One could only say, Xiang Nuan and her brother were simply dealt a bad hand to be born as Qin Guo Hua’s children.
"Brother, do you have any money?" Qin Xiang Nuan asked him when Qin Xiang Yang ca back from the field at noon.
Actually, she vaguely rembered that her brother did have so money. In her past life, when her brother was gravely ill and nearly dying, he had given her a small pouch, which was full of money that he had earned bit by bit by doing odd jobs for other families in his spare ti.
"Do you need money? Wait, brother will get it for you," Qin Xiang Yang said without hesitation as he opened a cabinet and fumbled around inside for a while before pulling out a small cloth pouch. It was indeed the very sa one from her past life, now looking sowhat old and dirty.
He opened the cloth bag, revealing a number of one-cent and one-fen coins inside. In these current tis, they still used those several-cent banknotes, so she dumped all the coins onto the fire pit, counting them one by one.
There was more than five yuan in total.
"Nuannuan, do you want to buy sothing to eat?" Qin Xiang Nuan stroked her younger sister’s little cheek. "Brother will give you this money, but rember, don’t let the stepmother and the others find out. They will snatch it away."
Qin Xiang Nuan carefully wrapped the money back up and clutched it to her chest, then promised fervently.
"Brother, don’t worry, I won’t let anyone know. This is ours, not soone else’s."
Qin Xiang Yang now felt quite at ease with his sister. Lately, Nuannuan had beco more shrewd; she knew how to sneak food and would stealthily make so things and save them for him. And because they had not suffered hunger recently, he felt his strength had greatly increased.
After everyone had gone out again, Qin Xiang Nuan walked a long distance to find a small shop. There she bought so white paper—the kind that ca in very large sheets and was quite cheap at two cents per sheet. She bought ten sheets, spending just twenty cents in total. She also bought sugar and so oil. She hid all these things first; she dared not brazenly bring them ho, since people in the village gossiped, and it would be troubleso if Hu Li found out.
Only when night fell and everyone else had gone to sleep did Qin Xiang Nuan take her elder brother to where she had hidden her stash.
"Why did you buy so much?" Qin Xiang Yang was surprised but did not bla his sister. Although he was young, his frequent farm work had endowed him with great strength.
He swiftly picked up a big bundle of items and then turned to Qin Xiang Nuan, saying, "Nuannuan, hold onto brother’s clothes tightly, rember to grip firmly, and don’t let go," it was so dark, and he was afraid his sister might stumble or get lost.
"Okay," Qin Xiang Nuan clutched at the hem of Qin Xiang Yang’s clothes. The siblings walked carefully, for there were no streetlights in the village at night, and there were few people around. It was indeed frightening to be alone; although both of them felt scared, they mutually bolstered each other’s courage.
Upon opening the door, the earth pit inside was ablaze, thus a wave of heat greeted them as they entered.
Qin Xiang Yang placed the wrapped items on the kang bed. In the darkness, he hadn’t seen clearly, but now, striking a match and lighting a candle, he finally saw what his sister had bought: a ream of paper, a bag of rice, and oil in a plastic bottle.
Qin Xiang Nuan hid the oil and sugar in the cabinet, along with the flour.
"Brother, help ," she said as she placed the paper in front of Qin Xiang Yang.
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