Qin Yin rushed back to the commune radio station from Li Fei's house, and was just about to enter the door, when suddenly there was a cry of "sister". It turned out that her sister Qinmei came, and the appearance of this "uninvited guest" who had never come to her sister without permission really scared Qinyin. Rural people rarely go out, especially people like my sister, even less go out, and generally don't find a radio station. asked Kotomi, only to know that she came because she couldn't stand the noisy atmosphere at home every day.

"How do you know where I work?" asked Kotone. Kotomi didn't answer, just pointed her finger into the distance. Qin Yin looked in the direction of his finger, and it turned out to be Lin Qian. Lin Qian was holding a brand-new bicycle and smiling at her sisters. Kotomi said that she was going to go to the market, but she met Lin Qian on the way, and Lin Qian wanted to send her home, but she refused to go back, so she was sent here.

Kotone smiled at Lin Qian from afar, and then took Kotomi into the room of the radio station. Lin Qian rode away on his bicycle.

Entering the house, Kotone asks Kotomi about the situation at home. Kotomi said indignantly: "There is nothing wrong with seeing that my mother is so happy after she has a sewing machine, why don't grandma, dad and brother like to have a sewing machine at home?"

"Maybe it's because the family is poor, and people don't want to spend money on big items. The sound of the piano responded.

As the sisters talked, they recalled a past story between their mother and their sisters:

That year, when the sisters were still children, Qin's mother followed the villagers to the mountains a few kilometers away to collect firewood, and it was customary to bring three sweet potatoes and pack them in cardboard boxes to prepare lunch. Before leaving, they happened to be bumped into by the sisters Qinyin and Qinmei, and the two children heard that their mother was going to the mountains to collect firewood, so they wanted to go with them, but their mother did not allow it, and the sisters secretly followed Qin's mother. When they arrived in the deep mountains, Qin's mother found Qinyin and Qinmei, two children who came with her, and had no choice but to let them wait at the bottom of the mountain and work on the mountain to collect firewood.

At noon, although the mother was hungry, she thought of the two children who had come with her, so she was reluctant to eat the three sweet potatoes, and shouted to the bottom of the mountain: "You two wait, I will send you sweet potatoes to eat." In fact, children in mountain villages have long known the practice of adults bringing a small amount of lunch from afar. The two sisters were sensible, worried that they would be hungry for their mother, so they whispered: "Mom does heavy work, but we don't work, let's let Mom eat, lest I have no food and no strength to work." When I looked up, my mother was groping her way down the mountain, and after a clever piano sound, she made eye contact with her sister, and shouted to the mountain: "Mom, don't come down, my sister and I are going back!" and hid in the bushes on the side of the road.

The mother wanted to say that the journey was too far, and she was afraid of getting lost, so she didn't want to go back. Before he could say anything, he saw the two children running away and disappearing. He also ate sweet potatoes and sent spring water under the big trees on the mountain. People in the mountains can eat it, and women are no exception, and three sweet potatoes are eaten after a while. But at this time, the mother suddenly found that the two children had not left, they were still there, and the lunch had been eaten by herself, so she couldn't help but feel sorry for the two children, couldn't help crying, and kept wiping her tears.

Sisters Qinyin and Qinmei saw their mother wiping her tears from afar, and naturally understood that it was their mother's love and worry about them. "I'm really hungry, I'm hungry." Kotomi innocently replied: "Dad said that only when you can endure hunger can you have a chance." ”

When I got home in the evening, the mother and daughter were already hungry. Smelling the aroma of the gruel that Grandma Qin cooked for them, a smile appeared on their faces. During the meal, talking about what happened during the day, Grandma Qin smiled and said, "You guys are living well now, and you will be fine if you are hungry for a day or two." Then, talking about the years of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression before the liberation, at that time, there was really no food everywhere, no at home, no outside the home, hunger everywhere, many people could dig underground, what could be picked on the roadside, what could be eaten on the mountain, insects, earthworms, tree bark, wild grass, all that could be eaten, and then it really reached the point that the sky should not be called, and the earth was not spiritual, and it was common for people to starve to death.

