Yu Yan pinched his sister’s little hand, hesitated for a while, and said in a heavier tone: “You can’t run around, otherwise, the tiger will take you away. Do you know tigers? They are very big and fierce. Their teeth are so long that it hurts to bite people, and after being taken away by a tiger, you will never see Brother again.”
He heard that some aunts in the village scared their children in this way, in order to prevent naughty children from running into the mountains.
Yu Yan was also afraid that his sister would run around when he was picking wild vegetables. Although he was afraid of scaring his sister, he still said so.
“Woo, woo, woo, Xiao Wu is good, don’t bite…”
Yu Wu’s development was slower than that of her peers. Other children could already speak long and fluent sentences at the age of three, but Ah Wu was still used to speaking two or three words, and her speaking speed was not fast, which made her look a little stupid.
Perhaps the child’s body suppressed the ability of her soul.
When Ah Wu was awake, her rationality and thinking ability were only that of a six or seven-year-old child. When she was not awake, she was even more dull than her normal age. (T/N: I think because of the incompatibility, Ah Wu’s thinking ability that should be an adult compressed to be only like a 6 or 7 old child.)
“Well, Xiao Wu is the best.”
Yu Yan hugged his sister and couldn’t help kissing her little face.
He decided to use a hemp rope to tie his sister and himself together when they went up the mountain tomorrow.
As long as his sister walked far away, the rope tied around his waist would be pulled, and then he would be able to pull his sister back. This was the safest way.
Xiao Wu is his only relative. Perhaps it could be said that Xiao Wu had always been his only family member.
In the whole world, the only person he couldn’t lose was her.
Knock, knock, knock—
There was a knock on the door.
“Xiao Yan, are you home? I’m Aunt Li.”
Li Xu, who lived next door, went back home after she came down from the mountain.
During the day, she looked through the Yu family’s kitchen and found that the rice jar was almost empty.
She thought that with Mrs. Yu’s personality, she would probably sell anything with a little value to buy medicine for Yu Fucai, so the family had long been short of food.
So, she went home and filled a few bowls of rice from her own rice jar and also brought some sweet potatoes and potatoes. Yu Yan and his sister didn’t have a big appetite now, so these things were enough for them to eat for a month.
Li Xu’s family conditions were not good either. They only had two acres of land and three children to raise. They lived a tight life, and this little bit of food was already taken from the mouths of her family.
“Thank you, Auntie.”
Yu Yan lowered his head and looked at the food without saying anything to refuse.
“Thank you, Auntie.”
Ah Wu looked at her brother and then at the kind aunt, smiled sweetly at her, then shyly hid behind her brother. She tugged her brother’s clothes with her little hands, revealed half of her head from behind him, and secretly smiled at Li Xu.
Li Xu gave birth to three sons but never a daughter. When she saw such a well-behaved Ah Wu, her heart almost melted.
“Xiao Yan, have you thought about what to do next?”
Li Xu had thought about whether to take the brother and sister in and raise them at home, but her family really didn’t have any extra money.
If she just helped out occasionally, her husband wouldn’t say anything. However, if she took them in and raised them at home, the situation would be different.
Faced with this kind-hearted aunt who had helped the brother and sister many times, Yu Yan did not hide anything and expressed his thoughts.
“Picking mushrooms, this is a way out.”
Li Xu was not worried that anything would happen to the brother and sister at the foot of the mountain.
There was a bumper mushroom harvest in the mountains during this period, and people went into the mountains to pick mushrooms every day.
Everyone knew the situation of the Yu family and would look after the brother and sister.
At this time, Yu Yan had to stand up. Even though his five-year-old body made Li Xu feel sympathetic, she still smiled and affirmed his idea.
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