Chapter 8 Chapter 8 Fishing by the river.
The stick-breaking performance ultimately didn't take place.
Public property cannot be broken, and Mu Mian really didn’t want to act, so when she got home with the lunch box, the old lady hadn’t come back yet.
Mu Mian ate by herself, washed the dishes, added some water to the chickens, then hung the door and walked towards her uncle's house.
After the family split up a few years ago, the brothers Mu Xingwang and Mu Xinglong reapplied for residential land and built a new house.
Mu Xinglong's house is not far from Mu Mian's house, and it only takes about ten minutes to walk there.
The door was open, and as soon as Mu Mian entered, he saw the old lady washing diapers for Xiao Chengzi.
The little boy washed very seriously, but there was still a bit of disgust on his face. His brows were slightly frowned and his face turned to the side, probably because he was annoyed by the smell.
He could just see the door from this angle. Little Orange ran over happily, "Sister, why are you here? Are you here to help me wash my diapers?"
Mu Mian found it funny. It was obvious that the child really thought his sisters’ diapers were smelly.
This is indeed the truth. She can smell it right here. It is impossible for her to help wash it, and she also dislikes it.
Mu Mian: "I came to see my aunt and my two younger sisters."
Little Orange looked disappointed and said, "Why can't my mom give me a brother or sister?"
Zhao Meihua was too lazy to think about her grandson being lazy, so she asked her granddaughter, "Did you come here after eating?"
Mu Mian smiled and nodded, "I ate it and fed the chickens."
Upon hearing this, Little Orange turned around from washing diapers and ran happily towards the chicken coop, "I haven't fed my chickens yet!"
His entire back reveals that he is willing to do anything except washing diapers. '
I don’t know if it was because they felt the disdain from their brother, or were disturbed by the talking in the yard, but the two babies in the house burst into tears one after another.
The old lady gestured with her head, "Go and help your aunt."
Even without her grandmother telling her, Mu Mian was planning to go in.
Mu Xinglong's house is not big, with only one bedroom. In the past, the family of three slept together, but now the family of five sleeps together. It is estimated that they will have to wait until Xiaochengzi grows up a little before they can build another room.
The bedroom door was ajar, and when Mu Mian entered, she saw her aunt busily changing diapers for her two younger sisters.
Twins are difficult to raise, not only because there is one extra twin, but mainly because many twins seem to have telepathy and do everything together.
We are hungry together, we cry together, and we poop together.
But a mother only has two hands, and can only take care of one at a time, so the one she can't take care of for the time being will just lie there and keep screaming.
For example, right now, Zheng Xialan hasn't even finished changing her voice yet, but her voice is already howling so loudly that she hopes all the neighbors can hear it.
Mu Mian took two or three steps forward and helped hand over the clean diaper next to him.
Three minutes later, Little Orange had two more diapers to wash.
When the little boy came in to get it, he pinched his nose with one hand and raised his arm with the other to hold the diaper away from himself, "How can the eldest and second sister be so good at pulling?! They will definitely be two naughty sisters when they grow up."
Zhao Meihua replied to her grandson in the yard in a bad mood, "When you were a kid, your poop was much stinkier than theirs."
Little Orange walked out while howling, "How is that possible?! I don't stink at all, grandma, why are you lying to a kid?"
Inside the room, Mu Mian stared at the two babies who had finally quieted down and asked her aunt, "Which one is the older sister? Which one is the younger sister?"
The identical twins were really very similar. The two little sisters were lying side by side. Except for the different quilts they were wrapped in, Mu Mian really couldn't tell any difference.
It’s hard to tell whether the facial features are good-looking or not. Both are a bit wrinkled and haven’t fully grown yet.
But the biological parents are fine, and the child should be fine when he grows up.
Her aunt has pretty facial features, but unfortunately her skin is a little dark. People who work in the fields all year round are exposed to wind and sun every day, and there are not many people with fair skin.
Zheng Xialan smiled and pointed to the one on the right, "This is my sister."
After crying for a while, the child was very well behaved. He just stared at the ceiling. Although he couldn't see clearly, he was still watching with great interest.
Mu Mian patted his sister gently, "Do you and your uncle usually admit your mistakes?"
