"Youyou, stay at home and take care of your mother and siblings. If the people from the old house come to cause trouble again, go out and shout. Call everyone around."
Hua Jiujiu could not stay at home forever. She had to think of a way to earn money or something.
Although most of the Old Hua family had gone to the fields, who knew if they would take advantage of her absence to bully her family?
The reason why Hua Youyou should stay at home was mainly because this girl was a little troublemaker. Hua Shishi's personality, however, was just like her name. She was a quiet and demure type. She would be more helpless when faced with such a situation.
"Alright." Hua Youyou clenched her fists and nodded firmly.
She wanted to be like her sister and not let anyone bully her family.
Hua Jiujiu rubbed Hua Youyou's withered hair. "Youyou, protect Mother and your younger siblings well. I'll give you chicken drumsticks when I come back tonight."
Hua Youyou's big dark eyes suddenly lit up, but she quickly hid it. She wanted to leave the drumstick for her mother to eat!
It was too hard for her mother to give birth to younger siblings.
Hua Jiujiu bandaged her mother's wound again and left with Shishi.
She had to dig up some herbs. Otherwise, if Bai Zhi's wound automatically healed without treatment, she would probably be captured and burned as a demon.
As for the money that Old Hua had given her for a doctor, she planned to keep it to buy food for her family to nourish their bodies.
"Sister, are we going to the back mountain to dig wild vegetables?" Hua Shishi asked with a basket on her back.
In the past, the three of them were the ones who dug up the wild vegetables at home, so Hua Shishi thought that today was no exception.
"No, we're not digging wild vegetables today." Why were the three sisters the only ones working while the Old Hua family enjoyed the fruits of their labor?
"Ah, if we don't dig for wild vegetables, grandmother will hit us." Hua Shishi trembled, obviously thinking of something and being afraid.
"Don't worry, I won't let you guys get beaten up in the future." Hua Jiujiu comforted them.
Hua Shishi was at a loss.
Why wouldn't they be beaten up just because their sister didn't let them?
However, Sis seemed to have said yesterday that they would not be beaten up. They really did not get beaten up today.
Therefore, she believed in her sister!
"Sis, where are we going?" Hua Shishi asked curiously.
"Let's go to the village chief's house first." Hua Jiujiu was still thinking about changing her name.
"Oh, to change our names." Hua Shishi thought about how she would soon have a nice name, and her footsteps became lighter.
Not long after, they arrived at the village chief's house.
Because their father used to be popular in the village, and changing names was not a big deal, the village chief quickly agreed. He called a few respected elders to open the ancestral hall and changed their names.
After settling this matter, Hua Jiujiu and Hua Shishi went to the back of the mountain.
Along the way, he heard many children shouting as they ran, "Eldest is called Jiu Jiu, Second is called Shishi, Third is called Youyou, baby girl is called Xiaoxiao, and baby boy is called Yexu."
Hua Jiujiu let them do as they wished. It just so happened that she wanted to get rid of their lame names.
When Hua Shishi heard their names, she felt extremely happy.
"You can go and play first." Hua Jiujiu did not intend to bring her up the mountain. After all, the mountain was so dangerous.
"Sister, can I?" Hua Shishi also wanted to show off her new name to her friends.
"Of course. Go ahead. You can go back when it's mealtime." Hua Jiujiu smiled and nodded.
"Thank you, Sis." Hua Shishi ran off happily.
Hua Jiujiu carried the basket on her back and went to the back mountain with the sickle.
Before going up the mountain, she went to the straw hut at the foot of the mountain to take a look. There was no one inside, but the breakfast left behind in the morning was gone. Lou Sijin must have eaten it.