"Mom! Are you serious? I want to go too!"
Lin Chaobei was so excited that the little yellow calf he had only admired for less than a day suddenly lost its appeal.
"Alright."
Yue Jiuyue thought about it and agreed. Anyway, it was just going to the county town to buy a carriage, and she didn't plan to cheat or anything. So she might as well go.
So, except for Liu, who had to do laundry and cleaning at home, everyone else climbed onto the oxcart, and the whole family set off in a grand procession.
Destination: the county town.
Because she was traveling with Xiaoman'er, she also brought some food and water. To protect herself from the sun, Yue Jiuyue even wore a straw hat. The journey was quite leisurely, except for the stuffy air and the bumpy road.
"Mother, we've arrived in the county town!"
After the cart stopped, Lin Chaonan wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, and then he and Lin Chaobei helped Yue Jiuyue off the cart, while one of them carried Xiaoman'er off the cart, and then handed the oxcart over to the person watching over the cart outside the city.
Lin Chaobei had been looking rather listless, but because the sun was too strong, he had given up his chance to drive the carriage. Now that they had arrived at the county town gate, he was looking forward to buying a carriage. He stared intently at the carriage shop across the street, wishing he could go and get a horse right away.
"Let's go to town for a meal and rest first."
Yue Jiuyue stamped her foot to relieve the numbness from the long carriage ride before calling the others to head towards the city gate.
"What would you like to eat, little girl?"
Xiaoman'er is the youngest, so of course she gets priority in being taken care of.
"Grandma, I want to eat a big meat bun!"
As the little girl spoke, she swallowed hard.
I only ate meat buns during the Chinese New Year period. Although we had plenty of meat at home afterward, my daughter still couldn't forget the big meat buns. She would think of the taste from time to time and wanted to eat them again, but she didn't dare to ask.
Because she knew that her family was poor, life was hard, and they needed to eat wild vegetables every day just to fill their stomachs!
These were words that Liu Shi often repeated, so even though she spent most of this year seeking medical treatment, little Man'er never forgot what she said, as if she had been brainwashed and hadn't forgotten them at all.
Because she was still young, and because she had overlooked the fact that her family ate not only wild vegetables every day, but also meat and eggs every day, she didn't dare to ask for what she wanted to eat. It wasn't because she was afraid of being beaten, but because she didn't want to add to the burden on her family.
As for why she dared to bring it up now, it was because she saw that Yue Jiuyue had brought money, and a lot of money at that!
With so much money, it's definitely okay for her to eat a meat bun.
Seeing Xiaoman'er drooling with envy, how could Yue Jiuyue disagree? She actually wanted to eat meat buns too. The ones she ate at the day before yesterday were quite good. Although they weren't the kind with big fillings and thin skins, they were still very delicious. She didn't know how they made the filling, but they were much better than the meat buns her family made for Chinese New Year.
"Let's go buy some meat buns!"
Holding Xiaoman'er's hand, Yue Jiuyue walked towards the shop where Xiaoman'er had bought meat buns last time, and asked Xiaoman'er:
"How many meat buns can Xiaoman eat?"
"One...two".
The little girl stretched out one finger, but for some reason it turned into two.
Yue Jiuyue didn't dwell on it and asked her again:
"Besides meat buns, is there anything else you'd like to eat, Xiaoman?"
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