Chapter 14 Chapter 14 Anomalies were discovered.
early morning.
Nowadays, fewer families raise roosters. After all, they can only be used for meat and not for laying eggs, so it is not cost-effective to raise them. Every household raises hens.
A new day begins with the sound of "cluck cluck".
The spring ploughing holiday is over and the children are going back to school.
Mu Mian opened her eyes when she heard her mother's shouting. It was bright outside and the room was also bright.
Mu Mian stared at the roof for two seconds, then suddenly reacted, sat up and crawled to the foot, picked up the small box on top of the big box, and pressed hard on the bottom plate. With a "click", the interlayer sank again, revealing a few small golden melon seeds.
Mu Mian, with his messy hair, laughed a few times, his big round eyes sparkled, and his money-grubber look was clearly visible.
After confirming that he was not dreaming yesterday, Mu Mian picked up the golden melon seeds and weighed them in his palm. Although they were small and not heavy, they were still gold!
If this were converted into money, she would not be a little kid with only a dime in savings.
The novel never deceived her! There are really treasures in the scrap collection station! !
Mu Mian was very happy. Liu Shuangcui, who had been silent outside for a long time, knocked on her daughter's door and said, "What are you doing? Why don't you get up? If you don't get up, your grandma and I will finish our meal!"
Mu Mian: “………………”
Oh yes, she has to go to school soon. She is a second-grade student in elementary school now.
Mu Mian shouted back at the top of his voice, "It's up, it's up!"
As he said that, he put the melon seeds back, and worriedly put the small box into the big box and locked it.
Boxes are locked together, dolls are placed inside dolls, there is nothing wrong with that.
It's because the small box has no lock. The padlock is broken. I'll fix it when I have time.
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By the time Mu Mian had packed up and left, Liu Shuangcui and her husband had almost finished eating and had left a bowl for Mu Mian.
Mu Fugui had gone to the slaughterhouse a long time ago. He usually had to leave at daybreak, so there were only three of them at home now.
Liu Shuangcui looked at her daughter and said, "You've been nagging for so long, and your stomach is still uncomfortable?"
Mu Mian held a bowl of porridge in his hands, smiling with eyes curved, "Hehe~ No, it was ready last night."
Liu Shuangcui: “………………”
It’s okay, it’s okay. Why are you still smiling like an idiot?
Zhao Meihua reached out and touched her granddaughter's belly. "I think the sweet potato she ate yesterday is a little moldy. There's not much left. I'll go down and pick it up later. Don't eat up the other food."
Liu Shuangcui: "I'll do it, mom, don't do it."
As he spoke, he hurriedly carried a ladder and went to the cellar. There was still some time before starting work, so there was more than enough time.
Mu Mian ate the last bite of the bowl with big mouthfuls, "Mom, I'll light the way for you."
They had a tin flashlight at home.
Liu Shuangcui didn't look back, "The flashlight is in the house."
Not long after the mother and daughter came out of the cellar, a whistle for work was sounded outside.
There was also the sound of Xu Lele shouting outside, "Mianmian~Sister Mianmian! Are you leaving?"
Zhao Meihua invited the person in, "He hasn't left yet. He's in the house."
Mu Mian put two old newspapers in his crossbody bag. When he heard the voice, he picked up his bag and walked out. "I'm coming."
The two little sisters chattered all the way together.
The brigade primary school was built next to the square, where there was a large open space. Whenever there was any important matter to be notified by the brigade, the villagers would gather there.
The primary school is not big and not formal. After all, it was built by the team itself. First and second grades are in the same class, and third and fourth grades are also in the same class.
In their province, primary school, junior high school and high school together last for a total of nine years, and the 522 system is implemented.
The fifth grade has a separate class because they have to take the junior high school entrance exam.
There is no other way. If there is one class for each grade, there will not be enough students and teachers.
It is already very good that the brigade can build such a primary school.
Some brigades don’t even have primary schools. If children want to go to school, they can only walk a long way to a nearby brigade with a primary school.
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The whistle for class had not yet sounded, and there were many children running to school in groups. At a fork in the road, Mu Mian met two cousins from her fourth uncle Mu Xingwang's family.
Mu Wan is in the third grade, and Mu Qiu is thirteen years old and in the fifth grade. He is the only one in the class who has a hope of being admitted to junior high school.
The other two boys in their family did not go to school. Mu Qing was fifteen years old and had finished primary school. He did not get into junior high school, so he stayed at home and worked with his parents. In a few years, it would be time for him to find a partner.
The youngest boy, Mu Shi, is old enough to go, but he doesn't want to go. He insists on waiting for Xiao Chengzi to go together next year.
He said that good brothers should go to school together, but in fact he just didn’t want to go and liked to run around the mountains and fields.
