After being shocked, Erhuazi shook his head and looked at Lingbao again, wondering if it was his imagination? He seemed to see Lingbao's eyes change color.
Shen Su'e walked out of the kitchen at this time and shouted in the direction of her second son: "What are you doing at the door? Come here quickly!"
"Oh." In response, Erhuazi hurriedly walked towards his mother.
"Take this money, it's ten yuan in total, and see how many food stamps you can buy." Shen Su'e neatly folded one five-dollar bill and five one-dollar bills, handed them out, and said, "Don't be mean. Son, do you hear me?"
"Why can I be so mean? Don't worry, I will pay you back whatever money is left in the end, and I won't hide any of it."
While the two were talking, Lingbao ran back into the house.
"Daddy, daddy," she said to her father, who was putting on his rag shoes with his head down, "the second brother is here, daddy, is the second brother a bad guy?"
"Ah?" Jiang Qingshan was stunned for a moment, thinking that it was normal for Lingbao to ask this question. Erhuazi had not done anything good since the day she was brought home.
Touching Lingbao's little head, he said: "Your second brother is not bad."
"But he made my mother unhappy before, and he came to the house with the bad aunts to snatch meat. Lingbao didn't like him. Lingbao didn't like anyone who made my mother angry."
"Your second brother, what should I say?" Jiang Qingshan thought seriously, "It's just that he has grown up and thinks his wife is more important. He listens to his wife in everything for fear that his wife will be unhappy. Lingbao, you understand?"
The little baby shook her head, "I don't understand, how can a daughter-in-law be more important than my mother? When Lingbao marries his daughter-in-law, he will also love his mother the most."
Her father was so amused by her that he almost couldn't see his eyes, "Hahahahaha, little fool, you are a girl, you can't get a wife..."
Jiang Qingshan didn't know how to explain it, "In short, only boys can marry wives, but girls cannot."
The little girl seemed to understand, "Anyway, Lingbao thinks that a daughter-in-law is not as important as a mother."
"Actually, when a man marries his daughter-in-law, he should be more partial to his daughter-in-law. Your second sister-in-law is too much. I can't explain it to you. In short, the world of adults is very complicated. You will understand it when Lingbao grows up. .”
Little Lingbao frowned, trying to understand what his father said, "So, the second brother is not a big bad guy?"
"Well, although your brothers each have many shortcomings, they are not bad people."
"Lingbao understands."
Nodding his little head, Lingbao thought to himself, since the second brother is not a bad guy, should Lingbao help him?
There was a dark look between his eyebrows. If he didn't help him, something bad would happen to him today.
Outside, Erhuazi unbuttoned two buttons on his old cotton-padded jacket and carefully put the money into the inner pocket of his coat. "Mom, am I leaving then?"
"Let's go quickly," Shen Su'e urged, "don't miss the carriage."
Erhuazi looked towards the kitchen and swallowed, "Mom, can you give me some noodle soup? I don't want noodles, I just want some soup to warm me up."
After all, he was her son. Although she had complained a lot about him in the past few years, she still couldn't bear to see him shrinking his neck and shivering.
"Come in and eat," Shen Su'e said as she walked back to the kitchen and took a bowl of noodles. "There is a stove inside. It will be warmer if you sit here and eat."
In addition to the noodle soup, she also gave him some noodles with chopsticks.
"Thank you, mother." Erhuazi took the bowl and blew on the hot noodles. He first took a sip of the soup, then picked up the noodles and blew on them twice more.
Although the noodles only contain salt and alkali, they are very chewy and delicious. The salty aroma is filled with a hint of sweetness from the flour itself, and the taste is indescribably delicious.
Erhuazi squinted his eyes and felt that this was the most delicious noodle he had ever eaten. The noodles he had eaten at the noodle stall at the market in the past were incomparable to this bowl of noodles.
He was so greedy that after finishing a mouthful of noodles, he immediately picked up the noodles with chopsticks and put them into his mouth before blowing on them. It was so hot that he breathed cold air.
"Hiss...it's delicious, Mom, the noodles you made are so delicious!"
Shen Su'e smiled and said: "Eat slowly, don't burn your tongue and make it blister."
"The noodles made from Fuqiang noodles are different. They are smooth and chewy." Erhuazi finished the noodles in one go and drank up all the soup.
After closing his eyes and savoring the taste of the noodles for a while, he put the bowls and chopsticks on the stove and said, "Mom, I'm leaving! Don't worry, I promise to complete the task today and buy the flour for you."
"go quickly……"
Shen Su'e just waved her hand when a sweet little voice from outside said, "Mother, Lingbao is going with his second brother."
In an instant, both people in the room looked in her direction, "Huh?"
Erhuazi was stunned for less than two seconds, his eyes curled up, he laughed, bowed his body and asked the little baby: "Does Lingbao want to play with the second brother?"
"Yeah!" The little guy nodded, "Let's go play~"
Her mother hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Lingbao, your second brother is not going to play, he is going to town to buy things. You can't go, he doesn't have time to take care of you."
"Lingbao doesn't need anyone to take care of it. Don't worry, mother, I will take care of myself!"
Erhuazi liked the little Lingbao very much. Firstly, he thought she was smart and cute. Secondly, he thought she might be a little lucky. "Mom, Lingbao has been sitting in the house with no one to play with these days. Otherwise, why not?" Shall I take her for a walk?"
"This..." Shen Su'e hesitated, "Don't lose the person."
"Am I that unreliable? Lingbao is your and dad's heartthrob. I will definitely hold on to her. How could I lose her?"
As he said this, he seemed to have thought of something, and then continued: "That's right! If there is still some money left after buying the flour, how about I buy some maltose for Lingbao? I remember there is a maltose seller at the entrance of the alley south of the supply and marketing cooperative. There are a lot of children gathering at the stall, and Lingbao must also like to eat it."
Shen Su'e thought about how boring it was when it snowed and all the children in the village stayed indoors. Lingbao had no one to play with.
After some deliberation, she agreed: "Okay, you have to take good care of Lingbao. If she loses a hair, I won't let you go."
Erhuazi made repeated promises, and his mother finally handed over the Lingbao to him.
Before sending the Lingbao out, Shen Su'e suddenly grabbed the Lingbao and said, "Wait a moment." Then she hurried home, found the last two sweet potatoes she had hidden before, wrapped them in oil paper, and stuffed them into the Lingbao. In treasure clothes.
She had just cooked the noodles before, so she gave Lingbao a large bowl of noodles, which was almost all noodles without soup, and watched her eat it all.
At this moment, she was afraid that she would be hungry on the way to Lingbao, so after stuffing the sweet potatoes, she stuffed her with two more dollars, "Buy more delicious food, don't starve yourself."
Erhuazi on the side smiled and said: "Mom, you treat your daughter much better than your son."
Shen Su'e patted his head and said, "Am I not good to you? When you were a child, there was only one steamed bun left at home. I didn't eat a bite, so you guys ate it all."
"I know, oh, I'm not joking."
"Okay, let's get in the car quickly."
Erhuazi held Lingbao's little hand and walked all the way to the production team. He paid the driver 30 cents and got into the carriage. After everyone was full, the driver waved his whip and shouted "Drive", and the carriage started to move forward.
The villagers sitting in a car looked at Lingbao curiously and asked Erhuazi jokingly: "Don't you and your wife hate this child? Why did you take her to the town? You don't think so. Lost the person secretly?"