The maltose in his hand hadn't been eaten yet, or had not moved at all.

Lin Shuqing's eyes were full of tenderness and said, "Zhili, what's wrong?" ”

Lin Zhili came back to his senses after hearing this, and looked at his sister with some longing and struggle in his eyes.

"Sister, can I ask for one more?" Lin Zhili stared at the cabinet and said.

Lin Qiao'er had already gone out to play with her younger brother, and Lin Zhishu was still accompanying Lin Shuqing to pack up her things, and when she heard this, she immediately taught her younger brother a lesson: "You already have one, why do you need it?" ”

Lin Zhili pursed his mouth when he heard this, and his eyes were a little misty.

"My sister said that one person can only ask for one a day, you can't be too greedy."

Lin Shuqing didn't care about these sugars, there was nothing to eat at home, and her younger brothers and sisters didn't reach out to ask her what she wanted on weekdays.

Occasional exceptions are not a big problem.

He also took out the jar of maltose from the cabinet, stirred another one and handed it to Lin Zhili.

"Take it, it's not good to eat too much sugar, just this once."

Lin Zhili took the stick and immediately smiled.

"Thank you, sister!" Lin Zhili said happily.

Lin Zhishu glanced at his younger brother, but his sister didn't say anything, so he naturally wouldn't bother anymore.

"Sister, can I give this to someone else?" Lin Zhili asked obediently.

This was expected by Lin Shuqing, "Naturally, what is given to you is yours, and it is up to you to decide how you want to use it." ”

On weekdays, the brothers and sisters are very friendly, although Lin Zhili is greedy, but whenever there is anything delicious, he calls his brother and sister, and he will only move his chopsticks after waiting for everyone to arrive.

There is never too much delicious food, and they are all reserved for Qiao'er and her.

Lin Zhili, who got his sister's approval, immediately took a stick and happily walked out of the yard.

In the yard, Lin Shuqiao was taking his younger brother and watched him giggle with the little hen in the yard.

He ran as fast as he could, up the hillside, to a courtyard in the corner of the village.

Looking at the house in the courtyard, he didn't seem to find the person he was looking for, and immediately ran to the stream not far from here.

Under the sparse branches, next to a few bluestones, there was a young man who was doing laundry with a wooden pound.

Lin Zhili looked at the person he was looking for and immediately rushed forward.

"Dog, I've got something to eat for you!" Lin Zhili raised the maltose stick in his hand and said.

He licked it on the way here, it was really sweet and sweet, it was the first time he tasted it in his life.

Although he had never tasted the white clouds in the sky, he felt that the sweet taste should be similar.

Hearing someone shouting to himself, the young man who was holding a wooden smash and hammering his clothes stopped, looking at Lin Zhisheng, although he was a little at a loss, he didn't mean to stand up.

"Why are you here? Don't you make tofu at home? The boy threw the rag in front of him into the water.

He swung in the icy water, and then brought it back to the stone slab and rubbed it.

A pair of bony foreskin hands have a lot of old scars, and the hands are wrinkled and whitish when they are soaked in water. The young man was gray all over his body, and the placket on his chest was also wet a lot, leaving only a pair of black and white eyes that were clear and pure.

"My sister doesn't make much tofu, and she can come back by herself after teaching others how to make tofu."

"My sister is amazing, she made me candy today, the sugar is delicious."

At the mention of sugar, the eyes of the young man in the clothes showed a slight light of envy, but it immediately dimmed.

"It's fragrant, soft and sweet, my sister said, there is nothing to sell in this county, this is my family's only ......"

"I asked for an extra one from my sister for you."

As he spoke, he handed one of them to the boy and put it in front of his eyes.

The boy looked at the crystal clear tangled thing on the stick in front of him, this was the first time he had seen something called candy, placed in front of him.

In the past, during the New Year's holiday, there were relatives and guests at home who would bring candy, but it was not something he could eat, but for his younger brother.

He looked up at the people standing in front of him again, one of the few people in the village who could speak to him on weekdays.

I don't think he's lame, and I'm willing to play with him.

In the end, he lowered his head and did the work in his hands and said, "I can't ask for this candy, you can eat it." ”

The sugar is too valuable, and it's still such a big stick, if his mother knows about it, she will definitely beat him. And his mother said that the Lin family is no longer the same in the village, and they can no longer treat their family members the same as before, so they should be polite.

So he didn't dare to ask for the candy given by Lin Zhili.

"Why? Don't you want to eat sugar? This is the only ...... in our county," Lin Zhili wondered.

This candy can stretch long filaments, and you can eat it until you eat it in your mouth.

The young man hammered his clothes and said without looking up.

"My mother said that you can't take it."

"Let's eat secretly, just don't tell your mother. I gave it to you, not someone else. ”

"My sister said that there will be a bad guy who will bring candy to trick the child into coming with him, so don't take this stranger's things. But we're not strangers, we're good friends......"

Hearing this, the young man stopped for a moment and immediately resumed.

"I still remember the nectar you brought me before, and picked me a big bouquet of flowers, which was very sweet. That's the candy you invited me to eat, and I have sugar for you to eat now......"

Lin Zhili recalled the bits and pieces of the past.

"You can taste it, just taste it, I specially asked my sister for it, my sister knows that I want to give it away, don't worry."

"You don't even want my candy, don't you want to play with me in the future."

Lin Zhili tried his best to finally force the young man to relax.

"I'll just taste it, and I'll give you the rest, if you like sweet flowers, I'll bring it to you later." The young man hesitated for a moment and stood up from the ground after a long absence.

The squatting numb legs stood swaying, but it was obvious that he was a head shorter than Lin Zhili, and it was because of one of the legs.

That's how it was when I was born, limping and not being able to stand up straight.

The bankers don't have the spare money to hire a doctor to come and see them, and some people's children are seriously ill and lose them directly. If you hurt your leg like this, although you may not be a little sluggish in your work, it is also a labor force.

The children in the village have been calling him a little cripple since he was a child, and he can't marry a daughter-in-law when he walks with a limp.

Lin Zhili didn't get much better there, the children in the village said that he was unlucky, and playing with him was bad luck, so no one paid attention to him.

In such a big village, there are only so many people, and the two children have met for a long time, and they have played together over time.

The boy wiped his hands with the coat on his body, and the expression on his face was a little restrained.

He never raised his head, looked at the maltose handed over by Lin Zhili, and was about to reach out to take it.

"What are you doing?" A scolding voice came from behind him.