A stunning beauty arrived on the island; she invented everything from childcare to babysitting.

An Ning knew that Chen Hai meant well, but his tone of voice always gave her the feeling of a superior talking to a subordinate, just like training soldiers in the army.

However, given the tense situation on the island, these crew members may have received military training, so it's normal for them to speak in this tone.

After saying goodbye to Chen Hai, An Ning went to the department store in the county town.

Perhaps because it's close to Guangdong Province, the department store here has a much wider selection of clothes than the one she went to before, with more novel styles and cheaper prices.

She bought two sets of clothes for herself and her child, and a wok for cooking.

While browsing inside the building, I saw a stationery store again.

My child is five years old now, which is the age when he should be learning to read.

Anning took some pens and notebooks, and also brought a box of watercolor pens for drawing.

She didn't go to the agreed-upon place to wait for the bus until she had spent all but five of the two hundred yuan she had brought.

The sentry at the gate had changed again today, but Yan Fei waited there just as the military procurement vehicle was returning. He simply registered her and let her in.

Back at her place, Anning immediately went next door to pick up her child: "Ni'er, Mommy's back! Look what Mommy bought for you!"

However, as soon as she entered the courtyard, she saw the child sitting on a small stool inside the house with red eyes, while Zhao Xuemei was preparing to cook.

"What's wrong?" Anning asked.

Hearing the noise, Zhao Xuemei, who was cooking, immediately stopped what she was doing and said apologetically, "I'm so sorry, little sister, it's all my fault!"

There are practically no secrets in our residential compound. You just moved in yesterday, and everyone else probably already knows. School's closed today, and those kids heard there was a new kid here, so they came over in a group to check him out.

I figured we'd all be spending more time together in the future, so I asked Pengfei to take Nier out to play with them.

Not long after, the child came back crying. I asked her what happened, but she wouldn't say. My brat had also disappeared, and I couldn't find anyone to ask.

"When that brat gets back, I'll give him a good beating! Is this how he takes care of his sister?"

“Sister-in-law, don’t blame yourself. This is just between children, and you meant well. My child is soft-hearted and was always bullied when she went out to play back in our hometown. It’s all my fault for not teaching her well. I will teach her properly when I get back.”

Just as Anning was holding the child's hand, preparing to go back and ask about the situation in detail, the half-closed door was suddenly pushed open with a "bang," hitting the wall with a loud noise.

Immediately afterwards, a shadow darted in like a big rat, almost bumping into An Ning, who caught it.

After the child steadied himself, he completely ignored An Ning and instead looked at Shen Chang Le, who was being led by An Ning, and gave her a bright smile.

"Little sister, I've avenged you! I beat up all those bad guys who bullied you!"

The child looked to be seven or eight years old, dark-skinned and thin, with a proud expression on his face.

If it weren't for the cut on his lip, his dirty clothes, and the fact that he was missing a front tooth, he would have been quite handsome.

When Zhao Xuemei saw her son return, she grabbed a broom and started hitting him: "I told you to take care of your sister, and this is how you take care of her? I told you not to fight with someone, I told you not to let your sister come home crying, I told you not to..."

"Ouch! Mom, stop hitting me! I avenged my sister! I didn't do anything wrong!"

This kid wasn't the type to just sit there and take a beating. When he saw his mom was about to hit him, he ran straight outside, showing that he was already quite used to it.

Anning helped stop the man: "Sister-in-law, please don't fight anymore. He didn't mean it. He was just in a fight outside. Let's check him to see if he's injured!"

"He's always out there like a little devil, who could possibly hurt him!"

Zhao Xuemei was still verbally abusive, but she stopped what she was doing and, with her hands on her hips, yelled, "Get over here right now! I'm going to take a look at your injuries."

Seeing that his mother had softened, the child standing at the door chuckled and ran over again, showing no resentment at almost being beaten.

It's clear he's quite mischievous, but thankfully he hasn't gone astray.

Upon examination, apart from a few abrasions and a hole in his knee, he had no other problems.

Zhao Xuemei's son is named Xu Pengfei, and it was from him that the two learned about what happened at the time.

He wanted to take Xiaoni'er to play with her friends, but one of the children complained that Xiaoni'er's clothes were ripped and said some unpleasant things that made her cry. He then started arguing with the child.

Although the children in the residential compound play together every day, not all of them get along well.

Xu Pengfei was usually very mischievous and liked to fight, so he didn't have many good friends.

Once he started arguing, the other children who were on good terms with the one who started the argument all came to his aid, and eventually they ended up fighting.

In the chaos, Xiao Ni was pushed by someone, which Xu Pengfei saw, so he let her come back on her own first.

Now that Anning is back, the little girl dares to speak up: "He said that because I'm dressed so poorly, I must be the child of a ragpicker, and that my mother and I are so poor that we came to the army just to take advantage of the government."

She looked up at Anning and said, "Mom, I'm not the child of the ragpicker, and I didn't take advantage of the public. They're bad!"

Anning patted her head and comforted her, "Yes, they're bad! We'll ignore them from now on!"

As she spoke, she took out her newly bought clothes: "Look what this is! Mom bought Ni'er some beautiful new clothes and watercolor pens, so our Ni'er can draw on paper."

A little girl with a rosy complexion leaned closer. Xu Pengfei sniffed and said, "Auntie, I won't talk to them anymore. Can I draw with my little sister?"

Zhao Xuemei, who had been listening the whole time, sneered, "Really? Even if Sun Weiguo let you play with his toy car, you wouldn't pay any attention to him?"

Xu Pengfei pouted: "A real man doesn't ignore someone when he says he won't! Even if he gave me his car, I still wouldn't talk to him!"

Anning smiled and patted his head: "Draw, draw together. Not only drawing, but later Auntie will make you two toy airplanes so that all the other kids will envy you and beg you to play with them!"

"Really?" Xu Pengfei's eyes lit up. "Auntie really knows how to fly an airplane? The kind that can fly in the sky?"

“You can fly in the sky for a while,” An Ning replied cautiously.

"Wow!"

Xu Pengfei immediately jumped up, and Xiao Ni'er's eyes sparkled.

"You two be good, Auntie will help you with this in a bit, one chair for each of you."

"it is good!"