After walking for nearly an hour on the mountain road, the two brothers finally arrived at Shanghe Village, and when they saw a villager passing by, Jin Ping stepped forward and asked, "Uncle, is this Shanghe Village?" ”

The middle-aged man with a hoe looked at these two men who were dressed differently from the rural people, and said a little reservedly: "Yes, this is Shanghe Village." ”

Jin An exaggeratedly wiped a handful of sweat and said, "It's finally here!" Uncle, let me ask, do you know where Xiao Qinghe's family lives? ”

The middle-aged man immediately looked at them with some vigilance and said, "Are you looking for lotus flowers?" Who are you? ”

Jin Ping stepped forward and said, "Uncle, we are not bad people. That's the case, at the beginning of the year, my parents were admitted to the township hospital because of poor health, thanks to Xiao Qinghe's little girl accompanying my parents. ”

"Later, the little girl was discharged from the hospital early, and the contact was cut off, not long ago on the street, my parents met the little girl, knowing that she lived in Shanghe Village, so we asked the two juniors to bring her something."

The middle-aged man looked down, and sure enough, he saw that the two brothers were carrying something in their hands, but there was a bag outside, and he couldn't see what it was.

Jin Ping's upright appearance is also a plus, and the middle-aged man said: "There are three places to live in our village, you go all the way to the top, and the top one is the last family." ”

The two brothers thanked them and continued to walk up, but the middle-aged man carried the hoe and turned back upside down.

When Su Guizhi saw him coming back, he said strangely, "Didn't you go to the field?" How did you come back again? ”

It turned out that this middle-aged man was Xiao Qinghe's third uncle, Lin Changyong, he put down his hoe and said, "I met two people at the entrance of the village just now, saying that they were looking for lotus flowers. ”

Su Guizhi suddenly became curious: "What's the matter?" ”

Lin Changyong told him about the matter, and Su Guizhi said sourly: "Lotus Flower only stayed in the hospital for a few days during the Chinese New Year, so someone sent her something?" As far as the lotus flower's stuffy gourd temperament is concerned, can it still be likable? I don't believe it at all! ”

Lin Changyong said: "The lotus flowers are much better now than before. ”

Su Guizhi gave him a blank look: "Where is it much better?" It used to be cowering, and now it's cold, what's so good? ”

She wiped her hand on her apron and said, "No, I have to go and see!" ”

Untied the apron on his body, and as soon as he threw it away, Su Guizhi hurriedly went out.

Here, the two brothers Jin Ping and Jin An finally walked to the end of Shanghe Village, and the brothers looked at the dilapidated house in front of them, and their faces were a little bad.

A trace of distress flashed in Jin An's eyes: "Is the Lotus family so poor?" ”

Although he saw Lotus Flower's thin and shabby mending clothes in the first month, and then the whole person was so thin, he knew that Lotus Flower's family conditions must be bad, but he didn't expect it to be so bad.

The cracks in the adobe wall and the layers of thatch on the roof all tell the story of the family's poverty.

Jin Ping said with a heavy heart: "In the past few decades, our country has taken too many detours, and now there are not a few years of reform and opening up, and the people of our country still have not solved the problem of food and clothing, as young people in the new era, the burden on our shoulders is very heavy!" ”

Jin An pursed his lips, this was the first time he had a concept of the word "poor".

In his little heart, for the first time, he made a wish so solemnly: he wants to make a lot of money, and he wants to make the people he cares about never live such a poor life!

With a sigh, Jin Ping stepped forward and knocked on the door: "Is anyone home?" ”

Lin Jing heard the voice and walked out of the bedroom, and saw a tall and handsome young man standing in front of the door, which made her feel very familiar. She hesitated for a moment, and suddenly said, "You are the one who followed Grandma Han a few days ago!" ”

Jin An jumped out from behind his brother and said with a smile: "Aunt Lin, and me!" This is my brother Jinping. ”

Lin Jing saw Jin An and said happily: "Jin An is also here, come in and sit!" ”

She enthusiastically sat the two brothers at the table, poured a bowl of mint water for each of them, rubbed her hands embarrassedly and said, "There is no tea at home, so I boiled some mint water, you are thirsty all the way, right?" Hurry up and take two sips to relieve the heat. ”

Jin Ping glanced at the environment of this home with a scrutinizing eye, although the room was empty and there were no furnishings, but it was cleaned very cleanly, and the things were placed neatly, and there was no clutter.

The fingers gently touched the table, there was no greasy feeling, and there was no dust.

Look at the bowl again, although it is a blue-gray thick wrist, it is very clean, the water in the bowl is very clear, and the two mint leaves are gently swaying in the bowl.

He took a sip from the bowl, there was no sugar in the mint water, only the fragrance and coolness of the mint leaves, which was just right for him who walked for nearly an hour under the summer heat.

Jin An even took a few big sips of the bowl and drank all the bowls of mint water in one go.

"Delicious!" Jin An put down the bowl and sighed comfortably.

"If it's delicious, drink another bowl."

Lin Jing enthusiastically raised him a bowl of mint water, Jin An was not in a hurry to drink it this time, he held the bowl and said with a smile: "Aunt Lin's mind is really ingenious, she can actually think of using mint leaves to boil water, and it is so delicious." Aunt Lin, how did you get through? Teach me, and when I go back, I'll ask my mom to cook me some drinks. ”

Jin An's words were very good, Lin Jing was happy when she heard it, and said with a smile: "It's all what the child of Lotus Flower thinks, she has nothing to do at home, and she does everything she can't." ”

When Jin An heard it, it was actually Lotus's idea, and he couldn't help but take another sip, only to feel that this mint water was really getting better and better the more he drank it.

He asked, "Aunt Lin, where are the lotus flowers?" ”

Lin Jing said "oops" and said, "It's really unfortunate that Lotus Flower went up the mountain with a few children in the village early in the morning to play." ”

Jin An felt a little uncomfortable, he came all the way from Jincheng, and came from the street early in the morning, but he didn't expect her to be good, she didn't wait for him obediently at home, and ran out to play with others!

Hum! When she comes back, he must ......

He couldn't figure out what he wanted for a while, but he always felt uncomfortable if he didn't do something.

He couldn't help but ask, "Aunt Lin, do you know where the lotus flowers go to the mountains?" ”。

"Then I don't know." Lin Jing said embarrassedly: "Although they won't go too deep, there is also a large area at the foot of Wutong Mountain and the periphery of Wutong Mountain, and I don't know which direction they will go." ”