CHAPTER XXVII
The others watched the two of them talk enthusiastically again, and they also came up to take a look.
"Baoru, you've spent a lot of money."
Lin Baoru sighed and said helplessly: "There's no way, it's too cold this winter, and it will be even colder in the future, so you can't watch the family freeze all day long in order to save money." ”
"It happened that the family was separated, didn't my uncle buy the dealer left by my father, and the money he gave was just enough to buy these. I also bought some food for the remaining copper plates, hoping that these items can last for the New Year. As she spoke, a cold wind blew, making her shiver and sniffle involuntarily.
With her action, those sharp-eyed people also saw that inside her somewhat torn clothes, there was only a thin layer of blackened cotton.
Most people are sympathetic to the weak, looking at the pitiful appearance of Lin Baoru and the Wang family, and then thinking about the Liu family and the Zhang family, as well as the two relatives of the Zhang family who are looking for trouble today, everyone feels more and more that the life of the Lin family's second room is very difficult.
With the same idea, everyone is more open to talking, of course, looking at the soft Wang family, some people hate iron and steel. So, a group of people got together, and from chewing the gossip at the root of their tongues, to persuading the Wang family not to be weak anymore.
What's more, let's just talk about the means of dealing with those sloppy elders.
Although Wang found it a little incredible, it felt like opening the door to a new world. From the initial shock to the later whispered inquiry, Lin Baoru, who was watching, couldn't help but hook the corners of her mouth.
Sure enough, the power of the masses is infinite, and my own mother has been obedient all my life, and I have only promised for a lifetime, and it is time to learn from the temperament of others. Not to mention how strong she is, at least when something happens, she must not just blindly seek perfection or even wipe her tears.
Back to the village, when the fork in the road, the big guys were still unsatisfied. Aunt Ma also took Wang's arm and said, "When you want to get a needle, remember to say hello, I can't do it, I can still do needlework." When the time comes, I'll go and help you make clothes and quilts. ”
Wang also got along with her, and knew that she had no bad intentions towards her, so he nodded again and again.
Although they spent money today, because they could have a warm winter, Wang and Lin Baoru were very happy. Even Lin Mancang felt the fluttering cotton and cloth on his back for the first time......
When I got home, it was already evening, and it was dark early in winter, so there was hardly anyone in the village now. It's just that the quieter it is, the more chilly it feels, and the cold wind blowing in the col makes Lin Baoru can't help but sneeze.
Wang saw that his daughter's frozen neck was shrinking, so he carefully took her hand and wanted to warm her. But when I pulled it into my hand, I found that her hands were not half as warm as my daughter's.
Lin Baoru felt Wang's movements, her heart warmed, and she smiled: "Mother, do we count this as two ice cubes to warm each other?" ”
Seeing that she still had the heart to laugh, Wang couldn't help glaring at her with disgust, and said angrily: "It's almost frozen, and I still want to play tricks, so don't go back quickly!" ”
Before arriving at the door of the house, Lin Baoru saw a few small ones looking at the door. Before she could speak, Caihe, who was still young, rushed over.
Cai Ru, who was hugging Lin Xiaoshan tightly behind him, also called "eldest sister" happily at this time. The voice, though still small, was palpable in its closeness and joy.
Lin Baoru smiled and ran to him, reaching out to pick up the basket and bowl in his hand, and felt hot in his heart.
In fact, if you think about it carefully, except for the grandmother and aunt who are always jumping on the side of the old house, this home is also warm and harmonious. Two younger sisters, walking up and down a little shaky hills, are all well-behaved and sensible.
When Lin Baoru walked to the door, Xiaoshan, who had been quiet in Cairu's arms, began to stretch out his hand and pounce on the eldest sister. If it weren't for the sturdiness of Cairu's hug, I'm afraid the hill would have to be planted on the ground.
His movement startled a few people.
Lin Baoru didn't dare to tease him anymore, so she hurriedly picked someone over, took advantage of the situation, slapped him on the buttocks, and said with a tiger face: "Why are you so dishonest!" ”
Xiaoshan was slapped in the face, but he still felt happy. He put his arms around his eldest sister's neck, and said with sparkling eyes: "I want to ...... I want my eldest sister ......"
Saying this, doesn't it make Lin Baoru break the gong directly?
Wang, who was watching several children interacting with each other, pretended to be angry and poked the little guy's face, "I didn't see you say that you miss your mother!" ”
Xiaoshan saw that his mother was unhappy, so he hurriedly nodded his little head and said, "I want to ...... X wants to ......"
The little head was already a little big, and the neck was very slender, so a little head looked like it was about to be broken, and Wang's heart was sour.
The little lady Cairu on the side seemed to laugh and poke at him, "It's been a long time, and I haven't heard you say that you miss your mother ...... me."
As soon as Cai Ru said this, the big guy's eyes looked at Xiaoshan, which made Xiaoshan bury his head in the eldest sister's arms a little shyly, and said in a loud voice: "I just want to, I just want to think." ”
The little person is shy and has a fierce voice, but his appearance is very cute.
