As soon as they entered the house, there were several children in the yard. Some were sweeping the floor, some were fetching water, some were chopping firewood, and one was too young to do anything, so he followed closely behind his brothers to accompany them. They saw

When Gu Xiaoxiao came back, he only glanced at it when he entered the door and then lowered his head to do the work in hand.

Gu Xiaoxiao was surprised again when she saw this scene, just for a moment. Then she walked in pretending to be nonchalant and went straight to the kitchen to get busy. They didn't say hello to her, so she ignored them! Humph!

When I went to the kitchen and saw that the porridge left in the morning had no trace of being touched, I felt a little angry. Did these guys work hungry all morning?!

She walked out of the kitchen with a straight face, stood in the yard, pinched her waist and pretended to be fierce, calling the four of them over, and said very seriously: "Why don't you eat the porridge in the pot?!"

The four little ones looked at her inexplicably, "You didn't let us eat it!" Dabao said on behalf of the other three little ones.

"Then I'll keep it warm in the pot and not give it to you to eat. How can I give it to ghosts?"

"...We thought you kept it for yourself."

Gu Xiaoxiao couldn't get up or down after saying these words, and her face turned red. Why did she end up with these wolf cubs!

Then he thought of the original owner's temperament and swallowed the breath again. Oh! Who let her take on such a body? If the original owner had food, he would only give them a few scraps, and most of them would be kept for himself. So they saw that

I dare not touch the big pot of porridge.

It seems that it is urgent to ease the relationship with the cubs! We can’t let them work hungry all the time! I can’t ask them to eat at home at any time!

He took a deep breath, looked down at the four little ones and said, "What about your dad? He didn't eat either?"

"Dad hasn't woken up yet," Dabao said.

Gu Xiaoxiao nodded in understanding, then bent down, put his hands on his knees, stared into their black bean-like eyes, and said patiently, "In the future, if you are hungry, you can eat whatever you can see in the house, and I will, too."

I won’t let you eat! Our family will get better and better! But remember, you need to have regular work and rest, and eat on time, understand?” He paused and then said: “You can’t eat too much at the beginning, you have been hungry for too long.

, eating too much all of a sudden is not good for the stomach, so take it little by little."

The boys looked at the big fleshy face on the same level as them, with a tenderness they had never experienced before. Is this still that fierce bad woman?!

They didn't know whether to nod or shake their heads. What if this woman was just teasing them? They stood still for a while.

Seeing them like this, Gu Xiaoxiao raised his eyebrows and raised the corners of his mouth, thinking of teasing them. "Why? Not hungry? Don't want to eat?"

Three of them still didn't move, but now a timid figure slowly moved closer to her.

Si Bao carefully pulled the corner of Gu Xiaoxiao's clothes again and held it in his little hand.

When the stepmother was angry at first, the four treasures remembered how the stepmother was before. But then the stepmother was so gentle and spoke nicely to them. Now the stepmother is not scary at all. She will also give them food and bathe them.

.He likes his stepmother who is treating them well now!

The three-year-old child has a lot of forgetfulness. He quickly put aside the painful memories of the past and the warnings of his elder brother. He wanted to get close to his stepmother, so he finally mustered up the courage and took a small step.

At this time, he raised his little face and said timidly: "Stepmother, I'm hungry!"

Gu Xiaoxiao looked at the extremely cute little person at her feet, and her heart felt a little softer.

It was not easy to find someone who was willing to get close to her. Gu Xiaoxiao was so happy that she was willing to call her mother. She immediately picked up Si Bao and bumped it in her hands.

She doesn't care, the stepmother is still a mother! The four treasures are called mothers!

But this move frightened the other three, who stretched out their hands nervously, fearing that Gu Xiaoxiao would get angry and drop the four treasures.

But who knew that Gu Xiaoxiao didn't care about the three of them. He turned around and went to the kitchen with Si Bao in his arms. As he walked, he said, "Si Bao is hungry! Mom will feed you some porridge first, and we will eat meat at noon later, okay?"

good?"

Hum! She has to show it to the other three! Let them always be wary of her and look at the four treasures. Those who are close to her will not only have food to eat, but also meat to eat! They will be so angry!

Of course, when they heard the word meat, the hearts of the three bastards were moved. This had been the case at home for as long as they could remember, and they had never eaten meat.

But at the same time, they didn't believe that Gu Xiaoxiao could get the meat, unless it was robbed!... Anyway, let's go and see, after all, the four treasures are still in the hands of the woman!

Then the three cubs followed Gu Xiaoxiao into the kitchen step by step. Gu Xiaoxiao really filled a bowl of porridge and carefully fed the four treasures. Suddenly, a picture of a "gentle mother feeding her baby and wiping it from time to time" appeared.

The image of "corners of mouth" was reflected in the eyes of the other three people who were holding porridge.

Among them, Sanbao, who was particularly silent, had a look of loneliness in his eyes. He was a little envious of Sibao, who could be in such a scene. Even his father was feeding Sibao, who was just one year old, and the three of them had always eaten by themselves.

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It’s not that he wants to be “fed”, he just wants a kind of care. He has always been the most taciturn of the four. Due to his poor health, he prefers to stay alone. Over time, he has become extremely introverted.

He doesn't dare to express his thoughts loudly, and he doesn't dare to say what he wants. Maybe he doesn't deserve those things...

Gu Xiaoxiao noticed the changes in Sanbao out of the corner of his eye, paused slightly, and finally said nothing.

Every child is different. She can see that Sanbao is more reserved and introverted than others, and even tends to be autistic.

This kind of child is immersed in his own world and is unwilling to come into contact with any unfamiliar things in the outside world, because those things make them very insecure. In addition, the beatings and scoldings of the original owner in the past few years have further traumatized his weak heart and made him unfavorable to others.

