Chapter 68 Chapter 68 You’re an adult now.
It's quite hot today.
It's relatively cool in the mountains.
Before calling Mu Mian, Xu Lele also called Shi Xiaolian, but there was no one at Shi Xiaolian's home.
It was obvious that this man had gone into the mountains to collect firewood.
Ever since Shi Xiaozhu became an executive in the machinery factory, the family has had a stable income for her and her two daughters.
But correspondingly, there is less help with housework.
After all, except for Sundays, Shi Xiaozhu had to walk back and forth between the brigade and the commune every day, and the journey took a lot of time.
Since Shi Xiaozhu did less work, Shi Xiaolian naturally did more. She was busy every day and kept the house tidy.
Mu Mian was carrying a small backpack and still holding the butcher knife in his hand. The two of them did not run directly to the middle of the mountain, but turned around and walked towards the foot of the mountain in the direction of the Shi family.
Sure enough, Mu Mian was not wrong at all.
As soon as they got nearby, they saw Shi Xiaolian bending over to bundle firewood, with another ready-made bundle next to her.
Xu Lele shouted at the top of his voice, "Shi Xiaolian!"
"You're actually here. Let's go find chestnuts."
Shi Xiaolian originally had her back to Mu Mian and the others, but when she heard the shouting, she turned around and nodded.
Xu Lele didn't see it, so he called out again, "Are you going or not?"
After saying this, the two of them almost reached Shi Xiaolian.
Shi Xiaolian stood up and said, "Go, but I have to get the firewood back first."
Mu Mian picked up one of the bundles and said, "Let's go."
Xu Lele helped to carry another bundle onto Shi Xiaolian's back, "Why do you always carry so many? They are so heavy. Can't you do it in several batches?"
As soon as she finished speaking, the little girl immediately showed a 'seemingly understood something'
"What?" He said in a serious tone, "No wonder you are the shortest among the three of us. You are the one who is suppressed."
Mu Mian burst out laughing, goose goose goose.
Shi Xiaolian: “………………”
Isn't it because her parents are short that she is short?
Every kid has to carry large and small bundles of stuff on his back from time to time.
Mu Mian took the lead and said, "She thinks it's too much trouble."
This is the kind of person he is. If something can be solved in one trip, he will never make two trips.
Shi Xiaolian, who was following behind, showed an expression of noncommittal.
Xu Lele helped Shi Xiaolian to hold it, and the little girl was very happy, "I don't mind the trouble!"
She was eager to make more trips.
Shi Xiaolian said in a calm tone, "I can see that."
This place was very close to Shi Xiaolian's home, and the three of them arrived without saying a few words.
After putting the firewood away, Shi Xiaolian picked up a basket and a sickle. Xu Lele ran outside the yard and waited for Shi Xiaolian to lock the door.
The little girl couldn't stop chattering, "I wonder if the one we saw earlier has been picked."
Mu Mian: "No one goes there, so it must still be there."
The chestnuts here ripen early, and they start to mature around this time every year.
This thing tastes delicious whether eaten raw, grilled or fried.
There are many wild chestnuts on the mountain, and both adults and children like to look for them.
In fact, it is still a bit early to pick them now. It will take another half a month for them to fully mature.
But there is no way around it. It is impossible to wait until these wild fruits are fully ripe before picking them. They will surely have been snatched away by others before that.
After all, it grows in the mountains, and whoever sees it owns it.
The main principle is first come first served. Those who arrive late may not even see the chestnut shells.
When they were wandering around, they found a chestnut tree that they hadn't noticed in the past few years. It was quite big and it was obvious that it had produced a lot of fruits.
But when I saw it before, the fruit was still in the shape of a small Karami and was impossible to pick.
The three of them had a clear goal and headed straight for the previous place.
It turns out that what they didn't notice is even less likely to be noticed by other kids.
