Chapter 6 Red Dates
"Nannan, get up!" Zhu Lihua was busy for a long time. After making breakfast, she saw her daughter still sleeping in the small bed.
Although they didn't have to go to the mountains these days, many of them spontaneously went to the mountains to dig wild vegetables. They couldn't just rely on the little food they received from the team.
Qin Qing struggled to get up. It was because his body was too weak, and his energy and spirit were also very poor.
Seeing that Zhu Lihua was about to help her put on her clothes, Qin Qing quickly grabbed the patched gray jacket. It was April now, and she was more afraid of the cold than ordinary people. She quickly put the double-breasted jacket on over the lining.
"Mom, I still have some strength!"
Facing Zhu Lihua's caring eyes, she pinched her throat and pretended to say, "Nannan is already an adult, she doesn't need her mother to dress her."
This is the real truth!
Zhu Lihua was amused and laughed, "Okay, okay! Then mom will go get some water to wash my face!"
After saying that, he turned and left.
Fortunately, Qin Qing lifted the quilt and found several big round red dates lying inside.
I wandered around my apartment for a long time last night, not knowing what to bring. I definitely can't take anything big, as it's too eye-catching!
If I get caught sleeping in the same room with my parents, I won’t be able to explain it.
The origin of things is even harder to say.
The only way is to sleep separately from her parents earlier and have a separate room, so that it will be much more convenient for her to get things.
He swallowed a date whole, bit open the skin, and the sweetness exploded in his mouth. Qin Qing's skinny little face showed satisfaction. After a while, he carefully spat the core into his hand, ready to throw it into the soil later.
After finishing cleaning, Qin Qing sat on the stool in an orderly manner. Seeing that she and Zhu Lihua were the only ones left at home, she couldn't help but ask, "Where are my brothers?"
"These two naughty monkeys followed the village kids up the mountain early in the morning."
Qin Qing's eyes lit up, and he immediately felt a little regretful for getting up late and missing the opportunity to go up the mountain to play.
Seeing the sudden joy on her little daughter's face, Zhu Lihua asked, "Do you want to go, Nannan? Mom will take you to find them later!"
"good."
Breakfast was sweet potato dumpling soup. She didn't take the wild vegetable cakes that would prick her throat. After breakfast, she let Zhu Lihua comb her straw hair into two small tufts. Anyway, she couldn't bear to look at herself in this horrible state.
Zhu Lihua straightened her daughter's braids with heartache.
"Nannan is lacking in nutrition. Look at her dry and yellow hair! Ask your father to go to the county town to cut some big bones and bring them back to make soup." She thought that she still had a silver bracelet as a dowry, which would be useless if it was just kept. It would be better to sell it to give the child a snack. Their family had not seen meat for a long time.
"I want to go too!" Qin Qing responded quickly. She wanted to go out and see more. They were all refugees from famine. What if her mother and others also lived nearby? At least she would be prepared.
Anyway, she would not go back. They didn't treat this little fool as a human being anyway. This little body was ten years old after all, but it was so thin that it was similar in size to Zhu Lihua's seven-year-old daughter.
Severe malnutrition.
In a few years, when he grows up completely, I'm afraid even his mother won't be able to recognize him.
Qin Qing was wearing a cloth shirt sewn by Zhu Lihua herself. Although it was called new clothes, it actually had several patches on it. But it was much better than the clothes she had worn before, at least it was clean and tidy.
The people living around them were all old neighbors. From time to time, people would wander around the village and greet them when they saw the mother and daughter taking a walk.
"Have you eaten yet, Lihua?"
"We cooked sweet potatoes this morning. They smell delicious!"
"Oh, this is your new daughter, she looks so pretty!" You're too polite, auntie. You can't even say she's pretty even though she has such a thin body. You must have a very good relationship with my mom.
Qin Qing couldn't help but give a thumbs up to these simple rural people.
Of course there are some exceptions.
Zhu Lihua's sister-in-law saw Lihua and her daughter from afar while picking a bunch of wild rapeseed.
Her gaze fell directly on Qin Qing. Although this little girl was thin, her eyes were like obsidian embedded in her face, and her peach blossom eyes were bright and eye-catching.
If it weren't for this little girl, she would have pushed the old woman into the brothel. Thinking of this, she was so angry that her teeth were itching, and her words were not very polite.
"Lihua, this girl is about the same size as Qingqing. Her clothes really fit her perfectly."
The old clothes in the house were all stained with green. Now that they were exposed by her sister-in-law like this, she subconsciously looked at her child, afraid that she would be unhappy.
"Thank you for the compliment, I like this dress very much!" Qin Qing was speechless towards her aunt.
She had known for a long time that Zhu Lihua had a deceased little daughter, Qingqing, and that this had a lot to do with her being adopted. But she was an adult at heart, and she would not worry about such a small matter.
Zhu Lihua touched her little daughter's head with relief.
"After all, he is an adopted child. What will his mother do if she finds him?" Huilan sighed pretentiously, hoping that she would not end up raising the child in vain.
Even clay figures have tempers!
Lihua replied unhappily, "I heard from Zhilin that the household registration should be settled today. Then Qingqing will be my Qin family's child. It's a done deal, so don't worry about it, sister-in-law."
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