Chapter 81 Courage
Outside the Shen family's courtyard, a large group of children rushed up, some nine and ten years old with some five and six years old. In short, it was very lively.
Seeing Chen An peeling hemp, everyone was very considerate and rushed over to help.
Which child in the village has not helped his family to peel hemp? Even five or six-year-olds can peel it clumsily, but they can do it.
Chen Ning smiled as she watched: "You guys peel them, I'll go pour you some sugar water."
He walked into the yard with brisk steps.
Chen An did not forget to respond to Shen Jin. He had to remember him if there was anything good. He looked left and right, but did not see Shen Jin and the others. He felt a little strange. The Chen family was so close, and Shen Jin was so greedy that he would rush over if he saw any signs.
He didn’t come?
He called out to Hu Zi, "I'll go in and help carry the bowls."
Followed into the yard.
He looked at his sister's expression and asked, "Didn't Shen Jin see you?"
"I see." Shen Ning was holding the bamboo tube and bowl.
I saw him but he didn't come? This is not like Shen Jin.
Shen Ning turned his head to look at his brother. "I know. He told us to remember him when we have food last time, but he didn't come out. I didn't want to call him anyway. Last time when I delivered bean dregs to Grandma Chen, Third Aunt scolded me behind my back. Shen Jin was there too, so I guess he was embarrassed."
They grew up fighting and quarreling, but Shen Jin was a heartless person. Even when they were in a good mood, when Third Aunt secretly made fried rice for them brothers when they were young, he would secretly share it with her and his second brother. But that was a long time ago, and Shen Jin seemed to be five or six years old at that time?
He is particularly annoying when he is annoying, especially when he grows up. He is not cute at all as he was when he was a child. His mouth is the most annoying thing.
Shen Jin had seen Third Aunt scolding her and Second Brother before, and he even watched them having fun, but he didn't see anything wrong. It was only now, after their family had more food, that Shen Jin came more often, and he was soft-hearted. Well, maybe they had developed some friendship, so he realized the embarrassment.
Chen An didn't know the reason until Chen Ning said it. He knew very well what his third aunt was like, and the scolding would definitely not be pleasant. He stroked the back of his sister's head and said, "I didn't hear you say that. If you don't want to call me, then don't call me. Don't be angry anymore."
My sister cannot be wronged.
Shen Ning raised his chin: "I'm not angry, I just think there's nothing to say, it's not a good thing, do you and sister-in-law need to listen? Anyway, we are better off than them now, I am happy to see her angry and jumping up and down."
When the little girl said this, she raised her eyebrows and laughed, her eyes full of joy.
Shen An couldn't help but laugh too.
As for Shen Jin, we'll wait and see. Anyway, there's still candy, and it's not that Aning doesn't want to give him some, she's just being stubborn and refuses to call him.
Well, think about it, if he had just heard Third Aunt scolding him a few days ago, he probably wouldn't be willing to pay attention to Shen Jin and the others.
The earthenware jar filled with half a jar of sugar water was not light. Shen An held it and poured the sugar water into the bowls himself, while Shen Ning took it out to distribute it.
We now have a lot of extra bowls at home, and with a few bamboo tubes, it is enough.
When Sang Luo came back, she saw a group of cute kids of all ages outside her yard. They were holding bowls, squinting their eyes, and drinking sugar water with smacking mouthfuls. They drank it happily, taking small sips at a time, with a look of enjoyment on their faces. All they needed was a stool so that they could shake their heads and feet.
A group of children saw Sang Luo and greeted her together.
Sang Luo agreed with a smile. She didn't care how the children played. Shen An and Shen Ning were always very good at this. Sang Luo looked at the sky and saw that it was still early for lunch, so she went into the house to get the clothes she had cut earlier, moved the only stool in the kitchen, and sat in the yard to sew.
Not long after she started sewing, the sound of cackling hens suddenly mixed in with the chattering of children outside. Sang Luo listened carefully and found that there were not just one but two cackling hens, and the source of the sound was moving.
Shen Ning had already run in with an excited look on her face: “Sister-in-law, it seems that the other two hens are about to lay eggs!”
Sang Luo followed him out to see, and saw the two hens pacing back and forth, clucking non-stop. The strange thing was that their faces were flushed red.
Yes, Sang Luo saw the red on the chicken’s face.
"It looks like they are about to lay eggs, don't scare them."
A group of children fell silent and nodded while holding their bowls of sugar water, because Sang Luo's words seemed to make not disturbing the hen from laying eggs a serious and solemn matter.
Seeing that the two hens were like wooden figures, not moving at all, Sang Luo took a peek and was amused. She went back to the yard and continued her work.
Each person was given a bowl of sugar water, and it took the group of children more than a quarter of an hour to finish it, then they quietly washed the bowls and bamboo tubes with spring water outside, which were then brought back to the kitchen by Shen Ning and Shen An, and the children then squatted together to peel hemp seeds again.
All these things were done without making any loud noise.
The two hens clucked around outside for a long time, but finally felt that their own nest was the safest place, and they went into the chicken coop without knowing when.
Near noon, one of them came out with a clucking sound, shook its fur energetically, and clucked proudly all the way.
A group of children were making faces at each other. Shen Ning wanted to go and see, but he held back because there was another chicken lying in the chicken coop.
But she didn't have to endure it for long, because soon the other one started clucking too, then walked out of the chicken coop with its head held high, clucking all the way.
When Chen Ning and Xiao Ya'er saw that the two chickens had come out, they smiled and ran towards the chicken coop, followed by Sanniu's sister Qiao'er.
