Zheng Shan just doesn't like to talk, she's not stupid.
After being reminded by Lin Nianhe, the tears fell from the little girl's eyes, but she grinned.
Zheng Shan has been with Shili Brigade for several months, but this is the first time Lin Nianhe has seen her smile.
Before Lin Nianhe had time to take a good look at the little girl's beautiful smiling face, she dropped her pencil and ran to the edge of the kang, looking at Zheng Lirong eagerly.
Zheng Lirong couldn't bear it any longer, so she took off her cold military coat, called "girl", and hugged Zheng Shan into her arms.
Zheng Shan put her arms around Zheng Lirong's neck and called her mother.
The little girl's clear, childish and choked voice was heartbreaking, and several people in the room had red eyes.
Lin Nianhe blinked, his eyelashes stained with mist. She silently picked up the pencil with the broken tip, walked around a few people to get off the kang, and said to Zheng Lirong, "Sister Lirong, sit here for a while, and I'll go find Xiaojun."
Zheng Lirong saw that her daughter was clean and knew that Lin Nianhe and the others must be very good to the two children. She looked at Lin Nianhe with grateful eyes and nodded, and asked casually: "What did Xiaojun do? Why don't you stay with his sister."
"Well……"
Either I'm catching bugs, I'm feeding the chickens, or I'm digging in the snow.
Lin Nianhe was just thinking about how to explain to Zheng Lirong that her son might be a little crooked, when there was another knock on the door.
"Sister Hehe, can we come in?"
It's Niu Wa's voice.
After hearing this voice, Wang Shumei couldn't help but glance at Lin Nianhe.
This kid has been surrounded by Lin Nianhe, and he has almost become a villain - how could other seven-year-old children knock on other people's doors but call Lin Nianhe's name?
Lin Nianhe was already accustomed to Niu Wa's operations, so he responded without much thought: "Come in quickly."
The door was opened, and two little guys came out from behind the curtain.
Lin Nianhe looked at them and was happy: "It saves me trouble, I don't have to look for him."
Zheng Lirong was stunned when she saw Bai Xiaojun.
Bai Xiaojun wore a black semi-old leather jacket with a hemp rope tied around his waist. The Lei Feng hat on his head was tilted, and his little face was still round, but black and red, with two tubes of snot hanging from his nose. I don't know what he ate, but the area around his mouth is black. Those hands didn't know what they had grabbed, they were so dirty that you couldn't even see them. No part of him was clean from head to toe, as if he had just climbed out of eight laps in the mud.
Bai Xiaojun's eyes immediately lit up when he saw Zheng Lirong, he shouted "Mom" stupidly and was about to throw himself into her arms.
Zheng Lirong looked at her son who looked like a little beggar, and then at her clean and beautiful daughter. She felt very complicated.
Is this little briquette really her son?
Lin Nianhe knew what Zheng Lirong was thinking just by looking at her questioning expression, and couldn't help but want to laugh: "Sister Lirong, Xiaojun is still young and can't learn much at ordinary times. He just plays with the children in the village. The village is not like the city. He played it carefully, so I didn't let him get dressed to avoid wasting it... Safety is no problem, Cao Shijian follows him every day."
Zheng Lirong nodded repeatedly: "I know, I know."
Looking at Zheng Shan's appearance, she knew that Lin Nianhe and the others must not have treated their two children badly, and her son's death was definitely his own fault.
Lin Nianhe smiled and rubbed Bai Xiaojun's head: "Come here, I'll mix some water for you and wash your hands."
"Okay!" Bai Xiaojun also felt a little dirty and planned to wash it off before asking his mother for a hug.
Lin Nianhe put on his military coat and took Niu Wa and Bai Xiaojun to the kitchen. He poured hot water from the thermos and mixed it with hot water for them to wash their hands and faces.
After they finished washing for the first time, the water in the basin turned black.
Lin Nianhe smacked his tongue, poured the water into another basin.
After washing it three times, Bai Xiaojun was finally able to read it.
When they were washing their hands, Lin Nianhe asked Niu Wa, dumbfounded, "What on earth did you two do?"
Bai Xiaojun was particularly dirty today.
Niu Wa's eyes were bright and she replied: "We are going to catch sparrows!"
"Then what? Caught?" Lin Nianhe was a little curious.
"No." Niu Wa said, "Tie Zhu's method didn't work. Then Brother Su saw them when he passed by, so he tied a slingshot and helped us shoot a few."
Lin Nianhe: "...!"
Does Su Yuncheng still have the skill of playing sparrow? Why hadn't she heard him talk about it before?
She thought of the few shots he had fired. They were accurate. If he wanted to hit the knee, he would never hit the calf. If he wanted to hit the left, he would never touch the right.
Thinking about it this way, shooting a few sparrows is purely a reasonable and routine operation.
Bai Xiaojun's eyes were flashing with stars: "Sister Lin, Brother Su is so awesome, I like him so much!"
"You want to..." learn how to shoot sparrows from him?
Before Lin Nianhe finished asking, Bai Xiaojun said: "The sparrows he roasted are so delicious!"
Lin Nianhe: "..."
Bai Xiaojun, my grandfather was a professor with many talents all over the world, my mother is now a famous figure in the provincial capital, and my father used to be a big brother, but...how come he only has a naughty mind?
Suddenly I feel that genetics is not very reliable.
Lin Nianhe silently wiped their hands and faces clean, and then led the two children out of the kitchen.
She greeted outside the door: "Sister Lirong, come to my place to talk."
The two rooms in the front yard are not big, and it is difficult to turn around when a group of people are crowded together.
"Hey, okay."
It took a while for Zheng Lirong to come out with Zheng Shan in her arms, not even the boxes and sacks she brought.
Lin Nianhe's hut was very warm. She had just gone to the front yard not long ago. She had just turned off the heater before leaving, and the kang was still warm.
Lin Nianhe made a cup of black tea for Zheng Lirong, brought snacks and malted milk for the three children, and then explained to Zheng Lirong: "Xiaojun just went with them to catch sparrows and roast them."
Zheng Lirong burst into laughter, pinched her son's face and asked, "Can you still catch sparrows?"
Bai Xiaojun drank the sweet malted milk, his eyes brightened: "I didn't catch him, it was Brother Su..."
He once again described how delicious the roasted sparrow was.
He spoke vividly and with such joy that one could help but hold his head while listening.
Lin Nianhe: "Sister Lirong, do you believe me when I say that he can eat meat at least twice a week?"
Bai Xiaojun has never been at a loss, especially recently. The chickens in the chicken coop have begun to lay eggs. The children in the village primary school have eggs to eat every day, and even the children in the city cannot compare.
Zheng Lirong smiled and nodded: "I know, I know, this kid has been greedy since he was a child..."
Zheng Lirong was also helpless about this. Over the years, no matter whether her family was poor or rich, she had never lost food for her two children. Why did Bai Xiaojun's eyes always light up when he saw food?
Bai Xiaojun stood aside and suddenly thought of something. He took out half a frozen roasted sparrow from his black pocket and was about to stuff it into Zheng Shan's mouth. He even said: "Sister, I left this for you. You Fast food!"
Zheng Shan: "...!"
(End of chapter)
