Cartoonist's Dream

At lunch time, Li Mu talked to his parents about the general situation while eating, and also deliberately said that the family situation of Dasheng's family was very bad, in order to get his mother to agree to hire a bodyguard in name.At the same time, he told her that hiring this big man would make it much safer for Lu Wei and herself to go to and from school, and she would not have to be afraid of being bullied in fifth grade.

Li Xiuli feels distressed to give 1500 yuan to others every month, so give it every month!It was a lot more than she expected.But considering that Li Mu was as tall as a small bean sprout in the fifth grade, it would be good to spend money to hire a "accompanying student". When he was hesitating whether to persuade Li Mu to lower the price, a rough voice came from downstairs. .

That was Da Katsuo's voice.

According to the agreement on the way after school, Da Shengnan talked with her mother about the employment, and after the discussion, no matter what the result was, he would come to him.

Li Mu didn't give her mother much time to think, she put down her chopsticks and walked downstairs, and warned her parents not to follow.Money is your own money, this matter should be decided by yourself.I'm afraid that they will find out that the actual situation of Dasheng's husband's family is not so miserable after they come. If they stop this employment, who will help me to overcome this mysterious curse? [

The news that Da Shengnan brought was that her mother didn't say yes or no, and she had to ask about the specific situation in person.

So Li Mu and Da Shengnan walked into the back village along the village road.

Standing in front of her house, seeing the low house built of bluestone bricks, Li Mu felt sorry for her.

He once guessed what kind of house they lived in. According to the situation of Katsuo's father working on the construction site before, stealing a few red bricks every day can still build a red brick house.But they didn't expect them to live in a house of [-] to [-] square meters, with walls only about two meters high, and old blue bricks instead of red bricks.In addition to the pointed roof made of blue tiles, this house is only about three meters high, and the wooden beams inside can be seen from the door.

There is a small room of four or five square meters outside the house wall. Judging from the chimney on the small room, the small room next to the house should be a demolition room or a kitchen.

This structure, to be honest, is the structure of the Lijia pigsty.In order to prevent the smoke from interfering with the life in the pigsty, the pigs that are brought to the pigsty are steamed and heated in a small room.

Although the house of Dasheng Nan's family is a bit old-fashioned, it is considered "richer" than those who don't know if there are still lonely old people living in mud-and-tiled houses.

When Li Mu walked into the room, he felt a chill. He didn't know whether it was caused by the structure of the ancient building or the unique properties of the blue bricks.The house is furnished with wooden furniture, and an old radio is placed on the long table against the wall. It and the 40-watt light bulb hanging from the beam may be the only two electrical appliances in the family.

There is a big bed and a small bed in the room.Li Mu didn't know how the eldest father arranged it before his death, but based on the situation in front of him, it can be concluded that Katsuo and his two younger sisters slept in a big bed at night, and her mother slept in a small bed.For now there was a woman curly in the little bed, with thinning hair, covered with a quilt on a hot day.

Her two daughters lay on the big bed and stared blankly at the outsider. There was a Chinese book in front of them. It was obvious that this ten-year-old sister was helping the children who were preparing to go to elementary school. My younger sister teaches pinyin.

Although the dresses on them were not so patched, they looked a little old—no, it should be said that the patches were cleverly concealed.

The white dress worn by the second daughter was recognized by Li Mu.It was the dress that Lu Wei had worn a month ago, because the white color tended to turn yellow and old, and the corner of the skirt was cut open by the easel, so Li Mu never saw her wearing this dress again.Thinking about it now, maybe the skirt was picked up by someone in Katsuo's family after it was thrown away.

Plum blossoms were inlaid on the cut corners of the skirt, and the same plum blossom decorations were also inlaid on other places in order not to be obtrusive. It is difficult for people who do not know this skirt to see that the plum blossoms are patches.

——This flower should also be cut from other skirts...

There are school uniforms hanging on the wall of the house. In order to keep the school uniforms fresh, they will try to wear as few school uniforms as possible at home. What kind of spirit is this! ?

... in deep thought.

A cough broke the silence in the room.

"cough cough"

Turning her attention to the woman who was being lifted up by Da Shengnan, Li Mu felt that the scene in front of her was so familiar—she was the sneaky and trembling woman who had appeared at the door of the fourth class of the fifth year when she was registered! [

"Hi, I'm Katsuo's classmate. Auntie, are you sick?"

As soon as this remark came out, Li Mu felt that it was a bit redundant, and he should ask "Auntie, what's wrong with you?"However, it seems a little impolite to directly ask the bottom line of other people's bodies.Li Mu didn't intend to help her treat her illness. It would definitely cost a lot of money to treat a sick child into an ordinary person, and Li Mu's own heart disease has not yet been resolved.

"Huh? Sigh." Seeing that the person who came was a child younger than her second daughter, the eldest mother showed a slightly disappointed expression.

"I'm Riki from Maemura Rika's family, please don't worry."

Li Mu took out a wad of cash, although there was no 1500 yuan, but it was an old man's head.For two little girls who had never seen banknotes of such a large denomination, this stack of banknotes was exaggerated enough.

"I'm sorry, obviously you... You invited Ah Nan, and you have to spend a lot of time..."

"Don't mind, it's not me who proposed to meet you. You are inconvenient, so I should come here."

