Chapter 6 Chapter 6 The situation of the Mu family.
Since it wasn't any festival, there was no need to rush to make clothes. After Liu Shuangcui gestured twice, she put all the things into their room.
Although the Mu family dotes on their children, these valuable things would not be placed in a child's room.
The shoes were confiscated, and Mu Mian was asked to try them on on the spot. They fit him perfectly, and when he went out wearing them, he would be the coolest guy in the whole brigade!
Mu Mian herself was reluctant to wear it out, so she put it away and planned to wear it again when her father took her to the commune or the county to play.
Liu Shuangcui put her things away and hurried out.
She was the only one in the Mu family who earned work points.
There was Mu Zhuo before, but in February last year, not long after the New Year, Mu Zhuo caught up with the conscription, passed the assessment smoothly, and went directly to the south with the main force.
At that time, there were twenty or thirty young men who signed up in the entire team, and only Mu Zhuo passed.
But this made the family very proud. Mu Fugui showed off for several days in a row, saying how great it was to be a soldier! How glorious! !
Look how hard his kid works! Others failed for various reasons, but his kid met all the criteria! !
Although there was one less person earning work points after Mu Zhuo left home, the family situation was getting better and better.
His initial allowance was actually not that high, just over twenty yuan.
But he set aside half of it for his family every month, saying that the remaining amount was enough and he wouldn't have to spend much in the army.
He didn't send money every month, but would send it back every few months, and each time he would send me a remittance slip of about thirty or forty yuan.
Mu Fugui also earns thirty-one dollars and fifty cents a month, which has increased little by little over the years. At the beginning, he only earned a dozen dollars.
However, this is not a technical job, and his salary has reached its limit with no room for increase.
For example, senior workers in some factories can earn 70 or 80 yuan a month, and in big cities there are some that earn more than 100 yuan a month.
But this is not something you can envy. Other people have knowledge and diplomas, and they make a living based on their own abilities. A bowl of rice should be as big as your ability. If you don't have the ability, you can't hold a golden bowl.
Mu Fugui and his wife both have primary school diplomas. To be precise, they did not finish primary school. They just know some common characters, which are enough for daily use.
Mu Fugui got the job at the slaughterhouse entirely through his own strength.
For the people in the brigade, it is a great blessing for their ancestors to have someone in the family find a formal job in the city.
Although Liu Shuangcui did not have a job in the city, she earned a lot of work points from the fields. She was also strong and more capable than some older men, and she often got full work points.
Mu Mian realized later that she was the only one in her family who was eating for free!
Her grandmother is just old, but it is said that she was also a good hand when she was young.
So, I am not idle at all. After turning over my private plot, I immediately take out the vegetable seeds and prepare to plant them.
Mu Mian sighed as she helped to throw the seeds. Thinking about her ten-cent savings, she felt really anxious because she had no money in her pocket.
But it is not easy to make money these days. People in the countryside farm all year round, and how much money they can get from their work points depends entirely on the income of the brigade.
Some brigades were poor and work points were worthless.
Some brigades developed well, and after exchanging food, families with surplus work points could exchange them for some money.
It seems that her family has not had extra work points since last year, because Comrade Liu Shuangcui is the only one working in the fields. However, it seems that her family does not need to exchange work points for money, because her father and brother both have salaries.
These wages are considered high in the countryside, but not enough in the city.
Thinking of the chaotic scene in the city two years ago, Mu Mian sighed again.
The city has its own advantages, and the countryside has its own advantages.
Zhao Meihua glanced at her granddaughter and said, "Why are you sighing at such a young age? Be careful not to sigh away your good fortune!"
Mu Mian's expression changed and he smiled, taking a deep breath, "Then I'll breathe it back in!"
Zhao Meihua was amused by her granddaughter's exaggerated expression. She laughed for a few seconds before asking, "What? Want to go out for a run?"
Mu Mian shook his head and said casually, "No, I was just wondering why this cucumber can't grow faster."
It’s similar to the tone of some children who look forward to New Year’s Day every day.
Zhao Meihua: "You've been eating for a year and you've only grown a little bit."
Mu Mian looked down at himself and said, "You have two eyes, right?"
She is definitely tall among her peers!
Mu Mian had just thought of her peers when a voice came from the door, "Sister Mian Mian! Do you want to go dig worms?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Mu Mian saw Xu Lele, her fourth uncle Mu Xingwang's youngest son - Gutou, whose real name was Mu Shi, and two other children appear at the door.
In the distance, there was a kid running towards us, panting, shouting, "Why don't you wait for me!!"
The shouting became louder.
Mu Mian was also very familiar with this child in her memory. He was the eldest child of her uncle Mu Xinglong's family - Xiao Chengzi, whose full name was Mu Cheng and who was only six years old this year.
The old lady and Mr. Mu had five children in total. Mu Fugui was the eldest. The second and third were both girls, and they all married to other communes.
We only see each other during festivals or when there are things to do, and usually we don't see each other for several months.
The remaining two brothers, Mu Xingwang and Mu Xinglong, are twins who look exactly the same.
Although the old lady decided to divide the family property after the old man passed away, the three Mu Fugui brothers still have a good relationship and the younger generations often play together.
Especially Little Orange, who often runs behind Bones.
Because Mu Xinglong got married late, Xiao Chengzi has no brothers or sisters. He does have a younger sister, though. She was born to Aunt Mu on the day Mu Mian was abducted. They are twin girls, only two days old and still cannot be seen by the wind.
Compared with Mu Xinglong, Mu Xingwang got married much earlier and had the most children among his brothers and sisters. He and Fourth Aunt Mu had a child every three or four years.
Bone is the youngest, and he has two older sisters and an older brother.
