Just as she was about to respond, the older friend with a ring on her head also called out, "Thank you...sister..."
The soft and light figure, with a hint of timidity, coupled with the mature figure, made Su Xin feel a sense of separation, but she also felt that it was as it should be.
"Hmm." She nodded in response and accepted the three [children]. "Then these oils... well, should they still be kept by Helena?"
"What?!" Little Helena was surprised and didn't dare to believe it. "These... I can't buy them. Aren't you afraid that I... I will run away secretly...?"
Su Xin put Wen Yue down and walked over. When little Helena hung her head in anxiety, she reached out and gently rubbed her head, "I believe you. Besides... you haven't taught me how to tie my hair yet."
In fact, it is just because the oil reserves are bottomless. Su Xin doesn't want to guard against children because of this little resource, but for little Helena, it is a trust that she cannot repay.
"I...I understand! I will try very...hard!"
Little Helena silently encouraged herself, looked up at her elder sister who was getting up and leaving, and her heart fell back into her stomach. She seemed to be a little heavier, but very safe, which made her feel very good.
"Oh, that's right." Little Helena heard her elder sister say, "Well... there's no need to limit the amount. These should be enough for a long time. From now on, just give them the amount that's enough to fill you up, right?"
Little Santiago: “Yeah!
Wenyue: "Huh? Okay... okay~"
Anchorage: “Yeah…?”
There are new people in the yard. Let alone other things, the accommodation issue alone is enough to give Su Xin a headache.
The old woman's room was fairly clean, and the bed wasn't too small, so it was barely enough to squeeze two more little ones in. But Anchorage's size clearly couldn't be described as small.
Besides, Su Xin is actually not used to sleeping with strangers. Wen Yue, little Helena and little Santiago are children, so she can barely get by.
Anchorage... is indeed immature inside, but Su Xin, looking at those two soft lumps that are much bigger than herself, can't regard him as a pure child.
"...Or maybe the one who can treat Anchorage as a child is a gifted person...?"
"By the way, was Anchorage also a new product? Little Helena said it was a heavy cruiser... um... let's go back and look through the historical reference books?"
Su Xin shook her head and received a soft and cute look from Anchorage. She quickly smiled and responded, "What's wrong?"
"...Headache...?" After deciding to stay here for a long time, Anchorage said a little more, "Medicine...?"
"Hmm? No no, I was just thinking about something."
Su Xin glanced at little Santiago who was burping non-stop while touching his stomach, and then looked at little Helena who had finished half a can and carefully sealed the lid. "I was wondering... if I could tidy up your room today."
Little Helena was stunned, blinked and asked: "Don't we have a place to live now?"
"Yes... but I just moved in yesterday... and I haven't had time to clean up the other rooms yet." Su Xin pointed to several six-person dormitories.
Little Santiago ate so much that he could hardly walk. Little Helena realized that she couldn't rely on him and was a little nervous to go alone, so she simply took Anchorage along.
The two of them turned to the dean's room nearby. The moment they opened the door, their faces were covered with the damp air. They sneezed as they walked out.
"Hmm...it smells terrible..."
Anchorage nodded, "Stinky..."
Su Xin left Wen Yue to accompany little Santiago and followed her out of the dean's room. "Well, it rained all day yesterday and I didn't dare open the window for ventilation. The weather is better today. Let's see if we can get rid of the smell."
Little Helena was very sensible. She thought for a moment, took a deep breath, and prepared to go into the house to clean up the garbage. Before Su Xin could stop her, she rushed in like a gust of wind.
Su Xin actually wanted to do this herself. After all, she was such a grown-up, and it would be a bit awkward for her to let a child work in a dirty place.
Just as she was about to go in to change people, Anchorage, who was standing next to her, came over, stretched out his hands in front of her, tilted his head to look at her, his big eyes full of anticipation.
Su Xin was stunned for a moment before she understood what he meant. She helped Anchorage roll up the long sleeves of his coat until his elbows were exposed.
"Not tight, is it?"
"...Yeah, very...good."
Su Xin nodded. Seeing that little Helena had already opened the window, she no longer hesitated, walked past Anchorage into the house, and called out to the slightly confused little Helena.
"Helena, can you help me get a basin of water outside?"
"Eh? Ah... I get it!" Now that she had a backbone, little Helena calmed down a lot and ran out.