"Ah Man, fill a glass of water for the guest."

"No, I just finished eating and I'm full."

"Well, actually, about Ah Nan..."

"Let them go out first and I'll tell you later."

"Yeah, Ah Nan, Ah Han, Ah Hai, you guys go out first."

The three children were very obedient, and quickly went out under their mother's instructions, and disappeared around the corner.The aunt coughed twice on the bed, her actual age should be relatively young, she looked like a five or sixty-year-old old lady, and looked at Limu again with a haggard face.

"First of all, do you know me? Have you heard of my name?" Li Mu asked the aunt in order to prove her guess.

"Huh? Are you?"

"Pear wood."

"I……"

"Okay, I probably know it. It seems that I am being self-indulgent." Li Mu finally affirmed one thing.

Ever since there were many big disturbances in Limu, in Pingnan Village, except for the outsiders in the rented house, they don't care much about the affairs of the village.Regardless of whether it is the front village or the back village, even if they have never met Li Mu himself, there are very few villagers in the Pingnan Group who have not heard of Li Mu's name.Recently, even the aunt that Li Mu didn't know can call Li Mu's real name when greeting him.

Obviously, our four daughters lack communication with the villagers.

Having come to this conclusion, Riki continued to ask:

"Secondly, I want to know what you think of Katsuo, whether you agree or disagree." [

"I... don't quite agree." The aunt hesitated a little.

"Oh. I think it's probably the same, but how should I put it. It's not that your family is pedantic, but you don't need to hide it when you've reached this point."

"Secretly, isn't it?" The aunt lowered her eyes and nodded slowly.

"I'm not very clear about your family's affairs. I don't understand how you fell into this situation. I just analyze the pros and cons with you now, and then you decide the rest. Just tell Shengnan, and she will follow suit." You did what you said, didn’t you?” Li Mu knew that her mother was the decisive factor for hiring Katsuo.

Before the eldest mother answered "yes" or "no", Li Mu began to say to herself:

"As you can see, I am a little younger than your second daughter, but I am in the same class as your eldest daughter, so my academic ability must be fine. Last time I was sent home by your eldest daughter due to heat stroke, I am grateful. After meeting again, I understand Some things. I am relatively small in the fifth grade, and I am relatively lazy, such as on duty, Friday cleaning, and chairs at the school assembly... I hope to find someone to help me.

"Don't worry, I'm not an easy target to be hijacked after making a lot of money. At most, I just want your daughter to stand next to me and intimidate other classmates who provoke me in fifth grade, but I haven't been provoked since I went to school, and even if something happens It doesn't need your daughter's help. I believe that in today's society, words are better used to solve troubles than violence.

"If your daughter has an income of 1500 yuan a month, your family can solve a lot of problems. You see, you have three daughters to support, and your eldest daughter has gigantism. If you let it go without eating brain food , it will definitely be difficult to survive in society when you grow up. At that time, your two young daughters will have to support her life, and if you don't take care of her, you will be criticized...

"Isn't Shengnan and their tuition fees unpaid? Now Shengnan can work and attend classes at the same time. This is the mutual benefit I seek. In the last year of elementary school, including winter and summer vacations, she can earn more than 1 yuan for her family. , if you save this money, it will be enough for your two daughters to finish elementary school and junior high school? Don't you want your eldest daughter to receive a junior high school diploma..."

A series of questions made her speechless.

Why didn't she want her daughter to go to school, at least she wanted her eldest daughter to finish elementary school and receive a diploma.But now the family lives on the 600 yuan earned by the eldest daughter, plus a small vegetable field at home to barely make ends meet.Last month, because there was not enough money for registration, I only gave the school 200 yuan, which was not enough to go to school. Fortunately, the strange teacher Li Qihua helped pay for Shengnan's books and tuition fees.

Sheng Nan took a year off from school, and Teacher Li Qihua can be said to be her new teacher, and she helped her pay the tuition in advance.

But Katsuo didn't go to class or pick up books. She continued to go to the construction site to earn money. She didn't get paid until the end of the month yesterday. She went to school this morning to pay back to Teacher Li.

There are many reasons for rejecting the offer of the elementary school student in front of you.

The most important one is that the eldest daughter actually doesn't want to go to school anymore, and she expressed this idea in the early winter of last year.

The daughter said that nobody in the class paid attention to her, nobody talked to her, nobody liked her.Of course, wearing a compact and old school uniform, with a figure that is more terrifying than that of a physical education teacher, and always staring at a pair of big eyes with a fierce look, naturally no students would like to approach her.Moreover, my daughter feels that the knowledge she learned at school is useless. Chinese and English are not helpful for moving bricks on the construction site. read.

... They are not big in stature, and they are too young to move bricks, and they have no way of life if they don't study.

This kind of thinking lasted for more than half a year, and her family subtly agreed with her point of view. The reason why she was suddenly willing to go to school to accompany her was to earn money from her classmates.

Another reason for refusal is that although the employer of my daughter's classmate can come up with a wad of money, is the money his?Does he have the right to handle that much money?Will it be taken back after his parents find out?If these questions are not asked to the parents of the children in person, how can they definitely agree to it?

Furthermore, he is from the Li family in the village, and his daughter is employed by a fellow villager. Can our family afford to lose face like this?