Chapter 54 Disguise
Qin Qing now takes a ride every day and actually comes back earlier than usual.
Sometimes he even gets home faster than Zhu Lihua.
Occasionally take on the important task of cooking.
Today's dinner was, as usual, wild vegetable cakes wrapped in wheat bran. The rice had been hidden away, and they were reluctant to eat their life-saving food, so they kneaded the hulled wheat bran into bran cakes, which were enough to satisfy their hunger.
Qin Qing wanted to cry but had no tears. She bit the bran cake in small bites. Even though she added salt, it was still hard to swallow. She didn't expect that the days would become more and more miserable.
How miserable.
Seeing her little daughter looking miserable while eating, Zhu Lihua turned and went into the house. After a while, she brought out a bowl of malted milk and gently placed it in front of Qin Qing.
The sweet smell immediately caught everyone's attention.
Goudan tried very hard not to look over there, only Shitou had a greedy look on his face.
"Don't look at it. Your sister's brain is wasted from studying. She needs some nourishment." Besides, the can of malted milk was originally bought by Qin Qing's friend. It was only natural for her to give it to her little daughter.
Qin Qing wouldn't dare to eat alone so brazenly.
Besides, she doesn't like malted milk.
He picked up the cup and bowl and poured some into each of his brothers' bowls. When he moved in front of Qin Zhilin, he was stopped.
"That's enough. We won't eat any more. Eat more yourself."
Zhu Lihua looked relieved, but she was unwilling to drink a sip.
Qin Qing sighed. She was tired of drinking milk.
This is not what I want.
Then she poured half a bowl of malted milk to the two brothers. This time, both of them became wary of her and refused to take it no matter what.
Qin Qing sat back in his seat feeling quite depressed, swallowing the sweet and delicious malted milk in small sips.
Zhu Lihua felt sad watching her children carefully licking the white porcelain water in the bowl. If the family situation was better, how miserable it would be to let the children drink as much as they wanted.
Instead of like now, every time you have to pass a bowl of malted milk to someone else, you have to pass it to them.
After finishing his meal, Shitou licked his lips as if to savor the taste and ran out to play.
At the entrance of the village, under the big locust tree with dense branches, many people like to cool off here. A group of children squatted on the ground and played with pebbles.
It was not Shitou's turn yet. He was just waiting there bored and feeling quite bored.
Zhang Laizi put on a washed-out sweatshirt and squatted under the locust tree. He looked at the kids with his eyes, and soon his eyes were locked on Shi Tou, who was full of energy.
"Qin Zebin...Zebin..."
Unexpectedly, even after calling the stone twice, the stone didn't look over here. Zhang Laizi lost his patience and walked past in his worn straw sandals.
When the slightly smelly Big Foot appeared in his sight, Shitou wrinkled his nose and looked up and asked, "What are you doing, Uncle Zhang?"
Zhang Laizi chuckled and said, "Uncle saw that you were bored, so I came to keep you company. Have you had dinner yet? If not, come to my place and have something to eat!"
Shitou gave him a puzzled look and said, "I've eaten. Thank you!"
"Oh, what do you want to eat?" the man asked.
Recalling the sweet taste just now, Shitou dozed off at the tip of his tongue. He said with a sad face, "What else can I have? It's just some wild vegetable roots. It makes my mouth bitter when I eat it. It's so uncomfortable."
Zhang Laizi's eyes were full of suspicion.
"I remember your family distributed a lot of food."
"I finished eating early. My brother and I are the biggest eaters!" Shitou touched his head in confusion, and as if remembering something, he pulled Zhang Laizi closer and said, "Uncle, I'm really not full yet. How about we go to your house and have some more!"
Zhang Laizi impatiently shook off the boy's hand and declined, "Next time, I have something else to do."
After saying that, he quickly left.
Shitou was upset. Looking at his friends whose cheeks were sunken and skinny from hunger, he seemed to understand why Zhang Laizi had come to him.
I immediately lost the desire to continue playing, so I got up and went home.
Only my little sister was at home at this time. As soon as Goudan got off work, he would run to the mountain and would not go home. The Mantou Mountain, which was once rich in resources, had now been plundered by everyone and nothing was left.
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