Zhao Xiuxiu, who was already hungry and annoyed by Xueya's "indifference", found it even more difficult to fall asleep. She lay on the bed and thought about all sorts of things. The more she thought about it, the more uncomfortable she felt, and finally she hid under the quilt and whimpered.

He started sobbing until the rooster crowed twice, then he stopped and fell asleep.

So in the second half of the night, Qin Xiaoxiao, Hu Qingqing and Xueya slept very uneasily, always hearing someone crying in their ears. Their sleep was very good, there was no big noise at night, and they almost never woke up.

I didn’t know it was Zhao Xiuxiu who was crying.

After getting up the next day, Qin Xiaoxiao said to Lin Qiuniang, who was combing her hair: "I had another dream last night. In the dream, there was someone who kept crying in my ear. I couldn't sleep well because of the crying."

There were several walls between the two rooms, and Lin Qiuniang didn't hear Zhao Xiuxiu's cry. She thought her daughter was really dreaming, so she laughed and said, "I must have been playing too crazy during the day, so I have these messy dreams at night."

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"Hehe, it was so fun for the elder brother and the second brother to catch loaches yesterday!" Qin Xiaoxiao took the opportunity to act coquettishly with her mother, and did not want to find out what was going on in her dream. When her mother said this, she remembered that she had already talked to her elder brother.

Brother and the others made an appointment to catch loaches in the afternoon.

Seeing that her mother was about to braid her hair, she quickly said, "Mom, if you comb it, it will fall into the mud and get dirty."

"Okay, okay, comb it for you." Lin Qiuniang helplessly scattered her hair again, and combed two round hairpins on the top of her head. This way, she would not worry about her hair hanging down and being swept around in the mud when she was catching loaches.

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After combing her hair, Lin Qiuniang found that the 60 to 70% new clothes on her daughter did not suit her. She thought for a while and dug out a set of very old clothes with several patches at the bottom of the box for her to change into: "

If you want to catch loaches in the afternoon, just wear this suit. If it gets dirty later, you don’t need to wash it. Just take it off and throw it away."

The clothes Qin Xiaoxiao wore were at least 50% to 60% new, and none of them were patched. When she first saw such old clothes, she didn't dislike them, but asked curiously: "When did you make these clothes?"

?How come I’ve never seen it before?”

Lin Qiuniang didn't know what she thought of, and her face looked unhappy: "It was given by your aunt on the day you turned one year old."

When Qin Xiaoxiao heard this, he matched up with the character in his memory and pouted: "Then I don't want to wear it, I don't like my aunt."

"Be good~ My aunt knows you don't like it, but there's nothing wrong with these clothes! Come on, put them on quickly, if you wear those beautiful clothes to catch loaches, your clothes will become ugly." Lin Qiuniang coaxed her daughter, and finally gave the clothes to her.

She put it on.

The aunt the mother and daughter talk about is Mrs. Miao's biological sister Xiao Miao. Xiao Miao's husband's family is a bit far away from Qingshan Village. On weekdays, the two families don't have much contact, but they will visit each other during the New Year. If one family has a happy event, the other family will

I also want to come and say congratulations.

In recent years, Xiao Miao's children have reached the age of marriage one by one, and the relationship between the two families has become closer than before. Every time Xiao Miao saw Qin Xiaoxiao, she would always say something weird about her. I would like to give it to Qin during the New Year.

She has to divide the New Year's money for several children in the family into three, six or nine, and Qin Xiaoxiao is the lowest.

After many times, Qin Xiaoxiao noticed that this aunt was not happy with her, but she didn't know the source of this displeasure.

Qin Xiaoxiao couldn't bear to get her beautiful clothes dirty, and the clothes she was wearing made her awkward. After thinking about it, she asked: "Mom, why doesn't my aunt like me?"

Lin Qiuniang said vaguely: "Everyone has people they like and people they don't like, and it's the same with your aunt. This is not your fault. Don't think nonsense."

When Qin Xiaoxiao heard this, she subconsciously thought of her cousin Xiuxiu, whom she didn't like very much, and suddenly she didn't care whether her aunt liked her or not.

Humph, there are many people who like her, including my aunt!

Lin Qiuniang saw her daughter's thoughts at a glance, rubbed her head and said nothing.

It is not without reason that Xiao Miao doesn't like Qin Xiaoxiao. But two years ago, Xiao Miao made a scene at Qin Xiaoxiao's first birthday ceremony for no reason, and was humiliated by her stepdaughter Zhou Baoer in public, and she was angry.

