CHAPTER XVII

Xiaohui didn't know why, and asked suspiciously, "What is black rice?" I've just eaten black steamed buns, but I haven't eaten black rice, isn't it delicious? ”

Xiao Yan laughed.

Even if the two sisters and brothers worked together, they only finished half of it before going to bed, but it was too dark, so Xiao Yan stopped working and made it again tomorrow, otherwise there would be nothing to see if there was only a broken candle.

Early the next morning, Xiao Yan got up early, heated up the previous steamed buns, and then ate breakfast with her younger brother on yesterday's fried cabbage, and then started a day of fighting, because with yesterday's foundation, it is easy to do it today, the two cooperate tacitly, Xiao Yan sees that it is almost over, let the little brother rest and play! But the younger brother insisted on refusing, Xiao Yan also went with him, although he was still young, but he also knew the hardships of making money, and she didn't want to teach her younger brother to be a loser who only knew how to play and didn't understand the hard work of adults, although this family had not been defeated by him.

The so-called practice makes perfect, and the remaining half of the cabbage was finally made before lunch, but the two of them were also tired, and Xiao Yan was tired and didn't want to lift her hands while lying on the kang.

"Xiaohui, what do you want to eat at noon, my sister still has some money left, you can buy something to eat." There are still two steamed buns left at home, but she really doesn't want to take her younger brother to eat steamed buns and leftovers after working so hard, and there are not many leftovers, and if they are not enough, they can't even be fried freshly, because the cabbage is pickled.

After waiting for a long time and no one took care of her, Xiao Yan finally opened her eyes and looked at her younger brother lying next to her, and found that her brother's arm was on the edge of the kang, and his hands were shaking.

"Xiaohui, are you alright, are you tired?" Xiao Yan pulled her little brother's arm and shouted out to her brother in distress.

Those cabbages are three or four catties raw, and some of the big ones are more than five catties, which is full of guilt for a child who has been hovering on the edge of food and clothing for a few days to follow her to do such heavy work.

Xiaohui said weakly, "Sister, don't shake my arm!" I'm so hungry! ”

Xiao Yan was about to say let's buy something delicious, when Feng Dong came.

"Xiaoyan, Xiaohui!" As soon as he entered, he shouted and revealed his excitement.

Neither of them paid attention to him, and the strength to speak was gone, so how could they still take care of him.

"Huh? Why do you two ignore me at home. Feng Dong's tone was brisk, pretending to be aggrieved.

Xiao Yan rolled her eyelids, Xiaohui really wanted to give him a hug, but unfortunately he couldn't do it, so he had to say slowly, "It's so fragrant~~~!" ”

It turned out that Feng Dong was carrying a bag of things in his hand, and the fragrance emanating from it made Xiaohui swallow his saliva.

Feng Dongle said, "This little dog's nose, look, my mother's new cake has just come out of the oven, and it's still hot!" Eat some? ”

The two of them were like clocks that were immediately clockwork, and they got up, Xiao Yan couldn't wait to take the bag, took a piece to her younger brother, and took a piece herself, "Hmm, it's so fragrant, how did you remember to make a cake, well, it's still the taste of memory." ”

"The taste of memory? How long has it been since you've eaten cake? Feng Dong said with a smile.

A string in Xiao Yan's mind tightened suddenly, and there was a big stone in her heart that was inexplicably raised, she slowly raised her head, and the corners of her mouth were still sticking to the cake crumbs, "I"

"I remember that the cake seller came to our village in the spring?" Then Feng Dong added.

The big stone in Xiao Yan's heart fell to the ground with a 'bang', and she rolled her eyes, "Why didn't you say that you came here last year?" ”

This kind of cake is baked with eggs and white flour, the more eggs you put on the more fragrant, they must be one of the pastries when they were young, and it is a good pastry, often go out and relatives will take it with them, who will eat this kind of pastry in winter.

Feng Dong laughed twice, "Why don't you ask me where the cake came from?" ”

"Well, where did the cake come from?" Xiao Yan asked thoughtlessly.

Feng Dong continued, "Stupid, of course my mother found someone to beat me?" ”

Xiao Yan didn't have time to worry about him at this time, the world is big or the biggest eater, if she really doesn't like sweets very much, and she is not the person who can eat snacks as food, but now she is tired and hungry, so she doesn't care, huh? Wouldn't this be a bit hypocritical, after all, eating other people's.

She let out an 'oh' and continued to eat.

Feng Dong continued, "Then why don't you ask why my mother made me a cake?" ”

Xiao Yan successfully put a piece of cake into her stomach, she didn't panic in her heart, licked the cake crumbs at the corner of her mouth, and said angrily, "What kind of nonsense, let go of a fart!" ”

"You're really boring, forget it, I'll sue you, I guess you can't guess!" Feng Dong said, "I finished third in the class this time, and my mother will be praised for the parent-teacher meeting!" Hahahaha! ”

Xiao Yan picked up the second piece of cake, Xiaohui still nibbled without raising his head, but the gnawing was too rapid, and he choked a little, Xiao Yan quickly poured him a glass of water, "You eat slowly, choking!" Come, drink some water. ”

The two of them fed water and drank water together, and they took what Feng Dong just said as air.

Feng Dong saw that no one cared about him after he finished speaking, and he felt a little depressed.