The prickly chestnuts were just sitting on the tree. Xu Lele ran over, screaming, "They're still there! Shi Xiaolian and I will climb up the tree to get them. Sister Mianmian, you pick them up."
Mu Mian had no objection to this arrangement, "Okay."
If it wasn't necessary, she didn't really want to climb a tree. Just like her son Eleven, her legs would feel a little weak once her feet were two meters off the ground.
It is impossible to go up to that height at all.
The two of them were playing on the tree, and Mu Mian would hit them with a stick from time to time under the tree.
They were not yet ripe enough to fall off freely, and some were actually difficult to cut, so Shi Xiaolian and the other person had to use knives to deal with them.
The three of them worked together very quickly and coordinated very well. After all, it wasn't the first time they had done this.
After about half an hour, the chestnut tree was completely plucked out, leaving not a single chestnut. The main effect was to pluck out all the chestnuts in one go.
Xu Lele was not afraid of being pricked, so she casually took one out, stepped on it, and then started to pick it up. The little girl laughed and said, "It's quite big."
Mu Mian also picked one and ate it raw. Many of them had two or three chestnuts of different sizes in one shell. Mu Mian handed one to Shi Xiaolian.
The taste is actually not as good as the cooked one, but it is also crispy.
Shi Xiaolian followed suit and chewed, "The stewed chicken must be delicious."
With just one sentence, she told the two of them that they were hungry. Xu Lele sniffed and said, "I feel like I can smell the aroma of chicken."
Shi Xiaolian curled her lips and said, "You can really smell it."
Xu Lele squatted on the ground, resting his chin on his hand, "You want to eat meat?"
Mu Mian: "I kind of want to, too."
After she finished speaking, she patted the crumbs on her hands and said, "Let's go, there's only half a basket left. Let's go find some more."
There may seem to be a lot of food in half a basket, but once the shells are peeled, only the bottom will be left.
Shi Xiaolian walked in front carrying a basket.
As a result, after walking only forty or fifty meters, the man suddenly lowered his head and stopped moving, digging his legs in the weeds twice.
Mu Mian poked his head out, "What are you looking at?"
Shi Xiaolian moved two steps to the side to make room, "Here is some yellow sheep dung."
Mu Mian's eyes lit up, "Are there yellow sheep nearby?"
Xu Lele quickly stepped between the two of them, "Where, where, where? Let me see too!!"
There were grains of sheep dung on the ground, and it looked a bit dry.
It’s certain that it wasn’t left here today. It must have been there for two or three days.
Xu Lele was a little excited, "Do you think this sheep will come again? It would be great if we could catch it. Mutton is delicious too."
Shi Xiaolian asked quietly, "What kind of meat is not delicious?"
Mu Mian looked around and said, "We can find out where these sheep usually hang out, so we can set a trap for them."
They definitely wouldn't be able to catch it with their bare hands.
The wild sheep running in the mountains are so fast that you can disappear in the blink of an eye, and it is impossible to catch them.
Xu Lele nodded rapidly, "Yes, yes, let's set a trap!"
Then he showed a little regretful expression, "Oh, I didn't bring a shovel."
There are actually quite a few people who set traps halfway up the mountain, mainly to catch pheasants, rabbits, etc.
This kind of trap is naturally different from the trap for catching wild boars near the mountains. There are no sharp wooden sticks inserted in it, and it is not particularly deep, so if a person accidentally falls into it, nothing will happen.
Shi Xiaolian: "You can come back in the afternoon and dig a few more holes."
Mu Mian walked forward about ten meters and said, "There is some sheep dung here, too."
Shi Xiaolian raised her head and looked around. "It looks like it's heading southwest."
Xu Lele: "Then let's dig a few more in the direction it ran away."
Mu Mian: "Look again, there seem to be footprints."
The three people who were originally going to look for chestnuts began to study the traces of the yellow sheep halfway.
After all, meat is more important than chestnuts!
