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Time flies so fast. In the blink of an eye, it’s summer again in Beijing. This year, my father set up a pergola in the courtyard early and covered it with a mat. The poles were erected, and the pull ropes hung from the top, so that he could pull them up and down freely. mat. Put it down when it's sunny and roll it up when it's cloudy. When autumn gets cooler, someone will come to help dismantle the shed after setting a date.

This year, Tang Xin was once again extremely happy that she bought a courtyard house because there was a well in the backyard dug by the original owner. There was no refrigerator at that time, so she had to "drill the well" to relieve the heat in the summer. Because they have running water at home, they usually don't use well water very much. Now that it's summer, well water has more uses. They put watermelons and other fruits in baskets and throw them directly into the well. They can go to town in three or four hours. Next up is iced watermelon. If there are any items at home that are afraid of spoilage or meat, you can hang them in the well without worrying about rats. It is really a large natural refrigerator.

On this day, Tang Xin was studying under the shed in the yard when she heard the sound of hawking outside. Along with the sound of banging ice lamps, the clear and melodious hawking voice came: "The more roses, the more osmanthus, the more roses and dates." ! Dried fruits, rose dates! Peach preserved glass powder! Paste cake and plum soup! "

When Tang Xin heard this, she knew it was the sour plum soup seller, and she immediately looked at her aunt. When her aunt saw her look, she said, "Let's go. It's very hot today. Let's each buy a bowl to cool down."

"Thank you, Auntie." Tang Xin stood up happily. It was such a hot day and she was so happy to have a bowl of cool sour plum soup.

Tang Xin was the first to run out and stop the hawker carrying a burden.

The hawker put down the burden on his shoulders and picked a basket of big red baskets and a square case in front of him. There were four porcelain basins placed at the four corners of the case and a jar in the middle. The four porcelain basins were filled with rose dates, dried fruits, peach preserves and glass powder, and the jars were filled with sour plum soup.

Rose dates are cooked with red dates and mixed with roses and osmanthus. The dried fruits are made by soaking persimmons and dried apricots. The peach preserves are made by pickling fresh peaches last year and then cutting them into small pieces. The glass powder is made from frozen starch. On the back of the pick is a wooden barrel, and a large can is placed in the barrel to store the sour plum soup, which is chilled with ice cubes.

It looked really tempting. I asked about the price and it was 2 cents a bowl. My aunt immediately waved her hand and went home to get a thermos bottle and buy more so that Dad Tang, Mom Tang and brother could drink it when they came back.

The vendor was very honest. The bowls of sour plum soup he gave were plenty. It only took five bowls to fill up the thermos bottle. The ingredients were put separately. I just put them in when my parents came back to drink. My aunt ordered three more bowls separately. , served in bowls at home, the three of them drank to relieve the heat.

The total cost was 16 cents, and the vendor was in a good mood and gave Tang Xin a small bean cake as a gift. When Tang Xin tasted it, she felt it was soft and glutinous with a sweet taste, "Auntie, take a bite, this is very delicious." It's delicious." Tang Xin handed the other side of the adzuki bean cake to her aunt for her to try.

Unable to argue with her children, my aunt asked, "Comrade, how do you sell this adzuki bean cake?"

"This is three yuan per cent. There isn't much left. It's only sixteen or seventeen yuan. If you want it, I'll give you all four cents. It's exactly two cents." The vendor said cheerfully.

Tang Xin listened and nodded hurriedly, and her aunt couldn't help but smile when she saw this greedy look, "It's okay, I just have a lot of family members, so two yuan per person is about the same." Auntie greeted Sister Zheng and paid the money, then took the After putting the adzuki bean cold cake on the plate, I took Tang Xin home.

After returning home, Tang Xin couldn't wait to drink the sour plum soup. Well, it tasted delicious, with a strong and cold taste. It was so cold that it penetrated the heart and spleen. It's so cool.

Tang Xin, her aunt, and Sister Zheng each ate another piece of adzuki bean cake. It was not big, so it was just a snack. Sister Zheng hung the remaining adzuki bean cold cake in the well again, waiting for Father Tang, Mother Tang and Zhan Bo to come back to eat together.

