Chapter 327 Unprecedented Seriousness

“If you don’t waste food, you’re a good kid. But Erbao wasted food before, so you have to apologize to the farmer, okay?”

Xiao Fei continued to teach patiently.

The little girl nodded seriously.

When the old man came out of the field, she actually ran over, stood in front of him, then bent down and bowed.

“Grandpa, I’m sorry~”

“What’s wrong, Erbao?”

The old man was a little confused when he saw the little girl apologizing to him for no apparent reason.

Erbao said crisply: “I wasted food before, and my father asked me to apologize.”

“Oh~ this?”

The old man squatted in front of Erbao and gently touched Erbao’s delicate face with his wrinkled hands, making Erbao feel a little uncomfortable.

However, she did not dodge.

“It’s okay, but don’t waste food in the future.”

“Uh-huh, no!”

Erbao nodded with a smile.

When we returned to the yard, it was almost noon.

It’s time to prepare lunch.

Seeing this, the little ones suddenly remembered what happened yesterday and rushed into the kitchen.

“Grandma, can we burn some wood?”

“Grandma, let us help you burn firewood~”

Surrounded by the three little ones, the old lady who was about to light the firewood was a little hesitant.

“Old man, let me do it.”

Xiao Fei walked up at the right time.

“Young man, this firewood…”

“I will, don’t worry.”

“Okay okay.”

After hearing what Xiao Fei said, the old woman no longer refused.

She even took a look from the side, and only felt relieved when she found that Xiao Fei actually knew how to burn firewood.

The little ones gathered around Xiao Fei, and after Xiao Fei lit the firewood and put it into the stove, they immediately peeked inside.

“Be careful not to burn your eyebrows!”

Xiao Fei pulled the children back with a smile.

Tang Yuxin, who was sitting next to him, suddenly said, “From the tone of your voice, have you been burned?”

“When I was little.”

Xiao Fei used tongs to fiddle with the firewood in the stove.

“My grandmother’s house used to have this kind of earthen stove. When I was helping to light the firewood, I accidentally burned my eyebrows.”

“Hahahahaha…”

Tang Yuxin burst into laughter.

The children found it interesting and started to put firewood into the stove.

“My dears, you can’t add firewood like this. You have to peel the firewood inside to leave enough space, then put the firewood in like this, and finally use the tongs to straighten the firewood…”

Seeing that the children were very interested, Xiao Fei simply handed them the tongs.

The fire tongs made of pure iron are not light, and the little ones can hardly lift them.

Even Dabao’s face turned red before he could lift the tongs a little bit.

Xiao Fei didn’t help either, just watched the children burn firewood.

After cooking the meal, the three little guys were sweating profusely.

“How is it? Now you know how hard cooking is, right? You didn’t even eat last night.”

After being scolded by Xiao Fei, the children lowered their heads dejectedly.

After lunch, Xiao Fei and Tang Yuxin took the children for a walk in the fields.

“Dad, what is this?”

“This is wheat.”

“What about this?”

“This is cabbage…”

Along the way, Xiao Fei kept explaining to the children what crops they encountered.

After a while, they suddenly saw a child who was older than the babies, carrying a small backpack, jumping towards them. Dabao blinked and suddenly ran over.

“Hello, what are you carrying?”

The older girl, who looked like she was just in elementary school, felt a little embarrassed and shy when she saw Dabao, who was such a clean and cute baby.

“It’s pigweed.”

“What is pigweed?”

“To feed the pigs.”

The little girl answered.

After seeing Dabao, Erbao and Sanbao also ran over, surrounded the little girl and chattered and asked all kinds of questions.

The little girl had never seen such lovely children before. Compared with the three little guys, her clothes were torn and old, and her body was dirty. She immediately felt ashamed of herself.

Seeing that the time was almost right, Xiao Fei called the children over and apologized to the little girl.

The girl waved her hands, looked at the three babies enviously, and ran quickly towards home.

Looking at her back, Xiao Fei sighed.

“Look, my dears, this little sister is only a few years older than you, and she helps with housework every day.”

“Today we saw her cutting grass for the pigs.”

“When we can’t see her, she might help feed the pigs, wash clothes, cook, and farm…”

“This little sister doesn’t have the toys you have to play with, the food she eats isn’t as good as yours, and her clothes aren’t as pretty as yours.”

“Maybe. Her parents are not around.”

“Why?”

Sanbao asked.

This time it was Tang Yuxin who answered.

“Because, this little sister’s parents have to go out to work and earn money.”

“Make money…”

The children repeated it.

“Can’t I make money at home?”

“No, because we can’t make money at home, and the jobs that can make money are not at home.”

Xiao Fei took the children to the edge of the field and pointed to the small village in front.

“You have a happy life. Your parents are by your side. You can have whatever you want.”

“But there are many, many children like you in this world, and their lives are different from yours.”

“Their parents are not around, and they need to help with many things at home every day. They may not even have enough food to eat.”

“How pitiful…”

The little guys suddenly felt uncomfortable.

Xiao Fei’s words cast a dark shadow over their originally pure world.

“Just like you, Erbao. The other day you took one bite of the chicken wings and threw them away.”

“Do you know that many children can’t even eat chicken wings?”

Erbao felt very uncomfortable.

She didn’t know why she felt uncomfortable, she just felt very uncomfortable.

The more he thought about it, the more upset he felt, and tears started to fall from the little guy’s eyes.

“Dad…I’m sorry…”

“I…I will never waste chicken wings again…”

“If you know you are wrong, you are a good child.”

Xiao Fei rubbed Erbao’s head and wiped away her tears.

He looked at Dabao again: “And Dabao, you asked Dad the other day why those children who didn’t have enough food didn’t eat meat. Do you understand now? Because they don’t even have meat.”

“They have nothing.”

“I’m sorry, Dad…”

Dabao also lowered his head.

Xiao Fei raised his head and looked at Tang Yuxin, just in time to see her smiling face.

“Good boy.”

Tang Yuxin also squatted down and said softly, “It’s okay as long as you know you are wrong. You have a happy life, so you should be grateful, okay?”

“I know~~~~”

This time, the three little guys’ answers were more serious than ever before.

(End of this chapter)