Chapter 19 Returning Home (2)
Du Shi's worried look was seen by Cai Wei. She played with the ends of her hair hanging on her chest and sneered, "Mother, they are just clowns. You don't have to be afraid. I have my own way to stop them."
As she spoke, the car had stopped. Cai Wei lifted the curtain and saw her small and dilapidated courtyard, the sparse fence wall, and the tall and straight poplar tree in front of the door. Under
the tree, three thin figures were looking around anxiously.
Seeing the people in the car, the three small figures ran over happily.
"Mother——"
"Eldest sister——"
The sweet voices were like a warm and gentle breeze blowing into her ears, making people happy for no reason. Cai Wei curved her eyes and opened her arms with a smile.
"Don't run, be careful not to break the eggs!" Du Shi, who was sitting in front of Cai Wei, shouted nervously.
The three little ones stopped and stared at Du Shi with clear eyes in surprise.
"Eggs? Did mother buy eggs?"
When the youngest Wu'er heard the word "eggs", he gulped his saliva. He seemed to see a bowl of hot, yellow and tender egg cake with a few oil stars floating on it...
Originally, the family raised a few chickens, and mother would occasionally steam a bowl of egg cake for them to eat, but that was more than half a year ago. Because they sold all the chickens in the family to raise capital for their father's business, they haven't eaten eggs for more than half a year.
"Not only did I buy eggs, mother also bought you meat buns and pancakes, and your sister also bought a lot of fat pork, all in the car, go and move it..." Mrs. Du urged with a smile. When
the children heard what their mother said, they cheered and ran to the front of the carriage, vying to stretch out their hands: "Eldest sister, did you really buy so many things?"
"Eldest sister, I'll move it, I'll..."
"Okay, don't squeeze!" Caiwei took the bag of white rice.
"Wen'er, you and your second sister come and carry this bag of rice."
"Wu'er, take the meat buns and pancakes into the house..."
The children cheered and jumped for joy, happier than during the Chinese New Year. Their eldest sister and mother brought them a whole bag of rice and a basket full of eggs...
You know, usually only during the Chinese New Year would their father buy two kilograms of rice, and the whole family could only eat a bowl of rice on New Year's Eve, and each person could only eat one bowl.
As for white flour, they could only eat a bowl of noodles when someone had a birthday. On weekdays, they ate cornmeal porridge mixed with brown rice. Even with cornmeal porridge, they couldn't eat enough every meal...
It was said that luxury items such as meat buns and candy men cost two or three cents each. They didn't even dare to think about it, and only ate them secretly in their dreams...
Fei'er couldn't take her eyes off those pieces of brightly colored pure cotton cloth. She was ten years old and had never worn a new piece of clothing. They were all given to her by her older sister when they were too small. My sister's clothes were very poor, all made of earth-colored coarse cloth. Because earth-colored cloth is a natural color after it is woven without being bleached or dyed, earth-colored cloth is the cheapest. Because of its cheapness, the clothes of men, women, old and young in the family are all made of earth-colored coarse cloth.
God knows, as a girl, she wishes she could have a piece of colored clothing without patches, just like this piece of light yellow cotton cloth in front of her. If it was made into a small jacket and worn on the body, how beautiful it would be!
Things were moved back into the house one by one. The children sat around on the kang, excitedly flipping through the new things Caiwei bought, and exclaimed from time to time. The dim candlelight reflected on their tender little faces, and those pairs of eyes filled with surprise and astonishment were so soul-stirring.
Caiwei felt that there would never be a more fulfilling moment in her life than this!