Last winter, there was nothing to eat at home.

Lu Xiaoyu, the eldest sister and the second sister drank hot water when they were hungry without daring to say a word. The three sisters huddled in the cabin and tried not to move as much as possible all day long. By not moving, they would save some energy and they would not get hungry so quickly.

Separated by a curtain, their mother and brother were lying.

It has been almost a week since my younger brother could not crawl because he had no food. My mother was so hungry that she even had no milk. It was my father who broke the ice and went into the water to catch fish, which kept the family alive for another two days.

But later, even if the ice was broken, it was difficult to catch fish and shrimps, let alone have money to buy food.

Dad braved the snow all night to go to his uncle's house to borrow food. He drank a big ladle of hot water and left in the middle of the night. He still didn't come back the next night.

She was so hungry that she had no strength to speak. The cry of the little brother next to her mother became smaller and smaller, and finally there was no sound at all.

The second sister said that she seemed to see an old fairy with a white beard, and he said he would take her to see the sky.

The eldest sister asked, is it beautiful in the sky?

The second sister said that she woke up from hunger before she saw it. She would fall asleep again later and take a closer look when the old fairy family comes again.

She also wanted to ask her second sister to take her with her when the old immortal family came, and they would go to the sky together, there would definitely be food in the sky.

She can eat whatever she wants, as long as it satisfies her.

No, even if she is half full, it will be enough if she can have a mouthful of food.

But Xiaoyu was too hungry to speak, so he could only lie down softly, waiting for the old fairy family that the second sister said to come to pick them up.

Later, my father came back through the snow and brought back food and sweet snacks.

Dad cooked porridge and fed Xiao Wu with rice soup first, then Mom, then her, the second and eldest sister.

Finally, Dad rinsed the pot of rice soup with water and drank a bowl himself.

Lu Xiaoyu had never tasted such delicious rice soup. When the sticky rice soup entered her mouth, she felt so happy that she wanted to cry, but she could no longer shed any tears.

She also got a piece of the snacks. At that time, she thought it was probably the most delicious thing she had ever eaten in her life.

Even death is worth it.

later……

Later, when Xiao Si came back, Xiao Si said that the reed leaves could be sold for money, and they actually made money. The family ate meat and made rice dumplings, and Xiao Si bought two colorful ropes for her and her brother for a penny.

It turns out that the most delicious snacks in the world are not only rice soup snacks, but also fried sausages with chili peppers, large bones of pig's feet stewed with soybeans, and rice dumplings made of glutinous rice and red beans, served with oily salted duck eggs...

Seeing tears rolling down Lu Xiaoyu's face again, Lu Xiuge hurriedly nudged her with his elbow: "Eat, eat, eat while it's hot. When I make money next time, I'll buy you water chestnut cakes and almonds.

Cake… I’ll buy you whatever you want to eat.”

Why are you crying? Haven’t you eaten this rice dumpling yet?

Lu Xiaoyu turned his head stiffly and looked at Lu Sheige who was speaking.

Water chestnut cake, almond cake...

What are these things? She has never heard of them. Are they more delicious than rice dumplings?

Lu Xiaoyu lowered his head, untied the mat on the rice dumpling, peeled off the rice dumpling leaves, revealing the white rice dumpling inside, lowered his head and took a bite.

Tears mixed with the rice dumplings were bitten into the mouth, the sweet and glutinous rice dumplings had a slight salty taste.

Lu Xiaoyu sniffed hard, raised his sleeves to wipe his face, took a bite of rice dumplings and a bite of duck eggs, and ate them with a tearful smile.

After she ate the rice dumplings, Xiaosi would buy her horseshoe cakes and almond cakes from now on...

Xiaosi is so nice!

The rice dumplings were also really delicious, soft, glutinous and sweet. The salted duck eggs were also delicious. When she bit into them, the yellow oil flowed down her hands.

Li Canguan was squatting on his family's boat, watching the Lu family's siblings sitting in rows on the bow eating rice dumplings and duck eggs.