If I can really catch it, I can gain dozens of pounds of weight.
In the past, during winter hunting, a militia team had shot a yellow sheep, the largest of which weighed thirty or forty kilograms, which was really not young.
After deciding on a few places to set traps, the three of them turned back to look for Li Zi.
By the time Mu Mian got home with most of the chestnuts on his back, Mu Zhuo and Nie Sihui had also arrived home.
Nie Sihui was surprised, "You picked up so many."
Mu Mian chuckled, "We were delayed for a while on the way, otherwise there would be more."
Zhao Meihua: "These three little girls like to go to those corners where there are few people every day, and they are very good at finding things."
Mu Mian puffed out his chest, "Of course! I'm a capable person~"
Nie Sihui raised her hand to help take down the backpack. Mu Mian turned her head to look at her brother and sister-in-law, "Brother, have you received the certificate?"
Mu Zhuo smiled and said, "We have all the necessary documents, so how could we not get it? We got it in no time."
Mu Mian raised his eyelids, looking a little curious, "Can I see what it looks like?"
Mu Zhuo tilted his chin towards Nie Sihui and said, "It's with your sister-in-law."
Nie Sihui smiled and said, "I put it in the room. I'll get it for you."
In fact, there were only two pieces of paper, one for each person, with the two people's names and some other basic information written on them, and then a stamp was stamped on them.
There is nothing else, it's very simple.
Mu Mian just took a look at it out of curiosity, and then asked Nie Sihui to put it away.
It's getting late now.
Mu Zhuo helped the old lady cook, and Nie Sihui and Mu Mian helped to pour out the chestnuts and prepare them.
The outside is covered with thorns, and you have to soften them one by one with your feet before you can open the shell.
The aunt and sister-in-law were chatting casually while they were doing it.
Nie Sihui: "Not long after we led the group out, we ran into Sister Taozi on the way."
Mu Mian understood, "Sister Taozi is out on a field trip again?"
Nie Sihui nodded, "It was said that a cow died in the Red Flag Brigade, and their brigade leader suspected that someone had deliberately fed the cow something, so they wanted to go over and take a look."
The old lady came out to scoop water and took a sip when she heard this. "Who is so wicked? This cow is so precious!"
They are good at plowing the fields, and when delivering grain, they have to rely on oxen to pull the plows. They are really indispensable everywhere.
Mu Zhuo: "It doesn't necessarily mean it was done by a human. It sounds more like he died of illness."
Zhao Meihua said with regret, "It's a pity."
After a few people talked around the cow for a while, Nie Sihui said with an expression as if she had remembered something: "Sister Taozi also said that a thief ran away from Heping Commune a few days ago."
"He sneaked into someone's yard to steal something in the middle of the night, and was caught by the old woman of the host family when she got up to go to the bathroom. As a result, there was a shoving and pushing, and he was knocked to death. No one knows who did it."
Mu Mian opened his mouth and asked, "Where does Second Aunt live in?"
Zhao Meihua frowned, "Didn't they catch him? Is it far from your second aunt's house?"
Mu Zhuo: "It's far away, Taozi
My sister heard about it too. They said it has been several days now, and I don’t know if they have been caught yet. ”
Zhao Meihua sighed, "It's really scary. How could someone be killed?"
Mu Zhuo: "I guess it was an accident, but no matter what, if I catch him, I will definitely fight him for his life."
Nie Sihui: "There are mountains all around here. If you go into the mountains, it's really hard to find it."
As soon as she said this, the old lady suddenly remembered the human traffickers a few years ago and frowned, "Tell Xiao Mi Miao and the others about this later. They should be careful when playing in the mountains and run down the mountain quickly if they see strangers."
Mu Mian: "Don't worry, grandma, we are all smart."
Ever since human traffickers appeared in the mountains a few years ago, now all the kids in the team, even as young as three years old, know that if they meet strangers in the mountains, they must not talk to the person and must run away quickly.
