Because of a sprained foot, Tang Wan simply asked for leave for the past few days and did not go to work.
After her injury recovered, she took the village ox cart to the market and bought a catty of dim sum, a roast duck and two catties of pork, as well as some candies, rice noodles and the like.
It was already noon when she returned to the village, and she asked someone to help bring the rice noodles back to Li Cheng's house, while she carried roast duck snacks and candies, and walked towards Xue Xingtong's house.
The place was easy to find. The shabby mud-walled house closest to the end of the village was Xue Xingtong's.
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When Tang Wan arrived, Xue Xingtong was not at home.
It was his younger brother who opened the door, looking very thin.
Seeing Tang Wan, the thirteen-year-old boy looked at her warily, "Who are you? Are you here at my house?"
Hearing this, Tang Wan smiled slightly at the other party, "Hi, I'm Tang Wan, and I'm here to look for your brother Xue Xingtong."
"Brother is not at home now," said the boy.
Tang Wan was a little disappointed when she heard this, but quickly smiled and handed the things in her hand to the boy, "Okay, you take this back, your elder brother saved me a few days ago, this is my thank you gift, please You must accept it."
Hearing this, the boy hesitated.
Seeing this, Tang Wan stuffed something into his hand and said, "Take it! The kindness of saving your life will be repaid by the fountain, this thing is nothing."
The boy then took the things Tang Wan handed over.
After watching Tang Wan leave, he walked in with his things.
At this time, a girl with the same sallow complexion stared eagerly at the thing in his hand, "Second brother, I seem to smell meat!" After finishing speaking, she swallowed.
Hearing this, the boy bit his lip, and then opened the cloth bag Tang Wan sent.
The next moment, both brothers and sisters salivated furiously, and then swallowed desperately, but neither of them went directly to eat the food inside.
After a while, the girl said: "Second brother, I'm hungry..." The eldest brother hasn't come back yet, and the lunch meal hasn't been settled yet!
The boy hesitated for a while, and finally picked up a snack and handed it to his sister, saying: "Then you can eat a snack first."
The roast duck can't move for the time being, what if the other party backs out
His family can't afford to pay for a roast duck.
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After the girl took a bite of the snack, a happy smile appeared on her face, and then she handed the snack to the boy's mouth: "Second brother, you can eat too."
The boy hummed and took a small bite.
When Xue Xingtong came back, what he saw was the brother and sister staring at a roast duck without blinking.
Seeing this, his expression darkened immediately, and then he put down the two sweet potatoes in his hand, and said coldly, "Where did you get them? Have you eaten them yet?"
Hearing this, the two children shivered.
"It was sent by a sister named Tang Wan, saying it was a thank you gift for you. We only ate one piece of dim sum, and left the rest untouched!" The boy quickly explained.
Xue Xingtong clenched his fists when he heard this, and his knuckles made a clicking sound.
What does she mean
He just straightened her bones, why would she take such a big thank you gift
But seeing the brothers and sisters blaming themselves and being afraid, they still held back their anger and said, "Since it is a gift from others, you can eat it at ease, but next time you must not take other people's things indiscriminately! We must be poor if we are poor." backbone."
"We know big brother!" The two breathed a sigh of relief, but their eyes were floating on the roast duck, but neither of them dared to touch it.
Seeing this, Xue Xingtong loosened his fists, stepped forward and broke off the two legs of the roast duck and handed it to the two, "Eat it."