Chapter 38 One Person Took All

The little girl's shiny black grape eyes stared at Brother Tang without blinking.

Tang Qingshan looked at his daughter, then at his eldest son, then sat down and asked in a deep voice, "Why did Rong'er ask Chang'er to come back?"

"That's right!" Madam Lin also remembered: "We were in such a hurry to call Chang'er back, but he didn't come back all afternoon. What was he doing?"

Brother Tang coughed, and Tang Qingshan's eyes moved over and waited quietly.

The second elder brother hesitated for a moment, and seeing that the silly third elder brother had gone out to get water for his father and was not in the room, he lowered his voice and whispered: "I don't know if you believe me, but Xinbao had a dream that the eldest brother would fall off the mountain. I was worried, so I asked Sanlang to take Xinbao to pick him up. After they went there, the eldest brother was just about to pick wild jujubes. As soon as Xinbao called him, he came back. As soon as he turned back...the piece of land he was standing on just now collapsed, and the eldest brother's basket fell down. You don't know how dangerous it was."

He pointed at the little kid and said, "Otherwise, Xinbao would be so attached to Big Brother and wouldn't get up from him for the whole day. He must be scared."

Tang Qingshan and Mrs. Lin were both extremely surprised when they heard this.

Madam Lin stood up, put her daughter into Tang Qingshan's arms, held her eldest son, and looked at him several times: "Are you okay? Is Fan'er okay?"

"It's okay," Tang Dalang said, "I'm fine, except that the basket fell down. It was pretty dangerous. Luckily Xinbao called me."

Madam Lin patted her chest and said, "Luckily, we have Xinbao. Xinbao is really our family's lucky star."

Tang Qingshan looked at the little girl in his arms and gently touched her head: "Yes."

Judging from what his parents thought, it was obvious that "it just happened that Xinbao had a dream, and he just happened to save his eldest son. Xinbao really brought them good luck." They regarded this as a complete coincidence, and had no intention of carefully investigating the content of the dream. The handsome second brother sighed sadly, but did not explain.

There is no reliable person in the family, and in the end I had to bear everything by myself.

The old couple were tired, and farmers usually went to bed early, so they chatted for a while and prepared to go to bed. As soon as Brother Tang stood up, Xinbao immediately opened his arms and said, "Hold me, big one!"

Brother Tang came over and hugged his sister, saying with a smile, "Xinbao wants to sleep with brother?"

"Yes," Naituanzi nodded, "Sleep with me!"

Silly Third Brother was vying for favor as usual, "Why? Why don't you sleep with Third Brother?"

Wuliu complained about his brother: "You snore so loudly that Xinbao can't sleep with you!"

The third brother choked.

Then he didn't even make any excuses and just lowered his head dejectedly.

Naituanzi immediately felt distressed and turned around and said, "Then Xinbao will sleep with Sande tomorrow!"

Tang Sange was moved and came over to hug his sister: "Thank you, Xinbaoer, but Sange's snoring... may be really loud."

Tang Qingshan scolded his son: "Xinbao is three years old, she is a big girl now, you are not allowed to sleep with your brother."

"Dad," the second brother said, "Xinbao was frightened today, so she is especially clinging to big brother. Please let her stay with big brother."

Tang Qingshan paused: "Just this once!"

Brother Tang laughed and carried his sister out, followed by five or six others.

They lived in the same room and chatted for a while on the kang before going to bed.

Brother Tang is sixteen years old this year, which is the age between a man and a boy. He looks very similar to Tang Qingshan, with thick eyebrows and big eyes. However, he does not have his father's cold and taciturn appearance. Instead, he looks very free and easy. When he smiles, he is so handsome that he sparkles.

Such a good big brother almost died.

It was late at night and everyone was asleep. Redundant information was cleared from Xiao Po Che's mind, and she became much smarter. She finally figured out what was going on and secretly vowed to protect everyone in her family.

She hugged his neck tightly with her two little arms, and the little bean sprouts tickled his chin.

The twins had already fallen asleep. Brother Tang reached over and carefully untied her little bean sprouts, saying in a whisper, "Don't be afraid, Xinbaoer. Brother is fine."

