Chapter 7: The Tooth Sacrifice
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When it was the next day, it was raining in the spring, Zhang Xiaochuan heard the movement outside and hurriedly ran out, and saw that Xing Youliang did not have Xing Youyou on his back, and the smile on his face was taken back.
"Why didn't you bring it?"
"Didn't you say okay yesterday, you won't bring it if the weather is bad, it's raining today, and the little sister must have a cold when you bring it out."
"Then let's go to your house." Zhang Xiaochuan interface to.
Xing Youliang gave him a roll of his eyes, "I said, didn't you always like to go to my house to play because you were afraid of my grandmother?
"I'm not afraid of your grandma, I just don't like her."
Xing Youliang sat on the chair next to him, rolling his eyelids and looking at him, like a cat stealing food.
"My sister belongs to me and my younger brother, don't you want to rob my sister, if you are rare, wouldn't it be okay to let Aunt Li give you a sister?"
"You think I didn't tell my mother, and before I could say anything, my mother gave me a fried chestnut with sugar (curly index finger knocking on someone else's head)."
Xing Youqian, who was next to him, heard that someone was robbing his sister with him, and he was anxious, "My sister, mine, not yours."
Zhang Xiaochuan smiled bitterly, he was very envious, envious of the three brothers and sisters opposite, their family was his only seedling, and he had heart failure, his mother didn't let him get tired since he was a child, and he didn't let him go out when he got sick, and he could only watch others play every day, but despite this, this was also the happiest thing for him every day.
"Let's go to the kitchen and roast the finches."
Hearing that the roast bird was eating, Xing Youqian's saliva flowed out, and he pulled his eldest brother and walked towards the well.
Xing Youliang pulled the rope of the well and took out the seven birds that he had hunted yesterday, and Zhang Xiaochuan lit a fire in the kitchen, watching the raging flames come out.
At this time, Xing Youyou was rolling boredly on the bed, not noticing that a pair of feet were cautiously walking towards her.
There was a wet thick wood in the door of Zhangjiazao, and seven wet bamboo skewers were placed on the thick wood, and the sparrow/meat on it was bubbling with oil, and the fragrance spread out, causing the three children around it to swallow their saliva, and the youngest of them couldn't help but reach out to take it, and his brother patted his hand.
"Don't worry, wait a minute, it's not ripe yet."
The little boy choked his mouth.
"Seven finch, one of us, all of them, some of them, and so on." Zhang Xiaochuan continued.
"There are four left, two for Aunt Li and two for Dad." Xing Youliang added.
"Don't, it's okay to give my mother one, Uncle Xing is tired of doing heavy work and eats two, and Xiao Youyou also has to leave one for her."
"That's okay, you can help me find a bamboo tube, with a lid, you can't let the fragrance come out, otherwise grandma won't have to eat it if she knows."
In this way, Xing Youliang hid two bamboo tubes in his arms, there were three finches on the left, which belonged to his father and little sister, and there were still finches in the bamboo tube on the right, which were caused by him and Xing Youqian, and he was reluctant to eat after drooling for a long time, thinking of going home to eat with his father and them.
In the evening, after eating the dinner that had no ingredients at all, Xing Youliang was called away by Xiong Defen.
"If you have food, you give me the lamp, and I will sew a pair of shoes for your sister-in-law"
"Sister-in-law, why don't you let her take charge of the lamp when you sew shoes for her, I still have to take care of my little sister."
"Why, I can't call you anymore, can I? Then why am I still raising you?"
Xing Youliang had no choice but to hold the lamp and watch his grandmother use a thick needle to guide the thick thread to make the bottom of the bamboo shoot shell.
At that time, most of the rural areas were very poor, generally there were no shoes to wear, in the rainy day or relatives would wear straw sandals made of straw, pay attention to the point will use the bamboo shoot shell peeled off the body of the bamboo to make shoes. In fact, at that time, farmers could not afford to use leather, it was too expensive, and plastic was not good, China's industry at that time was very backward, and even most of the plastics were imported from Southeast Asia.
