Chapter 39 Chapter 39 New members.
The sun sets and rises again.
Qingfeng Brigade ushered in a new day.
After one night, all the villagers in the brigade knew that two major events had happened in their brigade.
One is that Mu Fugui's family was rated as a five-good family, and it is the only family in the brigade.
I heard that the city leaders all thought well of the family, saying that they were all capable, harmonious and resilient.
This is indeed hard to refute. Even the youngest girl in the family can get full work points. Isn't that amazing?
There was no conflict between the brothers and sisters in the Mu family. Unlike some families, brothers could quarrel with each other and never talk to each other again, and fighting between sisters-in-law was even more common.
It is said that a certificate of award will be given later.
Oh, when the time comes, I’ll stick it on the wall and it will look so glorious!
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As for the other big thing, it is even more amazing!
Their team was actually reported in the newspaper! ! !
The photo was clearly printed in the newspaper, two copies were printed.
One photo shows the three brothers of the Mu family and the little girl Xiaomian.
The other photo is of the dolls. Although most of them only show their buttocks, they are definitely having sex.
When the reporter took the photo, he was probably quite far away, so he couldn't see the clothes of many of the children clearly.
This resulted in the villagers talking about nothing but admitting their mistakes throughout the entire day.
One of them said, the one in the middle is obviously my baby, and the patch on the butt was just sewed by me.
Another one said, this butt is obviously my child's, your child's butt is not that big.
There is only one purpose for all the fighting, and that is...
The children at home must be in the newspaper! !
What an honorable thing it is, even if it's just a fuck on the butt, it's still a fuck!
There are also some families who don’t have babies and like to pull Mu Mian aside to ask what is written in the newspaper.
After being asked many times, Mu Mian successfully memorized it.
The captain brought more than one newspaper last night and left one for their family. Mu Mian read the article in its entirety. She was mentioned in it and the words were all praise.
Hehe, it really makes people happy!
She can even recite those sentences backwards now.
The newspaper has now been carefully put away by the old lady. Her original words were...
It must be saved for the next generation to see.
This is a newspaper with the faces of all four members of the family showing up. How promising and amazing!
Not only the old lady thought so, Mu Fugui and the other two parties were also very proud of themselves. Not to mention Mu Fugui and Mu Xinglong, even Mu Xingwang was like this, and the usual calmness on their faces was gone.
I want to tell everyone how you knew I was in the newspaper! !
Of course, they also knew that the reporters were definitely taking pictures of their daughter Mian Ya, and they were probably just taking pictures as a byproduct.
But is it shameful to take advantage of your daughter/niece?
Not shameful at all!
Others want to touch it but can’t! !
Team leader Xu Yongshou has been in a good mood for several days. The commune leaders said that their team performed well. What does this mean?
mean……
If there is anything good in the future, the commune will definitely think of their team first!
Their team is trustworthy! !
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The joyous atmosphere of the entire Qingfeng Brigade lasted until the end of the autumn harvest.
After the grain is harvested, it still needs to be delivered.
But this has nothing to do with Mu Mian.
She had some free time, and apart from attending classes, she rested well at home for two days, and then started running all over the mountains and fields in the afternoon.
It was a cloudy day, and it was really cool.
Comrade Mu Fugui had said before that he would accompany her to the mountains to trap rabbits, but he was not available from Monday to Saturday.
Mu Mian was too lazy to wait for her father, so she took the bag and went up the mountain with Shi Xiaolian and Xu Lele.
The autumn harvest is completely over, and many people are running to the mountains. Many rabbit holes have been dug out.
However, they have Shi Xiaolian as a living map, who can always find various nooks and crannies with few people.
Look, after the three little girls turned around here and there, there was no one left around.
Xu Lele walked in the middle holding a stick.
"There must be a rabbit hole here!"
Mu Mian nodded, agreeing with her younger sister's words. She saw traces of the grass being chewed.
The rabbit hole is actually quite easy to find, but the difficult part is that it has many winding exits. You have to find and block all the exits before smoking will be effective.
Otherwise, if you smoke from this side and the rabbit runs from this side, you still can't catch it.
