When the pears are green

Song Li put all the fifty copper coins she had into her purse and walked towards Wu Mingde's house with the purse.

Song Li stood at the door of Wu Mingde's house. She took a few deep breaths, then encouraged herself and knocked on the door of Wu's house, "dong, dong, dong".

A voice of "Who is it?" came from the front door. Just as Song Li was about to answer, the door opened and a woman in her twenties whom Song Li did not recognize walked out. The woman looked at Song Li in confusion and asked, "Who are you and who are you looking for?"

Song Li smiled and replied, "I am Song Li from the village. I am here to see Mr. Li Yun'an."

After hearing what Song Li said, the woman immediately laughed. She said to Song Li, "Although I don't know you, I heard Minghui talk about you sisters today. Master Li and Mingde are not here. I will take you there."

Song Li thanked the woman and looked at her. The woman noticed Song Li's inquiring gaze and said to Song Li with a smile, "I am Mingde and Minghui's eldest sister. My name is Mingshu."

After Wu Mingshu finished speaking, she led Song Li to another house of the Wu family.

Wu Mingshu stopped in front of a brick house and knocked on the door. After a while, Wu Minghui's head popped out from the crack of the open door. She asked happily, "Sister, Sister Song, why are you here?"

Wu Mingshu reached out and touched Wu Minghui's head and said, "It was your sister Song who wanted to look for Master Li, so I brought her here. Take your sister Song in. I'll leave first."

Song Li smiled and thanked Wu Mingshu. Wu Mingshu smiled at her and turned and left.

Wu Minghui took Song Li's hand and walked into the yard. She said to Song Li, "My third brother usually lives here, and Brother Yun'an sometimes lives here too."

Song Li listened to Wu Minghui's words, which could easily be misunderstood. She smiled and asked, "Minghui, is Mr. Li busy now?"

After hearing this, Wu Minghui pointed to a house and said, "Don't be busy. Brother Yun'an and Brother Three are here. I'll take Sister there."

After Wu Minghui finished speaking, she took Song Li's hand and continued to walk forward. She walked to the door, reached out and knocked on the door, and then asked: "Third brother, Brother Yun'an, can I come in?"

Wu Mingde answered loudly: "Sure, but don't make trouble."

Wu Minghui snorted, then quietly opened the door and said, "Brother Yun'an, Sister Song is looking for you."

Li Yun'an and Wu Mingde, who were reading, raised their heads at the same time. Li Yun'an looked at Song Li, who was being held by Wu Minghui, and asked with a smile, "Miss Song, what do you want to talk to me about?"

Song Li smiled and said, "Mr. Li, I would like to ask you to give my sister some pointers in your spare time. Although she has Mr. Li's blueprints, she has no basic knowledge. If she only looks at the blueprints and ponders on her own, I'm afraid she won't get any results. If someone can give her some tips, it will definitely be twice the result with half the effort."

After hearing this, Li Yun'an laughed. He stood up and walked to Song Li and said, "Miss Song was talking about painting, and Miss Song wanted to embroider a handkerchief. There is no connection between the two, right?"

Song Li glanced at Li Yun'an who was pretending to be confused, and she smiled and said, "Mr. Li, embroidery is another form of painting. If you can't paint, you probably won't be able to embroider well. I won't let Mr. Li teach me in vain. I only have fifty copper coins now, so I want to ask Mr. Li for fifty copper coins first."

Li Yun'an looked at the purse in Song Li's hand, and then glanced at Song Li with an inquiring look. He took Song Li's purse with a smile, and then said to Song Li, who was relieved, "I am moved by Miss Song's love for Miss Song. I will stay here for another day tomorrow. I will take the time to guide her. When the time comes, I will ask Minghui to go find her. Minghui, is that okay?"

Wu Minghui looked at Li Yun'an and said with a smile, "Of course, Brother Yun'an."

After hearing this, Song Li said to Li Yun'an happily, "Thank you so much, Mr. Li. I won't bother you anymore. I'll go back first."

After Song Li finished speaking, she waved to Wu Minghui and turned to walk towards the courtyard gate.

Li Yun'an looked at Song Li's thin back and called her. He took out three copper coins from his purse, handed the purse to Song Li and said, "Miss Song, since you two are Lingling's friends, I will take three copper coins. When you go back, let Miss Song draw it herself and see what she doesn't understand."

Song Li took the purse embarrassedly and thanked Li Yunan again.

After Song Li left, Li Yun'an handed a copper coin to Wu Minghui and said with a smile: "This is for Minghui, please help Minghui run errands."

