Chapter 23
Retracting his gaze towards his sister, Lu Qin took out two more candies. He put the package down, stood awkwardly, and shook his legs lightly twice. "Kong Dongdong, can you let go of your uncle first?"
The little brat peeled the candy while holding onto his legs. He was multitasking, not missing out on either.
Kong Dongdong's small teeth were pulling at the candy wrapper. When he heard his uncle's words, he held up the candy covered with his saliva, his lips rosy, and said, "Uncle, peel it."
Seeing the crystal clear and slightly stringy saliva, he showed an impeccable smile and brewed words to coax him, "Be good, peel it yourself. If you can peel it, uncle will give you another peach flavored one."
Kong Dongdong raised his hands in the air, quickly understood what he meant, looked down at the candy in his hand, and said tenderly, "Okay."
Standing was too tiring, so he just sat upright on a small stool, shaking his head and talking bit by bit.
Sun Laimei was about to come over to help, but changed her mind.
Lu Qin reminded him, "Eat slowly. You have to finish it all before you can call uncle. Uncle can see it from here."
He nodded his head and said, "Okay!"
After getting the boy's response, he moved the stool and pointed to his sister's direction to Sun Laimei, "Aunt, you watch Dongdong, I'll go help."
When Kong Dongdong eats candy, he always puts the whole candy in the palm of his hand very carefully, then lowers his head and sucks it slowly. He will only put it into his mouth after the candy becomes small pieces. This is why Lu Qin is willing to let him eat it alone.
Sun Laimei was feeling a bit tired, so she stopped her leg rehabilitation exercises, picked up her crutches, and sat down to watch over her grandson. A child sitting on a backless stool like this could easily fall backward, so an adult had to be watching.
Lu Qin carried a small stool in one hand and walked in front of his sister. He threw the candy up and caught it, then pulled out the stool and sat down quickly.
Hearing the movement on the other side, Lu Chunnong looked up and quickly pressed a layer of radish and sprinkled some coarse salt on it. "I don't need any help here."
The sound of candy wrappers rustling rang in her ears. Lu Qin peeled a candy and placed it next to her mouth. He also threw one into his mouth, pressing his cheek against it, "Sister, you eat it."
Lu Chunnong didn't even raise his head, "I don't like eating these."
Lu Qin raised it and pushed it into her mouth again, pushing the candy from the left to the right, speaking unclearly, "I don't believe it, you ate it all last time."
Lu Chunnong stopped moving, and it seemed that if she didn't open her mouth, he could continue to argue. She reached out to take it, but Lu Qin dodged it, his expression serious, "Ah."
When he opened his mouth, the one in his mouth was revealed.
The brother and sister looked at each other. The similar corners of their eyes were equally beautiful, but one pair was lifted up by a smile, as if it could speak, while the other pair was emotionless and looked much more dull.
In the end, Lu Chunnong gave in. She opened her mouth and ate it. The tips of her ears were dotted with a little red under her short hair.
Lu Qin leaned forward and asked, "Isn't it sweet?"
Lu Chunnong hummed.
Lu Qin continued, "This one of mine is peach flavored. It makes me feel good when I eat something sweet."
While talking, he observed her closely face to face and found that her complexion was much better than the day he first came here. Looking at her delicate face, his eyes were full of pure admiration.
He had actually thought seriously about his sister's current personality. If he were Lu Chunnong, and married to a strange place with his younger brother, with no one around to talk to, and his closest younger brother having his own ideas and often not at home, over time, he would also lose the desire to confide, become more introverted, and live in silence in these days that were not what he had dreamed of before, like a pool of water, calm but without any fluctuations.
Realizing that the distance between them was a bit far, Lu Qin moved the bench closer, and the bench made a squeaking sound as it was dragged across the ground.
When Lu Chunnong looked up, he had already bent down, grabbed a handful of dried radish, and clumsily stuffed it into the jar. Lu Chunnong swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth.
But when she saw him sprinkle a handful of salt on it, she quickly stopped him, "Not so much, a little less."
Although this coarse salt mixed with crushed sand is cheap, it cannot be wasted.
"Oh, okay," Lu Qin shook it off a little, as if he didn't understand, "How about this?"
"That's too much. Give it a little less. Just look at how much I took." Lu Chunnong simply grabbed a handful of dried radish and sprinkled it in front of him.
"That's all right, right?"
"right,"
Hearing the voices over there, Sun Laimei looked up and saw the brother and sister huddled together, whispering. She smiled and looked away, then lowered her head and told her grandson, "Eat slowly."
