Dawang snorted, “What are you muttering about?”
Xiaowang smiled and said, “Eldest Brother, don’t pull his ears. Otherwise, he’ll become a black donkey.”
Sanwang’s skin had become darker after going through the whole winter. If his ears grew longer, he would pretty much resemble a black donkey.
Dawang let go of his hand, but pinched Sanwang’s shoulder, “If you spew nonsense to Xiaowang, I’ll whip you.”
If he were to tell Xiaowang about the way humanity perishes so easily, he might not be able to go home in one piece.
Xiaowang was still curious, “Little Third Brother, what do you want to say? I’m listening.”
Seeing how well-behaved he was, Sanwang felt that he was so easy to deceive. He felt that it was incredibly unbearable to not take advantage of his naive little brother and lead him on!
But under the force of his Eldest Brother, he had to change his mind, “I was going to say that playing at the swings isn’t that fun, so we should go and pick some wild vegetables. We can also pick flowers and find worms to feed the chickens to lay eggs.”
How uncomfortable it was to be stared at by their mother and sister while playing on the swing.
Xiaowang wanted to follow his mother.
Sanwang, “We could tie a rope to the tree over there and we can make a swing.”
He went to find a rope and tied it to the poplar tree outside the door.
Dawang saw that he was tying it blindly and went over to help. After tying it up, it turned out to be a swing.
Xiaowang was very happy, “Let’s play on the swing.”
Sanwang, “Don’t go to the other villages. Hundreds of people are fighting for a swing. They queue until midnight and they can’t get their turn— isn’t that just stupid? Besides, they are all women, so if we play with them, it’s going to make our feet rot.”
Xiaowang had no idea about hundreds of people queuing up for the swing, but he knew that his feet couldn’t get rotten! Hence, he was a little hesitant.
Sanwang kept up his efforts, “Our mother is with our sister, how can she have time to take care of us? Let them have fun so as not to be distracted from taking care of us.”
Upon hearing this, Xiaowang nodded, “We shouldn’t hold mother back.”
Sanwang touched his head and said, “Be good and Third Brother will take you to fly.”
After dinner, the men went to worship their ancestors before heading to work. Lin Lan wanted to take Maisui and the two young children to play on the swing. Who would have thought Sanwang said that he would take his younger brother to dig wild vegetables instead of playing on the swing.
Sanwang, “That swing is so big. Xiaowang and I are afraid and don’t dare to play with it.”
Lin Lan, “Mother will hold you two, there’s no need to be afraid.”
Xiaowang, “I’m still afraid.”
Lin Lan, “Then mother will not go either. Your sister can accompany the other aunties to the swing.”
At this time, Caihua, Yanyan and another girl ran over. When they saw Lin Lan and Maisui, they said happily, “Teacher Lin, Maisui, come on, let’s go play on the swing together.”
The Qian Village was not far from them. It was only a little more than two miles away and could be reached in about 10 minutes.
Upon seeing them, Lin Lan was a little worried. She subconsciously wanted Maisui to stay away from Yanyan. After all, the original heroine was Maisui’s nemesis. What if the plot could not be changed?