After Xiao Yan finished feeding her brother water, she felt that she suddenly quieted down, and when she raised her eyes, she saw that Feng Dongzheng was sitting next to her without saying a word, and she quickly said, "Oh, what is that, why did Aunt Feng remember to make you a cake?" ”

Feng Dong hurriedly went down, "I just finished speaking, I'm the third in the class!" ”

Although Feng Dong's brain is not stupid, but he is not very serious about learning, often the teacher asks him to memorize what he makes, and he makes do what he does, and he usually doesn't like to write homework, so his grades are usually so-so, and he is not slipping in the township, and this time he can take the third place in the class is already the best score since the beginning.

"Congratulations!" Xiao Yan hurriedly said fun, and after speaking, she nudged her little brother.

Xiaohui doesn't look young, but he is still a good person, and he is also busy saying auspicious words, "Brother Dongdong is so tired, I will learn from Brother Dongdong in the future!" ”

Feng Dong was coaxed by him to grin to the back of his head, although he didn't like to study very much, but he still hoped that he could become a good student, after all, then his mother would be very happy!

"By the way, why do you look so tired!"

"Won the third place, and the text is still crepe, and you are still 'tired'?"

"Hey, hey."

"We're finally done today." Xiao Yanru's tone of rebirth.

"What do you do?"

"Oh, didn't Aunt Feng sue you?" Xiao Yan said strangely.

"Sue me for what?"

After a few minutes, Xiao Yan explained that she was now a businessman! Although this is a small profit, it is also a good start, and if there is no accident, this business is a sure profit.

"I'll treat you to a big dinner when you make money!" Xiao Yan has actually always remembered that she still owes foreign debts, but the people of country Z are more reserved, and they obviously want money, but they just don't like to talk about it and feel vulgar, so her original intention was to pay back the medicine fee of more than two yuan that day.

"The money hasn't arrived yet, you think about how to spend it, look at what you can." Feng Dong is not unhappy for his friend, but he is still a little boy who eats white rice, and his friend is about to take on the responsibility of making money to support his family, and he feels that he is suddenly a grade behind his friend.

"That's it." Xiao Yan didn't hear about Feng Dong's melancholy at all, and continued to be proud of herself.

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As soon as the three-day deadline arrived, the other party sent someone to pick up the goods, which was also negotiated at the beginning, after all, Xiao Yan's ability is limited, a hundred catties and a big jar, more and no less, it is a bit difficult to let Xiao Yan and them send it to the county again, if they find a car again, there will be no money left.

The other party's car is a small truck, and the driver is a young man, but it looks very stable, and there is a middle-aged man in the car, who should be helping to inspect the goods. They didn't know the way, so they went to find Aunt Feng first, and then Aunt Feng brought it over.

The other party inspected the goods, and began to load the car after a good catty, Xiao Yan, a thin little girl, naturally couldn't help much, so she simply wanted to help the other party and didn't let her, and she was afraid that she would hit the jar!

A hundred catties sounds like a lot, but in fact, there is not much to put into the big altar, and it will be finished in a while.

After the incident, the middle-aged man who came with him paid the final payment, octagonal catties, 100 catties is 80 yuan, and he received 20 yuan before, and the final payment is 60 yuan.

Xiao Yan took the sixty yuan very calmly, swept six pieces of unity of ten yuan with both eyes, and then put it in his pocket.

Because Xiao Yanbiao was too calm, she looked like a teenage girl at all, so she couldn't help but take a few more looks, and after going out, the middle-aged man also said to Aunt Feng that this little girl didn't look like a child at all.

Aunt Feng found a reason for Xiao Yan, hey, the children of the poor family have been in charge for a long time, and the adults in his family are not here now, no matter how shrewd she is, is there still a way to live this day?

The man nodded in agreement.

And what they didn't see, Xiao Yan took the money and ran into the house with her pockets in her pocket, then closed the door, pulled the curtains, and began to count the money over and over again.

counted and reported at the same time, and the corners of the upturned mouth never fell.

Xiaohui, who was sitting on the kang and staring at her sister counting money with big black eyes, felt that it was a happy thing to earn money, and she was very happy, but when she saw her sister like this, she couldn't help but worry, "Sister, there are only a few of them, and you have counted them eighty times!" I'll let you break the numbers again! ”

Xiao Yan listened to her brother's words, and then she came back to her senses, and then she couldn't help blushing a little about what she had just done, thinking that she was also an adult who ran for four mentally, why did such a small amount of money make her so uncalm, it was a shame to play!

After the 'shame', she was thinking about where to hide her money! Just now, a car came to her house to collect vegetables, and the neighbors didn't know about their business, but now they also know, and someone will definitely inquire about her, and the family has money and must not let people know.

After looking for a long time and not finding a suitable place, I suddenly remembered that I hadn't given Aunt Feng any money, so I counted out 16 yuan and hurriedly sent it to Aunt Feng. Xiao Yan praised Feng Dong's achievements in a timely manner, and the folds on Aunt Feng's smiling face were all put together.

Taking advantage of the fact that the other party was happy, Xiao Yan put forward her own request, just not wanting the family to know how much money she made in this business, after all, she earned dozens of yuan at a time, which is almost worth a person's salary now.

Aunt Feng agreed without thinking about it, and making a fortune in a muffled voice is the last word.

When she went back, Xiao Yan was still thinking, sure enough, she was still doing business to make money!

I've been busy looking for a livelihood for the past two days, and now that I finally have money, I have to hurry up to see how my eldest brother is doing.