The tree was laden with yellow-orange loquats.
From time to time, a few would fall into Su Yunjin's family courtyard.
Auntie Song's loquats were small, not as big as those sold in town, but what they lacked in size, they made up for in unexpected sweetness. Su Yunjin peeled a few to eat.
Su Ningxiu liked them too.
She said they were sweet.
She also said she wanted to chill half of them in the well.
Once chilled,
they were even more refreshing when scooped out.
In the past, Su Yunjin loved eating loquats that had been chilled, always placing them in the well during the day and taking them out at night.
The chilled loquats were both sweet and icy.
Eating them was especially cooling.
Now that Su Yunjin was pregnant, with the child still small in her womb, she dared not eat the chilled loquats and settled for a few that weren't chilled.