Bai Wenjing looked expectantly at Xue Xiaohua. She nodded and shook her head. Her black gem-like eyes were filled with confusion.
"I don't understand. The beauty of the heart is in there. No one else can see it."
Bai Wenjing choked on her words again.
She could not give up. If she could not even handle Xue Xiaohua, she had even less hope for Xue Baijun.
Therefore, she patiently pulled Xue Xiaohua to sit on the stool and said, "Just you wait. Mother will perform a magic trick for you."
She rummaged through the boxes and cabinets to find a bright red dress for Xue Xiaohua to change into. She also brought water to comb her hair into two balls with a red hair tie.
In the end, she even painted Xue Xiaohua's nails red with the nail polish outside the house.
Everything was ready. Bai Wenjing brought the only mirror in the house to Xue Xiaohua.
In the mirror, Xue Xiaohua's fair skin and big watery eyes were extremely cute.
"Look, doesn't it look much better? Our little princess is the most beautiful. Her big eyes and white skin makes her look like a mother."
She did not fake it at all.
Xue Xiaohua's originally curious eyes gradually turned into surprise.
Her nails were painted orange-red with the nail polish. Her small nails had a full and bright luster. She was indeed very beautiful.
"How is it? Is it good?"
Bai Wenjing asked patiently. Xue Xiaohua looked at her mother and then at herself in the mirror. After being dressed up by her mother, her reflection in the mirror was indeed a little better than when she was painting it.
In addition to her beautiful red nails, she was really beautiful.
As for what her mother said about a beautiful soul... Xue Xiaohua thought about Ernie's smiling crescent-shaped eyes, and it seemed to make some sense.
But the most important thing was that she was originally very good-looking. Did it really have anything to do with whether she was beautiful or not?
If she did not nod and agree, would her mother not dress her up like this in the future? No, she definitely could not refuse.
So Xue Xiaohua had an idea. She hugged Bai Wenjing's neck and said sweetly, "Mother, then I have to be as obedient as Ernie. When my soul is beautiful, I'll look even better."
"System notification, congratulations on completing the 'let Xue Xiaohua distinguish beauty from ugliness' mission. You have obtained 200 points. The mall has been opened."
Bai Wenjing sighed. She had finally completed this mission.
But what was a mall?
Bai Wenjing only had this thought for a moment, and an interface similar to a certain treasure appeared in her mind. She could control it with her mind. Bai Wenjing even discovered that there was rice, flour, and oil in the mall!
This was what she lacked when she came to this godforsaken place.
Of course, what she needed to obtain this amount of rice and oil was not money, but points. As for points, they were obtained from completing the mission randomly distributed by the system.
This thing was really not bad, at least they would not starve to death.
However, just as she felt that she could breathe a sigh of relief, there was a loud noise outside the door.
"What kind of immoral things have you done that you didn't have a mother to teach you!?"
"Xue family, hurry up and come out. Look at what your little b*stard has done!"
"God damn it, without food, how are you going to live in the future..."
Xue family, was she not the one who was shouting?
Bai Wenjing rushed out of the door and saw a group of people squeezing in front of her house. In the middle, there was a woman crying, and sobbing that her food was gone. Xue Baijun was being held up like an eagle grabbing a chick.
At a glance, Bai Wenjing could tell that something had happened, and it was a big one at that.
"Fellow villagers, what happened?"
"What happened?"
The strong man who was holding Xue Baijun sneered and said, "You have the nerve to ask what happened? Your big child burned the wheat heap of others. That was the grain that was just harvested from an acre of land yesterday. Isn't this going to take the lives of the whole family?"
An acre of grain?
Bai Wenjing staggered and almost lost her footing. When she looked at Xue Baijun who was being held like a deflated rubber ball, even she was gnashing her teeth in hatred.
Just how bad was this little brat? He actually burned the wheat heap of others.
Now that her family was penniless, what should she do?
Of course, compared to this group of people making a fuss, as a mother, she was more willing to trust Xue Baijun.
Bai Wenjing tried her best to stand up straight. She imitated Bai Wenjing's tone and said sternly, "What are you shouting for? It's just a little bit of food. I'll ask my eldest child. If it was really my eldest child who did it, I'll compensate you!"
A voice sneered disdainfully, "Compensate for what? You're broke. It would be strange if you could afford it."