And Heping Commune is really far away from them.
If you take the mountain road, it will be even longer and take a long way around. Even if you walk day and night, it will probably take two or three days.
The old lady didn't say anything else. After chatting for a few minutes, she went to cook.
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In a blink of an eye, it was already past two in the afternoon.
This day is not as hot as in the morning, and it is cloudy from time to time.
Mu Zhuo and the other two went to work, and the old lady also went to Aunt Li's house for something.
Mu Mian and Shiyi were the only ones at home right now, and she had no plans to stay at home for long, as she had agreed to set a trap in the afternoon.
Mu Mian had just picked up a shovel from the corner when Xu Lele came over with a shovel in his hand.
The little girl was in high spirits, "Sister Mianmian, let's go, let's go call Shi Xiaolian first."
Mu Mian: "Okay, wait a moment, I'll fill the kettle with water first."
This water bottle was given to her by the director of the commune public security bureau as a reward when she was fighting human traffickers. It was very useful when she carried it on her body when going up the mountain.
Xu Lele rubbed Eleven's head, who was already impatiently waiting at the gate of the yard. Upon hearing this, she licked her lips and said, "Is there any cold boiled water? I'm a little thirsty too."
Mu Mian: "Yes, there are two large vats in the kitchen."
Xu Lele ran to the kitchen door and said, "I just forgot to drink it."
While she was gurgling, Mu Mian was nearby, filling the kettle with water from another jar.
After Xu Lele finished drinking, he put down the jar and pulled at his pants behind his buttocks. "I think I drank too much. I feel like peeing again. I'm going to the toilet again."
This made Mu Mian laugh, "Isn't it that straightforward to be so quick?"
She had just finished speaking when Xu Lele had already walked out of the kitchen.
Mu Mian didn't care. After she filled the kettle with water and put it on her shoulder, she suddenly heard loud crying from her toilet.
Mu Mian's face changed and he quickly ran towards the toilet, shouting as he ran, "Le Le, what happened to you? Did you fall?!"
As soon as he finished shouting, he had already arrived at the door of the toilet.
Xu Lele was standing on the board, his clothes and pants were clean, and he did not fall down.
Just when Mu Mian was about to ask what happened, Xu Lele suddenly rushed forward and hugged her, crying very sadly, hiccuping while crying, "Wuwuwu Mian, Sister Mianmian, I..."
Mu Mian patted the little sister on the back, "What's wrong? Did you bump your foot somewhere?"
Xu Lele: "No, no, I didn't hit anything, wuwuwu, I feel like I'm going to die, wah wah wah wah wah wah... There's so much blood on my butt, wuwu I don't want to die, I still have a lot of meat that I haven't eaten yet, wuwuwu."
Mu Mian suddenly reacted, "………………"
The anxious expression on her face suddenly turned into a helpless smile.
Then he took Xu Lele, who was already crying, out of the toilet and spent ten minutes explaining the physiological structure of girls to her little sisters.
In fact, it’s not Xu Lele’s fault that he didn’t know anything about it.
Mainly because these days, biology isn’t taught in junior high school, and instead they teach botany and zoology.
Hygiene and physiology classes are not taught until high school, and they are taught in a very subtle way.
Parents are also reserved and usually never tell their children these things.
Not to mention this day and age, even thirty or forty years ago, there were still people who didn’t know what was going on and were scared to death when they first came.
Mu Mian had come here before, during the Chinese New Year last year, in the middle of the night, and her grandmother's kang was almost stained with blood. Fortunately, she had prepared a menstrual belt in advance.
There were no sanitary napkins back then, everyone used menstrual belts.
Those who are more particular will stuff toilet paper into the menstrual pad, while those who can't bear to buy paper will just stuff wood ash into it.
Xu Lele, who had just cried, had red eyes. After she was sure that she was not going to die, she immediately acted as if nothing had happened. She felt as fresh as if she had learned some strange knowledge.
