Zai Zai Grocery Store

"What's wrong?" He Qingzhang asked.

Lin Lihua ignored him, continued to answer the phone, kept saying "OK, okay, yes", hung up the phone after a while, looked at He Qingzhang, with a smile on his face.

He Qingzhang asked anxiously: "What's wrong?"

"Guess." The smile on Lin Lihua's face remained undiminished.

He Qingzhang breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Is there someone buying something?"

"Correct."

"How much did you pay for it?"

"100 yuan."

He Qingzhang smiled: "Is the one with 100 yuan so happy?"

"Is 100 yuan so little? How much do we usually sell in a day? Thanks to Lin Dong this time!"

Lin Dong again?

He Qingzhang looked at Lin Lihua puzzled.

Lin Lihua continued the unfinished topic and explained to He Qingzhang that Lin Dong went to Grandpa Wang's house to deliver vinegar today, not only amused Grandpa Wang, but also grandma Wang who had been ill for a long time. The two old people may have not seen their son and grandson for a long time. Seeing that Lin Dong was particularly pleasing to the eye, he not only gave Lin Dong snacks, but also promised Lin Dong to come to the grocery store to buy things every day.

The call just now was made by Grandpa Wang's chess friend Zhang Dazhu. He said that the family was short of oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar, and he would come to buy it later.

He Qingzhang listened carefully and thought about it carefully. In fact, it was because an old man like Grandpa Wang retired without children and was lonely in his heart. It was rare to see such a good-looking and well-behaved child as Lin Dong.

He got a little ink in his stomach and figured it out pretty quickly.

But Lin Lihua hasn't been to school for a few years. She doesn't understand these things about being lonely or not. She only remembers what Grandpa Wang told him, which was what Lin Dong said - you have to buy from my aunt's house.

What a sweet child.

Lin Lihua turned her head and looked out of the store. The red sun was hanging in the sky, and the yellow light smudged the large clouds, and also cast a soft halo on the earth. Immersed in the laughter of the children on the roadside, Lin Lihua's gaze Within the range, there are innocent and wanton smiles of children.

But when he fixed his eyes on Lin Dong, his eyes were obviously smiling and yearning, but he played cautiously, chasing after a group of children, running around, and didn't blend in, as if he didn't understand children at all. But it can be seen that he looks very happy and likes to run behind other children, but he doesn't know how to do it.

Lin Lihua looked distressed.

When the other children were called away by their families, Lin Dong and He Xiaochuan, who hadn't had enough fun, came back.

He Xiaochuan threw himself onto He Qingzhang's lap and let He Qingzhang hug him: "Daddy, hug me, hug me."

He Qingzhang smiled and hugged He Xiaochuan.

Lin Dong walked over slowly, looked at He Xiaochuan who was sitting in He Qingzhang's arms, and smiled shyly with envy.

Lin Lihua called softly, "Lin Dong."

Lin Dong looked at Lin Lihua with bright eyes: "Aunt."

Lin Lihua squatted at the door and waved to Lin Dong: "Come here."

Lin Dong ran over immediately.

Lin Lihua hugged him, reached out to wipe the sweat off his forehead, and asked, "Is it hot?"

"Not hot." Lin Dong shook his head.

Lin Lihua asked again: "Isn't it hot? My forehead is covered with sweat."

Only then did Lin Dong say, "Hot."

"Don't take off your clothes when it's hot, or you'll get sick if you catch a cold."

Lin Dong nodded heavily, seeing He Xiaochuan making a fuss about taking off his clothes, he didn't say a word, seeing someone coming to buy monosodium glutamate, he immediately turned to Lin Lihua and said, "Auntie, I'll get it."

Lin Lihua said, "Go."

Lin Dong happily ran into the store to give MSG to the customers.

Lin Lihua looked at Lin Dong from the side, and then said to He Qingzhang: "Qingzhang, do you think Lin Dong is very thin?"

He Qingzhang glanced sideways at Lin Dong, nodded and said, "He is thinner and smaller than the average child. If you didn't say he was more than five years old, I would have thought he was only three or four years old. I remember that Xiao Chuan was taller than him at the age of three or four. A little bit."

Hearing what He Qingzhang said, Lin Lihua immediately decided: "I'll go buy a chicken."

He Qingzhang asked in confusion: "Why did you suddenly buy chicken?"

"Make up for the children."

"Xiao Chuan will be a little fat man again." He Qingzhang really didn't want to say, He Xiao Chuan's small face and arms are all fleshy now.

Lin Lihua said with a smile: "Then make it up for Lin Dong. He is too thin, and when he fights with others, he is not enough to beat him with a fist. What a disadvantage."

