"Inside the cupboard." Xiao Cheng got up and went to the kitchen.
The villagers gave us a lot of things; the fruits and vegetables were placed outside, while the eggs and preserved meats were placed in the cupboard.
Bai Lu searched and searched, rummaging through eggs, preserved eggs, dried fish... and finally found the buried lychees in the corner of the cupboard: "So that's where they were."
"I found it."
A gust of wind swept by, and Xiao Cheng, who had just arrived at the kitchen door, was completely ignored, with only the cupboard door beckoning to him.
All I could do was patiently and dutifully finish the job.
There were still a few green beans left to peel, and Xiao Wei watched TV absentmindedly while peeling off the bean tendrils.
After tearing off one green bean, as I reached for the next one, I suddenly touched something bumpy, rough, and round.
Xiao Wei subconsciously turned his head, his puzzled eyes suddenly lighting up with a surprise that exceeded his expectations.
"This is……"
"Lychee, try it and see if it's good." Bai Lu pushed the lychee into the little guy's hand with a big smile: "The lychees in Uncle Fu's field are not ripe yet, the shells have just turned red. Your brother and I picked some for you to try."
Xiao Wei had seen lychees sold on the street; they were red, large, and plump. Just by smelling the aroma of the lychee shells on the ground when passing by from afar, he could imagine how delicious they were.
But lychees are too expensive, he can't afford them.
Even if you want to eat it, you can only take a look and leave.
Xiao Wei looked at the lychee in his hand, its green shell just turning red, and carefully peeled off the shell, revealing the crystal-clear, tender white flesh, with sticky juice flowing onto his fingers.
The aroma was even stronger than that of ripe lychees on the street. When Xiao Wei took a bite of the lychee, he subconsciously licked his fingers, savoring the sweet and sour juice and the flesh together.
It tastes even better than I expected.
Looking at the little guy's satisfied expression, Bai Lu smiled and asked, "Is it delicious?"
"It's delicious. This is the best lychee I've ever eaten." Xiao Wei sincerely expressed his true feelings.
I ate one but didn't eat any more.
"Eat up, if it's delicious, eat more." Bai Lu picked up a corn candy, tearing off the wrapper as she spoke, "Your brother and I have already eaten lychees in the countryside."
"You eat lychees, we'll eat corn candy."
As soon as Xiao Cheng sat down, a corn candy was stuffed into his hand, and Bai Lu, who was sitting next to him, had already started eating it.
She was eating with a blissful expression, clearly enjoying it very much; corn is probably her favorite, right?
Xiao Cheng put the corn candy back into Bai Lu's hand, picked up the two remaining green beans on the table, and slowly began to tear them apart.
Bai Lu thought Xiao Cheng asked her to help tear open the candy wrapper, so she tore it open for him without saying a word.
She even very considerately fed it to him.
Xiao Cheng looked at Bai Lu's expectant face, and out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a little girl secretly watching him from across the street. He opened his mouth expressionlessly and bit into the corn candy.
Xiao Wei happily ate another lychee.
Seeing that he wasn't eating anymore, Bai Lu couldn't help but laugh and say, "Delicious things should be eaten right away. If you leave them uneaten, the lychees won't ripen. They'll dry out in a few days, and even if they don't dry out, they'll taste bland and astringent, and they won't taste good anymore."
She then told a story: "There was once an emperor who doted on a concubine named Yang Yuhuan. Yang Yuhuan loved to eat lychees. At that time, there were no lychees in the capital, so the emperor had people send lychees to the palace from a far away place on fast horses. Many horses died from exhaustion, all so that Yang Yuhuan could eat the freshest and most delicious lychees."
Xiao Wei was filled with surprise and incomprehension: "How could the emperor be so cruel as to kill so many horses just to feed Yang Guifei lychees?"
"Cough cough!"
Bai Lu nearly choked on the corn candy, so she quickly peeled a lychee and stuffed it into the little one's mouth: "You can't tell, you can't tell, eat the lychee!"
Kids have such peculiar interests.
"Can the vortex-like mist shrink?" Xiao Wei, with a mouthful of lychees, still tried to squeeze out the question through his teeth.
Bai Lu racked her brains but couldn't come up with a good explanation. After thinking for a while, she decided to tell history the truth: "Because the emperor's official position was very high, no one could control him, and he could do whatever he wanted."
Xiao Wei understood: "So even though the emperor worked many horses to death, no one dared to say anything to him. It was useless anyway. The teacher said that there's a knife above the character for 'official' (官), so the emperor would actually kill people, right?"
"That's about right, mainly about killing bad guys." Continuing down the subject would lead to the crackdown, so Bai Lu quickly changed the subject: "Hurry up and eat some lychees! Lychees are so delicious, eat more!"
Xiao Wei immediately picked up the lychee and peeled it himself, afraid that Bai Lu would peel it for him and put it in his mouth, and that his older brother would be watching him closely.
My brother's gaze just now was terrifying, as if he wanted to tear his mouth open, cut open his stomach, and take back the lychees, but he had already eaten them and couldn't get them out.
The older brother would glance at him every now and then.
Xiao Wei was under a lot of pressure, so he could only tell Bai Lu, "Don't worry, after you finish your exams and go to school outside, your older brother will send you lychees, no matter how far away they are."
Xiao Cheng was slightly taken aback, and reluctantly withdrew his gaze.
Bai Lu smiled awkwardly but politely at the child's sudden whimsical idea: "Your brother has to watch the shop, he won't have time, and there are lychees for sale outside too."
Xiao Wei said earnestly, "The lychees outside are not as good as those at home. The emperor dotes on Yang Guifei, and your elder brother dotes on you. He will definitely send you lychees."
Bai Lu: "..."
Xiao Wei is really talking more and more! And he's speaking more and more casually!
He used to be very reserved, and he wouldn't dare to say anything when Xiao Cheng was around!
Have they eaten the gall of a bear and the gall of a leopard?!
Xiao Cheng even agreed for the first time: "Indeed, the lychees outside are not as delicious as those at home."
After saying that, he gave Bai Lu a mysterious look.
It's absolutely toxic!
Poisoned by the poison, Bai Lu suddenly had a thought: Xiao Cheng wanted to sell fruit to other provinces.
Could it be... that's what she's thinking?
Xiao Wei finally managed to divert his older brother's attention and was happily watching TV while holding a lychee when a voice suddenly came from across the room: "Go feed your old hen."
My brother is so cruel.
In order to whisper to his sister-in-law, he was not even allowed to watch TV. Xiao Wei reluctantly left the TV.
Go to the backyard to feed the old hen.
...
With the new store opening, Xiao Cheng went to the city early. Before leaving, he told Bai Lu not to cook lunch, as he would come back at the appointed time to pick her and Xiao Wei up for lunch in the city.
Bai Lu knew there would be a lot to do for the new store opening, so she didn't ask Xiao Cheng to come back to pick her up. She promised that she and Xiao Wei would take a motorcycle taxi there on time to save him the trouble of running back and forth.
Wearing a skirt would be inconvenient for riding a motorcycle taxi, so Bai Lu originally wanted to wear the clothes Xiao Cheng had given her, but unfortunately that wasn't an option.
When will there be taxis in town? It's so frustrating to have beautiful clothes but not be able to wear them outside.
Bai Lu changed into a white top, black trousers, and a white coat that Xiao Cheng had bought for her.
As expected, the coat instantly elevated the simple outfit to a whole new level, giving it a powerful presence.
"Beautiful." Xiao Wei praised Bai Lu as soon as she emerged from her long-closed room.
I was afraid she would go back to change her clothes again.
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