Shi Xiaolian, who had been walking in front, stopped and said, "There is a hole here."
Mu Mian took a few steps forward to take a look. "It feels like we just dug a short time ago. There must be rabbits."
Xu Lele jumped excitedly and said, "Hurry up and find other holes."
About twenty minutes later.
Mu Mian took out a match and lit a handful of half-wet twigs, and the choking smoke went in through the cave entrance.
Not far away on the opposite side, Xu Lele and Shi Xiaolian were holding bags and guarding the only exit.
In less than a minute, there was a whoosh sound, and a gray figure rushed into the bag in a panic.
Xu Lele quickly sealed the bag, grinning from ear to ear, "Hahahahahaha, I caught it! It's such a big one!!"
The rabbit that was suddenly caught began to struggle violently, jumping up and down in the bag. Xu Lele was not careful and was almost forced to let the rabbit slip out of his hand. Shi Xiaolian hurriedly helped to hold it down.
Xu Lele urgently called for help, "Sister Mianmian, I can't catch her!"
Mu Mian stomped on the small branch in a few strokes, then quickly stepped forward and punched the rabbit in the bag twice.
A second later, the rabbit became completely quiet.
Mu Mian had an accomplished expression, "Okay, it won't move now."
In the end they will all be killed anyway.
Shi Xiaolian's eyes twitched. It was so simple and crude.
Xu Lele was happy and volunteered to help drag the bags.
Shi Xiaolian found a good place, and they were also quite lucky today.
After an hour or so, the three of them worked together to find two holes and successfully caught two more.
There are three in total, a great harvest!
Unfortunately, when catching the fourth one, one of the exits was too hidden and I couldn't find it, so the rabbit ran away.
Mu Mian subconsciously chased after him for two steps, then looked around and gave up.
This type of adult rabbit runs very fast, and the possibility of catching it on difficult mountain roads is very small.
The last time, the big rabbit was caught because she hit its hind legs with a stick first, otherwise she wouldn’t have been able to catch it.
Xu Lele was very upset, "Oh, what a pity! This rabbit looks so big!"
Mu Mian shook the three that he had already got and said, "Forget it, forget it. If they run away, then they run away."
My luck is pretty good today, because in the past two days I either couldn’t find the rabbit hole or found it but it was empty.
However, the one that ran away was really big, and looked bigger than the three they caught.
So much so that when Xu Lele was going down the mountain, she was still thinking about it. The little girl pouted and said, "How can it run so fast? If only Grandpa Tang's dog was here, it would definitely catch it!"
Grandpa Tang used to be a hunter. His family had a hunting dog. They were the only family in the brigade that had a dog, and they raised it quite well.
Even when things were so difficult in the past few years, I never had the idea of beating the dog, which shows that I really love it.
The dog is not young, but it looks quite energetic and has no problem chasing chickens and rabbits.
The seven or eight-year-old girl's thoughts changed every now and then. Before Mu Mian could say anything, Xu Lele asked excitedly, "Sister Mian Mian, do you think I can have a dog? Will my mother agree?"
Mu Mian saw through the little girl's idea at a glance, "Do you want to raise a dog like the one Grandpa Tang has?"
Xu Lele nodded, speaking innocently, "Yes, otherwise, if it can't help me catch rabbits, then why would I keep it?"
Shi Xiaolian: "The dog of the Tang family was trained by Grandpa Tang. You have to teach it before it can do it."
Xu Lele gave up in a second, "Forget it, I can't even catch it myself, how can I teach a dog?"
By the time the three of them walked down the mountain carrying the rabbit, the topic had changed from raising dogs to how to eat rabbits deliciously.
One said it tastes better when braised, the other said it tastes better when cooked into soup.
You and I talked a lot and successfully made Mu Mian hungry.
When I carried the rabbit home, I was still thinking, this rabbit is quite big, I can definitely eat two meals with it.
Only children make choices. She is not a child. She wants them all! !
When Mu Mian arrived home, the old lady had just come up from cleaning the cellar. "Why are you still smiling? Did you pick up some money on the road?"
Mu Mian shook his head. "Hey, I didn't pick up any money. I was lucky today and found a rabbit. Can we eat half today and half tomorrow?"
