Chapter 102

Hearing that, Qiao Sheng looked at Xiao Shitou and said, "Don't worry about it; let Shi Jin cry if he wants to, he'll stop when he's cried enough."

"Oh."

Xiao Shitou sat to the side and waited.

Qiao Sheng saw her son like this, somewhat laughable and exasperating; after thinking, she let Xiao Shitou watch Shi Jin well, then she went to heat the bathwater.

When Shi Jin was at home, usually as soon as they cried someone would come to comfort them.

But today Shi Jin cried for a long time and no one paid attention to them.

They found it hard to keep crying.

Xiao Shitou noticed Shi Jin secretly looking at themself.

Xiao Shitou stepped forward slowly and said, "Your uncle doesn't not want you; he just wants you to stay with us for a few days. Don't cry, come back with me?"

Now there was a way out.

Shi Jin then went along with it.

But as soon as they entered the Mountain God Temple, their mood broke again; just thinking about having to stay in this rundown Mountain God Temple for an unknown length of time made them unable to bear it.

"Still want to cry? If you do, go cry outside until you've had enough, then come back in."

Qiao Sheng said with a cold face.

How fierce she is!

Shi Jin sniffled and said, "Young master, where do you want to cry? Young master isn't crying! Young master is thirsty, where's the water?"

Quite a few bad habits.

Qiao Sheng raised her brows slightly and said, "Young master, young master, whose master are you? Here you can only call yourself 'I'! If you want water, go pour it yourself!"

Shi Jin pouted, feeling wronged.

Xiao Shitou wanted to help, but Qiao Sheng stopped Xiao Shitou: "Xiao Shitou, do you have nothing to do?"

"Mother..."

Xiao Shitou wanted to plead.

Qiao Sheng said, "Find clothes, take them to bathe."

Xiao Shitou saw that Shi Jin had no change of clothes, so Xiao Shitou found a set of their own clothes and gave them to Shi Jin.

"I won't wear yours."

Shi Jin turned sideways and said.

Qiao Sheng knew this was Shi Jin disliking Xiao Shitou's clothes, and said: "If you won't wear Xiao Shitou's clothes, then don't change clothes, or else go naked!"

Either way, Shi Jin couldn't stand it.

Shi Jin grudgingly took the clothes from Xiao Shitou's hands.

Actually, Xiao Shitou's current clothes are already not bad; they used to wear other people's discarded old clothes, altered. Now they wear clothes made of fine cotton.

Soon after.

Shi Jin started fussing again.

They complained the bathing place was inadequate.

Qiao Sheng didn't bother with them.

Xiao Shitou said at the side: "Actually we're much better off now than before; the Mountain God Temple we used to live in not only leaked wind everywhere, but on rainy days it leaked rain everywhere, and the bathing shed often got blown away by strong winds. Mother later fixed it up a bit, so it's not like that now."

"How terrible?"

"Surely it's because you're not putting in effort…"

Shi Jin murmured.

Xiao Shitou suddenly felt like beating Shi Jin, but after thinking decided not to.

First, Xiao Shitou wanted to befriend Shi Jin.

Second, Xiao Shitou thought they might not be able to beat Shi Jin.

Xiao Shitou said, "Whenever we found a bit of food, Great Grandmother would come and snatch it away. Often they wouldn't leave any food for us. Is that because we're not putting in effort?"

"Don't you know to go look for work?"

Shi Jin immediately said.

Xiao Shitou retorted.

Go try finding a job! Most shops in town want adult men with strength. They don't want the young or weak, let alone Xiao Shitou and their mother, one young, one a woman.

Shi Jin had nothing to say.

Xiao Shitou stopped talking and washed quickly.

Shi Jin saw Xiao Shitou about to finish washing, told them to wait, and sped up their own washing.

The sleeping place was also not good.

But this time Shi Jin didn't kick up a fuss.

Qiao Sheng didn't know what Xiao Shitou said to Shi Jin, but she thought they weren't completely hopeless.

Qiao Sheng also went to take a bath.

After washing, Qiao Sheng returned.

Qiao Sheng saw Xiao Shitou and Shi Jin still sitting, and said: "Alright, lie down to sleep, I'm blowing out the lamp."

"No…"

(End of chapter)