Su Xin glanced around the room, preparing to throw out a few rotten wooden storage cabinets. However, when she bent down and grabbed the bottom of the cabinets with force, she discovered that this body was different from the original one.
The wooden cabinet had absorbed water and was damp and heavy. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't lift it. If she tried to drag it, it would make a lot of noise.
Just as she was frowning and thinking of a solution, Anchorage, with his sleeves rolled up, silently walked to the opposite side, squatted down, clasped his hands under the cabinet on the other side, and raised up with a "hey".
Su Xin staggered two steps to steady herself, then leaned over from the side and exchanged glances with Anchorage, "Ah... Thank you, that's a great help, Anchorage."
"...Well, then...Okay..."
They put the cabinet in the yard and went back to move the remaining two.
At this time, little Helena had returned with a basin of water, followed by two cute little helpers.
"Sister, what do you need us to do?"
Su Xin didn't intend to let the children do dirty work. She glanced at the bed boards and simply asked the three of them to go to the middle cafeteria to take down some table boards.
Little Santiago was full of energy and took Wen Yue and little Helena with him. Not long after, Su Xin heard a "click" sound coming from outside the house.
She felt a little relieved, and she and Anchorage moved all the cabinets out. Seeing the children showing off their skills at the dining table, she smiled indulgently and asked Anchorage to help as well.
While the four of them were "demolishing the house" in the yard, Su Xin carried a washbasin into the house, soaked a towel she had found in the grocery store, and began to clean the room.
The windows were covered with a layer of dust and mud, and the floor was also dirty. The bed board was simply thrown away, but the metal bed frame had to be kept and the embroidery scraps on it had to be cleaned.
This body is a little weak, as if it was forcibly given a [weak buff]. Su Xin was out of breath just after wiping the windows, and her hands were shaking.
But she doesn't have much time to rest, because the room needs to be ventilated and the moisture needs to be blown dry. If the cleaning is completed too late, the room will still be uninhabitable that day.
Su Xin sighed and thought about trying harder, when the people who were making a fuss outside rushed in.
"It's all done. What else do we need Santiago for?"
"Really? How many tables were dismantled in total?" Su Xin asked her with a smile.
"Eh? This...this..." Little Santiago scratched his head, apparently so busy struggling that he didn't pay attention to counting.
Little Helena was the most attentive and answered, "Thirteen tables, um... but they are a bit dirty, what are they going to be used for?"
Su Xin pointed at the bed and said, "Use it as a bed board. It will definitely be stronger than the current one, and safer~"
"Is there anything else we need to do?"
"Um... can you help me saw the table top?" Su Xin gestured at the width of the bed frame, "Probably... um, it can fit into this iron frame."
Little Helena took two looks and understood. She immediately ran outside to start working on it. But after thinking for a while, she realized that she didn't know the exact size, so she ran back.
“Santiago.”
"Hmm? What are you doing?"
Little Helena glanced at her best friend and instructed her to climb onto the bed. "No need to take off your shoes. Lie down sideways. Don't move, okay?"
Little Santiago stood still, his eyes rolling around, and his mouth was not idle, "What are you doing? It's wet here, so dirty..."
"That's why I let you lie down."
Little Santiago: ...?
"Hmm...does it have to be so high?" Little Helena thought for a moment, and pulled little Santiago's stockings down, stopping when they were almost at the edge of the bed with his knees.
"You can get up now, but you can't touch your socks, okay?"
Little Santiago paused and asked curiously, "Why?"
"Well... because you are a very important 'ruler'. If you make a mistake, all those tables will be dismantled in vain."
"It's very important?!" Little Santiago was excited. He didn't care about the different heights of his stockings. He walked out with his head held high. "Come on, come on, it's important. Little Santiago is going to do it!"
Little Helena followed him out, saying nicely, "You don't have to do anything. Just lie there and it will work."
Su Xin sighed at the cleverness of the little girl, thinking that she was a ship girl after all, and no matter how much trouble she made, she would not get hurt. So she simply let the two of them do what they wanted and continued to clean up.
Wen Yue was extremely curious about what was about to happen outside, but when she saw Su Xin's pale face and the sweat on her forehead, she couldn't move.
"Sister, I...I'll help you..."
