Cartoonist's Dream

Zhao Qiansun, Li Malyulei...

Pingnan Village is not a village with one surname, otherwise it would not be called Pingnan, but "Lijia Village".Pingnan Village is a densely populated village that is likely to develop into a township. There are "big clans" with the surname Li - in fact, there are only four or fifty people, and there are several surnames such as Lei, Liu, and Yang.

Some have the same surname, but they are not related. For example, Li Mu’s grandfather, Li Zhiyou, and Lu Wei’s grandfather, Li Shang, have such a relationship;

Perhaps this family is inherently lonely and stubborn, and the "big" surname is quite rare, so they didn't make any close friends in the village.

Once my eldest mother was seriously ill and resigned from the textile factory to go home. My eldest father borrowed money to see a doctor in the village but could not borrow money. In the end, a worker helped him.From then on, the family became more and more hostile to the village, and even refused to answer ordinary conversations.After two years, seeing that the family is getting more and more difficult, I want to borrow money to build a two-story building for rent, but I can't borrow money at all.So the eldest father could only work outside, until he was exhausted and died suddenly. [

Why is the husband exhausted?It's not because I can't borrow money from the village!

The mother held back a lot of "backbone" in her stomach. After learning that her daughter had asked for alms from the villagers, she urged her several times to give back 20 yuan. How could she ask her to work for the villagers?

Mother thought silently.

Li Mu stopped for a long time, seeing that Katsuo's mother didn't want to talk to her, she finally sighed and said:

"Sigh~ Well, in the face of such superior conditions, you can still hesitate for so long. I can already guess very clearly that you are not rejecting my generous reward because of some noble sentiments."

Limu didn't know where the gap was that prevented her from making a decision. What she feared most in psychological counseling was not rejection, but the fear that the counselor would be like Kuaimu and say nothing.

He felt that the family was very wary of the outside world, and what made him think this way was the dress on the second daughter.In general, it is enough to sew a piece of cloth of the same color on it. If it is to satisfy the vanity of a child, it is not uncommon to cover it with a flower.But the aunt found several of the same kind of flowers, and sewed them on the corners of the skirt according to certain rules, so that the flowers and the dress looked like one.

Could it be that the eldest mother also has a strong vanity?Pear wood does not know.

But it is very clear that Katsuo's mother should be someone who hardly communicates with the village. After all, she has never even heard the name "Prodigy Limu".If the conjecture of the eldest mother's "hardworking and honest" is overturned, then she is a foolish woman who refuses to accept a favor of 20 yuan and wants to completely separate her interests from the outside world.

Having given birth to a daughter with gigantism, she is still sickly and repulsive...

Li Mu suddenly remembered vaguely—when he was a child, his family often warned him not to play in the back village. In addition to the danger of the fish pond, there was also a terrible "crazy woman".I heard that several daughters died, and the children were often taken back to the dark cellar to be raised, especially the little boy... It was a very scary rumor at the time.

"I don't want to say that much. Every family has its own hard-to-read scriptures. If you want your eldest daughter to grow up to be fooled by others, become insane and become a naked girl walking on the street; if you want your two The youngest daughter has no education, and sells 'meat' for money in this house; if you think about it along this line of thought...

"...If Katsuo didn't call me before school this afternoon.

"——then you can go ahead."

After finishing speaking, he stepped out of the door and waved to Katsuo who was by the door, asking his eldest daughter to give him a ride.

The eldest daughter poked her head in to ask, and the eldest mother nodded numbly.

The dark black curtain hanging in front of the wall was slightly blown by the wind passing through the alley.She suddenly felt the cold air like deep winter, shivering alone in the quilt.

She knew very well what would happen if her family continued like this.

She woke up from the dream several times, and she saw several futures, but none of them was the result she wanted.No! [

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On the night when she made her decision, she had a rare dream.

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Many years later, Da Shengnan, who was interviewed by "Record", has grown another [-] centimeters taller, his skin is still dark, and he looks more and more like a black tower mountain.