Thinking of the jokes he had seen on the Internet in his previous life, Mu Mian asked again with a curious tone, "For example, one was fed twice, and the other didn't get any milk at all, and she cried out of hunger, and you thought she was throwing a tantrum."
Zheng Xialan laughed out loud when she was asked this question for the first time. "How is that possible? How can I not recognize my own child?"
Then she pointed to Mu Mian and said, "Little sister has a mole on her ear, but you don't."
Mu Mian took a closer look and found that it was indeed there, but it was quite faint.
If you don't look carefully, you can't see it.
There are two very small ones, and their facial features are also small.
Mu Mian sighed, "They are really so small."
She had seen such videos online before, where some fathers could lift up a baby with just one hand.
When she saw him in real life, Mu Mian found that he was even smaller than she had imagined, and she didn't even dare to hug him.
But it may also be because the two sisters are twins.
Zheng Xialan didn't think so. All children were like this. "When you were born, you were only a little bit older than them."
Mu Mian was surprised, "Really? I didn't know."
Zheng Xialan laughed, "How could you possibly know that?"
Zheng Xialan stared at her niece while smiling. She discovered that her niece was not only smarter, but also more humorous in her speech, just like her husband.
Their eyes met, Mu Mian was puzzled.
"Why are you staring at me, auntie?"
Zheng Xialan raised her hand and pinched her niece's arm, "She seems to have lost some weight."
Mu Mian looked down at himself, "No?"
If you look at her from the perspective of her previous life, she is neither thin nor fat, just a child of normal size.
But in this era when everyone is generally thin, her normal body shape looks a little fat. When she brought food to her mother, she even heard some aunties mention her and call her "the fat girl from the Mu family."
There is more than one Mu family. In addition to the three brothers Mu Fugui, there are other people with the surname Mu in the team. But as long as the words "fat girl" are mentioned, everyone seems to assume that it is Mu Fugui's family.
Mu Mian was like, “????”
Is she fat? ?
Where is she fat? ! !
If she hadn't been in a hurry to deliver food to her mother at that time, she would have said something back to that aunt.
Mu Mian was still thinking about this when she heard her aunt say, "Yes, I am not as fat as before. There is even less flesh on my hands."
It can be seen that she really suffered a lot in the past few days. Zheng Xialan touched her niece's head with heartache.
To be honest, if she hadn't suddenly started it, her mother-in-law wouldn't have been so busy and come home so late. If she had returned earlier, she would have discovered that the little girl was missing earlier.
Fortunately, the little girl was able to run away by herself, otherwise she would really...
Mu Mian didn't notice at all that her aunt looked at her with guilt and fear in her eyes, she only heard the word "fat" from her aunt's mouth.
Well, I'm fat so what.
Being fat is a blessing! ! !
The twin sisters fell asleep amid the conversation of one, older and one younger.
After washing the diapers, Xiao Chengzi pushed the door open and looked, then whispered to Mu Mian, "Sister! Da Zhuang asked me to pick up snails, do you want to go?"
Thinking of the delicious stir-fried snails, Mu Mian swallowed his saliva and said, "Go!"
As he spoke, he stood up and walked out.
By the way, I temporarily borrowed the basket and sickle from her uncle's house. There were quite a lot of wild vegetables by the river, so I could pick some and take them back.
Zhao Meihua glanced at her grandchildren who were running out and said, "Don't go into the deep water!"
This was said many times not only by Old Lady Zhao, but by other adults as well, because a child had drowned in deep water a few years ago. The boy was a teen-year-old boy who thought he was a good swimmer, so he ran to catch fish, but he dived into the water and never got up again.
The brother and sister responded at the same time.
Little Orange was running ahead, his short legs running fast, and he didn't forget to urge Mu Mian, "Hurry up, sister! Da Zhuang and the others are gone."
Mu Mian followed the pace, and when they reached the fork in the road, she looked at the captain's house and said, "You go with them first, I'll go call Lele."
The little girl always calls her wherever she goes.
Little Orange made a disgusted face and pretended to be an adult, "You little girls just like to cling to each other."
Mu Mian said "Hey", raised his arm and stretched it towards the little boy, grabbed the little hedgehog's head and moved it around, "Are you itching for trouble? How dare you talk about your sister!"
