Away from the big book, the educated youth became the village favorite by running errands

Looking at the bowl of water, Shuo Shuo licked his lips but did not drink it directly. Instead, he carefully placed it on the edge of the kang, climbed onto the kang, helped up his grandmother, and let her drink first.

"Grandma, you drink first. Then grandpa will drink. I'm not thirsty." Shuo Shuo remembered that when grandma had a cough before, grandpa brought her water to drink. After drinking the water, grandma felt better and didn't cough as much.

"Ahem, Shuo Shuo, you drink it. Grandma is not... ahem, not thirsty."

Shuo Shuo insisted on letting grandma drink first and held the bowl refusing to put it down, so grandma could only take a sip.

"Shuo Shuo, have a drink. There's plenty of water left." If it were someone else, Song Shuangshuang might have felt bored. It's just a bowl of water, so is there any need to be polite to each other? But given Shuo Shuo's family's current situation, even a bowl of hot water is precious.

Song Youlin fetched a bucket of water and took out some firewood to start a fire. He lit the small clay stove and went back to the room to heat the kang.

It was so cold that day that there wasn't even a thick quilt at home. If the kang was not heated, the two elderly people and Shuo Shuo would have a high fever in two days, not to mention that the old lady was already suffering from a cold and cough.

As the firewood burned, the old lady felt her body warming up and no longer felt like she was in an ice cellar.

Wiping away her tears, the old lady felt that her family could survive, and at least her child had a hope of surviving.

About half an hour later, the brother and sister brought in three bowls of white porridge.

"Grandma, you guys have some porridge first. This bowl is the oily crust on the porridge. You can feed it to grandpa after it cools down. We have other things to do and we have to go back. This is 20 kilograms of food. Remember to hide it well.

Since it was troublesome for you to fetch water, I took it upon myself to clean the broken jar outside and bring it into the house, and filled it with water.

We’ll come back next week.”

The old lady had no nerve to accept food from the siblings. It was already very good that they could bring it back to the old man and get firewood and water for them. How could she accept any more food!

When Shuo Shuo heard that the 'kind sister' was leaving, he jumped off the kang.

"Sister, can you stay a little longer? I don't want you to leave." With only his grandparents at home, he would be bullied by other children if he wanted to go out to play, and some would even hit him with stones. It was rare for him to have an older brother or sister who was willing to talk to him and call him by his nickname as gently as his grandparents, so he didn't want them to leave.

"Shuo Shuo, stop making trouble." The old lady called out to her grandson.

Shuo Shuo's eyes immediately turned red when the old lady scolded him. Song Shuangshuang felt uncomfortable and walked up to Shuo Shuo, squatted down, took out a handkerchief and wiped his tears.

"Don't cry. Brother and sister don't live in the city. We have other things to do. We can't stay here with Shuo Shuo for too long. But sister promises that she will come to see you next week, okay?"

She really couldn't stay here for too long, as she had to go out and sell things, and she was also afraid of bumping into Hong Xiuzi. What if the neighbors saw her and sold her and her brother?

"Really?"

"Of course it's true. I promise you that I'll bring you food next time. Well, if you behave well and don't cry or make a fuss, I'll give you candy next time."

Seeing Shuoshuo's eyes light up, Song Shuangshuang thought he was happy because he had candy to eat, but his next words made her feel very sad.

"Sister, I will definitely not cry or make a fuss. Can you replace the candy with malted milk? I heard that drinking malted milk can make the body better. I want grandpa and grandma to get better soon..."

"Okay, I'll bring you malted milk."

Not to mention one bag of malted milk, she would give him ten bags. This child is really pitiful.

After the two finished talking, the old lady asked Shuo Shuo to go out for a while, as she had something to say to Song Shuangshuang and her brother.

“Girl, I know you and your brother are good people, and I am very grateful that you saved my old man and made porridge for us, but I really can’t accept this food.

Shuo Shuo was raised by us old couple since he was a child. There were no other children nearby to play with him. He heard about milk candy and malted milk from other children and didn’t know how valuable those things were.

And you should have guessed the situation in our family. We have a bad background, and people come to rob and smash things every now and then. If someone sees you coming to my house, someone will definitely cause trouble for you in the future. I don't want to harm you.

When the old man wakes up, he can go find something to eat. Don't come here again."

The old lady's voice was choked with sobs, and her hands clenched the mattress under her.

Song Shuangshuang ignored what the old lady said and asked, "Grandma, I don't even know your last name."

She had to find out the two old people's surnames.

The old lady was startled and said, "Both of us are surnamed Lin."

"Okay, Grandma Lin, my sister and I are named Song, so you can just call us Xiao Song. We don't live in the city, so not many people know us. As for the grain, we don't keep the fine grains, but the coarse grains. You can keep them without worry. If you don't know where to hide them, I'll find a place to hide them later.

I'm very good at hiding things, no one will find them.

And I just promised Shuo Shuo that I would come to see him next week, I can’t break my promise.”

Even if there was no system task, she would come.

Suddenly Song Shuangshuang thought of something. There was only one system task at a time. Didn't that mean she could only do this one task for the next two months and couldn't earn any more points? !

System [I can’t decide this, it depends on the system refresh situation. ]

Song Shuangshuang: "I am listening to your words, just like listening to your words. Thank you so much for talking to me."

How can she not know this?

"you……"

"It's okay, Grandma Lin. It's settled. My sister and I will come back next week. I'll go hide the food for you first."

Before Grandma Lin could even say anything, Song Shuangshuang jumped out. She really wasn't the type to say sentimental words.

The key is to win quickly and decisively, otherwise things will change!

Song Youlin helped his sister explain to Grandma Lin that they would be careful when they came next week and told her not to worry.

"We know that you are worried about implicating us, but you have to think about Grandpa Lin and Shuo Shuo. Shuo Shuo is still young. What if something happens to you two old people and the child? We are not the kind of people who will brag about our achievements. Since we have promised, we will definitely try our best to do it.

Don't worry."

Grandma Lin was silent for a long time before she choked up and said thank you.

Yes, she had to keep living even for Shuo Shuo, and she had lost her dignity long ago.

Outside the house, Song Shuangshuang hid the food and waved to Shuo Shuo.

"Shuo Shuo, I'll tell you where I hid the food. Take some out every day when you eat.

But one thing is that you must protect yourself. Even if the bad guys find the food, don't try to snatch it from them. The safety of yourself and your grandparents is the most important."

Seeing Shuo Shuo nodding heavily, Song Shuangshuang reached out and touched his head, then took out a handful of fruit candies from his pocket.

"If the food is taken away, give grandpa and grandma a piece of candy, and eat some yourself. Try to hold on until your sister comes to find you.

Remember not to put these candies together, hide them separately in the snow. This way they won’t be discovered.”

Song Shuangshuang took out the sugar just in case.

Also, hard fruit candies are small in size, easy to hide, and contain enough sugar to keep them going for a few days even if an accident does happen.