Chapter 8: The Naughty Age

When I was a child, who gave food, clothing, and play, children must love to stick to this person, and they feel that this person is kind and good to him.

I often go to my second grandfather's house with my younger siblings to play, and his house is quite big. The second grandfather opened a snack bar and a commissary downstairs at home, and there were people living upstairs. There's also a vacant room downstairs for rent. The snack bar makes some simple food, including fried noodles, soup powder, fried rice, etc. Put some slices of meat and vegetables, and then put some seasoning, and the store will be full of aroma instantly. Of course, some seasonal vegetables will also be stir-fried, accompanied by a bowl of white rice, mainly depending on what the guests want.

The kiosk is simpler, like a stall with things lined up. There are all kinds of sweets and toys on it. As soon as my siblings had a few cents on them, they would have to go to the commissary to spend them to buy candy, stickers, glass beads, etc. I sat there when I had no money, and there were no customers in the second grandfather's shop. He would tell us stories, mostly funny stories about my father's childhood. After speaking, sometimes he would give us a few pieces of candy for free, and when he was hungry, he would fry a bowl of pho for us to eat. Of course, the main thing is that the younger brother is hungry. The younger brother has a sweet mouth and loves to laugh, and he is the only male baby in the family, and the second grandfather still likes him the most. My brother ate some of them, and my sister and I can also get them naked, so let's eat some together.

The second grandfather's family gave birth to three male babies, and at that time, three babies were quite worth showing off. What's more, he got married at the age of forty, and he can still marry a provincial woman who is more than ten years younger at this age. In addition, this woman has been a male baby all her life, and there are three male babies in a row. He often closed his mouth happily, feeling that he had reached the peak of his life.

There is a shop next door to his house, which is rented to a little brother from other places to open an outpatient clinic. The little brother from other places is surnamed Liu, and his name is Liu Shitian. looks delicate and handsome, but there is a long scar on the forehead, which affects the beauty. I heard that he fell when he was a child, and the scar has been going away as he grows up, and I don't know if he will feel inferior in his heart. And I actually have a scar on the corner of my mouth, and I heard my sister say that she took me out to play at that time and didn't pay attention to me. And I was hit by a bicycle on the road and fell, and my mouth was covered in blood, and I was terrified to see her. And I don't have much of an impression, it's just that the scar stays with me. She said she was sorry for me, and that at that age she was just as playful as me and didn't take me seriously.

Liu Shitian came out to open a clinic as soon as he graduated, and at that time, he had to study medicine for at least five years. At that time, he came out to open a clinic, although he was already twenty-seven or eighteen years old, he was still single. The good-looking little brother is still quite popular, and when our child is sick, my parents will go to him to prescribe medicine. The medical profession is much better than the half-hung doctors in the neighboring villages. He was able to take a few Western medicines and be alive, and gradually the outpatient clinic became famous, and more and more patients went to his doctor. There were no patients in the clinic, and we would sometimes go there and sit. His eyes were dripping and he was swaying on the chair with a pair of calves, not at all.

The little brother is very good to us, and he doesn't care. He always has a smile on his face, and he will cut fruit for us to eat when he is free. Sometimes we stay until the meal and don't know it, and then the eldest sister comes to call us home for dinner, and she will come to the clinic. After that, the eldest sister and the younger brother slowly became familiar with each other.

One night, a mother and daughter went to sit there to see a doctor. My little brother was prescribing medicine to them, and we kids were sitting outside. At this time, the youngest son of the second grandfather, we called him little uncle, and he beckoned us to come over. He said that the young lady in the outpatient clinic was his classmate, and the little uncle liked her. He asked us to say outside the door that he liked the young lady, and after saying that, he would give us candy to eat. There was a candy reward that made us excited, and at that time, I felt that I had done my little uncle a great favor. So, regardless of what the people inside thought, we yelled outside the clinic and said a few times who liked whom.

I took a few looks at the young lady as I spoke, she was really good-looking, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and she was white and clean. In rural areas, most of the children have to go to the fields to help, and their skin is tanned and yellow. And the little sister looks so white and tender, it really pleases the little boy.

The young lady seemed a little uncomfortable, and her mother was also beside her. Her mother didn't say anything, probably a little embarrassed, and didn't know what to say. You may also feel that there is a group of bear children outside, and there is no need to take it to heart. In the end, it was Liu Shitian who opened his mouth and took the initiative to break this slightly embarrassing situation. He smiled and shook his head and told us, children, don't talk nonsense.

I looked at the young lady and didn't respond, and I just thought that this was a man who had a lover and a woman who didn't want to. But after being told by the little brother, he still didn't want to admit his mistake, so we pushed back and said that the little uncle asked us to say it. And the little uncle sat at the commissary with a smile on his face, took a few pieces of candy in his hand, and beckoned us to come over. As soon as we had the candy in our hands, we quickly withdrew, and ran away at once.

On rainy days, my sister doesn't have to go to the field, so we will follow my sister to my grandfather's house. The mother-in-law will do some manual work at home, such as necklaces and bracelets that are hand-braided. Wear a beaded rope and hang a pendant. This kind of manual work was quite popular in the countryside at that time, which could not only earn money at home, but also take care of the family. I can make hundreds of them a day, and I can make a dime or two for each. When we're not out playing, we'll go over and help with beads and ropes. When we were about to go home, the little mother-in-law would stuff us with a few candies to eat, or give us a few cents to buy our own snacks to eat.

At that time, handmade accessories, such as pendants, and all kinds of colorful beads, were very attractive to children. At that time, there were very few good-looking things, and this kind of gadget was small and good-looking. The appearance is still slippery to the touch, of course, it is pleasing to children. And I can't resist this liking. Once, while my mother-in-law was not paying attention, I secretly took a pendant and hid it home to play. At that time, I didn't know what the consequences would be if there was one less pendant, not to mention that there were so many pendants in the box, so I thought that one less should not be a big deal.

The handiwork in the countryside is generally done by going to the jewelry factory in the town to get the goods home, and the valuable pendant is lost but you have to lose money. When the little mother-in-law was almost done, she found that the pendant was missing, so she hurriedly came to my house and asked my sister and I if we had taken it. I was hiding in my room, my heart pounding. I felt like a thief who stole something and was discovered. She told me outside the door that losing the pendant was a very serious matter. And I didn't dare admit that I took it, and I didn't respond. I'm afraid that if they find out, they will look down on me because of it, and I'm afraid that my parents will beat me if they find out.

The little mother-in-law actually thought that I took it, but she didn't blame me, probably because she thought it was a child who saw something she liked and took it home to play. She also said she could give me other nice beads that were fun if I wanted. In the end, I was moved, and my sister entered the room, and told me about it without telling my parents, so I handed the pendant in my pocket to my sister and returned it to my mother-in-law. Fortunately, she really didn't tell her parents. And I also knew that this kind of behavior was like theft, and after that, I no longer dared to take other people's things casually.