Chapter 117 - 111 Dress Up Friends
Zhong Meiying was secretly astonished inside. No wonder everyone in the village says that Sisi’s Daddy is a wealthy man; just look at these dishes, who in an ordinary family could afford them? She didn’t bother asking further, grabbed two fish, and began to scale and gut them. Rural kids are all very capable, and the two of them worked swiftly and efficiently. In no time at all, they had prepared the vegetables impeccably.
Seeing there was still time, Tian Sisi asked them to wash their hands and sit in the living room. She brought out sunflower seeds, peanuts, biscuits, milk candies from upstairs, and brewed some tea, letting them snack and drink tea in the living room.
The walls of He Xuewen’s living room were adorned with numerous photos of Tian Sisi; there were the occasional pictures of He Chengsi and He Xuewen too, but most were of Tian Sisi, all taken by her father. There were pictures that captured her being startled, just woken up from sleep, laughing heartily, acting coquettishly... all sorts of photos that fixated the eyes of Zhong Wan Hua and Zhong Meiying.
"Sisi, how come you have so many photos? You’re really fortunate—I’ve never even had one photo taken of me my whole life!" Zhong Meiying exclaimed with envy.
Although Zhong Wan Hua had once taken a family portrait, it was many years ago, and her recollection of photography had become vague. She too was filled with envy. Patting her own forehead, Tian Sisi exclaimed,
"Ah, I totally forgot, wait for me, I’ll go get the camera, and I’ll take photos for you both later."
Tian Sisi hurried into the darkroom because ever since the camera was bought, He Xuewen used it even more than she did, often running up to the mountains before dawn to capture the sunrise, or in the afternoon to photograph the sunset, or even spending half a day just to capture a bud about to bloom.
In today’s terms, this is considered a petty bourgeoisie sentiment. Of course, the most photographs He Xuewen took were of Tian Sisi’s various expressions, so Tian Sisi simply left the camera at the He Family home, and she would get it when needed.