It’s all about Qin Xiaoxiao!

Except for Qin Xiaoxiao herself, everyone familiar with the Qin family knows that Qin Xiaoxiao was thrown into the mountains when she was two or three months old, and was picked up by Qin Shan. When she was picked up, she had nothing but thin clothes on her body.

There is nothing on the blanket, so we don't know when she was born.

After the Qin family discussed it, they simply decided to set her birthday on March 20th. The reason why they chose this date was because March 20th was the birthday of Empress Sangzi, and Qin Shan and Lin Qiuniang felt that Qin Xiaoxiao was the birthday of Sangzi.

The empress gave it to their daughter.

A person's first birthday gift is such an important day in one's life! On the day when Qin Xiaoxiao turned one year old, the Qin family specially hosted a banquet for all their relatives and friends.

There were a lot of people coming that day. No matter how strange they were that the Qin family would hold a big first-year gift for a picked-up girl, they all praised Qin Xiaoxiao and gave her a lot of new clothes and shoes as customary.

A little Miao family gave me a set of very old and patched clothes.

Seeing that she was Mrs. Miao's biological sister, and understanding that she had remarried with several sons, and had a hard time while her parents-in-law were still alive and had a stepdaughter, the Qin family did not care about this and arranged for her to live there.

chief.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Miao was so weird, complaining to others at the dinner table that the Qin family celebrated the birthday of Qin Xiaoxiao, the money-loser they picked up, just to gain some benefits.

When these words reached Mrs. Miao's ears, she immediately burst into tears.

The rest of the Qin family were also very angry. If Xiao Miao's stepdaughter Zhou Baoer hadn't stood up and apologized to the Qin family in public and slapped Xiao Miao's face severely, otherwise Qin Shan would have driven the Xiao Miao family out directly

go out.

A good first-year gift turned into a battle of wits between Xiao Miao and Zhou Baoer, the stepmother and daughter. Even though the Qin family had suppressed their anger, they did not dare to make the scene too ugly for fear of disturbing Qin Xiaoxiao.

Originally, the old clothes brought by Xiao Miao were to be thrown away by Qinshan, but Lin Qiuniang kept them and planned to send them back intact when Xiao Miao's grandson turned one year old. Unexpectedly, Xiao Miao's daughter-in-law gave birth to two children in succession.

As a daughter, Xiao Miao was so angry that she didn’t even bother to take a shower, let alone her first birthday gift.

This dress was already shabby, and if it was kept pressed at the bottom of the box, the material would melt away and it would be completely unwearable. It was not until Xiao Miao's grandson turned one year old that he had not yet seen Ying'er. That's why Lin Qiuniang found it and gave it to Qin Xiaoxiao to wear.

I plan to wear it this time and then throw it away. When Xiao Miao has a grandson, I will get a similar set of old clothes and send them back.

Lin Qiuniang would not give her any face for the little Miao who disturbed her daughter's first birthday ceremony. In the past few years, she had been in contact with the little Miao purely for Mrs. Miao's face. She had no feelings for the little Miao.

While having breakfast, everyone saw the old clothes Qin Xiaoxiao was wearing. They soon remembered the origin of this set of clothes, and their mood became not so good.

Qin Shan endured it, but still couldn't hold it back, and complained to Lin Qiuniang: "These clothes are old and ugly, how can I wear them with a smile?"

"Why can't we wear it? Isn't this pretty?" Qin Xiaoxiao couldn't wait for her father's apology, and she was still annoyed with him. Seeing that he started to blame her mother again, she deliberately went against him.

Seeing that his daughter was finally willing to talk to him, Qin Shan didn't care whether she was contradicting him or not, and hurriedly coaxed: "Yes, yes, yes, my daughter is the most beautiful, she looks good in anything she wears!"

No one doesn't like to hear good words, and Qin Xiaoxiao is no exception. Hearing his father's words, the corners of his mouth turned up uncontrollably. Suddenly he remembered that he and his father had not reconciled yet, so he held it back, and hurriedly buried his head in drinking porridge, for fear of

Daddy saw it out.

The little girl thought she was hiding it well, but how could she hide it from Qin Shan?

Qin Shan's face showed a silly dad-like smile, and he gave his daughter several scrambled eggs with chopsticks: "Eat more, and you will grow taller."

