Chapter 72 Chapter 72 Part 2

Zhou Chuntao went home cursing. Xu Wei had prepared dinner and was waiting at home. When she saw Zhou Chuntao coming in, she immediately stood up and asked, "Mom, how is it?"

Xu Qi was sitting at the small dining table, wolfing down her meal. When she saw Zhou Chuntao, she shouted, "No meat, Mom! I want meat!"

Before his mother left, she said that she was going out to do some work. Once that was done, they would not only have a spacious house to live in, but they would also be able to eat white rice every day and meat from time to time.

Zhou Chuntao's face didn't look good, but she immediately comforted her son: "Yes, there will be one in the future, dear, just wait a little longer."

Xu Qi snorted, scooped the entire bowl of steamed egg into her own bowl, stirred it and continued to eat, without even looking at the bowl of cabbage next to it.

Seeing that her son was only concerned with eating, Zhou Chuntao pulled Xu Wei aside and said, "That stinky little girl from the Shen family is not easy to deal with. She ruined my good deeds. It seems that Shen Shaoyuan is not so easy. Xiaowei, it seems that the family still has to rely on you for the time being. You see, during the New Year and other festivals, your brother only ate meat on New Year's Eve. He hasn't eaten anything good in the past few days. He is in the period of growth. This can't go on. Go find Zheng Zhiqing tomorrow and borrow some meat tickets from him."

Xu Wei hesitated: "I'm afraid the hostage is..."

Zhou Chuntao: "Of course you can't just say you want to borrow meat tickets. You said your brother and I are not in good health."

Xu Wei gritted her teeth and nodded: "Yeah."

On the other side, Fu Mingze came out of the kitchen carrying dishes and saw Shen Shaoyuan riding his bicycle directly into the yard as if there was a dog chasing him.

“…”

Fu Mingze glanced behind Shen Shaoyuan and didn't see Shen Moer, so he asked, "Dad, where is Moer? Didn't she go to look for you?"

Shen Shaoyuan parked his bike and said, "She's behind."

Fu Mingze wanted to ask why you didn't bring the bike back to someone, but after thinking about it, he swallowed his words and went into the kitchen to get a basin of warm water for Shen Shaoyuan: "Wash your face first."

Not long after, Shen Moer came back and the family of three sat down to eat. Only then did Fu Mingze understand why his father-in-law looked like he was chased by a dog when he came back.

The fact that the father-in-law was almost entangled by the widow seemed unbelievable at first, but when you think about it carefully, it seems quite normal.

Originally, Shen Laoqi was very inconspicuous, honest, and average at work. Although there were only two of them at home, their living conditions were relatively poor in the village, after all, they were often fooled by their brothers and sisters-in-law. He looked good, but because he was often hungry and skinny, he didn't look good. Besides, in the countryside, men didn't care about appearance.

But now, Shen Shaoyuan, like Shen Moer, has always had good food, and his body, which was forcibly transformed to be similar to the original owner, has slowly recovered to its original appearance. In addition, Shen Shaoyuan's own knowledge and temperament, even if he did not deliberately reveal it, always look very different from an ordinary farmer.

Of course, the villagers all felt that Shen Shaoyuan was different now that he was a worker.

What’s more important is that he now has a job and is a cadre.

He is good-looking, not too old, has a job, and has only one daughter. For a bachelor with such conditions, there would probably be people willing to marry him even in Liuqiao Commune, let alone in Yangliu Brigade.

Fu Mingze had never thought about it this way before, but now that he thinks about it, it is entirely possible for his father-in-law to have a second life.

When there were only two of them at night, Fu Mingze couldn't help but ask Shen Moer: "Will Dad want to find another one?"

My father-in-law is only in his forties, so it is normal for him to find another daughter. But if he really finds someone like Zhou Chuntao, I am afraid there will be unrest in the family.

Although Shen Shaoyuan seemed to be quite smart and shouldn't be fooled so easily, Fu Mingze was not so sure when he thought about how he and his daughter were almost starved to death after being fooled by someone.

Shen Moer huddled in his arms, rubbing her head against his chest, and said in a daze: "My father doesn't want to look for another one. He said that he has a deep love for my mother, and his love is as deep as the sea and stronger than gold... But I think he is actually too much trouble."

This is nothing now. In the past, when he was in Daliang, he was a favored and idle prince, the most beloved younger brother of the emperor. There were so many admirers who wanted to throw themselves at him, but he slapped them away with his own hands.

Her father had said long ago that he was willing to be controlled by her mother, but after her mother passed away, he no longer wanted to be controlled by anyone. It would be great to be a widower and live a free and easy life.

Fu Mingze: “…”

Okay.

Before Chen Moer went to work, a group of people from the commune came to the team. At first, Zhou Mancang thought that the people from the commune were looking for Chen Moer, but after talking for a while, they found out that they were looking for Fu Mingze.

Their brigade had been doing experimental fields according to Fu Mingze's idea. It wasn't much, just five mu of land, and they planted potatoes. At the end of the year, they harvested 20% more than other plots. When the commune asked the brigades to report their work at the end of the year, Zhou Mancang also reported this matter. Afterwards, an official from the commune even asked him about the details.

