Chapter 318
The audience in the game live broadcast room have heard Yun Yuanzhe and Chen Fanghua’s promises to Mianmian many times in the past six months.
[When I save enough money, I will cook an egg for Mianmian every day.]
[When I save enough money, I will buy a box of colored pencils for Mianmian.]
[When I save enough money, I will send Mianmian to enroll in school.]
[Wait until you save enough money...]
Originally, no one took these "wishes" seriously, thinking that they were just words used by the two old people to coax a child. But if someone looks back and counts them carefully, they will be surprised to find that these promises that were blurted out at the time were gradually fulfilled for Mianmian by the two old people in the days that followed.
Some of them have not yet been realized, simply because of the most realistic reason: they have not saved enough money.
Even if a family of four eats less, the daily expenses are not too little. After Mianmian went to school, she no longer set up a stall to sell toys, so their lives returned to the state they had been in for half a year.
In addition, Chen Fanghua and Yun Yuanzhe ride their tricycles around many nearby communities and factories every day. If they are lucky, they can earn 20 to 30 yuan, but if they are unlucky, they can only earn a dozen yuan a day. The family lives a tight life and has to work hard to squeeze out a little money to leave for Mianmian as pocket money. They also have to take their daughter Yun Mujin to the hospital for a physical check-up and buy some tonic medicine every once in a while.
The family's life was visibly difficult.
But the two old people would fulfill their promises for Mianmian even if they had to go hungry.
[…But I still feel that I would rather not have such a loving family than experience such a life full of suffering. I can’t be as carefree and happy as Mianmian every day.]
[Maybe not many people can do this? Among the child players selected this time, Mianmian is not the only one who has such a family, but how did those children do it?]
[(Raises hand) I know, they stole money from their families, and cried and demanded that their families give them more money, otherwise they would jump off the building and commit suicide. There was also a child gamer, about eleven years old, who stole the class fees paid by his classmates and also stole a classmate's cell phone and sold it... Anyway, he behaved in a very ugly way.]
[After seeing so many game worlds, I can say with certainty that Mianmian must be the only person who is not greedy for money. No matter whether it is a child or an adult, they are far behind her.]
Yunmian lay on the small table that had been wiped clean by her grandmother, and under the orange light above her head, she carefully drew a stick figure on a piece of white paper.
After she drew the stick figure representing her mother, Yunmian finally waited for the System Uncle who had been watching the excitement outside for the whole afternoon.
When there was suddenly a little extra weight on his head, Yunmian secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then drew a crooked circle on the head of the little stickman representing himself.
“……”Systemic myocardial infarction.
It decided to ignore the ugly self in Mianmian's pen, flew up and tapped the child's forehead: "Has Mianmian been waiting for me to come back?"
Yun Mian nodded obediently, and then yawned. With tears in her eyes, it was obvious that she was very sleepy.
The system felt a little touched, and generously decided not to condemn the host's terrible painting skills.
"Good night, uncle." Yunmian put the pen and paper into her schoolbag and whispered to it when turning off the light: "Don't sneak out at night. There are a lot of bad guys out there. If they steal you away, I won't be able to find you back."
system:"……"
I am already a mature and stable system that is thousands of years old, nothing like you!!
The five-year-old child, who was not mature or steady at all, turned off the light, groped his way to the bed, climbed onto it, curled up in his mother's arms, closed his eyes and fell asleep obediently.
Tomorrow is Saturday, so she doesn't have to go to school and can stay at home with her mother. Her grandparents don't have to leave her alone at home every day.
Yunmian went to bed later than usual and got up later than usual.
However, when she got up and said good morning to Uncle System, she heard Uncle System's listless response.
A question mark slowly appeared above the child's head: "Uncle, did you sneak out to play last night?"
Otherwise, why is it so listless? It feels like the round ball of light is about to become deflated.
As soon as the system opened its mouth, it couldn't help but yawn loudly.
It has been with Mianmian in so many small worlds that it has almost gotten used to going to bed early and getting up early every day. Even though it is now just a ball of light created by technology, it suddenly feels a little listless after staying up all night.
Normally it really floats around, but after staying up all night, it feels like its soul is leaving its body.
Under Mianmian's confused gaze, the system yawned again, then flew over listlessly and squatted on top of Mianmian's head: "I didn't sneak out, but last night... was really wonderful."
Yunmian: "What?"
When this was mentioned, even though the system was listless, it perked up again and whispered in Mianmian's ear about the "big things" that happened last night.
First, Yang Bin and Yang Qi were arrested by the police and then a criminal gang of human traffickers was caught by the police who had ambushed them early during the transaction.
Finally, on the other side of the city, Cheng Mu hurriedly reported the case to the police for help, while calmly stabbing a fruit knife into the lower body of a wealthy businessman who seemed drunk but had actually drunk drugs unknowingly.
The entire Liucheng was almost not quiet last night.
Only Mianmian was sleeping soundly and peacefully, curled up in her mother's arms.
"Mianmian, we must stay away from these people in the future." The system warned carefully.
After all, no matter whether it is an adult or a child, Mianmian seems unable to afford to offend or defeat them.
