Zai Zai Grocery Store

Lin Dong, Mu Xinghe and He Xiaochuan stopped talking immediately, and listened carefully to the voice from the grocery store with their small ears, but they couldn't hear clearly, because they felt that the situation was not good, and the three children's faces were frozen.

Lin Dong slid off the bed first, followed by Mu Xinghe and He Xiaochuan. The three children hurriedly put on their little shoes and ran towards the grocery store. When they ran out of the room, they heard the adults yelling.

"Qingzhang, do you raise a child surnamed Lin instead of a child surnamed He?"

"..."

"Stop arguing, Lihua fell down."

"Hurry up to the hospital, I'll call a car."

"Lihua, Lihua!"

"..."

Lin Dong and the others quickly ran towards the crowd, and when they pushed through the crowd, they saw He Qingzhang hugging Lin Lihua, hurriedly walked towards the side of the road, and got into the car with Lin Lihua in his arms before he could say anything.

"aunt!"

"mom!"

Lin Dong and He Xiaochuan rushed after him, but as soon as the car door was closed, He Qingzhang and Lin Lihua left. Lin Dong still didn't understand the situation, and He Xiaochuan next to him was startled. Come up to appease Lin Dong and He Xiaochuan.

Lin Dong learned from their words and phrases that on the first day of the new year, He Xiaochuan's uncle learned from He Xiaochuan's grandfather that He Qingzhang had raised Lin Dong, so he ran over to ask He Qingzhang to raise his son as well. A person surnamed Lin is not as useful as a person surnamed He.

Lin Lihua was naturally unwilling, and after a few words, she quarreled with Uncle He Xiaochuan, arguing and suddenly feeling unwell and gradually fell to the ground, the neighbors hurriedly called for a taxi, which sent He Qingzhang and Lin Lihua to the hospital.

Lin Dong turned to look for He Xiaochuan's uncle but couldn't find anyone, so he asked the adults, "Then, what happened to my aunt? Which hospital did my aunt go to?"

"I don't know." The neighbor replied.

"Then where is my aunt, my aunt?"

Lin Dong was about to cry, but the adults were all immersed in the sudden incident and didn't care about him yet. He looked at him blankly, thinking of his aunt, who fell to the ground, will she die, will she die? He won't die, he called aunt in a low voice, and wanted to chase after aunt, but was pulled back by Mu Xinghe.

"Winter."

Lin Dong turned to look at Mu Xinghe.

Mu Xinghe said, "Your aunt is in the hospital."

Lin Dong's eyes were red: "I'm going to find my aunt."

Mu Xinghe said, "You can't find it."

"But my aunt is dying."

"No, they said that your aunt has a stomachache, just go to the hospital."

"I want to see my aunt."

"You went to see your aunt, what about your store? You see Xiao Chuan is still crying."

Lin Dong looked at the grocery store, then at He Xiaochuan.

Mu Xinghe took Lin Dong's hand and said, "I'll look after the store for you, and we'll wait for your aunt and uncle to come back together, okay?"

"it is good."

The two children came to He Xiaochuan hand in hand, Lin Dong reached out to wipe He Xiaochuan's tears, He Xiaochuan cried and said, "Lin Dong, my mother fell down."

Lin Dong said: "My aunt has a stomachache. My uncle sent my aunt to the hospital. My aunt will recover soon."

"Is that so?"

"That's right, come on, we'll wait at home until my aunt and uncle come back."

"it is good."

Lin Dong pulled He Xiaochuan and followed Mu Xinghe back to the grocery store. A group of neighbors came to comfort them for a while, and then they all dispersed. Only Lin Dong, Mu Xinghe and He Xiaochuan were left in the grocery store. After a while, Mu Huaian came again Call Mu Xinghe, let Mu Xinghe go home to accompany relatives.

Mu Xinghe said to Lin Dong, "Dongdong, I'm going home first, and I'll come find you later."

Lin Dong nodded: "Okay."

"Don't run around, just stay at home, you know?"

"know."

"I'm leaving."

"it is good."

Now there are only Lin Dong and He Xiaochuan in the grocery store. The two children are sitting on a small stool in the grocery store, looking out of the grocery store. Relatives and receiving relatives were busy, and no one came to buy groceries, so they just looked outside the cold door.

He Xiaochuan turned his head and said, "Lin Dong, my uncle is a villain!"

Lin Dong replied, "Yes!"

"When I grow up, I will beat him! Don't let him bully my parents!"

"I'll help you!"

"Okay, let's beat him into a pig's head."

"Beat him like a bull's head!"

"Dog head!"

"Horse head!"

The two were cursing and cursing. Suddenly they smelled the smell of food wafting from the street. Everyone in the town was cooking. He Xiaochuan turned to look at Lin Dong and asked, "Lin Dong, are you hungry?"

Lin Dong replied, "I haven't."

"I'm hungry."

"I'll find you something to eat."

"I am with you."

