Xiao Shi held a broom and yelled, "Don't catch my chickens."

Wang Laizi pushed him down and said, "Go away, you little bastard. I'm going to beat you to death."

Wang Laizi is a well-known thief in the village. He is over 40 years old and has not yet married. He is lazy and eats a lot. He makes a living by stealing crops from other people's fields. Even if he is caught, he will never admit it.

A few days ago, I passed by and saw a lot of chickens in the Su family's yard. I had wanted to steal them for a long time, but I couldn't find the opportunity. I learned from somewhere else that Su's father and his family had gone to sell firewood, so I came here quietly.

Liu Huan saw Xiao Shi fall down, and went forward to help him up. He picked up the broom on the ground and started beating him, "I told you to hit my brother, put down my chicken."

Wang Laizi was afraid that someone would hear him if he stayed up too long, so he grabbed the two chicks and Xiaohong and ran away.

Xiao Shi ran after him: "Put down my chicken."

Liu Huan was also preparing to catch up with a broom, when the reason why Xiao Shi was weak suddenly flashed through his mind.

It was because he was kicked in the chest by Wang Laizi when he was snatching something from him that he became weak and sickly.

His mouth was faster than his brain, he quickly stepped forward and called out to him, "Brother, stop chasing us, we can't beat him."

Xiao Shi got up from the ground, his trousers were worn out at the knees, tears started to flow out like a broken dam, he hugged Liu Huan and cried loudly: "Huan Huan, Xiao Hong is gone, wuwuwuwu."

Liu Huan hugged him and coaxed him: "I know, we'll tell Dad when he comes back. We are too young, and it will be very uncomfortable if we get hurt."

He couldn't listen and kept crying.

Liu Huan was also infected. He felt sad when he thought of Xiaohong without her. The two of them hugged each other and cried together.

"What's going on here?"

At noon, when school was over, Dashishi hurried back to cook. He saw the two children crying in the yard. He was startled, thinking that something had happened to them.

Hearing the voice, Liu Huan seemed to have found his backbone. He dropped Xiao Shi and crawled over to hug Shitou's legs, crying even more sadly: "Shitou, wuwuwu."

Shitou squatted down and looked at her carefully: "What's wrong? Is your foot injured?"

Liu Huan sobbed and shook her head, "No, my feet are numb."

Shitou breathed a sigh of relief and took her feet in his hands, kneading them, "Is this worth crying about?"

Without waiting for her to speak, Xiao Shi told her what had just happened. He wiped his tears with his little hands and cried intermittently: "Big brother, second brother, Xiao Hong was taken away, and we can't beat him."

After Shitou knew the reason, he repeated again: "Are you injured anywhere?"

Liu Huan shook his head: "No, Xiaoshi's pants are torn."

Shitou was very glad that they didn't chase him. There was no adult at home. What would he do if something happened? "It's ok to get robbed. You didn't even reach his waist. How could you beat him?"

Dashi didn't know how to comfort people, so he went to the kitchen to cook noodles. Shitou took them in and taught them how to do it next time.

Liu Huan was so excited that he put his hands on his waist and stamped his feet: "Shi Tou, that person is really bad."

Xiao Shi also imitated Liu Huan and said, "That's right, second brother, you didn't even know that he also said he wanted to beat me to death."

Shitou: "Well, the bad guys will be dealt with by someone, don't be angry anymore."

After they recovered, I fetched water for them to wash their hands. "Go eat first. I'll be home with you guys later."

Neither of the two brothers went to school in the afternoon. Dashi asked for leave, saying that his house had been robbed and he had to stay at home to watch over it.

Su Ming nodded in agreement, and after asking if there was any serious problem, he let him go.

Shitou was washing clothes, and the clothes of the two children were all dirty.

Shitou sat in the yard and looked at the chicks without their mother and sighed, "Huanhuan, they are so pitiful. What will they do without their mother?"

Liu Huan didn't know what to do. How to raise such small chickens without a hen? Poor Xiaohong, she was probably killed and eaten by Wang Laizi.

In the afternoon, when Su's father came back, Xiao Shi told him what had just happened. Su's father was about to leave with a knife, but Su's mother stopped him and said, "Come back. That family is full of scoundrels. It's useless to go now."

Wang Laizi became famous for robbing other people's things and not returning them. He would not only claim that the things belonged to him, but also say that he was robbed. Even the village chief could not do anything about him, and the villagers would avoid him when they saw him.

Father Su shouted, "Then let him take it?"

Su's mother cried and said, "What else can I do? You know his character. He will come to our house to make trouble after he leaves this time. Fortunately, the child is fine today. Otherwise, how can I live?"

Father Su threw the knife away, lowered his head and smoked his pipe, and the atmosphere became silent.

Liu Huan quickly changed the subject and asked Su's mother if she had sold the mushrooms.

When Su's mother heard this, she forced a smile on her depressed face: "I sold it for 200 coins. The people in the town were very greedy when they saw it, and it was not enough to sell. If I had known earlier, I should have picked up more yesterday."

"So much?" Liu Huan didn't expect it to sell for so much money, but when he thought about it, it was more expensive in his previous life.

Cao Er continued: "Yes, he asked us if we would go tomorrow. Many of them wanted to go."

Liu Huan asked her at the right time: "Has my sister's embroidery been handed in?"

Cao Er was delighted when she heard that she was being talked about. She said, "I have delivered mine, and I got ten more. I will deliver them next month."

She gave the fifteen cents she earned to Su's mother, who refused to take a cent, saying, "Take it and buy whatever you want. A girl should have some money to spend on herself when she grows up."

She was told this when she came back, and she had forgotten what she bought for the two children: "This is for you."

Liu Huan's eyes sparkled, and he held his hands to his heart: "I love my sister the most."

Xiao Shi didn't know what it was, he just knew he had something delicious, "Huan Huan, what is this?"

Liu Huan took one and handed it to him, "Lick it."

Xiao Shi licked it, his eyes widened, staring at the candied haws, and his voice rose a degree: "Huan Huan, I like it so much."

Liu Huan nodded with a chuckle. She had wanted to eat it that day. "I like it too."

The two of them tacitly took the one they had licked. Xiaoshi gave his to Dashi, and Liu Huan gave hers to Cao'er, "Sister, have some too."

Cao'er was reluctant to buy it just now, but now she wanted to try it, so she took one and handed it to Shitou.

The stone was passed to Su's mother, and each of them ate one, and the rest was left for the two children.

Xiao Shi was reluctant to eat the last one, and the sugar melted in his hand.

Looking at the candied haws with a sad face, "Huanhuan, I really like it. What should I do if I can't bear to eat it?"

This was the first time he had tasted sweets since he was four years old, and he loved it very much.

Liu Huan said, "It's okay. You can buy it next time. If you don't eat it now, it will melt in a while."

After hearing her say that, Xiaoshi licked it and ate it in small bites.

Everyone went to bed early at night because the whole family would go picking mushrooms the next day.

Shitou was acting strangely today and refused to let Liu Huan follow him: "You go and sleep with me tonight."

Liu Huan's body swung like a washing machine. "I don't want it. My sister's bed is too small for me to sleep in."

Shitou coaxed patiently: "Go quickly, just for tonight."

Liu Huan didn't listen to him and climbed onto the bed first, sleeping at the innermost position and shouting, "Come on."

After Shitou got on the bed, Liu Huan leaned close to his ear and whispered, "Do you want to go find Wang Laizi? Let's go together..."

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