Proud Farm Girl With A Space

Chapter 14

That was why Su Tang just wanted to tell him that it was fine for him to stay behind. It was just a trip to the river after all. But before she could open her mouth, she heard a voice coming from outside the yard, "Is this your new home? Dalang, Dalang?"

As soon as Su Nuo heard the voice coming from outside he suddenly cheered up. He looked over at Su Tang and, when he saw her nod, he quickly ran outside. Sure enough, there were two little boys who were poking their heads through the gate.

"Dongzi, Huzi!" Su Nuo laughed as soon as he saw the two little boys.

Among these two children, Dongzi was seven years old and Huzi was Su Nuo's age. In the past, Su Nuo had often gone up the mountain or over to the river with Dongzi and Huzi. The three of them were best friends.

Dongzi and Huzi did not come from wealthy families but, even though their clothes were shabby and patched, they were both neat and clean looking. They were both well-behaved and ever since they had become old enough to understand some things the two of them could always be seen around the village trying various things like digging wild vegetables, picking fruits, or catching small fish and shrimp that they would then take back home to help their families.

Su Nuo had always seemed worse off than other little boys in the village because he wasn't treated well at home. Whenever he went outside he had always been dirty and scruffy so most other children didn't want to play with him, only Dongzi and Huzi didn't mind it and befriended him.

The two kids had come over today because they wanted to play with Su Dalang. Their parents had told them that Dalang had moved and that he no longer lived at Su Yonggui's house, so they came out to look for him.

But as soon as Su Nuo came out, Dongzi and Huzi almost couldn't recognize him, "Dalang, why are you so different now? You look so clean."

When Su Nuo heard his good friends say that, his little chest puffed up and he felt proud. "Now I live with my elder sister. My elder sister will help me wash and be clean every day. Also, my elder sister can cook delicious food, it's even better than your parents' cooking. And you should know that I will no longer be called Dalang, my name is Su Yongnuo now. It's a new name my sister gave to me and I think it sounds very good."

His mouth seemed to only be able to say words praising his sister so Su Tang felt a little amused as she watched from the doorway.

When Dongzi and Huzi heard Su Nuo say all this, they nodded along. "Well, my father and mother said that you will be the children of Su Laochuan's family now. But what should we call you? Su Yongnuo? It sounds so strange."

Dongzi was a little older, so although he was a child from a village, he wasn't too surprised by the adoption. This kind of thing was nothing new and his parents had already told him about it. But even though he somewhat understood what was going on he still felt a little strange after hearing Su Nuo had a new name.

"Dongzi and Huzi, you two should just call him Xiao Nuo. Xiao Nuo, since you don't want to go to the Qing River why don't you play with your friends. But don't run around too far, okay?"

It was lucky for Su Tang that right as she wanted to go fish on the Qing River but was in a dilemma because she didn't want to leave Su Nuo alone at home where he would be bored, Dongzi and Huzi came over. Now Su Nuo would have someone to accompany him to play.

From the beginning, Su Nuo didn't want to go to the Qing River, so now that his friends were here he was happy to agree to his sister's suggestion. He immediately took Dongzi and Huzi inside to show them around his new home. "My sister and I will live here from now on so if you want to find me you have to come here. Don't try to go to the place we were living before because I'll only be here from now on."