But in the blink of an eye, Xue Baijun had already fled. Bai Wenjing went out to look for him before she pulled him back home. She suppressed the anger in her heart and asked, "Xue Baijun, I'm asking you, did you light the wheat heap on fire?"
Xue Baijun glanced at her, then lowered his head and grunted.
Bai Wenjing was so angry that her whole body was trembling. She sighed. Finally, she took a deep breath and said, "Okay, I understand."
The ancients cultivated the land, and some places would not accept nine out of ten kinds of crops. Even if the burned house had a good harvest, in the ancient times, without any fertilizer or urea, it was already good enough to produce two to three hundred catties of grain per meter of land.
But even if it was two to three hundred catties of grain, asking her to compensate would be an astronomical figure.
Looking at the woman and her family who were crying in front of her, then looking at the people who came to denounce them with righteous indignation.
Bai Wenjing knew that if she did not give an explanation for today's matter, it would probably be endless.
"I say, Xue family, you can't afford to pay for this grain either. Just send this little b*stard directly to the government."
"If you waste the grain, you'll be dragged to be chopped off!"
A woman curled her lips and shouted. She looked as if she could stand and speak without hurting her back.
When Bai Wenjing heard this, she was furious. She stared at the woman with wide eyes and said, "Who are you calling a little b*stard? Watch your mouth. Everyone here today can be a witness. I'll pay for the grain that my big baby burned!"
After saying that, Bai Wenjing turned around and asked the woman who was still crying, "Tell me, how much grain can you get from the burned wheat?"
When the woman heard that, she immediately wiped away her tears and said, "At least 400 catties. If you want to compensate me, you have to give me at least 350 catties."
350 catties... Fortunately, she did not ask for too much. But, it was not a small amount.
After saying this, the woman started crying again. As she cried, she said, "If we don't have these grains, how are we going to live..."
"I will send enough grains to your house in three days."
After Bai Wenjing said this, she grabbed Xue Baijun's hand and walked into the house without looking back. After entering the house, she quickly locked the door.
Her heart almost jumped out of her throat.
If she had not followed the original owner's words, she would have lost her balance.
At this moment, she was leaning against the door, her heart beating wildly.
Coincidentally, the shopping mall had opened.
She quickly activated the shopping mall. Looking at how she only had 200 points, Bai Wenjing was worried about how much food she could exchange for these points.
If she could not exchange for that many points, would Xue Baijun not really lose his limbs?
Looking at the results of the search, Bai Wenjing's heart sank again.
The cheapest was rice, but rice cost 2 points per catty. In other words, the 200 points could only be exchanged for 100 catties of rice. Even if she lost the refined rice, she would have to compensate the other party at least 350 catties, now, the difference was more than half.
The points were not enough, and the only thing she could do now was to make Xue Baijun realize the wrong mission.
Looking at Xue Baijun, who had his head lowered, Bai Wenjing guessed that Xue Baijun must have been frightened after the scene just now.
Since he was frightened, he must have realized his mistake. Bai Wenjing decided to test him, so she said, "Are you wrong?"
"I'm not wrong. They deserve it."
"What?"
Bai Wenjing covered her chest and said again, "Say it again. Are you wrong?"
The big baby suddenly roared, "I'm not wrong. I'm not wrong. Why should I compensate them with food? If you have the ability, let them chop off my limbs!"
'Slap!'
Bai Wenjing could not help but slap him.
The force of this slap was not small. Five fingerprints immediately appeared on Xue Baijun's face.
Xue Bainian, who was playing with the mud beside him, was so frightened that he started crying.
"I hate you!"
After Xue Baijun said that, he rushed out of the house again. Bai Wenjing almost reflexively wanted to catch this b*stard, but when she saw that the back of her hand was still marked with a bloody mark, she forcefully dispelled this thought.
Xue Bainian cried so much that it was annoying. Bai Wenjing shouted, "Don't cry anymore!"
In the end, this little b*stard cried even more fiercely.
She was too desperate.
Xue Baijun was simply stubborn. It seemed that she would not be able to complete this task in a short period of time.
Now that Xue Baijun had run off to God knows where, and she could not just sit by and do nothing about the agreed compensation for the food.
The door was suddenly pushed open.
"Sister-in-law!"