Chapter 62: The Story of the Sugar Gourd

Ning Xin's sudden words also seemed to evoke Tang Yu's memories back then!

The first time I ate a rock sugar gourd, not only Ning Xin remembered, but Tang Yu also remembered, and I remembered it very clearly, vividly.

The children in the orphanage are actually subject to a lot of restrictions, it is like a full-time closed school, and the children cannot come out casually.

This is mainly to save manpower, after all, if the children go out to play, there is always one person next to them, but how can there be so many people who go out with the children to play.

So, the kids usually play in the yard!

Through the iron fence gate, I yearn for the outside world with hope.

At that time, Tang Yu and Ning Xin were naturally one of the children trapped inside the iron fence gate, and the two of them were just as curious about the outside world!

So, when the canteen uncle forgot to lock the door when he went out to buy groceries, Tang Yu and Ning Xin ran out of the cage that bound them together, and then, they gained temporary freedom.

Of course, they also knew the severity and didn't dare to run too far, so they were active in this Qingyang Town.

It seemed to be just in time for the town's market to open that day, so there were a lot of people coming and going.

Of course, there are also many people selling along the streets, and they see a lot of things that only exist in legends.

The two of them held hands, like two quails in this strange world, they browsed through the stalls with a strong curiosity, but with a little vigilance.

Naturally, they don't have any money, so they can only watch those things!

Eventually, the two of them stopped in front of a straw handle of a rock sugar gourd.

A mustache in his thirties carrying a straw handle full of red and shiny rock sugar gourds stood out in the crowd of people coming and going.

"Brother Yu, what is this?" Ning Xin swallowed a mouthful of saliva and asked as he looked at the rock sugar gourd with straight eyes.

"When I came here just now, I seemed to hear someone say, it's called rock sugar gourd, we have this thing in our textbooks, but it looks much more beautiful than in the books!" Tang Yu's gaze didn't leave the rock sugar gourd, and his eyes were straight and he said.

"Is that the little girl in the floral dress just now? she seems to be holding a string of rock sugar gourds in her hand!" Ning Xin said intently.

"Yes, it's that little girl! Her mother asked her if it was sweet!" Tang Yu couldn't turn his gaze away, swallowed his saliva and said casually.

"Brother Yu, is this thing really sweet?" Ning Xin asked with his fingers raised.

"It should be sweet, right?" Tang Yu said with some uncertainty, and then he nodded fiercely, "It looks so good, it must be very sweet and delicious!"

"How sweet is it?" Ning Xin's gaze was still on the sugar gourd.

"It should be as sweet as the piece of White Rabbit toffee we sent out during the Chinese New Year before!" Tang Yu said with some uncertainty.

"Of course it's very sweet, and it's not the same sweetness as the White Rabbit toffee, it's the kind of sweet and sour, do you want two strings of two children?

The mustache, of course, had already noticed the two little children, and had heard their conversation, and though there was something strange about their conversation, he asked enthusiastically.

Now that the living conditions are better, these children may have New Year's money in their hands, even if it is not much, a few cents may still be available!

Although these two children look a little strange, the clothes on their bodies are fairly clean, maybe they can have a few cents in their hands?

"Brother Yu, I want to eat!" Ning Xin turned his head and said to Tang Yu with a face full of hope.

Tang Yu touched his empty pocket, but he was quite helpless in his heart, Ning Xin was two years younger than him, and he didn't understand the concept of money very well, but Tang Yu knew that without money, others would not give you anything!

"Xin Xin, we don't have any money, so we can't eat it!" Tang Yu gritted his teeth and finally said ruthlessly.

"But, I still want to eat!" Ning Xin said with a pouting shoe.

"No money, no food!" Tang Yu also hardened his heart, he really had nothing to do!

Tang Yu even thought about grabbing a bunch, but he felt that he couldn't beat this mustache, and the grass handle was carried a little high by the mustache, even if he jumped up, he might not be able to get the sugar gourd, and even if he got the sugar gourd, he might not be able to outrun the mustache.

"Since your sister wants to eat it so much, you can go to your family and ask them to buy it for you to eat, it's not a precious thing, a string of sugar gourds, your family will definitely buy it for you!"

The mustache can't stand it anymore, especially this little girl is about to cry, if she cries by her side, she can't do this business!

"The two of us are from the orphanage in the town, and we don't have our own adults!" Tang Yu responded lightly, he didn't have much hope in his heart for his parents who he had never met.

In a word, the choked mustache suddenly stopped.

Of course, he knew about the orphanage in the town, and even before that, under the sharp gaze of the aunt of the village committee, he donated a hundred precious oceans to the orphanage, which was almost the result of his hard work for a week!

I have already given love to the orphanage, and I still give a lot of love, and I have done enough!

Moreover, you can't be a pit alone!

Therefore, the mustache who overcame his 'inner difficulties', carried his sugar gourd straw, and turned around and left directly!

After walking out for more than a dozen steps, he felt something strange behind him, and when he turned his head, he saw a little girl behind him, who was looking pitifully at the rock sugar gourd on his back.

