Chapter 454: No need to be curious about what fruit candy tastes like from now on.

Chapter 454: No need to be curious about what fruit candy tastes like from now on.

Shen Shuyu asked the brother and sister to come into the house to drink water. The brother and sister wanted to run away, but Shen Shuyu held their hands and they were willing to come into the house.

He was very reserved when he entered the room. "Teacher Shen, our shoes are dirty. How about we take them off?"

But thinking that their feet weren't very clean either, the brother and sister blushed.

"No need to mop, concrete floors are meant to be walked on, there's no need for slippers."

"Just sit down, don't be polite, just treat this as your own home."

Shen Shuyu poured two cups of sugar water. The brother and sister were thirsty, so they picked up the bowls and drank from them. After taking a sip, they felt a sweet taste in their mouths and realized that it was sugar water.

They haven't had sugar water for a long time. They only drink half a bowl of sugar water during Chinese New Year.

Saccharin is expensive, so they are only willing to add a little bit, so it’s actually not sweet at all.

Now that they were drinking such sweet syrup, the brother and sister squinted their eyes happily and drank the syrup in small sips.

Shen Shuyu took out a plate with some peanuts, melon seeds, biscuits and fruit candies, and said, "Eat them. Finish them before you go back."

Chen Meini shook her head like a rattle, "Teacher Shen, leave these for Xiaoze to eat, we can just drink the sugar water."

"Xiao Ze can't eat these yet. If you don't eat them, they will go bad."

Chen Sheng looked at his brother, not knowing how to refuse. It would be a waste to give them these good things. They didn't need to eat such good things at all.

Shen Shuyu peeled a candy and stuffed it into Chen Meini's mouth. It was the first time for Chen Meini to eat fruit candy.

Her eyes curved into crescents. "I didn't know fruit candy was so delicious. Brother, I've tried fruit candy before. I don't need to be curious about what fruit candy tastes like anymore."

Chen Sheng blamed himself for being incompetent and not being able to afford fruit candy for his sister. He forced a smile and said, "It's delicious. Eat two more."

From now on, he will be responsible for all the firewood for Teacher Shen's family.

Shen Shuyu's nose was sore when she heard this, and she handed a cookie to Chen Meini, "Try this cookie, it's delicious too."

Shen Shuyu grabbed some candy and biscuits and gave them to Chen Sheng. "Eat some too, Chen Sheng. You helped me carry so much firewood. You helped my family a lot. If you don't eat them, I can't take the firewood you carried."

Chen Meini handed her brother a cookie, "Brother, eat it, it's delicious."

Chen Sheng took a bite of the cookie, and his face showed the childishness that he should have at his age. "It's delicious. When I make money, I will buy some for Minnie."

Chen Meini shook her head, "No, no, I'm fine with corn paste and steamed bread."

Such delicious food must be very expensive, and she didn't want her brother to get hurt just to buy her cookies and candies.

She ate the biscuits and nestled in Shen Shuyu's arms. "Teacher Shen, today is the happiest day for my brother and me. No one has ever been as kind to us as you are."

Chen Sheng corrected her, "Uncle and aunt are also good to us."

Chen Meini curled her lips and said nothing. Uncle was good to them, but he had to listen to Auntie.

In fact, my aunt didn't like them at all. She always scolded them behind their backs and looked down on them.

Her cousins ​​always bully them. If her brother wasn't there, they would have wanted to snatch the clothes he bought for her.

Gu Changfeng and Su Yueru went to visit old comrades these two days, and Xiaoze was also taken out. Only Shen Shuyu was at home, so the brother and sister would not feel too restrained.

After eating two biscuits, Chen Sheng couldn't sit still and wanted to help Shen Shuyu with the work. However, there was no work to do at Shen Shuyu's house.

After looking around, Chen Sheng went out to stack the firewood. Shen Shuyu wanted to call him back to eat, but Chen Meini shook her head, "Teacher Shen, let my brother work, otherwise he will feel bad."

In fact, Chen Meini also wanted to help Teacher Shen with the work, but it seemed that there was no work for her to do at Teacher Shen's house.

Chen Meini ate two candies and three biscuits and then stopped. She touched her stomach and said she was full, so she asked Shen Shuyu to keep some for herself.

How could they be full after eating so little? The child didn't want to eat, and Shen Shuyu didn't say much. She would just pack the food for them to take back when they returned.

The two children had to go to work, so they stayed at Shen Shuyu's house for more than an hour and then went back.

The firewood they brought was neatly stacked in the corner of the yard.

Before leaving, Chen Sheng said that he would continue to carry firewood for her.

"Don't worry about carrying it here. I still have enough firewood at home. Prepare enough firewood at home and then carry it here."

They definitely don't have money to buy coal, and they rely on firewood in the winter. If there is not enough firewood, they cannot survive the winter.

"The firewood in my house is enough to last for the whole winter, but it's not enough for my uncle. I will carry some for my uncle for a while, and then I will carry some for Teacher Shen later."

"Don't worry, you can carry it here next year. There is no place to store firewood at home now."

Going up the mountain was long and tiring, and Shen Shuyu didn't need him to carry firewood for her. If she had just told him not to carry the firewood, the two children would have racked their brains to think of something to help her.

Chen Sheng thought that the yard was so big that putting it in the corner wouldn't have any impact or anything, but this was Teacher Shen's home, and maybe Teacher Shen just didn't like to put firewood in the yard.

Teacher Shen is not like them. Cultured people are very particular.

"Then I'll carry firewood here next year."

Shen Shuyu wrapped the biscuits, melon seeds, peanuts, etc. in a cloth and put two steamed buns in it. "Take these."

The brother and sister looked at each other and ran away. They ran so fast that they bumped into Gu Jiandong who had just returned.

Gu Jiandong caught the child who was about to fall and said, "Run slower."

Chen Sheng looked up at Gu Jiandong, said sorry, and quickly ran away.

The two children ran away and looked back at Gu Jiandong.

Chen Meini whispered to her brother, "Brother, the uncle who helped you just now is Teacher Shen's man. He is very powerful and the leader of the group."

Chen Sheng looked at Gu Jiandong walking away from a distance and said firmly, "I will also join the army in two years."

By joining the army, I can defend my country and give my sister a good life.

“But being a soldier is hard and dangerous.” As siblings, even though Chen Meini was still young, she could guess what her brother was thinking.

My brother still does this for her and wants her to live a good life.

The eighth grandfather in their village was also a soldier, but when he came back, he was carried back by others and had to rely on crutches to walk.

"Brother is amazing. He can protect himself."

When Gu Jiandong got home, he saw two more bundles of firewood at home and asked with a smile, "Those two kids are carrying more firewood?"

"You knew it was a child?" Shen Shuyu only found out today at home that it was Chen Meini and her brother who had carried firewood here.

"When I came back, I asked the guard at the door, and he said two children came in carrying firewood."

Shu Yu talked to him about it the day before yesterday, but he was too busy at the moment and didn't think of asking the guard.

Chen Meini was studying at a school for children of military personnel, and she would usually come to the family compound to play with her classmates.

The guard would only let the two children in if he had seen Chen Meini. Otherwise, the guard would not let anyone in if they were strangers.