If we count the children from my two aunts’ families, there are more than a dozen children in the younger generation of the Mu family.
What a great family.
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At the moment, Mu Mian didn’t really want to participate in these children’s activities, but it seemed like there was nothing to do at home as there was nothing to play with.
She simply let Xu Lele wait for a while and turned around to look for the broken bottle and a small shovel.
Let the old hens at home eat well and lay more eggs, which can be considered as a contribution to the family.
Old Mrs. Zhao told the children, "Just dig along the stalks of the field, don't go up the mountain!"
Bone came up to the old lady and smiled, "Don't worry, grandma! We definitely won't go. My mom said she'll spank me if I go back."
While she was talking, Little Orange finally ran over, hugged the old lady's legs and complained, "Grandma! My brother didn't wait for me. I told him I was going to poop, and he turned around and ran away."
Bone said a few times, "Who told you to pull so slowly?"
The old lady had obviously dealt with this kind of thing many times. She didn't even look at her two grandsons and said casually, "Then you won't wait for him next time."
Little Orange felt that he had received support from his mother. His little chest grew taller. He looked as if he would turn around and run away next time when his brother Bone was pooping.
Bone ignored his silly little cousin and looked at Mu Mian who was still looking for something in the corner, "Sister Mian, hurry up!"
This kid is so impatient and doesn't want to wait for anyone.
Mu Mian didn't look back, "I can't find my bottle."
She used to use that bottle to store insects, but she had no memory of where she put it.
The old lady took a look and said, "It's probably over at the chicken coop."
Mu Mian stood up again and ran to the backyard, where the three old hens in the house were all.
Normally, they dry vegetables in the backyard. Her father planned it out specifically when the house was being renovated last year. It has good privacy.
Otherwise, if everything is done in the front yard, others will see it as soon as they come in.
Bone muttered, "Sister Mian Ya just has a bad memory."
Xu Lele was not happy, "Sister Mianmian is fine, that's because she had a fever yesterday!"
She used to talk to Sister Mianmian, and Sister Mianmian always remembered it clearly, so she didn’t have a bad memory.
While the two kids were arguing, Mu Mian found something and came out, holding a bottle in one hand and a shovel in the other, "Let's go!"
Bone ran to the front in a flash.
Little Chengzi didn't chase after his cousin this time. He leaned close to Mu Mian, tilted his head, and looked at his cousin curiously, "Sister, my father said that you almost beat the kidnapper to death yesterday? How did you do it? Can you teach me?"
How impressive you will be once you learn it! !
After Little Orange asked this, Bone, who was running in front, stopped running and turned around and came over.
Apart from Xu Lele, the other two children were also extremely curious.
Xu Lele knew the answer to this question. The little girl started talking about it, leaving the other children stunned.
Little Orange scratched his head, "Just hit him with a stick?"
Bone glanced down at his little cousin, "Stupid! Of course not, we are too weak."
The children actually didn’t have much idea about the difference in strength. They only knew that when they went out, their sister Mian Ya always carried bigger bundles of firewood than they did.
They couldn't even lift such a large bundle of firewood, let alone carry it on their backs.
Mu Mian took the opportunity to give some anti-abduction education to the children while Xu Lele was talking. "The key point is not to beat the kidnappers. They are all adults, and most children cannot beat them. The key point is to recognize the kidnappers and not let them be kidnapped."
Little Orange was puzzled, with a clear and silly look in his eyes, "What does that kidnapper look like?"
Mu Mian: "They are just like ordinary people. You can't tell from their appearance, but they might..."
For a moment, only Mu Mian's voice was left on the field. Among the thousands of tricks used by the kidnapper, she only talked about the basic and common ones.
Just this, the children were stunned.
Little Orange stayed close to his cousin
"Wow wow, this kidnapper is so scary!!"
Bone also nodded blankly.
Xu Lele looked angry, "Kidnappers are so evil!!"
The other two children had similar expressions.
In the end, after digging for two hours, Mu Mian was the only one who dug out half a bottle, while the others only had two or three at the bottom of the bottle.
It was almost time, and a few children were preparing to go home. On the way, they met other children and they gathered together and started chattering again.
When Mu Mian got home, the old lady was not at home.
She didn't go looking for her. If nothing unexpected happened, her grandmother should be at her uncle's house. Her aunt was in confinement after childbirth, so as a mother-in-law, she naturally couldn't ignore it.
Besides, there is no way to ignore it, because her aunt Zheng Xialan has no family on her side.
She used to have a widowed mother, who later passed away, and Zheng Xialan's uncle's family wanted to sell her to an old widower.
Then the 19-year-old Zheng Xialan ran away from the mountains alone. She fell on the hillside on a rainy day and almost froze to death. Fortunately, she met Mu Xinglong.
Mu Xinglong is five years older than Zheng Xialan. The reason why he got married several years later than his brother was not because his family did not have the money to marry both of them at the same time.
Zhao Meihua treats all her children equally. Once the fourth child has found a partner, the fifth child will naturally follow suit.
It’s just that the person Mu Xingwang was seeing was from the same village, so the process went smoothly.
The girl Mu Xinglong was seeing was not from the same village. She was introduced by a matchmaker and he didn't know much about her.
Everything went smoothly at first, but when it came time to propose, the girl changed her mind and her family fell in love with another man whose family was better off.
Mu Xinglong didn't know whether it was because his self-esteem was hurt or he was sad, but he didn't see her again for the next three or four years.
It was not until he rescued Zheng Xialan that he began to desire to marry a wife again.
Zheng Xialan had a difficult childhood and was in very poor health. The couple had been married for more than three years before they gave birth to Xiaochengzi.
This time, I gave birth to two children at once, which was a great suffering.
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