"Brother, can you eat it?" Siwa finished eating the candy and stared at the fire eagerly.

"No, it's not cooked yet." Da Wa remembered that her father and the others had baked it for a long time last time.

Mother Su was in front and noticed that there was something wrong with the sound of children playing in the backyard.

"Meizi, go and see what these children are doing. Why are there no movements at all?"

It's not like their temper at all. They are usually so noisy that they want to tear down the house. Why are they so quiet today?

Neither Su's mother nor Xu Mei noticed anything was wrong with the children today.

"Okay, I'll go take a look."

There is a gravel path connecting the front yard and the backyard, and the children in the family have fallen down here several times.

Especially on rainy days, I originally laid this gravel path because I didn’t want the mud from the backyard to be brought to the front yard to make it dirty on rainy days.

Unexpectedly, several children especially like to play here on rainy days. They like to squat here and play with rocks.

When they had fun playing, the area where they played was almost destroyed, so the house often needed to be repaired after a while.

No, before Xu Mei got halfway, she saw Sanwa squatting there again and picking up stones, her little hands dirty.

"Auntie." Sanwa was a little flustered when she saw her coming, and her voice doubled in volume unconsciously.

Xu Mei didn't pay attention, thinking that the child was afraid of adults seeing him throwing stones.

"Where are Da Wa and the others?" Xu Mei touched his head and saw that his hands were a little red from the cold, "Are they cold?"

The third baby was afraid that they would be discovered playing with fire, and wanted to hold the eldest uncle away from the back.

"Cold." His voice was trembling due to nervousness, which made people feel distressed.

When Xu Mei heard that he was cold, she naturally stopped letting him squat here and played. She pulled him up from the ground and said, "Auntie, I will take you to wash your hands and pour a hot water bottle to warm you up."

As he said that, he pulled him and continued to walk back, "What are your brother and the others doing? Why is there no movement at all?"

Seeing that she was about to be discovered, Sanwa nervously wanted to pull her away, but she was afraid that she would be discovered if she said something wrong, so she could only follow her uncle.

"What are you doing?" Xu Mei saw the messy leaves on the ground, and the snow that was originally piled in the corner was scattered everywhere.

"No, nothing." Erwa said first, standing up and covering her back from her mother.

When the eldest baby and the others heard the third baby calling "auntie", they knew that his mother was coming.

They hurriedly covered it with the unused snow they had just dug, and asked Siwa to pick up the withered vegetable leaves on the ground and put them on top.

Xu Mei looked at their expressions and felt something was wrong. There must be something being hidden from her.

Just as he was about to walk in and take a look, he saw two candy wrappers suddenly fall out of Siwa's hand.

"Where did the candy come from?" Xu Mei's attention was diverted and she looked at the three of them.

The fourth child was so frightened by his mother that he did not dare to speak and hid behind his eldest brother.

"Auntie, it's mine."

Just when Xu Mei wanted to ask again, Sanwa beside her raised her hand.

"its mine."

Sanwa was afraid that his aunt wouldn't believe it, so he stumbled and explained to her that he hadn't eaten the candy and was keeping it for his sister, but she couldn't eat it yet.

After hearing this, Xu Mei didn't pursue it further, but she emphasized again, "Don't eat too many candies, otherwise you will get cavities and toothache."

As for whether the children listened, it was hard to say, especially the fourth child who just pretended not to understand. Why would bugs grow in candies that taste so delicious? It must be the mother who deliberately deceived the children.

Being distracted like this, Xu Mei didn't pursue what they were going to do anymore, as long as they didn't do bad things.

"I'll clean it up later when we're done playing." Pointing to the mess they made.

"I know." Several people relaxed.

As soon as Xu Mei left, the three people quickly dug away the snow above.

"Can it still be cooked?" Erwa was a little worried.

Da Wa didn’t know either, but he didn’t dare to dig it up now, “Let’s take a look later.”

It's not safe to dig up now.

Until it was time to eat, the children who used to be very active during meals seemed a little absent-minded. Only the careless fourth child was the happiest.

All this was seen by several adults, but they all tacitly agreed and said nothing.

in the afternoon.

Su Qinghe woke up, had just finished drinking milk, and was listening to her grandma telling her stories in her arms, when she heard movement from the backyard.

"I told you how you looked guilty in the morning, and the lunch was not delicious. It turned out that you had a guilty conscience."

The more Xu Mei thought about it in the afternoon, the more something was wrong. These children must be hiding something from them.

Worried, I looked again, and saw this scene in front of me.

The children who were fair and fair in the morning are now reduced to black coal.

What made her most angry was not this. Xu Mei looked at the charcoal fire on the ground and knew what these boys were doing without even thinking about it.

"Who told you to play with fire? Who allowed you to play with fire?"

"Did your family ever say you can't play with fire? You can't play with fire."

"You are all brave enough to light a fire secretly. Where did the fire come from?"

Xu Mei stared, and several children lined up in a row with their heads lowered, not daring to look at her.

"Where did the fire come from?" Xu Mei really wanted to give them all a good beating. It was useless to talk in their ears every day. A beating would only help to make them remember.

"The matches in the kitchen." Erwa whispered, looking at the hand that had just been burned, she lost the confidence to speak.

"No wonder I said, there is a box of firewood missing from the kitchen. I thought it was used up, but I didn't expect that you guys stole it out."

While cooking at noon, Xu Mei found that half of the matches were gone. She thought she had a bad memory and forgot to use them up.

"Who lit the fire?"

"I," Da Wa raised her hand and took the initiative to admit her mistake, "Mom, I was wrong. I shouldn't have played with fire with my brother."

The eldest child usually makes the family worry-free the most, but Xu Mei didn't expect that he was the one who took the lead, and she became angry again.

"No, it wasn't the elder brother who brought it. I wanted to eat roasted sweet potatoes and asked the elder brother to help me." The second baby became anxious when he saw that the elder brother wanted to take the blame on himself.

When the two younger brothers saw that their two older brothers were taking the blame on themselves, they were also anxious, fearing that their aunt (mother) would beat them.

"I got the sweet potatoes."

"No more, no more roasted sweet potatoes."

The two younger ones had already burst into tears, especially the fourth child, who was already crying profusely, and the third child was not much better.

"Okay, since we've all done it, we'll all be punished together, and no one can escape." Xu Mei got scared just thinking about it.

If they were not careful, if the weather got hotter, if the wind got stronger, or if they accidentally left flames around, the consequences would be disastrous.

If you don't learn a lesson this time, it will definitely not work. If you are young and dare to play with fire secretly behind the back of adults, then it will be a big disaster if you are older.

Wang Xiujuan had just finished feeding her child and was still cleaning up in the room when she heard her sister-in-law's voice lecturing.

When she came out in a hurry, she saw four people who didn't come out. If it weren't for the familiar clothes and eyes, Wang Xiujuan almost thought someone's child was lost.

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