On the path, Bai Li walked leisurely in the woods, holding wheat seeds in his hand, whistling.
Behind him, two hens fluttered their wings, followed him happily, staring at the wheat.
"Liu Er, you don't have to keep staring at the two hens. Don't worry, they won't run away." Bai Li said to Liu Er, who kept looking back from time to time, worried that the hens would run away, "And who knows, if you don't look back, you might get two or three more wild ones later."
"Boss, leave these two chickens with you. Don't you still need them to hatch chicks?"
"No, I just need to hatch two. These chickens grow very fast. It won't take two or three days for them to grow up and hatch chicks. Besides, your mother has just recovered from her illness. You can take these two hens back with you. The eggs they lay can also nourish your mother's body, right?"
Liu Er scratched his head awkwardly. He whispered, "We don't eat these eggs. When we have enough, Dad will take them to the city to sell for money. Mom can't bear to eat them. Even if she cooks them, she will leave them to my dad."
Eggs are a kind of food that Bai Li hates very much. When he was growing up, his mother often forced him to eat them, saying that they can help him grow taller.
Bai Li cooked eggs almost every day, and he ate them reluctantly. Although he did grow taller, he was really hurt by eating eggs.
"You've never eaten eggs?" Bai Li asked subconsciously.
As soon as he said that, he realized what nonsense he had said.
Damn, how could I say that? It's the same as the queen who said "Why don't you eat cake"!
This sentence is exactly "Why don't you eat meat?"
I really want to slap myself in the face!
Bai Li regretted it, but how could he take back what he said? He quickly explained: "I'm sorry, Liu Er, I didn't mean that, it's just that what you said just now is too different from what I think."
Ah~ What am I talking about!
The corners of his mouth twitched, and he gestured in a panic.
Liu Er looked at Bai Li in surprise and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I know the boss has no ill intentions. Just like I couldn't understand why my companions looked at me with envy every time my father asked me to go back for lunch. It was
not until later that I asked them and found out that except for our family who could eat meat for several months, they could only get one or two pieces during the Chinese New Year."
"Huh, I'm glad you didn't misunderstand," Bai Li covered his frightened heart and joked: "Then why did you look at me like that just now? I thought my little brother was going to abandon his big brother!"
"I'm just surprised that the boss actually apologized to me for this matter." Liu Er said.
Bai Li was puzzled, and he replied as a matter of course: "If you say something wrong or do something wrong, you should apologize."
He even apologized to others for asking for directions.
"But aren't you a god?"
"Hiss~ Liu Er, your idea is a bit dangerous. Let me correct you. I'm not a god. Gods don't exist. You have to believe in science... Forget it, Newton's coffin is gone, just ignore what I said."
Bai Li was shocked by Liu Er's question. He continued, "I don't care about others. Anyway, for me, if others don't provoke me, I should take responsibility for my fault, even if it means losing everything."
Hearing Bai Li's words, Liu Er was deeply moved.
He could still clearly remember those young men who rode horses in the city, ran rampant, and wantonly overturned the goods of vendors.
Even if they reported it to the government office, those officials would not care. After a day or two, the problem would be solved.
He could not forget the way the yamen runners in their village bowed their heads in front of those young men.
Perhaps, this is a god.
"If the egg shell is broken, Dad will still leave it for us."
"What about your birthday?" Bai Li asked.