After finishing the sketch, Pei Manning rubbed his stiff neck.

She was always painting in the Sumi Realm. She would stay in the Sumi Realm for three hours and then one hour would pass outside, which gave her more time to do other things.

Moreover, the air in the Sumire world is fresh and comfortable. Taking a breath of it can make you feel refreshed and invigorate your mind.

She put the manuscript away, and while she had free time, she took the opportunity to take care of the several acres of land in the Xumi Realm.

When she was in Shanghai, she bought many fruits she had never seen before, and when she ate the ones she didn't like, she kept the seeds.

Today, the mango seeds planted have grown into half-a-meter-high saplings with thick, dark green leaves.

The strawberries have already borne fruit, each one is half the size of a fist, full and red, with an attractive color.

But pineapples have no seeds. She didn’t know how to grow them. She ate them and peeled off the skin and green buds. As a result, the buds grew out of her body and now it has become a pineapple tree.

At first, there were so many cherries, pears, apples and grapes that they filled the cellar. She made wine from all of them according to the recipe. After several failed attempts and a lot of wasted effort, she finally made a few jars of wine.

She made peaches, apricots, persimmons and other fruits into dried preserves.

The children in the yard often went to play in the reed pond outside the West City River. They would catch some fish, shrimps, and even crabs. Pei Manning would exchange some snacks for some shrimps and crabs for them and then take them downstream.

Those shrimps and crabs raised in the stream seemed to have changed into different species. Each one was meaty and plump, and they reproduced quickly.

Pei Manning is very distressed now.

There were too many things in the Sumi Realm now. She no longer let the chickens and ducks hatch chicks, but she had to pick hundreds of eggs a month, and even used them up to make cakes.

There are so many vegetables, grains, fruits, fish and shrimp that the whole world is almost full.

She wanted to sell some things, but unfortunately she couldn't find a buyer she trusted. Besides, she now had a stable income from the publishing house, so there was no need to take risks.

With nothing to do in the afternoon, Pei Manning went to the nearby scrapyard as usual.

"Hey, what are you doing dressed up so fancy?" When Pei Manning walked out of the alley and passed a gate, the man in the yard said in a strange tone.

Sister Li nudged her daughter and said, "Xiaohui, please raise your voice."

"Mom! What am I saying? This Pei guy is dressed so elegantly, who knows who he is going to date?" Li Xiaohui curled her lips and threw the selected dishes into the basin.

The news of Deputy Director Li's arrest had already spread throughout Yanzi Lane.

The Li family often relied on their close relatives to show off their power and looked down on others with their chins held high. As a result, Deputy Director Li went to jail, and now their whole family is doomed.

Who in the whole village regarded our family as a joke? They often talked about us and ridiculed us behind our backs.

If it was her father or the director of the factory, these people would be a little jealous and would probably ridicule our family to their faces.

With a relative who was a "labor reform prisoner" and a "bad element", the Li family now holds their heads up high in Yanzi Lane.

Because of this, the Li family looked at Pei Manning as if her eyes were eyes and her nose was a nose.

"Look at you, you're getting more and more excited! I'm warning you, don't mess with her. Your uncle and others have been arrested. If you think something has happened to your dad, just keep quiet." Sister Li poked the young lady's forehead with her finger.

Li Xiaohui dodged her hand: "Mom! I'm just talking to you now!"

She really had to endure this anger.

Others who knew the inside story thought that it was the educated youth's family who came to seek justice, but our family was close to the uncle's family and knew very little. After all, the uncle was in a high position, had a keen sense of smell and was not very scheming. How could he understand this?

"Don't say a few words." There are only a few people in a big yard, so our family has to keep a low profile now, especially since Lao Li was implicated and was always required to do ideological education during this period.

"Okay, okay, got it."

Pei Manning didn't know that someone was talking about her behind her back, so she would be speechless.

After this time, she never dared to wear anything out of the ordinary. She always dressed ordinary or even ugly. It was just that now that the weather was getting warmer, she wore less clothes to show off her figure.

"Miss Pei, are you here to buy books again?" Mr. Zhong, who was guarding the door of the waste station, was already very familiar with Pei Manning. Miss Pei often came here to buy some old books, and she liked to read a little bit of any book she had never read before.

"Master Zhong, I made some fried fish for lunch. I know you like it, so I brought some for you." Pei Manning handed a package to him with a smile. In fact, there were too many things, which made him suspicious.

"That's great, I like this, it's especially delicious when eaten with wine." Mr. Zhong took the things. Although he was a garbage collector, his family conditions were poor, so he just killed time here.

Others would have just glanced at it, but Pei Manning's craftsmanship was really good.

There is not much oil or seasoning in the crispy fish, but it is still very fragrant.

Pei Manning walked in. Most of the time, she really came to pick books. Occasionally, she would come across some disabled orphans. If she was lucky, she would even come across some complete ancient books.

However, not long after she squatted down, she saw an old man with reading glasses and white hair squatting beside her, wearing a pair of gloves and looking for something with a purpose.

She looked up, and the old man also raised his eyelids to look at her, then lowered his head and continued to look for something.

Pei Manning felt that this old man had a very special temperament.

He tiao is both harsh and severe.

"Mr. Song, I found something here." A man in his forties or fifties, who looked like an intellectual, came over with a yellowed ancient book in his hand in surprise.