Zhao Meihua looked at the bag in her granddaughter's hand and said, "Didn't she go out with Lele and the other two girls? Don't you need to share it with them?"
Mu Mian: "Let's divide it up, one for each of us!"
Zhao Meihua's eyes widened slightly, "You are lucky today. You can catch three in one afternoon."
But I came up empty-handed in the past two days.
Mu Mian scooped up some water and washed his hands. "Shi Xiaolian took us to a place with few people today. It seems that no one has dug there before. We could have caught four, but the biggest one ran away, which made Lele very upset."
The grandparents and grandchildren chatted idly.
Zhao Meihua picked up the rabbit, which was either dead or unconscious, and looked at it. She sighed, "You little girls are more capable than each other. Lian's ability to recognize the road can catch up with those old hunters."
Mu Mian nodded, "She's really good at finding her way!"
I guess I ran to the mountains every day in my previous life.
Of course, I can’t tell her the reason.
Since the big rabbit didn't need to be shared with others, the old lady of course fulfilled her granddaughter's wish and braised half of it in the evening.
The other half will be kept for tomorrow's distribution of grain. Distributing grain after the autumn harvest is also a great joyous event.
It makes me happy just thinking about carrying bags of food home, as we will have to rely on this food to survive next year.
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Early the next morning, Comrade Liu Shuangcui ran to the square right after breakfast. She was not the only one who was so active.
When Mu Mianwan's mother arrived, there were already quite a few people queuing in front of her.
Accountant Sun moved a table and sat there, and several people helped calculate work points.
The amount of work points you get in exchange for food is determined by the work points you get, and some capable families can even exchange them for some money.
Mu Mian's family did not earn many work points. After all, most of the time it was only Comrade Liu Shuangcui who worked. No matter how capable she was, she could not compare to those families with seven or eight laborers.
But their family is not short of money. Although Comrade Mu Fugui doesn't have many work points, he does have a salary.
Her family didn't need to exchange work points for money, so they exchanged them all for food.
Mu Mian followed her mother, like a little ant moving house, back and forth.
The cellar, which had been empty, was full again in an instant.
Just looking at it makes people feel safe!
After the grain was distributed, there was nothing left to do in the fields.
Once they have some free time, each family puts the matter of marrying off a daughter or daughter on the agenda.
It’s like this every year. There are an especially large number of families holding weddings after the autumn harvest.
Firstly, there was a lot of work in the previous six months. Some people did it, but the number was small. After all, they had to squeeze in time to do it. Most people would rather worry about it when they were free.
Secondly, after the grain is distributed, every household can take out grain to set up a banquet.
There are many people in Qingfeng Brigade, and many families hold weddings at this time every year.
The team leader's family is also going to get married. Xu Lele's elder brother Xu Gaoyi is getting married in these two days. He is the first one to get married after the autumn harvest.
Whenever Mu Mian went to see Xu Lele occasionally, she could see that her elder brother was always happy.
Of course I’m happy to get married!
But in the end, Xu Gaoyi did not become the first person in the team to get married after the autumn harvest, because someone got there before him.
That person is... Qian Zhiqing.
I don’t know if this man was tired from the autumn harvest or if he had been planning this for a long time.
As soon as the grain was distributed, he went to the commune with a package and married into the family.
It was a new thing in the brigade for a gay man to marry into another's family.
The aunties gathered together and asked each other what kind of people lesbians were.
Mu Mian, relying on his familiarity with Shi Xiaolian, also ate a little of the melon.
I heard that the girl was the only child in her family, and her father was afraid that the family line would be cut off, so he wanted to find someone to marry into her family.
However, according to what Shi Xiaolian said before, it would take more than three years before Qian Zhiqing went to the commune.
Mu Mian made a rough guess and thought that this man probably found a way out in advance because he lost his job as an elementary school teacher and couldn't stand the hardship of farm work.
So
If you count it, it seems that she has something to do with this.
But this can't be blamed on her, she just mentioned it to the captain at the beginning.
If Qian Zhiqing had been capable, he would never have been replaced.
Ultimately, it is because of his own improper thinking.