The three little girls squatted in front of the chicken coop, lowered their heads and started laughing.
Shen Ning reached into the chicken coop and took out all the eggs with both hands. He ran happily into the yard: "Sister-in-law, there are three eggs today!"
Hearing this, Sang Luo laughed and said, "Okay, I'll make some steamed eggs later."
Shen Ning happily agreed and ran to the kitchen with the eggs. She thought that she had to find something to store the eggs at home, three a day!
When the children outside the courtyard heard Sang Luo's words about making steamed eggs for lunch, their mouths began to water. Hu Zi looked at Chen An with envy: "Your sister-in-law is so nice, she eats the eggs herself?"
They save the eggs to sell and eat them themselves, but only very little.
Chen An's eyes curved as he whispered to Hu Zi, "My sister-in-law said this is Yunying egg, which is good for the body. We had egg drop porridge this morning with sugar, and it was delicious."
Huzi: I’m even more envious.
Erniu caught another key point: "Do you have lunch at home? Three meals a day?"
They are all good playmates, and they are doing business together. There is nothing to hide. Chen An smiled and nodded: "Sister-in-law said that we were too hungry before and ruined our health. We have to slowly make up for it, otherwise our health will not be good in the future."
After hearing this, Erniu and Huzi looked at Shen An, and then looked at each other.
Erniu: "Xiao An seems to have gained some weight?"
Hu Zi nodded: "It's a bit taller now. I was so thin before."
I know that it is because they were too hungry before and their bodies were a little damaged, so they need to replenish their bodies. I am not so envious of them, because they did not suffer as much as Shen An.
When Sang Luo started to cook lunch, Erniu and Huzi agreed to come back in the afternoon to help peel hemp, and then led a group of children down the mountain back to the village.
What Erniu and Huzi didn't know was that for as long as they had been on the mountain, Shen Yin and Shen Tie had been squatting outside their yard, playing in the mud, and staring at the road leading down the mountain.
As soon as they saw people coming down, they were immediately excited. Shen Tie was still squatting and playing in the mud, but Shen Yin had already run back to his house like flying: "Third brother, third brother, Erniu and Huzi are coming down."
Shen Jin suddenly turned over and sat up from the bed. Thinking of the words his mother scolded him last time and Shen Ning's attitude today, he lay down again and went back to sleep unhappily.
Seeing him like this, Shen Yin pouted and ran out.
He was not familiar with Erniu and Huzi, but he was about the same age as Sanniu, Shitou, and Chen Xiaoya. He ran out and found an opportunity to approach them, eagerly asking, "Did you go to my second brother's house to eat today?"
Sanniu and Shitou didn't know about Li's scolding of Shen Ning. They only knew that Shen Jin, Shen Yin and Shen Tie also had their share of food before, so they said, "It's time to drink sugar water, one bowl each. Why didn't you go today?"
The last time she walked with Shen Ning, Chen Xiaoya, who heard Li's words clearly, said: "..."
It's normal that he didn't go. Sister Aning didn't call her Shen Jin today.
Shen Yin didn't know all this. When she heard it was sugar water and each person got a bowl, her mouth became flat and she was about to cry for food.
Sugar water, it’s actually sugar water. Why doesn’t the third brother go today?
Turned around and ran home.
…
"Sugar water? One bowl per person?"
Shen Jin couldn't lie down anymore. He hadn't eaten sweets for a long time, and there was no sweets at home.
He got out of bed, put on his shoes, and walked around the room several times. He stopped and asked, "Did you ask the stone if you did anything on it?"
Shen Yin was stunned: "Do you still need to ask this?"
Shen Jin rolled his eyes at the sky: "What do you think? You stayed there for so long just to drink a bowl of sugar water. Have you ever seen people go up there to eat and not take the initiative to help find some work to do?"
Shen Yin scratched his head. That’s right. The first piece of lard they ate was exchanged for land.
"Then wait a minute, I'll go ask."
After saying this, he turned around and ran out again.
After a while, he came in like the wind: "I asked, and he said he was helping to peel hemp."
Peeling hemp.
Shen Jin rolled his eyes and said, "I got it. Come with me and cut hemp."
He went up empty-handed to peel hemp, he had no face, he went to cut two bundles of hemp and carried them up, in exchange for sugar water to drink, that's ok, right? In this way, Shen Ning should not chase him away.
The more I think about it, the more certain I am.
Yes, yes, yes, he doesn’t drink it for free, he exchanges it for something.
As for the last time his mother scolded Shen Ning, Shen Jin closed his eyes: It wasn’t me who scolded, it wasn’t me who scolded, it wasn’t me who scolded.
Hmmmm, brainwashing successful.
He immediately went to the kitchen and took out the sickle from home, and then he took out a bamboo stick and handed it to Shen Yin: "Come on, go, cut hemp, you help me beat hemp."
He also told Chen Tie to stay at home to watch over Tian Ya, not to wait until Tian Ya woke up and there was no one at home, and not to tell his parents where he and Shen Yin were, and then he ran away with Shen Yin.
For a sip of sweet water, I thought it was a good idea and became more courageous.
But that courage only lasted for a while. By the time Shen Yin had cut a bundle of hemp and thought he was ready to go, Shen Jin's courage was almost gone.
Being stared at by Shen Yin, Shen Jin gritted his teeth and said, "Cut one more bundle. One bundle is too little."
After cutting another bundle, Shen Yin felt that it was time to leave. Shen Jin became timid again when he thought about how Shen Ning didn't even look at their house.
"...Or you can go?"
Shen Yin: ???
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