Chapter 14: Telepathy
The rhythm of the raindrops changed from orderly to chaotic, "whoosh!"
Ye Xiaomei suddenly raised her eyebrows and looked at Ma Qijun's legs, which were resting on the footrest of the wheelchair: "You... your legs don't hurt?"
The warm scene was still lingering in Ma Qijun's mind, but Ye Xiaomei's reminder brought him back to reality.
He touched his knee with his right hand: "It really doesn't hurt anymore."
There was light in Ye Xiaomei's eyes. She stood up and walked over, but suddenly realized she was too close and took two steps back.
It seems that the herb can really alleviate his bone disease, at least it won't get worse:
"That's great. It seems like you drink that bitter grass I gave you every day?"
Ma Qijun saw that the light in the girl's eyes was brighter than the pair of beautiful sandals, and his heart was moved. She was concerned about his legs:
"Yes, I drink it and use it to make tea every day."
That’s great, Ye Xiaomei thought to herself, if God is willing, let me, Ye Xiaomei, earn more money so I can prepare the herbs. You have also seen it, such a good man should not suffer.
Ye Xiaomei stood up and walked around the window, praying silently in her heart.
Ma Qijun was watching with particular concentration. From her memory, the first time she came to the Ye family, she didn't even dare to say a word. But recently, she always avoided him when she saw him. And now, the relaxed look in front of her was becoming more and more pleasing to the eye.
"Do you hope my leg can get better?" Ma Qijun asked tentatively.
"It's more than just hope." Ye Xiaomei was immersed in joy and blurted out the words. When she turned to look at Ma Qijun, she pursed her lips and lowered her head slightly.
"Thank you." Ma Qijun's voice seemed to come from his chest, full of meaning.
All the doctors said there was no hope for him. This was the first time I heard a girl hope that he could get better, even though it was just a hope.
The midsummer rain came and went as it pleased. Half an hour later, the sun shone brightly, and the steam baked from the earth was mixed with the smell of fresh earth and grass.
Ma Qijun's car gradually went away in the potholes and eddies.
Ye Xiaomei was stunned. Why did he say thank you? It wasn't like she had already cured his leg.
"elder sister!"
Ye Xiaoya called her in the yard.
Looking back, Ye Xiaoya was strolling curiously in the yard wearing her sister's crystal shoes, with her heels sticking out like a boat:
"Sister, when I grow up I want to wear beautiful shoes like this too."
This scene made Ye Xiaomei laugh: "Okay, this isn't difficult, and you don't have to wait until you grow up. I'll buy it for you when I make some money, okay?"
Ten-year-old Ye Xiaoya may have finally had a full meal of meat today, so she was in a much better mood and her brain was as busy as garlic.
"Xiao Mei, come in."
Zhao Mei waited for Xiao Mei to come in, then took out a handkerchief from her bosom, opened it and said:
"It was thanks to you that you raised some Angora rabbits two years ago that Xiaoya had the opportunity to go to school. This money is what mom earned from sewing shoe soles for others recently. You can use it to buy a few more rabbits."
Ye Xiaomei was slightly startled. That was right. She had sold the rabbit before, and she couldn't hide it from her mother. She probably found that the rabbit cage was empty, so it was natural for her to guess the source of the tuition money.
Ye Xiaomei looked at the money and found that there was thirty yuan. In this era, to earn thirty yuan by sewing shoe soles, one had to work for half a month without rest.
"Mom, have you not gotten much sleep in the past ten days?" Ye Xiaomei felt distressed.
"You're still talking about me. Didn't you also study in the middle of the night those two days?"
"..." Ye Xiaomei thought she could hide the truth by blocking the light with paper, but she didn't expect her mother to find out.
"Okay, take it, Mom. Thinking about it, I think you're right. Knowledge can change a person's destiny. It's a bit hard now, but it's just like raising rabbits. Once the rabbits' fur grows, won't you be able to enjoy happiness for a long time?"
Half of Zhao Mei's pressure comes from letting her child suffer, but today Ma Qijun, her future son-in-law, has given her enough face, so she is not afraid that no one will support Xiao Mei in the future.
"Twenty yuan is enough, Mom." Ye Xiaomei took twenty yuan.
We should act now, while the grass is green everywhere in the summer. If we delay for a few more months, there will be no place to mow the grass in the fall.
The next morning Ye Xiaomei went to the county.
Maybe it was because it rained yesterday, and I put on my crystal sandals, so my feet didn’t feel hot when I walked, and I felt a lot cooler.