He Qingzhang: "..."

Lin Lihua said that if she bought chicken, she would buy chicken. When she came back from the vegetable market, Grandpa Wang’s chess friend Zhang Dazhu came to buy groceries worth 100 yuan. Lin Lihua asked He Qingzhang to help get the goods, and she went to the back to cook.

Lin Dong immediately ran to He Qingzhang to help.

He Qingzhang asked: "Lin Dong, what are you doing?"

"I'll help you get the sugar." Then he ran to Huo He, tiptoed to bring a bag of sugar, and handed it to He Qingzhang: "Uncle, here it is."

He Qingzhang didn't like Lin Dong at first, but in the past two days, seeing Lin Dong as diligent and sensible, he couldn't hate him at all. When he took the white sugar to settle accounts, Lin Dong sat with his legs together and watched When Zhang Dazhu was taking out the money, he became confused and said, "How much is seven plus six?"

"Thirteen!" Lin Dong replied.

Zhang Dazhu quickly said, "Yes, it's Thirteen."

After finishing speaking, He Qingzhang and He Qingzhang looked at Lin Dong who was sitting in front of the shelf. They didn't expect such a young child to calculate so fast, with surprise on his face, which frightened Lin Dong. He thought he was robbing adults. Talking about it, getting into trouble, the frightened little face froze, the dark eyes were full of uneasiness, he quickly lowered his head, and his two little hands picked at each other indiscriminately.

Lin Lihua and He Qingzhang talked about Lin Dong's life in the Lin family. Although his grandfather loved him, his uncles and aunts were more aggressive. Later, after his grandfather passed away, he spent more than half a year in the yelling and scolding of his uncles and aunts, so he was all punished. Scared.

Although He Qingzhang is a technical secondary school student, he has taught elementary school for so many years, so he has some understanding of children's thoughts. At this time, he cannot and has no reason to blame Lin Dong, and immediately said: "Yes, Lin Dong is right!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Dong looked up at He Qingzhang.

He Qingzhang smiled at Lin Dong and asked, "Do you know how to do arithmetic?"

Lin Dong stared at He Qingzhang and nodded slightly.

"Who taught you this?"

"My grandfather taught me." Lin Dong said weakly.

"How much can you count?"

"Count to..." Lin Dong thought for a while and said, "Count to one hundred and nine." After one hundred and nine is one hundred and one, but Lin Dong missed several times, so he thought he could only count to one Zero nine.

It's amazing, He Qingzhang has to say that this little boy is really smarter than ordinary children, he said sincerely: "That's great, Lin Dong is amazing!" After speaking, he smiled and gave Lin Dong a thumbs up.

Most of the uneasiness in Lin Dong's eyes disappeared immediately, but he didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore, and sat obediently on the small stool in front of the shelf.

On the other hand, Zhang Dazhu heard Grandpa Wang mention Lin Dong's child, and seeing this little child, he was able to quickly answer that seven plus six equals thirteen.

Lin Dong looked at Zhang Dazhu and shouted, "Grandpa."

"Hey." Zhang Dazhu was relieved by the soft cry, and asked, "Is it Lin Dong?"

"En." Lin Dong swallowed sincerely.

"It's so smart! When Grandpa comes to buy things later, can you settle the accounts for Grandpa?"

"Okay." Lin Dong nodded obediently.

As soon as people get older, they especially like sensible and well-behaved children, especially Lin Dong who is clean and good-looking. Zhang Dazhu was so happy that he bought another rice cooker, and then said to Lin Dong: "Next time, grandpa will buy your aunt's rice cooker." something."

"Goodbye, Grandpa." Lin Dong said tenderly.

Zhang Dazhu left with a smile.

He Qingzhang looked at Lin Dong, feeling that this child refreshed his understanding of children time and time again.

Lin Dong didn't understand what He Qingzhang was thinking, but he didn't dare to look directly at He Qingzhang, so he quickly lowered his head.

He Qingzhang couldn't help but praise Lin Dong: "Good job."

Lin Dong blinked his eyes, then lowered his head, and waited until Lin Lihua came out with the food standing up and called him to eat, then he moved the stool and Lin Lihua and the three of them gathered around the small dining table to eat.

Lin Lihua first gave two chicken legs to Lin Dong and He Xiaochuan, and He Xiaochuan ate the chicken legs as soon as he got them.

Lin Dong raised his clear eyes to look at Lin Lihua.

Lin Lihua said: "Eat it, if you don't have enough, add more."

Lin Dong nodded and buried himself in eating the chicken legs.

