediately shouted, "Si Jingan, is that you? Your family is so worried, you little brat, come back with me."

After saying that, he strode over and picked up the younger brother like a chicken.

"I heard that your eldest sister learned that you were missing and came up the mountain to look for you despite being sick!"

The younger brother was feeling awkward and didn't want to follow him down the mountain so quickly. But when he heard that his older sister had woken up, he immediately stopped being so awkward.

The man patted his younger brother on the head and said, "You little bastard, why are you running around outside for no reason? Have you ever thought about your family? You're a man now. If you make a mistake, you should be brave enough to admit it. What's the big deal? You've made money now, so can't you just pay it back slowly and make compensation?"

The younger brother didn't say anything, because no one would believe him anyway if he did.

Fortunately, he didn't say anything, and others just thought he was being upset and didn't take it too seriously.

Before going down the mountain, I saw Si Muyan being supported by Si Xingzhi, panting and obviously out of strength.

The younger brother thought of the slap from his elder sister and subconsciously hid behind the man.

The man dragged him out and asked, "Why are you hiding? Why don't you go back?"

Si Muyan had already seen them and began by thanking the villagers who were willing to go up the mountain to look for him. "Thank you so much for today. My brother was wronged and was afraid, so he hid out. If it weren't for you, we would have been worried sick. Thank you so much."

These men were all people who had recently worked for the Si family. After receiving the money, they were very polite. They waved their hands and said, "It's just a small matter. We are all from the same village. It's nothing serious. You can go back quickly."

Si Muyan then took his younger brother's hand and said, "Look at how cold your hands are. It gets cold quickly in the mountains at night. Are you hungry? Let's go home and eat first."

The eldest sister didn’t even scold him?

The younger brother's eyes suddenly turned red, and he cried out in grievance, "Big sister..."

"You kid, your face is all chapped from crying. It looks ugly. Stop crying." Si Muyan wiped his tears. "You're a grown man now. How can you still cry so easily?"

Si Xingzhi also took off his coat and put it on his son: "Hurry up and put it on. Your eldest sister is not fully recovered yet. You can't fall ill too. Otherwise, what will happen to the family?"

The younger brother's tears flowed even harder, and he threw himself into his sister's arms and cried his heart out.

Si Muyan did not ask him what happened today. She took him back and asked Aunt Jin and Mrs. Zhu to help boil water. She also asked Si Xingzhi to bring the hot water into the room and told her younger brother to take a good hot bath to avoid getting sick after catching a cold.

Aunt Jin also made some ginger soup, and everyone in the family drank a big bowl to ward off the cold.