Cuihua looked at the snow-white dresses worn by the two Xu sisters, whose faces were also fair and clean.

Her hands were as tender as scallions, and they smelled and smelled wonderful.

She looked down at her hands, which were rough from years of farm work.

The clothes she was wearing were hand-me-downs from her mother, altered again and again, before being given to her.

Her best piece of clothing was a hand-me-down from her older sister who worked in the city.

Thinking of this, a surge of anger rose in Cuihua's heart.

She looked at Xu Baobao with a gloomy expression, rushed up and shoved Xu Baobao, then turned and ran away.

"what!"

Xu Baobao was caught off guard and lost her balance, falling backward.

Cuihua felt a surge of pleasure upon hearing Xu Baobao's scream.

Hmph, let you show off in front of me!

Didn't you say you couldn't even touch it? Now look at you, fallen into the field, what are you going to do with your clothes?

Xu Zhenzhen tried to rush up and grab Xu Baobao, but the incident happened suddenly.

She was a step too late, and not strong enough, so although she managed to grab Xu Baobao, she was pulled down into the field along with her.

The two of them were instantly covered in mud, and their pristine white lace princess dresses were stained.

Xu Qing was sleeping soundly when she suddenly heard her child sobbing.

She thought Xu Beibei had woken up, so she immediately sat up and found that the little one was still fast asleep with her finger in her mouth.

The sobbing outside was restrained yet obvious. There were only three children in the house, and Xu Qing immediately realized that it was her other two daughters.

She tiptoed off the bed and went outside, where she saw two mud figures, one covering their mouth and crying while washing the mud off the other.

"Big sister, what should I do? I can't get it clean! Waaaaaah..."

"Shh, keep your voice down! Don't wake Mom. Let's go back to our room and change our clothes to wash them."

"it is good."

Xu Baobao answered with a sob in her voice, and then followed Xu Zhenzhen to her room.

"What's going on here?"

Xu Qing's question startled the two of them.

Xu Beibei hid behind Xu Zhenzhen, not daring to make a sound.

Xu Zhenzhen was also very nervous; she trembled and didn't know how to answer Xu Qing's question.

These are clothes and leather shoes that Mother specially brought back for them from Haiqu. They had just worn them out, and less than an hour later, they came back like this.

Will Mom be angry...?

If Mother knew they were deliberately showing off to others, she would definitely be angry!

Xu Qing felt a pang of heartache seeing the two people looking disheveled, aggrieved, and terrified. She softened her voice even further.

"It's alright, go back and wash up first, then Mom will come find you later."

The two felt as if they had been granted a pardon and quickly went back to their room to change clothes and wash up.

After changing their clothes and washing themselves, the two hesitated to go to Xu Qing's room.

"Big sister, I'm scared... what if Mother is disappointed in us and stops liking us?"

"No, it's not our fault, Mother won't be angry. Let's hurry up and go, don't keep Mother waiting."

Xu Zhenzhen comforted Xu Baobao, but she was also a little scared.

The two dawdled, taking three steps instead of one, and finally arrived at Xu Qing's room.

"Mom, we're here."

Xu Zhenzhen spoke softly.

Xu Qing was looking at the account books that Xu Jian had brought over for the past few days.

Upon hearing this, he looked up and saw that his two daughters' hair was still wet. He immediately got up from the stool and picked up a dry cloth from the side.

"Why did you come with your hair still wet? Aren't you afraid of catching a cold? Come here, let Mom dry it for you."

The two girls' eyes immediately welled up with tears, and they cried out in a pitiful voice, "Mother..."

Xu Qing handed Xu Zhenzhen a cloth to dry her hair: "If you have something to say, dry your hair first. I'll dry yours, and you dry your sister's hair."

Xu Zhenzhen obediently took the cloth and began to dry her hair.

After drying off, the two of them had calmed down considerably.

Before Xu Qing could ask again, Xu Zhenzhen spoke up:

"Mother, it's all my fault for not watching my little sister properly. She accidentally fell into the field and ruined the new clothes you bought us."

Xu Zhenzhen's thinking was simple: it was best not to tell her mother about the conflict with Cuihua, so as not to worry her mother.

Xu Qing looked his two daughters up and down, and seeing that they were not injured, he continued to ask with relief, "How did they suddenly fall into the field?"

Xu Qing had a feeling that things weren't as simple as they said, but since the child didn't say anything, she didn't want to force it.

"Waaaaah... Mom, it was Cuihua who pushed me. My older sister tried to pull me up, but I was too heavy, and I dragged her into the field with me."

Xu Baobao recounted the whole story to Xu Qing in a very straightforward manner.

Xu Zhenzhen lowered her head guiltily and mumbled softly:

"I'm sorry, Mom, I didn't mean to lie to you. I just didn't want you to worry. Please don't be angry, okay?"

Xu Qing stroked the soft hair on her two daughters' heads and said gently:

"You were only trying to protect your sister, so I don't blame you. But you can't lie again next time, understand?"

Xu Zhenzhen nodded obediently.

Xu Qing then looked at Xu Baobao: "Although Cuihua shouldn't have pushed you, you clearly don't get along with her, yet you deliberately went to show off in front of her. Do you know you were wrong?"

Xu Baobao stubbornly refused to admit her mistake: "Who told her to always act so high and mighty and to repeatedly mock my older sister?"

Xu Qing frowned: "Why haven't I heard you say this before? What did she say about Zhenzhen?"

Xu Baobao began to list all of Cuihua's faults:

She said that Sister Zhenzhen is an illegitimate child because it's because our family has Sister Zhenzhen, which means we have to spend money on one more person, that's why you don't buy us nice clothes and jewelry.

I've told her so many times that Mom won't buy it because we don't like it ourselves.

Not only did she not believe it, but she also badmouthed Sister Zhenzhen in front of others. Many people in the village secretly cursed Sister Zhenzhen as a bastard.

Sister Zhenzhen didn't want to cause trouble for her mother, so she kept tolerating it, but instead of restraining themselves, they became more and more unscrupulous.

My mother bought us new clothes today, and I wanted to go to her to show them to her and tell her that I didn't lie.

Who knew she would reach out and touch me as soon as she saw me? I told her not to, and she pushed me away.

Xu Qing's brows furrowed more and more tightly, almost enough to trap a mosquito, and she stood up abruptly.

"Come on, let's call your grandma and second uncle, we're going to find them!"

Xu Zhenzhen quickly pulled Xu Qing away: "Mom, it's okay. I don't care what they say. Don't be angry."

Xu Baobao jumped up and hugged Xu Zhenzhen: "Big sister, what are you afraid of? We should have told Mother a long time ago and let her avenge us."

Xu Qing was furious. The villagers of Xujia Village had always treated her with great respect, but she never expected that there would be so many complicated things between the children.

But she has endless patience when it comes to children.

"Zhenzhen, why don't you want me to go to them?"

If it's just because you don't want to trouble your mother, then your mother will tell you now.

Your matter is not a trouble for your mother at all. On the contrary, I am happy that you can trouble your mother.

"Mom wishes you and the baby could bother me every day."

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