It doesn't matter whether it's a year earlier or later, the adults just let it be.
When Mu Wan saw the person, she immediately abandoned her sister and ran towards Mu Mian, "Xiao Mian!"
Mu Mian stopped and waved, "Little Sister Wan."
He also called out to Mu Qiu, "Sister Xiao Qiu."
The latter smiled at Mu Mian. The eldest girl was very steady, just like her father.
The former rushed over and took Mu Mian's arm.
Mu Wan lowered her head and whispered to her cousin, "Did you get a call from Brother Zhuo yesterday?"
Mu Mian nodded with a smile, "I got it, and my brother was promoted to class monitor."
Mu Wan was very supportive, "Wow! Big brother is really awesome!!"
Mu Wan nudged her little cousin with her arm, "And then, what? Did you go to the state-owned restaurant for dinner?"
Mu Mian nodded again, "I ate dumplings."
Mu Wan envied him, "Wow!! Uncle and aunt are so nice!"
"Last time we went to my aunt's house, we happened to pass by the commune at noon when we came back the next day. I walked for such a long time in the morning that I was starving, but my mother refused to let me eat in a restaurant, saying it was a waste of money."
"I can't even eat it once a year, how much money can I waste!"
Mu Wan kept talking in a babble.
Mu Mian was also speechless about his fourth aunt. Tang Cuixiang was not a bad person, but she was extremely stingy.
When she was still a girl, she could only be considered frugal. The villagers all praised her for being someone who would know how to manage their lives in the future. Old Mrs. Zhao also noticed this point at the beginning.
Who would have thought that since getting married and having children, and the increasing expenses at home, Tang Cuixiang's frugality has escalated to a higher level, and she has become more and more stingy.
How stingy is he? He wanted to save one dollar of tuition and didn't want Mu Wan to go to school. His original words were, "You can let Mu Qiu come back to teach, it's the same thing."
In the end, he was scolded by the old lady and Mu Xingwang together.
Nowadays it is very common for younger brothers to pick up what their older brothers have left, and for younger sisters to pick up what their older sisters have left. Some younger ones may not have worn a new piece of clothing until they grow up. That's because the family is in such a condition and there is nothing they can do about it.
But if she only picked up the leftovers to go to school, that would be a bit unreasonable. Her family couldn't afford to go on without that dollar.
Mu Mian looked at her little cousin who still had some resentment towards her own mother, and whispered, "Grandma packed a few back yesterday. Come to my house after school."
These were the ones the old lady saved from her own mouth, and when she was packing them she also said, "Take them back and let a few of the bones taste them."
These 'several' may not include the grown-up Mu Qing, but the younger ones are definitely there.
Mu Wan stamped her feet excitedly and squeezed Mu Mian, "Really? Really?"
Mu Mian also squeezed, "Really, really, why would I lie to you?!"
Mu Wan chuckled, "Milky is still the best!!"
The two sisters huddled together.
Xu Lele, who was being dragged down, got angry, pouted and said loudly, "You guys are talking nonsense without me!"
She just tried to squeeze through but couldn't keep up.
Mu Wan, who was in a very good mood, pulled Xu Lele over and said, "Xia Mian and I were talking bad about my mother, so I didn't let you listen."
Mu Mian pulled up Xu Lele's other arm and said seriously, "Yes!"
Mu Qiu, who had walked ahead and wanted to go to the classroom to read for a while, said: “………………”
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The primary school was very close, and they arrived there in just a short while while chattering.
Mu Mian and Xu Lele are in the same grade. This little girl starts school early simply because she has older brothers and no one to play with her.
There weren't many people in the first and second grades, only about thirty, and there were only a few girls, who could be counted on two hands.
After a while of noise, a whistle sounded and Shi Xiaozhu came in with a book. She taught the first grade first, while the second grade sat next to her and read by themselves.
There were only three teachers in the entire primary school of Qingfeng Brigade. Except Shi Xiaozhu, the other two were educated youth.
One of the two educated youth graduated from junior high school and the other graduated from high school.
The one who graduated from high school is responsible for teaching Chinese and mathematics to fifth graders. The one who graduated from junior high school is Mu Mian’s current mathematics teacher Qian Xun. He and Shi Xiaozhu are jointly responsible for grades one, two, three and four.
The primary school teachers in the team do not receive any salary. Like the other villagers, they are all credited based on work points.
The classroom discipline is not very good. Those who are not in class and are sitting and reading are always whispering to each other.
While Shi Xiaozhu was lecturing, Mu Mian took out the old newspapers that he had put in his bag.
If she is asked to listen to first or second grade knowledge, she really cannot concentrate. It would be better for her to do something else, such as read the newspaper and observe the current situation.
