Hua Shi can understand the little guy's simple meaning.
I've been eagerly waiting for her to share some delicious food with me...
"You have a really good nose."
Hua Shi said this half-jokingly, lowered his head, and lifted the cloth in the bamboo basket, revealing the things that were covered inside.
Two large pieces of bulging butter paper wrapped around something immediately caught the little guy's attention.
He stood on tiptoe impatiently, raised his head and looked into the basket.
“Crack…”
The sound of opening the butter paper when the flowers bloom is particularly pleasing to the ear in the quiet night.
"Take three of the same kind, there will be no more."
Hua Shi whispered as she gave him three of the wrapped sugared dates and candied dates and stuffed them into his little hands.
These winter dates are originally plump and heavy in fruit, and those that survive the processing in the bamboo basket are also carefully selected by her.
The portion was really not enough, and she only ate one of each, unwilling to be greedy, and still waiting to sell these things for money...
Xiao Huaying held three in one hand, and her small palm was filled so full that she couldn't close it.
Finally getting the delicious food he had been longing for, the little guy couldn't hear what Hua Shi was saying. He buried his head, grabbed a piece of candied date, and stuffed it into his mouth.
The icing sugar that solidified on the surface of the date peel has been heated and refined, and the moisture inside has been evaporated.
It is fragrant and crispy. When you take a bite, you first taste the fragrant aroma of sugar. After you eat the flesh, you can taste the sweetness of dates. It is sweet and refreshing.
By the time Huashi bent down to cover the bamboo basket with cloth again, Xiao Huaying had already eaten two of them, and suddenly only one date was left in her palm.
"Go back to the house, don't stand outside."
Hua Shi pointed towards the west room of the hall and signaled him to walk back carefully.
The little fellow, who was concentrating on eating, was pushed lightly and walked in that direction with the force of Hua Shi.
Hua Shi stood there, watching him push the door and enter the house, then walked towards the open courtyard gate.
When she came back, she heard crying in the yard and knew something was wrong, so she just walked in carrying a bamboo basket. She leaned the cloth in her other hand against the door frame and did not bring it in.
Now everyone had left and the farce was over. After she coaxed Xiao Huaying back to the house, she walked towards the gate of the yard and picked up the half piece of cloth that was leaning quietly against the low wall.
The cloth I picked up was only left there for a short while before half of it became wet.
Outside, the snow was falling heavily and the wind was howling...
Hua Shi heaved a sigh of relief, casually placed his things on the wooden table, and, holding his obedient black cat, he lay down on the kang bed in the dark, hungry and tired, falling asleep...
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