Chen Ming and Shen Xue were busy on the ridge until noon. They caught a lot of loaches and eels, as well as some frogs and hairy crabs.
"Brother Ming, can frogs be eaten?"
Shen Xue looked at the frogs that were jumping around in the bucket and trying to jump out. She could not help but turn to Chen Ming and ask.
Chen Ming smiled." These aren't frogs, but frogs. They're delicious to roast!”
Shen Xue nodded her head in a half-understanding manner. This trip with Chen Ming had really broadened her horizons.
"Officer, it's noon. Are you hungry? I brought some cornbread for lunch. Do you want one?”The old man from before walked over with a white aluminum lunch box in his hand. There were a few cornbread buns made of coarse grains in the lunch box.
"Thank you, fellow villager. I'm just hungry!" Chen Ming took two cornbread buns and gave one to Shen Xue. Then, he started eating.
Seeing that Chen Ming didn't mind his lunch, the old man smiled." You're quite easy to get along with, officer. A few days ago, a few city people came to the countryside to play. We warmly welcomed them, but they despised us!”
Chen Ming smiled and said," Without the help of the common people during the war, how could we soldiers win the war? We soldiers definitely can't forget our roots. The army and the people are family!”
"Yes, yes, yes. The army and the people are one family!" "Then you guys eat first, I'll go to work first!" Sir System smiled.”
"Alright, take care!" Chen Ming watched Sir System leave.
After finishing the cornbread, Chen Ming tilted his head and said to Shen Xue,""Xiao Xue, let's go under the tree over there and cool down for a while!”
"Good!"
Shen Xue and Chen Ming walked to the shade of a large tree nearby and sat down.
Sunlight shone through the gaps of the leaves, forming spots of light that shone on Chen Ming and Shen Xue.
The two of them sat side by side, looking at the boundless fields.
Chen Ming could smell the faint fragrance from Shen Xue's body, and he couldn't help but turn to look at her.
Shen Xue had a faint smile on her face as she looked at the scenery in the distance.
Her fair face was flushed red, and there were beads of sweat on her smooth forehead. Her watery eyes reflected the scenery in the distance, and her long eyelashes fluttered like a butterfly's wings.
Looking at Shen Xue's beautiful side profile, Chen Ming's heart skipped a beat. He reached out to hold Shen Xue's hand.
Shen Xue's face was slightly red. She turned her head and looked at Chen Ming with her bright eyes that were filled with embarrassment.
It was a beautiful day and a beautiful woman was beside him. Chen Ming couldn't help but approach Shen Xue.
Shen Xue seemed to have guessed what Chen Ming was going to do. She did not reject him and closed her eyes gently.
"Big brother!"
At this moment, a childish shout sounded from not far away, instantly breaking the beautiful atmosphere.
Chen Ming turned his head and saw a group of children not far away, each carrying a plastic bag in their hands, running towards him happily.
It was the group of children that he had ordered to catch the insects.
Chen Ming turned around to look at Shen Xue. She was blushing and had her head lowered. It seemed that she was embarrassed because her " casting " was interrupted.
"Hey!" Chen Ming sighed.
It was hard to imagine that the melodramatic scene of " kissing must be interrupted " in the TV series in her previous life would actually happen to her.
The group of children seemed to not know that they had delayed Chen Ming's good thing and were running excitedly to Chen Ming.
Each of them had a bag full of worms.
"Big brother, we've caught the bug for you!”Chu Xiaolong said excitedly.
"Alright, count how many there are. I'll count the money for you!”Chen Ming said helplessly. His mind was still vexed by the "timely appearance" of these brats.
"No need, we've already counted!" Chu Xiaolong opened his bag and said,""I have 280 grasshoppers here!”
The other children also opened their bags.
"I have 180 green insects here!”
"I have 120 autumn cicadas here!”
“……”
"Alright, since you've counted, I won't count anymore!”Chen Ming took out his wallet from his pocket and distributed money to the children.
Each bug cost three cents. Each of them caught about one or two hundred, and each of them received a few dollars. In total, Chen Ming spent more than twenty dollars.
The child king, Chu Xiaolong, received the most and received a total of eight yuan.
After distributing the money, the children held the money in their hands, their eyes shining.
"Thank you, big brother!" Chu Xiaolong shouted at Chen Ming!
The other children also shouted in unison,"Thank you, big brother!"
Chen Ming smiled and waved his hand." I have nothing else to tell you. Go home first!"”
The group of children nodded. After putting down the plastic bags in their hands, they hopped away.
Shen Xue's face turned pale when she saw the squirming worms in the plastic bag.
She had been afraid of insects since she was young. When she saw so many insects in front of her, she felt very uncomfortable.
Chen Ming also noticed that Shen Xue was afraid of insects, so he directly tied the plastic bags tightly and placed them all in the jeep's trunk.
"Xiao Xue, let's take a walk and then go back!”Chen Ming stood up and said to Shen Xue.
"Good!" Shen Xue stood up from under the tree and strolled alongside Chen Ming along the village path.
At this moment, outside a tile-roofed house built at the foot of the mountain.
A skinny girl was carrying a bucket of water. When she returned home, she poured all the water in the bucket into the water tank and hammered her shoulders.
Obviously, with her thin body, it was really difficult for her to carry such a heavy load of water home.
The girl's name was Chu Xiaoxiao. She was the eldest daughter of an ordinary peasant family in Pingliang Village. She was seventeen years old this year.
A few years ago, his father accidentally fell off the mountain while carrying firewood and died. His mother was sick from working for many years and could not work.
Therefore, she could only support this family alone.
"Sis, I earned eight yuan today!”
At this moment, an excited shout came from outside the house.
Chu Xiaoxiao looked back and saw her brother, Chu Xiaolong, rushing into the house. He opened his hand to her and there were a few crumpled notes in his hand. There was a total of eight yuan.
Chu Xiaoxiao saw the money in her brother's hand and was shocked. She quickly asked,""Xiaolong, where did you get so much money?”
Eight yuan was enough to buy eight catties of pork. To the Chu family, who had never eaten meat for many years, eight yuan was considered a large sum of money.
Therefore, when she saw her eight-year-old brother suddenly take back eight yuan, she was a little shocked.
In the face of his sister's question, Chu Xiaolong grinned." Sister, I was playing in the fields today when a soldier suddenly came. He asked us to catch insects and gave us three cents for each one. He said that he would take as many as we had. I caught more than 200 grasshoppers and made a total of eight yuan!”
"Soldiers?" Chu Xiaoxiao was stunned.
Looking at the eight yuan in her brother's hand, Chu Xiaoxiao's eyes flickered slightly. She said to her brother,""Xiaolong, has that soldier left?”
"He probably hasn't left yet!" Chu Xiaolong tilted his head and said.”
"Then bring me to see him!" Chu Xiaoxiao quickly said.
"Good!" Chu Xiaolong nodded in agreement.
Then, with her brother leading the way, Chu Xiaoxiao locked the door and hurried out.
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