Chapter 11 Bugs Bunny
No longer having to worry about the computer for video editing, Xia Wu began looking for tutorials on how to shoot videos and tried to teach his brother.
Yang Hongwen was slow to react, but he was obedient. He would do whatever Xia Wu asked him to do. If he learned a skill, Xia Wu would ask him to try filming it.
"Brother, remember to point the camera at me. Am I in it?"
"Yeah." Yang Hongwen responded unconsciously, his eyes looking at the camera intently. Xia Wu had a great sense of the camera, and even though she was only wearing a simple dress, she was still incredibly beautiful. "Brother, are you done with the photo?"
"Um."
A butterfly suddenly appeared in the camera. Yang Hongwen turned the camera and followed the butterfly as it flew and landed on a branch.
He followed quietly, and the butterfly was not disturbed. Even if Xia Wu was stupid, he realized that something was wrong and snorted softly, "Brother?"
Yang Hongwen turned a deaf ear.
Xia Wu's face suddenly appeared in the camera. She was not wearing any makeup, with willow-shaped eyebrows and a delicate nose. Her pale pink lips were slightly parted. She frowned and called out, "Brother!"
Yang Hongwen finally refocused and pointed the camera at her. Xia Wu laughed, looking helpless: "You!"
She reached closer, stopped filming, and began to watch the video. Yang Hongwen's hands were very steady, and the camera had been following Xia Wu steadily in the early stages, and the filming was very good, but he was easily distracted by things that suddenly appeared, such as this shot of a butterfly landing on a branch...
"Very good!" Xia Wu praised in surprise, "Brother, you filmed it really well. This part is perfect for the empty space!"
"It looks like we'll be making money soon. I'm good-looking, and you can shoot videos. If we work together in the self-media industry, we'll definitely be famous!"
Yang Hongwen didn’t know what self-media was, nor did he know what being famous meant. He only knew that his sister was happy, so he smiled happily too.
"Brother, what do you want when you make money?"
Yang Hongwen was no longer stupid and said without hesitation: "Mobile phone! I want a mobile phone too!"
This little thing held infinite charm in his eyes. There were frogs, butterflies, and everything in it.
"Okay! I'll buy you the latest Apple phone then!"
Xia Wu began to paint a rosy picture for his brother.
When the brother and sister were having fun, a motorcycle stopped outside. "Is this Yang Guojun's house?"
Xia Wu hurriedly said, "Yes, do you have something to do with him?"
"I'll install the broadband."
The broadband technician came to the door carrying a tool kit, asked a few simple questions, and then took out the optical modem and started installing it.
Because Xia Wu was the only one at home who needed to use broadband, the signal receiver was relatively close to her room, and the decoration master installed it in less than half an hour.
"This is my phone number. Please save it. If you have any questions in the future, just call me directly. If anyone from the company asks you about the installation, please give me a good review."
The master looked about the same age as Yang Guojun and spoke not very fluent Mandarin. Xia Wu nodded repeatedly, "Okay, Master. I will definitely give you a five-star rating."
"Okay, thank you girl! I'm leaving now!" The decorator got on his motorcycle, stepped on the throttle, and the motorcycle roared. After a while, it disappeared on the country road.
After connecting to the internet, Xia Wu unscrupulously searched for videos on how to create self-media, how to shoot, how to edit, how to grow crops...
She didn't take the TOEFL so seriously when she took it.
It was almost eleven o'clock, the sun was scorching, and the cicadas in the trees were chirping endlessly, singing the last elegy of late summer, when Yang Guojun and Liu Guizhen returned from the fields.
"We finally finished mowing the plants. We were late, and others had already done it," Liu Guizhen said as she pounded her aching waist.
"You rest at home, I'll ride my bike to get the sesame stalks back."
Seeing that her parents' lips were dry and pale, Xia Wu hurried to the kitchen to pour water, added a spoonful of honey given by Master Pu into the cup and stirred it. She also added some spiritual spring water into the cup when no one was around.
"Dad, Mom, drink some water."
"Xiao Wu is so sensible!"
The two drank the water without any precautions. When they put down the cup, they saw Xia Wu looking at them expectantly, "Mom and Dad, how do you feel about the water?"
Yang Guojun was a little puzzled. What could be so special about water? "It tastes good. It's even sweeter with honey added."
Xia Wu felt lost.
Liu Guizhen said quickly, "It's really worthy of being poured by our daughter. Oh, I feel so relieved after drinking it!"
She gave Yang Guojun a look, and Yang Guojun suddenly understood and said, "Yes, yes, the water poured by my daughter is sweet!"
Xia Wu was filled with doubts. Could it be that this spiritual spring water really had no miraculous effects? Sigh...
After a short rest, Liu Guizhen was ready to cook. Yang Guojun drove the family's electric tricycle to the field to pull sesame stalks, and took Yang Hongwen with him, as he was capable of doing this kind of work.
