On the Mid-Autumn Festival, Lin Changchun brought back a pumpkin as he did in previous years. He took out the "core" inside and cooked it to eat, and left the rind for Lin Jingbei to make a pumpkin lantern.
"Grandpa, I'm not a child anymore, why are you still doing this for me?" Lin Jingbei rubbed his nose and lowered his head and said.
Lin Changchun's craftsmanship is good. When Lin Jingbei was a child, he would go out with a melon lantern, and his lantern was the most beautiful and brightest.
The key to making a good-looking melon lantern is that the melon wall must be thin so that the light can shine through when the candle is lit.
Lin Changchun would also carve a little rabbit pattern on it, and the shadow cast by it would be very beautiful.
Song Chen held a toothpick in his mouth and said, "Of course your grandfather loves you, so he made it for you. Aren't you going out to play with your friends tonight?"
Lin Jingbei didn't want to go. He had a lot of mooncakes, candies and fruits at home, and he really didn't want to take anything from other people's houses.
The custom here is that on the Mid-Autumn Festival, the host family offers moon cakes and fruits in the yard, and children can grab them.
In those years, everyone's family conditions were not very good, so everyone liked to grab mooncakes, and the more mooncakes they grabbed, the more blessings they received.
The host was reluctant to offer too many, just one or two to show his appreciation. Now that there are more, not many children are rushing to grab them.
Lin Jingbei shook his head: "I don't want to go. What's fun in it?"
He spent the three days of Mid-Autumn Festival holiday at home attending classes with Gu Yun and didn't really go out to play."
By the way, Gu Yun also sent him a box of very expensive mooncakes, which were wrapped in a layer of golden paper. They tasted very good and were much better than the ones he bought at home.
Of course, I can’t bear to give away such expensive mooncakes.
I haven't figured out how to return the gift yet.
"Go out for a walk and don't become a nerd." Song Chen said.
The last time Lin Zi got into trouble, Lin Lu told him about his son's heroic act and even wanted to help him pay the money back to the other party.
But Lin Jingbei did what he said. He did not ask his son how much money he earned, nor did he take a penny from Lin Jingbei. As he had said at the beginning, whether it was profit or loss, it was his own.
"Your dad is right. You haven't been out much these days. Take advantage of today to go out and have some fun. Go out and help me grab a few mooncakes." Li Xianglian said.
So, at half past eight, at the call of Shi Lei and others, Lin Jingbei went out carrying the little rabbit pumpkin lantern made by his grandfather.
Shi Lei was so happy that he asked Grandpa Lin to make one for him tomorrow.
Lin Jingbei mercifully handed it to him and let him play with it for an entire night.
Wang Youwei also wanted it, so the two of them took turns raising it.
There were only three of them out tonight. After Xia Ye went to Shanghai, he would call Lin Jingbei every month to tell him about his situation there. Lin Jingbei would also tell him about Grandma Xia's recent situation. The three of them did not break their promise and promised Xia Ye that they would help visit Grandma Xia often, and they really came, visiting once every Sunday.
"Let's go check on Grandma Xia."
Grandma Xia is over seventy years old this year and her back is beginning to hunch. When she saw them, she smiled kindly.
"Here you are. Have you eaten mooncakes?"
Xia Ye doesn't have many relatives at home. His parents are gone, and no one knows where his uncle has gone. The closest person to him is probably the neighbor next door who he has lived with for decades.
"Yes, Grandma Xia, have you eaten? We bought meat-flavored mooncakes this year, and my parents asked me to bring some for you to try." Shi Lei took out two mooncakes from his pocket and handed them to the old lady.
Her face was covered with wrinkles, like the dry bark in autumn, but her palms were warm.
Lin Jingbei and Wang Youwei also gave her the ones they brought with them.
Lin Jingbei gave the expensive mooncakes that Gu Yun had sent over because he thought they were delicious, but as there were not many, he only brought one for the old lady to try.
Shi Lei and Wang Youwei were curious when they saw the mooncake wrapped in golden paper in his hand.
"Brother Bei, why have I never seen mooncakes like the ones you buy?" Shi Lei asked. The mooncakes for his family were personally selected by him and his mother on the street. They searched all over the street and finally chose the one he thought was the most delicious.
Who can blame me for being a foodie?
"Yes, it looks very high-end." Wang Youwei also pondered it carefully.
Lin Jingbei's face was calm: "A relative at home sent it."
Only a few of his closest family members knew that he had found a master to learn stock trading, and he didn't even tell his second and third uncles.
However, when Shi Lei went to their house for tutoring, he entered his room and saw the computer on the table, and was shocked beyond words.
Computers, eh? I guess there aren’t many people in this town who have one.
However, his brother Bei not only has a watch, but also a mobile phone and a computer.
Isn't this a typical young master?
Shi Lei wanted a mobile phone, but he was beaten every time he told his family about it. Let alone a high-end product like a computer, he couldn't even think about it.
However, they also thought that Lin Jingbei's computer was only used for studying.
Therefore, whenever parents ask why they didn’t do well in the exam, and see that Lin Jingbei is first again, they can reply – Teacher Lin and Uncle Song bought a computer for Beige for his studies. If you buy me a computer, I can also study well.
Anyway, now I finally have a reason to openly refute my parents.
Back to the topic.
After Lin Jingbei gave the mooncake to Grandma Xia, the two men kept looking at her with embarrassing and fiery eyes, urging her to open it and eat it quickly, because they wanted to see what was inside.
Grandma Xia smiled and slowly opened the exquisite outer packaging. The mooncake inside looked like a work of art, small and exquisite, and it broke into pieces with a slight touch.
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