"Not wasting food makes you a good child, but Erbao wasted food before, so you need to apologize to the farr, okay?"
Xiao Fei continued to patiently guide.
The little girl nodded seriously.
When the old man ca up from the field, she surprisingly ran over with a tap-tap-tap, stood in front of the old grandpa, and then bent down to bow.
"Grandpa, I’m sorry~"
"What’s wrong, Erbao?"
Seeing the little girl inexplicably apologize to him, the old grandpa was sowhat puzzled.
Erbao said crisply, "I wasted food before, and Daddy told to apologize."
"Oh~ is that so?"
The old man squatted down in front of Erbao, and his wrinkled hands gently touched Erbao’s tender cheek, making her slightly uncomfortable.
However, she didn’t shy away.
"It’s okay, but you mustn’t waste food again, okay?"
"Mm-hmm, I won’t!"
Erbao nodded with a smile.
By the ti they returned to the courtyard, it was almost noon.
It’s ti to prepare lunch.
Seeing the situation, the little ones suddenly rembered yesterday’s events and rushed into the kitchen.
"Grandma, can we help you chop wood?"
"Grandma, grandma, we’ll help you chop wood~"
Surrounded by the three little ones, the old grandma, who was preparing to light the firewood, hesitated a bit.
"Let handle it, ma’am."
Xiao Fei stepped forward at the right mont.
"Young man, this chopping wood..."
"I know how, don’t worry."
"Alright, alright."
Hearing Xiao Fei say that, the old grandma didn’t refuse anymore.
She even took a look from the side and, finding that Xiao Fei indeed knew how to chop wood, finally felt a bit relieved.
The little ones gathered around Xiao Fei, and once he managed to light the firewood and put it in the stove, they imdiately peered inside.
"Be careful not to burn off your eyebrows!"
Xiao Fei laughed and pulled the children back.
Tang Yuxin, sitting beside him, suddenly said, "Judging by your tone, have you ever been burned?"
"When I was little."
Xiao Fei fiddled with the firewood in the stove with a poker.
"At grandma’s house, there was this kind of earthen stove. While I was helping to chop wood, my eyebrows accidentally got burned by the fire."
"Hahahahaha..."
Tang Yuxin laughed heartily.
The children, finding it amusing, all started stuffing wood into the stove.
"Kids, you can’t add firewood like this, look, you need to separate the firewood inside to make enough space, then place the firewood like this, and finally use the poker to position it right..."
Seeing the children so interested, Xiao Fei handed the poker over.
The iron poker was not light, and the little ones could hardly lift it.
Even Da Bao’s little face turned red from straining, barely lifting the poker a bit.
Xiao Fei didn’t help, just watched as the children dealt with the firewood.
By the ti the al was prepared, the three little ones were sweating profusely.
"How is it? Do you realize now how tiring cooking can be? You didn’t even eat last night."
The children, being scolded by Xiao Fei, lowered their heads in dismay.
After lunch, Xiao Fei and Tang Yuxin took the children for a walk in the fields.
"Daddy, what is this?"
"This is wheat."
"What about this?"
"This is cabbage..."
Along the way, Xiao Fei kept explaining to the children what each crop they encountered was.
Soon, they unexpectedly noticed a child slightly older than the babies, carrying a small basket, hopping along.
Da Bao blinked and suddenly ran over.
"Hello, what are you carrying?"
The slightly older girl, looking about the age of a first-grader, beca a bit awkward and shy seeing Da Bao so clean and cute.
"It’s pig grass."
"What is pig grass?"
"It’s for feeding pigs."
The little girl answered like this.
Seeing Da Bao, Er Bao and San Bao also ran over, surrounding the little girl and chirping questions nonstop.
The little girl had never seen such cute children, and comparing herself to the three little ones, her clothes were tattered, old, and she was dirty, feeling ashad.
Xiao Fei, seeing it was about ti, called the children over to apologize to the little girl.
The girl waved her hands repeatedly and, after casting a longing glance at the three babies, quickly ran toward her ho.
Watching her back, Xiao Fei sighed.
"Babies, look, this little sister is only a few years older than you, and she has to help at ho every day."
"Today we saw her collecting pig grass."
"When we don’t see her, she probably has to feed the pigs, help wash clothes, help cook, and even help tend the farm..."
"This little sister doesn’t have the toys that you play with. Her als are not as good as yours, and her clothes aren’t as pretty as yours."
"Perhaps her parents aren’t even around."
"Why?"
San Bao asked.
Tang Yuxin answered this ti.
"Because, her parents have to go outside to work and earn money."
"Earn money..."
The children repeated.
"Can’t they earn money at ho?"
"No, because there’s no money to be made at ho, and jobs that pay are not at ho."
Xiao Fei led the children to the edge of the field, then pointed at the small village ahead.
"Your lives are very blessed; your parents are with you, and you can have whatever you want."
"But, there are so many, many children like you whose lives are different."
"Their parents aren’t around, and they have to do a lot of chores at ho every day; they might even go hungry."
"How pitiful..."
The little ones suddenly felt a pang in their hearts.
Xiao Fei’s words added a touch of darkness to their previously innocent world.
"Just like you, Er Bao, that day you ate the chicken wing, took a bite, and threw it away."
"Do you know how many children can’t even eat chicken wings?"
Er Bao felt extrely uncomfortable.
She didn’t know why she felt so bad, just very uncomfortable.
The more she thought, the more uncomfortable she got, and her eyes started to shed tears.
"Daddy...I’m sorry..."
"I... I won’t waste chicken wings anymore..."
"Admitting your mistake is being a good child."
Xiao Fei rubbed Er Bao’s head and wiped away her tears.
He then looked at Da Bao: "And Da Bao, the other day you asked Dad, why those children who are hungry don’t eat at, now you understand, right? Because they don’t even have at."
"They have nothing."
"Daddy, I’m sorry..."
Da Bao also lowered his head.
Xiao Fei looked up at Tang Yuxin, seeing her smiling face.
"Such good children."
Tang Yuxin squatted down as well, softly saying, "Knowing your mistakes is enough; your lives are very blessed, so be grateful, okay?"
"Got it~~~~"
This ti, the three little ones’ responses were more serious than ever before.
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