Chapter 298

Qiao Qingqing’s back ached, her arms were sore, and blisters had formed on her palms. Yet, this was nothing new to her. She set down her hoe, rubbed her lower back, and grabbed the towel draped around her neck to wipe the sweat from her face. As she walked over, she saw Lu Xiaoqiao crawling near the water vat, swatting at it with his little fists. Erwa was covered in dirt, having somehow managed to smear soot all over himself. Lu Xiaonian was sitting on the grass, trying to pull it up with his tiny hands, though he wasn’t having much luck. Undeterred, he kept grabbing at the blades of grass and pulling, only to come up empty-handed over and over again. Qiao Qingqing went over first to pick up Erwa, using the towel to wipe his face. Lu Xiaonian squirmed in his mother’s arms, restless. After all, when he had cried for her earlier, she had only comforted him for a moment before leaving. He had crawled everywhere, trying to cause trouble to get her attention, and had ended up covered in the soot she had recently scraped from the bottom of the pot.