Qin Xiaoxiao looked at the eggs that were about to pile up. It was either a choice to eat or not to eat. After struggling for a while, he finally ate it in big gulps: the eggs were laid by the hens at home, fried by grandma, and shared with dad.

It doesn’t matter at all!

Zhao Xiuxiu felt uncomfortable again when she saw Qin Shan indulge Qin Xiaoxiao in such a way, and still laugh after being dumped, which made her already ugly face even more ugly.

Mrs. Miao saw it and asked worriedly: "Xiuxiu, are you feeling uncomfortable again?" After saying that, she put down the bowl and chopsticks and reached out to Zhao Xiuxiu's forehead: "It's still a little hot. I'll give you some medicine in the morning."

It's done, put it on the stove to warm, and don't forget to drink it."

When Zhao Xiuxiu thought of the unpleasant and bitter concoction, she felt nauseated. But she knew that she could not be willful in this matter, so she smiled weakly at Mrs. Miao and said, "Uncle, I will drink it."

Mr. Qin was worried that her condition would relapse, so he told her, "Just stay at home these two days and don't go out. If you feel uncomfortable, tell Xue Ya."

After that, he told Xue Ya: "Let your eldest brother and Erbao do the snail touching. You can stay with your cousin at home. If there is anything wrong with your cousin, you can come to the field and call someone."

Zhao Xiuxiu enjoyed being cared for. After hearing what Mr. Qin said, a sweet smile appeared on her face: "Uncle, I understand, you don't have to worry."

Xueya on the side also happily agreed. After all, touching snails in the bright sun is not as comfortable as staying at home!

After the meal, the family went about their own business, and soon only Zhao Xiuxiu and Xue Ya were left at home.

Xue Ya quickly washed the dishes and pots, and kept the stove clean. After finishing her work, she saw that the warm soup on the stove had not been moved, so she poured half a bowl for Zhao Xiu Xiu and carried it to the room.

When Zhao Xiuxiu saw the dark soup, with obvious disgust on her face, she gritted her teeth and drank it in one gulp.

Xue Ya took out a piece of candy from nowhere and handed it to Zhao Xiuxiu's mouth: "This is the candy I secretly saved. It will taste bitter after you eat it."

I don't know if it was hidden in the wrong place or it took too long. This piece of candy looks dark and dirty, which makes people wonder if eating it will cause stomach upset.

That's what Zhao Xiuxiu thought, and she coldly rejected Xue Ya's kindness: "It's so dirty, just keep it to yourself!"

Xue Ya was very hurt when her good intentions were ridiculed. She glanced at Zhao Xiuxiu, silently took back the candy she had treasured for a month, picked up the medicine bowl and turned around to go out.

"Wait a minute, where did you get this candy?" Zhao Xiuxiu suddenly asked, something flashing in her eyes: "I remember buying candy at home during the Chinese New Year. You shouldn't have hidden it at that time, right?"

Xueya shook her head: "Where can I eat the candies hidden during the Chinese New Year? Xiaoxiao bought them in the city last month and shared a few pieces with me." After saying that, she asked doubtfully: "Xiaoxiao didn't share them with me.

You?"

She remembered that Xiaoxiao bought a lot of candies in the bag. Even her grandparents got their share at that time. There was no reason not to share it with Sister Xiuxiu who lived in the same house. Did she forget it?

When Zhao Xiuxiu heard this, her face twisted again. She did not answer Xue Ya's words, but took the bowl from her hand and threw it to the ground heavily: "Bitch!"

The Qin family all use cheap stoneware bowls, which don't look very beautiful but are very durable. After Zhao Xiuxiu threw them so hard, not only did they not break, they also spun around on the ground and fell upside down on Zhao Xiu

Embroidered feet.

Zhao Xiuxiu felt that even a broken bowl was bullying her, so she stood up suddenly, raised her right foot and stepped heavily on it. As a result, her foot fell in the wrong posture. Not only did she not break the bowl, her foot followed the edge of the bowl.

A slip caused her to lose her balance and fall to the ground.

"Foot, my foot!" Zhao Xiuxiu fell hard, and half of her body hurt when she landed on the ground. The most painful thing was her right foot, which twisted when she slid down the edge of the bowl due to too much force.

When it arrived, the pain was excruciating, and cold sweat broke out on my forehead.

Xue Ya was frightened by what happened in front of her. When she heard Zhao Xiuxiu's screams, she hurriedly stepped forward to help her: "Sister Xiu Xiu, don't move quickly. I'll help you up!"
To be continued...