Chapter 15: The True Hearts of Children
After hearing this, Shitou's face turned red: "Qianqian, I'm sorry, I, I didn't mean it." He really didn't think too much about it at the time.
"I know Shitou is a good kid. Qianqian will listen to you today, but in the future, we have to do what we can. Do you understand?"
She didn't want to break a child's pure heart.
"Well, Qianqian, I understand. My mother always says that only after you are full will you have the energy to help others with work." Shi Tou is not ignorant, and he is not blindly kind. Everyone helps.
He helps people based on the person.
Xingzi's family conditions are really bad.
Nowadays, we don’t eat white rice, mostly we eat sweet potato porridge.
As the eldest brother, he wanted to help Xingzi.
Shitou told An Qianqian about the situation at Xingzi's home.
An Qianqian understood why Shitou helped Xingzi so much.
Indeed, Xingzi's family situation is very special. Now the production is subcontracted to each household. Although every household may not be very rich, they can still have enough rice to eat.
But for Xingzi's family, this is unrealistic.
Just like Gou Wa and the others, all of them are in school, only Xingzi helps his father with housework at home every day.
Fortunately, Xingzi's father knows how to make bamboo strips, otherwise the father and son would have starved to death long ago.
After hearing what Shi Tou said, An Qianqian agreed with Shi Tou's mother's education.
After settling down by the stream, An Qianqian took out a small pheasant.
"Xingzi, I want to exchange this pheasant for cherries with you. Is that possible?" An Qianqian gave it to him without saying anything.
She felt that this would hurt others' self-esteem.
Sure enough, Xingzi was very happy to hear this.
However, he felt that he had taken advantage of Sister Qianqian, but the pheasant was too attractive.
"Qianqian, I will come to pick cherries for you tomorrow, but you don't have to give me anything anymore." He is not stupid, but very smart.
Seeing that he had no objection, An Qianqian was also happy for him to pick cherries for her: "That's great, then I'd like to thank Xingzi first."
We didn’t expect to have lunch in the mountains, and no one brought any seasoning with them.
Even so, everyone thought it tasted delicious after it was roasted over a fire.
Pheasant is very fragrant, and rabbit meat is even more fragrant.
After the problem was solved, the four of them put on their backpacks, and they had their own plans in mind.
When I got home, it was shortly after noon.
Because it had been agreed that the cherries would be given to Sister Qianqian, and they didn't carry them back.
After leaving Sister Qianqian's house, the four of them got together again.
"Let's go pick some cherries and bring them back for Sister Qianqian." Shi Tou was the first to speak.
The three of them agreed: "Well, I eat the most at noon, so I have to pick more in the afternoon." Gou Wa was a greedy man, and he was a little embarrassed to say it.
"I ate a lot, too. I'll go home and get another backpack." Xiaoxi also felt that he ate a lot.
Not to mention Xingzi, he even had a pheasant in his backpack.
"Xiao Xi, don't go back to get it. I have it at home. Come over to my house."
Just like that, the four of them went to Xingzi's house.
When Xingzi's father saw his son bring back a pheasant, he was very surprised. After asking, he learned that it was given by An Qianqian. He felt very relieved.
But pheasants are too valuable, so it’s not appropriate to accept them as gifts.
"Xingzi, take two dollars to your sister Qianqian later." He was useless, but she couldn't let her son take other people's things for free.
Shitou saw this and immediately stepped forward to rescue Xingzi: "Uncle Lin, no need, we plan to pick cherries in the afternoon and tomorrow. If we send money over, Qianqian will definitely be unhappy."
Children have their own understanding. Xingzi’s father thought about it and agreed.
People gave it to Xingzi because they thought highly of him, and he couldn't cut off Xingzi's way of making friends.
"Okay, then be careful when you go up the mountain, and take these medicines with you. I made these myself, and they are not worth much."
Xingzi's father is not only good at bamboo weaving, but also knows some herbal prescriptions for daily insect repellent.
The herbal medicine made is very effective against snakes, insects, rats and ants.
The three of them were not polite and all took it: "Thank you, Uncle Lin."
Grabbing their backpacks, the four of them set out for the mountains again.
The sun had already set when we came back.
After they carried the cherries to Sister Qianqian's house, they also got a few pieces of White Rabbit milk candies.
An Qianqian also asked them to take some home for their families to try.
The four of them were not polite, but they brought a thin layer.
Looking at the cherries all over the floor, Mother An smiled at her daughter's conflicted look and said, "Let's see what you can do?" After that, she ignored her and went into the kitchen.
An Qianqian originally said that she was cheating them by making wine, and she just wanted them to accept her money.
Unexpectedly, they picked so many, but she didn't know how to make wine.
She had drunk cherry wine before, but she really didn't have the ability to make the taste of the cherry wine she bought back home match her taste.
There are so many of them that it would be a waste to make dried fruits, but if the cherries are not processed properly, they will just rot.
She and her mother couldn't finish so much.
After squatting there looking at the cherries and thinking for a long time, An Qianqian finally decided to brew it using the wine method. It wouldn't be her fault if it went bad, as she had tried her best.
So she took all the cherries on the ground, washed them and hung them up to dry.
The next day, An Qianqian asked her mother to buy two large jars.
As for rock sugar, wait until the big market to buy it.
But unexpectedly, at noon, Shitou and his friends brought back a few baskets of cherries, and An Qianqian almost went crazy.
After weighing it over, she wanted to give them money, but they all refused to take it.
Seeing them like this, An Qianqian didn't force them. She went back to the house and took out two large bags of milk candy.
"Divide it among you, half each." A package contains three kilograms.
Two bags weigh six pounds. This is not White Rabbit's milk candy, but another kind of milk candy. It doesn't have a name on it, it's just called milk candy.
Children are not immune to sugar.
Accept directly.
After dividing the food, the four of them left.
An Qianqian had no choice but to wash the cherries again.
After the four children returned home, they gave the candies to their parents. Of course, they would not hand them over to the public, but would keep some of them for themselves.
The parents of the four families were very surprised, but they felt that their children were taking advantage of An Qianqian by exchanging candy for cherries.
So, from then on, every weekend, the four children would carry the cherries for two days to their home.
Until all the cherries on the tree are picked.
Xingzi would also come over to help An Qianqian wash the cherries and remove the pits of the cherries on weekdays.
Half a month later, An Qianqian's cherry wine was finally sealed.
There is yellow rock sugar in it.
An's mother cursed for the waste.
Having said that, she did not object to her daughter doing these weird things.
After the cherry wine was sealed, An Qianqian never cared about it again.
The New Year is getting closer.
An Qianqian planned to buy two sets of clothes for her mother. Her cotton-padded jacket had been worn for who knows how many years and was covered with patches.
Her mother loves her, and she loves her mother, too.
Because the chickens and pigs at home were grown up, An's mother did not go to the market with them.
Arriving in town, An Qianqian went straight to the department store.
Although it is called a department store, it cannot be compared with the big supermarkets of later generations.
There are home appliances, clothes and food here.
There are even bicycles and other things, but these are not what she needs now.
(End of this chapter)
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