Inadvertently, Lu Qin grabbed too much again. Lu Chunnong had been staring at him and hurriedly stopped him, "You put too much again."
Even with such a small job, Lu Chunnong was already anxious for him.
Seeing her expression change because of his disruption, Lu Qin felt that Lu Chunnong was a little more energetic, while secretly looking at her again.
The weather is a little warmer today, so Lu Chunnong only wore two pieces of clothes. The outer one was a military blue jacket, which was stretched smoothly without any wrinkles, showing that he is actually a meticulous and clean person.
Mainly because his cheap brother-in-law was coming back, he recalled the novel again and intercepted information about the two of them.
His brother-in-law's family was poor, and he started school late. He stopped studying after the sixth grade, but he still ran to the town every week and secretly eavesdropped on classes outside the classroom. He persisted in doing this for many years. Later, he gradually fell in love with Lu Chunnong who was listening to the class in the classroom, and he would climb through the window to peek at her every time.
However, at that time, Lu Chunnong had a childhood sweetheart who was the male protagonist, and she also liked him in her heart. She didn't even know that someone had a crush on her. Kong Yue was just someone she had met a few times.
Later, fate tied the two people together. Something happened in Lu Chunnong's family, her father was persecuted by an acquaintance, and the mother who gave birth to Miss Jiao ran away with another man. The male protagonist's family avoided her, and she was maliciously arranged by some people to go to a place thousands of miles away from home to work in the countryside, and she could not bring her family with her. It was at this time that her brother-in-law stood up and appeared by her side.
In fact, from the overall perspective, his sister and brother-in-law only occupy a very small amount of space in the novel, after all, they are not the male and female protagonists.
There is no mention of what they think.
In fact, even if it was written, Lu Qin would not believe it now, because the person in front of him was a living person, not pale words on paper.
Lu Chunnong noticed that he had been staring at her for a long time, "What's wrong?"
"Oh, it's okay," the candy in Lu Qin's mouth became smaller.
He changed his mind and candy no longer tastes sweet to him.
There was still a little left, but Lu Chunnong didn't ask him for help.
But as soon as she finished installing them, Lu Qinpi happily carried the small vats into the house.
As soon as he came out, Kong Dongdong was already calling him.
Seeing him coming, Sun Laimei pointed at the package on the stool and said, "It just fell on the ground. I picked it up for you."
Lu Qin waved her hand, "Aunt, it's okay if you open it."
Sun Laimei was undoubtedly comforted to hear such words, but she would not actually tear it down.
Kong Dongdong grabbed the corner of his clothes and opened his little mouth, "Ah, uncle, I want more."
Looking at the child's face, Lu Qin reached out and pinched it. Suddenly, his mood improved a lot. He took out one from his pocket and handed it to him. "Here, save it for tomorrow, okay?"
Kong Dongdong narrowed his eyes and replied in a baby voice, "I know."
"What about the next sentence?"
"Thank you, uncle."
Silly child, what I'm giving you is the candy I've advanced from tomorrow.
Lu Qin squatted down and opened the package completely along the torn hole.
Sun Laimei went forward to take a look and was surprised. Who would be so generous to give so many things?
So Lu Qin recounted what happened that day.
"How can this be done?" Sun Laimei got goosebumps. "These damn beasts, luckily they were caught by the police."
Lu Chunnong came over with his torn pants and was about to sew them up when he couldn't help but remind him, "When you encounter something like this, you have to be careful too."
Lu Qin squinted her eyes and smiled, "I understand, sister."
******
At night, Lu Qin closed his eyes and counted the days, thinking about his future plans, when he suddenly sat up with a start.
Because of that trip to the police station, he almost forgot that he still owed his sister more than ten dollars.
It’s over, the New Year is coming.
As he was sighing, he suddenly heard some slight noises coming from outside the house.
Because of his previous experience, Lu Qin sat up with a start, without even putting on his coat, and in a hurry, without even putting on his shoes, he opened the door and walked out.
Facing the cold wind, as soon as I went out, I happened to meet my cheap brother-in-law in the cold wind.
Seeing the boy tiptoeing around, holding his shoes in one hand and one foot in the air, Kong Yue took the initiative and asked, "What are you doing at this hour?"
Lu Qin also looked at him and realized what he was doing just now.
He thought that being cold was nothing.
He narrowed his eyes and said, "I came out because I heard some noise. Brother-in-law, you are afraid to knock on the door."
The author has something to say:
I can't write a plot, so it's very slow. I can't write more than a few hundred words in an hour.
It's late again, sorry sorry.
Then the main protagonist is still the male protagonist.
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