The beloved baby has a space

Chapter 71 New Villagers

Little Ayu cried, cried very sadly. A clear look of helplessness flashed in Qin Huai's eyes, and the candied hawthorn remained frozen in mid-air.

He looked at Chi Jia, who was also completely bewildered.

He was just a heartless guard; how could he understand the little girl's thoughts?

"Ayu, Ayu, what's wrong?!"

Wang Silang happened to be delivering something when he heard Ayu crying. He quickly pushed through the crowd and ran over.

He saw Xiao Ayu, who was standing in front of a boy she didn't recognize, looking very sad.

Without a second thought, Wang Silang pulled Xiao Ayu behind him and looked at Qin Huai with an unfriendly expression: "Did you make my sister cry?"

Hu Erpang, who was standing nearby, started chattering away: "I wanted to give the candy to Xiao Ayu, but he wouldn't let her have it!"

"Why can't you let my sister eat candy?" Wang Silang said, then realized what he meant and looked at Hu Erpang, "What candy? Where did you get candy?"

Hu Erpang spread out the candy in his palm, revealing dark fingerprints on it.

There was also a large tooth mark.

Wang Silang was extremely disgusted: "Where did you pull this candy from? How dare you give this stuff to my sister!"

"Even Sister Ayu didn't say anything, and you're already complaining. I'm not giving you any!" Hu Erpang snorted, pointing at Qin Huai, "He even tried to snatch it from me!"

Qin Huai: “…”

Chi Jia: "..."

Little Ayu was still crying loudly.

[Honey, please stop crying! Your crying is driving me crazy!]

Tuanzi suddenly felt a pang of nostalgia for the cautious little kid she used to be.

She used to seem optimistic and strong, but she never dared to cry or speak loudly.

Now look what's happened, she starts crying whenever she wants and can't stop.

Just like those spoiled brats who have no manners.

It's really considering trying to find a parenting guide, otherwise one day it'll be so worried that all its fur will fall out!
Little Ayu felt wronged inside: "Little fairy, the big brother doesn't like me, waaaah... But I like him so much, he's so handsome, he gave me flowers..."

"But...he made me eat candied hawthorn...it's so sour, so sour, waah!"

Tuanzi then realized that the boy's crying was caused by that candied hawthorn.

He likes you too. Think about it, wasn't that candied hawthorn a gift from your grandma last time?

Your grandma likes you so much, that's why she bought you candied hawthorns.

[This young man was just trying to be nice to you, but he didn't know you didn't like candied hawthorns.]

Little Ayu slowly stopped crying, tears still clinging to the corners of her eyes, but she looked surprised: "Really? Really?"

Tuanzi breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Tuanzi had indeed stopped crying.

Yes, you can ask him if you don't believe me.

Little Ayu immediately walked up to Qin Huai, looked up at him with her tear-stained face, and asked, "Big brother, you gave me a candied hawthorn, does that mean you like me?"

The unexpected question caught Qin Huai off guard, leaving him completely stunned.

Like it?
No, he has no favorite things or favorite people.

So Qin Huai shook his head.

As soon as she tilted her head slightly, she saw the little girl's mouth twitch, tears welling up in her eyes, threatening to fall but not quite.

It was as if she could cry forever if he just said no.

Qin Huai was forced to nod.

Little Ayu stopped crying and started laughing.

She took the candied hawthorn, pretended to take a bite, her little face puffed out, and then pretended to chew and swallow it.

Then, hand the candied hawthorn back.

Under Qin Huai's questioning gaze, Xiao Ayu said very seriously, "If you like me, you'll give me candied hawthorns. I like you too, so I'll give you candied hawthorns too!"

That way, the boy knows he likes her, and she doesn't have to eat the sour candied hawthorn.

Wow, she's such a smart child!

Little Ayu secretly praised herself in her heart. Qin Huai looked at the candied hawthorn that had returned to his hand, and for a moment he was a little confused.

Fortunately, Qin Huai had more than just a candied hawthorn to give to Xiao Ayu; he also had flowers that he had been asked to be dug up from the small garden before he left.

The peonies he had given to Xiao Ayu before had sprouted new buds, so he had them all cut down, roots and all.