Seeing this, Xia Wu wanted to go along too. Afraid that she would get tanned and since they didn't have any spare sun-protective clothing at home, Liu Guizhen dug out an umbrella and asked her to hold it. "Just stand at the bottom and watch. Don't go down, you'll get hurt!"
"Okay, Mom, I understand."
Xia Wu climbed onto the back of the tricycle, sat on a small stool, and obediently opened the red umbrella prepared by her mother.
"Sit tight, let's go!"
"Yang Guojun, drive slower!"
Once the car was on the road, the wind was not so hot anymore. Xia Wu turned on his mobile phone and continued to take pictures of the scenery in the distance. Sometimes when he met an elderly person carrying a hoe on the side of the road, Yang Guojun would slow down and ask them where they were going.
Not long after, they finally arrived at the edge of the field. There was a tree at the edge of the field, so Xia Wu stood under the tree and watched his father and brother carry the bundled sesame stalks onto the cart.
After loading the car into the small half-acre sesame field, Yang Guojun slapped his forehead and said, "Oh no, the car is full. Where are you going to sit?"
Yang Hongwen has thick skin and can squeeze on the sesame stalks, but Xia Wu can't.
"Xiao Wu, Xiao Wen, you two wait here for a while. Dad will send the sesame stalks back first and come back to pick you up later."
Xia Wu stuck out her tongue. If she hadn't insisted on coming, she wouldn't have to trouble her father to make another trip.
"Okay, we'll wait here."
"Well, don't run around!"
Yang Guojun sped off on his tricycle. Xia Wu handed her phone to her brother, asking him to continue filming while she spoke in front of the camera.
She is not used to relaxing in front of the camera yet. On the one hand, she is too embarrassed to do so, and on the other hand, she is afraid that people will see her like this.
However, Xia Wu forced herself to be more open-minded. This was her real life. There was no need to hide it.
As they were filming, Yang Hongwen suddenly pointed behind Xia Wu and shouted, "Rabbit!"
Xia Wu quickly turned around and saw a yellowish figure jumping in the haystack not far away. She opened her eyes wide and asked, "Rabbit?"
They found a rabbit nest at the edge of the field. When they pulled aside the grass, they found only five furry little rabbits inside. They were so small that they could fit in the palm of their hands.
At first, the rabbits were a little panicked and wanted to escape, but Xia Wu caught one of them with his quick eyes and hands. The other rabbits gradually calmed down, huddled together, and did not move, looking very cute.
"Little rabbit, where are your parents?" Xia Wu asked softly, tapping the little yellow rabbit's forehead.
Of course, rabbits can't talk. They pecked at Xia Wu's palm with their three-petaled mouths. Xia Wu asked her brother, "Little rabbit, do you want to eat some grass?"
Yang Hongwen looked around, picked up a handful of tender grass and handed it to the rabbit, "Eat."
The rabbit hopped and turned its head away.
It is small and does not feel heavy in Xia Wu's palm. Instead, it looks cute and adorable.
Xia Wu was filled with joy, "I'm going to take them all back home to raise them!"
"Okay, raise rabbits."
There was nothing to put in, so Xia Wu had to turn the umbrella upside down and put the five little rabbits inside.
The little rabbits were of various colors, mostly black, gray and brown, but the little rabbit in Xia Wu's palm was yellowish-brown. It looked prettier and smarter than the other rabbits, so Xia Wu kept holding it.
Not long after, Yang Guojun came to pick them up on his empty bike. Seeing the little rabbits Xia Wu had caught, he smiled and said, "The big rabbits probably ran away because they were afraid people would escape, so we left these little ones. If you like them, we can take them back. We happen to have a few cages at home."
So Xia Wu took all the rabbits home.
"Why are there so many little rabbits?" Liu Guizhen was also surprised when she returned home. After listening to Xia Wu's explanation of the whole story, she went to the utility room to find a cage and settled the little rabbits.
Xia Wu searched online for what rabbits like to eat and asked, "Mom, do you have alfalfa at home?"
Young rabbits like to eat alfalfa. They can also eat cabbage, carrots, lettuce, etc., but they need to be washed and dried, which is quite troublesome.
"Yes, we have some cabbage at home. I'll wash some and feed them later. You should wash your hands and come to eat."
Liu Guizhen was busy in the kitchen.
Xia Wu was reluctant to put the little yellow rabbit into the cage because it was so well-behaved. When Xia Wu put it on the ground, it did not run away. Instead, it jumped in the direction of Xia Wu, as if it regarded it as its mother.
At this moment, Xia Wu's heart began to wander. She picked up the little rabbit and whispered, "How about giving you a name? What should I call you? Bugs Bunny?"
The little yellow rabbit rubbed against her palm. Xia Wu said seriously, "Okay, since you agreed, I'll call you Bugs Bunny."
