Whenever he talked about the big sister, the little boy's whole face lit up.
"The big sister treated me to ice cream~"
He still couldn't quite get enough of the ice cream's delicious taste.
The child's eager expression left the old woman feeling both helpless and amused.
"Grandma isn't saying you can't have ice cream. I just wanted to wait until the weather got a little warmer..."
"Mm."
The little boy nodded.
He knew.
Grandma had told him.
Besides, Grandma had made him mung bean soup, too.
He liked drinking mung bean soup as well.
The old woman shook her head.
She set that topic aside for now.
Her brow furrowed slightly.
"Kaikai, haven't your mom and dad, your grandpa and grandma all told you over and over..."
"Don't eat things strangers give you."
It was dangerous.
Who knew what a stranger might give a child to eat? Or what their intentions were?
There might be kind strangers who were simply trying to help...
But it wasn't worth taking even the slightest risk.
So even if it meant turning down the kindness of someone who genuinely meant well, he still had to refuse.
Sigh...
The little boy suddenly grew uneasy.
"Um..."
The little boy opened his mouth.
"The big sister asked me to help her buy ice cream—"
"The big sister asked you to help her buy ice cream?"
The old woman's brow, which had only been slightly furrowed, drew together even more deeply.
After all...
It was too strange.
Who would ask an unfamiliar six-year-old child to run an errand for them?
"Why didn't the big sister buy it herself?"
The old woman voiced her confusion.
It was just ice cream.
Why would she need someone else to run an errand for her?
And