After transmigrating into a stepmother, I transformed my whole family to work on farming

Chapter 33 Maltose

The four Dalang brothers and sisters took the copper coins and went straight to Liu Guolang's house.

The shopkeeper hasn't come back yet, his wife Yunniang is guarding the stall.

This was the first time that the brothers and sisters stood under this stall, knocked on the door, handed money in, and bought maltose.

Yun Niang was a little surprised when she saw it was the four of them. In the past, she had never seen the four of them with money in their hands. They were always dressed in rags, undressy, dirty and smelly, like beggars.

Now she not only took the copper coins to buy candies, but also kept them tidy. Yun Niang was even surprised to find that the four children of Liu Ji's family all looked pretty good.

The first time he came, Da Lang was a little cautious, and the remaining three dared not speak, and looked eagerly at his eldest brother.

Yun Niang received four coins and asked uncertainly: "Do you want four?"

"Yes, four." Dalang responded.

Yunniang nodded, opened the sugar jar, broke four small sticks, twisted four sticks and handed them out.

Dalang handed each one to his younger brothers and sisters, and took the last one in his hand. The four brothers and sisters smiled in surprise, and couldn't wait to stick out their tongues and take a lick. It was sweet and smelled of wheat, and it tasted better than expected. Even better.

No wonder everyone loves it.Dalang thought happily in his heart.

Erlang said in a low voice, "It would be nice if Dad asked us how to cook tomorrow."

"He will still ask." Dalang knew very well what level his own father was and was very sure.

He just wanted to get the copper plate out of his father's hand, I'm afraid it won't be that easy.

"Hey, Dalang, wait a minute!"

Yunniang suddenly remembered the straw sandals that Qin Yao had consigned earlier, and hurriedly called back the four brothers and sisters, handed out 25 Wen to Da Lang, and told him to keep it so that it would not be lost.

"This is your mother's money for selling the straw sandals. Tell her that the straw sandals are all sold out. The total is 25 Wen. Do you understand?"

Everyone in Dalang knew about this matter, so he nodded hurriedly to say yes, Dalang put the money in his arms, and asked Yunniang if she was okay, and then left.

Halfway down the road, Siniang and Erlang had already finished their candy.

Da Lang had one mouthful left, seeing the two of them looking at him eagerly, he smiled helplessly and handed the rest to them.

But the two of them shook their heads sensibly. Siniang looked at her eldest brother with bright eyes and said, "Brother, you eat."

Erlang swallowed with greed, but he insisted on letting his brother finish the meal by himself.

In the end, only Sanlang was left, holding the stick in one small hand and shielding the candy with the other, he stopped eating after only two mouthfuls.

Erlang curiously asked him why he didn't eat, and he said, "I want to eat slowly."

A few people didn't care about him.

When passing by the river, Erlang wanted to stay here and pick up stones with Jinbao, but he really wanted to play.

Saburo immediately said that he also wanted to play here.

Dalang turned to ask his sister, Si Niang shook her head, and the two went home first.

When he was leaving, Dalang told Erlang to take good care of Saburo and not to fall into the river.

But now is the dry season, most of the water in the river has already dried up, and there are still so many people around, so don't worry too much.

There are exposed riverbeds everywhere here, and there are large and small stones on them. Liu Fei and Jin Bao picked up these stones.

Qin Yao was in charge of picking all these stones back for Uncle Jiu and the others to lay the foundation.

She was busy, and only glanced at Erlang Saburo, who was picking up stones with Jinbao on the bank of the river. He carried the heavy stones ashore, walked across the wooden bridge, and walked along the slope to the door of the house. It took 10 minutes one way and more than half an hour back and forth. .

On the bank of the river, Jin Bao saw the candy in San Lang's hand and wanted to take a bite, but San Lang refused.

Jin Bao swallowed, envious, but seeing that Saburo refused to share him, he snorted out of face, "I don't care about it, my mother just bought it for me yesterday, and I'm already tired of eating it!"

After finishing speaking, Saburo still ignored him, and angrily pulled Erlang to turn over the round cobblestones.

This stone is the most beautiful for paving, and it is also interesting to pick it up. The two children were very happy while picking it up while playing.

Saburo looked at the wooden bridge not far away with some sadness, looked down at the sugar that was about to melt in his hand, and quickly twisted it twice, fixed it, and continued to look at the wooden bridge.

Qin Yao came back with an empty load. Sanlang was too small and huddled under a willow tree. The weeds around him were taller than him.

Qin Yao didn't notice, and continued to walk through the grass to the river, put down the empty frame, and picked up the stone frame filled by Liu Fei and other young people.

Seeing her walking past him again, Sanlang seemed to realize that his position was not good, so he moved to the end of the bridge and stood on the edge of the bridge pier.

Another twenty minutes passed, and this time Qin Yao finally found him, and asked in surprise, "Sanlang, why are you here?"

The villain with his back to her turned around immediately, his big eyes sparkled instantly, and he handed her the candy in his hand.

But I don't want to, after so long, the sugar has melted a little, and it looks like a mess.

Before Qin Yao could react, the little guy lowered his head in disappointment.

"Are you leaving the candy for me?" Qin Yao squatted down in front of him, put down the frame and pole, reached for the maltose in the little guy's hand, and asked in surprise.

The depressed little guy immediately raised his head to look at her, and nodded with a "hmm".

Qin Yao asked curiously: "Then you don't eat it yourself?"

Saburo shook his head and said, "You eat."

The small mouth squirmed unconsciously and swallowed.

This candy, which looks like a mess, is already the best thing in San Lang's eyes.

It was also the first time for him to eat it, so how could he not want to eat it?

"Is it specially reserved for me?"

Saburo nodded shyly.

Qin Yao looked at this expectant little face, and smiled slightly, "Then let's eat together."

Saburo refused, and insisted on giving it to Qin Yao. How could Qin Yao snatch it from the child, so he took a bite of his maltose, and then gave him the rest, saying that he had had enough, and asked him to take the rest Candy to help finish eating.

Saburo did not doubt that he was there, took the remaining maltose, licked it in small bites, followed behind Qin Yao's buttocks, and gave her a satisfied and shy smile from time to time.

Qin Yao could see that the little guy wanted to cling to her, but she was embarrassed to say so, and told him to watch the road and not to fall, so she let him go.

Returning home with another load of stones, Saburo sent her all the way to the wooden bridge, and then followed her to the river when she came back, and so on.

I had already eaten all the maltose, but my happiness continued.

The short legs were not walking fast, Qin Yao didn't deliberately slow down because of him, there was a distance of at least a mile between one big and one small, and from a distance, it looked like a small tail fell behind Qin Yao.

It was getting late, and the relatives who came to help the workers had been busy all day. As soon as Uncle Jiu called to stop, they tacitly took their tools and went home for dinner.

In the kitchen, Liu Ji nervously brought a large bowl of meat into the main room, arranged the bowls and chopsticks, put down a pot of slightly burnt rice, and called the children to sit down, waiting for Qin Yao to get there before starting the meal.

(End of this chapter)