I divided it into two small bowls, and now I'm giving them both to Xiao Ayu.

"Wow, flowers! Ayu loves them!" Little Ayu was naturally happy to receive the flowers.

She decided she preferred the younger guy a little more!
Little Ayu held Wang Silang's hand and said, "Fourth Brother, let's go pick flowers. I want to pick flowers for you too!"

In Xiao Ayu's eyes, she would send flowers to whoever she liked.

Wang Silang said, "Let your fifth brother take you there. Your fourth brother has to deliver something and can't stay with you right now. I'll take your flowers back first. You play here for now and be good."

Wang Silang was the son of the second wife. Because his father was paralyzed, he always subconsciously did more work at home, thinking that he could do his father's part as well.

"Okay." Little Ayu knew that everyone was doing serious things, and she was just playing around by picking flowers, but playing around shouldn't interfere with serious matters.

Hu Erpang, who was standing nearby, said, "I'll take you there. I know where the flowers are the most beautiful!"

Little Ayu immediately cheered: "Great! Thank you, Brother Erpang!"

Wang Erpang grinned: "Hehe, no need to thank me, you're my little sister Ayu too!"

He has such a well-behaved little sister who calls for her brother every day. He would do anything for her, even if she asked him to pluck the stars or the moon.

Qin Huai watched helplessly as Xiao Ayu left with that boy named Hu Erpang, throwing the candied hawthorn on the ground without even glancing at it.

A snotty-nosed child had been eyeing the candied hawthorn for a while. When he saw the boy drop it, he immediately ran over, picked it up, and took a big bite.

"Sweet!" The happy expression didn't last long before he spat it out, "Sour, it's rotten!"

He looked at Qin Huai with indignation.

No wonder Fu Baobao didn't like to eat it; it was spoiled.

Then, he licked all the sugar syrup off the candied hawthorns and casually threw away the rest.

Qin Huai: “…”

The coachman had everything unloaded from the carriage and the horse taken out.

Then the people of Hujia Village used carrying poles to carry the horse-drawn carriage up the mountain cliff.

Spurred by the promise of money, they managed to move the items up in just 15 minutes.

Red Armor was no longer able to speak.

He began to think about a new plan for spending money.

The arrival of someone in Hujia Village caused such a commotion that it naturally alerted Village Chief Hu.

Upon seeing a large pile of things at the village entrance, Village Chief Hu asked in surprise, "What's this?"

He subconsciously looked at the adult among the two—the one in red armor.

Chi Jia glanced at Qin Huai and resignedly said, "We came here to stay in your village."

"Stay?" Village Chief Hu frowned. "Our village just suffered a snow disaster and hasn't recovered yet. We don't have any extra houses for you to stay in. If you're here for sightseeing, you might as well go to Feng'an Village. I heard that village wasn't affected by the disaster and has beautiful scenery."

Red Armor shook his head: "Village Chief, you are unaware of this. We have come here to help our young master recuperate. Our young master has been frail since childhood, and his teacher says he should take good care of himself. A wise man said that your village is a good place to gather and retain auspicious energy, and suggested that we come here to stay temporarily. He said it would be beneficial to his condition."

Seeing that Village Chief Hu was not particularly moved, Chi Jia secretly channeled his inner energy, his eyes instantly reddening and his voice hoarse: "Please, just consider it a good deed; we won't stay for free."

We will give you... every day

Remembering the coachman's actions, Chi Jia considered his options and said, "How about 10 copper coins for lodging?"

Village Chief Hu clapped his hands and said, "Don't talk about money! The most important thing is for the child to recover. Let me see where we can arrange for you to stay."

The villagers all looked at Qin Huai and his companion with great interest.

Ten copper coins for one night's stay—that's an incredible deal!

They were thinking to themselves that it wouldn't hurt to send their husbands/sons to sleep in the pigsty and make room for the guests!
Qin Huai looked at the red-armored man.

Chi Jia understood and said, "I heard there's an old Wang family here. Would it be possible to stay at their house?"

Someone murmured, "Old Wang's chicken coop is indeed still empty..."

(End of this chapter)