cannon fodder love

Chapter 140 The Dream of Dwelling 2
"Mom and sister are back." The words of younger sister An Yanran pulled An Yanbing back from her contemplation, and she hurried out of the room.

"Yan Bing, did you do your homework?" The first thing mother Li Yuting did when she got home was to ask her daughter about her homework. It seemed that she valued education.

"Mom, I've finished writing." An Yanbing said with a smile.

"Okay, let your sister check it out, and I'll cook." Li Yuting hurried to the kitchen after speaking.

"Let me take a look." Elder sister An Yanshu walked into the room. She is now in the third grade of primary school, so she naturally knows all the knowledge of the first grade.

"Well, you're right, I didn't expect you to be so obedient today, and you did everything right." An Yanshu closed her notebook and smiled happily.

"Hurry up and wash your hands, it's time to eat." An hour later, several bowls of porridge and steamed buns were placed on the table, An Yanbing looked at it, and there was only a bowl of shredded potatoes.

Fortunately, there is still mother's chili sauce on the table. An Yanbing put it in the steamed bun, tasted very delicious.

"Mom, why is it potato shreds again? I've been eating it for three days." My younger sister An Yanran pushed away the bowl and said with a frown.

"Many people still eat black-faced buns. Our family can let you eat white-faced buns. It's already very good. Why are you always picky and picky, and you don't want to eat it?" sister An Yanshu said angrily.

"Yan Shu, stop talking, she's still young." Mother Li Yuting pulled An Yanran over, hugged her on her lap and comforted her, "When your father comes back tomorrow, I'll make dumplings for you."

"Father is coming back, there are dumplings to eat." Hearing that there are dumplings to eat, An Yanran got off her mother's lap with a smile, and obediently sat on the bench with her head lowered and continued eating.

An Yanbing ate quietly and did not speak. According to the memory of the original owner, her father went to work and only came back from weekly vacations.

"I'm full, I'm going to wash the dishes." Seeing that the three of them put down their bowls, my mother started to clean up the dishes.

The elder sister took the initiative to help her mother with work. An Yanbing wanted to help, but after thinking about it, she gave up. Now that she is only seven years old, she can't be too mature in many things, otherwise it will make people suspicious.

After tidying up the bowls and chopsticks, mother Li Yuting went in to coax the younger brother who had just woken up, and the younger sister followed her mother into the room.

When the father is away, the younger sister will sleep with the mother, and when the father comes back, the younger sister will squeeze into the same bed with the two older sisters.

When my sister entered the room, she lay down on her back to do her homework under the dimly lit lamp, and An Yanbing lay down on the bed to sleep when she was bored.

"Yan Bing, are you asleep?" My sister put down her homework and suddenly said excitedly.

"Sister, what's the matter?" An Yanbing opened her eyes and asked lazily.

"The TV series opposite our house is about to start, don't you want to watch it?"

"I don't want to watch any good TV series." An Yanbing said without being interested at all.

"If you don't want to look, then I'll look." An Yanshu opened the curtains, stretched her neck, and looked at the other side excitedly. If her mother didn't let her look, she might have moved a small stool to look at the opposite side.

The sound of the TV is not loud, and it is mixed with people's voices, which seems to be very lively.

An Yanbing recalled that there were very few TV sets in this era, and it was a great thing for anyone in the village to have a TV set. In this era, if a family had a deposit of [-] yuan, it was a household with [-] yuan, which was regarded as reaching a well-off living standard.

Seeing her sister watching so intently, An Yanbing couldn't fall asleep, and she lay on the window and looked at the other side like her sister.

It turned out that I was watching "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and saw that the small courtyard opposite was full of people. The scene of watching TV reminded An Yanbing of the scene of people watching movies later.

"Are you all asleep?" The sudden knock on the door startled the two sisters, and they quickly closed the curtains and got into bed.

"Mom, what's the matter?" sister An Yanshu asked.

"It's okay, I just saw that your lights are still on, Yanshu, go to bed early after finishing your homework." Mother turned and left after speaking.

My sister immediately turned off the lamp and opened the curtains again, but this time An Yanbing didn't watch it again, because the original black and white TV didn't appeal to her.

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"Father is back." An Yanbing walked out of the room and saw a tall man standing in the backyard with his young brother in his arms, playing with his sister.

"Dad..." An Yanbing walked to the man's side and called out unnaturally.

"Yan Bing, this is for you." The man An Peng took out a few candies from his pocket and gave them to An Yan Bing.

An Yanbing pretended to be very happy and took the candy. After breakfast, her sister discussed with her: "Yanbing, it's hot now, there must be people eating watermelon on the street, let's go pick up the watermelon rind."

In order to supplement the family income, the mother who was unable to work raised two pigs and hundreds of laying chickens at home.

At that time, money was tight. In order to save costs, my sister would often help my mother go to the fields to gather grass for the pigs to eat, and to pick up watermelon rinds to feed the pigs.

"Okay." An Yanbing readily agreed. Her purpose was to go to the street to see what people were selling. Only by understanding the needs of the market could she better implement her money-making plan in the future.

The two sisters went out carrying a bag. This was the first time An Yanbing went to the street after coming here. Although today is not a day for going to the market, there are still quite a lot of people on the street.

"Uncle, do you want these watermelon rinds?" The two came to a watermelon stall and saw a lot of watermelon rinds on the ground, so the sister stepped forward to ask.

"No, little girl, you take them all away." The stall owner was a straightforward person, and gave them all the watermelon rinds.

"Thank you, Uncle, Yan Bing, I'll pick up your pocket."

An Yanbing propped up the pocket with both hands, and her sister picked up the watermelon rind in it.

After picking up this one, the two changed to another one, and soon they had half a pocket.

"Yan Bing, you stay here guarding your pocket. I'm going to do some shopping, and we'll go home." Sister An Yanshu hurried away after speaking.

An Yanbing calculated that it would take about ten minutes for her sister to come back, why not take advantage of this time to walk around the street by herself.

She looked around, put the watermelon rind into the space while no one was paying attention, and then started shopping alone.

After walking around, she suddenly found that there was no supermarket on this street, but only small shops. After looking at the surrounding environment, An Yanbing had an idea in her heart, she wanted to open a supermarket on the street.

After deciding to open a supermarket, An Yanbing was worried again, that is the source of goods and funds, it seems that there are some things that need to use her brain.

Before her sister arrived, An Yanbing returned to the spot, quietly took out her pocket and put it on the ground.

"Yan Bing, what do you want to buy?" Seeing that she was still obediently waiting for her, the elder sister asked with concern.

"There is nothing to buy, sister, let's go home."

The two carried their bags and walked back. When they passed a small stall selling Liangpi, a man handed a bag of prepared Liangpi to An Yanshu: "I just steamed it today, take it home for your dad to eat."

"Thank you second uncle." Elder sister An Yanshu accepted with a smile. It turned out that this man was her second uncle, a brother and sister of grandparents, and could be regarded as a relative.

Carrying the cold skin and the watermelon skin, the two returned with a full load.

"Yan Shu, you went to pick up the watermelon rinds. You are exhausted. Put it down." An Peng, who was watching at the door, took the watermelon rinds and looked at the two daughters with distress.

"Not tired, Dad, this is the Liangpi given to you by the second uncle, eat it quickly." An Yanshu smiled and handed the Liangpi to her father.

(End of this chapter)