Maybe it was because I listened to my grandmother's words, maybe it was the three sweet potatoes during the day that made the qin sound unforgettable, and I actually had a dream at night, dreaming that I didn't know where I came from a lot of white rice, and I wanted to give a bucket to my grandmother, a bucket to my mother, and a lot of buckets, I wanted to give it to people in poverty and hunger......

Koto and Kotomi recalled the past, and before they knew it, it was almost noon. Kotomi said, "Sister, I want to go to the market and eat noodles." Kotone said, "Yes, I have money, I invite you." ”

The sisters walked out of the radio station and headed for the commune's bazaar. Although it was almost noon, there were still many people rushing to the market on the road. Most of them came from the countryside from all over the world to catch the market, and most of them would change into a more decent-looking clothes and walk to the market, and it was almost noon when they came to the market. There are also some people who ride bicycles, and when the bell rings, it is often the majesty of the bicycle that flutters by.

Seeing such a scene, Koto and Kotomi remembered that this day happened to be the market day of the commune market. The so-called bazaar day is the commune's several bazaars open in turn, and the lunar calendar is divided into three rounds in the first, middle and second half of the lunar month, and every Monday and 47 is the bazaar day when the commune bazaar opens.

When the sisters arrived at the bazaar, they were mesmerized by the dizzying bustle of the scene. On this side, there are baskets, dustpans, bamboo chairs, and bamboo cages woven from bamboo, and some buyers carefully look at the goods and negotiate the price. On this side, there are iron sellers, all kinds of cups, shovels, pots, hoes, sickles, everything. On the other side, there are also grocery stores, well-known, unknown, all kinds of miscellaneous things, which occupy almost a corner of the market. On the day of the market, there are crowds of people.

After leaving the area where the stalls are set up to buy and sell, there are noodle restaurants, pork stalls, and places selling salt, sugar and other foods. Lin Qian also opened his business there. In order to avoid meeting with Lin Mae, Kotoon offers to take Kotomi to eat noodles, and Kotomi happily agrees.

Qinyin led her sister to the noodle restaurant where Wang Zhi took her before, because it coincided with the market day, so the noodle restaurant was crowded, and it was much more lively than usual. But the smell of meat in the noodle restaurant, the aroma of the noodles, and the aroma of the soup all make the sisters who usually rely on gruel to live salivate. The sisters finally waited until someone had enough to eat and left, picked a seat in the back, and sat down.

Qin Yin ordered two bowls of two-dimed noodles. Taking advantage of the gap between the noodles and the unserved, the sisters wanted to continue talking, but they basically couldn't talk, because the noodle shop was full of people, and the noise drowned out all other sounds. Unable to hear what the other was saying, the sisters sat down and waited for the noodles.

After eating the noodles, Koto persuaded Kotomi to go home. Kotomi said that the family was noisy and didn't want to go back, so she wanted to squeeze the small room of the radio station with her sister.

"Haven't we always treated girls as water to be spilled in the future?" Saying that, Qinyin felt that even she couldn't convince herself of such words, and her sister definitely didn't like to hear it.

When Kotomi heard this, she became happy, "Yes, sister, sooner or later, the two of us will have to leave this house." In the future, it will be okay to get married. ”

Qin Yin said lightly, "Life is a sea of suffering, and everyone is struggling in the sea. When you get married, it's just from one bitter sea to another. ”

Kotomi frowned, "Did you say that the sea of bitterness is boundless, isn't it over?" and still refused to go home.

Qin Yin remembered that her sister had said that she wanted to go back to school, so she promised to support her to continue her junior high school and go to university in the future when the school year began in the fall. Kotomi was relieved and wanted to go home.

Qin Yin was not worried that Qin Mei was walking alone, so she took Qin Mei to find the pork stall in front of the forest. Lin Qian promised to ride Kotomi back to the small mountain village.