The older girls in the village saw Chen Dou and asked, "Is this your nephew? Your third sister's child?"
"Yes, my third sister is making cotton monkeys for them, and I will take them out to play."
"Chen Dou, your nephew is so white." Xiao Ju said with a smile.
"Yes, they are both pretty fair and follow my third sister."
Several little girls gathered around the two brothers. Yun Xin and his brothers were quite curious about so many people.
"Chen Dou, your third sister doesn't take her children out to play either."
"How can my third sister have time? There is a lot of work at home. I have nothing to do today so I can take them out to play."
"That's right, your third sister is the only one, and she has to do all the work by herself."
"Isn't that right? You don't have any free time all day long."
Both of them nodded, with excited smiles on their faces.
The life of Chuntao and his wife is not very good. They have four acres of land at home, and their annual harvest is not as good as other people's. This is also because their family does not have strong labor, and the two women do not have that much strength to work.
"That means it's gone?"
"Chen Dou, take your nephew away quickly, you are so annoying."
"Chen Dou and others say there are wolves in the mountains, have you seen them?"
Usually the girls play next to the stone mill. This time Chen Dou also went there with his two nephews.
"In the future, when you are older, you can go out and play by yourself."
"Chen Dou, are these the third sister's two sons?"
They had all been cut out, but Chen Dou still didn't come back with the children, and now he was even more anxious.
"Well, go and boil some hot water."
"If I really see a wolf, I guess you won't be able to see me either."
"Then I don't dare to go up the mountain, I'm afraid."
"If I can get her to follow me, I'll ask her. She said she's afraid of wolves on the mountain and doesn't dare to go."
Although the Yunxin brothers couldn't speak, they were still a little scared when they saw their aunt arguing.
Seeing the smiles on the faces of his two sons, Chen Miao knew that he would not be able to stop them all the time in the future. They also needed friends and contact with people.
After staying for a while, Chen Dou carried the two children home, fearing that they would be thirsty and hungry.
The two cotton monkeys are ready. Draw a hat that can cover your ears. This should make you warmer.
Chen Dou actually thought about calling Chuntao when he went to dig yams in two days, and was afraid that his family would be unhappy. He might as well wait and ask his third sister when he went there.
"Yeah, usually my third sister doesn't have time to take them out to play."
In this day and age, it’s easy not to eat other people’s food. I don’t eat much from anyone’s food, which is really embarrassing.
"Xiaocao, you are the one who is annoying? They are still young, what do they know?"
"Auntie, I look a lot like my third sister."
"We went there a few days ago and picked some persimmons and mountain reds. There are too many people there now, so I guess there won't be anything good left."
Chen Dou quickly put two bowls of hot water on the table, "Third Sister, I'm taking Yun Xin and the others to Chuntao's house. If we go up the mountain to dig yams, can we take Chuntao with us?"
Yun Xin and his brothers didn't know this. They watched them throw down the bones and grabbed one with a smile. They just thought they were playing with them.
Chun Tao Niang also came over. Her eyes were not very good and she could only see clearly when she was close up.
"These two boys are so handsome." She wanted to touch Yun Xin's face, but the little guy avoided her.
Chen Dou was not afraid when he came to Chuntao's house. They were the only two people at home, and her father was gone long ago.
Yun Xin and his brothers usually don't have so many people around them, and their movements are the same. When someone speaks, they both turn their heads to look at the speaker. Seeing their movements being the same, the children all find it quite novel.
Yun Xin touched Chen Dou's face. She was very touched and looked at her nephew with a smile. "It's okay. My aunt will take you to play. Don't hang out with those things."
"People may not follow you."
The two children were very worried about not seeing their mother after being out for such a long time, so they sat around her.
Chen Miao stood and asked, "Is it fun outside?"
"Chen Dou, come in."
I thought about taking one for myself, so I continued cutting. I didn't feel relieved until I heard some noise outside.
Chuntao was rubbing the corn while watching Yun Xin and his two brothers playing with the corn kernels. They looked quite well-behaved.
"Third sister, should they drink water?"
They were all willing to play with them, and the two brothers were particularly curious about the bones they were playing with.
"Spring peach, spring peach."
I took my two nephews to my good sister's house. She must not have time to go out and play. All the work at home is hers.
Chuntao smiled and shook her head, "Like your brother-in-law, Chuntao, go get dried sweet potatoes for them both."
The other three girls didn't say anything. These two little ones really delayed their play. They usually don't have time, but today all the adults in the family went up the mountain and finished the assigned tasks before they ran out to play and let them go.
How can you be happy when two boys bring trouble to you?
Chen Dou hugged his two nephews and left angrily, mumbling that he would never play with Xiaocao again.
Chen Miao couldn't let go of her two children at home. This was the first time they left her.
"Auntie, Yun Xin and the others are afraid of life."
Chen Dou hugged his two nephews and said, "Humph, Xiaocao, don't come to me anymore, I won't play with you."
Chun Tao Niang smiled nonchalantly, "It's okay, these two kids are so nice, they still look more like Xiao Feng."
"My parents won't let us go. In fact, I think there are so many people there, even if there are wolves, I guess they won't dare to come out."
They are the joints in the pig's legs, four in a set. The little girl can play with them. There are four sides, two or three of the same shape.
Chen Dou is an honest girl, but it is annoying for someone to dislike her nephew like this.
"I just don't play with them anyway."
"My third sister said there is, but it's in the mountains. She said it might come out in winter."
"There are some mangroves in the mountains. That stuff is really sour," Chen Dou also joined in grinding corn, which is a winter job for every household.
"Chen Dou, they have all gone up the mountain, but you didn't go?"
"Auntie, no, they can't eat anything too hard yet. My third sister said she's afraid the teeth won't look good. Besides, they're not hungry either. I'll stay here for a while and take them back."
"They said that our village has gone up the mountain, and there are a lot of red jujubes from the mountains."
After drying for a while, Chen Miao fed her two sons some water. It was time for Chen Dou to go home to work, and he couldn't stay too long until she left to feed them milk.
When Chen Dou returned home, he had finished grinding the corn stalks and piled them in the woodshed.
Chen Tong was very unhappy when he saw that the fourth sister had not done any work when she came back, "What are you doing?"
"I went to the third sister's house. The third sister made cotton monkeys for Yun Xin and others. I took the two of them out to play."
