Chapter 69 Chapter 69 Everyday life on rainy days.
Shi Xiaolian was speechless, but didn't know what to say, so she glanced at Xu Lele quietly.
Next to him, Mu Mian, who had listened to the whole thing with very sharp ears, laughed so hard that he could hardly straighten his waist.
Xu Lele only thought
Mu Mian was enjoying the fact that Shi Xiaolian had not grown up yet.
She patted Shi Xiaolian's shoulder with a smile and a serious expression, "You need to eat more. It's because you usually eat too little and don't like to move, so you can't grow up."
Shi Xiaolian: “………………”
Why did she eat less? !
It’s just that compared to these two people, my appetite is indeed not that big.
While Xu Lele was chattering seriously, Mu Mian had already opened the door and went in, picking up the shovels for both of them.
Xu Lele took his own and chattered again, "But don't worry, Shi Xiaolian. Sister Mianmian and I are here, and you will definitely be here soon too!"
Shi Xiaolian said calmly, "I'm not worried."
The later she comes, the later she will suffer. In her previous life, her period came when she was fifteen years old, and she suffered excruciating pain during those few days every month.
She didn't know anything at that time and thought she was going to die.
It was not until Aunt Guizhi noticed that her face looked strange and she explained to her for a long time that she finally understood what was going on.
Thinking of this, Shi Xiaolian suddenly narrowed her eyes, turned her head and stared at Xu Lele's face for several seconds.
Xu Lele was confused, "Why are you looking at me?"
The little girl still had a cheerful look on her face, and you couldn't tell at all that she had been crying loudly before.
Shi Xiaolian got to the point directly, "Were you scared and crying just now?"
Xu Lele was shocked, "How did you know?!"
As she spoke, she patted her face, "Can you still tell now? I can't, I just washed my face."
Shi Xiaolian raised the corner of her mouth and said, "I guessed it."
Xu Lele was very naive, "How can you guess it so easily?"
Shi Xiaolian: "Just use your brain more."
Xu Lele: “????”
Something seems to be wrong?
Is Shi Xiaolian saying that her brain is not working well?
Mu Mian locked the door, and walked ahead, suppressing his laughter, "Let's go, let's go."
Xu Lele instantly put the thought behind his mind, ran a few steps, stopped and moved his butt.
Xu Lele, who had just been showing off to Shi Xiaolian that he was already a little adult, pouted and whispered to his two friends, "I feel really uncomfortable, so sticky."
Mu Mian: "Don't think about it too much. You'll get used to it in a day or two."
The girl who was so high-spirited just now was a little depressed now. "It actually took a week. That's too long. I have to bleed for a week every month. Am I really not going to die?"
Shi Xiaolian: "It should last at least until the age of fifty. Aren't those aunties all fine?"
Xu Lele tilted his head, "That's right~"
Although some little girls claim to be little adults, their brains are still like those of children, with wild imaginations and jumping thoughts.
As they walked, Xu Lele started talking about other things.
Mu Mian also talked about the incident of Heping Commune.
Xu Lele was very surprised, "What?! He stole something and beat someone to death? How could this guy be so bad? Has he been caught?"
Mu Mian: “I don’t know.”
Xu Lele's expression was filled with righteous indignation. "This is really too bad! I hope the police can catch him quickly and shoot him!"
Shi Xiaolian thought about it and it seemed like this happened to her in her previous life.
The team leader also reminded her that he was afraid that someone would come to their team, and asked her to be more careful when she was alone at night.
At that time, she lived alone and was indeed an easy target for thieves.
But in the end, nothing happened. It seemed like the person was caught about two weeks later.
Shi Xiaolian was just thinking about her past life. Xu Lele next to her had a similar train of thought as her father. "If he wasn't caught, he wouldn't come to our team to steal things, right?"
It's really scary. It's fine if he stole something, but why did he beat someone to death?
Mu Mian glanced at Shi Xiaolian.
Shi Xiaolian: "Don't worry, he probably won't come, he's so far away."
Xu Lele: “Yes.”
Mu Mian withdrew his gaze.
I understand. Since Shi Xiaolian said so, she will definitely not come.