Lin Lihua picked up a piece of chicken breast for He Qingzhang, and said, "I have stewed soup in the pot. You can take it to the hospital later and give it to mom."

He Qingzhang nodded and said, "OK."

"Aren't you coming back tonight?"

"Well, I have to change the bed for mom tonight, and I will come back tomorrow morning. I heard that it will rain tonight, so you fasten the door." He Qingzhang has always cared about Lin Lihua for so many years, and continued: "Turn the TV on at night. Pull out the plug to avoid thunder and lightning, it's not safe, and..."

"Got it, got it." Lin Lihua said with a smile, "I will make arrangements."

He Qingzhang didn't continue talking.

After eating, He Qingzhang took the last bus from the town to the city with the food and a change of clothes. Lin Lihua took Lin Dong and He Xiaochuan to watch the store. At this time, there were almost no people in the store. account.

Lin Dong sat obediently by the shelf.

No one played with He Xiaochuan anymore, so He Xiaochuan pestered Lin Dong: "Lin Dong, play glass beads with me."

Lin Dong replied solemnly: "I don't know how to play."

He Xiaochuan asked again: "Where are you playing pickup?"

"I do not know either."

He Xiaochuan asked again: "Playing checkers?"

"I do not know."

"Oh, why don't you know anything." He Xiaochuan frowned at Lin Dong, and said with disgust, "Are you still a child? You don't know anything that children know!"

Lin Dong thought for a while and said seriously: "I can play chess, can you?"

He Xiaochuan tilted his head and asked, "What is chess?"

Lin Dong explained: "It's a chess game with chariots, horses, cannons and soldiers."

"I don't know how." After a while, he said again: "Chess is not for children to play, and you still don't know anything."

Lin Dong stopped talking.

After a while, He Xiaochuan asked again: "Then can you spin a spinning top?"

Lin Dong replied: "I can't, I can recite poems."

He Xiaochuan immediately said: "I will too, the moonlight is bright in front of the window, do you know what the next sentence is?"

"I know." Lin Dong replied smoothly, "I suspect it's frost on the ground."

Then He Xiaochuan couldn't pick it up, he couldn't say he couldn't pick it up, so he stood up, ran to the counter and said, "Mom, you see Lin Dong can't play anything."

Lin Lihua said without raising her eyes: "I think he can recite poems, but you can't even. Your father is still a teacher. Are you ashamed?"

"My father said, I will follow my mother."

Lin Lihua raised her eyes, tapped He Xiaochuan's forehead with the pen in her hand, and said, "Go teach my brother how to play", and then continued to write crookedly. He Xiaochuan said: "Then I will teach him to play with glass beads. Digging, crawling and pulling monkeys, and teaching him to pick and find fungus."

"Okay, let's go."

Lin Lihua is very willing that He Xiaochuan can make Lin Dong more lively.

He Xiaochuan found the arrogance of being a "teacher" from Lin Dong, and became addicted. He taught Lin Dong how to play glass beads all night. After returning home, he continued to play. Halfway through the game, lightning and thunder started outside the window. .

Both Lin Dong and He Xiaochuan were afraid of thunder and lightning, so after Lin Lihua packed up everything, she took the two children to sleep in the East Wing. Originally, she wanted to wait for the thunder and lightning to pass and turn on the TV, but after the thunder and lightning passed, there was a power outage.

Lin Lihua lit a candle on the bedside table, and then talked with Lin Dong and He Xiaochuan. In fact, she was talking with He Xiaochuan. Lin Dong, who slept in the innermost bed, hardly spoke.

Lin Lihua shouted, "Lin Dong."

Lin Dong replied in the dark: "Auntie."

"Not asleep."

"No."

"Come and sleep in the middle, okay?"

He Xiaochuan immediately said: "Don't let him sleep in the middle, I want to sleep in the middle."

Lin Lihua said: "You are an older brother, let me be a little bit younger, today my younger brother sleeps in the middle, tomorrow my older brother sleeps in the middle, okay?"

"That's fine." He Xiaochuan turned his head and said to Lin Dong: "Today you sleep in the middle, and tomorrow I will sleep in the middle."

"it is good."

Lin Dong slept between He Xiaochuan and Lin Lihua. He Xiaochuan was dishonest and tickled Lin Dong, making Lin Dong giggle non-stop.

"Okay, Xiao Chuan, stop making trouble." Lin Lihua said sternly.

Only then did He Xiaochuan calm down, and put his short legs on Lin Dong's body, but Lin Dong didn't pull him away.

