Chapter 22: Wild Fruit

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

“Little kid, how old are you this year?” Song Xi felt that this young girl was very cute. She looked like she was a few years old, but she actually said things like ‘in my life’ as if she was very old.

Song Xi’s sweet smile and gentle tone made the two children relax. They were no longer afraid or felt inferior. Ever since their mother was chased away by their father, the children in the village had laughed at them for being motherless wild children. Only she did not look down on them at all. The little girl looked up at Song Xi. “Little Aunt, I’m eight years old this year. My brother is ten years old this year.”

Song Xi nodded thoughtfully. It seemed like these two children had not grown up well from malnutrition. They looked like they were two years younger than their true age.

Zhou Yi quickly washed the raspberries and placed them in a bowl in front of Song Xi. Under the gaze of the two children, Song Xi took one and placed it in her mouth. It was sour and sweet and tasted good.

These fruits looked like raspberries but those seem to grow during spring, and this was grown in summer. It might not be the same type!

“The raspberries are delicious. Xiao Shu, Xiao Hua, thank you. Aunt has never eaten such delicious wild fruits!” With that, Song Xi looked up at Zhou Yi. “Brother Yi, please help me make two bowls of white sugar water. Thank you for sending me the raspberries.”

When Xiao Shu and Xiao Hua heard about the white sugar water, they could not help but swallow their saliva.

They had never drunk white sugar water in their lives because their family did not have the money to buy it. Even if they had a little money, they would buy food. It was impossible for them to buy white sugar.

“Little Aunt, we’re not thirsty. Let’s leave it for Little Aunt to nourish her body!” Xiao Shu, who had not spoken all this time, could not help but speak. He waved his hand repeatedly. Although he was already drooling, he could not bear to snatch a patient’s sugar water to drink.

Song Xi was touched by how sensible the two children were. Modern children were so lucky. At their age, they had hundreds or thousands of allowances a day. Unlike children in this era who could not even drink sugar water.

“Little Aunt went to the hospital for a checkup today and happened to buy some white sugar. After making two bowls of it for you and there’s still some left, so don’t be embarrassed. Besides, you even gave Little Aunt such delicious raspberry fruits. Take it that Little Aunt exchanged sugar water for it. How about that?” Song Xi felt that these two children were not bad. She could nurture them well and pull them to her side in the future.

Although she was not in good health now and could not do anything, what about the future?

As a modern independent woman, she would definitely not be able to live in the mountains for the rest of her life. She would definitely make a name for herself, but times did not allow it. She had to wait until time allowed it.

Soon, Zhou Yi brought over two bowls of sugar water. The two children were too embarrassed to take it. In the end, under Song Xi’s ‘threat’, they took the sugar water with both hands and drank it slowly.

It was dark and the two children did not stay there for long. After drinking the sugar water, they left. Song Xi gave them each two pieces of white rabbit milk candy and asked them to come over to play when they were free in the future. The two children agreed crisply.

After washing up, Song Xi and Zhou Yi sat on the bed. Zhou Yi introduced the two children to Song Xi. The little boy’s name was Zhou Xiao Shu. He was ten years old this year. The little girl was Zhou Xiao Hua, Zhou Xiao Shu’s sister. She was eight years old this year. Their father was a little violent and chased their mother away, leaving only the two children. The two children were living with their violent father and didn’t have an easy life.

Fortunately, their father could not find a stepmother. Otherwise, the two children’s lives might be even worse.

When Song Xi heard this, she sighed inaudibly. Little ‘Song Xi’s’ life was worse than theirs!

“Wife, what’s wrong?” Seeing that his wife did not react, Zhou Yi leaned over. The candles that Song Xi ‘bought’ were being lit in the room and were much brighter than the kerosene lamps.

Song Xi’s eyelashes were very long. The shadow of her eyelashes fell like a small fan, making Zhou Yi’s heart flutter.

“I just feel that no matter how poor you are, you can’t be poor in education. No matter how poor you are, you can’t let your children suffer. After all, children are the hope and future of a family.” Everyone was generally poor. There was nothing she could do. She was just an ordinary person and could not change this situation.

“Wife, believe me.” Zhou Yi pulled Song Xi’s hand over and held it in his palm. Believe me, you won’t suffer, let alone our future child.

Song Xi did not understand what he meant. After looking at him helplessly, she lay down to rest. However, her back was facing Zhou Yi. Although her eyes were closed, her mind was thinking about what to do in the future.

If the development process of this parallel universe was the same as the history she learned in the modern world, then what followed would be a special era. It would be relatively safe to stay in the mountains or the countryside.

In this special era, it was hard to tell if someone was good or bad. They framed many good people, but they also caught many bad people.

Modern people also had mixed opinions of this era.

In the modern era, she had seen such words on the Internet. “There is very little joy in human history. Most of it is progression while suffering.” “In the long river of history, turbulence is actually the norm. Peace is just a coincidence.”

Suddenly, she felt an arm on her shoulder. Song Xi’s heart trembled. “Brother Yi.”

It was hot to be so close in the middle of summer!

And he was so warm.

“Wife, let me hug you for a while. Just a while,” Zhou Yi leaned behind her and said in a low voice as he smelled the faint fragrance on her body.

Surrounded by heat, Song Xi quickly felt sleepy. She did not say anything else and closed her eyes. If Zhou Yi really wanted to do something to her, she could not refuse with her small body. However, she believed that Zhou Yi was not such an inhumane person to take advantage of her when she was sick.

Although the temperature was lower at night, Song Xi was still drenched in sweat in her sleep. However, she often felt a trace of coldness. She did not know what was going on, but she was in a daze. When she woke up, it was already bright outside. Seeing that there was no one in the house, Song Xi took out her watch and looked at the time. It was already past ten.

She had slept for a long time, but only by eating, drinking, and sleeping well could she better repair her damaged body.

Song Xi sat on the edge of the bed in a daze. Just as she was about to put on her shoes, she suddenly heard a conversation outside. From what Zhou Yi said, he needed two ginsengs and was quite anxious.

Thinking that there was a health supplements area in her supermarket, Song Xi decided to find an opportunity to go in and see if there was still ginseng inside. There was probably no 100-year-old ginseng, but there was definitely ginseng that was 20 to 30 years old. At the very least, there were still ginseng slices!