Su Xin realized that if she continued to take on all the tasks like this, the three of them would have to sleep on the floor tonight, so she breathed a sigh of relief and nodded without refusing.
"Wen Yue is so good, can you help your sister sweep the floor? The broom...the one in the kitchen will do."
"Um!"
Watching the child run out the door, Su Xin suddenly had a strange feeling that her child had grown up. There was no reason, it was quite inexplicable, and it made her laugh out loud.
Anchorage, who had been watching for a long time, came over again and looked at Su Xin without saying a word.
Su Xin tentatively helped her wipe the stains off her forearm, but she showed no intention of leaving. She straightened her coat for her, but still stood there with her eyes wide open.
Realizing that the person in front of her was also a child, Su Xin asked her softly, "What's wrong?"
"Anke... Reiqi... also wants to help..."
"Well... could you please help me take out all the bed boards? They are too heavy for me to move."
"...good."
Anchorage didn't move after he finished speaking. He kept his big, Caroline eyes open, staring at Su Xin with moist, expectant eyes.
Su Xin wondered if she had already told him the mission, why didn't he take action? Could it be that... he wanted to hear praise?
So she hesitated and praised softly: "Well, Anchorage is willing to help, it's great, it solved a big problem that was bothering me...my sister!"
The expression on the other person's face softened a lot, but he was still staring at her without moving. Su Xin's brain was almost not enough to coax people by guessing.
"Uh...how about I move with you?"
"Or...how about you clean the bed frame? Just use a dry towel to wipe the sticky dirt off to the floor."
"Hmm... Anchorage is really good?"
As soon as he finished speaking, his big eyes suddenly narrowed, and the curve of Anchorage's lips widened, making him look more like a little angel.
"...(⊙·v·⊙) Hmm!"
Looking at Anchorage who picked up the bed board and walked out with a "Hey, whoosh", Su Xin was actually a little confused. She guessed for a long time but couldn't figure out that the other person just wanted to hear the word "good".
However, this also made Su Xin more certain that the other party only looked mature, and his mental state was not much different from that of the three children.
"Hmm... Looks like we have to treat everyone equally from now on."
There is strength in numbers. One person climbs up and down to remove rust, one holds a broom to sweep the floor, and another holds a dustpan, bends over and follows closely behind. They are so cute no matter how you look at them.
The three of them cleaned up the room in a short while. Now they just had to wait for the draft to blow away the smell in the room and take away the moisture, so they could live there at night.
Su Xin breathed a sigh of relief, looked at the two children standing beside her, one big and one small, smiled and praised them: "Great! You've been a great help. We can go out and rest for a while."
After receiving the praise, the two of them were delighted and looked very satisfied.
Su Xin took them out to sit for a while, but as soon as they stepped out of the room, they saw little Helena and little Santiago showing off their skills in the yard.
One of them was lying on the table and playing with her fingers, while the other one was holding a kitchen knife that she had found from somewhere and was chopping the table in front of her with all her might.
“Tuk-tuk-tuk!”
“Tuk-tuk-tuk!”
The girl playing with her fingers seemed to notice the three people leaving the room. She quickly tilted her head back and turned to greet them, "Look, look, it's the important 'ruler', Santiago~"
As her limp legs moved, little Helena's knife fell without her having time to retract it, and it just chopped down, causing her to scream in fear.
"oops?!"
Su Xin panicked and tried to check her injuries, only to hear little Helena's annoyed voice.
"I told you not to move... It's all your fault. You broke the knife..."
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In the morning, several people worked together to clean and repair the dormitory.
The damp and moldy bed boards were discarded and replaced with sturdy wooden boards that little Santiago measured with his body. The sizes were roughly the same and four boards could make a bed horizontally.
Su Xin wiped the bed frame with a dry towel and removed the rust fragments. Although it didn't look very good, there was no condition to repaint it, so she had to make do with it.
The quilts are not enough. The quilt that my mother-in-law used to sleep on can still be used after drying it. If two children sleep in one quilt, it will be enough to cover everyone with quilts.
Su Xin directed them to move the chairs out and put three quilts on them to dry in the sun, hoping that the afternoon sun would kill the insects and bacteria.
Everyone drank oil for lunch, except Su Xin, who was a human being. She had no choice but to eat the baguette soaked in water.
