Actually, when Gu An was seven, he only pried open one cupboard before he got his leg broken.
He had no skills, desperately using wire to poke around blindly. It’s unclear whether it was skill or luck. Anyway, he managed to steal two eggs, saving his brother from starvation.
But next...
His body couldn’t help but shiver.
For all these days, that mory is still the most terrifying place for him, and just thinking about it makes him shiver. Shi Suifeng noticed early on, so he avoided talking about it all the way.
Unexpectedly, now, with just a few words from Little He, Gu An brought it up on his own.
Chu River’s eyes lit up: "That’s a great skill you have! Oh, we t too late, otherwise, back then, there were quite a few locks for you to pick, I could have earned a bit more."
Old Chu Family and Shi Family have a few precious cupboards, Chu River got impatient with fiddling with locks and just smashed them... Had I known earlier, just pick the locks and take the stuff, if they wanted those big boxes, they’d have to pay to redeem them.
Wouldn’t that be a win-win?
Oh!
Her regret is so obvious and sincere, not a bit of perfunctory, even Gu An listens and gets anxious, genuinely sighing along: "No worries, Aunt, if you want to pick locks in the future, just call ."
Thinking about it, he blushed a little: "Actually, I’m not that good at picking..."
The two exchanged glances, unexpectedly finding a sense of mutual sympathy.
...
Gu Ping and Yun Baoni exchanged glances and involuntarily beca tense too — never expected, the biggest enemy ca from the unnoticeable Gu An.
Yun Baoni looked at the vegetables in her hand, suddenly raised her voice: "Auntie, I can weave bamboo baskets!"
She can only weave one kind, and can’t even split the bamboo strips.
But it’s okay, she’s sure she can learn more, she can’t let Gu An take all the glory now.
Gu Ping: ...
Darn it!
I’m obviously the oldest, but why don’t I have any standout skills? I’ve lost! ꒦ິ^꒦ິ
Shi Suifeng noticed Gu Ping sitting diligently in front of the stove, the stance for tending fire particularly vigorous.
Lunch was indeed quite sumptuous.
A pot full of rice, a bowl of stewed fish, a bowl of stewed beef with old cucumber, a bowl of scrambled eggs with chives, and finally a bowl of cold cucumber salad.
Gu Ping widened his eyes when serving the dishes, suddenly feeling anxious inside — Uncle Shi really doesn’t know how to live!
How can you eat like this, at this rate, we’ll soon be poor, can the two of us brothers still stay at uncle’s house?
But Chu River’s eyes lit up: "Great, great, finally I can relax. You have no idea, these days I’ve been eating at Old Zheng’s, always holding back... Even then, all their food tickets are used up."
She concluded sulkily: "And it’s only been a few days."
Shi Suifeng’s chopsticks paused.
After a while, he expertly lied: "No problem, they can’t earn food tickets, we’ve wronged our Little He. From now on, I’ll cook at ho and make sure you eat well... By the way, they’ve only been here for about a month, food tickets are hard to exchange, tonight I’ll take so food over."
Chu River shook her head frantically: "Don’t bring anything, don’t bring anything, Old Zheng asked countless questions, every day I’m there assembling parts, all missing arms and legs, it’s quite boring!"
Shi Suifeng’s brow furrowed, unexpectedly thought of his dream, and the only variable Little He brought to it, at this mont his heart held a suspicion.
...
No matter what he suspected, he had extre trust in Little He, and now rembered another point:
"Gu Ping, this afternoon I’ll take you brothers to the city to see a doctor. After seeing the doctor, you both have to go to school to study — and Bao Ni, you too, just right all of you can go to school."
Looking at Chu River, Shi Suifeng tentatively asked: "Does Little He want to go to school too?"
Chu River was shocked!
Her subconscious was frantically alerting, proving that going to school was not fun at all, so she quickly shook her head: "I’m not going, I’m not going, I want to make money..."
Thinking again, afraid that Shi Suifeng would force her, she hurriedly explained: "Old Zheng said I was born a genius, naturally gifted... I don’t need to learn, I know everything!"
Shi Suifeng: ...
This Old Zheng, who knows what he tricked Little He into doing, look how he praised the child... That was too direct!
He reservedly held back his uplifted lips, nodded, and said nothing more.
The three kids, although half-understanding, could understand that soone praised Aunt’s intelligence, and couldn’t help but open their mouths wide, their eyes filled with admiration...
"Aunt, you’re amazing!"
Gu An whispered.
Yun Baoni, who usually kept silent, clenched her chopsticks — darn it, got beaten to it again!
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