Her two pieces of fruit candy are much cheaper than this popsicle, so it's not an equal exchange.
The old lady directly stuffed the popsicle into Chen Ye's hand and said, "Eat it. It's a good opportunity to eat it with me. I haven't eaten this for a long time."
After getting the things, Chen Ye was no longer polite and thought about giving the old lady a few more candies later.
He peeled off the paper on the popsicle and took a big bite. As soon as the popsicle entered his mouth, Chen Ye's eyes narrowed. It tasted delicious and was cool enough.
The weather here is much hotter than back home. She wears thick clothes and sweats all over when she goes out. Eating a popsicle helps her cool down.
The old lady looked at it with joy: "Is it delicious?"
"It's delicious. This is the first time I eat this. Thank you, Auntie." She didn't lie. It was the first time she ate popsicles here.
"As long as it tastes good, hurry up, it will melt in a while in this hot weather." Both of them were silent and pressed hard on the popsicles in their hands. If they were any slower in this weather, the popsicles would have melted into water.
We are all in the north, why does it get hot here so much earlier than at home?
How big can a popsicle be? It only takes a few bites. After eating it, the old lady sighed comfortably: "My son doesn't let me eat this, so I can only sneak out to eat it once in a while."
Chen Ye's face was full of envy: "Your sons must be very filial, right?"
The old lady looked very happy: "Young man, you have a good eye. Did you notice it?" The old lady has always been proud of her filial children, and she likes to hear others praise her children.
Chen Ye nodded: "Your face is always full of joy when you mention your son. I can tell at a glance that your children are all filial."
"Haha, I love to hear that. I have four children, three sons and one daughter, and they are all very filial. My husband passed away early, and I raised four children by myself. All the hardships I endured were not in vain."
"My three sons all clamored for me to live with them, so I stayed with them for a few years. After a while, I got tired of them. So, it's a bit of a novelty to move around like this."
Chen Ye gave a thumbs up and said, "You are a wise old lady."
The old lady was so happy to be praised by Chen Ye: "My last name is Liu, you can just call me Aunt Liu. Actually, you can call me Grandma Liu. My eldest grandson looks older than you."
Chen Ye shook his head with a sincere look on his face: "I can't bring myself to call you that. You look so young, and calling me auntie makes me feel too old."
Even though Chen Ye looks like a dull guy in the village and doesn't talk much, it's because he's afraid that talking too much will ruin his image as a poor little guy.
In fact, as long as she wants, she can coax people into losing their way in a short time.
"Hahaha, you are a good talker, tell me what's wrong with you?" When asking this, Chen Ye's eyes hurt because of the dazzling light in the old lady's eyes.
Chen Ye was so amused that he pretended to be ignorant: "It's about my family matters?" What was there to say?
The old lady was a little anxious. It was obvious that the child had never experienced anything. How could he not understand? But such children were easy to talk to.
"Tell me how you grew up. Were your grandparents good to you? How about your mother?"
When asking the last question, the old lady looked at Chen Ye's expression. It was okay. There was no sadness on his face when his mother was mentioned. It seemed that the child was not shy about talking about these things.
If she wanted to avoid it, she would never mention the child's mother again. Although she was curious, she couldn't stab anyone.
Chen Ye scratched his head in a naive manner. "Ah? That's what you want to know. Fine, if you don't mind, I'll tell you. It's about this, but it's a long story."
The old lady slapped her thigh and said, "There's plenty of time. Sit down and let's talk slowly. If it's lunchtime, I'll treat you to some wontons from the state-owned restaurant. Their wontons have thin wrappers and big fillings, and the soup is so delicious that you could bite it off with just one sip."
Chen Ye swallowed his saliva in response: "It's as delicious as you said."
"Hey, why would I lie to you? You'll know when you try it. Don't worry, I'll treat you to a meal and you don't have to pay for it." So can you start telling your story?
Chen Ye quickly waved her hand to refuse. How could she take advantage of you? It wasn't like she couldn't afford to eat. "No need for that. How could I eat your food? If you want to hear me explain it to you, I'll tell you."
"I had a mother before I was five. When I was five, my mother found out that my father had remarried, so she remarried. My father's new wife already had children, so my mother couldn't stay with them any longer, right?"
"I might not have been lovable since birth. My mother doesn't care about me anyway. It's rare for her to say ten words to me in a year."
"My grandparents didn't like to pay attention to me. I started going out to find food when I was three or four years old. The adults in my family always seemed to forget that I was there. They never remembered to call me when it was time to eat."
"I just thought, my mother doesn't care about me anymore, and my father doesn't want her anymore. It's a good thing for her to remarry. I, the older child, can't make things difficult for her. I haven't seen my mother since I was five years old."
"In the countryside, if you don't have a strong labor force at home, you won't have enough to eat. My grandparents and I are the only ones left at home, and life was hard. We never had enough to eat."
"It is said that my father passed away within a month after marrying my mother and never returned. As for whether he contacted my grandparents or gave them money, I don't know. Anyway, our family lived the worst life in the village."
"I also have a second uncle who said life at home was hard, so he went to the county town to become a live-in son-in-law. It's rare for him to go back once or twice a year to visit my grandparents. It's just the three of us, my grandparents and I, living at home."
"I started cutting grass for pigs every day to earn a cent when I was five. My grandparents said they couldn't support me if I didn't earn a cent."
"Not only do I have to cut grass for the pigs to earn my own food, but I also have to go up the mountain from time to time to find some wild vegetables, otherwise I can't even get half full."
"There are a lot of good people in our village. Occasionally, the aunts from this family or that family would give me treats, and I just grew up like this."
At this point, Chen Ye's face showed a lost expression at the right time: "Around this time last year, my grandfather accidentally fell in the field and couldn't move. He could only lie in bed and be taken care of."
"My grandmother said that my grandfather couldn't stay home alone, and she couldn't go to work anymore. She had to stay home to take care of him, leaving me to shoulder the responsibility of supporting the family."
Old Mrs. Liu really wanted to spit in the faces of those two shameless people for letting a half-grown child support the family. But she couldn't help but think that the boy looked so small, so how old could the old lady be?
She's definitely at the point where she can't even work, right? She's in excellent health, and if her kids hadn't stopped her, she'd have taken on some frivolous work to supplement the family income. How could she be so shameless?
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