"It's a sesame pancake." The old lady looked at Bai An kindly and said, "One third of it."
"Brother." Before Bai An could say anything else, Lu Jinan directly handed the money to the old lady.
Bai An ate the pancake, his mouth was full, and he said indistinctly: "Brother, you are so nice."
Lu Jinan smiled and rubbed Bai An's head, "You only remember my kindness now."
"Brother is always well." Bai An moved closer to Lu Jinan, put his face in front of him, and secretly wiped his mouth with his clothes.
Seeing Bai An's little action, Lu Jinan pinched her face and asked with a smile, "Is this how you repay your brother?"
Bai An, who was caught, was a little embarrassed. At that moment, an uncle selling candied haws passed by them.
"Tang Haws, delicious Tang Haws."
Bai An, whose little face was pinched, stared at Lu Jinan with pitiful eyes and pouted slightly.
"elder brother."
...
...
Lu Jinan glanced at the candied haws in front of him, his eyes full of smiles, and took out a handkerchief to wipe the remaining crumbs from the corners of Bai An's mouth.
"Why are you just standing there? Aren't you afraid that the candied haws will disappear soon?"
Bai An and Lu Jinan, each holding a string of candied haws in their hands, walked on the deserted street.
Lu Jinan was eating the candied haws in his hand bit by bit. Hearing the chewing sound coming from above his head, Bai An couldn't help but look up.
Feeling that Bai An's eyes were constantly looking at him, Lu Jinan raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Why do you keep looking at me?"
Bai An's eyes rolled around and he whispered, "Nothing, I just didn't know my brother also eats candied haws."
Lu Jinan patted Bai An's head gently and said, "Brother is also an ordinary person and has his own favorite things."
Covering his beaten head, Bai An looked at a clothing store nearby.
"Brother, how much money do you have in your pocket?"
Lu Jinan thought Bai An wanted to buy something, so he looked in the direction Bai An was looking.
"You want to buy clothes, right?" When Lu Jinan was thinking about whether he had enough money, Bai An directly grabbed his hand.
Bai An put all his private money in Lu Jinan's hands. In fact, Bai An still doesn't quite understand the prices in this era.
He leaned close to Lu Jinan's ear and whispered, "I want to buy a piece of clothing for my mother. Brother, can you help me bargain for it later?"
Looking at the money Bai An stuffed into his hands, Lu Jinan wondered where Bai An's money came from.
"Boss." Bai An walked into the store and asked a woman in front of the counter, "What are the most fashionable clothes here?"
"This one." The shop owner picked up a dark blue robe and said, "This color and style are very popular now."
Looking at the clothes in the boss's hand, Bai An was a little hesitant. In her heart, she thought that the plain and elegant cheongsam would be more suitable for her mother, but the cheongsam was too out of place in their village.
The three main colors popular in the village are blue, green, gray and black. Rectangular patches are often placed on the knees because the cloth coupons issued each year are limited and the per capita quota is 16 feet.
A popular slogan among the villagers is: three years new, three years old, and another three years of mending.
But occasionally a few fashionable young people would wear bell-bottom pants or Dacron clothes.
Bai An would "pick up" a few pieces of clothes from time to time, but her mother would still cut them into the styles that were common in the village at the time.
Because of my mother’s personality, even if she bought a cheongsam, she might not be comfortable wearing it outside.
Bai An turned around and asked the dazed Lu Jinan, "Which one do you think looks good?"
Lu Jinan came back to his senses and looked up at the clothes displayed in the store.
Too rustic.
Too bright.
too……
After picking and choosing, Lu Jinan pointed to an elegant emerald green cheongsam.
"Mom would love this one."
Bai An also saw this, but she wondered if her mother would really wear it.
"Whether mom likes it is one thing, whether she wears it is another."
Lu Jinan touched Bai An's head and said, "Don't think too much. The thought is what matters most."
Bai An thought about it and felt that Lu Jinan was right.
When it came time to pay later, even with Bai An's money plus Lu Jinan's money, it was still not enough.
"Brother, what should we do?" Bai An had a gloomy face, holding the pile of money in his hand.
Lu Jinan took Bai An's hand and comforted him, "Dad still has money. Just go ask him for it later."
Although he said this, Lu Jinan was not sure whether his father would have any money left after buying the bicycle.
When we found Lu Demin, he had already bought a car, a stylish 28-inch bicycle.
"Dad, do you have any money left?" Lu Jinan walked to Lu Demin's side, took Bai An's hand and said, "Bai An wants to buy a cheongsam for mom, but we don't have enough money."
"It's a cheongsam." Lu Demin pushed his bicycle out and said with some nostalgia, "Your mother used to love wearing it."
Lu Demin patted the seat behind him and said, "Come up, we will buy a cheongsam for your mother now."
Lu Jinan looked at his father in front of him with high morale, and either he didn't trust him, or...
"Dad, can you ride a bike?"
Lu Jinan couldn't joke about his and Bai An's lives, but Lu Deming was too confident.
When Bai An heard the question asked by Lu Jinan, he looked at his father with some distrust.
Under the gazes of the two children, Lu Demin smiled heartily, "Your dad, I learned how to ride a bicycle when I was a kid."
"Bai An, you sit in the front, Jin An, you sit in the back."
Bai An listened to Lu Demin's words and walked up to him. Looking at the seat with only one strip in front of him, he said, "The clothing store is not far away. How about I walk over there and show Dad the way?"
Lu Demin directly pulled Bai An to sit in front of him, then turned to look at Lu Jinan who was still hesitating.
"I'll sit." Lu Jinan held Lu Deming's hand and slowly sat on the chair behind him, holding his clothes tightly.
"Bai An, be careful." Lu Jinan said worriedly when he saw Bai An sitting on a bar.
Bai An hummed and wiggled his butt uncomfortably.
Lu Demin patted Bai An's head and said, "Sit still and don't move."
Lu Demin lifted the foot that was supporting the ground and pushed forward with force.
The bicycle moved forward in a crooked manner.
"Ahhh, Dad." Bai An felt his whole body shaking, as if he was going to fall down in the next second. He shouted in fear, "I'm going to fall down!"
Lu Deming looked forward with a determined look, his hands tightly gripping the handlebars. How could he fall off the bike he had been riding for more than ten years?
"Snap."
When the car was about to fall over, Lu Demin protected Bai An in front and jumped out of the car, safe and sound.
Lu Jinan just watched himself fall down with the car. Bai An and Lu Deming were standing beside him and watched him fall down.
“You…you guys.”
Before he could finish his words, Lu Jinan, who was lying on the ground, saw his father running towards him with a distressed look in his eyes.
At least there is some conscience.
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