Here, Lin Lihua held the two children in her arms with one arm, and chatted with the two children. During the chat, they talked about Lin Dong congratulating Xiao Chuan on sending vinegar. , Not only did I sell something worth 500 yuan today, but I also got a client for my aunt, which is really amazing."

Lin Dong said with a small face, "Auntie, I will let people buy things in the future, and I will buy a lot of things."

Lin Lihua smiled, touched Lin Dong's small face and said, "Okay, we will make more money in the future, buy new clothes, shoes, and schoolbags for Xiao Dongdong, and then go to preschool, elementary school, middle school, university, and become a national leader." A pillar of talent."

Lin Dong didn't quite understand, but he knew that it was a good thing to get people to buy more things from his aunt's house.

He Xiaochuan continued: "Mom, I also ask people to buy a lot of things."

Lin Lihua hit He Xiaochuan mercilessly: "You can pull it down, I don't believe it if it's just you."

With a strong heart, He Xiaochuan can completely withstand the blows from his own mother, and replied: "I won't let you down."

"Pull it down."

"I won't pull down."

"Pull it down, we won't take you to play." Lin Lihua deliberately put her arms around Lin Dong and He Xiaochuan to play.

He Xiaochuan grabbed Lin Lihua's arm and said, "Mom, hug me too."

"If I don't hug you, I won't hug you."

"Hold me hug me."

"I won't hug you, I'll hug my obedient brother."

"Hold me, hug me." He Xiaochuan smiled and tugged at Lin Lihua's arm.

Lin Lihua refused with a smile.

Lin Dong lay in Lin Lihua's arms.

Just hugging, dragging, and laying down like this, He Xiaochuan and Lin Lihua laughed, and Lin Dong laughed along with him. He was not restrained or careful in the dark, and he laughed really happily. His dark eyes caught the faint light of the candle, It was exceptionally bright, he looked at Lin Lihua, and then looked back at the mischievous He Xiaochuan, his dark heart seemed to show a little bit of starlight, just this little, it also made the depths of his little heart less cold .

He vaguely knew that he liked his aunt and brother.

He quarreled with He Xiaochuan for a long time, and finally fell asleep. He slept very peacefully that night, without any nightmares or dreams, and he slept until dawn.

A heavy rain last night washed Jinli Town exceptionally clean, and the air was exceptionally fresh. Lin Donghe Xiaochuan got dressed and stood in the yard looking at the blue sky.

He Xiaochuan suddenly shouted: "Mom!"

Lin Lihua came out from the kitchen and asked, "What are you doing?"

"I'm going to pick fungus."

There is a lumber factory in the small town of Jinli. There are many big trees piled up next to the lumber factory. Every time it rains, many fungus will appear on the trees. He Qingzhang took He Xiaochuan to pick them twice.

Lin Lihua asked: "Do you know where to go?"

"I know, Dad took me there."

"At that time, I will pick it after eating, so I don't need to buy vegetables at noon."

"Okay, I'll take my brother with me."

"Okay, don't run around, come to the store to find my mother after picking the fungus, you know?"

"understood."

In fact, it’s okay to run around. Jinli Town is small in size and the folk customs are simple. It has become a habit to "take a look at the house for me, and I will help you pay attention to the children". Children like He Xiaochuan and Qiqi are all I grew up running around in Jinli Town since I was a child, and my parents are at ease.

After eating, He Xiaochuan took Lin Dong to the timber factory. Lin Lihua watched the two children leave, and after making sure that there was no danger nearby, he locked the courtyard door and went to the grocery store.

He Xiaochuan asked excitedly as he walked, "Lin Dong, have you ever eaten fungus?"

Lin Dong carried the small basket and said, "I've eaten."

"Where did you eat?"

"I ate at my grandpa's house."

"Your grandfather is my grandfather." He Xiaochuan said with emphasis.

"Yes." Lin Dong nodded.

After a while, He Xiaochuan asked again: "Have you ever picked fungus?"

"No."

He Xiaochuan said very proudly: "I picked it!"

Lin Dong reminded: "I know, you said it all just now."

He Xiaochuan said: "I'll teach you how to pick them later, let's go quickly, or someone will snatch them away, and we won't be able to eat fungus at noon."

"it is good."

He Xiaochuan pulled Lin Dong into a run, and just as he ran to the tree, he suddenly heard someone shouting from behind: "Lin Dong!"

Lin Dong congratulated Xiao Chuan and looked back at the same time.

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He Xiaochuan: Lin Dong knows nothing!

Lin Dong: You know everything!

He Xiaochuan: That is!

Lin Dong: You still cry.

He Xiaochuan: Nonsense, I never cried!I am a man!

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