"Auntie, you're looking at them and feeling a chill? Wait until they're simmered into a big pot of snake soup, I guarantee your mouth will be watering!"

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Yang Ruqing smiled and said.

The snake basket, which scared the women away, she just acted as if nothing had happened, rolled up her sleeves and put on the coarse hemp gloves she usually wore for work.

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Then, he bent down and skillfully pulled out a snake from inside.

Both hands move out, fingertips holding a small and light blade.

A blade, so casually drawn.

“Zzz...”

Just like the finest silk being cut with a razor, a crisp and delicate sound followed as the snake's cylindrical body was slit open by her.

Two nimble fingers went in, then pulled and tugged.

All the junk in the serpent's belly was dug out.

A snake, its body emptied, was thrown into an empty basket at the foot of someone. Its entrails were placed in another wooden basin.

Luo Fengtang squatted by the edge of the wooden basin, plucking a perfect snake gall from the jumbled mess.

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Then carefully put it into the other small pot.

Watching the two of them, their movements were so skilled and they worked together so seamlessly.

Dà Sūn shì couldn't help but say to the Sūn shì beside her: "Oh my, the saying 'birds of a feather flock together' is truly not false!"

“Look at this, everyone! In our yard, only Qing'er and Tang YaZi are handling snakes like that, so skillful!”

Faced with Dà Sūn's teasing, everyone laughed and looked on.

Here, the two who were busy tidying up the snake gall also heard it.

They smiled at each other, a sweetness and understanding flowing between them in their eyes.

The snake gallbladder from this basket was quickly removed. According to Yang Ruohua's instructions, Luofeng Tang took all the gallbladders to the well by the backyard and started cleaning them.

And she herself, then stood up and addressed the crowd of onlookers: "Mother, Aunt, I'm going to the pond at the village mouth to peel snake skins. Tonight we won't eat porridge, we'll cook rice and have snake soup!"

Yang Ruqing went to the village mouth to peel a snake, and a crowd of onlookers still followed her.

Most of the children in the village came along.

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Yang Ruqing was peeling the snake skin, while children were laughing and playing beside her.

Handling snakes for a living, women wouldn't dare touch it, and even men, the timid ones, wouldn't either.

Thus, in the eyes of these children, Yang Ruqing was truly amazing.

This is a response.

Little An stood in a group of children, with a proud expression on his chubby face.

Little Fat held his hands on his hips, looking very proud at the other kids and saying, “See? All these snakes were made by my sister and brother-in-law! My sister and brother-in-law are amazing, right?”

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The rest of the little minds nodded like chicks pecking at rice.

Little An was even more pleased.

"Whoever wants to see my sister skin a snake, will have to listen to me from now on, and call me big brother."

"Otherwise, I won't show it to him! Understand?"

Xiao An asked again.

The other little heads nodded like chicks pecking at rice.

But there are also voices of doubt.

"Yang Xia'an, this snake was made by your sister's brother-in-law, not you."

“Why do we have to acknowledge you as the big brother just because you're watching us skin a snake? My mother said that when I was born, you were still in your mother's womb!”

>What he said was a boy with a runny nose.

Little An cast a disdainful look at the little boy.

He raised his chubby little hand and patted his chest: "My brother said, 'Like father, like son.'"

“My elder sister is amazing, as her younger brother, I will definitely be even more amazing in the future!”

"Now you guys worship me as your big brother, helping me gather bird eggs and fish. When I grow up and become powerful, I'll protect all of you!"

"Wow, really? Yang Xiaoan, will you really become more amazing as you grow up?"

Of course!

"To not even shed a tear after being stung by a bee?"

“What a load of rubbish, you slimeball! You're really insulting my intelligence with that question!”

Xiao An sighed and shook her head.

Yang Ruqing was busy peeling snake skin, listening to every word the children around her said.

I couldn't help but smile.

She glanced at Xiaoan beside her, who was just about to her waist.

Little Short Arms crossed her arms and stood there with a smug look on her face, it was both funny and cute.

In my past life, I was an orphan. I had no parents or siblings.

This world, I have parents and two younger brothers.

The eldest brother is well-educated and mature beyond his years.

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The little brother is active and playful.

Two people, one moving and one still, were her two treasures. To see both younger brothers enjoy a happier adolescence and childhood thanks to her efforts brought her great joy.

She felt a great sense of accomplishment and renewed energy.

A basket of snakes, finished amidst the children's laughter.

As dusk fell, mosquitoes thronged the water's edge. The adults all came to take their children home.

Yang Ruqing, carrying the once again cleansed snake tale, turned to head home and discovered Xiao An still waiting by the water's edge.

Holding a willow branch in her hand, she swatted at mosquitoes while scratching at bites on her body.

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“Hey, didn't I tell you to go home with Xiaohua and Xiaoduo first? Why are you back so soon?” Yang Ruqing asked.

Little An said: "I am a man, I want to protect my sister."

"Huh?" Yang Ruqing was startled.

Xiao An pointed to the pond behind her and said, "There are water monkeys in the water. They come out to sunbathe under the moon when it gets dark. I'm afraid the older sister will be pulled away by the water monkeys."

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The story about water monkeys in the water is a scare tactic adults use to keep children from sneaking around and playing in the water.

A child's world is sometimes very simple, they believe everything adults say.

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Therefore, she doesn't advocate for using this method to scare children, although her intentions are good.

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"There are no water monkeys in the water. It's just that if children play in the water and fall in, and there are no adults around, it can be very dangerous and they could drown."

Yang Ruoqing pulled Xiao An's hand and walked him home, patiently explaining things to him along the way.

Xiao An listened very attentively. When they reached the gate of the courtyard, Xiao An stood up.

Looking up at Yang Ruqing, he spoke with an air of boundless ease: "Sister, I won't have any nightmares tonight. I finally understand that water monkeys aren't real and they won't snatch children!"

Yang Ruqing was surprised, and she touched Xiao An's face.

"What? You've been having nightmares lately?" she asked.

Xia An nodded: "Hmm, the aunties in the village say there are water monkeys in the river, goblin pig demons who eat people in the mountains, and they say that when someone is about to die, ghosts will start appearing..."

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"It makes me too afraid to look out the window at night, and I'm too scared to even get out of bed to use the bathroom. It's so uncomfortable!"

"Uh..."

Yang Ruqing was speechless.

He patted Xiao An's head: "Those are all lies. You are a man, be brave!"

"Is it like your brother-in-law?" Xiao An asked.

Yang Ruqing nodded.

"What do I look like?"

A voice came over. The siblings turned their heads and saw it was Luo Fengtang!

“This person is really hard to think about. I just mentioned you, and you came.” Yang Ruqing said.

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