The Grandmother in the Siheyuan

Chapter 181 Jia Zhang Moss
It was fragrant and sweet. Banggeng not only drank up all the milk in the bowl, but also poured some boiling water to rinse it, and licked it again at the end. He is really a little guy who knows how to live.

After drinking, Banggeng threw the bowl onto the stove and ran out to play. He was much smarter this time and did not brag about it everywhere. He just felt happy in his heart.

When Liu Hua came back, he didn't notice anything unusual and continued cooking as usual. Liu Feifei had a great time chatting at Sha Zhu's house and came back to eat, so she didn't notice anything at that time.

When it was time to eat, Liu Feifei took the initiative to clear the table and saw white powder on the table. She dipped a little with her finger, put it to her nose and smelled it. It felt like milk powder. She was a little curious about how the milk powder got on the table, but she didn't say much.

While eating, the two chatted, and Liu Feifei said, "From now on, I'll be the one to clean the table. You didn't even wipe it with a rag after dinner this morning."

"Yes, I did." Liu Hua explained, "Not only did I do it this morning, but I also did it again before I started cooking while I was cutting vegetables on the table."

"That was also done carelessly." Liu Feifei said with a smile: "When you were making milk powder for me this morning, the milk powder spilled all over the table, and you didn't even wipe it clean."

"How is that possible? My hands are so steady. I have never spilled the milk powder before." Liu Hua said proudly, "My hands are those of an engineer. I only care about precision."

"But I just wiped the table and there was milk powder on it."

Liu Hua opened the milk powder can and found that some of the milk powder was damp and lumpy on the surface. He always used a dry spoon and this had never happened before.

Liu Hua took a look outside and knew what was going on. Someone was stealing milk powder. No adult would do such a thing. Even Jia Zhangshi wouldn't do it. He didn't have the courage to run to Liu Hua's house to steal.

Nine times out of ten, it was a child. The children who could do such a thing in the yard were basically named and named, and the only one who stole something was Bang Geng.

"Wife, please put the milk powder in the cupboard."

Liu Feifei asked in confusion: "What's wrong?"

"A kid stole the milk powder and drank it." Liu Hua said with a smile, "That's why it was spilled on the table. It's not a big deal. If you tell others about it, they will laugh at you. It's better to put it away to avoid attracting attention."

Liu Feifei nodded. It was really no big deal if the child stole some food, and telling others about it would make the family seem petty. But if the child kept stealing, that would be a big problem.

After dinner, Liu Feifei put the milk powder into the cupboard so that it wouldn't attract attention outside.

At Qin Huairu's house, she was busy cooking after get off work, while Jia Zhang was a lazy person who didn't even know how to help when the oil bottle fell over.

When she was cooking today, she found a bowl on the stove. She was used to it and thought that Jia Zhang was secretly cooking for her. But when she picked up the bowl, she didn't see any oil stains, and subconsciously thought that the child used the bowl to drink water.

She was thirsty, so she took the bowl and poured some water to drink. Unexpectedly, there was a faint fragrance. She didn't understand what the fragrance was. There was nothing she could do because she had never drunk milk or eaten cake before.

She thought about it for a long time and thought it was the taste of malted milk. She had never drunk malted milk, but she heard from others that it was sweet.

At this moment, the children were playing outside, and Jia Zhang was leaning against the bedside sewing shoe soles. Qin Huairu said unhappily, "Mom, where did you get the malted milk ticket? It's not cheap."

Jia Zhang said absentmindedly as she was sewing the soles of shoes: "How could I, an old lady, have such luck? I have lived for most of my life and I have never tasted malted milk."

"So what did you just make in this bowl?"

Jia Zhang shook her head: "No, I only drink plain water, I have never drunk malted milk." Qin Huairu saw that he just refused to admit it, and she was also furious: "Mom, you said you cooked for yourself, I pretended not to see it, now you buy malted milk, why don't you give some to your grandchildren to drink, so that they can also supplement their nutrition, isn't it okay, aren't they also your Jia family members?"

"You are trying to humiliate me to death." Jia Zhang said angrily, "The best I can do is buy a big meat bun at the door, or cut a dime of pork head. If I bought malted milk at the supply and marketing cooperative, people would have known about it long ago."

Seeing that Jia Zhang didn't seem to be lying, Qin Huairu took the bowl and said, "Why do I drink water from this bowl and it tastes so sweet?"

Jia Zhang picked up the bowl and smelled it. Even though it had been counted twice and the smell was almost gone, Jia Zhang still keenly grasped the feeling.

“This is the flavor of White Rabbit candy.”

It is said that seven White Rabbit snacks can be used to make a cup of milk. Jia Zhang has eaten White Rabbit snacks and her memory is still fresh in her mind, so she thought the taste was the same as that of White Rabbit snacks.

Qin Huairu immediately realized that it might be her son's fault, so she asked, "Did you buy the White Rabbit for Banggeng?"

"White Rabbit requires tickets and is hard to buy. I have that money, so I might as well buy some meat."

Qin Huairu frowned: "Then you give him pocket money."

"Even if I earn just a few cents, it's not enough to buy White Rabbit."

Jia Zhang shook her head. Suddenly she thought of something and immediately whispered, "People say that White Rabbit milk can be used to make milk. Liu Hua's family bought milk powder."

Once she came across food, Jia Zhang's mind was still very clear. After she made this connection, Qin Huairu immediately understood.

It is impossible to distribute milk powder to neighbors. Liu Hua gave it to his wife to supplement her nutrition. No one has seen Liu Hua distribute White Rabbit milk powder.

Then the answer is obvious. Banggeng has started stealing again. No one knows a child better than his mother. When Banggeng was a child, he liked to steal food from the yard. When he grew up, we thought he had changed this habit, but we didn't expect him to go back to his old ways today.

Qin Huairu stood at the door and shouted, "Bang Geng, go home for dinner."

In less than two minutes, Banggeng rushed in from outside the yard, shouting as he ran, "Mom, what's delicious today?"

Qin Huairu didn't say anything. When he ran into the house, Qin Huairu closed the door and asked by grabbing Banggeng's ears, "What's the matter with that bowl of milk?"

Banggeng thought that since he had rinsed the bowl, no one would know about it, but he didn't expect that his mother and grandmother would be able to deduce that he drank milk.

So he admitted it outright, holding his head high and saying, "I scooped out a small half bowl of milk powder from the Liu family's milk powder can."

Jia Zhang immediately became anxious and lowered her voice to say, "You little bastard, are you looking for death? The Liu family has guns, aren't you afraid that they will shoot you?"

"I saw that no one was at home."

Qin Huairu grabbed Bang Geng's ears and said, "Is it someone else's business? You are about to enter junior high school and will be an adult soon. How can you still steal? If you get caught, you will be sent to a work-study school and your life will be ruined."

(End of this chapter)