CHAPTER 208: CHAPTER 192: LITTLE SISTERS ARE MORE THOUGHTFUL AFTER ALL (PART 3)

"Sister-in-law Guixiang, you’re too polite. They’re just kids. It would have been enough to cook them an egg today. Why are you giving them things?"

Yang Guixiang, the eldest daughter-in-law of the village chief, now only has one son. It’s said she once had a daughter, but lost her on the road while fleeing.

Yang Guixiang smiled and patted Xiaomi’s head, "It’s nothing, it’s not anything valuable. It’s just to make the kids happy."

At the end of her words, Yang Guixiang’s eyes dimmed for a moment, then she smiled again. "Second Aunt, I’ll get going. I still have water to attend to in the fields."

Saying this, she picked up her water buckets and left.

The short woman, carrying two full buckets of water, was bent over, the buckets nearly dragging on the ground, laboriously yet steadily.

Fortunately, she didn’t walk far, and her husband came to take the yoke off her shoulder and replaced the buckets with empty ones.

Xiaomi secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Luckily, aunty’s husband is quite caring towards her.

"Alright, let’s go. Let’s first visit the fields to see your father and the others."

Second Aunt took Xiaomi away, and on the road, many people greeted Xiaomi, warmly wishing her a happy birthday, to which Xiaomi sweetly thanked them.

Regardless of gender, except for those who happened to be pregnant, most were carrying water buckets. Only Second Aunt was leading a child.

She was worried about Xiaomi and came back specifically to find her.

Of course, even if that wasn’t the case, Jiang Hu usually wouldn’t let her do tasks like water carrying, especially now with more people to work while there’s not much harvest.

On the way, they encountered Qixi and Jiang Hu coming down to fetch water, only exchanging a quick greeting with Second Aunt and Xiaomi before hurrying towards the pond.

Upon arriving at the fields, they saw that Aunty Yang and Uncle Liu were all busy.

Jiang Hu and Qixi fetched water while Second Aunt, Aunty Yang, and Uncle Liu carefully loosened the soil around the sorghum roots with hoes.

The drought lasted so long that the ground became hard. If the soil wasn’t loosened, the water would flow away before reaching the roots.

As for watering, Jiang Yu and Liu Ze naturally took care of it. They watered each plant with a ladle, carefully soaking the soil before adding more.

Xiaomi suddenly slapped her forehead. She forgot!

Forgot to mix some Spiritual Spring water in the watering!

Oh well, next time.

"Xiaomi, Second Sister and Iron Egg are over there. You go too, and Mom will get busy."

Xiaoxue was under a makeshift grass shed, looking after Iron Egg.

Although there wasn’t much sun now, everyone was used to playing here.

"Okay, Mom, I’ll head over now." Xiaomi said, then hopped and skipped over.

It seemed like there was indeed nothing to worry about.

"Xiaomi, you’re better now." Xiaoxue was weaving straw shoes with reeds. Though too cold to wear now, in summer straw shoes are very comfortable and breathable.

Xiaomi was speechless, "Second Sister, I’m not sick. I just didn’t sleep well and wanted to sleep more."

"Did you kick the blanket off last night?"

"Sister Piglet, still sleepy after waking."

Iron Egg made a face at Xiaomi, and the next moment pounced in front of Xiaomi, "Sister, let’s go play, Second Sister is bad, won’t let me go."

Xiaoxue ignored her. Iron Egg behaved well in front of Xiaomi, but was naughty otherwise.

Xiaomi took out some jerky from her pocket, "Here, be good, eat slowly, don’t run around."

Giving Iron Egg a piece, she split another piece into two. It was quite hard, and seemed like chicken jerky.

"Second Sister, have a taste too. It’s from Aunt Guixiang."

Xiaoxue didn’t refuse. After thanking, she tore a small piece and chewed it slowly, placing the rest in her pocket.

Luckily she changed into clean clothes yesterday, otherwise with the ones she’d been wearing for over a month without washing, even the jerky would have smelled bad.

"Today is your birthday, probably not just Aunt Guixiang, other aunties might also give you treats."

Say envy, and there’s envy. As for jealousy, there’s no need for that. It’s just being happy for her little sister.

Xiaoxue was growing up, soon to be six years old, and understood much more.

She knew most people preferred boys, though in her family there wasn’t such bias. Her parents were always good to her, and what her brothers and sister got, she definitely would too.

But in others’ eyes, she being neither a boy nor like her little sister, a Little Lucky Star, wasn’t really important.

So knowing her sister was liked by many, she truly felt happy for her.

Xiaomi tilted her head back and tossed half the jerky into her mouth. Chewing, she said indistinctly, "What’s mine is yours, share with Second Sister."

Xiaoxue understood, feeling warmth in her heart. She glanced at Iron Egg across, concentrated on biting the jerky, and sighed. Indeed, sisters are more thoughtful than brothers.