Chapter 33: Auntie likes a sincere good boy like you
This pound of meat sounds okay.
But the Zhou family is a prosperous family, with four rooms and two unmarried girls, totaling more than twenty people.
If this pound of meat is divided into the bowls of more than 20 people, there won't be much left.
Zhou Heishi can still get a piece of it, which is already very good.
For example, Song Yuelan and Zhou Heishi's daughter, Zhou Xiaoqing, couldn't even get a mouthful of broth.
The two people were holding the thin rice porridge in the corner and drank it in silence.
Zhou Heishi thought that Song Yuelan was in poor health, so he secretly gave the piece of meat in his bowl to Song Yuelan. Song Yuelan didn't even look at Zhou Heishi, and then gave the piece of meat in her bowl to Zhou Xiaoqing.
Zhou Xiaoqing was born dark and thin, and was wearing her aunt's old clothes that were a little too baggy. The clothes were empty enough for another Zhou Xiaoqing to be crammed into them.
She quickly glanced at her parents, then put the piece of meat into her mother's bowl, then whispered that she was full, and the man grabbed her little backpack and ran away.
Song Yuelan stared blankly at the piece of meat being pinched back and forth in the bowl. After a while, her tears fell into the bowl drop by drop.
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Zhou Xiaoqing ran to the bushes in the wild under the bright sun, squatted in a daze for a while, and began to dig wild vegetables.
In fact, most children are not afraid of heat. In the past, when they were still in the village, they often braved the scorching heat and played wildly in the sun.
Zhou Xiaoqing dug wild vegetables here for a while, and then some energetic and naughty children came over. They deliberately knocked over the small backpack that Zhou Xiaoqing had put aside to hold wild vegetables, and then added another kick to pour the wild vegetables out of the basket.
Kicked everywhere.
These naughty and mischievous children were led by Cao Hongchang in the past, and they ran around the village making trouble with chickens and dogs, and they were all very naughty.
Zhou Xiaoqing bit his lower lip, not wanting to get entangled with them. He straightened his backpack silently and began to pick up the wild vegetables that had been kicked everywhere.
After she finished picking it up, those naughty children came forward and kicked the basket away with laughter.
Zhou Xiaoqing lowered her head forbearingly. After a long while, she repeatedly lifted up the basket and picked up the wild vegetables.
Seeing Zhou Xiaoqing's behavior, those naughty kids became more and more energetic and tried to kick him again.
"What are you doing?"
Mei Qingyao strode over, stopped the naughty ones, and glared at them.
In the past, when Cao Hongchang was still hanging out with them, these naughty and mischievous children were tied to Cao Hongchang. They were no match for Mei Qingyao, let alone that their "boss" Cao Hongchang was not here yet.
Several Xiong Haizi stuck out their tongues and ran away.
Mei Qingyao squatted down, helped Zhou Xiaoqing pick up wild vegetables, and said angrily: "Those bastards bully even girls! ... Next time they bully you, just tell me and I will help you beat them up!" He
He clenched his fist and shook it.
Zhou Xiaoqing looked at Mei Qingyao blankly.
"Okay." Mei Qingyao helped Zhou Xiaoqing pick up the wild vegetables and stood up.
Zhou Xiaoqing, a little confused, also got up.
She hadn't eaten enough, and she kept squatting. When she got up, her body swayed and she almost fell.
Mei Qingyao was startled and quickly supported Zhou Xiaoqing.
After all, he was still a child and didn't understand what was going on with Zhou Xiaoqing.
Instinctively, Mei Qingyao chose to seek help from the adults she trusted most in her subconscious.
He half supported and half dragged Zhou Xiaoqing, who was weak, and hurriedly walked towards Qiao Huaping.
——This means that the two children are still young, only eight years old. No matter how idle and bored the villagers are, they will not arrange for the two children.
Qiao Huaping quickly noticed this place, said "Hey" and hurried over.
She took Zhou Xiaoqing from Mei Qingyao's hand, checked his pulse briefly, and came to the conclusion that the child was not fed enough, was malnourished, and was hungry.
Qiao Huaping thought of Song Yuelan and Zhou Xiaoqing's situation at Zhou's house.
Song Yuelan was in such a difficult situation at that time, so she helped her four cubs.
She felt more and more grateful.
Mei Qingyao swallowed nervously: "...What happened to Zhou Xiaoqing? When I went there just now, she was being bullied. Did those troublemakers make her angry?"
Qiao Huaping replied briefly: "I'm hungry."
Zhou Xiaoqing lowered his head in embarrassment.
Qiao Huaping looked at Zhou Xiaoqing's dark and thin appearance and was not very happy.
She opened the jar of brine and filled it with some brine. Then she reached into the bag and took out a piece of baked cake under the cover of the bag.
Qiao Huaping handed these to Zhou Xiaoqing: "Eat something. Your health is the capital of the journey. You don't want to fall ill on the way, right?"
Zhou Xiaoqing looked at the woman in front of him who rescued his mother from the slope late at night, and her eyes were inexplicably moist. She lowered her head and wiped away her tears: "Thank you, Aunt Qiao."
She took the bowl of meat, which had probably not been touched for several years, and the fragrant soft pancake, and ate it.
Zhou Xiaoqing was obviously very hungry and wolfed down the food.
But halfway through eating, she stopped, looked at Qiao Huaping hesitantly, hesitated for a while, and then asked in a low voice: "Aunt Qiao, I'm very full. I can take the rest of this bowl,
Can you take it to my mother?"
Qiao Huaping nodded, deliberately using a brisk tone to ease Zhou Xiaoqing's uneasiness: "Of course. But, there are a lot of things here, Aunt Qiao, you just finish it first, and I will serve another to your mother."
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She picked a few broad leaves from the bushes nearby, rinsed them with water, and then took some braised pig liver, pig lungs, pig intestines, etc. from the jar, and wrapped them tightly in the leaves.
Yes, I tied a beautiful knot with a straw stalk.
Qiao Huaping picked up the knot made of grass stalks with her fingers, shook the beautifully wrapped leaf bag, and showed off to Zhou Xiaoqing: "Isn't my bag pretty?"
Qiao Huaping raised the corner of her mouth: "Auntie likes a good and honest boy like you. Good boy, eat quickly. After you finish, take this to your mother."
She blinked and lowered her voice, as if sharing a secret with Zhou Xiaoqing: "When you take it back, hide it well so your grandma doesn't see it."
Zhou Xiaoqing had tears in his eyes, but he was smiling.
She nodded heavily: "Okay!"
After having a meal at Qiao Huaping's place, Zhou Xiaoqing thanked Qiao Huaping and Mei Qingyao seriously, put her small basket of wild vegetables on her back, and headed to Zhou's house.
Fortunately, at this time, most people in the Zhou family were taking a nap, so Zhou Xiaoqing quietly called Song Yuelan out.
The mother and daughter found a quiet place to talk where no one saw them.
She secretly gave Song Yuelan the beautifully wrapped leaf bag.
Song Yuelan touched the warm feeling in her hand and was stunned for a moment: "Where did it come from?"
Zhou Xiaoqing whispered: "Aunt Qiao gave it to me."
Song Yuelan's eyes were a little sore.
She silently opened the beautifully wrapped leaf bag in her hand, revealing the extremely fragrant pork liver, lungs, and intestines inside.
The aroma was overflowing. Zhou Xiaoqing was so full that she couldn't help but take another sip of saliva.