Chapter 101 Sugar-Sour Eggs
Little Moon swallowed.
Xingxing watched her swallow the water she used to rinse her mouth.
Star:"……"
Pupil tremor.
Little Moon had no idea that her brother was frightened by her. She held up her soft little face and squatted beside her brother, very curious, "Brother, how delicious is the White Rabbit Milk Candy? Is it made of little white rabbits? Will the little white rabbit cry? Where are the little white rabbit's parents? Brother..."
Xingxing listened to Little Moon's babyish chatter, her shocked and panicked eyes fixed on her sister's belly, and then she asked Qiuqiu, who was also shocked: "Will my sister... die?"
In the limited knowledge of the little zombie Xingxing, human cubs are extremely fragile creatures. They cannot be bumped or touched, and if they fall they may end up covered in blood.
Now that she had swallowed the toothpaste water, Xingxing was worried that this fair, tender, and lively little sister in front of her would cry out of pain in the next second, and then... get sick and die.
However, his worries were quickly calmed by Qiuqiu, "Don't be afraid, baby, nothing will happen. At most, she will just feel a little uncomfortable in her stomach. She won't die. Look at her now, she is so lively."
Although Qiuqiu said so, Xingxing's wrinkled little face did not relax much. When the adults in the main room started calling for dinner, he held his sister's hand and hid behind the stove.
Then, pursing her lips and with a little worry, she stuffed a hard candy into her confused sister's mouth.
Little Moon: “!!”
The moment the tip of my tongue tasted the rich milky aroma and sweetness, in Little Moon's eyes, my brother was simply glowing!!
Her tiny teeth couldn't chew the hard candy. It was such a big candy, so she could only cover her mouth with her little hands and suck up her saliva desperately.
Xingxing watched over her sister, and seeing her eyes curved like a real little moon, she couldn't help but share with Qiuqiu: "My sister is different from me."
Qiuqiu was puzzled: "But you have almost the same face, what's the difference?"
Xingxing shook her head and said seriously: "Sister is alive, Xingxing is dead."
Qiuqiu choked, and struggled to understand the strange expression of his own child.
"Boy, you mean, my sister is full of life and energy, right?"
Xingxing nodded.
Qiuqiu: "...Kid, we still have to keep up with the academic subjects. We can't forget to study just because we are doing the mission."
Being an illiterate child is not scary, what is scary is that illiterate children can always say "wonderful" words.
"Xingxing, Yueyue! It's time for dinner, what are you two little guys doing? You're dawdling..." The grandma outside was shouting for the third time, her tone very fierce.
Xingxing looked at her sister who was trying hard to finish the candy.
Lead her out.
When they got to the main room and everyone was seated on long benches at the large square table, grandma went to the kitchen to bring four small bowls of eggs.
Xingxing saw that her mother was about to stand up and follow, but her third sister Zhao Yuanyuan stood up first and followed her grandmother out obediently.
Seeing this, my mother seemed to guess something and sat back down.
Xingxing's eyes quickly passed across the faces of the whole family. She observed them quietly and heard what was in their hearts.
Both aunt and dad looked very honest and decent. Dad Zhao Guodong didn't pretend to be unhappy and was just thinking about the work in the fields.
Aunt Liu Cuifang was thinking about the brown sugar eggs her mother-in-law had made today. When they were served, she would give one to her husband and give most of the remaining one to her son, because the egg yolk was the most nutritious and her son would be healthy if he ate it.
The aunt’s son, who is also the older brother of Xingxing and Xiaoyueliang, is called Zhao Huayang. He is eight years old and is in the second grade of the village primary school.
Xingxing heard that Zhao Huayang was feeling nervous because he had to go to school today, but he didn't do much of the homework assigned by the teacher because he was too busy playing.
Xingxing tilted her head to look at her older brother who was sitting there upright, seemingly expressionless, and her gaze quickly fell on her parents.
Mother Xie Jiaxiu didn't look well, not because of Zhao Yuanyuan's clever behavior, but because her body had been injured since giving birth.
What the mother was thinking about was Zhao Yuanyuan's behavior just now. She secretly sighed that her sister-in-law was partial to the two children to different degrees, and she was afraid that the mother and daughter would become estranged in the future. Then, when she turned around and saw her two cubs sitting next to each other obediently, she couldn't help laughing and began to praise her two precious children in her heart.
Finally, Xingxing set his sights on the father of this body.
Zhao Guozhi, a name that sounds equally honest and simple, actually has a sneaky and cunning character in the original text.
Xingxing actually can't tell the beauty or ugliness of human appearance, but at a glance, he found that his father was much whiter than his eldest uncle. Qiuqiu said that this was because his eldest uncle was always working in the fields.
Dad’s feelings are also more complicated.
I thought of everything. I was thinking about how to ask the team leader for leave and go to the supply and marketing cooperative in town to see if there was anyone selling snacks for the two little ones.
