Chapter 141

Du Xuan frowned, "Who! Still not coming out?"

Judging from the figure's stature, it should be a child.

Then there are only a few answers.

Du Xuan was always gentle and tolerant towards children, but she really didn't like this kind of sneaky behavior, her eyebrows were wrinkled, and her expression was already a little displeased.

The little figure hidden behind the big tree didn't hold on for too long, and came out obediently.

"It's you?" Du Xuan looked at Xiaoxiao who was nervous and timid, "What are you doing here with me at such an early morning?"

Xiaoxiao came up, pursed her lips, and said slowly, "I'll help."

"Help?" Du Xuan said, "I don't need help."

Unexpectedly, as soon as these words came out, the little girl became anxious.

Not the kind of angry impatience, but a nervous anxiety.

Originally, her voice was slightly hoarse than other children's clear and crisp copper bells. Now that she was in a hurry, her voice became even hoarse. It sounded inexplicably pitiful.

"But, but I can't eat your food in vain. You also gave me medicine and took a bath..." She said, the circles of her eyes were a little red.

Du Xuan felt helpless.

This is a child who has suffered too much, so he understands and recognizes too early that everything in this world is not taken for granted, and you have to pay a price for what you get.

Even many adults may not have such a clear understanding. After all, there are many people in this world who take what they have and what they have for granted.

And this child was originally at the age of being taken care of by adults. Ordinarily, for a child of this age, it is a natural duty and responsibility for adults to take care of her.

But she didn't dare to think about it that way, she just felt that if she was taken care of, she would have to pay the price.

"I didn't help repair the house." Xiaoxiao lowered her head, raised her hand and wiped her eyes vigorously.

Du Xuan thought of the emotion that flashed in the child's eyes yesterday when Du Hui said that Liu Dabao had helped in mending the house.

I was once abandoned, but now I finally get the warmth like a dream, and I will be even more afraid of losing it.

Du Xuan frowned.

Seeing her frowning, Xiaoxiao was afraid that she would be upset, so she became more nervous and didn't know what to do.

Du Xuan sighed, "My family doesn't need any help from the children. It's fine to give them a hand as a joke. There's no need to help with work."

Xiaoxiao didn't understand, "But...but I've eaten."

If you want to eat, you have to work. If you work, you may not be able to eat, but if you don't work, you will definitely have nothing to eat.

This is Xiaoxiao's concept all along.

"Liu Dabao just did the job." Xiaoxiao said.

"He's an older kid, but you're still young." Du Xuan said, "Forget about today, and it won't be like this in the future. Do you know how dangerous it is for a kid like you to go up the mountain alone? It's still you Keep up with me, what if you lose track or get lost? Winter is coming soon, and I don’t know how many beasts are preparing for the winter food. A child like you can’t eat it in a few bites.”

Xiaoxiao was startled, she didn't dare to come to Du Xuan's side before, but now she jumped up and down to Du Xuan's side.

Although her posture was still cramped and tense, she was unwilling to take a step away from Du Xuan.

Seeing this, Du Xuan frowned slightly, "I came here today to pick some herbs, you can help if you want, but in the future, I won't need you to help me with this favor."

"But..." Xiaoxiao's eyebrows frowned. The child was sallow and thin. To be honest, the poor Bala looked really ugly.

But it does have a pair of good-looking eyebrows. It is not difficult to see that it must have thick eyebrows and big eyes when it grows up. It is not the same as the delicate eyebrows and good-looking eyes of ordinary pretty girls.

It should be the kind of beautiful eyebrows and eyes.

She knew that Du Xuan probably couldn't make sense, but she still couldn't help muttering, "I have to work..."

"Then just protect Xiaobao." Du Xuan thought for a while, if she didn't give the child something to do, she would probably be able to keep struggling like this. After all, the experiences and encounters from childhood to adulthood are here.

"You can see it too, Xiaobao's eyes can't see, and Taotao's temperament is like glutinous rice balls." Du Xuan smiled helplessly, "But I think you are a stubborn child, so you shouldn't be easily bullied Go. So as long as you protect Xiaobao, I don’t have any other work for you, you are still a child.”

After hearing this, Xiaoxiao finally breathed a sigh of relief, and nodded vigorously.

Du Xuan saw that she finally didn't bother about working anymore, so she didn't say anything more and got ready to work.

But because Xiaoxiao was there, she couldn't use it, so she thought about it, and arranged a job for Xiaoxiao, "Hey, have you seen that piece of tree over there? That tree has such seeds, you picked it up .”

Du Xuan gave her a few tea seeds as samples, and gave her a basket, and Xiaoxiao went there happily.

Du Xuan just picked a batch of medicinal herbs, and at the same time drained her own spiritual spring to irrigate the medicinal herbs one by one.

Then I went to a bamboo grove and dug two sweet bamboo shoots.Picked some fresh mushrooms.

After finishing all this, when I went to the camellia grove to look for Xiaoxiao, I saw that the child moved very nimbly, and he had already picked up a basket full of tea seeds!

What's more, she picked them up quite carefully. Those that didn't look good on the surface, she didn't put them in the basket, but piled them up in a small pile on the ground beside her.

From this point of view, she is really a capable little girl.

Du Xuan smiled and walked up.

Seeing her coming, Xiaoxiao stood up. For some reason, seeing her standing up, Du Xuan felt inexplicably uncomfortable, because she was very thin, and although her clothes were not so exaggerated, she could still dress well. Said it was quite rudimentary, even if the clothes were patched with patches, in some places, the skin inside could be seen due to the damage.

And it didn't fit very well, it was empty on her body, making her look extraordinarily thin.

When she squatted there, the bony outlines of her shoulders and spine were clearly revealed. When she stood up, the baggy clothes on her body were dangling around her body.

It's like being on a bamboo pole.

Du Xuan thought of some pictures she had seen in her previous life, those displaced children in war-torn areas, with skinny bodies, big and dazed eyes because of their thinness.

The feeling of seeing Xiaoxiao at this moment is the same as the feeling of seeing those photos in those days.

She seriously handed over the basket in her hand, "I don't know if those bad fruits are useful, so I put them aside for now."

Du Xuan sighed silently, and reached out to stroke her withered yellow hair, "You have done a good job. It seems that house repairing is not what you are good at helping, but collecting is. Let's eat meatloaf tonight."

(End of this chapter)

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