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"Wash your hands first before eating the sweet potatoes." She told them.

The two children stared at her with their round black eyes. They obediently ran out to get water to wash their hands. The older one also helped the little one to roll up her sleeves.

Looking at this scene, Gu Chunzhu's eyes moistened.

"Can we eat now?" An An looked up, her face dirty, her eyes full of begging. There were some scratches under her collar, which were caused by the original Gu Chunzhu.

She felt distressed.

She picked two large sweet potatoes from the basket and put them in the small hands of the two children, one for each.

The two children's eyes brightened, they hugged the sweet potatoes and started eating.

Such a cold day! Gu Chunzhu sighed in her heart, it was just two cold sweet potatoes. She went to the stove room to find some food.

In the stove room, there were neatly arranged firewoods, which were piled up by Su Wangqin before he went out.

Gu Chunzhu searched for a while before finding two eggs and a packet of sugar hidden by the original owner in a rat hole in the stove room.

Do you still need to hide something like this? Even the mice of the house had already moved to another house. Gu Chunzhu sighed.

Inside, there was a large earth-soiled stove, but there was only one pot. Gu Chunzhu thought that the family was so poor and couldn't afford two pots.

Fortunately, in addition to a pot, there are also two small bowls which can contain boiling water.

Gu Chunzhu's parents died early and when she was a child, she had been fostered by her grandparents in the countryside. Therefore, she is no stranger to the earthen pot and stove.

Both eggs were broken by Gu Chunzhu, then she poured in the two bowls of boiling water and added some sugar. It exuded a sweet smell.

When she brought a bowl of syrupy eggs into the room, the cold sweet potatoes in the two children's hands were almost finished. The two children's noses moved and their heads dropped.

"Xiaocheng An'an come over, I'll give you something to warm your body." Gu Chunzhu put the syrupy eggs on the table and waved at the two.

The two children glanced at each other, a little puzzled. They usually just ate sweet potatoes, and the eggs were eaten by her.

It was every ten days before Gu Chunzhu was willing to eat one, and usually the eggs were only boiled in hot water.

An An sniffed the sweet smell. She couldn't help taking a small step, but was dragged back by Xiaocheng, "Don't go, do you want to be beaten?" The little boy advised in a low voice, his little mouth tightened.

An An was stunned and didn't dare to look at Gu Chunzhu again, clutching the leftover sweet potatoes tightly.

"Won't you listen to my words?"

Gu Chunzhu said deliberately with a calm face. She glanced at Xiaocheng, his eyes had obvious vigilance. He was standing in front of his sister who was one head shorter than him.

Under Gu Chunzhu's provocative powers, Xiaocheng and An An could only slowly walk over. The two little children sat at the table, their movements restrained.

"Let's give this bowl to An'an first. There's still another bowl on the stove. I'll go get it." Gu Chunzhu arched her eyebrows and walked towards the stove.

She walked fast, feeling faint, fortunately she supported herself on the door frame. The original owner died in her sleep and was replaced by her. Touching her fat belly she felt hungry. This body hasn't eaten since yesterday.

Gu Chunzhu brought another bowl of sugared eggs from the stove room and placed it in front of Xiaocheng.

She herself poured a bowl of hot water, picked the smallest sweet potato in the basket and sat at the dining table with the two children to eat.

The cold sweet potato was a bit hard but it tasted sweet when chewed. Gu Chunzhu drank a bit of hot water, and her stomach gradually became comfortable.

"Guru" "Guru". An An, sitting on the side was holding a bowl, swallowing the sugary eggs in big mouthfuls.

She finished the whole bowl in 2 or 3 gulps. She licked her mouth, tasting the sugar water left on it.

Gu Chunzhu was both distressed and relieved. She turned to look at the small body beside her and told Xiaocheng, who hadn't started eating yet, "Xiaocheng, your sister has finished eating, and you haven't eaten yet."

An An put down her empty bowl, and told Xiaocheng "Brother, its sweet and the eggs are delicious."

Xiaocheng glanced down at the syrupy eggs and began to eat in small mouthfuls.

After Gu Chunzhu finished eating. She went to the stove room and brought a pot of water with the right temperature, soaked the only face towel in the house, and wrung it dry. She said to An An: "Come here, I'll wipe your face."

Perhaps the bowl of sugared water eggs played a role, An An was not so afraid of Gu Chunzhu anymore and she walked slowly towards her.

Gu Chunzhu put the face towel on An An's face and wiped little by little. The water in the basin turned gray. An An's face was wiped clean. The exposed small face was really amazing.

Her two eyes are like purple grapes, her eyelashes long, and her small lips bright red, the delicate nose has begun to take shape.

Unfortunately, she's too thin, her arms are like toothpicks, and the two little cheeks are not fleshy. Gu Chunzhu thought with some regret.

"Our An'an is really beautiful." Gu Chunzhu touched An An's messy hair. She didn't know when's the last time she had washed it.

Gu Chunzhu was thinking of washing her, but it was currently winter and there was no hair dryer in ancient times. What if she caught a cold, they have no money to see a doctor. She could only temporarily dispel the idea.

As she thought about it, Xiaocheng also finished eating the syrupy eggs and climbed down from the stool, holding the two bowls stacked on top of each other. He saw Gu Chunzhu looking at him and whispered, "I'll wash the dishes."

"I'll wash the bowl, come here Xiaocheng, it's your turn." Gu Chunzhu shouted.

Xiaocheng didn't move. Gu Chunzhu knew that he was shy and went directly to grab him. She wiped him with clean hot water.

Xiaocheng grows a little better than An An. His eyes are dazzling, his nose pointed and his lips tightly pinched.

He is young but has a calm temperament but the crusted wound on his forehead looked particularly sloppy.

Gu Chunzhu really felt that she had picked up a treasure for having two good-looking children but the original owner's impression of Su Wangqin was non-existent. Thinking of this, she had to take a closer look at how Su Wangqin gave birth to these two beautiful children.

The two children were not close to Gu Chunzhu, and after she wiped their face, they hid three meters away.

Gu Chunzhu was not anxious, she took the two empty bowls to wash first.

While washing the dishes, she heard An An's voice saying, "Brother, she is so gentle, isn't it like having a mother, right big brother?"

"She may be pretending, she may hit us again later." Xiaocheng's voice said with a lot of vigilance.

What funny little guys, I'm not the original owner. If you accept me and are willing to be my children, I will be nice to both of you, Gu Chunzhu secretly vowed.

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