Because she drank sour plum soup and ate some adzuki bean cold cake, Tang Xin didn't eat much at noon and took a nap soon. Such days were not very pleasant for Tang Xin.

It's a pity that good days are always short-lived. When Tang's father came back in the evening, he brought some bad news to Tang Xin.

My elder brother is already in the sixth grade of elementary school and will enter junior high school next semester. Mr. Tang has always had a dream of becoming a Confucian general. Although he cannot let his children and grandchildren get as high a degree as his third son, he requires all his children to They must at least graduate from high school, which is why many people work after graduating from junior high school, while their older cousins ​​have to wait until they graduate from high school to work.

Talking about my brother, because he has to go to higher school, although he doesn’t have as much pressure as later, he is still very nervous, so he usually doesn’t finish school until three or four o’clock in the afternoon. It was about the same time that my parents came back.

Seeing them coming back, Tang Xin immediately took the initiative to go to the backyard and took out the sour plum soup and adzuki bean cake left for them from the well.

"Dad, mom, and brother, come and try some of the sour plum soup and adzuki bean cold cake that we just bought today. Let's cool down quickly. When we bought it, we even asked the seller to put a few ice cubes in it, and it was very cool."

"It's great to have sour plum soup. My dear sister, hurry up and get it. It's so hot today." When I heard that there was sour plum soup, my brother's eyes lit up and he no longer looked disgusted. Instantly energized.

It's around four o'clock in the afternoon, the sun has not set yet, and the weather is still very hot. Being able to drink a bowl of cold sour plum soup at this time is really the greatest enjoyment after get off work.

Father Tang and Mother Tang were enjoying their daughter's service with peace of mind. Father Tang even said with emotion, "With a daughter like this, what more can a husband ask for."

Tang's mother laughed at him, "I bought you with some sour plum soup, and you only have a little bit of future." After talking to Tang's father, she picked up the sour plum soup, added some toppings, and drank it leisurely.

Before it was time to cook dinner, the family used to sit together and chat. As they talked, the issue of Tang Xin's schooling came up. Tang's father had already enrolled Tang Xin in the elementary school of BGI. After the summer vacation, Tang Xin My heart is about to go to school.

My brother Zhanbo will also go to junior high school next semester, but fortunately, he is a child of the school who went directly to primary school. The brother and sister are still in the same school. The older brother usually takes care of the younger sister. The two of them can go back to school together, but the primary school is better than the middle school. Morning, fortunately Zidi Elementary School is inside BGI. Tang Xin can go find her mother after school, and then go home with her.

"From now on, you go to mom's office after school, and we will go home together after mom gets off work." Tang's mother said to Tang Xin.

"Tangbaby, you'd better come to me. If you usually don't have time to do experiments, my main job now is to teach master's students. I usually have less teaching tasks and have more time than you." Dad Tang suggested.

"Well, that's fine, then let's settle it. Let the sugar baby come to you after school. When you have time, you can take the sugar baby around twice more to familiarize yourself with the locations of our two offices. If you have any problems in the future, your child will be easily found. Us." Tang Ma explained uneasily.

Tang Xin wanted to say that she was old enough and knew the way, so she could definitely walk on her own, but Tang's mother and father Tang simply ignored her, leaving Tang Xin speechless.

Then they talked about preparing new school supplies for the two children. At this time, green canvas bags were popular for students' schoolbags, and some parents were clever enough to embroider a five-pointed star to imitate the backpacks used by the military.

Her brother suggested that her parents prepare this kind of schoolbag for them. Tang Xin really wanted the kind of backpack from her previous life. She told her mother what she thought, but her mother's craftsmanship was really not good, and Sister Zheng was not good at this either. Ordinary sewing and mending is fine. At this time, Tang's mother thought of Sister-in-law Gu. Sister-in-law Gu was very handy, and she also had good embroidery skills. She was the right person to ask for this matter.

Tang's mother made a decision immediately and took the whole family back to her parents' home this weekend.