When the pears are green

Zhang was relieved to see Song Li, Song Yue and Song Changhe all returned before dark. After asking Song Li and Song Yue a few questions, she asked them to wash their hands and eat.

Seeing his wife staring at him with a somewhat unhappy look, Song Changhe thought of taking the opportunity to go to the kitchen to eat with his two daughters. He winked at Song Li and Song Yue frantically, but heard Song Li say to him: "Dad, what's wrong with your eyes? You blink so hard, are you having a cramp?"

Zhang glanced at Song Changhe who was still blinking and said to them, "I don't think he has a cramp. He has just looked too much. You two should go quickly. You are hungry after walking all the way."

Song Changhe wailed and said, "Xiangxiang, please don't say that in front of the child."

Song Li and Song Yue no longer paid attention to the bickering between their parents. They washed their hands and hurried to the kitchen.

Song Xing, who was serving the meal, saw them and said happily, "Big sister, second sister, you are back. Mother was so worried. Mother has prepared the meal and is waiting for you two. Come and eat!"

Song Li and Song Yue had been walking for a long time and were already very hungry, so they quickly sat down and picked up their chopsticks to eat. Before they put the food into their mouths, they heard a roar coming from the yard. Song Li and the other three were used to it after hearing it.

Zhang asked loudly in the yard: "Song Changhe, where have you been for so long? I wanted to wait for you to come back and ask you to pick up our two daughters halfway, but you came back only now. My daughter is back safely. If my daughter had something wrong, I would not forgive you for running around."

Song Changhe hurriedly walked over to Zhang and said with an apologetic smile, "Xiangxiang, I was going to the riverbank and happened to run into my second uncle and his family. I thought I would come back after chatting for a while, but I didn't expect that we talked until it was almost dark."

Zhang said in disbelief, "What can you, a bunch of grown men, talk about until dark?"

Song Changhe stammered, "It's just the things that men like to talk about. Let's go eat, Xiangxiang, I'm hungry. I know you are worried about your two daughters, but you have to feel sorry for your man, right?" After Song Changhe finished speaking, he went to massage Zhang's shoulders and back.

Zhang slapped Song Dahe's hand away and said angrily, "Boss, I'm not angry. I'm just worried because it's getting dark. I'm afraid something might happen to them on the way."

After hearing this, Song Changhe approached Zhang and said, "You are just imagining things. When I came down from the riverbank, I saw three of them, uh, no, two of them. I was watching them. It's okay."

Zhang asked loudly: "Which three of them?" Song Changhe hurriedly said "hush" and whispered: "Why are you so loud? Aren't you afraid of scaring the children? I was wrong, it's Xiaoli and Xiaoyue, just two. Let's eat quickly."

Zhang asked Song Changhe to eat alone, saying that she was angry with him. Song Changhe immediately said that he couldn't eat without Xiangxiang, and Zhang couldn't do anything about it, so they had to go to the kitchen to eat together.

After hearing their parents' bickering, Song Li, Song Yue and Song Xing started laughing while eating.

Song Li, who was sitting opposite the door, happened to see Zhang and Song Changhe walking over hand in hand, and she coughed a few times. Song Yue immediately received her sister's signal and immediately stopped laughing.

Song Xing was still eating and laughing. Just when he was wondering why his two sisters stopped laughing, he received two "chestnuts" from Song Changhe. Song Xing looked at Song Li and Song Yue with resentment, but they both lowered their heads and ate their food, pretending not to see him.

After dinner, Zhang asked Song Xing and Song Yue to clean up the kitchen, and she asked Song Li to follow her into the house.

Song Yue whispered to Song Li, "Sister, I'll wait for you to come back before I go to sleep." Song Li smiled at her and followed Zhang.

While telling Song Li what to pay attention to tomorrow, Zhang handed her a set of folded clothes.

Zhang said, "Xiao Li, go back and try it on. If it doesn't fit, ask Xiao Yue to alter it for you. Although it's not made of good material, it's better than old clothes."

Song Li nodded. Zhang looked at Song Li's weird hairstyle, then took out two red hairbands from the cabinet and asked Song Li to wear them tomorrow.

Song Li held the two red hairbands in her hands. She knew that although they were just two simple hairbands, they were rare in the village.

Song Li thanked Zhang. Zhang was obviously stunned for a moment, and she said, "Girl, why are you thanking your own mother? Are you stupid?" After that, she let Song Li go back and told her to go to bed early because she had to get up early tomorrow.

Although Song Yue's upper eyelids were fighting with her lower eyelids, she still insisted on waiting for Song Li to come back. After she heard the sound of Song Li opening the door, she rubbed her eyes and sat up from the bed.

Song Li looked at Song Yue, who could hardly open her eyes, and said, "Yueyue, go to sleep quickly. You can't open your eyes." After saying that, she placed the clothes and hairband that Zhang gave her on the bedside.

Song Yue perked up instantly after seeing the clothes and hairband. She smiled and said, "Sister, the clothes were made by mother and me together. Try them on. If there is anything that doesn't fit, I'll make some changes for you."

Song Li said, "I think it should be okay, you can go to sleep." But Song Yue insisted that Song Li try it, so Song Li had to try it and it was just right.

It was a set of light green thin shirt and dark blue skirt. Although the style was simple, it was made by Zhang and Song Yue in one day. Song Li was very grateful to them from the bottom of her heart.

In the village, children only wear clothes that are worn by older children, and they can only buy a few new sets of clothes throughout the year. Some of Song Li's clothes were altered from Zhang's old clothes, and Song Yue's clothes were not to be mentioned.

Song Li had also seen that the wedding dress worn by Erya next door was bought from someone else. The fact that Zhang made a new dress for Song Li on the day of the engagement was a great honor for Song Li.

Seeing that Song Yue couldn't let go of the two red hairbands, Song Li said to her, "I'll give you one when I'm done with this, okay?"

Song Yue was very happy to hear this, but after thinking for a while, she said, "Will my mother beat me?"

Song Li said to her, "Mother still loves you very much. I will tell mother that I gave it to you voluntarily. I am sure mother will agree." Song Yue nodded happily.

After a while, Song Yue yawned again, and Song Li pressed her into the quilt and told her to go to sleep. Seeing Song Yue slowly fall asleep, Song Li also lay down.

Song Li was originally still thinking about when Jiang Qingzhou would arrive home, whether the journey would be smooth, whether his brother would be hungry, etc. But because she had walked too far today, she fell asleep while thinking.