Unlike this child who was so sensible that one would pity her.
"Come, this is from Granny. It is to thank Rainy for doing such a great job for cleaning my clothes," she said as she put the piece of candy into the child's pocket.
"Thank you, Granny," she replied in a soft, candy-like voice that would melt one's heart. She hugged the clothes close to her and retreated, straggling in tiny steps.
A young child like this would, at times, struggle to get a stable footing. Right now, she was already helping her mother with chores.
She would look up constantly to look for her mother, and her arms were tired. Once she spotted a woman approaching, she smiled with her eyes squinting. She ran to the woman.
"Mommy."
Xia Ruoxin saw the child coming. She squatted, put down the load of clothing that she had just collected, and caught the staggering child.
