The child hiding in the corner was startled by Lin Qixia and hesitated whether to go over.
Lin Qixia noticed that after only one day apart, Lin Yi's attitude towards her aunt had become more timid and fearful.
She glanced at Lin Jiudong, who was hiding in the room not far away, and guessed that she might have said something to the child again.
Lin Jiudong was looking at her through the window, his eyes filled with smug provocation.
During the day, she saw her little niece staring longingly at the door, and when she asked, she found out that she was waiting for Lin Qixia.
Why is her niece so close to her?
Lin Jiudong was unwilling to give up, so she deliberately said a few more words to her little niece: "Do you think Aunt Qixia will buy you food? You should be grateful if she doesn't try to sell you to get food."
Lin Yi believed her words, which is why she was so afraid of Lin Qixia.
He Zhilan noticed Lin Qixia's embarrassment and gently persuaded Lin Yi, "Yi'er, be good, why are you afraid of your aunt? Your aunt is good to you~ Come here!"
"Oh," Lin Yi replied, moving her feet toward them.
As she walked, Lin Qixia also began to unpack the candied fruit: "Come on, look what good things your aunt bought for you to eat!"
As soon as the paper package was opened, the sweet aroma of candied fruit wafted to her nose, and she widened her eyes and quickened her pace to get closer.
"Candied fruit?" She looked up at Lin Qixia with a surprised expression.
My aunt didn't intend to sell herself; she just wanted to buy food for herself.
"Yes, candied fruit." Lin Qixia smiled, her eyes crinkling, and handed her the paper package: "Yi'er, try it, is it delicious?"
He Zhilan hesitated for a moment before asking, "Is this... appropriate?"
After all, it was bought with money earned by my sister-in-law through hard work collecting medicinal herbs.
Lin Yi also stopped moving because of her mother's words and did not dare to reach out to take it.
Lin Jiudong, looking out the window not far away, also watched Lin Qixia's actions with surprise.
Did she really buy food for the child on her own initiative?
It's like the sun has risen in the west!
Lin Qixia smiled and said to her sister-in-law, "Of course~ It was originally bought for Yi'er. How can a child not have eaten candied fruit?"
In my memory, the Lin family had always lived a hard life, after all, the eldest brother, Lin Xiao, had been forced to perform corvée labor for so many years.
He wasn't even there when Lin Yi was born.
After Lin Xiao returned from his corvée labor service injured, the Lin family spent a lot of money on his treatment, making their lives even more difficult.
In addition, with those two eccentric aunts, Lin Jiudong and Lin Qixia, she usually never gets to eat anything good at home.
In the original owner's memory, Lin Yi had never eaten anything good.
Otherwise, she wouldn't be almost four years old, but still shorter than her peers, and look so thin and small.
At this moment, Lin Yi stared longingly at the candied fruit in Lin Qixia's hand, swallowing her saliva.
Lin Yi remembers that Zhang Ji and Er Ni, two children from the same village, had eaten candied fruit and boasted to her that it was delicious.
She had fantasized countless times about the taste of candied fruit.
Will I really get to eat it this time?
My aunt wasn't lying to me?
"Here, eat up," Lin Qixia said to her again.
As he spoke, he held the candied fruit in his hand even closer.
"Mmm!" Lin Yi finally believed it completely and responded.
She carefully wiped her hands and reached for the candied fruit.
After picking it up, she carefully brought it to her lips and licked it with her tongue first.
Instantly, a sweetness beyond her imagination filled her tongue.
Lin Yi's eyes widened, and the next second she couldn't wait to stuff the candied fruit into her mouth.
Suddenly, the sweetness of the candied fruit was amplified several times, and it also had a sour taste.
So this is what candied fruit tastes like—sweet and sour.
Lin Yi looked at her aunt Lin Qixia with teary eyes: "Mmm...delicious, the candied fruit is so delicious, Aunt!"
There was an indescribable happiness on the child's face.
Lin Qixia smiled and reached out to rub her head.
Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that the child's hair was soft but somewhat dry and yellow, clearly indicating malnutrition.
Not only her, but all the adults in the Lin family were also incredibly thin.
While feeling sorry for her family, Lin Qixia also decided that she needed to work harder to earn money and raise them to be healthy and well-fed.
After all, one needs good physical fitness to survive the famine and chaos that followed.
"Besides the candied fruit, I also bought a few meat buns and a bag of mung bean cakes." Lin Qixia said, taking out the mung bean cakes and handing them to He Zhilan. "Sister-in-law, call your brother and let's go inside to eat."
Upon hearing Lin Qixia's words, He Zhilan was speechless for a moment before replying, "Okay!"
She no longer doubts her sister-in-law at all.
Her Xia'er is really capable; she managed to sell a basket of Atractylodes macrocephala herbs for so much money to buy all these things.
He Zhilan first helped Lin Qixia move the things she bought into the main room and put them away, and then helped her older brother Lin Xiao out.
Although Lin Xiao's legs were crippled, they were not completely numb.
He can barely walk when someone helps him, but apart from He Zhilan, no one in the family can help him.
Lin Xiao didn't want his wife to be overworked, so he spent most of his time confined to his room.
"Brother Xiao, Xia'er made a lot of money selling herbs today and bought a lot of food," He Zhilan said happily to Lin Xiao after returning to the west wing.
Lin Xiao snorted upon hearing this: "Even so, don't praise her too much. This little girl is spoiled and arrogant. It wouldn't be good if you praised her so much that she didn't know her own worth."
The mountain is so dangerous; it's already an adventure for her to go there even once.
Lin Xiao was afraid that she would benefit from this experience and would frequently go to the mountains in the future.
He Zhilan understood his meaning and sighed, "My husband and I are not capable enough to take care of the two sisters too much. The third sister has embroidery skills and will not have to worry about the future. The second sister... can master the skill of identifying herbs, which will be good for her in the future."
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