Yang Ruxin smiled, "This girl is really honest, and although a bit blunt, she’s not annoying." She then nodded her head, "Then, thank you." Inside there were four coarse porcelain big bowls, two plates, a soup basin, and six spoons. Even though they all had some chips, they were all washed clean.
In modern times, these items might not be worth much and would be unremarkable, but here, they were valuable goods. Not every family had such an abundance of bowls and dishes, and some didn’t even have one for each person. They had to use one after the other was finished, but now someone had given her so many at once. It was a big favor, and exactly what they needed at home.
"And there’s more, we all have official names now. I’m Yang Ruxin, Erni is Yang Ruxue, Sanni is Yang Ruhao, and Sini is Yang Rumeng. From now on, you can call me Sister Xinxin," Yang Ruxin explained while putting things away, telling Li Jiaya.
"Alright, those are pretty names," Li Jiaya pursed her lips, "I’ll just call you Xinxin then." She decided not to call her sister, although she now had quite an admiration for Yang Dani, she still felt that the other didn’t quite qualify as her sister.
Yang Ruxin didn’t insist, finding the girl’s temperament a bit affected.
"I know your home must be lacking everything right now, so I won’t come in to sit today. I’ll come over another day to play with you." Li Jiaya took the empty basket, turned to leave, and then turned back. She took a purse out of her pocket, opened it, and took out two pieces of ginger candy, stuffing one into Sini and Xiaofeng’s mouths before heading out, "Sanni, I won’t give you any since you said last time you didn’t like it..." and she was out the door.
Yang Ruhao couldn’t help but stamp her foot in frustration. "I just don’t like it, and besides, I have an official name now, it’s Yang Ruhao. Don’t call me Sanni anymore."
"Sanni, come back in," Li Jiaya called out even louder, which only caused Sanni to stamp her foot more vigorously.
Yang Ruxin and Yang Ruxue couldn’t help but laugh; the more they interacted with the girl, the cuter they found her.
However, Sini blissfully squinted her eyes, "Third sister, the candy is spicy and sweet, it’s really tasty... why don’t you like it?"
"I just don’t like it," Sanni stamped her foot, pouting toward the door, "Stingy, bahh... hmph!"
"When I earn money, I’ll buy all kinds of candy for you, and then you can choose whichever you like," Yang Ruxin hurriedly intervened, then tugged at Sanni, "She’s just joking with you."
"I know, I’m not really angry," Sanni quickly nodded.
"It’s not that Li Jiaya is stingy, she just doesn’t know how to interact with people," Yang Ruxin said, not wanting Sanni to have a bias against Li Jiaya. After everyone had a laugh, she began to explain reasonably, "Her heart is actually very kind... Think about it, isn’t someone who speaks their mind better than those who are nice to your face but harm you behind your back?"
Sanni thought for a moment and then nodded vigorously, "So you mean, we can be friends with her?"
"Of course," Yang Ruxin nodded, "She’ll be a good friend. You can go out to play with her and invite her to our home..."
Sanni was delighted. Having grown so big, she had never had any friends. The children in the village looked down on her, and in fact, everyone from the Yang Family’s main branch was looked down upon. So, naturally, she was excited at the prospect of making friends.
Shortly after, two little girls arrived at their home, Aunt Hehua’s daughter Li Xiang and Zhao Xinghua’s daughter Liang Xiaoyu.