Shen Rong's eyes widened. "I've always wondered why my father didn't eat the oranges even though he took good care of the orange trees in the yard every year. It turns out that he got hurt from eating them. I thought he couldn't bear to eat them and left them for us..."

Mrs. Lu recalled her youth with a sweet smile on her face, "Your father is a very frugal person. I was drooling at the sight of that jar of oranges, but your father ate them without changing his expression.

At that time, your eldest brother was only four or five years old. When he saw your father eating oranges, he also wanted to eat some. As a result, he took a bite and his face turned blue because of the sourness. Later, whenever your eldest brother saw your father eating green-skinned oranges, he would run away with his little legs, for fear that your father would catch him eating oranges.

Shen Rong couldn't help laughing. She didn't expect that her elder brother was so smart when he was a child.

"After a few years, your two brothers had grown up. When I first became pregnant with you, your father was worried that I wanted to eat sour oranges. He thought that the two boys at home would eat everything and one orange tree would not be enough to feed them, so he thought of a way and planted two more orange trees.

Your father told your two brothers that the newly planted orange trees were for them, so each of them would have one tree, and they would be able to eat the oranges when the harvest came.

When your two brothers heard this, they were overjoyed. They watered and fertilized the orange trees every few days. They did this for a month or two. Summer was almost over, and their orange trees had grown a lot, but had not produced any fruit.

When your two brothers looked at the oranges on the big orange tree at home, they realized that they had been deceived by your father.

The oranges at home were just half-ripe at that time, and I had no desire to eat them at all. Instead, I often wanted to eat something spicy.

Your father would go around looking for spicy food and bring it back for me to eat.

At that time, no one knew how to eat chili peppers, and I was not used to the taste of dogwood, so I ate it and vomited at the same time. When your father saw me like this, he became anxious and irritated, and several blisters appeared on his mouth. At that time, he never smiled when he saw your two brothers.

During that time, the eldest and second oldest brothers would hide whenever they saw your father. "

Shen Rong laughed out loud, "No wonder the eldest brother, the second brother and the youngest brother are all afraid of Dad!"

"What are you talking about! When you were born, you were fair and clean, looked pretty, and never cried or made a fuss. When you grew up, you were not as noisy as your two brothers. You were well-behaved and sensible, so your father naturally loved you more." Looking at her daughter's fair and rosy face, Lu felt deeply moved.

In the blink of an eye, her daughter is going to be a mother, and Mrs. Lu just feels that she is getting old.

Shen Rong hugged her mother's arm and said coquettishly, "Mom, tell me about the past! For example, when did Dad plant the orange trees in our yard?"

Lu recalled with a smile:

"After you were born, your father thought that there were more and more people in the family. Your two brothers were big eaters, so he planted two orange trees for you, fearing that you would not be able to compete with them when you were older. But your two brothers were not happy about it, and asked your father why your sister had two orange trees, and they only had one. It was not fair."

"And then? What did Dad say?" This was the first time Shen Rong heard these things.

"What did your father say? Your father just beat those two out."

When a group of children play together, there are always one or two people who give orders. In order to increase their voice among their friends, the Shen Chunsheng brothers picked oranges from the orange trees allocated to them and shared them with their friends every autumn and winter.

The two brothers were afraid that their father would see them, so they would secretly pick a few and hide them in their clothes and take them out.

Although they moved cautiously, how could Shen Wu not notice the brothers' little movements?

However, he did not say anything about the way his two sons made friends. He just thought that his two sons were stupid for sharing the oranges with others.

Later, when his daughter was born, he thought of his two sons sharing oranges with their friends. He was worried that one orange tree would not be enough for his daughter, so he planted two.

When Shen Rong thought of the two orange trees that belonged to her in her mother's yard, she felt warm in her heart.

If she remembered correctly, her orange tree had always been taken care of by her father, and the fruits it produced every year were bigger and more numerous than those of her two older brothers and younger brother.

"Mom, tell Dad that I like to eat whatever he buys." Shen Rong said.

"It's good that they are all edible. It seems that you, the child, have come to repay my gratitude. You brothers and sisters are like me. You like to eat oranges. This year's oranges are edible, but they are not very red yet. If you want to eat them, just let me know and I will cut some for you." Mrs. Lu said, looking at her daughter's flat belly.

The oranges grown in the Shen family’s yard are of a good variety, the kind with thin skins. Even if the skin doesn’t turn yellow, you can still eat it.

However, the green peel is never as sweet as the yellow peel.

Every year after the oranges grow, the Shen family lets them grow on the branches. When winter comes and all the oranges on the trees turn yellow, they cut them off and put them in a large jar, sealing the mouth of the jar with fresh pine needles. In this way, the oranges will not rot easily and can be eaten until the New Year.

Shen Rong remembered that when she was a child, the children in the village loved to come to her house to pay New Year's greetings during the Spring Festival, because Lu would give each child who came to pay New Year's greetings an orange and other snacks.

During every Chinese New Year, they, brother and sister, became the most popular children in the village.

However, they were only happy during the few days during the Chinese New Year. Once the year was over, all the oranges in the jar were eaten up, and the three siblings were no longer happy.

Shen Rong remembered that every time at this time, her father would secretly give her a big red orange.

"I got it, Mom. If I want to eat oranges, I'll ask Changsheng to go back and pick some." Shen Rong thought of her nephews and nieces from her mother's side.

Now that she is no longer a child, the joy of eating oranges should be left to the children!

That night, Shen Rong lay in bed, her eyes fixed on Changsheng's face.

Changsheng had kept his eyes closed for a long time without moving, and it seemed that he was asleep.

Shen Rong looked at Changsheng for a while, her mouth slightly raised, and poked her arm with her right elbow, and whispered coquettishly: "Changsheng, I want to eat oranges..."

Changsheng opened his eyes dazedly when he heard the noise. He turned his head and looked at Shen Rong, "Ah?"

Shen Rong said coquettishly again: "I want to eat oranges..."

Changsheng rubbed his eyes, lifted the quilt and crawled out of bed.

Shen Rong was stunned, and subconsciously reached out to grab Changsheng, "Where are you going?"

Changsheng turned around and looked at Shen Rong, and said seriously: "Go pick oranges."

"Where can we pick them?" Shen Rong asked deliberately.

Changsheng raised his hand and scratched his head, "Go... go to your mother's house to pick oranges."

Shen Rong raised the corner of her mouth, exerted force with her hands, and pulled Changsheng into the bed. She leaned her body gently on Changsheng's shoulder, "I don't want to eat the oranges from my mother's house, I want to eat the oranges you grow..."

"Ah?" Changsheng was a little confused.

Shen Rong squinted at Changsheng, "Why, you don't want to grow oranges for me to eat?"

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