"It's okay, you eat first, we'll eat what you can't finish."
Okay, so even the older brother is aware of the importance of eating leftovers. It's simple, but he didn't actually intend to leave any; he just scooped out a small bowl and pushed the rest into the middle.
"This bowl is enough for me, you can share this one."
The saying "a half-grown boy can eat his father out of house and home" is true. Even though they had just finished lunch, the two boys still wanted more after finishing a bowl of mutton soup. They quickly finished the rest of the bowl.
I'm in a good mood after eating.
Cheng Rui smiled broadly.
"Sis, what did you buy?"
Simply finish the soup in the bowl, put the bowl down,
"I just took a look. Which way are you going later? What good food is available around here?"
At this point, Cheng Rui became even more animated.
"Sis, there's meat. Big brother said he'd buy some, but he hasn't."
When the topic of buying meat came up, Jian Dan noticed Cheng Chao's hand pause for a moment, then he casually put down the spoon. She couldn't help but chuckle to herself, thinking that Cheng Chao was probably itching to buy meat right now.
If you were to ask who Jian Dan trusts most right now, it would undoubtedly be Cheng Chao, regardless of the time.
Just like when we first met, I could easily and generously make him millet porridge and steamed egg custard without worrying that he might suspect anything.
That intuition.
"What's the rush? It's only a few o'clock. If you buy it now, are you going to carry it around?"
Look at his brother, look at his sister, okay, you're both right.
"Sis, it looks like they sell beef jerky. I smelled it just now, it smells so good!"
There was also chilled rice cake; I saw someone buy it, and it even had dates on top.
Yes, they also sell jujubes.
Yes, this is the Northwest.
"Brother, there should be some fruit growing around here, right?"
Cheng Rui was very excited and didn't even need Cheng Chao to speak.
"Sister, there are apples, apricots, wild grapes, and hawthorns on the mountain, but they're too sour and the birds have eaten them all. If you want some, I'll go up the mountain and find some for you tomorrow."
There's also watermelon. I've had it once, and it was so sweet! I wonder if they sell it there. If they do, I'll buy it for you.
There were several other dishes I hadn't tried before and didn't know what they were called, but I saw them just now.
"You're buying it?"
Cheng Chao scoffed.
Cheng Rui immediately stiffened his neck.
"The money you give me is my decision, and I want to buy it for my sister."
Cheng An nodded in agreement.
"Hmm, if that's not enough, I'll have my 50 cents."
Simple and smiling, this younger brother is pretty good.
Cheng Chao stood up and hummed softly.
"Does your sister need your food?"
Simply put one in each hand.
"The food your younger brother bought must taste especially delicious, right?"
The two boys immediately started laughing like silly kids.
The market was indeed quite large. They had only walked a short distance before. Further in, they saw homespun cloth, baskets, eggs, vegetables, coarse grains, and wooden products.
The grain was stored in 'wool bags' made of coarse wool woven from black goat hair, as well as 'granaries' woven from thorns, flour sieves, flour racks, flour baskets, and flour cabinets. All of these were very new to Jian Dan, and he would stop from time to time to listen to Cheng Rui and his brother explain them to him. Jian Dan found it quite interesting.
"Sis, there are rice cakes up ahead."
"Can you still eat?"
"Yes, yes, yes,"
I glanced briefly at their bellies.
"Okay, you two can share one."
"There are only so many of them,"
"Oh, then you eat, eat your fill. We'll eat the good stuff in front of us, you just watch."
Cheng Rui hesitated for two seconds, then decisively chose to obey.
"Okay, then one will do."
Cheng Chao was speechless.
"What a disgrace!"
As they walked in, they paid no attention to anything else, their eyes fixed solely on the food.
Cheng Chao was right. The market was really open today, with so many food stalls: rice cakes, sweet fermented rice, roujiamo (Chinese hamburger), sugar buns, yellow millet jelly, cumin fried noodles, gamianpian (a type of noodle), yangchangmian (sheep intestine noodles), yak yogurt, and kunguomo (a type of steamed bun).
The two children ate until their bellies were round, and even the simplest food was too much to eat. However, they had never eaten many of the things before, so they bought a little of everything to try when they got home. The two children happily followed behind, filling their baskets with each item they bought. Before they even reached the end of the road, their baskets were already half full.
There were also some fruits that Cheng Rui and his friends couldn't usually see on the mountain: apples, hawthorns, pears, dates, grapes, and watermelons. Their appearance wasn't the best, but it was better than what they could find on the mountain.
Everything else was fine, but Cheng Rui and his brother couldn't take their eyes off the watermelon. On such a hot day, how wonderful it would be to have a bite of this!
"Brother, how many can you carry?"
Cheng Chao sighed; he wasn't afraid to put in the effort.
"We can't make too much of this. We don't have a cellar at home, and in this weather, it won't keep."
The stall owner was a middle-aged man with a limp, always smiling.
"We don't grow much at home, and this is the only good one we have. It won't be available next time the market opens."
Upon hearing this, Cheng Rui immediately became anxious. Cheng An remained silent, but his eyes conveyed the same message.
This stall only had twelve or thirteen watermelons, but they were all quite large, even larger than the ones grown simply.
He glanced briefly behind him.
"Uncle, did you bring it here using that cart?"
"Yes, those chili peppers and stuff, they're from my family too,"
Turning around and scattering them, I rummaged through Cheng Chao's hands.
"Hey bro, how's the sack? How many can it hold? Can you carry it?"
A large sack was filled with six watermelons, and Cheng Chao was completely reduced to a laborer.
The little one is fine, but he definitely can't be carrying a sack around like this. We've come all this way, so we have to make sure the kids have a good time.
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