Come to think of it, there are so many people in their group, so the thief should be hiding.
The three little girls talked all the way and soon arrived at the place they were in the morning.
They had already decided where to set the trap in the morning, and with Mu Mian's strength, they quickly set it up.
The trap is not made particularly large, so the sheep will be stuck inside if it falls into it and will not be able to struggle free.
There were some small branches and weeds on it, and it looked like flat ground.
Xu Lele stood up and patted the dust off his hands. "It's done! I hope the sheep can come around here again and then fall into our pit. Then we'll have mutton to eat."
"How heavy is that sheep? Is it about 50 kilograms?"
"I hope I can have 50 or 60 kilograms, then we can have plenty of meat. Lamb stewed with radish is really delicious. The last time I ate it was during the Chinese New Year, it's been a long time!"
"Then let my sister-in-law prepare some dipping sauce, and it will instantly taste better after dipping it in water."
Shi Xiaolian: "Isn't it a bit too early to think about this now?"
Xu Lele smiled and said, "Hey, just think about it."
Mu Mian: "You know what? After lunch, I dozed off for a while and dreamed that we caught two sheep. My grandma even roasted them for me, whole over the fire."
Shi Xiaolian complained, "You dare to think more."
Xu Lele opened her eyes wide and said in a flattering tone, "Wow, that smells so good."
Mu Mian: "It smells really good."
The taste of roasted whole lamb is really amazing.
It’s a pity that these days, let alone roasting a whole lamb, it’s good enough to have some lamb to eat.
Xu Lele sucked his saliva.
Shi Xiaolian took the basket and said, "Don't think about it. You might as well pick up more chestnuts instead of spending that time on it."
Xu Lele hurriedly followed, "Yes, yes, chestnut roast chicken is delicious too. My sister-in-law has had leg cramps these days, and my brother said he would find a way to get a whole old hen for my sister-in-law to nourish her. Hehe, I'll get some help then!"
As the three of them walked and stopped halfway up the mountain, the sky became much darker.
Xu Lele: "It's quite cool."
Mu Mian looked at the sky and said, "I think it's going to rain tonight."
Shi Xiaolian: "I don't think we can wait until night, so let's just walk around here today and don't go too far."
Otherwise you might get off halfway and get soaked like a drowned rat.
Xu Lele was puzzled, "Why can't I understand when it will rain?"
Mu Mian: "I don't understand it either."
Because they didn't walk far, the three of them didn't pick up many chestnuts in the end. The first two trees they found had been picked by others.
Although I didn't pick many chestnuts, I did pick up some other mushrooms.
It’s a good harvest.
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Not long after Mu Mian got home, it began to rain.
Comrade Mu Fugui was soaked when he came back.
Mu Mian quickly got a towel for his father, and Mu Fugui wiped his hair casually, "The rain really starts falling as soon as it's said it would, faster than turning the pages of a book."
Liu Shuangcui: "Don't you have raincoats in the duty room?"
Mu Fugui: "I forgot to take it when I came out. I remembered it when I got to the post office. I was too lazy to go back. I thought it would be dark before I could get down."
Liu Shuangcui snorted, "It's not far. You're too lazy to even walk a short distance. You really deserve to get wet."
Mu Fugui said with a tsk, "I didn't expect that."
Zhao Meihua: "I think it's going to snow hard again, probably for two days."
As they say, old people become more cunning, the old lady hit the nail on the head.
It didn't take long for the rain to get heavy, and in the middle of the night the raindrops hitting the windows made a crackling sound.
The next day during the day, the rain was not so heavy.
But it also kept on dripping, sometimes louder, sometimes softer.
Unable to go out and without having to go to work, the whole family just stayed in the house doing this and that.
The window of Mu Zhuo's room was not closed tightly, so he was knocking on it with a hammer.
Liu Shuangcui was making pickled beans, while Nie Sihui and the old lady were sitting under the eaves doing some sewing.
Mu Mian had nothing to do, so she stayed in the house and tinkered with her paintings.
She was a bit stuck on the content of the picture book and hadn't touched it for several days, so she planned to draw something else.
