novelraw Chapter 76
Chapter 76
Chapter 76
Xu Xiangdong looked at the also thin Xinxin girl beside him, and suddenly understood why Fu Yao wanted to adopt her.
If the child continues to stay with her current parents, life will definitely not be easy in the future.
When she grows up, she might be a Fu Yao again.
No, she is worse than Fu Yao.
Her family still wants to sell her.
Although Fu Yao's life is difficult, at least her adoptive parents never thought of selling her.
He still doesn't know that Fu Yao was almost sold for a bride price, otherwise he wouldn't think so.
Xu Xiangdong looked at the time and found that it was getting late, so he hurriedly said: "I have to go back, I will trouble you to take care of these two children for the time being.
This is their ration, I will come back tomorrow.If you need help, you can tell me, and I will help if I can. "
Although Fu Yao is willing to help take care of the children, but Fu Yao's own life is not easy, they can't let the two children eat and drink for free with her.
So before coming, Xu Xiangdong went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some rice noodles.The amount is not much, the same is five catties, and there is one catty of brown sugar, which is enough for two children to eat for a while.
There was no more meat. It was too late when they went, and even the bones were sold out, let alone the meat.
Of course, these things are only given to the child because Fu Yao is taking care of him temporarily.
If the biological parents of the two children cannot be found later, and Fu Yao really wants to adopt, then she has to rely on herself. They can at most give some help, and it is impossible to be responsible for the rations of the two children all the time.
Fu Yao sent Xu Xiangdong out gratefully. Seeing him leaving on his bicycle, she also went back to the yard and closed the door.
Before Xu Xiangdong was there, she had to avoid suspicion, so she opened the door wide open.
Now that everyone is gone, she naturally doesn't need to continue to show people the show.
Fu Yao took a look and found that the little girl Xinxin was still trying to pull the weeds, so she hurried over and said, "Xinxin, go play with Yubao, you don't need to care about these weeds."
The little girl has been pulling it out for so long, how can her little claws bear it again?
"I can do it." Xin Xin raised her head, looking at Fu Yao nervously and stubbornly, "Sister, I can pull a lot. I can also wash clothes, pick vegetables, light fires, and wash dishes."
Fu Yao: "..."
Is she trying to sell herself?
Guessing what the little girl was thinking, Fu Yao helplessly rubbed her head: "Then you help me watch Yubao and play with him, okay?"
Xinxin blinked her eyes, seemed to think for a while, and then nodded: "Well, I must be looking at Brother Yubao."
younger brother?
Fu Yao looked at her body which was obviously thinner than Yu Bao's, and suddenly felt that the little girl was a bit overconfident.
Sure enough, Yu Bao quit: "I'm not a younger brother, I'm an older brother!"
"But I want a younger brother." Xinxin said pitifully, "I like my younger brother, but they all say that I am a bad boy, want to bully my younger brother, and won't let me play with him."
Fu Yao guessed what was going on as soon as she heard it.
It's nothing more than her family's preference for sons over daughters. Regardless of whether she is biological or not, they all think that she will bully her younger brother and are very guarded against her.
No wonder the woman wanted to sell her.
After they had a son, they didn't want to continue raising the little girl.
But it wasn't worthwhile to just throw her away, so I wanted to sell her for money.
But that woman is really greedy enough.
These days, a bride price of 100 yuan is not bad for marrying a daughter-in-law. She sells a little girl, and she still wants 100 yuan!
Xinxin looked thin and small, and she didn't know if she was three years old.
What can such a small child do?
Even if she was asked to work, she couldn't do much.
"Okay, you guys discuss it slowly, and I'll make something delicious for you."
Fu Yao left two children to play in the yard, and took the hatchet to the kitchen.
Then he sighed helplessly.
If it was only Yu Bao and herself, she must have done it directly in the space.
Now that there is an extra little girl, I can only bear it.
The kitchen was bare except for a clay pot, bought from a thrift store.
Fu Yao didn't know what the earthenware pot had been through, and she couldn't cook it with it, so she secretly picked out an old-fashioned casserole that looked unremarkable from the space, cleaned it and started cooking porridge.
The little girl is too thin, just like her body, she has been hungry for a long time, resulting in malnutrition.
Fu Yao just made vegetable porridge, but she dared not give her the rest for now, for fear that she would not be able to digest it.
She also took the bowl for eating from the space, a plain bowl specially picked out, so as not to make the little girl suspicious.
The freshly cooked vegetable porridge was too hot, Fu Yao put it in a bowl, cooled it down with cold water, and then went to deal with the remaining weeds in the yard.
Originally, there were still a lot of weeds, but when she was busy in the kitchen, the little girl actually squatted in the yard and pulled weeds.
When Fu Yao went out, Xin Xin and Yu Bao had already pulled out a lot of weeds in the yard, leaving only a small piece.
Fu Yao couldn't bear to see it.
Such a small child is too diligent.
She didn't know how old Xinxin was, and Xinxin herself didn't know very well, so she could only ask when Xu Xiangdong came over tomorrow.
Dispose of the remaining weeds, and the vegetable porridge is ready to dry.
Fu Yao greeted the two cubs to wash their hands, and then took them to dinner.
At this time, the sky was already dark, so Fu Yao came out with an old kerosene lamp, lit it and placed it in the middle of the dining table.
Her kerosene lamp is made of brass with a glass cover. Even if it is an old style, it is out of place with this dilapidated house.
If outsiders see it, they will definitely be suspicious.
But Xinxin is still young, Fu Yao thinks she can fool her.
A little salt is added to the vegetable porridge, which makes it soft and rotten, but the taste is still good.
Even if there is no meat, it will inevitably be bland.
Yu Bao frowned, obviously disappointed.
The little girl Xinxin was different. She carefully circled the bowl in front of her with her small hands, as if she wanted to touch it but dared not.
I struggled for a while and didn't dare to eat.
She also said to Fu Yao very cautiously: "Sister, I don't need to eat such a good food."
Fu Yao couldn't help being a little distressed, and her voice softened: "Eat quickly, it will be cold if you don't eat any more. Uncle Xu gave you the ration today, you can eat it boldly."
After speaking, she ate directly.
Xin Xin looked at her and Yu Bao for a while, and saw that they were both eating, so she tentatively scooped up a little porridge with a spoon and put it into her mouth. When she tasted the fragrant and soft taste, her eyes lit up.
At home, she can only eat wild vegetable balls and those little sweet potatoes, and she has never eaten such delicious things!
So fragrant!
It's still slippery, and it melts in the mouth without chewing.
Xin Xin sipped the vegetable porridge in small sips, while eating, she secretly looked at Fu Yao and Yu Bao, for fear that they would get angry.
She ate too slowly, both Fu Yao and Yu Bao finished the porridge in the bowl, and she still had more than half of the bowl left.
Fu Yao felt even more distressed.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, a tall figure suddenly strode in.
(End of this chapter)