The Yang family laughed when they saw this. Xia Wu still had the mind of a child.
It was common for rural people to keep small animals as pets, and they did not stop Xia Wu, so Bugs Bunny successfully drew a clear line between himself and his other brothers and sisters.
During mealtimes, it squatted obediently in a corner of the table and ate the cabbage leaves washed by Liu Guizhen.
After dinner, Yang Guojun spread the sesame stalks he had collected in the morning on the empty cement floor in front of the door, waiting for the sun to dry them naturally and the sesame seeds would crack naturally.
Xia Wu was sitting in the aisle, with a cool breeze blowing. She and her brother were playing with their mobile phones. The little rabbit was placed on their legs. Even though there was nothing in its mouth, it was moving around but didn't run around.
"Rabbit eats alfalfa, why don't we plant some?" Xia Wu seemed to be asking Yang Hongwen. He made a few strokes with his fingers and placed an order for a bag of alfalfa seeds. "Carrots? Can we plant them now?"
After checking, Xia Wu found out that it was suitable for planting, so he placed an order for another bag of carrot seeds.
Based on her search, the big data showed her an online shopping page full of various seeds, which made Xia Wu itch. "Blueberry seedlings? Can they survive now?"
"Cherry seedlings? Why are there even these?"
There are also perfume lemons and Kyoho grapes...
Xia Wu was dazzled and heart-beating.
I really want to rent some land and plant fruit trees all over the mountain so she can have fruits to eat all year round!
There is not much entertainment in the countryside. Apart from playing with her mobile phone to learn various planting and photography skills, Xia Wu also plays with rabbits and asks Yang Hongwen to shoot videos for her to practice.
The brother and sister stick together all day long, and Yang Hongwen no longer follows Grandpa Yang around the village every day like he used to.
In her spare time, Xia Wu pondered the effects of the spiritual spring water. She selected several experimental reference objects, namely herself, Bugs Bunny, and the vegetable patch outside. She drank half a cup of spiritual spring water every day, gave the remaining little to Bugs Bunny, and then watered the vegetable patch in the morning.
After two or three days, Xia Wu seemed to have really noticed some changes.
She herself didn't feel much of it; she ate well, slept well, and felt energetic. Bugs Bunny loved drinking the spiritual spring water, always drinking it up completely, just like when Xia Wu placed half a cup of water on the windowsill, perhaps some small animal drank it.
Bugs Bunny became even more attached to Xia Wu, sometimes giving her the illusion that he could understand what she was saying.
The vegetable garden at home, which had not been growing well, also became lush and green, as if the new wave was pushing the old wave forward.
Based on the above observations, Xia Wu concluded that Lingquan water has a greater effect on plants and animals, but not much effect on humans, and it is more beneficial to plants than animals.
That being said, her idea of renting a mountain and farming can still be carried out!
Xia Wu secretly wrote the plan in his little notebook. Making money and taking over the mountain was imperative!
After waiting for a few days, Xia Wu finally received the express delivery information. He received several messages in one day. It was probably the computers, strawberry seedlings and alfalfa seeds that had arrived.
"Dad, my delivery has arrived. Can I pick it up myself?"
The adults in the family are busy all day long. They either go to the fields or go up the mountain to chop firewood, bring it home, sort it into branches, and then stack it neatly in the backyard to prepare for winter.
Xia Wu was curious about how Yang's father, who was so thin, could have so much energy.
Although he thought that the spiritual spring water might be of little use to humans, out of the desire to make things better for his family, Xia Wu would add a drop or two of it every time he served tea to his parents and grandfather.
Yang Guojun wiped the sweat off his face and said, "I'll get it for you. You don't know where it is."
"It's okay. I can ride a bike now. I want to go to town and get familiar with the place."
Xia Wu also learned to ride a tricycle, which was not difficult for her at all.
Yang Guojun was a little embarrassed: "It's so far to go to town, can you do it?"
Yang Hongwen said from the side: "I'll go too."
Now Yang Guojun became even more worried, so he put down his axe and wanted to go with the brother and sister.
To prove himself, Xia Wu got on a tricycle and started showing off his driving skills. He turned around, swerved, and slowed down with great skill. "Dad, you just stay home and do your homework. I can do it!"
In the end, Yang Guojun couldn't persuade her anymore and had to let her go, repeatedly telling her to be careful on the road.
Xia Wu was like a bird in a cage that had been set free. She cheered and called for her brother to get in the car. She asked Yang Hongwen to hold Bugs Bunny, and the two of them drove the tricycle away from home at lightning speed.
The autumn sun is still very hot. A few days ago, Xia Wu tried to use an umbrella to block the sun, but now she has completely given up on sun protection. As she rides an electric bike with her back straight on the country road, no one would have thought that she is the pampered and ostentatious Xia Wu of the past.
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