This was because some time ago, her sister Sihui's friend Bi Qin mentioned in a letter that their publishing house also collected other paintings and was not necessarily limited to picture books.
For example, some book covers, illustrations, or article illustrations.
If the paintings are good, they will charge you money, and you will also get royalties, but the money is not particularly much.
At the beginning, a painting might only cost two or three dollars.
Mu Mian hadn't thought about it before, mainly because he subconsciously felt that
Well, if a comic book is accepted, the royalties will be quite generous.
She had actually drawn these scattered paintings before, just for fun when she was bored. She never thought of submitting them for publication, and her drawings were rather casual.
Since you are going to try to submit an article, you have to be more careful and perfect.
If you can pass, even though each ticket might only be one or two dollars, or two or three dollars, but if you can have a long-term cooperation, then that can add up to a lot, right?
The main point is to make money as soon as you can!
The Shanghai Pictorial Publishing House is familiar with the style of Mu Mian's comic books. Bi Qin also mentioned in his previous letter that if he wanted to provide illustrations for articles or books separately, the style would have to be changed.
The light in the room was a little dim. Mu Mian quickly drew several pictures with a pen, but he was not satisfied with them.
The door of her house was not closed, and Nie Sihui peeked in when she passed by.
Mu Mian immediately pulled people over to serve as soldiers, "Sister Sihui! Sister-in-law! My dear sister-in-law!! Come and help me take a look, how is this? Is it not working?"
Nie Sihui raised the corner of her mouth, "What are you drawing?"
Mu Mian passed the paper to Nie Sihui and said, "It's just a casual drawing, but I don't think it's very good."
Nie Sihui took a closer look and said, "It's quite different from your comic book."
Mu Mian: "I want to give it a try. Do you think this will be accepted if it is sent to Bi Qin's publishing house?"
Nie Sihui looked at it carefully for a while, then pointed to the one in the middle and said, "I think it's definitely okay if it's this level."
Mu Mian's eyes narrowed with laughter, "You have such sharp eyes. I just spent a long time trying to draw this one that I'm satisfied with. I'm not satisfied with the others either. We have the same aesthetic!"
Mu Zhuo poked his head at the door and asked, "What is that? Let me see it too."
Nie Sihui handed the paper in her hand to Mu Zhuo again.
Mu Zhuo praised it as soon as he opened his mouth, "Oh, this big lotus is so lifelike. If it is painted, it will look just like the real thing."
Mu Mian chuckled and raised her chin in coordination with her brother, "Take this one and bet it. If one ticket can get two dollars, ten tickets can get twenty dollars, and a hundred tickets can get two hundred dollars. It's not too old or too young!"
The old lady who was still sitting under the eaves heard exactly what her granddaughter said, "Does anyone accept these 100 tickets?"
Mu Mian did a lot of homework recently. "I don't invest in just one company. I just want to accumulate a few here and there. A little bit will add up to a lot."
Mu Zhuo: “I think it’s OK!”
Just like Lao Wen said, his younger sister is good at what she does!
Mu Mian spent a whole day painting seriously at home and produced a dozen or so pictures that he was satisfied with. He planned to submit them when he had time.
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The next afternoon.
The rain finally showed signs of stopping.
At around two o'clock, there was a drizzle in the sky, so light that it was almost as if there was no rain.
There were already some children running around outside, chattering about going to the river to catch fish.
There were several heavy rains throughout yesterday and the night before yesterday. Every time it rains heavily, fish may rush out, which is the best time to fish.
Mu Zhuo took a fish basket and said, "I'll try it too."
Mu Mian, who had been cooped up at home for a whole day and a half, immediately stuck her head out of the door after hearing her brother's voice.
It was the same as when Eleven usually raised his head when he heard noise, his expression seemed as if they were cast in the same mold.
Mu Mian: "Wait for me, I'm going too, Sister Sihui, are you going?"
Nie Sihui: "Go!"
There were only two fish baskets in the house. Nie Sihui and Mu Zhuo took one each, and Mu Mian walked in front empty-handed.