In fact, she had considered skipping a grade before, but when she thought about the chaos in the city in a few years, she decided to give up and stay safe in the countryside.
Elementary school classes only last half a day, and that's all it takes.
Mu Mian had been reading for less than two minutes when Xu Lele leaned over and whispered, "Why are you reading the newspaper? What's written on it? I don't even understand it."
Mu Mian did not forget that he was only eight years old. Some things had to be done step by step. He could not recognize all the characters right away. He said ambiguously, "I don't want to read. I just want to read for fun."
Xu Lele nodded in agreement, "I don't want to read either."
Mu Mian could see that this little girl was the type who couldn't sit still and liked to look around during class.
Less than two minutes later, Mu Mian felt his arm being poked, and the familiar little head came closer again. The next second, he heard Xu Lele's angry voice: "Look, look! Is that Shi Xiaolian at the door?"
Mu Mian shifted his gaze from the newspaper. There were indeed a few children at the door. One of them had herbs on his head and some green juice flowed down his face. It was indeed Shi Xiaolian.
Xu Lele's tone was very curious, "Why is she sitting at the door? Can't Teacher Shi teach her when he goes back?"
Although the tuition for the brigade primary school is only one yuan per semester, not every child can afford it.
So there are often children sitting at the door and eavesdropping on the teacher's class. Some of them are girls whose families don't allow them to go to school but who want to learn anyway. After finishing their work, they will take time out to come and listen for a while.
Some of them come from poor families, and their parents are reluctant to spend a dollar, so they let their children go to school secretly.
In this situation, as long as the children don't make a fuss, the team leader and the teacher won't care.
Although Shi Xiaolian also did not go to school, she was obviously not in these two categories. She could learn at home with her sister.
Mu Mian shook his head and whispered, "I don't know either."
Speaking of which, she heard Aunt Cao Chunfeng talking about the Shi family by the river yesterday afternoon.
It is said that Shi Xiaolian woke up, but the little girl became a little strange. She looked gloomy and followed her sister wherever she went. She was probably scared.
It is said that when Mrs. Shi saw the man wake up, she wanted to get back the compensation money, but she didn't get it.
Thinking of this, Mu Mian looked towards the door again, and then met Shi Xiaolian's eyes.
For a moment, Mu Mian was stunned. The look of contempt did not look like that of a seven-year-old girl who was frightened and insisted on clinging to her sister. It was more like...
Explore?
? ? ?
What to explore? ?
Mu Mian stopped reading the newspaper and looked at Shi Xiaolian again in surprise, but the other person's eyes had already moved away.
At this time, Shi Xiaolian, who was sitting at the door, was also feeling uneasy.
She also didn't expect that after her death she would be able to start over again and return to the spring when she was seven years old.
At this time, everything at home is fine. My mother and sister are fine too.
In her previous life, this year, after she was beaten by Shi Dabao, less than two months later, her old grandmother accepted the betrothal gift from a family in the commune and secretly arranged a marriage for her sister.
The other party was not only ugly, but also had a dead wife. It was said that she was tortured to death by her in-laws.
Of course they disagreed and went to the police station to report the case, but who knew that the old woman would be so cunning and bring the man directly to the brigade, and knock him unconscious when her sister wasn't paying attention.
Later, her sister jumped into the river, and her mother went crazy and beat the old woman to death with a hoe. Her mother was also locked up for killing someone.
Her mother was in poor health to begin with and died not long after being locked up.
She was the only one left at home, and grew up begging from one family to another.
Thinking of this, Shi Xiaolian's eyes darkened again.
At the front of the classroom, Shi Xiaozhu, who was giving a lecture, took the opportunity to glance at her sister worriedly between students' recitations. She didn't know what was going on, as her sister had never been so clingy to her before.
Now he even has to follow her to class, as if they haven’t seen each other for a long time, and he has to watch her all the time.
Facing her sister's gaze, Shi Xiaolian retracted her eyes and smiled faintly.
It was not too late, her sister was still fine, and nothing had changed.
No, there are still some differences from the previous life.
Thinking of this, Shi Xiaolian looked at Mu Mian and Xu Lele who were sitting in the middle of the classroom.
She clearly remembered that in her previous life, Mu Mian and Xu Lele were not found. The old lady of the Mu family died. Uncle Fugui and his wife sold their jobs and spent several months searching the county and city, but they couldn't find them. They planned to look for them somewhere else.
At that time, her mother and sister were both gone.
Uncle Fugui didn't know whether he felt pity for her or he thought of his daughter when he saw her, but he quietly gave her ten yuan and left without saying anything.
Mu Mian turned his head when he felt the gaze coming at him, and the two of them looked at each other defensively for two seconds.
Mu Mian: “???”
Something seems to be wrong.
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