"Goat milk." Lin Su said.
"How about it? Not bad, right?" Uncle Qian said with a smile.
"It's delicious, thank you uncle." Lin Su said with a smile.
"What are you thanking me for?" Uncle Qian chuckled. "Okay, it's going to get dark soon, let's go back quickly."
It's not dark yet, but the sun has already set, and it will be dark in a moment.
Uncle Qian drove the sheep along another path. Lin Su made a detour and arrived at the little guy's door.
It was not yet dark, and the door of his house was already closed. Lin Su looked inside through the crack in the door. The room was a little dark. At the door of the house, the little guy's mother was sewing something in the last light.
The little guy was sitting on a small bench beside the steps, holding the grass mantis in his hands and looking at it quietly without making any noise.
His mother seemed unable to see clearly and went to light the kerosene lamp. Lin Su moved the door. The little guy looked up at the sound, and when he saw him, he stood up and walked down the steps carefully. When he reached the door, he looked at him and said, "Brother Huzi, why are you here?"
"Stretch out your hand." Lin Su said.
The little guy wanted to stretch out his hands, but he saw the grass mantis in his hand. He carefully put the grass mantis into the pocket next to him, and then stretched out his little hands.
Lin Su placed bird eggs into his hand through the crack in the door. Nowadays, a child's arm could fit through the crack in the door, let alone eggs.
There were five in total. The little guy's eyes lit up as he held them in his hands: "What small eggs!"
"These are bird eggs. Ask your mother to cook them for you, okay?" Lin Su said.
"Yeah." The little guy nodded repeatedly, as if he remembered something, "Thank you, Brother Huzi."
In the village, it is not customary to say thank you. If someone helps you, you either leave a meal for them, or you just ask them to do you a favor next time. In my memory, probably only those educated youth who went to the countryside would speak in a somewhat refined manner. The villagers also like to say things like "You can tell you are from the city at first glance."
"You're welcome. Walk carefully and go back." Lin Su said.
The little guy turned around and walked very carefully, one step at a time. When Lin Su moved, he heard voices talking inside.
"Mom, bird eggs!" This is the voice of the little guy.
"Who gave it to you?" It was his mother's voice.
"Brother Hu Zi gave it to me." said the little guy.
"Next time, don't ask for other people's things, okay?" Li Aihong said, "If you accept something and someone takes it away, you'll never see your mother again."
The little guy was a little confused: "Brother Huzi is not someone else..."
He was still too young and obviously didn't quite understand the adults' concerns. Li Aihong sighed and said, "Have you said thank you to Brother Huzi?"
"Tell me, Mom, am I good?" asked the little guy.
"Well, Tangtang is the best." Li Aihong patted his head and said, "Okay, Mommy will make you these bird eggs tomorrow. Eat one a day, and you'll have enough for five days."
"Okay!!!" The little guy's voice was filled with joy.
After hearing this, Lin Su turned around and left. He didn't need to worry too much about the little guy for now. Although Li Aihong was criticized by many people in the village, she was actually a very capable woman who could also ensure that the little guy had enough food and clothing. What he should worry about now was himself.
Houses of this era are basically made of earthen walls, and some are low. The better ones have big iron doors, while the worse ones have wooden doors. When it gets dark, the aroma of food wafts everywhere you walk by. Kerosene lamps are still a bit expensive, so some people who can't bear to order food will just squat at the door with their bowls in hand to eat, and occasionally chat with people living next door with their bare chests.
When Lin Su arrived at his uncle's house, smoke was rising from the kitchen. The fire in the stove made the kitchen bright, but a little hot. His uncle was squatting on the steps outside with a bowl in his hand, and his aunt was eating with her three children at the table inside.
"Hu Zi is back, just in time for dinner." Lin Chenggong shouted when he saw him come in.
The woman who was peeling eggs for the child inside looked up at Lin Su and rolled her eyes: "What are you eating? Look how dirty he is. Go wash him quickly. He hasn't been seen all day. I don't know where he went. He's in a hurry to eat when he comes back."
Lin Su didn't feel anything about these words, but if the original body was standing here, he would probably be deeply traumatized. This was also the reason why the original body was born timid, and became more and more timid, and dared not say anything.
He felt that since he was living under someone else's roof, he had to be obedient, but what he didn't know was that the couple cultivated his parents' land. Not to mention that they were relatives, just the land was inherited, which should have allowed him to at least have enough food and clothing.
Lin Su turned around and went to the well to fetch some water and wash his hands. He was still cursing in the room.
"You've grown up and yet you don't even help the family. You're always causing trouble. I really owe you. You act like you're serving your ancestors every day..." The woman tapped on her daughter's bowl, who was eating. "Eat quickly, don't follow those childless people."
"We're eating, so talk less." Lin Chenggong couldn't stand it anymore, but it would have been fine if he didn't say anything, because once he started talking, it really made a big fuss.
"What? I provide him with food and drink, but he can't even say a word! What are you looking at? Hurry up and eat." said the woman.
Lin Su entered the kitchen and saw that the pot was empty, not even enough for one bite. His daughter and two sons each had a bowl and a steamed bun in front of them. There were pickles and a bowl of cabbage on the table. There was nothing left for him to eat.
His aunt placed the peeled eggs on a plate. As she peeled them, she muttered, "I really owe you, the Lin family. I gave birth to your children, but you still have to serve someone else's family..."
"Mom, I want to eat eggs too." said the girl who was obviously older.
"Your two brothers are young, so as an older sister, I have to be considerate of them, don't you know?" She glanced at her daughter and placed the peeled eggs in front of the twin brothers, "One for each of them."
Lin Su sat down at the table and took the untouched steamed bread that she had placed on the bowl and took a bite. It was made of corn and sorghum flour and tasted pretty good.
But his action made the woman explode: "What are you doing?!"
"Eat, there's nothing in the pot. I saw you were talking all the time and thought you didn't want to eat." Lin Su ate the steamed bread with pickles.
The woman's face turned pale with anger: "You are so rebellious! Give it to me!!"
She reached out to grab it, but Lin Su stuffed it directly into his mouth. He also took an egg from the two small plates and said, "I'm growing too. Thank you, Auntie."
"Mom!!! My eggs!!!" The boy named Lin Shuai was already howling.
"Damn it, you're a motherless bastard." The woman angrily picked up the rolling pin. "You're so young and yet you're already learning to snatch things. Right now you're snatching your brother's. Who knows whose house you'll snatch when you grow up? I have to teach you a lesson today."
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