Wu Minghui took it happily and ran away happily.

Li Yun'an walked into the room and gave another copper coin to Wu Mingde. Wu Mingde looked at the copper coin in his hand and asked, "Yun'an, what are you doing for me? You are not going to push it to me, are you?"

Li Yun'an smiled and said to Wu Mingde, "The one who knows me is Mingde. With your level, you can definitely teach Miss Song. Don't let Miss Song think that you can only draw little fat snakes."

After hearing this, Wu Mingde gnashed his teeth and said, "That's Fei Yi, Fei Yi."

After Wu Mingde finished speaking, he changed his mind and whispered to Li Yun'an, "Yun'an, if you don't want to teach, why bother agreeing to it! You're not attracted to Miss Song, are you? She's getting married soon. Haven't you seen that she and Brother Jiang have a good relationship? Even if you want to poach her, you don't have enough time!"

Li Yun'an saw Wu Minghui was still in the yard, so he covered Wu Mingde's mouth and warned him, "Mingde, don't talk nonsense. If Minghui hears you, the child will not know the seriousness of the matter. If it gets out, it will harm Miss Song."

Wu Mingde, whose mouth was covered by Li Yun'an, nodded quickly, and Li Yun'an let go of his hand.

Wu Mingde panted and said, "Yun'an, I thought you were going to kill me to silence me. You're almost suffocating me. Yun'an, think more positively and don't be sad."

Li Yun'an looked at Wu Mingde who was asking for a beating and said, "I just admire Miss Song. She looks very thin, but she seems to have great strength hidden inside."

Wu Mingde remembered what Wu Minghui had said to him. He smiled and said to Li Yun'an, "Of course. You don't know about the famous fight in which the skinny Miss Song took on three people in our village!"

After Wu Mingde finished speaking, he told Li Yun'an in detail the story of Song Li's fame.

After hearing this, Li Yun'an felt a little pain in his ankle, and his admiration for Song Li disappeared without a trace.

When Song Li returned home, Song Yue had already woken up.

Song Li looked at Song Yue who was squatting on the ground drawing. She smiled and said to Song Yue, "Yueyue, you don't have to go to the market with me tomorrow. Master Li said he can teach you how to draw tomorrow."

Song Yue was very happy after hearing this. She thought of Song Li who had just come back from outside. She said to Song Li, "Sister, did you ask Mr. Li for help?"

Song Li smiled, then nodded and said, "Yes, but Master Li readily agreed. You should study hard. We don't have many opportunities to learn, so we must seize them. Do you understand?"

After hearing this, Song Yue hugged Song Li and nodded. She said to Song Li in a sobbing voice: "Sister, I know. I won't let you down."

Song Li smiled and touched Song Yue's head, letting Song Yue continue practicing on her own.

On August 13, Song Li and Song Xing went to the Mid-Autumn Festival party together. Today, there were far fewer people riding on ox carts than yesterday.

Jiang Qingzhou still reserved a seat for Song Li. Song Li secretly went to the grain shop to ask about the price and planned to return the money to Jiang Qingzhou tomorrow.

Song Li, who had just returned from the grain store, told Jiang Qingzhou about going to the county town for the Mid-Autumn Festival. Jiang Qingzhou smiled at Song Li and said, "Since Xiaoli also wants me to go, I will take the ox cart from here and I will wait for you at the gate of the county town."

On August 14, the last day of the Mid-Autumn Festival gathering, Song Li went to Heihe Town alone.

Song Yue told Song Li that Wu Mingde would teach her today. Wu Mingde said that she could bring Song Xing along and he would teach her some characters.

Jiang Qingzhou, who had just sold everything, felt a little angry when he saw the purse Song Li stuffed into his hand. He felt that Song Li treated him as an outsider.

Song Li looked at Jiang Qingzhou who ignored her. She wanted to pull Jiang Qingzhou's sleeve, but Jiang Qingzhou hid aside.

Song Li looked at her outstretched right hand angrily and sat in front of the stall motionless.

Song Li rubbed her hungry stomach and was about to get up when a bun was stuffed into her mouth. Jiang Qingzhou smiled and said to her, "Xiao Li is right. I'll take the money and give it to Xiao Li later."

Song Li tore off half of the bun and stuffed it into Jiang Qingzhou's mouth. Jiang Qingzhou quickly put the bowl in his hand to Song Li's mouth so that she could drink water.

The vendor next door saw this and said to another vendor: "Young people's feelings are always sincere and passionate."