Cheng Mu is already a desperado at a young age, and Yang Bin is completely under the control of Tang Chen. Mianmian, a five-year-old kid, has no power to fight back if he fights with any of them.
After listening to the analysis of the system uncle, Mianmian nodded obediently, then turned around and forgot about it.
She didn't think she would have any intersection with strangers.
Instead of being on guard against those strangers, Yunmian now wants to hold the sweet corn left in the pot by her grandfather and gnaw on it.
While chewing his own corn, he was busy picking up the kernels from another corn and putting them into a small bowl one by one.
"Wait a minute, Mom. This corn will taste super delicious only if you stuff it all into your mouth in one gulp!" Yun Mian comforted her mother while trying harder to pick the corn kernels.
Yun Mujin sat helplessly beside him, with only a bowl of thick porridge in his hand.
What should I do if my daughter always likes to show off?
Although it is heartwarming and cute, it really delays the progress of eating.
The breakfast should have taken only ten minutes to finish, but Yun Mujin sat at the table waiting for his daughter to pick corn kernels one by one, and waited for almost half an hour.
Even the system and the audience in the live broadcast room wanted to sigh helplessly.
...Maybe when Mianmian grows up, she will be able to pat her chest and proudly say: I worked so hard to raise my mother!
After finishing a time-consuming and laborious breakfast, Yun Mujin accompanied his daughter to wash the dishes, then put on a slightly thick coat, sat in the small yard behind the shed, and reached out to pull his daughter into his arms.
"Mianmian, have you been bullied at school?" It was not until the end of the week that Yun Mujin pulled his daughter aside to ask about something that he should have been concerned about long ago.
Yunmian did not say "no" this time. Instead, she lay in her mother's arms and told her mother in detail everything that had happened to her since the beginning of the school year in the cold autumn wind.
"Mom, that uncle lied to me and said that if I listened to him, he would cure your eyes."
Yun Mian complained, and couldn't help but reach out to touch her mother's eye sockets, which were covered with blood and flesh. Her fingertips gently stroked the piece of flesh that had been gouged out, and her clean and clear pupils were full of heartache.
"What's his name?" Yun Mujin showed no emotion at all. He just lowered his head and asked softly about the man's name and appearance.
The system hesitated, but did not stop Mianmian from revealing what she knew and saw.
Yun Mian obediently tried to describe Yang Bin's image, and finally hummed a little proudly: "He used my mother to deceive me, but I won't be fooled. Even if he has a lot of money, I won't be fooled!"
Yun Mujin chuckled: "Mianmian is really smart. Next time you meet someone who says these things, don't believe them at all."
"Yeah!" The child nodded vigorously, then grabbed his mother's sleeve, shaking and acting coquettishly: "Mom, what if I can't make a lot of money when I grow up?"
Without waiting for her mother to answer the question, Yunmian grabbed her mother's clothes and asked in a low voice: "Mom, tell me secretly, were your eyes dug out by bad guys? Grandpa and grandma were also bullied by bad guys, so they can't make a lot of money, right?"
Yunmian would bring back the five dollars her grandparents gave her every day exactly as they had given it to them in the evening.
Yunmian was reluctant to spend her grandparents' money. She didn't feel any guilt, but she felt that the delicious snacks and fun toys were no match for the garbage her grandparents had picked up and sold with great effort.
Children have also worried about why their family is different from other children’s families because they are too poor.
Why do other people’s grandparents earn a lot of money and other people’s fathers and mothers are all healthy?
Why are my grandparents, who can read and write a lot, only able to pick up trash? My mother's photo showed her with beautiful eyes, but now there are only two empty eye sockets.
It couldn’t be that mom dug out her eyes herself, right?
It can't be that grandparents don't like money and only like to work hard picking up trash, right?
Yunmian is not a dull little fool who cannot think. On the contrary, she has experienced illness and death herself, and has seen with her own eyes how many part-time jobs her mother has done to earn money for her medical treatment, and how hard it is to work day and night.
She is so perceptive that she can always spot other people's lies at the first sight. After entering a strange world, she can also find many incongruous details in her day-to-day life that cannot be ignored.
She just doesn't know enough, but she can use her naive and straightforward thinking logic to hit the nail on the head.
Yun Mian looked up at her mother's frowning brows after she was stunned. She pursed her lips, emotions surging in her eyes, but her voice was still soft: "Mom, who is the bad guy who bullied us? Will he come back to bully us again in the future?"
Yun Mujin opened his mouth, then closed it, and remained silent for several times.
The system squatted above the host's head and began to reflect and regret whether it had inadvertently leaked something during that chat.
In silence, Yunmian lowered her head and wrinkled the corner of her mother's clothes. The clear light in her eyes was gradually obscured, becoming dim and difficult to distinguish.
In some cases, it would be difficult even for the mother to lie to Mianmian.
Thanks to the little angel who irrigated the nutrient solution:
Xi and Xi are the best, 20 bottles of fish in the stream;
Side by side on the top of the snowy mountain 8 bottles;
…… 1 bottle;
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