"Little Stone, look what delicious food your mother brought you."
"Mom! You're back!"
"Delicious? What delicious food?!"
Little Stone's eyes lit up, he quickly stood up, ran to his mother, and excitedly rummaged through the full bamboo basket.
As she held the soy sauce bottle that was about to fall, Aunt Liu's maternal love disappeared in an instant. Her face turned dark and she grabbed Xiao Shitou's ear.
"You little bastard, why are you in such a hurry? If you keep rummaging around, all the soy sauce will be ruined."
"Ouch! It hurts... Mom, please let go."
"I found it, I found it!"
Little Stone covered his ears with a grin, holding a bulging paper bag in his hand.
Seeing this, Aunt Liu laughed and scolded, then let go of her hand.
After opening the paper package, the pale yellow candy came into view, and the sweet aroma spread out. Little Stone sniffed it intoxicatedly and shouted excitedly.
"Wow! It's so sweet, is it candy?"
"Hey, you guessed it right, this is called pagoda candy."
"Mom, you are so nice~"
"Stop flattering me. You can't eat more. You can only eat four."
Sugar is a rare commodity, so even if Little Stone only ate four pieces, he felt very satisfied.
He put a candy in his mouth, and the sweet taste made him close his eyes happily.
Today is simply the happiest day for him!
However, he couldn't laugh the next day.
In the toilet, Little Stone looked at the long white worm in horror. He didn't even have time to put on his pants. His butt was bare and he ran away crying in despair.
"Woooaa! Mom! I pooped out the worms!"
"Am I going to die? Wuwuwu... I don't want to die..."
At the same time, the entire Xianyang city was filled with the cries of children, so heartbreaking that they echoed through the sky.
From then on, pagoda candy became something that the children of Daqin both loved and hated.
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