Trust is not so easy to build.

Gu Xiaoxiao is somewhat involved in psychology. Most people with mental illness care too much about the feedback given to them by the outside world. Good feedback is okay, but bad feedback is very likely to make them get into trouble.

Can't get out.

It seems that this kid will need to be closely monitored in the future!

After eating the porridge, Gu Xiaoxiao opened the basket on the ground. When the boys saw Gu Xiaoxiao take out two injured wild chickens, their eyes widened instantly. They were really meaty!

So...can they eat it?

The four boys couldn't believe it. Dabao was also thinking a lot. Could it be that she really went to snatch other people's chickens? Would they come to her door?

Gu Xiaoxiao saw the look in Dabao's eyes. Children always show everything on their faces. It's so easy to guess.

Then he pursed his lips, really not thinking about her good at all. So what he said next made Dabao less worried, "I hunted this chicken in the nearby mountains, and I will definitely have meat to eat every time in the future, but

If you want to eat, you have to help with it, can you do that?"

Erbao looked at the injured wild chicken in front of him, which still had its head raised. His eyes were shining. He nodded without hesitation when he heard Gu Xiaoxiao's words. He had never eaten meat, but he heard other children say that meat is special.

It's delicious, especially if you can only eat it once in a while during the New Year and holidays, it's even more precious.

He had already been very greedy according to other people's descriptions. Now that he finally had the opportunity to eat it, he would not miss it. For a moment, he actually forgot that the original stepmother did not keep her word.

Seeing someone answering her, Gu Xiaoxiao began to give instructions, "Dabao kills the chicken and bleeds it, the second and third treasures are responsible for plucking the chicken feathers, and the fourth treasure is responsible for lighting the fire."

After giving the order, Si Bao happily went to light a fire, but...he couldn't!

Then Gu Xiaoxiao saw that the cubs were motionless again, and she almost wondered if there was some magic that stopped time.

"What's wrong? Don't want to eat meat?"

Hearing this, Erbao reacted first and shook his head, then quietly raised his eyes to look at Gu Xiaoxiao, "We... won't..."

Gu Xiaoxiao held her forehead. Yes! Let her teach you little by little!

Then he raised his knife and chopped off the upturned head of one of the chickens, and immediately took a basin to catch the dripping chicken blood. This is a good thing and cannot be wasted!

"Dabao, come here! Did you see it just now? I'll give you another chicken. Remember to pick up the chicken's blood like I did. I'll use it!" Gu Xiaoxiao warned.

But Dabao couldn't kill him with the knife. After all, he hadn't killed any life yet.

The chicken was still moving, looking around, full of curiosity about this place.

Gu Xiaoxiao looked at him, then raised his head and met a pair of excited eyes, and then curled up the corner of his mouth: "Er Bao, come here!"

When Erbao heard this, he rubbed his hands eagerly and couldn't wait.

Dabao put down the knife and breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the woman did not force him to continue.

Erbao stepped forward, picked up the knife that Dabao had put down, held down the chicken's neck, and cut it in half without saying a word. Then he held the chicken's body and dripped the blood into the basin, imitating the stepmother.

It doesn't matter. In his eyes, it's just the meat that reaches his mouth. If he doesn't open his mouth, it won't satisfy his stomach.

He felt a little proud again. Finally, there was one thing that his elder brother was afraid of!

Gu Xiaoxiao also had a flash of surprise in his eyes. He didn't expect that this kid didn't hesitate at all. He was so happy. It seems that the temptation of delicious food is great for him!

In this case, let Dabao and Sanbao pluck the chicken feathers together. And this Dabao can do it. After all, it is already a dead thing, so there is nothing that can be tolerated.

While each of them was plucking chicken feathers, Gu Xiaoxiao taught Si Bao and Er Bao how to make fire. Since Er Bao has nothing to do, he should learn more. He first took a pile of weeds, lit them with fire sticks, and threw them into the stove.

Then just add firewood into it, add more to make the fire strong, add less to make the fire low, this is also a skill, but you can control it well after trying it a few times.

After the preparation process is completed, Gu Xiaoxiao first pours salt into the water and stirs it into the chicken blood, then leaves it to solidify. Then put the chicken into the pot and add water to stew it. If there is no seasoning, add some coarse salt to taste.

Then he cut the coagulated chicken blood into pieces and simply made chicken soup. As soon as it was poured out, the aroma of the chicken spread out and flew out of the low wall of Gu Xiaoxiao's house...

Wu Huilan, Zhou's eldest daughter-in-law, who happened to be strolling in the village, smelled the smell and found that it was coming from Zhou Zeyun's courtyard. She also thought that her lunch just now was just pickles and bran rice, and she suddenly felt her stomach growling.

So he raised his head and knocked on Gu Xiaoxiao's door.

It was Erbao who opened the door. When he saw it was her, he wanted to close the door, but she quickly pushed Erbao away and squeezed in.

As soon as he entered the door, he shouted loudly: "Second brother, I'm here to see you!" But he walked straight to the kitchen.

She smelled the smell coming from the kitchen and looked excited, as if she was about to eat meat.

But when she walked to the kitchen door, she didn't see Rou, but saw the ugly girl with fat head and big ears. She didn't want to talk to her, but her fat body was blocking the kitchen door motionless.

He had no choice but to hold back the saliva in his mouth and looked up at Gu Xiaoxiao.

Gu Xiaoxiao also stared at her, his eyes as quiet as water.

"Who are you?" Gu Xiaoxiao mocked. She knew who broke in, but since the Zhou family kicked them out, they had nothing to do with the Zhou family.
To be continued...