His family was considered to be a relatively well-off family in the village. Because he was strong since he was a child, he would go to the town or county to find work during the slack season.
Sometimes, if he was lucky, he could earn twenty or thirty coins a day.
However, the Niu family had a large population. His parents were still alive, and the seven brothers had never separated.
Since he was the most promising of all the brothers, he was forced to help the other brothers. In addition, he had four children to raise, so the money he saved was not much.
It was also he who just offered to lend Yu Yan 200 coins.
The man called Uncle Niu was afraid that Yu Yan stopped him to ask for money. He didn’t know how to refuse this child.
“Uncle Niu, can you bring me a candied haw when you go to work in town tomorrow?”
Yu Yan took out two copper coins from his pocket and handed them to him solemnly.
This was exactly the price of one candied haw.
Niu Mang felt a little ashamed.
He stuffed the two copper coins back into Yu Yan’s hand and said, “It’s just a bunch of candied haws. Just think of it as a gift from Uncle.”
He guessed that this candied haws was something Yu Yan was going to buy for his sister.
“No. I’ll give it to you.”
Yu Yan stubbornly stuffed the two coins back, then ran back home, closed the door tightly, and completely cut off the sight of the villagers.
Niu Mang held the two copper coins that still carried the child’s body temperature. The guilt in his heart became more and more intense.
***
That night, many things ‘grew’ out of thin air in the small courtyard of the Yu family, including a few eggs, a small piece of bacon, half a freshly killed old hen, a handful of red dates, a small bowl of mare’s milk fruit…
Yu Yan put all those things away, and that night, the brother and sister had an extremely sumptuous dinner.
“All the clothes in the house are placed in this box. Father and Mother’s clothes are placed at the bottom. Some of them are too big. You can alter them to make them smaller when you want to wear them.”
“The clothes above are all altered by me. Some of them were originally meant for me to wear, but now they are just right for you.”
Yu Yan looked at the neatly stacked clothes in the box and felt a little relieved.
These clothes were enough for his sister to wear until she was seven or eight years old. By that time, she should have learned to alter her own clothes.
It was a pity that he couldn’t teach her in person.
“These three coins are our last belongings. I’ll sew a small bag for you. Put these copper coins in your small bag. You can hang this bag around your neck in the future. All our belongings are handed over to you.”
Yu Yan solemnly hung the small purse with copper coins on his sister’s neck.
“Brother.”
Yu Wu looked at her brother with tears in her eyes. What happened today made her feel inexplicably panicked.
“In the future, if Brother is not here, you have to be more obedient. You know, only obedient and sensible children can be liked.”
Yu Yan hugged his sister tightly. How could he bear to let her live alone?
But compared to letting her live alone with the guilty villagers, he was more afraid that she would be sold to that dark place and live in pain and humiliation.
“Brother, don’t leave, don’t leave!”
Yu Wu panicked. She had never been separated from her brother since she was a child.
“Brother won’t leave. Brother will never leave Xiao Wu.”
Yu Yan pulled the corner of his mouth. He really couldn’t bear to let go.
“I swear, the one who lied is the puppy.”
Yu Wu stretched out her little finger, tears still welling up in her eyes. She was just scared by her brother’s words and she hadn’t taken them back yet.
“Okay.”
Yu Yan spoke in a hoarse voice and stretched out his little finger to hook his sister’s finger.
This little fool forgot that he was born in the year of the dog.
That night, the brother and sister hugged each other tightly.
Even if their hands were numb, they were reluctant to let go.
***
The next day, Yu Yan and his sister stayed at home and didn’t go anywhere. The brother and sister held hands and sat on the stone steps in the yard to chat.
Because Ah Wu didn’t speak fluently, Yu Yan often nagged unilaterally.
In the evening, Niu Mang asked his son to send two candied haws. His son was the fat boy who ate candied haws when Yu Yan and Yu Wu went down the mountain after picking mushrooms.
“My Dad told me to give it to you.”
The little fat boy looked at the two red candied haws and slurped his saliva. God knows how much willpower he had to control himself from eating it secretly.
“I only bought one.”
Yu Yan took one of them and said.
“Anyway, my Dad told me to give it to you.”
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