People in the Navy: Invincible

Chapter 171 Yuma
Is waiting for someone a happy thing?
Maybe.

hope and disappointment.

When choosing "wait", you can't help yourself to choose.

Li Li didn't know how to answer the little girl, but just watched silently. The little girl sat skillfully on the stone by the stream, put the clothes in the tub on the smooth stone, wet it, and rubbed it slowly. Looks very serious.

Li Li was a little surprised, the little girl was only five or six years old at most, why did she carry a big tub here to wash clothes?
"Little sister, where is your family?"

The little girl shifted her attention from her clothes to Li Li's face, pursed her lips, and said with a smile, "I'm waiting for them."

Mo Li was stunned, took out his cigar, and was about to light it, but after looking at the little girl, he put it back into the cigar box and put it in his arms.

Mo Li asked, "What's your name?"

Hearing Mo Li ask her name, the little girl quickly put down her clothes, stood up, wanted Mo Li to bow, and whispered politely.

"My name is Yuma, and I'm from Beitou Island."

I didn't realize just now that Yuma is only as tall as her calf, and her forehead can only reach her knee.

Li Li nodded and said, "Hi Yuma, my name is Li Li, and I'm a navy."

Yuma continued to sit down to wash the clothes, and Li Li quietly watched the little girl wash the clothes slowly.

After a while, You Ma finished washing the clothes, picked up a piece of clothes, twisted them into strips, and hung them on a low branch beside him.

Li Li looked at Yuma's strange behavior and asked, "Yuma, what are you doing?"

You Ma looked at Mo Li and said, "I'm too weak to wring the water out of my clothes, so I can only do this."

talking.

You Ma grabbed the ends of the clothes with both hands and began to circle in circles.

The clothes gradually twisted together, and the water squeezed out.

The method is very good, but the clothes on Yuma's body will also be wet by the wrung out water.

"Okay, let me help you," Mo Li said.

Mo Li tore off the clothes on the branch, twisted them lightly, and then twisted the clothes in the tub.

"That's fine."

Yuma looked at Li Li happily, bent down, and shouted: "Thank you very much, brother!"

Li Li shook his head, poured out the water in the wooden basin, and put two clothes into the wooden basin.

"Okay, let's take it home and hang it."

Because of the water, it was very difficult for the little Youma to lift the wooden basin.

Yuma who stood there looked at Li Li.

"What's wrong?" Mo Li asked.

You Ma frowned, struggled for a while, and finally mustered up the courage to say:

"Thank you for your help, brother. If you don't mind, please come to my house as a guest."

Mo Li smacked his lips, looked at You Ma struggling to hold the tub, and said, "Okay, I'm fine anyway, let's go to your house to see."

"Brother, please follow me."

Li Ma couldn't laugh or cry because of Yuma's serious appearance as a young adult. This child is sensible too early.

Li Li bent down and snatched the tub from Yuma's hand.

Yuma was taken aback, and bowed again to thank him.

"Come on. I don't know the way to your house."

Forest paths, old houses in the mountains.

Mo Li sat cross-legged on the wooden steps of the wooden house, smoking a cigar, leaning on his chin, watching You Ma carefully unfold the clothes and hang them on the wooden pole.

Li Li looked back at the small wooden house that was leaking everywhere.

The wooden bed was made of pure white bedding, but there were a few big holes.

In the kitchen where the pot is placed, there are only two pairs of chopsticks and two old bowls with broken porcelain.

Li Li once again turned his gaze to the little girl who was busy collecting firewood.

How did she live here alone?
Yuma ran over, stood at the bottom of the wooden steps, looked at Li Li and said with some embarrassment: "Brother, I'm sorry, I don't have anything at home, can you wait a moment?"

"In the afternoon, I will go to the town to sell the mushrooms, and I can have dinner in the evening."

Mo Li moved his head, tilted his head, and said strangely: "Selling mushrooms? Do you support yourself by selling mushrooms?"

Yuma shook her head and said with a smile: "Sometimes I also work part-time."

"Part-time job? You are so young, how do you work part-time?"

You Ma drilled into the bottom of the wooden house and pulled out a small basket, which contained more than 20 mushrooms.

"There will always be work I can do."

Li Li sighed: "Alright then, I'll follow you."

Yuma was a little hesitant, but wondered if the elder brother would be lonely if he stayed here alone?

After thinking for a while, Yuma nodded and said, "Okay, brother, let's go together, if brother is here by himself, he will be very lonely.

Mo Li shrugged.

"Let's go."

The mountain road from the wooden house to the town is not far away, Mo Li carried a small basket full of mushrooms and slowly followed behind Yuma.

Youma led Mo Li to the edge of the town's port, and after carefully arranging the mushrooms, Youma shook the cloth with mushrooms in the box.

Gently spread it on the ground, and said to Li Li: "Brother, please sit here."

"Ah good."

Mo Li sat cross-legged on the small piece of cloth, and You Ma squatted beside Li Mo with a smile.

Because it was the edge of the port, no one came over. There were two people, one big and one small, one sitting cross-legged and the other squatting cramped.

Li Li could tell that Yuma was a little scared, otherwise he wouldn't have huddled on the ground, let alone choose such a remote place to sell mushrooms.

After sitting for a while, Mo Li suddenly asked, "Has Yuma lived alone all this time?"

The little girl raised her head and said, "No, I have a grandma. The name Yuma was given to me by my grandma."

Mo Li nodded.

Speaking of grandma, Yuma's always smiling face felt a little lonely, the little girl lowered her head again, her two little feet moved back slowly, and her small body leaned against the base of the wall.

"Grandma passed away."

Mo Li listened silently.

The little girl also remained silent.

The mushrooms were sold, and an old woman bought them with her grandson.

But what You Ma got was not money, but two small yellow croakers the size of a palm.

But just like that, Yuma was also very happy.

The little girl told Li Li that not every time they can be sold for money, sometimes it is a small yellow croaker, sometimes it is a small half bag of rice, and only when they meet wealthy customers, they will buy it with money.

Because the Isle of Beit is not a rich island either.

Back at the log cabin, Yuma showed cooking skills that did not match her age group.

Picking up the little yellow croaker was very quick.

There is only an iron pot in the house, steamed rice, and two packed small yellow croakers lay quietly.

"Brother, I'll fry the fish when the rice comes out." You Ma said to Li Li who was sitting next to him.

Li Li nodded and said, "Okay, don't worry."

The little girl knelt beside the iron pot, was silent for a while, and continued to talk about what she hadn't finished talking about when she was selling mushrooms.

"Grandma forbids me to be sad or cry. She said that in this world, everyone is waiting for someone."

"Grandma said she was very happy, and the person she was waiting for was me."

"I will also wait for the person I am waiting for."

(End of this chapter)