He suddenly didn't want to be a child of the Li family. He wanted to be a child of the Lu family. He wanted to be like a small fish, with fat intestines to eat, meat and bones to chew on, and rice dumplings made with salted duck eggs.

Lu Xiaoqing walked onto the bow of the boat carrying her share of rice dumplings and duck eggs, and squatted next to Lu Sheige.

She handed the bowl to Lu Sheige: "Xiaosi, you eat."

She sincerely wanted to feed Xiaosi. Without Xiaosi, the family would not have the copper money to buy glutinous rice to make rice dumplings.

At least, as long as she could remember, none of the boating families were willing to spend copper coins to buy glutinous rice to make rice dumplings.

Thirty-seven copper coins, even if the price of brown rice has increased now, can still be exchanged for half a pound of brown rice, which is enough for the whole family to cook wild vegetables and eat them for two or three days.

"I won't eat it, sister, you eat it."

Lu Sheige straightened his legs, put his hands back on the board of the boat, looked up at the clear sky, and asked softly: "Sister, do you want to talk to me like my second sister Xiaoyu?"

Xiaoyu, who was eating rice dumplings, was stunned, and even Lu Xiaoqing, who was holding a wooden bowl, was also stunned.

What is Xiaosi talking about? What does it mean to talk like them?

"Sister,"

Lu Sheige turned sideways and looked at Lu Xiaoqing, his expression slightly condensed, and he said solemnly: "I heard that stuttering can be cured."

"No……"

Lu Xiaoqing shook his head in panic: "No, no need."

Many people say that stuttering can be cured, but there is no money at home to treat her.

Besides, this is not a disease and does not affect eating, drinking, or work.

At most, at most, she talks less and goes out less, so there will be fewer people making fun of her.

"Sister, it can really be cured."

Lu Xiige sat up straight and grabbed Lu Xiaoqing's arm to stop her from flinching.

The eldest sister is so kind to her, even if she is not her real brother, she should still help her.

What a good eldest sister, how could she delay her whole life because of her stuttering, making her never dare to look up at others or speak loudly?

"Xiao, Xiaosi..."

Lu Xiaoqing bit her lower lip to hold back from screaming.

She thought she was used to it, used to other people's ridicule, used to other people's pity, used to the guilty eyes of her parents when they looked at her.

"Xiaosi, can it really be cured?"

Lu Xiaoyu jumped up, and the rice dumplings in his hands were no longer so fragrant.

"Okay." Lu Shege nodded.

"Do you need a lot of money?" Lu Xiaoyu dug into his pocket and took out the two cents she had received last time: "Here is this for you. We will earn money and save it to buy medicine for my eldest sister."

Even if I continue to eat glutinous rice in the future, I don’t want to eat rice dumplings, fat intestines, water chestnut cakes, or almond cake.

Lu Xiaoyu was raised by her eldest sister since she was a child. In her heart, her eldest sister is the person she is closer to than her parents.

Because the eldest sister stuttered, her friends often laughed at her when she was a child. It didn't matter what others said about her, but as long as they said eldest sister, she and the second sister would never let each other go, and they would not give up until they were beaten to death.

It would be a great thing if the eldest sister gets better.

She is such a good eldest sister, she should be like all good sisters, talk to people pretty and openly.

"No money."

Lu Xiangge looked at Lu Xiaoqing who was gritting her teeth and trembling in front of her, held her arm tightly, and asked, "Sister, do you believe me, you can cure the disease without spending money. You are a disease, as long as you are cured, you will be fine.

Yes. Do you believe me? Let’s give it a try, okay?”

Lu Xiaoqing's eyes fell on Lu Sheige's face, and seeing her confident look, her heart slowly relaxed.

Xiao Si is so powerful that he can make money selling reed leaves and mats. Maybe he can really cure her.

She hesitated for a long time, then slowly nodded under Lu Sheige's firm gaze: "Okay."
Chapter completed!