Liu Cuihua stretched out her hand, wanting to call out to Ye Zhiqiu, but he ran so fast that he disappeared in an instant. She could only let go of her hand, feeling both amused and helpless, but her heart felt warm.
It's not like they didn't have friends over the years, but they were poor and had no connections! Given the Qian family's situation, no one was willing to come over, fearing that they would borrow money or food.
The truth is, the two bottles of wine they had when they visited the Ye family were both borrowed...
After Ye Zhiqiu left the yard at No. 63, he headed home. When he got home, there was half a pound of pork in the bamboo basket in his hand, and he took it to the kitchen to give it to Wang Xiaolan.
"Mom, when I was going out, I met someone selling pork illegally on the road for only 60 cents, and he didn't even need a ticket. I bought a pound, gave half to Aunt Liu's family, and brought the other half back."
Wang Xiaolan took the basket and saw the plump meat. She said happily, "Son, this is a great deal. It's really good meat! Giving half to you, Aunt Liu, is a great idea!"
Ye Zhiqiu smiled and asked, "Mom, Aunt Liu knows how to make sweet potato vermicelli. Did you know that?"
Wang Xiaolan thought about it. She had never heard Cuihua mention this before! And knowing how to make sweet potato vermicelli wasn't that surprising, right?
It wasn't because of the family he was born into, that meant they weren't farmers, but ordinary city dwellers who worked as hired laborers. And Old Ye wasn't a farmer either, so it was strange that his family could make this kind of thing!
"I haven't heard her mention this before, why are you asking this all of a sudden?"
Ye Zhiqiu quickly explained, "Mom, sweet potatoes are five cents a pound right now, but I can buy them for three cents a pound. Five pounds of sweet potatoes makes about a pound of vermicelli noodles. I want to get some sweet potatoes and let you learn how to make this from Aunt Liu. What do you think?"
It turned out that her son wanted to eat vermicelli noodles. She smiled and replied, "Why not? I'm idle at home anyway, so it's a good thing for me to learn a skill. Then you can bring back some sweet potatoes! Your aunt and I will learn how to make vermicelli noodles and stew them for you."
"Okay, I'll be back in the afternoon!"
When they returned to the living room, Ye Bailu was teasing Xiao Hei, but Ye Wubing fell asleep on the table!
It only took half an hour to go back and forth, how come the second one fell asleep!
He couldn't help but ask, "Little sister, what's wrong with your second brother? Wasn't he supposed to teach you how to read? Why did he end up sleeping?"
Ye Bailu put Xiao Hei down, walked over to Ye Zhiqiu, pointed at Ye Wubing and whispered, "Big brother, don't wake up the second brother. He said he's tired from catching shrimp and needs a nap in the afternoon to have more energy. He wants to go to the river to catch some fish for me!"
Damn it, what the hell is this guy learning! He's obviously an Air Force guy just like me, and he's using fishing to trick a little girl...
I can't do such a thing myself. After all, even if the fish don't bite, I can definitely eat the fish.
Unlike the second brother, who is nothing but a trickster.
"Okay, then don't wake him up, don't give him meat at night, and don't let him teach you how to read!"
Hearing the word "eat meat", Ye Wubing, who had never slept much, woke up instantly! He wiped his mouth, which was drooling from sleeping, and saw Ye Zhiqiu with a half-smile on his face.
He hurriedly asked curiously, "Brother, why are you looking at me? Oh, I think I heard the words 'eating meat'. Did you buy meat as a reward for catching so many shrimps?"
Ye Zhiqiu said angrily, "How about I reward you with a brain explosion? All you do all day is eat and eat, and you're lazy when I ask you to teach your little sister how to read!"
Ye Wubing had a bitter face and said in great pain: "I really don't know how to teach her. It's as difficult as climbing to the sky for me to teach her to recognize words! She can ask dozens of questions about a single word. Big brother, please spare me! I feel like I'm going crazy. You can't ignore me just because you're worried about going crazy..."
Seeing Ye Wubing's state, Ye Zhiqiu felt a little guilty! It was really because my little sister's questions were endless and could really give me a headache.
So he straightened his face and said comfortingly, "Okay, big brother, I know you've worked hard. I'll give you a piece of my meat tonight. Is that okay?"
Ye Wubing looked troubled, as if he was struggling. He wondered if it was because of a piece of flesh that he couldn't suppress the conflict in his heart!
So Ye Zhiqiu immediately continued to increase the price, saying, "Two pieces! Second brother, you should know that tonight I'm stir-frying wild vegetables with fatty pork. Each person gets five or six slices of meat. Giving you two slices means there's not much left!"
"Then you can't regret it, ok?"
"A gentleman's word is as good as gold."
At this time, Ye Bailu, who had been listening to the conversation between the two, said with a serious face: "Big brother, if you give my second brother two pieces of meat, then if you don't give me two pieces, I won't learn to read!"
Ye Zhiqiu was stunned for a moment, then he breathed a sigh of relief. He smiled and said to Ye Wubing, "Since my little sister is taking the initiative to not learn to read, then forget the deal!"
The naive Ye Bailu would not know that if her parents had not assigned the task of teaching her to read to her eldest brother, he would not have wanted to take on this important responsibility!
After school, I can just throw it to the red education class and the primary school teachers to worry about. Isn't that a good thing? Why bother asking for trouble?
Hearing what her two brothers said, Ye Bailu's little brain was confused. She tried to lower the price and said, "Brother, I want a piece of meat in exchange for learning to read?"
Ye Wubing said righteously, "No! Little sister, you don't want to learn to read at all. Why don't you think about how to make dad happy when he comes back tonight? Maybe he will give you all the meat!"
Ye Bailu said with a troubled look on her face, "Dad is so tired from work. Mom said he works so hard to earn money and I can't eat too much of his meat."
Ye Zhiqiu rubbed her head and asked with amusement, "Big Brother also works, why do you feel so at ease eating my meat?"
"Because big brother is a lazy pig, second brother told me! Pigs wake up earlier than you in the morning and know how to grunt and beg for food. Big brother is too lazy to even eat breakfast, so he's lazier than a pig..."
As soon as Ye Bailu finished speaking, Ye Wubing knew he was in trouble and he ran out!
Ye Zhiqiu was two beats late. By the time he picked up the feather duster, Ye Wubing had already run to the middle of the yard.
He ran out and cursed, "Stop right there, you bastard! You actually taught me to say bad things about me behind my back. Today I'll let you know how many eyes the Horse King has!"
"Brother, please stop chasing me. I know I was wrong! I just said it casually. Who knew I couldn't remember anything and only remembered this nonsense!"
Ye Wubing was not stupid, and he certainly would not stop to be beaten, so he ran straight out the door.
When he turned around, he saw Ye Zhiqiu coming out angrily, and he was so scared that he ran away!
Ye Zhiqiu was really angry. He had always thought that the second brother was unlucky. Now that he thought about the beating he got, it was a belated retribution for justice!
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