The two children moved a small stool to the kitchen counter, then stepped on the stool and looked inside the counter at the same time. After looking around for a long time, they found an egg, which neither of them could cook.

He Xiaochuan said: "Let's go eat at Aunt Li's house!"

Lin Dong said, "No."

"why?"

"We went to eat, and no one will look at the store and sell things."

He Xiaochuan frowned and asked, "Then what should I do?"

"You go to eat, I look at the store."

"No, I'm brother, we want to be together."

"Then aren't you hungry?"

"Hungry." He Xiaochuan thought for a while and said, "Then let's eat instant noodles."

"it is good."

"But I don't know how to soak."

"I will, the two of us eat a pack!"

"Let's eat two packs."

Lin Dong was very good at living and said: "You can't eat so much, you have to sell it for money."

"OK then."

Lin Dong got up and went to the shelf, picked up a pack of instant noodles on tiptoe, ran to the kitchen and took a sea bowl and put it on the floor, bit open the package of instant noodles with his small mouth, spit out the crumbs of the package in his mouth, Then put the noodles in the sea bowl, and He Xiaochuan and He Xiaochuan bit into the seasoning packet, biting all over their mouths, finally bit off the seasoning packet and poured it into the sea bowl, but what should I do if there is no boiling water?

Lin Dong said, "My aunt said that children should not touch boiling water!"

He Xiaochuan asked: "Then how to eat?"

"Use, soak in warm water."

"Where is the warm water?"

"Over the stove."

Lin Dong immediately got up and went to the stove, lifted the kettle off the stove vigorously, shouted "Xiaochuan, get out of the way, don't burn you", and then poured a bowl full of water. The two children felt very fulfilled. we have a deal!"

He Xiaochuan said: "There are eggs!"

"Open the inside!"

"it is good."

He Xiaochuan beat the eggs with finely broken egg shells into the Haiwan, Lin Dong added a plate on the Haiwan, and then the two children squatted in front of the Haiwan with a pair of chopsticks in each hand and waited.

He Xiaochuan kept asking: "Are you all right?"

Lin Dong replied, "No."

"Can you eat?"

"No."

"Why so slow?"

"You have to soak it before you can eat it."

"Hurry up."

Under the urging of He Xiaochuan, Lin Dong lifted the plate with two small hands, and then said "wow" together, no matter how ugly the appearance was, the hungry and hungry had no way to bring the hot sea bowl to the table, so Just squatted on the ground and ate.

"It's soaked!" He Xiaochuan said.

"Ah."

"Delicious."

"We won't be hungry when we're full."

"Ah."

After the two children ate up a bowl of instant noodles, the bowl was no longer hot. Lin Dong took the bowl and poured out the remaining soup, then imitated Lin Lihua at the side of the well to wash the bowl and chopsticks, and finally put the bowl and chopsticks on the small stool. The chopsticks were placed on the cooking table, and as soon as he went out, he saw Mu Xinghe coming with a lunch box.

"Dongdong, come and eat!"

He Xiaochuan opened his mouth first and said: "Xinghe, we have eaten."

Mu Xinghe asked puzzledly, "What did you eat?"

"Soak instant noodles."

"Who soaked it?"

"I dated Lin Dong."

Mu Xinghe looked at Lin Dong and said, "Dongdong, you are amazing!"

Lin Dong pursed his lips and smiled.

He Xiaochuan answered, "I'm great too."

Mu Xinghe hummed perfunctorily, and asked, "Dongdong, you ate instant noodles, do you still eat chicken?"

"Eat." Lin Dong nodded, he likes chicken the most.

"I eat too."

Lin Donghe Xiaochuan and Mu Xinghe sat at the small dining table again and ate chicken, beef and steamed buns. Halfway through the meal, the neighbors brought food for Lin Donghe Xiaochuan to eat, and they saw Lin Donghe Xiaochuan eating Mu Xinghe's. The neighbors Smiling, he comforted Lin Dong and He Xiaochuan, said some precautions with the two children, and went back to entertain their relatives.

Lin Dong, He Xiaochuan was full, and sat in the grocery store with Mu Xinghe, playing with glass beads. After playing for a while, Mu Xinghe wanted to go home to accompany his relatives, so he left again. Dong moved a small stool and sat in front of the grocery store, selling groceries while waiting for his aunt to come back. From time to time, neighbors came to ask.

"Lin Dong, is your aunt back yet?"

Lin Dong replied: "No."

"Zai Zai, did your uncle call back?"

Lin Dong replied: "No."

"Xiao Zai Zai, are you hungry? Come to my house for dinner?"

"I'm not hungry, I don't want to eat."

"Cub, let's go play, Auntie will show you the shop."

"I'll see for myself."

"..."

Lin Dong sat firmly in front of the grocery store. After sitting for a long time, he couldn't help but think of his aunt again. His aunt fell to the ground, and it must have hurt so much. He couldn't help feeling sad, thinking of his aunt.