Mu Mian pulled Xu Lele up and said, "Go back and change your pants first. I don't know if Aunt Guizhi has prepared the belt for you in advance."
All of her things have been used, so it’s best not to mix them.
But her mother had prepared it for her in advance, and Aunt Guizhi would probably also prepare it for Lele in advance.
Mu Mian locked the door and took Xu Lele towards the captain's house.
At this moment, only Xu Lele's sister-in-law Yang Lulan was at home alone. She was pregnant, and of course it was impossible for her to get out of bed with a belly that was five or six months pregnant.
Her family didn't need these few work points, so Yang Lulan just did some light work at home.
When the two entered the house, Yang Lulan was sitting under the eaves sewing diapers. Seeing Xu Lele's slightly red eyes, she asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"
Mu Mian explained to others, "Le Le she..."
After a lot of chatter, Yang Lulan laughed so hard that she held her stomach and said, "Why are you crying out of fear?"
Xu Lele said nonchalantly, "I don't know. Mom didn't tell me."
Yang Lulan went into the house and looked around. "Mom has prepared some. They are all clean."
Xu Lele fiddled with the ropes on both sides, "How do I use this thing?"
Mu Mian stepped forward and gestured, "Tie it around your hips like this. It won't move when it's tight."
By the time Xu Lele had finished fiddling with his clothes and changing his pants, a quarter of an hour had passed.
Yang Lulan treated her sister-in-law completely as a junior, pulling her aside and whispering a lot to her.
Mu Mian did not participate in the physical education of the aunt and sister-in-law. He took a small branch and took Eleven out for a walk.
About five minutes later, Xu Lele finally came out of the room. She held Mu Mian's arm and said, "Let's go. Shi Xiaolian must be getting impatient."
The two little girls walked hand in hand towards Mu Mian's house.
On the way, Xu Lele still maintained the sense of novelty of discovering a new world. He leaned his head towards Mu Mian and whispered with someone in a low voice.
"My eldest sister-in-law just said that after this, you are an adult now and you can't play with boys, and you can't tell boys about this either."
Mu Mian raised his eyebrows. There was nothing wrong with saying that.
These days, people are more reserved in this regard.
Xu Lele: "My sister-in-law also said that some people get stomachaches when they have their period, why don't I have any pain at all?"
She even touched her belly and said, "I really don't feel anything at all. I just thought I couldn't hold my urine."
Mu Mian laughed, "It's not good if it doesn't hurt. It's really uncomfortable when it hurts."
Xu Lele was curious, "Sister Mianmian, did it hurt when you came?"
Mu Mian shook his head, "It doesn't hurt me either."
But I really saw in my previous life that someone was sweating profusely from the pain and even fainted from the pain.
The two of them were whispering all the way, and before they reached Mu Mian's house, they found Shi Xiaolian standing there with a shovel.
Seeing the two people, Shi Xiaolian walked over here and said, "Where have you been? I haven't seen you for a long time. I thought you left first."
Mu Mian smiled and said, "Don't worry, I won't leave you behind. It's just that Lele was delayed because of something."
Before Shi Xiaolian could ask what was going on.
Xu Lele had already come over, with a mysterious look on her face, and whispered: "I'm having my period, are you still not here? Do you know what that means?"
When she said this, the little girl looked as if to say, "I know a lot, come and ask me."
But how could Shi Xiaolian not know?
However, she hadn't said the words yet.
Xu Lele, who couldn't hold back her words, started to explain, "This is something that only girls can do. You haven't come yet, right? My sister-in-law said that when you come, you'll be an adult."
I don’t know what he was thinking about, but as Xu Lele spoke, he started laughing.
"Hahahaha…Sister Mianmian and I are both adults, and you're the only one who's still a child among the three of us!"
Shi Xiaolian: “………………”
Who is the child after all? !
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