If it weren't for Su Tang, he would have died in the cold wind more than 20 years ago.
He knew that Su Tang didn't understand what he was saying, and he also knew that she didn't understand it now, but as long as he spoke more and did more in front of her, Su Tang would slowly return to a normal person.
Xu Xu talked a lot with Su Tang, introducing her to the wildly growing flowers and green grass nearby, the dense woods not far away, and the sparse clouds on the horizon...
It wasn't until Su Tang finished eating a piece of cake and looked tired that he sent her to the carriage.
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The autumn breeze was blowing, and the West Market in Lin'an City was bustling with people. Xu Xu was cooking wontons, looking at his little daughter counting copper coins aside, and helping him greet the guests, and couldn't help but smile on his face.
Aunt Hu, who was selling tofu at the side, turned around and saw Xu Xu looking at Su An lovingly. She also followed her gaze and found that Su An counted to thirty, and then started again. There were only forty-five copper coins in total. I haven’t counted them all for a long time.
Seeing this scene, he couldn't help but laugh and said: "An'an, if you count like this, how long will it last?"
After hearing this, Su An looked up at Aunt Hu in confusion. At this time, another diner placed two coins in front of her.
Su An looked at the two extra copper rods blankly, with obvious confusion on his pink and jade-carved face.
Looking at Su An like this, Xu Xu felt pity in his heart. Perhaps Ah Tang was poisoned when she was pregnant with An An and took the antidote. Therefore, as soon as An An was born, she was a little slow to respond to outside sounds or events.
But no matter what happens to An An and Ah Tang, he can always take good care of their mother and daughter.
Aunt Hu also had pity in her eyes. Seeing that she had no guests here for the time being, and Xu Xu was busy cooking and kneading wontons, she walked over and taught An An how to count.
"An'an, after thirty is thirty-one. An'an knows twenty-one, how could it not be thirty-one?" Aunt Hu said, patiently teaching An An to count the numbers after thirty.
The diners on the side saw it and couldn't help but said: "This baby is less than three years old, how can he count so many numbers clearly?
Being able to count to thirty is already impressive. "
"I have never seen such a smart girl. She is already very good at counting so many people when she is less than three years old. I heard that His Majesty set up a girls' school in Chang'an. County governors from all over the country responded one after another. Boss, wait for the girls' school in Lin'an City to also If we set it up, we can send this girl to study."
The diners eating wontons watched as the tofu seller took the trouble to teach the little girl to count, but no matter how she taught her, the little girl couldn't count past thirty.
Every time she counted to thirty, she would look at Aunt Hu in confusion with her clear eyes. Her beautiful eyes like glass were so pitiful and cute that people couldn't bear to scold her.
Less than three years old, she is already very good at counting to thirty, and what a good girl this baby is. She has been here selling wontons with her father, no matter the cold wind or the scorching heat.
I heard that the wife of the wonton stall owner is a fool, and they both fled from the north.
The world has been in chaos for many years, and it has only been in the past two years that the world has settled down. Therefore, no one nearby has any doubts about the owner of the wonton stall dragging his family to flee Lin'an City.
Not only did he have no doubts, but he also felt pity for them. A man whose hands and feet were disabled and could not do heavy work, and who had lost his sense of taste, had a weak and slightly stupid wife, and a young and ignorant child. How pitiful he was. .
But there are many poor people in this world. At least this wonton stall owner still has a skill to support his wife and children.
The world was finally settled, and the government allocated fields to the refugees. Today, Lin'an City has gradually returned to its previous stability. But their brothers and heirs, who once joined the rebel army, have not yet returned home. Their flesh and blood are separated, and their brothers and sisters have not seen each other for many years. Why are they not more pitiful than the owner of the wonton stall?
People who eat wontons laugh in their hearts, eat wontons in their mouths, and miss their loved ones in their hearts. If we meet again one day, we must bring them to eat the wontons here.
I don’t know why, but it’s obviously the same recipe and the same ingredients, but the wontons from this stall taste much better than those from other restaurants or those cooked by yourself.
Su An didn't know that her uncles were praising her, and she didn't know why the aunt in front of her kept telling her that thirty-one was followed by thirty-one.
She knows that thirty is followed by thirty-one, but she likes to count to thirty and then start counting from the beginning.
Dad said that after counting four thirty, he can go home. Grandma is waiting for her at home.
I don’t know if A Niang listened to Sister Hu today, ate on time, combed her hair, took a nap, or went to see the sweet-scented osmanthus in the yard.
The sweet-scented osmanthus must be very fragrant. Grandma likes flowers. At this time, grandma must be sitting under the sweet-scented osmanthus tree waiting for her. When she goes back, she will definitely be able to smell the faint fragrance of sweet-scented osmanthus as she leans in her arms.
She likes the scent of osmanthus on A-Niang's body, and also likes the feeling of A-Niang's hands patting her back. She also likes A-Niang holding her mother in her arms and focusing on her.
Grandma likes her, and she also likes Grandma.
Of course, she also likes her father. She wants to sell wontons with her father and earn a lot of copper coins to buy flowers, hairdresses and rouge for her mother-in-law.
Her grandma is very beautiful, but only she and her father know that.
Su An thought, still not counting copper coins according to the method taught by Aunt Hu.
Aunt Hu was not discouraged when she saw this. Listening to the little girl's childish voice, she echoed the diners and said, "That's right. When the girls' school in the county opens, let An An go to school. An An is so smart, she will definitely become a learned man." A lady."
"Then I would like to borrow your auspicious words and let me also look forward to having a scholar in my family." Xu Xu said with a smile, and quickly took out a bowl of wontons, added soup and condiments, and brought it to the diners.
There are several ugly scars on the wrists of both hands. If you look closely, you can see that his hands holding the bowl are shaking slightly.
Aunt Hu saw customers gradually arriving in front of her tofu stall, and she hurried over to do some work. Even after Aunt Hu left, Su An didn't seem to be affected, and she still counted her coins from one to thirty.
Xu Xu looked at An An like this with some worry in his eyes. Ever since he found out that Ah Tang was pregnant, he had thought about helping Ah Tang beat the child. Since he wanted to break with the past, he had to break away completely.
He still remembers that rainy night, Ah Tang's personal maid knocked on his door behind her back. Ah Tang was poisoned, but he still had no solution.
Before Ah Tang passed out, he was full of hatred when he mentioned that person. Through Ah Tang's personal maid, he found out that Ah Tang's husband actually had a childhood sweetheart cousin, and for the sake of that cousin, he personally poisoned Ah Tang.
Ah Tang's eldest sister has passed away. What she cared about most before she died was Ah Tang, so he must let Ah Tang spend the rest of her life safely and worry-free.
