XXVIII: Neighbors (3)
After a simple wash, Lin Yan's uncomfortable feeling when he got up disappeared, so he pursed his lips in anticipation, and hurriedly ran to the table to sit down to eat.
Every day, what Lin Yan looks forward to most is morning and evening. In the morning, Lin Xiang was at home, so he was more satisfied, and in the evening, Lin Xiang would take some cooked food from the restaurant, which tasted very good.
Only at noon, he eats the most tasteless.
"Look at your greed." Lin Xiang couldn't help but purse his lips and laugh. After that, I felt a little sour in my heart for a while.
In modern times, my younger brother has never eaten a meal once since he was a meal, but now it is good, and he has never been picky when he sees food. It's not that it's bad to eat on time, but this situation is uncomfortable compared to before.
After putting all the hot meals on the table, Lin Xiang handed Lin Yan two hot buns.
"I sent some noodles today, let's eat noodles tonight." Lin Xiang said while drinking bone broth.
"Eun." Lin Yan nodded, picked up the big white and chubby steamed bun, brought it to his mouth and took a bite.
After breakfast, Lin Xiang straightened the corners of his clothes, tied his hair again, and prepared to go out.
Before leaving, Lin Xiang used the big soup bowl at home to fill a large bowl of bone broth, which was steaming and still bubbling white mist.
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"Wow." Lin Xiang put his fingers on the corner of his clothes, stood in a room not far from their house, and knocked on the door.
I looked up and thought: this should be the place.
Lin Xiang nodded, and when he saw that no one had come to answer the door, he knocked again-
"Who, it's comingβ" Faintly, Lin Xiang heard a female voice outside the house.
"Squeak-" The door opened.
Dressed in a coarse linen dress, with black hair tied behind her head, a slightly chubby lady, the cold wind blew in through the open door, she shivered, opened the door with one hand, and saw a thin and yellow little girl standing at the door.
The woman was puzzled by this, and said, "Are youβ?" β
Lin Xiang hurriedly said, "Auntie, a few days ago, you brought food to my brother." As he spoke, he narrowed his eyes and smiled.
The woman didn't react for a while, but after a while, she came back to her senses and responded, "Ah, you're talking about that bowl of soup." β
Lin Xiang nodded and smiled.
The woman pursed her lips when she heard this, and said with a smile: "What's the matter, but what's the matter?" β
Hearing this, Lin Xiang hurriedly touched a bowl of steaming soup in his hand and sent it to the woman, and said, "Thank you for your concern, my brother and I don't have much money on hand, thank you for the food, this is the bone broth that my family makes myself." As he spoke, he sent the soup bowl forward again.
When the woman heard this, she hurriedly frowned and waved her hand: "Alas, I thought it was a trivial matter, just a little food, and there was no need to take it to heart." β
Lin Xiang didn't follow: "Auntie's words are out of sight, as a neighbor, this bit of food is considered a heart, if my aunt refuses, won't my bowl of things be in vain?" β
"Mother, mother, who is it!" Suddenly, along the open door, Lin Xiang saw that the two and a half children had already jumped to the woman's side, holding their fingers, and looked at Lin Xiang curiously.
Hooking his lips, Lin Xiang smiled: "I'm the sister who settled next door, this is food for you, do you want to taste it?" β
When the two four or five-year-olds heard this, they opened their mouths.
Lin Xiang squatted down and sent the soup bowl forward.
The milky white soup floats up with the mist and heat, exuding an enticing aroma.
Lin Xiang looked at the two children who were swallowing saliva, and said with a smile: "Auntie, take it quickly, these days, it is not easy for every family." β
Hearing this, the woman looked at the two children who were holding her fingers, frowned, and for a moment, sighed a little helplessly, and said, "Then thank you girl." β
Yes, Lin Xiang is right, this woman has a total of three children, two of whom are about four or five years old, and one is still breastfeeding.
The family's source of income is that the man gets up early and goes to the dock to catch up with work, or to do some heavy goods, and she also embroiders some handkerchiefs on weekdays, and sells incense sachets in the market, and her daily income is almost less than fifteen copper plates.
I have to milk the doll again, and I have to make food for the two little ones at the same time, life is indeed not easy.
A few days ago, if it weren't for the little boy who looked at the opposite door, he was also dry and thin and couldn't eat enough, how could he send a big bowl of food.
Thinking about it, the children of this family must not be easy, they are not as mellow as their children, but the soft-hearted thing is that the other party has not forgotten to return this bit of kindness.
Reaching out to take the hot soup bowl, the two little dolls on the woman's side grabbed the corners of the woman's clothes, looking a little impatient.
"We will be neighbors in the future, the girl will call me sister-in-law Wang, if there is any difficulty, come and talk to my sister-in-law." The woman smiled and looked at Lin Xiang, who was also thin and yellow.
Smiling, Lin Xiang nodded: "Thank you sister-in-law, my name is Lin Xiang, and my brother's name is Lin Yan." β
"The two dolls are not sensible, so they know that they are gluttonous, this is the big tiger, and the second tiger is next to them." Sister-in-law Wang's fingers seemed to pat the two round sons in disgust.
Lin Xiang smiled, greeted the two dolls, and said a few words.
After a brief greeting, Lin Xiang hurriedly left this place.
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Sister-in-law Wang led the big tiger and the second tiger into the house, and after Lin Xiang walked away, she hurriedly closed the leaky wooden door.
The two children here were already gluttonous, and they didn't wait to take the dishes and chopsticks at home.
As soon as Wang's sister-in-law turned around, she couldn't help but see the two children biting their fingers with an expectant look.
"It's really gluttonous, I don't know who it looks like like this!" Sister-in-law Wang glared at the two dolls angrily, although she looked a little unwelcome in her mouth, but the movements in her hands were accelerated.
While it was still hot, Sister-in-law Wang filled two large bowls and served them to the child.
The two children couldn't wait to close their mouths and take a big sip.
"Slip--"
The eyes suddenly widened, and the two children clicked their mouths, and their saliva flooded.
"Mother, mother, delicious, delicious, better than what you made!" The two children were open-mouthed and did not give their mother face.
Immediately hung his head, the head of the big tiger and the second tiger did not raise again, and patronized and ate.
Sister-in-law Wang glanced at the two dolls fiercely, picked up the soup bowl and took a sip, clicked her mouth twice, raised her eyebrows, and was suddenly surprised: It's really delicious!
I took two more sips.
Fresh and smooth, with a hint of sweetness, the rich aroma of crispy and crispy goes straight to the nose and throat.
The sweet and salty mix is just right, and the taste buds taste it, and then shout for the next bite.
The taste is unforgettable, the aftertaste is still there, and suddenly, Wang's sister-in-law is a little reluctant to take a second sip.