He rubbed her soft hair soothingly with his big hands, his heart was incredibly soft: "Big brother still has to protect Xin Baoer as she grows up!"

The little girl put her little feet on him and pressed her little body against him: "Xinbao can't sleep, so she needs to sing to get better."

Sing?

Brother Tang coughed and said, "Brother, you can't sing?"

In the darkness, his sister looked at him with her big, bright eyes, full of expectation. Brother Tang coughed again, and holding back his youthful shame, he hummed solemnly: "Sheep, sheep, sheep, jumping over the flower wall, the flower wall is broken, the donkey is pushing the mill, the pig is carrying firewood, the dog is making fire, the kitten is kneading buns on the kang..."

The little girl slept until dawn and woke up in a daze.

The door was closed, probably because they were afraid she would get cold. The fourth brother was sitting by the bed, knitting something. When he saw his sister wake up, he shouted outside, "Brother! Xinbao is awake!"

After a while, Brother Tang came in. He actually didn't go up the mountain. He squatted down and put on her shoes.

The second brother, with his hands behind his back, slowly accompanied his sister to wash her face and brush her teeth, while whispering in her ear: "Did Xinbao dream?"

Milk ball shook his head.

The second brother felt relieved, came back and sat down, and combed two small bean sprouts for her.

Brother Tang brought her the meal and said, "Don't keep asking her. She finally forgot about it."

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"You have to ask," the milk ball answered seriously: "Xinbao is still young, it's easy to forget dreams. If you ask Erde, he won't forget it."

Brother Tang smiled and touched her head.

He has a typical male chauvinist mentality. As the eldest brother, he has a strong sense of responsibility. He thinks he should shoulder the burden of the family and let his sister have peace of mind... But many things in this world are beyond human control.

The second elder brother whispered, "Brother, come to think of it, our family has been through so many disasters."

I don’t know what Brother Tang was thinking of, his eyes narrowed.

The second brother noticed it sharply and glanced at him. The eldest brother Tang avoided his gaze and said, "Do you want to eat sea buckthorn? There are so many, what should we do with them? They will rot if left alone, and I don't want to give them away."

Milk ball raised his hand and said: "Xinbao, how many words!"

Brother Tang laughed and said, "What do you know?"

Milk ball said: "You can use pears to make sugar."

"Ah?" Brother Tang didn't expect her to say anything. He frowned and said, "Make sugar? How do you make sugar with this?"

Fourth Brother Tang laughed when he heard this: "Xinbao said you believed it! Is sugar so easy to boil?"

Sugar was a rare commodity at that time and was quite expensive. Not everyone knew how to make sugar, so the sugar factories were all closely guarded.

Being questioned, Naituanzi immediately became unhappy: "Xinbao is just a few words!"

She stood up and tried to explain it to them.

What she meant by making sugar was actually making syrup. Making syrup with sea buckthorn is not really that difficult.

Seabuckthorn has thorns, but these thorns are different from those of millet. It just looks like this, so you don’t have to peel it. Just cut it into blocks or strips, filter it with a net, then filter it with a fine cloth, and then boil the filtered pear juice over high heat.

Depending on the heat, it should be simmered for at least an hour. The pear juice will gradually thicken. Then change to low heat and simmer slowly. Slowly, simmer until it can be pulled into threads. Stir while simmering... just simmer until it reaches the desired consistency.

And although sea buckthorn is sour, it actually contains quite a bit of sugar. It is definitely lower than duck pear, but it is fine to make syrup with it.

She couldn't speak very systematically now. She talked about the beginning but forgot the end. Her speech was a bit disorganized, but she made the key issues clear.

The eldest brother Tang couldn't sit still, so he immediately made plans to try it out. The fourth brother Tang also went to help. The second brother held Xinbao in his arms and asked, "How did Xinbao know?"

Naituanzi skillfully offered a golden sentence: "Xinbao is not very good, why would it be so good, but Xinbao is just a few."

A lie repeated a hundred times becomes the truth, she said with confidence.

(End of this chapter)