After he left, the only male educated youth left was Tan Hongbo. This guy seemed to have some relationship with Tang Rongrong, and the two of them seemed to be planning to live together.
Before getting off work, I heard that Tan Zhiqing helped Tang Zhiqing with his work.
In those days, it was quite common for educated youth to marry each other. If conditions allowed, they could apply for a piece of land in the brigade to build a house after marriage.
They only have the right to live in this house, because they are not locals, the housing land does not belong to them.
Once we return to the city, the house will belong to the team.
Mu Mian didn't know whether these two educated youth could finally succeed because Shi Xiaolian didn't remember.
I guess it won’t be accomplished in a short period of time.
That's normal. After all, marriage is a big deal, so we still have to be cautious.
The excitement brought by Qian Zhiqing soon faded away. After all, he had not been there for very long, and many of the villagers had never even spoken to anyone.
It was Accountant Sun’s aunt who looked rather unhappy, and Mu Mian heard her swearing several times.
But these were none of her business. Mu Mian soon discovered that although no one in her family was having a wedding, she was miraculously busy, and was busy trying to keep up with her schedule.
The reason was that on the day of Xu Gaoyi's wedding, sisters Mu Mian and Xu Lele acted as wedding boys and helped roll the wedding bed.
There has always been such a custom in their province that before the new bride enters the room, the child needs to roll on the bed.
The trend is not so strict now, and these procedures are still in place. In two or three years, when the time comes, weddings will definitely be kept simple.
The standard custom here is to let a pair of five or six-year-old boys and girls roll around, which symbolizes the word "good".
Some families that favor boys over girls will let two little boys roll around, hoping that the new daughter-in-law can give birth to a boy in one go.
The captain and his wife Liu Guizhi were very independent-minded. They did not look for a child of five or six years old, but fell in love with Mu Mian, thinking that he was a lucky man and had saved their daughter's life.
It couldn't be more perfect.
When the other villagers who were also about to hold weddings saw this, they also felt that it made sense. Being able to escape from a den of kidnappers was a great blessing, as well as being good-looking and powerful.
Not only is he smart, but he's also full of energy.
Everything is good! !
So Mu Mian got busy.
There were even some aunts who were marrying off their daughters and asked her if they could go to other brigades to help.
Of course Mu Mian refused. It was impossible for him to go on a business trip. He refused to go on a business trip!
Just by working hard for the brigade, Mu Mian successfully earned more than two yuan.
She made money much faster than selling wild medicinal herbs before. At that time, she was busy for a long time and only made a little over two yuan.
It seems like I have accidentally found a new way to get rich.
Unfortunately, she can only earn this year. By this time next year, she will be ten years old.
According to them, a ten-year-old is no longer a child, but half an adult.
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By the time all the weddings in the brigade were over, it was already early November. The weather was getting colder and we had to wear a thicker coat when going out.
This day.
There was a little snow in the sky, or to be more precise, sleet, which melted before it even hit the ground.
It was half wet everywhere.
The weather is not cold enough for heavy snow yet.
When Comrade Mu Fugui came back, there was a circle of mud on the tires of his bicycle. Mu Mian was just about to find a wooden stick to help her father poke it out.
Suddenly she noticed that the bag her father brought back was moving.
Mu Mian looked over curiously, "Dad, what are you carrying? A rabbit? Where did you get the rabbit?"
It’s only been about twenty days since I last ate rabbit meat!
Mu Fugui laughed, "It's not a rabbit, guess what it is?"
Almost at the moment he finished speaking, a babyish "Woo-woof" sound came from the bag.
Mu Mian's eyes widened a little, "Puppy?!"
Zhao Meihua and her mother-in-law also looked over when they heard the noise.
Liu Shuangcui: "Why did you bring a dog back? Where did you get it from?"
Mu Fugui: "Old Pan gave it to me. He adopted it from another brigade, but his wife wouldn't let him keep it. He asked me if I wanted it, so I took it back."
Liu Shuangcui snorted, "Do you think I can let you support me?"
Mu Fugui gave a flattering smile, "If you don't let me raise him, then why don't you let my daughter raise him?"