"...that decision was the beginning and a turning point for our family. After my mother's long-term self-isolation, our family began to accept communication with the village for the first time. This is a turning point in my destiny. I have learned a lot from serving the benefactor. Things... Benefactor has been a student who has been attracting attention since the fifth grade. He studies very well and has a very high drawing ability... And he is not the kind of annoying top student, he is very gentle with everyone, and He is approachable...Although he is sometimes harsh, all the students and teachers like him very much."

Katsuo stared at a point in the void and said quietly.

The photographer listened in silence.

"About what happened back then, my parents were obviously wrong. The benefactor's family was richer than us, but they only had one child. My parents, who were poorer than them, actually gave birth to us three children. Mother The disease was not considered a disease at all, but it started to show up after giving birth to me. After I found out that I was weak, I gave birth to two younger sisters in succession. Of course, it does not mean that their birth was a mistake, but the extra birth caused my mother’s condition to deteriorate further. , coupled with the double pressure of raising children, it is only natural for our family to fall into that situation."

Katsuo glanced at the camera, because the "documentary" program is a combination of statement and commentary, and the host and cameraman remained silent.

"My parents resented that the villagers refused to borrow money. This is obviously unreasonable. The villagers have no obligation to lend us money. Moreover, my father wanted to lend money to my mother to treat her illness and raise us. The money was not used for investment, but for borrowing money. It is very difficult for people to recover their debts. When my father alienated the neighbors and saw that they got money after building houses, he also thought about building two or three floors. At this time, it was the second major construction period in the village, and some people built high-rise buildings True, but they either owed money to someone else, or they lent money to relatives to build a house, and it wouldn't be my father's turn to say anything."

The big Katsuo continued quietly.

"When I realized this and told the benefactor, he smiled and said to me 'it's not your fault' and I asked him whose fault it was? He told me 'probably [Tokiomi] or [World] Bar'……

"The benefactor said that our family's situation is not a special case, so don't take it too seriously. He told me that there are two kinds of people in this world who can have many children.

"One of them is the rich. They have enough money to pay fines and can change their nationality. They hope to pass on their good genes as much as possible...

"The other is the poor, because they are afraid that the survival rate of their children will not be high, and they will die when they are old. Those who are barefoot are not afraid of wearing shoes.

"Caught in the middle, the most painful and the most crowded are the working class. They don't want to take off their bright coats and leather shoes, and they are still working hard to climb up. They must abide by the rules set by the 'first extreme'. They Having only one child in life, or having no children, naming yourself a single aristocrat…

"In the long run, the race that is willing to be oppressed will have fewer and fewer children, the second extreme 'slave' gene will be suppressed, and the first and third extreme genes will be flooded. In the end, there will be 'don't have children, It is also a pain to let them be born in this world, and they will die. There are more and more third extremes full of adventurous spirit, and one day they will challenge the first extreme...

"The world or country will start to 'shuffle' after four or five generations, so the lifespan of each country is only a hundred years. Some people say that the country's collapse is determined by many factors, but the root cause is actually the 'adventure gene' the flood of...

"The benefactor thinks that this world is distorted. If I say so, probably no one wants to believe it, and no one can accept it. The benefactor's mood is not incomprehensible. Just look at the comics with his pen name 'Wen Dao'. Few signs can be seen."

"Signs?" A voice suddenly interjected from outside the screen, realizing that he had made a mistake, he immediately blocked his mouth.

"The benefactor is very good at studying, his brain is like a precision instrument, and his hands are like mechanical arms when he draws. He writes quickly and without mistakes. He has drawn many comics, and half of the comics in the world are drawn by him. Among the many comics he has created, it is also his least-selling collection of comics. In fact, he likes that cold pseudonym the most, and he thinks that the things drawn by that pseudonym can best express his ideals..."

What Da Shengnan said next, the photographer decided that he should ng him out, but considering that it was a real documentary about that person, it wouldn't be a big problem even if he was suppressed. [

Cinematographers have an intuition from years of shooting documentaries.

In other words, why did that person ask her to be a bodyguard?In addition to repaying the favor of heatstroke, there should be other reasons.