country bumpkin

Kong Xiufen introduced, "Mother, this is my eldest sister's second daughter, Yunya."

Then she looked at Yunya and said, "When Yunya calls for someone, you have to call her Grandma like Lingyun does."

Yunya obediently greeted her, "Hello, Grandma." Ding Guixiang responded with a smile, "Oh, good, what a good child."

Shen Changxue, who followed behind, also entered the house. Kong Xiufen then introduced Yunya to her.

As usual, Yunya called out to her aunt. Shen Lingyun ignored her grandmother and aunt and pulled Yunya to her toy room.

Yunya followed them inside, her eyes wide with amazement. Entering the toy room, she found it filled with all sorts of toys.

Many of the toys were ones that Yunya had never seen before. On a small cart sat a plush toy that was over a meter tall.

This plush toy is a Smurf. Yunya fell in love with it at first sight.

She ran over, hugged it tightly, and stroked the "Smurf" with great affection.

Shen Lingyun walked over to Yunya with a grin, picked up a toy gun and said, "Sister Yunya, if you like this Smurf, you can take it. I have a lot of other toys."

Yunya felt a little embarrassed, tightened her grip on the Smurf, and whispered, "This...this is too precious, I can't accept it."

Shen Lingyun shoved the toy gun into Yunya's hand and said casually, "It's okay. My grandma, mom, dad and mom love me and have bought me lots of toys. I can't play with them all by myself. Taking them is helping me out."

Yunya hesitated for a moment, then nodded, a happy smile spreading across her face.

At this moment, Shen Changxue walked in and saw Yun Ya holding the Smurf. She smiled and said, "I'm glad Yun Ya likes it. I gave this Smurf to Ling Yun for his birthday, and now I'm giving it to you."

Yunya looked at Shen Changxue gratefully and thanked her repeatedly. Shen Lingyun took Yunya's hand and said, "Sister Yunya, let's play with toy guns together."

The two children played happily in the toy room, their laughter echoing throughout the room.

Shen Changxue walked out of the toy room and was greeted by Shen Miaoran, who was running towards her with a wiggle.

Shen Miaoran had a pigtail tied in the air that bounced as she ran, which was very cute.

Her soft, sweet voice came from inside the toy room: "Brother, brother, play with me, okay?"

Yun Ya was delighted to see the cute and cuddly little girl. She smiled and waved to Shen Miaoran, saying, "Let's play together as a trio."

Shen Miaoran, her eyes sparkling, skipped and hopped over. Shen Lingyun introduced her older sister, Yunya, to the little girl.

Then he handed another toy gun to Shen Miaoran, and the three children started playing a shooting game.

They darted and hid among the toys, occasionally "firing" shots, their laughter echoing throughout.

After playing for a while, Shen Miaoran suddenly tripped over a toy on the ground and was about to fall.

Yun Ya reacted quickly and caught her. After Shen Miaoran regained her balance, she said in a childish voice, "Thank you, Sister Yun Ya." Yun Ya patted her head and said, "You're welcome, be careful."

After that, they changed their game, building a castle with toys and imagining themselves as little warriors guarding the castle.

Yun Ya told them heroic stories she had heard in the countryside. Shen Lingyun and Shen Miaoran listened intently, occasionally asking some naive questions.

The afterglow of the setting sun shone through the window, bathing the three children in a golden glow, filling the toy room with a warm and joyful atmosphere.

The children played in the playroom until dark, and only came out to eat when they felt hungry.

Shen Miaoran and Shen Changxue also stayed for dinner at their sister-in-law's house. Shen Changsheng finished cleaning up his stall and sat down to eat with them.

Everyone ate and chatted at the dinner table, enjoying a lively and joyful atmosphere.

On the other side, it was getting dark and Yunya still hadn't returned. Kong Xiujuan was getting a little angry; the girl was throwing a tantrum. She asked Sun Limei to go to Sun Fei's house across the street and bring Yunya back.

Sun Limei obediently went, but returned a few minutes later. She said anxiously, "Mom, Feifei said Yunya hasn't been to her house all day."

Kong Xiujuan then realized something was wrong. Could it be that the girl had taken a car back to Kongjia Village again?

She thought to herself, "When are you coming back? I'll have to teach you a lesson."

Suddenly she heard footsteps and thought it was Yunya returning. She looked into the yard and saw that the neighbors from the nearby shops had come into the house.

She walked over warmly and asked, "Auntie, what brings you here? Come in and sit down."

The old lady at the shop said with a smile, "Niece-in-law, your third sister called you today and said that your second daughter went to her house and won't be coming back tonight. She asked me to tell you."

After saying that, she explained apologetically, "They called at noon, but I was busy at the shop and forgot about it. I'm so sorry."

Kong Xiujuan quickly replied, "No, there's nothing to apologize for. If you hadn't run over to tell me, I wouldn't have known about this! I should thank you properly! You've really gone to so much trouble!"

After the old lady finished speaking, she sat for ten minutes and then said that no one was watching the shop, so she said goodbye and went home.

After seeing her aunt off, Kong Xiujuan went back to her room and sat on a stool, angrily muttering and cursing Yunya.

"This wild girl is really lawless. She went out so far without telling me beforehand. She really doesn't know any better."

Kong Xiujuan was grumbling in the main room when Sun Zitao returned in a donkey cart. Hearing his wife angrily cursing again, he quickly tied up the donkey, pulled the cart into the yard, and went to the living room to see what had happened.

He entered the main room and asked in confusion, "What's wrong with Xiujuan? Who made you angry again?"

When Kong Xiujuan saw her husband return, she quickly got up to heat up the food. As she went, she recounted the events of the day.

Sun Zitao frowned after hearing this and said, "It's not worth getting angry over such a small thing. Don't divide the food like that in the future. After all, Yunya didn't grow up around us, so it's understandable that she feels distant. Besides, we feel somewhat indebted to her for sending her away."

Kong Xiujuan was displeased upon hearing this. "What are you saying? Why do you say we owe her something? When Da Ya was one year old, what did she eat at home? Sweet potato pancakes soaked in hot water. We gave Mom money to buy milk powder for Yun Ya, which wasn't cheap. When has Li Mei ever tasted milk powder? We owe her nothing."

Sun Zitao said helplessly, "Yunya only weighed a little over three pounds when she was born. What else could we feed her if we didn't give her formula? Later, she became unwell and could only drink formula. Even when she was over a year old, she was still eating soaked pancakes. If we hadn't sent her away in the freezing cold, she wouldn't be so weak. We owe her, not the other way around.

Kong Xiujuan wanted to argue a bit more, but seeing Sun Zitao's gloomy face, she stopped talking.