The children's dark eyes were open, and their faces flushed by the sun were full of desire and envy. There was sweat on their foreheads, and they were exhausted.
"Tell you, what do you give in exchange?" Meng Li said with a smile.
These words stopped the children, and an older child's eyes flickered: "Brother Lu Mu wants to push the wheelchair, we can help carry the bucket."
Meng Li realized this problem. When he came, the bucket was hung on the wheelchair, but now that it has weight, it is inconvenient.
"Look, there's a black fish stuck behind that stone." Meng Li pointed to a place and said, "I'll give it to everyone."
Sure enough, the children saw that the black fish was stuck so tightly that only its tail could swing. Their eyes lit up one after another. One child jumped down and held the fish down. He picked it up and weighed it. It was at least three kilograms. Five or six guys, it’s just right to bake and share.
Everyone cheered.
Lu Mu's eyes moved from the water to Meng Li's face. Meng Li looked at the children smiling. The children were happy, and her mood was also infected.
Meng Li was not good-looking, with almost only a layer of skin on her face. She had a sickly pale look because she had not seen the sun all year round, but her eyes were big and black, and they glowed when she smiled.
However, Lu Mu was more concerned about the strangeness of this matter.
"What are you looking at? Do you appreciate my beauty?" Meng Li noticed the man's gaze and touched her face.
She still doesn't know what the original owner looks like. She will find a mirror and take a look at it sometime. She will see that the girl has changed. She remembers that the original owner was quite cute and delicate when she was a child.
The corner of Lu Mu's mouth twitched and he looked away.
The boys did not break their promise. When they went back, they helped them carry buckets and crowded around the wheelchairs in a lively manner.
Meng Yao came back with a basket full of firewood, half of which was raw. The nine-year-old girl was already sweating profusely when she came back from the mountain, her back was stooped, and every step was heavy.
Meng Li felt heartbroken when she saw this scene. People say that poor people's children have become rich early, but if they continue to be tired like this, the little girl's health will suffer.
She pressed down on the wheelchair to stop it.
Lu Mu understood what she meant and walked over to take the basket from Meng Yao and put it in the corner of the courtyard.
The children also helped push the wheelchair into the yard.
"Brother Lu Mu, sister Meng Li, let's go." The boys couldn't wait to run to the fields with the fish in their arms.
Meng Yao wiped the sweat off her head and turned around to see half a bucket of fish. Her eyes suddenly lit up: "Fish, there are so many fish. Sister, where did you get so many fish?"
"I was fishing in the river. I wanted to try my luck, and I really did." Meng Li said with a smile.
Meng Yao thought about how no one had caught fish in that river for a long time, and yet so many were caught all at once. She seemed to have heard what her second brother said. With her brother-in-law coming to the house with such a blessing, the family began to feel blessed as well.
It seemed to be true, and the little girl was so happy.
I hope this kind of blessing will continue to flourish.
When they were at the river, Meng Li originally wanted to get a chicken to make soup, but the group of children happened to come over.
Now that we have fish and meat at home, we can cope with it for a few days. Let’s talk about it then.
Lu Mu took the things given by the villagers to the kitchen.
"The folks are so kind. Over the years, when our family was about to run out of food, they would send some food to help us," Meng Yao said with emotion.
With their family's situation, there must be some sarcastic and sarcastic people, but most of the folks are very nice.
"Well, when our family becomes prosperous, we will do our best to help a group of people in need."
After Meng Li said this, she felt Lu Mu glance at her.
In the evening, the scent of rice rose from the yard of the second room of the Meng family.
The eldest brother was going home tonight, so Meng Yao made an extra bowl of rice, and Lu Mu was also very diligent in washing and chopping vegetables.
Meng Li couldn't do anything now, so she pushed her wheelchair to the back of the house.
To the east of the second room was the uncle's house, which was also cooking. Smoke was rising from the kitchen. At this moment, the ajar door opened, and a head poked his head out.
He was a boy about seven years old, with a bruised nose and swollen eyes, and mud stuck to his hair. He saw Meng Li and stared at her without blinking.
Meng Li also looked at him, with big eyes and small eyes.
The child made a shushing gesture to Meng Li, glanced back, and then ran out quickly.
"Auntie, let me push the wheelchair for you." The child seemed to be very new to the wheelchair.
"No, I'll push it myself." Meng Li said, "Whose child are you?"
"I am Dawang, the son of your uncle's cousin." Dawang pushed the wheelchair regardless of Meng Li's refusal.
Meng Li had no time to react and was pushed a few steps by him. She found that Dawang was working hard to turn the wheelchair towards the nearby ridge.
Her expression suddenly changed, this kid was not at ease.
Meng Li quickly grabbed both sides of the wheelchair and used all her strength to get the wheelchair's brakes to take effect and get stuck.
But after lying down for so many years, let alone her legs, the joints in other parts of her body were not fully stretched, let alone how much strength she had.
"Hehehe." Meng Dawang pushed and smiled, looking very amused.
If he didn't know what it meant to be born bad before, Meng Li now saw it.
Seeing that the hurdle is getting closer and closer, and the hurdle is very high, if you fall over it, the consequences will be disastrous.
But Meng Dawang was still pushing hard, pushing faster and faster, and his laughter became more and more cheerful.