Behind the little girl, there is also a little boy with a helpless face!

What's wrong with being pitiful? Who isn't pitiful?

Am I not pitiful?

I'm in my thirties, and my daughter-in-law hasn't landed yet, who will pity me!

So, he hardened his heart, went directly around the little girl and the little boy behind her, and then changed the direction and continued walking!

After only three steps out, he turned his head, and unsurprisingly, the little girl and the little boy were not far behind him, two pairs of big eyes full of hope, staring at him roundly!

The mustache let out a long sigh, okay, okay, a hundred oceans have been donated, and now I don't care about these few cents!

Just like this bunch of red fruits was taken away by a mouse!

The mustache took off the straw handle he was carrying on his shoulder and pestled it on the ground, and then picked out a bunch of fruits from it that were relatively small and hung with less sugar!

"I'll give it to you! I'm unlucky today, take it and leave quickly, don't follow me anymore!" The mustache handed the rock sugar gourd in his hand to the little girl, and then took his straw handle and left.

Ning Xin got the rock sugar gourd, of course she didn't continue to follow the mustache, she waved her hand at the back of the mustache with a bright smile on her face, and shouted loudly,

"Thank you, Uncle Mustache!"

And the mustache didn't look back to accept Ning Xin's thanks, but instead sped up his footwork.

I only gave a bunch just now, but there are two children, and who knows if they will continue to follow him after eating, so I still take the opportunity to slip away first.

Although it is a good deed, you can still lose less, so you can lose less.

Ning Xin took the rock sugar gourd, and immediately bit off the top one, and his teeth bit through the crispy rock sugar skin, making a crisp click.

Tang Yu next to him stared at Ning Xin's mouth, his throat moving violently, but in the end he forced himself to deflect his gaze.

Because he was really afraid that he would not be able to help but ask Ning Xin for a rock sugar gourd, of course Ning Xin would give it to him.

But Tang Yu didn't have the face to ask for it, because he felt that he didn't have the ability to let Ning Xin eat the rock sugar gourd, which in itself was his own failure.

And now that Ning Xin is coming to the rock sugar gourd with his 'ability', what qualifications does he have to eat?

Tang Yu turned his gaze, but he could still hear the sound of Ning Xin chewing in his ears, which was simply torment for him!

The saliva in his mouth secreted wildly, but reason made him silent.

Five minutes later, half a string of sugar gourds was handed to Tang Yu, and at the same time, Ning Xin's crisp voice came,

"Brother Yu, you can also taste it! It is indeed better than the White Rabbit toffee, not only very sweet, but also sweet and sour, I have never tasted this kind of taste before, it is particularly delicious, but there are too many seeds in it!"

There were seven of them in a string of sugar gourds, Ning Xin had already eaten four, and she gave the remaining three to Tang Yu.

Tang Yu looked at the three sugar gourds in front of him, but his heart was mixed, but he didn't expect that Ning Xin would take care of himself in the end!

Tang Yu's throat moved fiercely, and he said with a chuckle on his face, "I don't like to eat sour food very much, but when you talk about sour, my mouth is already full of sour water!"

"It's not too sour, it's sweet and sour, Brother Yu, you can taste it, it's delicious!" Ning Xin still persuaded.

"Forget it, I really can't eat sour!" Tang Yu said with a wave of his hand.

"Why are you like this, since it's given to you, you can eat it!" Ning Xin said with a pout.

"I really can't eat it, if you don't want to eat it, I'll wrap it up for you, and when you want to eat it, I'll give it to you!" Tang Yu said.

"Okay, you can wrap it!" Ning Xin handed the sugar gourd in his hand to Tang Yu, and at the same time, he had already made up his mind that he would not ask Tang Yu again, and in the end, Tang Yu would eat it after all.

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Tang Yu's thoughts gradually retracted, he glanced at Ning Xin, and said helplessly,

"I didn't even eat a sugar gourd that time! And what I remember the most is that I checked it in front of everyone in the hospital the next day!"

"Who told you to put that sugar gourd for a week and didn't know how to take a look, who can be blamed if it breaks in the end!" Ning Xin slumped on the sofa, looked at Tang Yu a little angrily and said,

"And what do you have to be aggrieved about, didn't I do the examination with you?"

"You remember this clearly, but do you remember your own check manuscript or I wrote it for you?" Tang Yu pouted and said.

"You're embarrassed to say that you deliberately wrote several words in the manuscript that I didn't know, making me make a fool of myself in front of everyone in the hospital, and finally I was fined for three other inspections!"

"I've explained this to you many times, I really didn't mean to, I thought you knew those words, and I didn't end up being fined for writing a check for you!"

"Hmph, no matter how many times you say it, you must have done it on purpose......"

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Although the two of them haven't seen each other for ten years, they don't have any sense of alienation, and they immediately regained the familiarity and tacit understanding they had when they got along together.

Bickering, joking, and scolding each other, everything is natural and natural!