Spoiled By The President: My Wife Is A Little Sweet
Chapter 714 Poor Kids

Chapter 714 Poor Kids

These children had never stepped outside the village. When had they ever had any snacks?

Therefore, when Natalia offered to make them some, their eyes lit up at once.

"Great!"

Natalia beamed. Though it was a bit odd that these children kept following her, she found them quite adorable.

Thus, she didn't think it was too much trouble to make some fried potatoes for them.

Being a mother herself, she was naturally fond of children, so she was not on guard when they were around.

Natalia walked into the kitchen only to replace that it was still dingy.

Thankfully, there was a not very small window on the left side. It was open. The sunshine poured in from outside, making the poorly-lit room less gloomy.

Since this village had no electricity, it didn't have gas stoves either.

Natalia spun around to look at the munchkins behind her, then asked, "Which of you can light a fire?"

The kids all held up their hands and shouted, "I can!"

"I can do that!"

"Me too!"

Natalia cast her eyes over the group of children and saw a boy who seemed to be the oldest. She pointed at him and said, "Then I'll let you do it."

The boy who got the task rejoiced at once.

He scurried to the back of the stove in high spirits. The other kids all gazed expectantly at Natalia.

Afraid that they might disturb her cooking, Natalia gestured to the stools on the side and said, "Don't just stare at me. You can sit over there and wait. Your snacks will be ready in a moment." The munchkins nodded and meekly went to take their seats.

Fortunately, Natalia had experience in babysitting children. Otherwise, she wouldn't know what to do with so many children following her around.

Since this was a poor village with limited cooking resources, she couldn't really give play to her cooking skill.

Back at home, she once learned how to fry potatoes from Mrs. Kylee, the maid. She did it quite well. Thus, she prepared to make some for these children. First, she found potatoes from a sack in the corner of the room. Then, she peeled them, chopped them into pieces, and put them in the pan to fry.

It was a simple dish. But when the potatoes sizzled in the oil, all the children's mouths watered.

They stared fixedly at the pan, as though their eyes were glued to it.

Seeing this, Natalia was both amused and pained.

She thought these children were actually quite pitiful.

She did not know how their daily life was, but in a village with scarce goods, children's happiness was always scarce, too.

The fried potatoes were soon ready.

It looked delicious and smelt good.

She put the potatoes onto a large plate and asked with a smile, "Who wants some? Raise your hand if you do."

These children's hands immediately shot to the air as they whooped with excitement.

Some were so enraptured that they even leaped from their stools.

Natalia distributed the potatoes with a fork. At the same time, she reminded them, "It's hot. Blow on it before you eat."

The smiles spread across the children's faces as they finally tasted the delicious food they had been waiting for.

As they ate the potatoes, their affection for Natalia increased rapidly.

Watching them enjoy her food, Natalia also had a piece. The rest of the potatoes were equally shared by the children. Then, she walked out of the kitchen. It was already 11, almost noon.

She stood in the doorway for a while. Looking back, she saw that the group of children had followed her out again. This made her brows arch.

"There are no more fried potatoes. I won't give you more even if you still follow me around."

Unexpectedly, the children shook their heads and said, "We're not doing this for the fried potatoes."

Taken aback, Natalia asked, "Then why have you been so clingy?"

The big boy she picked to light the fire before answered, "Flora told us to keep an eye on you. She said she didn't want you to get lost."

Natalia was staggered.

For some reason, she had a weird feeling about this.

Nevertheless, she took it that Flora did this out of the kindness of her heart. Smiling, she said, "So that's what this is about. Don't worry. I won't get lost."

After a pause, she added, "How about this? You can follow me around, but you gotta give me a tour of this village. Can you do that?"

Since Natalia was sweet and pretty, and she even cooked for them, these children had taken a liking to her.

Besides, before Flora went off, she only told them to watch over her. She didn't say Natalia was not allowed to go out.

Therefore, they immediately agreed.

Natalia then went out to stroll in the village with these children.

This village was quite large. If it were in a more developed country, it would be a town.

But in the quiet and out-of-the-way countryside, the paths crisscrossed in the fields, and the houses were widely spaced. Thus, even though the village was large, it was not a bustling place.

Led by the children, Natalia quickly finished the tour of the village.

She returned to Flora's house when it was nearly three in the afternoon.

By that time, Flora was already back from the mountains.

Perhaps she didn't see Natalia in the house after she came back, she went to the neighbor to inquire about her whereabouts. After she learned that Natalia went out to tour the village with the children, she was not worried anymore.

Seeing Natalia come back, Flora asked beamingly, "Done with the tour? How is it? Isn't our village very big?"

Natalia nodded with a smile. "Yeah. It's quite large."

A moment later, she asked out of concern, "Did you just come back from the mountains? Are you tired? Do you need me to get you some water or something?"

Flora waved hastily and said, "No need. I'll help myself."

Then, she went to pour a cup of water for herself and sat on the stone seat by the door. While drinking water, she looked at Natalia and said, "The man I sent to the boy's uncle will be back soon. My husband will come back with him. Then you'll know if that girl they saved is your friend."

Stunned, Natalia raised an eyebrow.

Since she hadn't seen anyone but Flora in the house, she just assumed that Flora was living by herself.

She was a little curious at first. But as she just met Flora and the customs here might be different, she reckoned she'd better not ask about such personal questions.

But it turned out that Flora was living with her husband.

Thinking of this, Natalia smiled and said, "Thank you."

Flora waved again. She drank up the water and got to her feet.

"Don't stand on ceremony. Anyway, just live here with ease for some days. If that girl is truly your friend, she'll come to look for you."

Natalia compressed her lips but didn't say a word. Then, she followed Flora into the house.

The daytime was short in this season.

Since the village didn't have electricity for lighting, people here usually had dinner very early.

They would start to make dinner at four in the afternoon.

Maybe it was because Flora's husband was coming home today, she prepared many dishes for dinner. She even caught two fish from the pond nearby.