The oval-shaped lantern is made of thin and soft bamboo chips, and the outer layer is pasted with a thin layer of powdered paper, and a bluegrass is painted with ink. This is the second lantern that Uncle Tai has made for Lin Qing since the beginning of winter this year, and the first one has been broken by the first day of junior high school.

It didn't take long for Fifteen to come back wagging its tail, but it refused to enter the house, it stood in front of Lin Qing, the hair on its back stood up slightly, and its mouth showed sharp canine teeth, glaring at the fence wall of the Zhang family.

"What's wrong?" Lin Qing smoothed its back, the lantern in his hand shone forward, and vaguely saw a figure squatting next to the fence of Zhang's house, but unfortunately it was too dark for her to see people clearly, and she should be a child.

Lin Qing paused and patted Fifteen's head, "Let's go, go home." At this time, sitting outside the fence of the Zhang family, eighty percent of the children of the Zhang family were the children of the Zhang family, and she didn't see any of the children of the Zhang family.

Zhang Tao watched Lin Qing take the dog back to Lin's house casually, she didn't say a word, the dark night covered her face, and no one could see her expression clearly at this time.

The Zhang Ertao sisters who followed out also saw Lin Qing, Zhang Siya was a little timid, and asked Zhang Tao hesitantly: "Shall we still do it?"

Zhang Tao was silent for a moment, and then said fiercely: "Why don't you do it?!" Why does she have to be hungry and clothed all year round, while some people are soaked in a honey jar and hurt?!

Zhang Siya shuddered, Zhang Tao's voice was too cold and ruthless, making people feel scared, and when she opened her mouth and wanted to ask, she was pinched by Zhang Santao on the side, and Zhang Siya immediately shut up and stopped talking.

In the courtyard of Zhang's house behind him, Zhang Fusheng shouted to this side: "What are you doing outside? Just sleep outside at night! Hurry back and give you a hot meal!"

Zhang Ertao, Zhang Santao, and Zhang Siya were so frightened that they turned their heads and walked into the courtyard in a hurry, because the pace was too fast, the sisters accidentally tripped and almost didn't fall into a ball.

Zhang Tao pulled the corners of her mouth coldly behind, and after waiting for a while, she got up and patted her clothes and went back.

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The next day, after two or three days of sunny weather, the weather became a little cloudy and uncertain, and in the morning, the old lady looked at the weather and said, "This time the eight achievements are going to snow, according to the practice of previous years, the first snow of this year is almost in these days." ”

Uncle Tai also said a few words on the side, and finally said that in previous years, after the first snow of every winter, the village would kill pigs to cook, but now, I haven't seen it for several years.

The old lady sighed and turned to cook. Some words are difficult to say, what the current situation is like Everyone knows in their hearts, and they have to hold their heads if they should hold back, otherwise, if they don't say anything about themselves, the whole family will have to suffer.

After breakfast, Lin Qing kept urging Xiao Lang to hurry up and ask the old village chief about borrowing a donkey cart.

Since the old lady said a few days ago that she wanted to go to the town to buy something, Lin Qing has been thinking about it, seeing that it will snow in the next few days, and if she doesn't go, she will basically not be able to go.

Xiao Lang rubbed his hair helplessly, turned his face and asked the old lady's opinion, "Milk, why don't I go to the second master and ask?"

The old lady waved her hand in compromise, "Go ahead, let's go, tell your second master, let's not use a donkey cart in vain, there is still a small half bag of wheat bran at home, let's exchange wheat bran for it when we go back." ”

Xiao Lang nodded, touched Lin Qing's white and tender little face, and ran out happily.

Lin Qing was in a hurry, turned his head and complained to the old lady, "Milk, he took advantage of me!"

The old lady choked, then twitched the corners of her mouth, "What is this kid talking about?"

Lin Qing pursed her lips, she wasn't wrong.

Uncle Tai watched from the sidelines, and beckoned to Lin Qing, "What are you doing in town?" This year is not as good as in previous years, there is nothing on the street, and you can't buy anything fun and delicious when you go." ”

"I'm just going to go shopping......" Lin Qing saw her uncle staring at her and smiled, obviously knowing that she was lying.

Lin Qing sighed helplessly, and told the second elder the truth, "In the summer, I told Sister Xiaozhu that picking wild carrots can be sold for money, and Sister Xiaozhu picked ten catties and came back......!

The old lady remembered this, and the old lady asked Lin Qing how she knew that that thing could be sold for money, and Lin Qing said that she heard others say when the old lady took her to the town to play, so the old lady also went to the town's supply and marketing cooperatives to ask again.

"I remember when I asked that thing, it said that it was four to five cents, oops! If you count it, it can sell for a few yuan, a lot, and no one in your Xiaozhu family?" The old lady felt that something was wrong, no, these three or four yuan are not small in the countryside.

Lin Qingqing replied bluntly: "I didn't let Sister Xiaozhu tell the truth, otherwise the money wouldn't reach her, and she would be asked for all by Grandma Sun!"

Uncle Tai smiled dumbly, stretched out his hand and patted Lin Qing's head and said nothing, but the old lady had a dark face, this is lying and deceiving others, not only deceiving herself, but also pleading others to deceive.

Lin Qing raised his hand and explained: "Let me declare, this is not a lie, this is a flexibility, it belongs to the income of personal labor, everyone knows how hot it is in summer, a wild carrot is not as big as a sesame seed, Sister Xiaozhu picked it back to dry, kneaded and finally made * ten catties out, how much offense does this have to suffer?!"

The old lady was silent, she was sinned, the summer sun could not even stand the work in the field all year round, let alone a child.

Lin Qing said again: "Milk, think about it, you have suffered such a big crime after hard work, and the money from the sale is not in your own hands, Sister Xiaozhu may not be wronged, if I work hard to get so many wild carrots, and sell the money, you will not leave me a cent of the milk, I will be able to cry for three days." ”

Hearing this, the old lady immediately felt distressed, "Oh, what nonsense! What does Grandma want your money for? Besides, Grandma is reluctant to let you go out to get wild carrots, isn't it just a few dollars? After that, Grandma will give you a few dollars every day, and our family will not be short of money! I won't let you go out and suffer." ”

Lin Qing's heart was very sweet, "Milk, I'm a metaphor." ”

Uncle Tai smiled and said: "Your grandmother is right, you can't follow your little sister Zhu to get any wild carrots, your child is not in good health, he can't stand sin and can't endure hardship, he will be dizzy and tinnitus when he basks in the sun in summer, but he can't trample his body blindly." ”

Lin Qing nodded, and asked while the iron was hot: "What about Sister Xiaozhu......

"Your Sister Xiaozhu is a good one, you can endure hardships at a young age, this thing is a convenient thing, go back and tell your Sister Xiaozhu, first get things to our house, and tomorrow will go to the town to sell." "Uncle Tai is happy to call the shots. (To be continued.) )