bayedsolid Chapter 35 Take Me Along When You Go Fishing
Chapter 35 Take Me Along When You Go Fishing
Seeing that Li Mu was about to leave with Tian Xiaohu, Li Jianjun didn't intend to follow.
All he could think about now was how to avoid being caught by the inspection team for stealing Tian Xiaohu's bicycle.
Li Mu glanced at his foolish, wooden-stump-like appearance and chuckled softly.
Only after pulling Tian Xiaohu away did he change direction and head towards the path leading to Xicun.
"Brother Mu, aren't we going to the inspection team? Why are we heading towards West Village?"
Tian Xiaohu asked, full of doubt.
Li Mu glanced back at Li Jianjun, who had already disappeared, before slowly replying to him.
"Don't worry, someone will deliver the bicycle to your door."
"Who is it? Is it someone from the inspection team? Are they really that capable?" Tian Xiaohu asked incredulously.
Li Mu smiled mysteriously and said, "Just wait and see! You'll find out then."
As they talked, they soon arrived at the Taka family's house in Nishimura.
At this time, the Gao family was also very lively. Gao Ga Zi, who had not returned for several years, was exchanging greetings with the people who came to visit.
Upon seeing Li Mu approaching with Tian Xiaohu, he immediately greeted them with a smile.
"Muzi, come quickly. My parents have been nagging you for ages. If you don't come soon, they're going to make me come and ask you to come to their house."
As he spoke, Gao Ga Zi walked up to Li Mu, grabbed his arm, and led him into the courtyard.
The men and women on blind dates standing in the courtyard all greeted Li Mu and Tian Xiaohu with smiles as they arrived.
"Mu Zi and Xiao Hu are here!"
"Hello, grandpas and grandmas!"
Li Mu and Tian Xiaohu replied with smiles, and the three of them went straight into the house without lingering.
Inside the house, Grandma Gao, dressed neatly, was playing cat's cradle with her grandson, Gao Hutou, on the kang (a heated brick bed).
Grandpa Gao was nowhere to be seen in the house. Li Mu first greeted him loudly with a smile, "Grandma Gao, Tiger Head."
"Muzi's here, come and sit down. Your uncle went to collect tofu, he'll be back in a bit." Old Mrs. Gao looked at Li Mu and Tian Xiaohu with a happy expression.
After saying that, he didn't forget to invite Tian Xiaohu to sit down.
Even Gao Hutou, who was still playing cat's cradle on the kang, got up with a smile and sat down in front of Li Mu, "Uncle Mu, Brother Tian, have some candy."
As he spoke, Tiger Head took out two candies from his pocket and handed them to Lin Mu and Tian Xiaohu.
"Hey! White Rabbit milk candy, this is good stuff. Who gave this to Tiger Head?" Li Mu smiled and took the candy.
"My uncle bought it for me." Tiger Head smiled shyly yet proudly.
His adorable appearance made Li Mu unable to resist reaching out and ruffling his hair.
She took the candy from his hand and also handed over the portion meant for Tian Xiaohu, instantly easing Tian Xiaohu's awkwardness about whether or not to take the candy.
Looking at the two little brothers in front of him, Gao Ga Zi couldn't help but feel a warmth in his heart.
However, he knew that Li Mu must have come to see him about something.
After all, he had just taken Li Mu home that morning. He hadn't seen his family for several days, so he would definitely want to stay at home a little longer. It was impossible for him to come to his house so soon just to see the elderly and children.
"Speak up! What's up, kid?" Gao Ga Zi didn't waste any words and went straight to the point.
Li Mu didn't mince words and said directly, "After I returned to the village today, I helped our village chief's daughter break off her engagement with the Liu family in the neighboring village."
"I just felt that there was something wrong with the Liu family and those people from the neighboring village!"
Neighboring village!
Everyone knows about this village, where everyone lives next to each other.
When he was a gangster, he had also been to neighboring villages.
The people in that village were mostly surnamed Liu, and they had all fled there during the war. Compared to other villages that had seen refugees, the people from the neighboring village were remarkably united.
As for Liu Dezhu, the village chief of the neighboring village, he had never dealt with him, but he had heard that he was an extremely kind person.
How could a kind person bring his family here during the years of famine?
Gao Ga Zi didn't believe it when he was a gangster, but now that he's been in the army for several years and has done so many special missions that required disguise.
It's even more impossible; I don't believe a kind person could have that ability.
"Don't worry about this. I'll coordinate with the inspection team later and investigate it thoroughly," Gao Ga Zi said in a deep voice.
Instantly, his aura changed, becoming as cold and sharp as a drawn sword.
Having experienced this many times in his past and present lives, Li Mu was still somewhat overwhelmed by its imposing aura.
But this momentum was fleeting, and Gao Ga Zi quickly changed the subject, bringing up the truth about fishing.
"My friend just delivered the plastic sheet you asked me to get for you. It's a big piece, enough for you to use when you're fishing."
Gao Ga Zi said with a smile.
Before he finished speaking, he turned around, took a snakeskin bag from behind the door, and threw it directly at Li Mu's feet.
Li Mu immediately opened the bag with delight, and inside was indeed the plastic sheet he had mentioned earlier.
In the 80s, plastic sheeting was not widely used.
Even when they go to the market, they use wicker baskets; there are no plastic bags that can be easily filled and carried away.
So, needless to say, there's the thick plastic sheeting.
This stuff is only used in vegetable greenhouses built by the military, and it's expensive and hard to find.
"Brother Gao, thank you so much. When I go into the mountains again, if I come across anything good, I'll definitely save a copy for you."
Li Mu spoke with a grin.
As soon as he said that, Gao Ga Zi frowned.
"Are you still going into the mountains?"
Li Mu nodded and casually said, "Some people ask me to buy mountain delicacies and birch polypores. It's a business that can make money. I can earn some myself, and the villagers can also earn some along the way."
"You've thought of everything, kid. How about I join you for fishing tonight?" Gao Ga Zi said with a smile.
He hadn't expected that Li Mu wasn't just thinking about making money for himself, but also about the people in their village.
If he does a good job, perhaps he can help the people in his village earn more money.
With that in mind, Gao Gazi casually mentioned fishing to Li Mu that evening. He'd applied for three months of annual leave anyway, and staying home all the time was getting rather boring.
“Okay! Let’s go tonight. With Brother Gao joining us, we’ll catch even more fish this time.”
Li Mu was naturally happy to take Gao Ga Zi fishing.
If there are enough big fish, perhaps they can find a new way out through Gao Ga Zi, since his comrades-in-arms are everywhere in Mohe.
With that in mind, Li Mu then led Gao Ga Zi and Tian Xiao Hu to carefully prepare. They were just waiting for Er Gou and Biao Zi to arrive so they could all go together.
But to their surprise, Er Gou and Biao Zi didn't come even after dark.
Li Mu was worried that something had happened to them, so he decided to go out and look for them.
But to their surprise, they hadn't gone far from West Village when they saw a person stumbling out of the woods by the roadside.
Li Mu squinted and took a closer look; it was none other than Li Ergou.