He also wanted to say a few nice words to his wife in front of his mother and ask her to stay at home to wash dishes, sweep the floor and tidy up the chores. When the sun comes out outside, people will get sunburned in a short time. His wife has delicate skin and there is no need for her to suffer that.
I also thought about going to the town or county to look for a job in a few days to see if I can find a suitable job. It would be better than digging in the fields all day long like my brother.
Moreover, his two children are already three years old, and they will need to learn to read and write in two years. He thought that he needed money to buy a notebook and a pencil, and then he would come back and let his wife teach the two children to write numbers and read pinyin.
Xingxing didn't even need to listen carefully to feel a little dizzy from hearing her father's chaotic and endless thoughts.
The child pursed his lips and tilted his head to look at his sister who was holding a small spoon and preparing to eat eggs. He vaguely realized how professional human biological genetics is.
These are just the thoughts that Xingxing captured in those brief moments, and they have already given Xingxing a different understanding of this family.
At this time, grandma came in with two small bowls of sugared eggs with a sullen face.
She placed the sugar-water eggs in her hand in front of the eldest son and gave the other bowl to the youngest son.
Behind her, Zhao Yuanyuan came in holding a bowl of sugar-water eggs. Pretending not to notice her grandmother's gloomy face, she placed the bowl of sugar-water eggs with "added ingredients" neatly in front of herself.
Xingxing heard her grandmother cursing in her heart, just as fiercely as when she called for dinner.
But she didn't really say anything. Instead, she turned back to the kitchen and after a while came back with the last bowl of sugar-water eggs and placed it in front of Xingxing.
"Eat quickly, and then do whatever you need to do after eating." The old man didn't have a good tone to the whole family.
Zhao Guodong said nothing and ate the sugar-coated eggs in his bowl in silence.
Zhao Yuanyuan was originally in a joyful mood as if she had won a battle, but her mood sank when she saw her mother bring the sugar-coated eggs in front of her and give most of them to her brother without hesitation.
In both of my lives, I have had a mother who favors boys over girls.
Zhao Yuanyuan was angry, but also felt a sense of suffocation and powerlessness.
Because it was her mother who was biased, she could not do anything for her mother. She had to be obedient and sensible all the time. She listened to her mother complaining about her miserable life every day, and heard her mother say that she was never biased, and then asked her for salary to give living expenses to her brother.
In her previous life, Zhao Yuanyuan had never been able to break free from the bondage of family affection.
I thought this life would be different, but the same face, the same name, the same personality... Even if Zhao Yuanyuan tried her best to tell herself that this was not her real biological mother, she could only watch helplessly as she fell into the same trap again.
She lowered her eyes and stared at the edge of the poached egg in her bowl, which had only a little bit of egg yolk on it, and silently clenched the spoon in her hand.
It doesn't matter, it's just a fried egg, isn't it? I've eaten everything! Now I have a spiritual plant space. In this era of lack of food and clothing, I will never go down the same old path as in my previous life!
Are my parents partial? Do they favor boys over girls? Then let them open their eyes and see carefully, is it the boy who can carry on the family line, or is it the girl like me who can feed and clothe them, bring them honor, and let them live a good life!
Zhao Yuanyuan secretly made up her mind that she also wanted to study and catch up with the resumption of the college entrance examination in the future. That would be the perfect springboard to escape from this small mountain village and change her destiny.
Before that, she had to lead her family to live a good life.
After observing for the past few days, she realized that separation was inevitable. Only by separating the family could she feel at ease to take the things out of her spiritual plant space. Otherwise, if her father's family found out and started to rely on her, they would be like sticky candy and she would be unable to get rid of them.
"Milk, today's sugar water is sweeter than before." Zhao Huayang keenly noticed the changes in the sugar water.
The old lady glared at him angrily: "How sweet can it be? Hurry up and eat, and then go to school and study hard. When you have a promising future, let alone a bowl of sugar-water eggs, even if you want to eat delicacies from land and sea, your grandma will sell everything she has to get them for you!"
Zhao Huayang: “…” He didn’t dare to speak anymore.
Did you take some medicine today? Why are you so fierce all the time?
Xingxing also held the bowl with her two little hands and drank the brown sugar water in it.
It’s not as bland as I remember, and my mouth is filled with sweetness.
"Because when the old man went to bring the last bowl, he cut an extra piece of brown sugar and mixed it into your bowl before bringing it to you." Qiuqiu, who flew out to watch the whole process, explained in a low voice.
Xingxing's eyes curved when she heard that, and when her father gave most of the eggs to her grandmother and wanted to serve the brown sugar water to her mother, she stretched out her little hand and exchanged bowls with her father under her grandmother's glare.
Xingxing had lots and lots of food, so the sweeter syrup was given to mom to drink.
Because they love their mothers, every star will do the same.
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