Slowly, the night was late, and a wave of sleepiness came to Youliang, and she couldn't help but squint her eyes and began to nod her head slightly, Xiong Defen watched the light flicker, dazzling her, and a slap slapped Xing Youliang's face.
"Dog, I haven't slept either, give me a palm."
Although it was already spring, the night was still quite cold, and finally grandma's shoes were finally ready, Xing Youliang shivered into the room, and found that his father was waiting for him.
"Dad, why don't you sleep yet, wait for me?"
"Yes, Dad has something to discuss with you." Xing Dafu solemnly continued:
"Your mother is gone, you are the eldest son of our family, and many things have to be taken on." Xing Dafu took a sip of water and moistened his throat:
"When your mother got married, her family was poor and didn't give her any dowry, I was afraid that your grandmother would be embarrassed, so she secretly bought her a pair of silver bracelets, which were originally intended to be left for Yoyo as a dowry in the future, but she is so weak now, I wonder if I should take one of them to the team for a milk-producing sheep, what do you think?"
"Dad, I think it's good to buy dairy sheep so that our whole family can drink them, but you tell the captain Uncle Chen that we will redeem it when we have money in a few years, so let him not sell his mother's bracelet to others first."
"Okay, then I'll do it tomorrow.You take good care of your younger siblings at home, and help grandma do more things."
Xing Youliang listened to the first half of the sentence, and he ignored the second half of the sentence.
Xing Youyou, who has always been shallow, has been listening to their conversation, and there are bursts of blue and thin mushrooms in his heart.
"What's going on? Why are there so many injuries." Xing Dafu looked at his daughter who was crying and humming, and he was so distressed that he couldn't do it
"It must be Xing Junmin who took advantage of me and my brother to sneak over to bully my little sister again during the day, I was so careless."
Hearing that it was this niece again, Xing Dafu hugged his daughter and knocked on the door of his younger brother Xing Dagui.
"Dagui, you come out, you look at the good things your daughter has done."
Xing Dagui came to the door in his coat. What happened to my daughter?"
"What's wrong? Look at Yoyo's little ass, it's only been four months, your Xing Junmin can really do it, this is not the first time, why do you love to bully motherless children so much."
"Big brother, don't wronged people, how could a sensible child like our Xiaomin do such a thing." As soon as he heard this, Xing Dafu became even more angry, he was usually tired and tired, and he suffered a loss, but it was not good to bully their motherless children.
"Hmph, Xing Dagui, let me tell you, I don't fight for anything, but you take care of your family, if our children have something, I will blame your children." Xing Youyou leaned on her father's shoulder slimyly, squinting at the person in front of her.
Xing Dafu, who returned to the house, still had a blue face, but he gently hugged his little daughter in his arms.
"Dad, I will take my little sister with me wherever I go in the future, and I won't let others bully her anymore." Xing Youliang said as he took out the hidden bamboo tube.
"By the way, Dad, this is a finch roasted during the day, I originally wanted to eat it together, but my brother is asleep, what should I do?" As he spoke, he waved the fragrance of roasted finches to his brother's sleeping place.
"I didn't sleep, I didn't sleep." Xing Youqian, this gluttonous worm, was immediately awakened by this fragrance.
"Leave one for my sister to mix in the confusion tomorrow morning, and you can eat the rest.
After hearing this, Xing Youqian opened the bow left and right heartlessly, not even letting go of the bones, and Xing Youliang secretly hid one, and put it in the pocket of the clothes he would wear for work tomorrow while Xing Dafu was not paying attention.
After Xing Dafu looked at the children like wolves and tigers, he finally smiled and went to the kitchen to move the stove for winter.
"Dad, what are you doing with the stove for the winter?" Xing Youliang asked.
"Tomorrow morning, you get up early, use the stove to boil some confusion for your little sister, take out the meat and put it in to boil, pay attention to close the doors and windows, don't let the fragrance go out.