"Spotted deer, red deer..."
On his way home, Lin Mo kept repeating these two words.
Catching deer is not easy; first, you need to find a place with abundant water and grass.
Deer do not live in large groups; at most, they live in groups of three to five.
In addition, it's already late autumn, and winter will arrive in another month or so.
In winter, the rivers in Northeast China freeze over with thick ice, and deer will venture deep into the mountains in search of water.
That's not a place that people can easily go deep into; there's a high chance that once you go in, you won't be able to come out.
So if you want to trade deer for donkeys, you'd better hurry up in the next few days.
The village wasn't too cold because there were people around, but it was a different story in the ridge. The deeper you went into the ridge, the colder it got, and it might have already started snowing there.
As Lin Mo walked and pondered, he passed by the production team.
After the autumn harvest, there are not many villagers left working in the contracted fields to earn work points.
Lin Mo looked around the deserted fields and caught a glimpse of something.
Su Xiaoxiao was with a bunch of kids, surrounded by those naive educated youth.
They were still chatting and laughing with them?
The sight infuriated Lin Mo.
Others may not know the true nature of these bastards, but Lin Mo knows them all too well.
A bunch of hypocritical, pretentious bastards with nothing but a facade of civility.
"This book is for senior high school students; you won't understand it, so borrowing it won't be of any use."
"We don't have junior high school books. We finished junior high school so many years ago."
Lin Mo stormed toward Su Xiaoxiao.
As I got closer, I could hear what they were saying.
Are there any first-year high school students?
"No, only senior high school students."
It turned out he was borrowing books from them.
"unless……"
Just as Lin Mo was calming down, a male educated youth, with a smile on his face, suddenly became mysterious:
“We still have junior high school textbooks at home. If you really want them, come with us when you have some free time and we’ll go to our house in the county to get them.”
Borrowing books, and then going to your house with you?
Looking at that male educated youth with a serious and polite smile, but whose tone of voice hid a very improper meaning.
Lin Mo clenched his fists.
"When are you free? The team's donkey cart is currently available, we can..."
This Su Xiaoxiao is so clueless; she can't see through the man's schemes.
Lin Mo immediately interrupted them:
"Xiaoxiao!"
"Go home, I have something to tell you."
In front of so many people, Lin Mo pulled Su Xiaoxiao away.
Xu Zhenting, who was sitting leisurely not far away, was actually staying near the village road so that he could secretly observe Lin Mo's daily harvest.
Just now, Lin Mo carried several heavy, lively sacks on a shoulder pole to the village chief's house.
It was obvious at a glance that they were there to sell rabbits, and there were more than a dozen of them.
Xu Zhenting glanced at the two from afar, letting out a cold snort that was neither a smile nor a sneer.
Lin Mo knew that Su Xiaoxiao was concerned about her reputation, so he pulled Su Xiaoxiao away for a short distance before stopping:
"You go home first, I'll come find you in a bit."
Lin Mo ran off as soon as he finished speaking, which puzzled Su Xiaoxiao.
At the Lin family's house, Aunt Lin felt it was inconvenient to pickle salted fish, fearing that someone might come in again, so she could only help knock on the pine cones.
Xiaohua's fingers were swollen from picking pine nuts, and calluses formed on her tender palms.
But he kept muttering "seventy", "seventy", "seventy".
Seeing her older brother return, Xiaohua jumped up, wiped her hands on the sides of her pants, and held her hand up to Lin Mo's face:
"20 rabbits, 100 yuan."
Little Hua, despite her young age, was traumatized by Lin Mo and became a miser, not even daring to let money stay in Lin Mo's pocket for long, fearing it would fly away at any moment.
"Ah..." Lin Mo obediently reached into his pocket, pulled out a hundred yuan, and then said pleadingly:
"Well, Xiaoxiao wants to go to school, but Uncle Su isn't too keen on it because it's too expensive."
"If we can scrape together the money... wouldn't you have a college graduate as your sister-in-law in a few years?"
Upon hearing this, Xiaohua's face turned cold.
Unexpectedly, he thought Xiaohua would refuse him coldly, but to his surprise, Xiaohua didn't hesitate for long before asking him a question in return:
"Are you really planning to support Xiaoxiao's schooling?"
"Mmm!" Lin Mo nodded repeatedly.
Xiao Hua secretly sized up her unreliable older brother.
She had witnessed the changes over the past few days, and now she wanted to help Sister Xiaoxiao go to school.
Her opinion of her older brother had been changing gradually.
Compared to Jiang Ying, Xiao Hua prefers Sister Xiao Xiao, but it is precisely because of this affection that she doesn't want Xiao Xiao to be ruined by her own brother.
"I heard that high school lasts three years and costs a lot of money each year," Xiaohua muttered.
"Yes, that's why we thought of giving Xiaoxiao part of the gift money in advance so that she can go to school first."
Xiao Hua listened to the words, but her stomach was filled with hesitation.
After hesitating for a while, she gave her brother a warning look.
They went inside and pulled out the hidden money.
"You mustn't mistreat Sister Xiaoxiao. You have to keep treating her this well, and then I'll have no objections."
As she spoke, Xiaohua counted the money again.
He left 25 yuan to cover his expenses, took out the 100 yuan and handed it to Lin Mo, his eyes constantly watching Lin Mo warily.
They always want to get their money back.
"I want to go to school too..." Xiaohua muttered what she really wanted to say. She had saved up this money so she could go to school.
Hearing this, Lin Mo felt a pang of heartache:
"Brother, get a donkey as soon as possible. Once you have a donkey, I'll take you to Luming Village to register for primary school."
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