Several people entered the house together, Lin Cairu helped her mother and eldest sister to put the items bought on the set, while Caihe went to drag dry firewood to prepare the hot bud rice porridge in the morning.
"Mother, eldest sister, what are you going to do with so much fabric and cotton?" Lin Cairu looked at the Wang family and Lin Baoru with some hesitation, probably because the family had to buy new cotton clothes for her grandmother when they were hungry and cold, which made her feel a shadow in her heart, so now she is also very afraid of these things, and she wants to send them to the old mansion.
Lin Baoru looked at the second sister who was constantly rubbing her palms on her body and didn't dare to touch the snow-white cotton again, and said softly: "It's cold, my mother wants to make cotton clothes and quilts for our whole family, so I bought a lot." ”
She reached out and rubbed Lin Cairu's hair, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, our mother will only take care of us in the future." As she spoke, she turned her head to look at Wang and asked, "Mother, you said yes, right?" ”
Wang Shi felt that her eyes were a little swollen, she tilted her head and nodded lightly away from the expectant gaze of the two daughters, "Well, my mother will only care about our mother's days in the future, and I don't care about it anymore." ”
When Lin Cairu heard this, a pair of eyes suddenly burst into light, and she happily touched the cotton and fabric.
In the end, she is a child, she has not added a decent dress for many years, and after confirming that she is not dreaming, she began to talk happily about the work she did during the day today.
"Caihe and I carried the firewood that my mother and eldest brother had tied to the firewood stack, and we also took the hill to the edge of the ground to cut the hairy grass and pick up a basket of branches." Lin Cairu said with a smile on her eyebrows, a little more childish.
"At noon, I went with Caihe to dig up Guanyin soil and dry it for a long time, and then crushed it and put it in my eldest brother's house." She lost her previous timid look on her face, but the words she said still made people's hearts glow with bitterness. "Eldest sister, I ate the leftover bud rice porridge with Caihe and Xiaoshan in the morning, and left a bowl of thick ...... for you and your mother for the eldest brother."
Lin Baoru couldn't tell what it was like in her heart, it was uncomfortable and hot. Although the porridge was cooked thick and full in the morning, there was not much left, and if two and a half children were to eat with a small mountain, there would definitely be no left.
But partially, they not only left, but also scooped out a bowl of thick ones.
Thinking of this, she patted Cairu, who was still waiting for praise, and said with a smile: "In the future, we will not eat Guanyin soil again." ”
Lin Cairu's eyes widened, and she seemed to be unable to react to her eldest sister's words. If they don't eat Guanyin soil, how can they survive their lives? Didn't my mother say that after spring, there would be food in the wheat summer?
Lin Baoru didn't sell it either, and while putting the hill next to the cotton, she took the basket and stuffed it into Cai Ru's arms, "Well, these are some snacks, as well as the bud rice noodles and fatty meat that I bought with my mother......"
It wasn't dark yet, so Cai Ru couldn't easily see the things that were covered with cloth by her eldest sister. In that basket, there were several kinds of snacks, and a large bag of bones and a piece of fat that was oozing with oil.
She panicked when she saw it, and hurriedly covered it with a blue cloth again, and opened it again after a while. When she saw that the contents were still full and had not disappeared, she grinned.
"Mother, eldest sister, is this really what our family wants to eat?"
Just when Lin Cairu confirmed it again and again, Caihe, who had lit the stove fire, also jumped into the house. She leaned over to her eldest sister and looked into the basket, and immediately shouted happily: "Mother, eldest sister, there is so much to eat!" ”
Cai He was younger, and she didn't think much about Cai Ru, she snuggled up to her eldest sister and smiled very happily.
"Eldest sister, did we buy this for the Chinese New Year?"
Lin Baoru took the person in her arms, shook her head and said, "No, this is what we usually eat." After Ming'er boils out the lard, let's eat it with lard puff pastry and bone stew pot dishes. ”
In fact, when she was in the grain store, she wanted to grit her teeth and stomp her feet to buy two catties of white noodles back, but after seeing the price of white noodles, she retreated.
One pound of white flour can be worth three pounds of bud rice noodles, and it is even much more expensive than brown rice.
Although there is no mountain of silver for her grandmother, it is unrealistic for her to eat white noodles and dumplings when she has not found a way to enter the item, and there is nothing she wants at home.
After all, there are so many people in the family, and they still have to think of ways to survive this green and yellow winter.
Caihe listened to what his eldest sister said, and couldn't help but suck his saliva.
"That Ming'er Caihe washed the vegetables for the eldest sister and burned the fire, and Caihe hadn't eaten stewed meat dishes for a long time." Lin Caihe looked up at his eldest sister affectionately, looked at the bones in the basket happily, tilted his head and said, "Last time, the stone said that his family made pig-killing rice, but it was delicious, it was stewed with bones......