Unfortunately, Liu Shihua also had little experience in gift-giving, so when Liu Shile asked him, he said he didn't have any good ideas either.
Seeing this, Liu Shile was speechless. After thinking for a moment, she said what she was thinking, and then added, "How about we send some more pickled vegetables?"
They had plenty of this at home. In the spring, the siblings would often go to the countryside to find wild vegetables to bring home for their older sister and mother to make pickles.
It shouldn't be a problem to give some away now, since it's not anything expensive.
If you give a gift like this, no one will suspect anything. The most valuable gift is a kiwi fruit picked from the mountains, isn't it?
Upon hearing this, Liu Shihua looked around suspiciously before whispering, "That's fine, but we need to talk to our eldest sister first."
Fortunately, her older sister was easy to talk to. After the two siblings explained the situation, Liu Shixi readily agreed and promised to help keep it a secret from their mother.
So early the next morning, Liu Shile took her second brother into the mountains. The kiwis on her farm were ripe, but she couldn't just take them out of thin air.
She thought for a moment and realized that although the ones outside weren't fully ripe, they would ripen in about ten days if picked. She just needed to explain the reason to Wang Xiaodong when she delivered them.
So it's best for her to keep the fruit on her farm for her own enjoyment. As for dried fruit and the like, she has them on her farm, but would she dare to take them out?
She didn't dare, so she could only honestly send some local farm specialties. She really didn't dare to do anything else. But as they got to know each other better, she might be able to get some rarer things.
From now on, people with urban household registration will have to use a booklet to collect their grain every month. If they want to buy grain, they will need grain coupons. If their family is lucky, the eldest sister will be able to get a job and probably receive some grain.
How can such a large family survive on such meager rations? Especially with a little one who gets special treatment, their lives are probably going to be very difficult.
However, this didn't seem to concern her much. Anyway, she and her second brother spent most of their time at the county school or in a rented house, so they were always able to have enough to eat.
Thinking this way, Liu Shile was in a very good mood, so good that Liu Shihua was completely baffled and thought she was just happy because she was thinking about eating wild fruits.
When he and his sister saw the wild fruit on the tree, he was dumbfounded. "Lele, is this the wild fruit you gave me? It doesn't taste good."
He had seen these wild fruits before when he was hungry, and even picked and ate them, but they were not tasty. They were sour and astringent, and difficult to peel. It would be better not to give them away than to give them away.
"Second brother, did you eat it right after picking it?" Liu Shile knew that unripe kiwis didn't taste very good, so she asked him cheerfully.
Liu Shihua nodded obediently. He had only picked them once before. He used to wonder why no one picked them to eat. But after eating them himself, he realized that they were so unpalatable that no one would eat them.
Liu Shile knew that this was because people were unaware of the characteristics of kiwifruit, so they were tricked and refused to try it again, and the word spread.
So she said mysteriously, "Second brother, let me tell you, don't underestimate them, they taste really good when they're fully ripe."
Liu Shihua wanted to ask her how she knew, but thinking of her peculiar experiences, he remained silent.
"Okay, I'll listen to you. Let's pick more then. There are so many on the tree, and no one else is picking them, so let's not be polite."
The plan has just been changed. Things in the mountains, like firewood, can still be gathered. Wild fruits are fine as long as no one sees them.
Speaking of which, there are quite a few kiwi trees in their mountains. Apart from the ones that Liu Shile brought into the farm, there are still many fruit trees outside.
Fortunately, Liu Shile didn't throw all the fruit trees into the farm yesterday, otherwise she really wouldn't have been able to get them out again today, which would have been so troublesome and tiring.
Besides, the new soil might arouse suspicion from her second brother. It's fortunate that she wasn't greedy enough to be able to relax so easily today.
"Second brother, look what that is?" Liu Shile brought her second brother to the mountains alone today, but she had a purpose.
So she slowly led her second brother toward the cave, and now he was pointing at the cave from afar, his eyes filled with curiosity.
Wang Xiaodong was passing by on his way back. He estimated it was around noon, but it was only early morning, so they still had some time to 'explore'.
Liu Shihua glanced at it and said dismissively, "I don't know, maybe it's some kind of animal that dug the cave. Don't go this way alone in the future, in case there are wild animals."
Speaking of which, he seemed to vaguely hear the howls of a wolf and a tiger yesterday, but he didn't know if it was just his imagination.
After thinking for a moment, he asked, "Lele, were you alone in the mountains yesterday? Did you hear the barking of the dog and the tiger?"
"Ah, no, did you hear that, Second Brother?" Liu Shile said with a straight face, looking at her Second Brother with great curiosity. "Second Brother, are there really hairy dogs and tigers in the mountains?"
How could Liu Shihua know if it was true or false? He had only heard about it from others, and he didn't know the real situation.
So he shook his head. "I don't know either. I've never seen it, but some old people say they have, so they don't let people go into the deep mountains easily."
At this point, he frowned again, "I think I heard the sounds of a dog and a tiger yesterday, but I'm not sure, and it was gone in an instant."
Of course! You arrived a bit late; the fight was already nearing its end, so their howls were weak and feeble. It would be strange if you could hear them clearly.
If my second brother knew that there really was a wolf and a tiger fighting yesterday, and that she had taken all of their meat, he would probably be shocked.
But now is not the time to talk about these things. She asked with a curious look, "Second brother, why don't we go over and see what's in that cave? Didn't they say there used to be bandits in the mountains?"
"What if we find some treasure they left behind? Then we won't have to worry about money anymore!"
When she spoke, her eyes were very bright and full of curiosity, making Liu Shihua unable to refuse.
Although he didn't think they would leave behind any treasure, after all, if they were really rich, they wouldn't be working as gangsters. Who would give up a good life and choose to live with their head tied to their belt?
But he nodded anyway, thinking that since it was still early and he was there to keep an eye on things, it wouldn't hurt to go and take a look; it was better than his sister sneaking off alone.
He has come to realize that if his sister wants to do something, he will do everything he can to accomplish it; conversely, if she doesn't want to do something, no one can force her.
"Lele, follow behind me for a while, and don't be impulsive, okay?" Liu Shihua reminded her with some concern before entering the cave.
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