Mu Fugui took the dog out of the bag with one hand and handed it to his daughter. "How is it? Do you like it? Its mother is amazing. I heard she is a good hunter. When it grows up, you can take it to the mountains with you."
Mu Mian's eyes lit up, "Is it the same as Grandpa Tang's dog?"
Lele once said that he wanted to raise one.
Mu Fugui: "Yes, it's younger than Uncle Tang's dog."
The puppy didn't know if it was hit by the bicycle on the road, or if it was a little scared of the unfamiliar environment. The little dog nestled in Mu Fugui's palm and whimpered.
When Mu Mian reached out to take it, it barked twice in a fierce voice.
Mu Mian stroked the dog's fur and said, "It's quite fierce."
Mu Fugui: "Old Pan got the dog because he liked its temper, but when he got home he found out his wife had an even worse temper."
Mu Mian chuckled.
Zhao Meihua also squatted down and rubbed it a few times, "Why is it so dark? If someone likes to heel, they will probably step on it if they are not careful."
Mu Fugui: "I heard that its mother is all black, just like a human being. The son takes after his mother, so it's normal."
Mu Mian: "It's just not too fat. It looks round, but it's actually hollow."
Liu Shuangcui: "Dogs grow fast. If they keep feeding, they will become solid like you."
Mu Mian: “………………”
What a real mom.
Mu Mian pinched her face and pouted, "I'm hollow too, mom, look, I'm so soft."
Liu Shuangcui poked it and said, "It's not as fleshy as before."
It was all due to the autumn harvest, and I haven’t made up for it yet.
While the family of four were chatting, the puppy had already stumbled over and started sniffing around.
Mu Mian took a look and asked, "Is it hungry? Did you feed it before you brought it back?"
Mu Fugui shook his head, "It must be hungry. I fed it at noon. Not only is it hungry, but I am hungry too."
Dinner is of course ready, so eat when you are hungry.
Mu Mian gave the puppy some corn porridge. The dog ate so much that it almost buried its head in the bowl. It was obvious that the dog was really hungry.
Mu Mian was eating while looking at the dog at his feet. He didn't know what the dog would look like when it grows up, but now it was so adorable looking at its grandmother.
Seeing that her daughter liked it, Liu Shuangcui didn't say anything to stop her from raising it. She just said, "If you want to raise it, take good care of it. When it grows up, it can help take care of the house."
Mu Mian immediately promised, "I will definitely take good care of it. I will eat your meat and its soup will be yours!"
I don’t know if it was because the puppy felt that its future food was guaranteed, but after eating, it curled up at Mu Mian’s feet and kept rubbing its head against Mu Mian’s trouser leg.
Mu Fugui laughed out loud, "This must be our dog. Look how much it likes our daughter!"
Like it or not, the dog is here to stay.
After dinner, Mu Mian made a simple nest for it and temporarily placed it in the main room.
It's a bit cold outside at night now. I'd probably freeze if I sleep outside.
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The next day came in a flash.
After knowing that she had a puppy, several little kids came to see the dog in the afternoon.
Among them, Xu Lele was the most excited. He squatted in front of the dog and stared at it intently, chattering non-stop...
"Why is it so small? How long will it take for it to grow as big as Grandpa Tang's dog?"
"Does it eat a lot? I heard that dogs eat their poop. Will it eat its own poop?"
"It's so dark. When it gets dark, won't you be able to see it, Sister Mianmian?"
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Xiaochengzi, Dazhuang and several other little boys were also there, chatting with you.
The yard was suddenly filled with chirping and was extremely noisy.
After Xu Lele mumbled a lot, she said, "Sister Mianmian, can I feed it in the future? You feed it, and I feed it, just like my parents feed me and my brothers. I will raise it with you!"
As the little girl was talking, she started playing by herself and said to the puppy, "You be the son, Sister Mianmian is pretty, Sister Mianmian be the mother, and I will be the father!"
Little Orange laughed, "Hahahahaha… if she's a mother to a dog, then Sister Mian Ya would become a dog's mother, right?"
Mu Mian: “………………”
Even though it was just a game, I don't know why I felt like I was being scolded.
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