Chapter 120: Why Wasn’t I the One Who Found Xingxing!

Chapter 120: Why Wasn't I the One Who Found Xingxing!

After school, several of the young masters were very happy to see Xingxing coming with their mother.

Fan Xingru, who was close to several of the young masters, was also there.

When Fan Xingru saw Xingxing, his eyes lit up, and he somewhat reservedly called out, "Sister Xingxing."

The youngest, Gui Geer, muttered, "She's my sister, not yours."

Fan Xingru said seriously, "With our relationship, your sister is my sister. It's only reasonable."

Gui Geer was left speechless.

Xingxing had interacted with the Fan siblings before and knew they were good people, so she wasn't shy and sweetly replied, "Brother Fan."

Fan Xingru didn't say anything, but his raised eyebrows and the corners of his eyes showed that he was obviously very pleased.

When all the young masters went to try on clothes, Fan Xingru, probably waiting for them to come out so they could do their homework together, leaned idly against the counter in the shop.

Xingxing lowered her head to play with the little clay figure that Li Chunhua had bought for her at the shop entrance, enjoying herself immensely.

Suddenly, she looked up at Fan Xingru and, with a puzzled tone in her young voice, asked, "Brother Fan, do you need something?"

Fan Xingru's face turned red, not expecting that he had been staring at Xingxing absentmindedly and had been caught by her.

"Ahem," Fan Xingru retracted his gaze, his eyes looking forward, calm and composed, "Nothing, I just think the clay figure in your hand is nice."

Xingxing nodded, easily believing Fan Xingru's excuse, and raised the clay figure in her hand, "Brother Fan, if you like it, you can play with it for a while."

Fan Xingru: "..."

Though he was very touched, as a ten-something-year-old boy, he didn't really need to play with clay figures...

The clothes made for Li Chunhua and Bai Xiaofeng fit very well, and the half-grown boys from the Yu family had no issues trying them on.

Li Chunhua and Bai Xiaofeng then planned to take Xingxing home.

Coincidentally, Fan Xingru's sister, Fan Pingfang, also came to pick him up. Seeing Xingxing, she remembered something and smiled brightly, mentioning that in a few days, she and some sisters were going to play in the outer suburbs, "...I heard the maple leaves there are as red as fire, very beautiful. It's near your village. Will you be free then? I'll come to get you, and we can go play together, okay?"

Fan Pingfang clearly liked Xingxing very much.

Xingxing tilted her little head and thought for a moment.

Sister Fan was talking about Red Maple Valley, the mountain next to the nameless Taoist temple.

When they passed by there today, the maple leaves indeed looked like a blazing fire, very beautiful.

She wanted to go!

Xingxing looked at Li Chunhua with some expectation in her eyes.

Grandma had said that if anything happened outside, she should ask Eldest Aunt for guidance.

Li Chunhua saw the sparkle in her niece's eyes, which almost had the words "I want to go" written in them.

As a doting aunt, Li Chunhua responded quickly, "Then we'll trouble Miss Fan when the time comes."

Xingxing smiled with joy, her eyes curved in happiness.

Fan Pingfang also smiled, "No trouble at all, Xingxing is so well-behaved."

And so, it was settled.

It gets dark early in winter, so Li Chunhua and Bai Xiaofeng didn't delay and held Xingxing's hand, preparing to return to Nantuo Village.

As for the maid, Shuangyun, who had just applied some medicine for a sore, could go back with them.

Li Chunhua and Bai Xiaofeng were somewhat excited.

A maid! Their family actually had a maid now!

Originally, after buying some things back from the county town, both of them had been eager to try the feeling of being served by a maid, wanting Shuangyun to help carry things.

But after looking at Shuangyun again and again, seeing how pitiful she looked, they didn't have the heart to order her around and carried the things themselves, walking ahead briskly.

Shuangyun followed behind Li Chunhua and Bai Xiaofeng, somewhat awkwardly.

By the time they returned to Nantuo Village, it was already deep dusk, but Li Chunhua and Bai Xiaofeng exchanged glances and, without speaking, both slowed their pace simultaneously.

If any villagers happened to encounter them, they would curiously ask, "Who's this?"

Bai Xiaofeng would exclaim, "Oh, it's our newly bought maid."

And so, within a day, many villagers knew that the Yu family had become remarkable, even having a maid!

Amidst the envious looks of the villagers, Li Chunhua and Bai Xiaofeng walked with beaming faces.

Seeing Xingxing being led by Li Chunhua, returning to the Yu family with her, the villagers couldn't help but whisper among themselves, "Look, it's not even been a year since Xingxing came to the Yu family, and the family has changed dramatically! They eat better and dress better. They even send the young masters to study in the county town and have opened a shop there. And now, they even have a maid!"

"Exactly! Xingxing is truly a little lucky star! I'm so envious. Why wasn't I the one who found Xingxing!"

"Tsk, look at what you're saying. Back then, it hadn't rained yet, and the harvest wasn't certain. Which family wasn't worried about their next meal? Could you, like Aunt Wei, have the courage to rescue Xingxing?"

"Tsk, so it's only right that the old Yu family is prospering!"

When they returned to the Yu family, Li Chunhua couldn't wait to call out loudly, "Father, Mother."

Wei Pozi emerged from the room, lifting the door curtain, and seeing Li Chunhua, the Xingxing she was holding, and Bai Xiaofeng all safe, she sighed in relief and said somewhat displeased, "Eldest daughter-in-law, why did you call so urgently? I thought something had happened."

Li Chunhua motioned for Shuangyun to come forward and said excitedly, "Mother, do you know who this is?"

It was only then that Wei Pozi noticed there was an extra person who had returned.

By the dim light of dusk, she sized up Shuangyun. "...Who is this..."

In the midst of their conversation, Su Rouer also emerged from the third branch's quarters.

She had been seriously ill not long ago, and although she had recovered somewhat, her complexion was still rather weak, resembling a delicate willow swaying in the wind.

Su Rouer coughed twice and asked Li Chunhua, "Big Sis, when you came back from the county, how is my husband doing?"

Li Chunhua smiled and said, "Third Brother looks quite well. The shop's business is booming, and he's been busy from morning till night."

Hearing this, Su Rouer felt both relieved and a little distressed.

At that moment, she also noticed the strange girl standing in the courtyard and paused, "Who is this..."

Unable to contain her excitement, Li Chunhua began to introduce her, "This is the maid that Third Brother bought—her name is Shuangyun!"

Wei Pozi never expected that in her lifetime she would have a maid to use, but after sizing up Shuangyun, she quickly accepted the situation.

However, Su Rouer felt somewhat uneasy.

She pursed her lips tightly and looked Shuangyun up and down.

Why did Brother Bao buy her as a maid?

When the people from the main and second households heard about this, they came out, filled with curiosity, to look at Shuangyun.

Faced with everyone's scrutiny, Shuangyun shrank back, standing there helplessly, unsure of what to say.

In the end, it was Wei Pozi who made the final decision, assigning Shuangyun to clean out a cluttered room in the corner of the courtyard, where she would live from then on.