I had only walked a few steps when I passed by the captain's house and saw Xu Lele lying at the door with a resentful look on her face, "Sister Mianmian, are you guys going to the river too?"
That look was really sad and confused.
Mu Miangang let out a loud 'ang'.
Liu Guizhi's voice came from the captain's yard, "Come in and sit quietly, can't you read a book for a while?"
Xu Lele pouted, "I don't want to watch."
She also wanted to go fishing in the river.
Mu Mian understood immediately that her little sister was up to something.
The little girl has just arrived, so she can’t go soaking in the water.
Mu Mian comforted him, "Next time, next time we will go together, leaving early and returning late."
Xu Lele sighed and went into the house resignedly.
Although Xu Lele couldn't go, Shi Xiaolian did.
As soon as Mu Mian arrived at the river, he saw Shi Xiaolian bending over and fishing very enthusiastically.
Mu Mian took two or three steps forward and said, "You're here early enough."
Shi Xiaolian: "If you come too late, it will be gone."
Mu Mian looked into the bag next to Shi Xiaolian and asked, "How many did you touch?"
Shi Xiaolian: "One big one and two small ones."
Mu Mian raised his eyebrows, "You are lucky today."
Shi Xiaolian pointed her chin forward and said, "There should be more deep waters. I saw Lele's third brother caught several big ones."
Mu Mian laughed out loud, "No wonder Lele was lying at the door with such resentment just now, it turns out her third brother came out a long time ago."
I can't join in the fun, which is really suffocating for someone who always wants to go out for a run.
As Mu Mian spoke, he pulled Nie Sihui over and started touching her.
Mu Zhuo had already gone to the deep water area. Many male comrades were there, as well as some little boys in their teens. Relying on the large crowds, they became much bolder.
If you accidentally get a leg cramp, there are people who can help you out.
The river water was very muddy and the current was a little stronger than usual, so Mu Mian went to the weeds near the river, as these were the places most likely to hide fish.
Within ten minutes, Mu Mian felt a slippery scale. She quickly picked it up and put it into Nie Sihui's fish basket with a smile.
Nie Sihui answered the call in response, "What a good start!"
Mu Mian: "When the grass kept shaking, I knew there was something big inside."
Nie Sihui gave a thumbs up and said, "You have such sharp eyes."
Mu Mian dragged the fish basket and walked deeper into the water.
They arrived neither too early nor too late, and later on more people came.
After soaking for about an hour, the aunt and sister-in-law caught seven or eight fish, big and small. They were quite lucky.
In front, Mu Zhuo came over with a fish basket and called to his younger sister and wife, "Let's go back?"
Mu Mian: “Back, back, back!”
She turned around and was about to go ashore, but as soon as she raised her foot, she stepped on something slippery.
Mu Mian thought he was stepping on a big rock, and just as he was thinking this, his feet suddenly moved.
Mu Mian's eyes widened slightly with confusion, and she didn't care about anything else and just reached out to grab it.
Then, a big turtle was fished out.
An old lady nearby exclaimed, "It's such a big turtle. You are so lucky, girl Mian."
It's not easy to catch turtles in this river.
Mu Mian narrowed his eyes and smiled, "Hahaha, it ran down from under my feet by itself."
The young couple Mu Zhuo were also very surprised. After Mu Mian came ashore, Mu Zhuo held the book in his hands and looked at it over and over again for a long time.
Mu Mian shook her brother's fish basket and said, "Brother, you caught a lot of big fish."
Mu Zhuo laughed proudly, "Isn't it amazing? They haven't made as much as your brother."
Mu Mian praised without hesitation, "Great, great."
When they got home, the expressions of Liu Shuangcui, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, when they looked at the big turtle were similar to those of Mu Zhuo and his wife before.
The old lady even knocked on the shell and said, "There's still a lot of meat. I can make some soup for your brother tonight."
As soon as she said this, the faces of the Mu Zhuo couple suddenly became a little uncomfortable. They looked up and down, with their eyes not knowing where to rest.
Mu Mian pretended not to understand and clicked his tongue several times in his heart.
She is still making up for it. She has seen her sister-in-law secretly rubbing her waist and legs several times.
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