It took four hours to get to the county town, where I happened to meet a young man riding a bicycle. The young man sitting on the back seat whistled and poked the man on the bicycle:
"Look, this girl is so hot, much hotter than your girlfriend."
"Where, where?" the cyclist looked back.
Ye Xiaomei lowered her head subconsciously, thinking that she might have met a gangster. She quickly covered her chest with her hands and walked faster.
Ever since her body underwent a drastic change, some young men would whistle at her when she was working in the fields, which was extremely embarrassing.
Unexpectedly, there was a loud bang and a scream.
Ye Xiaomei looked back at the busy county streets and saw the two men lying on the ground, the front wheel of the car was deformed, and a telephone pole in front of them was obviously the culprit.
Ye Xiaoya almost laughed out loud. She quickly grasped the hemp rope that held the basket on her shoulders and quickly squeezed into the crowd.
According to her memory, she went into the alley and walked all the way to the last house at the end of the alley: "Is Mr. Xie home?"
Mr. Xie was the one who bought the rabbit for him. He was a retired cadre who liked to raise flowers, birds, fish, insects and small animals.
But as the rabbits multiplied, they grew in number, so Mr. Xie had another way to make money, which was to sell rabbits.
"Who is it?"
"I'm Ye Xiaomei from Hongmei Village." Ye Xiaomei introduced herself.
The big red iron door was unlatched from the inside with a creaking sound.
"Hey, come in quickly." Grandpa Xie has a kind face. Although he is over 60 years old, he is in good spirits. He has a pension and he buys these things for fun, so the price is easy to negotiate.
Ye Xiaomei entered the yard. There were sheds all around, and under the sheds were all kinds of small animals, including parrots, puppies, and a few cats running around in the yard.
There were also a lot of goldfish in the pond, and a few turtles were lying on the rocks, lazily basking in the sun.
"Thank you, Master. May you live a long life!"
Ye Xiaomei was about to say the purpose of her visit when she was startled by the sound of a bird. She turned around and saw a red-feathered parrot jumping on a branch.
Ye Xiaomei stared at the parrot and pointed at it: "Thank you, thank you, Master... The bird can speak human language?"
Seeing Ye Xiaomei's surprised look, Master Xie laughed so hard that he couldn't close his mouth: "This is a parrot. When it grows up, use incense to burn the tip of its tongue. It learns to speak very fast. If you don't believe me, why don't you teach Xiong Xiaohong a few words?"
Ye Xiaomei didn't believe it, so she took off the basket and walked forward carefully, fearing that she would scare Xiaohong away:
"Xiao Hong, Xiao Hong, you said Xiao Mei made a fortune."
"Thank you, Master, for your long life."
Fail.
Mr. Xie told her to teach it several times.
Ye Xiaomei kept calm and said it for no less than 20 or 30 times, and Xiaohong finally understood: "Xiaomei will make a fortune, Xiaomei will make a fortune."
"Ha!" Ye Xiaomei's eyes widened in surprise, and a naive smile appeared on the corner of her mouth: "It's true."
"By the way, thank you, Master. For twenty yuan, please sell me a few more Angora rabbits." Ye Xiaomei then remembered the important matter.
"Ah..." Mr. Xie sighed: "Buy two, get five free."
"What?" Ye Xiaomei counted on her fingers. That must be seven. Five yuan a piece. That's not enough.
Seeing Mr. Xie shaking his head helplessly, he said, "One of the three rabbits you sent gave birth to five."
Ye Xiaomei had sex, no wonder she was so fat, she weighed 18 kilograms, it turned out she was pregnant.
It seems that I need to learn more, otherwise I won’t be able to survive without enough professional knowledge.
"Well...how much is this Xiaohong? Is ten yuan enough?" Ye Xiaomei came up with an idea and regarded it as a good start.
Mr. Xie said that this bird is good in every way except for one thing that is particularly annoying: it learns serious things very slowly but learns non-serious things the fastest, and it also knows how to curse people.
Ye Xiaomei squeezed into the crowd carrying a bamboo basket and a bird cage. She didn't dare walk too fast. The little rabbit was less than a month old and had just grown a layer of white rabbit fur on its body, and its little red eyes had only been open for less than half a month.
A whistle sounded, and the man in the back seat of the car closed his eyes and looked at the surging crowd. In fact, he felt more like Ye Xiaomei was close yet distant.
Sometimes it felt like she was hiding from him, and sometimes it was like they were the same person, who would have thought that when Ma Qijun just thought of this girl, it was as if they had a telepathic connection.
"Boss, is that my sister-in-law?" Heizi pointed outside the windshield.
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