Hard work

Chapter 8 Gift Giving

Money, I want money.

Lan Hua'er couldn't help but growl like this every time she handled the dead squirrel.

If you have money, you can buy a knife.

It turned out that the stone she picked up and used as a knife had long been broken into pieces because of too much use.

After thinking for a long time, she finally knocked on the door of the neighbor's house and borrowed a kitchen knife from Tiesheng.It is said that the cabbage and radish at home are very good.

Borrowing a knife, she carefully parted the squirrel's fur. It took a whole day to simply tan it and put it aside.

When returning back, she grabbed a small handful of pine nuts, saying that they were pine nuts that were picked up casually when she went to the mountain to collect firewood and planed out. She wanted to give Goudan a snack and give Brother Tiesheng a taste.

Lan Hua'er almost blushed when she sent it over.

The small handful she grabbed was still not sticky to the palm of Tie Sheng's hand.

Tie Sheng didn't dislike it, but said with a smile:
"Take it back, take it back, I won't compete with Goudan for snacks."

Lan Huaer shook her head in a panic:
"Brother said...to borrow things, to, to..."

She wished she could bite off her tongue, why is her mouth so stupid!
Tiesheng finally scratched his head and took the handful of pine nuts.

He was afraid that Sister Lanhua'er would cry if he didn't take it.

As a result, at night, Tiesheng handed Lan Huaer pickles in a bamboo basket from outside the fence, along with a small jar.

Say:
"Repay the love of the pine nuts. The pickled vegetables brought back from grandma, give to sister Lanhuaer to eat."

Lan Hua'er pushed for a long time, but Tie Sheng put the things in the yard relying on his tallness, no one stopped, turned around and left.Lan Hua'er couldn't figure it out.

I thought in my heart: Could it be that my body is a first-class beautiful girl?How come a small handful of pine nuts was exchanged for a jar of pickled vegetables - and the jars and bamboo baskets were brought as gifts!

She couldn't help touching her face all night, and then she remembered that no matter how beautiful she is, she must have a sallow and muscular face after starving all the way, how beautiful can she be?

What's more, she is only five or six years old, Tie Sheng is directly twice her age.

It is more convincing to say that Tie Sheng is interested in her brother.

These are probably the aids in different ways.

Seeing Tiesheng's unambiguous and shy look, it is estimated that this is not the first time he has helped.

No wonder the two children could survive in such a harsh environment.

Lan Hua'er turned her head to look at Goudan, then at the smoked squirrel hanging in the kitchen.

Do you want to send it over?

After hesitating for about half a day, Lan Huaer made a decision.

Give one to Tiesheng's family, and another to the village head's family.

Uncle Fugui's family seems to have helped them a lot, and the village head... Hearing Gaihua's tone, he must have used food on credit before.

These have nothing to do with the current orchid, but she feels that she can't chill people's hearts.To put it bluntly, she still counts on people in the village to help her in the future.

She is a little girl, and she doesn't even have a laborer at home, so what can she do.

Now it's just a gesture to let others know that she, Lan Hua'er, is also grateful.

Let Tiesheng know that squirrels can be caught in the back mountain, and maybe he can let Tiesheng take her to the mountain with him, so that it will be less obtrusive.Even if everyone in the village went with him, they are not afraid now.

After the first month, she will start to sow radish, and when the spring snow melts, squirrels will not be so easy to catch.

Moreover, those simple villagers obviously wouldn't let her go hungry.

Send out a smoked squirrel, maybe the return gift you bring back is half a fat chicken.

The thought of the chicken made her drool almost flow out.

At the same time, he smiled wryly and scolded himself for being worthless in his heart.

It's just a squirrel, it's worthless if you send it away, and you have to make calculations here and there.

On the day of the Lantern Festival, Lan Hua'er cleaned the small iron basket containing pickled vegetables, picked out two slightly fat smoked squirrels, and went out.

In fact, she originally wanted to cover it with another cloth towel, but she searched all over the house and couldn't find anything like it, so she couldn't tear off a piece of it from the linen sheet.So I can only give up.

A smoked squirrel actually doesn't have much meat at all. Lan Hua'er looked at it and felt that it would be embarrassing to take it out as a gift.

But who made their family poor.

It would be nice for the poor to come up with something, and how can they expect more or less, but they are only asking for something exquisite and expensive.

She first carried the basket, packed a squirrel and went to the village chief's house.

The village head is a man with half gray hair. He changed his name to uncle, and she naturally called him uncle too.

Lan Hua'er chose a time before lunch.When she passed by, the village chief was not at home, and it was the eldest daughter-in-law of the village chief's family who was talking to her. She should be a woman from Yuzisao.

After saying hello, Lan Huaer handed out the smoked squirrel.

"Sister-in-law Yuzi, this... give the village head uncle..."

Lan Hua'er was still a bit stuttering when speaking.

Yuzi's sister-in-law showed surprise on her face.

She knew about this orchid.She was marrying into the village when the family had an accident, and she was very impressed.

Gaihua often brought this little girl to their house to buy food, and she even remembered that this little girl came to the house to buy food on credit.

But in her impression, this girl named Lan Huaer always lowered her head quietly, she was as thin as a bone, she didn't talk, she stuttered when she spoke, and she didn't make friends at all.

Today's visit was already surprising enough, but she thought that this little girl came here again for begging, but she didn't realize that she was here to give gifts?
Aunt Yuzi was stunned for a moment, then tentatively asked:
"Sister Lan Hua'er, do you want to keep a meal?"

Lan Huaer immediately shook her head:
"At home... cook for Goudan..."

Is this really a gift?

Yuzi's sister-in-law rolled her eyeballs around Lan Hua'er again, but she didn't see anything.

She always refuses to accept gifts from others.

So he nodded and took the thing over.

As soon as she took it, Mrs. Yuzi was stunned again:
"Hey, what is this?"

"Squirrel... smoked..."

Lan Huaer explained carefully.

Yuzi's sister-in-law said "oh".

I thought to myself that the things that Wazi gave were really weird.

Lan Huaer explained, saying that she happened upon it when she went to the mountains to collect firewood, and she smoked it herself.Thinking that he often troubled the village chief uncle in the past, he wanted to send it here, which was a good idea.

Sister-in-law Yuzi just nodded, and looked at Lan Hua'er with a little more pity.

In the past, Mrs. Yuzi didn't like orchids very much.

We all know she is a poor orphan girl, but who should she owe her?I often come to eat on credit, but I can't even say a word of thanks, and I don't see a little bit of gratitude.

However, I'm afraid it's really poor.I just got something strange and sent it over right away.

When she went out again, Lan Hua'er was holding two eggs and half a basket of groundnuts in the bamboo basket.

Lan Hua'er pursed her lips and smiled.

[Rolling around asking for tickets.Is it because there are too many updates every day, so everyone has no enthusiasm for the update... Don't want to vote for the update... Roll around... Want to bookmark and ask for votes.Looking at you with tears in my eyes. QAQ]

(End of this chapter)