The food distribution ceremony had come to an end as the last two buckets of food were given away.
Those who came with buckets and bowls to collect food were very pleased with their bounty, all smiles with barely a glimpse of their eyes, brimming with joy.
Others gained nothing, watching enviously as their neighbors returned home full-handed, lamenting, "If only I had known, I should have brought a wooden bowl too. I missed such a good opportunity for nothing."
A group of Little Kids, the more vulnerable among them, didn't manage to snatch anything and stood aside, looking pitifully at the adults eating spiritedly. In the past, when someone in the village was building a house, the adults seldom got involved, and the kids had a chance to pick up what was leftover. But this time, with so many adults participating, they didn't stand a chance.
"Hey! Xiao Gougou, hurry over here," Chuner called out from the doorway of the new house, shouting to that group of Little Kids.