Chapter 9
Early the next morning, Bai Lai, who was sleepy, heard the sound of the door opening, and her body trembled. Thinking of what happened yesterday, she thought it was a thief.

Opening her eyes, she reached out and pushed Bai Ergou who was sleeping next to her.

"Brother, brother, wake up, can you hear if someone is coming outside?"

"Well, what..." Bai Ergou was pushed in a daze, and couldn't help muttering. After a while, his eyes suddenly widened.

"Little sister, what did you hear?"

"Brother, someone outside seems to be opening the door." The small hut they lived in was a bit far from the village, and there was a big mountain behind them. If a thief really came, how could the children resist it?
When Bai Ergou heard Bai Lai's words, he quickly got up and pushed Bai Sanshun to wake him up. Two young boys grabbed a piece of firewood and walked towards the door.

At this time, the footsteps were not far away from them, and Bai Lai, panting for breath, followed them with a stick. When the door opened, they rushed out with sticks, thinking they were going to follow the thief. Desperately, but the next moment Bai Ergou yelled.

"Mom, why did you come back so early?"

In the yard, where is the thief standing?Bai Lai looked at Xue who was wearing patched clothes, and felt relieved. He didn't feel it when he was holding his breath just now, but after he was relieved, he felt weak for a while, and his face turned pale for a while.

Xue got up early in the morning and hurried on her way, and finally returned home. She didn't expect to see her children rushing over like thieves. She, who was originally soft-tempered, was taken aback.

Patting her chest, her voice was a little soft, "I was afraid that you would be scared at home, so I rushed back early in the morning."

"Mother, you scared us to death. I thought it was a thief."

Of all the people in the room, only Bailey had felt that way, because she had seen the thief.

Xue Shi is actually not stupid, she was nervous when she heard Bai Lai's words, she stepped forward and grabbed Bai Lai's hand, her voice was a little tense, "Lai Lai, what happened, is it really a thief?"

Xue's nervousness warmed Bailai's heart, she nodded and began to talk about what happened yesterday, "Yesterday my mother and brother were not at home, someone came in to steal something, I hid the rice in the kang, she didn't turn up."

That person yesterday was obviously a woman, and Bai Lai didn't know who it was when she first arrived, but she was sure she was from the village.

As soon as Bai Lai's words fell, Mrs. Xue hugged her, mouthful of her sweetheart, Bai Lai got goosebumps when she heard it, and patted Mrs. Xue's back, Bai Lai said uncomfortably, "Mom, I'm fine." of."

"It's okay, it's okay."

Mrs. Xue looked really frightened, she even forgot what she brought in, so she just went to comfort Bai Lai, but she didn't know whether it was Bai Lai who comforted her or she comforted Bai Lai.

Her demeanor made Bai Lai helpless for a while, so he had to change the subject, "Mother, let's go inside."

Bai Ergou and Bai Sanshun also felt that it would be better to go into the house to talk about something, and they are still in the yard now.

As if she just remembered this incident, Xue called Bai Ergou, "Ergou, hurry up and bring in the two quilts at the door, Sanshun, bring in the oil and salt at the door."

When the family was separated, they didn't get anything except this house and a hundred catties of miscellaneous grains. Mrs. Xue went back to her natal family yesterday to get some back. Fortunately, Mrs. Xue's natal family loves her very much, otherwise, I don't know what will happen. What about moths?

Bai Ergou and Bai San obediently ran out to get things, while Xue carried Bai Lai into the house.

Looking at the clean and empty dining table, Xue's eyes were full of self-blame again, probably because she remembered that Bai Lai hadn't eaten yet, she put Bai Lai on the kang, then pulled her skirt and went to the kitchen next door.

Soon the cooking smoke rose from the kitchen. Bai Ergou and Bai Sanshun walked in the door with things in their hands. She saw that the eldest brother was holding two thin quilts in his hands. The color was quite new, probably not yet made at home. used.

She was relieved to see the quilt, and now she can sleep well.

With a small bag of coarse salt and a small bottle of rapeseed oil in his hand, Bai Sanshun went into the kitchen to help Mrs. Xue cook.

Half an hour passed, and Mrs. Xue walked over with a small plate of multigrain porridge.

Bai Lai looked at the table, and saw the porridge with not many grains and a small dish of pickles, which looked really bad, but even these things were brought back by Mrs. Xue from her natal family.

Bai Ergou and Bai Sanshun sat obediently on the wooden pier. The dining table was not high, so it was just right for them to sit on the wooden pier, and Bai Lai was also sitting there. Xue took four broken bowls, and each of them filled half of them. Porridge.

There wasn't much porridge, and half a bowl of porridge for one person was finished. Xue showed a shy smile, and her yellow face looked a little weak.

Staring at the half bowl of porridge in front of him, Bai Lai felt a little depressed. It seems that it is necessary to make money quickly, otherwise it is still a question of whether he can live to adulthood just by eating these things.

(End of this chapter)

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