Rebirth at 70: I am the rough man’s treasure

"How can we do without eating? Look at you, you have lost weight after a day of burning."

Wu Shengqian held the dough cake in his hand, his eyes filled with confusion.

There was little space in the car. Yang Xiaotian rested her head on his leg and involuntarily shrank into his arms. She said angrily, "I...I remembered the time when my father died."

Wu Shengqian froze.

When people are sick, it is especially easy to think of sad things.

Yang Xiaotian sniffed and choked and said: "After my father died, I also had a high fever. I couldn't eat at all and vomited everything I ate. My grandma felt sorry for me and spent all the money in the family to give me I bought canned peaches in sugar syrup. I was fed a mouthful, and it was so sweet that I cried immediately. After I finished crying, I could eat."

Wu Shengqian stroked her back with his big hands, his eyes filled with distress.

He asked in a low voice: "What happened next?"

"Later, I found out that I couldn't eat when I had a fever. However, after my mother remarried, no grandma bought me canned peaches anymore. If I had a fever again, I would starve. After a few days, I could only eat. Okay." Seeing that Wu Shengqian was really worried, Yang Xiaotian comforted him, "It's okay this time. I can eat it after these two days."

She had a fever all night last night, couldn't eat, and her bones were very weak.

After forcing herself to talk to Wu Shengqian for a while, Yang Xiaotian's eyelids began to twitch and she soon fell asleep again.

Wu Shengqian's big hand gently rubbed her little face, and said very lowly: "How can I still make you hungry if you follow me?"

After saying that, he gently laid his wife's body down flat, covered her with a blanket, and got out of the car silently.

Lian Dagen and Li Mazi were waiting outside. When they saw Wu Shengqian getting out of the car, Lian Dagen asked eagerly: "How is my sister-in-law?"

"The fever is gone, but I can't eat anything, so I fell asleep again."

Wu Shengqian said dullly.

Li Mazi couldn't help but say: "Asleep? Why are we still on our way?"

"My sister-in-law is sick, and she still has a long way to go!" Lian Dagen slapped him on the back of the head, and then asked Wu Shengqian, "Then, what can my sister-in-law eat? Let's find a way."

"Canned peaches."

Wu Shengqian said solemnly.

Lian Dagen said "Huh?", then said with a downcast face: "This place is out of the way and has no shops. Where can I buy canned peaches? I can only let my sister-in-law endure it."

Wu Shengqian rolled his eyes at him and only said: "You two stay here carefully, don't move, and don't disturb your sister-in-law. I'll go out for a while."

"Where are you going?"

Lian Dagen's question didn't get answered. Wu Shengqian had already waved his hand and jumped down the hillside with his strong body.

He and Li Mazi stayed where they were and waited for most of the day. When it was almost noon, Wu Shengqian finally came back.

He was sweating profusely, and he was holding the hem of his coat with some round things in his pocket.

As the person got closer, Lian Dagen saw clearly that they were about a dozen peaches that were still glowing with green.

Along the way, they drove and didn't see any orchards nearby.

Lian Dagen asked in surprise: "Brother, where did this come from?"

Wu Shengqian ran for a whole day, his legs were almost broken, and then he found a wild peach tree at the foot of a mountain.

It's not yet the ripe season, so the peaches are a little raw, but they will be edible.

The soles of his feet were covered in blood blisters now, but he was too lazy to say anything more. He just told Lian Dagen: "What are you doing with all this nonsense? Go, find some dry firewood, make a fire and set up the pot."

Lian Dagen didn't dare to ask any more questions, so he and Li Mazi quickly followed the instructions.

When the pot was ready, Wu Shengqian peeled and cut the peaches into pieces and put them in to cook.

Cook for a short while, add several pieces of rock sugar, and stir constantly with chopsticks.

The peaches are a bit astringent, but when cooked with sugar, they immediately become soft and sweet.

Let it cool down and put it in your mouth. It tastes the same as canned food.

Yang Xiaotian fell into a drowsy sleep for most of the day. When she woke up again, a spoon was pressed against her mouth.

Before she could see what it was, she instinctively said, "I can't eat it right now."

"Let's try it first."

Wu Shengqian couldn't help but put the spoon into her mouth.

Yang Xiaotian swallowed it instinctively, and her eyes, which were burning and dizzy, suddenly lit up.

"Canned peaches?"

she asked in surprise.

Seeing her look like this, Wu Shengqian felt that it was worth it no matter how tired he was.

He smiled softly and continued to feed her with a spoon, "Eat more if you like."

"Where did you come from?"

Yang Xiaotian asked in surprise.

Wu Shengqian frowned and said domineeringly: "You can eat if you are told. Why are you talking so much! Quick, open your mouth."

Yang Xiaotian was cruel to him, but her heart was soft.

Her eyes turned red, she sobbed, and then she opened her mouth obediently.

Ever since her mother remarried, whenever she was sick at her stepfather's house and couldn't eat, she would think about this canned peach.

However, even in my dreams, I never ate it again.

But now, she finally had it again.

The layer of things in the stomach seemed to be broken through as the sweet peach was swallowed.

After eating the canned food, Yang Xiaotian's appetite increased greatly. She ate two more pancakes and drank a large bowl of freshly made porridge. She soon came back to life full of energy.

The four people got in the car again and started on their way.

Li Mazi got acquainted with the other three, and they all started chatting with Lian Dagen on the way.

He looked at Wu Shengqian who was driving in the front seat, and then at Yang Xiaotian next to him, and said in a low voice to Lian Dagen: "Brother Big Scar looks so rough, but he didn't expect to be so attentive to my sister-in-law."

"Of course! Don't look at how nice my sister-in-law is!"

Lian Dagen said proudly.

Wu Shengqian in the front row heard this, smiled, and silently held Yang Xiaotian's hand.

The second half of the journey went fairly smoothly, and three days later, they finally drove to Linhai.

Wu Shengqian drove the truck directly to the door of Long Wu's house, but unfortunately, Long Wu was not there.

"Brother Long went on a long trip to the port city to buy foreign goods. He won't be back for seven or eight days."

Long Wu left behind a gatekeeper named Wang Cheng, who explained to Wu Shengqian when he saw him.

Yang Xiaotian was a little anxious and asked: "What should we do? Do we still have to wait here for seven or eight days?"

She has been to Linhai once and knows that the consumption here is high.Not to mention accommodation, just food and drink, the four of them will stay for seven or eight days, which is not a small sum of money.

Wang Cheng glanced at the four of them, rolled his eyes, and said with a smile: "That's not necessary. Brother Long told me before he left, just leave the sheepskin sales to me."

"That's great!"

Yang Xiaotian immediately showed joy.

Wu Shengqian observed the royal city and asked again: "Brother Long promised us that the sheepskin would be purchased for 18 yuan. Can you give us this price?"

When Yang Xiaotian heard this, she was immediately in a daze.

She clearly remembered that Long Wu had said fifteen cards before, and Wu Shengqian also agreed.

This Wu Shengqian... why is he raising the price now?