C1 Wake up

Soong Xintong was woken up by the noise. Her head was aching, making her unable to think deeply. She looked at the roof of the thatched cottage which was leaking air with a wooden expression.

Although her voice was lowered on purpose, Soong Xintong still heard clearly.

"Big brother, I'm hungry." A soft voice sounded.

Another soft voice followed, "Sister is still awake."

"Sister, are you afraid of the bitter medicine making you fall asleep?"

"I'm not like you?" Afraid of drinking bitter medicine. "

"I'm not afraid."

Soong Xintong turned her head to look at the two children sitting on the bed. One of them, who looked a little stronger, patted her brother's head in an aged manner. "It's weird. Who cried and drank the bitter medicine last time?"

The child's face was filled with pain as his body involuntarily trembled. "That will be too painful. It's so painful that I want to cry."

"You were clearly crying. Shame."

"Big brother, you're bad!"

Listening to the conversation between the two children, Soong Xintong finally understood the current situation. She had come to this unknown place in a car accident on her way out on a business trip.

The original owner's name was also Soong Xintong. She was fourteen this year and would be fifteen in three months. She was the eldest sister of the family. After her father died of illness a year ago, she had assumed the responsibility of taking care of the twins. Although the original owner was diligent and capable, the days at home could not compare to the days when his father was still alive.

The twins were already five years old, but they looked like they were only three or four years old. It was easy to imagine how sad the past year had been.

The only acres of land in the family was sold off while he was treating his father's illness. The original owner was anxious and often went to the city to work in a slurry washroom to earn a few copper coins.

He had been caught in the rain, caught a cold, and was reluctant to go and get his medicine when he came back. He found a bunch of common herbs used to combat the cold on the mountain, but he didn't expect the medicine to be wrong and cause his illness to become more serious, causing the body of the original owner to die.

Soong Xintong looked at the empty and dilapidated room, then looked at her two thin brothers and sighed deeply.

Upon hearing the sighs, the two boys immediately turned to look at Soong Xintong. With spirited eyes, they spun around and shouted happily, "Sis, you're awake! You scared me and Xiaobao to death!"

"Sis, are you like Abba, afraid to wake up because you're afraid of drinking bitter medicine?" The lackey asked with a silly look on his face.

The eldest brother patted the little brother's head, shook his head in disgust, then slipped off the bed like a little adult, "Sister is awake, then drink the medicine quickly."

With that, he passed a bowl of black medicine to Soong Xintong.

Soong Xintong looked at the medicine that was darker than black ink and let out a long sigh. "Big Bao, Big Sis is cured. You don't need to drink any more medicine."

Big Treasure looked at her with some hesitation.

Xiaobao moved his little butt and sat beside Soong Xintong. With a serious expression, he asked, "Sis, are you afraid of drinking the medicine?"

Of course it was, but how could she answer that? Soong Xintong propped herself up from the ground while stroking Xiaobao's bun. "Look, Xiaobao, is Big Sis alright?"

"It's really done." Little Treasure was even more innocent as he looked at her with sparkling eyes. "Big sister, I'm hungry. My stomach has been growling for a long time."

Dabao looked suspiciously at Soong Xintong. "Ah Sis, you're really better now?"

"It's really done, I don't believe that you can still warm this place by touching it?" Soong Xintong remembered when the original owner was sick, Big Treasure kept touching her forehead.

Great Treasure stretched out his dirty little hand to touch Soong Xintong's forehead and grinned, "It's really not hot anymore."

"Of course it's not hot anymore. It's already done, so there's no need to drink any medicine." Soong Xintong got off the bed and walked out slowly while holding Little Treasure's hand. "Little Treasure, you're hungry. What do you want to eat?"

"I want eggs." Little Treasure said loudly.

Dabao glared at Xiaobao. Grandma Qiu had given the two eggs to Sis A to mend her body.

Little Treasure shrunk his head and swallowed a mouthful of saliva. He really wanted to eat an egg.

Soong Xintong pulled open the cabinet inside kitchen. It was empty and extremely clean. There wasn't even one that stole oil.

"Sister, this was delivered by Grandma Qiu when you fell asleep." Big Treasure took out two eggs from a small jar and carefully held them in front of Soong Xintong's face.

Two eggs was already a heavy gift in this remote village.

Grandma Qiu's eldest son, Uncle Xie, had a good relationship with Abba. After Abba died, Grandma Qiu and Uncle Xie still took care of the three siblings.

Soong Xintong took the two eggs and said, "Do you want to thank Grandma Qiu?"

"Thank you." Little Treasure licked his lips as he looked at her expectantly. "Ah'jie, are we eating eggs at noon today?"

"Alright, let's eat the eggs."

Soong Xintong looked through the kitchen again and finally found a few large sweet potatoes. She simply peeled the sweet potato skin, cut it into small pieces and put them into the pot. Then, she added some writing water to boil it.

Little Treasure, who was stuffing firewood into the hall, stared at the eggs in the bowl and asked, "Sister, where are the eggs?"

"I'll cook it for you." Soong Xintong washed the eggshell and put it in the pot.

About ten minutes later, the sweet potato in the pot began to smell sweet. Soong Xintong scooped out the boiled sweet potato and eggs together. After passing the eggs to the twins, she took a bowl of sweet potato and started to eat slowly.

In modern times, Soong Xintong likes to eat sweet potato, improve the spleen and stomach, promote digestion, one catty for two or three dollars.

"Sister, you eat too." Big Treasure split the egg into two and handed it to Soong Xintong.

"Big Sis doesn't like it. Big Treasure, quickly eat it." Soong Xintong coaxed quietly, "After we're done eating, let's go up the mountain and see if there's any wood ears. We can exchange them for some grains when the market arrives tomorrow."

Because they relied on the mountains to eat, everyone would go to the mountains to find precious herbs and wild vegetables in their free time. Although they didn't sell them for much money, they could still subsidize their families.

"Alright." No matter how intelligent and sensible Big Treasure was, he was only five years old. Upon hearing that, he believed it immediately. Satisfied, he put the egg into his mouth and unwillingly licked his fingers.

Soong Xintong looked at his dirty fingers and hesitated for a moment, but she didn't say anything.

"Sis, it's really delicious. If only Tian Tian could eat it." Little Treasure looked eagerly at the other half of the egg in his hand and licked his tongue.

"Sister will make you eat eggs every day." Soong Xintong looked out at the blue sky. If she had known earlier, would she have teleported here? Just follow grandma to learn double-sided embroidery, as long as you embroider a pair you won't have to worry.

Unfortunately, she wouldn't.

Furthermore, his hands were so rough that he dared to take out the embroidered silk threads. Soong Xintong looked at her hands and sighed.

At this moment, the loud voice of a woman came from outside the courtyard. "Xintong, come out quickly. Grandmother has good news for you."