Little Chengzi screamed and struggled frantically, reaching out to Da Zhuang and his friends while shouting, "Da Zhuang! Goudan! Save me!!"
It would have been better if he hadn't shouted. As soon as he shouted, the little boys ran very fast as if there was a dog chasing them.
Da Zhuang was running while shouting, "We can't beat your sister. My mom said, don't mess with your sister! She likes to kick people's little birds!!"
Mu Mian: “………………”
What's wrong with these aunties? !
While Mu Mian was speechless, Xiao Chengzi broke free and ran away.
Seeing this, Da Zhuang and the others stopped.
Mu Mian made a "tsk" sound, picked up the sickle he had just dropped on the ground, and changed his route to call Xu Lele.
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When the two of them arrived at the river, there were already quite a few children in the shallow water. By chance, a little boy caught a small fish and was laughing while holding the fish.
Seeing this, the others also rushed over there to look for any fish.
There should be a lot of fish in the deep water at this time of year. After all, they have been raised for a whole winter. They are just hard to catch and fish because the big ones are very slippery.
Xu Lele was anxious and quickened her pace, "Sister Mianmian, hurry up! Let's go and take a look too."
Mu Mian followed closely. The water in the river was actually quite cold at this time of year. Some children who were not afraid of the cold played in the river, while some who were afraid of the cold played nearby.
Mu Mian touched the water and found it was a bit cold, so she didn't go in.
People come here every day, but it’s actually not easy to pick them up. Mu Mian searched for a long time, but there were only about ten in the basket, and they were so small that they were not even enough to fill the gaps between teeth.
After finding it, Mu Mian simply stopped looking for it and turned to cut wild vegetables. The wild vegetables in this season are quite delicious, tender and green.
There are a lot of wild vegetables, after all, they grow one after another.
Xu Lele didn't like eating wild vegetables, so he just stared at picking up the snails. When Mu Mian looked up, he had already walked to the other side.
Mu Mian withdrew his gaze and spotted a cluster of wild vegetables five meters away. They would be delicious for making dumplings, but rice and flour were very precious now.
Thinking about dumplings, Mu Mian smacked his lips, walked over and just pulled aside the weeds next to him, when he suddenly saw a few eggs lying quietly inside. They were obviously wild duck eggs.
Mu Mian smiled. There was actually an unexpected gain, six or seven in total! Take it home and each person can get two!
Eggs are a rare commodity these days, because without meat to eat, eggs are the only meat available.
Even so, many families were reluctant to spend their money and saved it to exchange for money at the commune. One dollar was worth three cents, and three dollars was almost one cent.
Mu Mian gently picked up this gift from nature and covered it with wild vegetables. By the way, she secretly sighed in her heart that she was quite lucky and it seemed that it would be a good day to go out.
Less than five minutes had passed since she finished thinking this when she suddenly heard some noise in the grass by the river, like something splashing in the water.
Mu Mian turned his head and looked towards the direction where the sound came from.
She had given up looking for snails a long time ago. After searching for a long time, she only found a small handful. It would be a waste of oil to fry them.
Mu Mian was so focused on cutting wild vegetables at the moment that he unknowingly walked towards the deep water area.
The place where she is now is actually not very deep. If an adult goes in, he can stand up straight and expose his shoulders. If a child can't swim, he will definitely drown if he goes in.
So there are not many children here, but there are a few little girls cutting wild vegetables about ten meters away.
Mu Mian ignored others. When she got there, she curiously looked inside, but didn't see anything and there was no movement.
Just when Mu Mian thought she had heard it wrong, the weeds in front of her moved, and at the same time, the sound similar to splashing water sounded again.
After making sure she had heard correctly, Mu Mian put down the sickle and basket and moved forward carefully. The river bank was very slippery. Although she could swim, she didn't want to fall in on this day. If she got soaked, she would be very cold.
After making sure he had stood firmly, Mu Mian pushed aside the dense weeds in front of him, and then saw two big fish lying in the water below.
Mu Mian: “!!!”
Today is really a good day to travel! !
The fish was entangled in some vines, apparently having swam in accidentally.
And then...
Everything was fine when I came here, but I can't go back.
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