Chapter Nine, Interactions

At this point, she swallowed and sighed, "If only we could get a little salt."

Sun Le turned her head quickly to look at Ruo'er upon hearing this, and she made an effort to display a friendly smile, "Good Ruo'er, could you please bring me some salt, and it would be best if you could also get a clay pot."

Yesterday, while she was digging for yam, she loosened quite a bit of the nearby soil, making it much easier to dig this time. In less than half an hour, she had unearthed a whole cluster of yams

Sun Le turned her head slightly to glance at him, just as Ruo Er quietly turned his head to look at her. Their eyes met, and Ruo Er quickly turned his head away. Not only did he turn away, but he also let out a heavy "hmph" through his nose.

She spoke while getting busy. Ruo'er stood still in place for a long time without moving. After Sun Le had been busy for a while and saw that he had not caught up, he turned around and asked: "Ruo'er, why aren't you coming over?"

Upon seeing his awkward demeanor, Sun Le couldn't help but smile. Whether in her past life or this one, she had always been a solitary person. The way Ruo'er was, despite his frailty, always made her feel a sense of familiarity, constantly reminding her that if she had a younger brother, he would surely be just like Ruo'er

Sun Le felt a surge of joy in his heart, and he smiled at the weak child, saying: "Quickly start the fire, I will prepare a bowl of loach soup for you. Remember to add the salt when the soup is boiling, and add the yam slices when it is almost cooked."

Upon hearing Sun Le mention the lack of salt for the second time, he interjected, "I have salt at home."

As she was peeling the yam and eating it raw, a sound of footsteps came from behind her

She squatted down and dug up the yam while thinking

Sun Le gathered the yam together and took the fishnet woven from hemp yesterday as he walked into the pond

There is also a clay pot in her wooden house, but since the weak child is preparing to return, it would be better to bring it along together

The following sentence was somewhat heavy, and Sun Le's expression darkened as he turned his head away, ignoring him

Watching the white, tender juice flowing from the torn yam, Sun Le swallowed hard; she was truly hungry and wished she could swallow it raw without even washing it.

As soon as the weak child spoke, a hint of regret arose within him. Seeing her angry, he moved his lips several times, preparing to speak, but ultimately held back. He pouted and stared at Sun Le, and when he noticed that she did not glance at him for a long time, he turned his body and rushed out.

Sun Le felt a warmth in her heart and smiled sweetly at the frail child, "I know, a smile that comes from the heart can never be ugly"

Sun Le waited until the sound of his footsteps faded into the distance before washing her left hand in the clean water beside her. She reached up to touch her face; the pond water was both shallow and murky, making it impossible to see her reflection. However, Sun Le did not need to look to clearly remember the reflection that had appeared in the well water that morning, vividly recalling how ugly that face was

She took the fishnet from the weak child's hand, walked to the downstream of the pond, leaned the fishnet against the bottom of the pond, and while retreating, she began to scoop.

Sun Le chuckled and said a bit shyly, "This is quite easy to spoil, so it needs to be used with caution."

As Sun Le finished washing the loaches one by one, the sound of the weak child's footsteps came again

Sun Le laughed without turning his head and said: "You have arrived, come and eat quickly. I haven't had any salt in my last two meals, and my mouth feels bland."

In this twenty-square-meter pond, she spent a full hour thoroughly searching through it. Although she only caught one fish the size of a finger, she managed to catch about twenty loaches.

"This is loach, and it is quite delicious," Sun Le said with a smile. "I was always worried that we wouldn't catch any fish here, but now it's fine. Even though we didn't catch any fish, catching loach is still good."

While speaking, Sun Le threw two more loaches up. The weak child picked up these few lively loaches and simply could not believe that such things could be eaten

The weak child closely followed behind her, watching as she repeatedly took the fishing net out, threw out the water plants and mud from inside the net, and then placed it back in again

When Sun Le reached for the fourth time, two loaches emerged from the muddy net!

Sun Le chuckled softly, reached out, and threw the two loaches onto the shore, then continued to dig.

This is indeed a good thing

It turns out he still remembers this matter

The weak child let out a soft grunt of dissatisfaction, walked up to her, and picked up the yam from the ground to gnaw on it.

The weak child ran to the shore, picked up the two dirty loaches, and asked in confusion: "What is this?"

Sun Le reached out to touch the bumps on his face, murmuring bitterly: "What an ugly monster, I must look terrible when I smile! That annoying child, why did you have to say it out loud?"

Sun Le did not look back. After a while, the weak child walked up behind her and gruffly shoved a ceramic pot towards her, saying, "Here!" Sun Le reached out to take it, and upon removing the lid, she indeed found a small spoonful of salt grains inside.

The weak child raised his head, looking earnestly at Sun Le. He swallowed hard and said hesitantly, "You, you don't look ugly when you smile!"

After taking a bite, the weak child turned his head without even glancing at Sun Le and muttered to himself: "I said I was going to fish, but I don't even know if I'm actually going."

Although she was not a beauty in the past, she was at least delicate and pleasant to look at. Who would have thought that after this unexpected journey, she would end up in such an ugly and weak body

Today, the two people consumed less than one-third of this cluster of yam before feeling full. In fact, it was not so much a feeling of fullness, but rather that the taste was too bland and too astringent, which made them lose their appetite

The weak boy stared blankly at her smile, and even after Sun Le turned her head away for quite a while, he still had not come to his senses. In his youthful heart, a thought surged in his mind: her smile just now was not ugly at all, it was quite beautiful.

The pond is quite small, totaling only about 20 square meters. There is a small stream upstream, from which the water flows in.

The one who approached was indeed the weak child. He cautiously glanced at Sun Le and saw that her expression was natural, seemingly unconcerned at all. He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in his heart, yet felt a tinge of dissatisfaction.

The young boy rushed a few steps forward, darting to her side. He reached out with his right hand and snatched the fishing net from her grasp. Looking at the net, which was densely filled with small holes, he curiously turned it over and over. After a while, he reached his hand into the water. With a splash, he asked in confusion, "How about this?"

The weak child felt his face flush bright red upon hearing her call him so affectionately. He strained his neck and raised his voice, saying, "Don't call me 'weak child', it's unpleasant!" After a pause, he added, "You ugly monster, you look terrible when you smile!"

Sun Le ran to the pond two hundred meters away and carefully washed several pieces of yam.

Even now, she still believes that her feelings for the Fifth Young Master came too quickly and are too incredible. She has never been the kind of person who believes in love at first sight. The only explanation she has for this unbelievable emotion is that it must be the consciousness of her body, it must be!

She reached out and struck the water heavily, and in the rippling murky water, she seemed to see that face, as cold and beautiful as the bright moon. Staring blankly at the water's surface, Sun Le finally murmured bitterly after a long while, "Why are you thinking of him again? Sun Le, oh Sun Le, one can only be happy if one is content! It is better not to think of those who are unattainable; life is short, and there is no need to push oneself into bitterness!"