“Big sister, big sister!!” Running back,Cheng Zheng Yuan found his sister in the vegetable field. Wiping away the sweaton his forehead, he said, “Big sister, there are a lot of people coming ourway. Over 100! And they are about to enter the village!”
“Oh…” Cheng Xiao Xiao slowly stood up,looking nonchalant. She had already knew about that and didn’t care. Looking ather younger brother, she smiled, “No rush, so they came. We have nothing to beafraid of!”
“Ugh….” Cheng Zheng Yuan paused for asecond, then smiled and nodded, “I get it. Big sister, what do we do now?”
“Nothing, the usual!” Cheng Xiao Xiaopicked up the basket full of cabbages and told her brother, “Zheng Yuan, whydon’t you go to the back of the house. Dad can take care of the Willow Village.He won’t need your help, go to the back of the house!”
“Back of the house? Big sister, you meanthe few villagers who were here to help out?” Cheng Zheng Yuan read hissister’s mind.
Cheng Xiao Xiao nodded, “Exactly, go checkout quickly. We don’t want anything to happen to them. That wouldn’t be verygood!”
“Yes, big sister, on my way!” Cheng ZhengYuan understood the seriousness of it, he turned around and ran toward the backof the house.
Cheng Xiao Xiao stood there elegantly withher vegetable basket. She took a look toward the entrance of the village. Shegathered the folks would arrive within a couple of hours. With a leisurelypace, she walked toward her own house.
Back in the courtyard, Mrs. Cheng, ZhengBin, and Lan Lan were all reading quietly and didn’t let the arrival of othersdisturb them.
“You are back, Xiao Xiao?” called Mrs.Cheng tenderly at the one returning with the basket full of vegetables.
Cheng Xiao Xiao nodded slightly andsmiled. Lightly she said to her mother, “Mom, you keep reading with Zheng Binand Lan Lan, I’ll go into the kitchen and make some steam buns for you all.”\nShe made a fair amount of white flour fromthe wheat grown in the dimension. She had always had an interest in buns andall and very happy to make buns in the kitchen, and the family quite enjoyedthe food that she made.
“Need some help?” asked Mrs. Cheng as sheput down her book.
Cheng Zheng Bin put his book down as well,looking at her sister with his gleaming eyes, he smiled, “Big sister, you wantme to start the fire for you?”
“Big sister, I know how to start a firetoo!” smiled little Lan Lan.
Cheng Xiao Xiao shook her head anddeclined their offer, “No need. I need to knead the dough first, no need for thefire just yet!”
People were almost here. She wouldn’treally have time to steam any buns, but she wasn’t going to explain herself.She went into the kitchen with her basket of vegetables.
Clip-clop, clip-clop, clip-clop….
You could hear horses approaching. Cheng Xiao Xiao, who was addingflour to a wooden tub, didn’t need to be notified by little Yuteng. She lookedout the kitchen window and saw a group of people on the little dirt pathleading to her house.
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