At this moment, the phone at the counter rang, and he got up quickly, moved a small stool to the counter, supported the counter with his small hands, stepped on the stool with his small feet, reached out and picked up the phone, put it on his small face, and said, "Hi, Hello, who are you looking for?"

"Dongdong?"

Lin Dong immediately recognized He Qingzhang's voice, and shouted, "Uncle!"

"Hey, it's Uncle, how are you and Xiao Chuan?"

"it is good."

"have you eaten?"

"have eaten."

"Where did you eat?"

"Food from Xinghe."

"Where's Xiao Chuan?"

"Playing with Erhu on the road."

"Why don't you go?"

Lin Dong answered in a crisp voice: "I'll look at the store and wait for aunt."

He Qingzhang felt warm when he heard this, and said, "Auntie is fine."

Lin Dong was happy when he heard that his aunt was fine, and asked, "When will my aunt come back?"

"Be hospitalized first, and you can come back after staying for about a week."

One week, that's seven days, it's been a long time, Lin Dong silently calculated the time in his heart, and He Qingzhang's voice sounded from the other end again: "Dongdong, you and Xiao Chuan should not run around, if you have anything to do, go to Dad Xinghe and Grandpa Wang You can find neighbors, you know?"

Lin Dong held the handle of the phone with two small hands and said, "I know."

He Qingzhang said on the sidelines: "Good boy, my uncle will be back in a while."

Lin Dong obediently agreed.

After hanging up the phone, Lin Dong was happy. When the neighbors asked about his aunt, he answered truthfully. He didn’t know what the problem was, whether it was serious or not. He sat at the door of the grocery store and waited happily for his uncle to come back. Then I heard the conversation of the neighbor not far away.

"How is Lin Lihua?"

"I heard that he will be hospitalized for a week."

"It's so serious! What kind of illness is it?"

"I don't know, it feels like staying for a week is quite serious."

"That's right! After a few words with Uncle Xiaochuan, his face changed. Alas, Uncle Xiaochuan really went too far."

"It's a good thing that He Qingzhang got tough this time, otherwise Lin Lihua would suffer again."

"That's right, I don't know how much it will cost this time. Alas, their family is poor, and the whole family lives in a grocery store."

"..."

When Lin Dong heard these words from the adults, he felt very uncomfortable. He immediately got up from the stool, ran into the room, climbed onto the bed, picked up his little pillow, hugged it in his arms, and then carefully got off the bed, holding his head high. Looking at the poster on the wall with a small face, he said: "Mother in the dream, my aunt is sick, I have to give this to my aunt."

After speaking, he ran out of the room holding the small pillow that Lin Lihua sewed for him, and sat in front of the grocery store again, sitting obediently. During the period, someone came to buy some pepper noodles, and he also held the pillow for him, and others asked him to hold the pillow What are you doing with your head? He insisted not to say, even when He Xiaochuan asked him, as if there was nothing in the pillow. He continued to sit obediently at the door of the grocery store with the small pillow in his arms, looking at the intersection from time to time, and finally saw He Qingzhang appeared.

He immediately sat up, watching He Qingzhang come back with a tired face with dark eyes, he and He Xiaochuan didn't dare to speak for a moment, followed He Qingzhang into the kitchen, and watched He Qingzhang drink water.

In the end, He Xiaochuan couldn't help asking: "Father, where is my mother? Why hasn't my mother come back?"

He Qingzhang replied: "I'm living in the hospital."

"Why are you in the hospital?"

"sick."

"What disease?"

"You don't understand after talking about it. Dad will go to the hospital soon. You should be good at home, you know? You can go to Xinghe's house to sleep at Xiaojun's house at night."

He Xiaochuan looked confused.

Lin Dong chased He Qingzhang with a pillow in his arms. He Qingzhang went to the counter, and he went to the counter with his pillow in his arms. "uncle."

He Qingzhang looked back at Lin Dong and asked, "What's wrong?"

Lin Dong handed the pillow in his arms to He Qingzhang, and said, "Here you are."

He Qingzhang looked at the little pillow wondering what it meant.

Lin Dong said, "Auntie, this is money, and it's for my aunt's medical treatment."

He Qingzhang was slightly taken aback.

Lin Dong said: "I won't take the train to find my parents, I will treat my aunt, and I will save money when my aunt recovers."

He Qingzhang didn't move.

Lin Dong thought that the adults didn't believe what he said, so he stretched out his little hand, and even pulled two zippers to reveal the banknotes inside. He reached in with his little hand and took out all the money. There were fifty, twenty, and ten yuan in it. , more of them were fifty cents, and there were still one and two cents. Lin Dong didn't even catch the coin with a small hand, and the coin fell to the ground with a "dang". Lin Dong quickly squatted down, hugged the pillow with one hand, and squeezed it with the other. Coins, but my hands are too small to hold them.

He Qingzhang, who was packing his clothes, saw this scene, his eyes became hot.