Yingbao watched the young man making strange movements with curiosity, wondering to herself, "What's wrong with him? Is he having a cramp? No way!"
Thinking about it carefully, the place the guy was touching back and forth might be a nose ache or a rhinitis flare-up? I remember I have some rhinitis medicine in my online storage! It doesn't seem right that the guy keeps rubbing his nose. Maybe I should ask him and get some treatment for him?
"Hey buddy, you keep sniffling and rubbing your nose, does it hurt or... Yingbao stammered, unable to get the words out?" No way, who knows if there was such a thing as rhinitis in the 1960s? Luckily, she stopped herself at the crucial moment, otherwise she would have been exposed!
“Yingbao, it’s not that my nose hurts. I smell a fragrance, like food. It smells sweet and fragrant, and it’s coming from Daddy.” As Ye Mingchen spoke to Yingbao, he couldn’t help but purse his lips as he smelled the fragrance.
"You little rascal, you have a really good nose. Look, here are some sweet and sour candied hawthorns," Ye Tianyong said to his youngest son as he pulled them out of his basket.
"Wow, Daddy bought the legendary candied hawthorn! Yingbao, let's try it quickly, is it delicious?" Little brother Ye Mingchen stared eagerly at the basket on his back, afraid that the "candied hawthorn" would be gone in the blink of an eye!
"You little rascal, you're like a little monkey! Wipe the drool from your mouth and hurry up and go inside to tidy yourself up. Your mother will be back soon, or you'll get a scolding!" Looking at his son Mingchen, this little glutton, Ye Tianyong felt both amused and heartbroken. He was amused that at five or six years old, he still seemed to forget everything, a classic case of "not holding grudges." He was heartbroken because this was the first time his child had eaten candied hawthorn since birth; even during the New Year, candy was a rare treat. Although life is often unsatisfactory, we must face it positively. A day is a day, whether you're happy or unhappy; who knows, something unexpected might happen someday!
Yingbao: "Brother, let's wait for the brothers to come back and eat together. Otherwise, if you finish eating now, and then the brothers come back and I eat with them, you'll feel really uncomfortable watching!"
"No way... It'll take so long to wait for my brother and the others, Yingbao, how about we eat something first?" Xiao Mingchen's face was practically screaming, "I want to eat this so badly!"
"Brother and the others will be back soon, it won't be long. Little brother, why don't you go to the woodpile in the backyard and get some firewood and sticks? We'll help Daddy and the others cook. I'll go wash the vegetables," Yingbao said as she used her tiny body and little feet to climb up the cupboard door on a small wooden stool, looking for the vegetable basins. Ye Tianyong had just finished putting things away when he turned around and was so frightened that his heart almost jumped out of his throat!
Then, he rushed to the cupboard and picked Yingbao up, saying with lingering fear, "Yingbao, if you want to find something, just let your dad or your brother find it. Look how dangerous you were lying on the cupboard just now. What if you had fallen and gotten hurt? How would I explain to your mother and grandma?"
"I'm sorry, Daddy. I just wanted to find a basin to wash yesterday's vegetables to lighten your and Mom's burden a little, so you wouldn't be so tired." Yingbao put her hands behind her back, looking like she had done something wrong and was waiting to be scolded!
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