Zhou Mancang thought that it was only five mu of land, which didn't mean much. They would expand the experimental field a little bit during the spring plowing season, to three to five mu. If the harvest increased by then, he would talk to the leaders of the commune about it.

But I didn’t expect that the commune would send people down at the beginning of the year.

The commune's deputy director in charge of agriculture led the team personally, along with several secretaries and agricultural technicians from the agricultural technology station. The group of people went to the experimental field to take a look. They asked Fu Mingze to introduce the experimental field to them, and then they got some soil and celery planted in the field before going back.

A few days later, Zhou Mancang and Fu Mingze were called to the commune.

Fu Mingze stayed in the commune for a day and came back to tell Shen Moli that the commune had set up a crop production increase working group and he had been absorbed as a member of the group. He had no position and no establishment, but the commune would pay him a salary subsidy every month according to the standards of an agricultural technician.

Through his own efforts, Fu Zhiqing got a non-staff job that did not require political review, and finally had a legitimate way to make money.

Moreover, this job has another benefit. It often requires in-depth investigation and research in various brigades. Not only does it receive subsidies, but it also provides the opportunity to trade in the supplies of various brigades. This gives Fu Mingze greater convenience.

The family's overall income increased significantly, so Shen Moer and Shen Shaoyuan were naturally very happy. They cut a piece of wild boar meat that day, stewed it with fresh bamboo shoots and mushrooms, and had a good meal.

The next day was Sunday, and the whole family slept in.

There was no way. It was cold in winter and the quilt was naturally very attractive. Shen Moer couldn't get up, and Fu Mingze was hugged by his wife and couldn't get up even if he wanted to. Shen Shaoyuan got up early and went to bed late every day. It was not easy to get a day off, so he was naturally even more reluctant to get up.

Unfortunately, someone was banging on their courtyard door. Fu Mingze listened for a while, but didn't see the person outside stop. He could only grab his wife's hand, move her back to her own pillow, and said, "I'll get up and take a look."

When Fu Mingze got up, the temperature of the bed quickly dropped. Shen Moer shrank back and wanted to sleep a little longer, but when she heard the noise outside, she had no choice but to get up.

Putting on a cotton-padded jacket and cotton-padded shoes, Shen Moer casually combed her hair with a comb, tied it with a hairband, and walked out of the house.

Standing in the yard was Yang Da Nv, who was pregnant. Zhou Xiaoshuan was holding her arm carefully. Next to her was Zhou Zhaodi, who was furious.

Yang Da Niu cursed at Fu Mingze: "Don't you think Chen Moer is meddling in other people's business? We are studying well in the brigade, why should we go to the county? We don't care about arranging dormitories or eating in the cafeteria! Who will do the housework if you are not at home all day?! Since it is a reward, we will go to school in the brigade, and the rations will be given to us directly, right?!"

Fu Mingze said calmly: "This is a matter decided by the county, why are you coming to our house to make trouble?"

Yang Da Niu snorted coldly: "Zhou Mancang said that this was something Shen Moer fought for the two children. Bah, we don't need her to meddle in our business!"

Zhou Xiaoshuan chimed in: "Yes, we don't need it."

Zhou Zhaodi's eyes turned red.

Shen Moer told her that the teaching conditions in the county were better, and she could transfer to Dongfanghong Primary School to receive a better education and continue to learn painting. They agreed that not only would she not have to pay tuition, but they would also give her a subsidy. As long as she studied painting well, she could continue to study and go to Qianjin Middle School in the future.

The team leader came to tell them last night and asked her family to prepare to send her to school. Yang Danniu didn't react at first, thinking that they were going to give their family a subsidy, and she was quite happy. But when she realized that she was going to transfer to the county school, she immediately quit.

Yang Danniu scolded her all night last night. In the morning, she supervised her to do all the housework, then dragged her over and asked her to tell Shen Moli that she didn't want to go to the county to study.

But she wanted to go!

Zhou Zhaodi couldn't help crying: "Why can't you let me go? I want to go, I want to go!"

Chen Moer looked at the door for a while. She hadn't washed yet and didn't want to go out to see anyone. Zhou Zhaodi was crying and hiccuping, so she had to go out and said, "It's useless for you to come here to make a fuss. The county has already transferred the student's registration. This is an important decision made by the superiors to cultivate special talents. It's the same as the army selecting people to serve in the army. If you are selected, you must go. This is all for better construction. Are you deliberately hindering the county's socialist construction by making such a fuss?"

Yang was stunned when she heard this. She didn't understand how a little girl going to school could be associated with the county's socialist construction. "Don't try to fool me. I don't believe it."

But think about it, most people have to pay tuition to go to school, but where have you ever heard of such a good thing as waiving tuition and getting subsidies?

Shen Moer curled her lips: “Why would I lie to you, otherwise do you think that if I just talk to someone casually, the county will be able to waive tuition and provide subsidies, am I so capable?”

Yang Danniu was skeptical and said in a timid tone, "Then, then as parents, can't we make decisions for our children?"

Shen Moer: "That's really impossible. Have you ever seen a soldier who joins the army obey his parents' orders? Of course he obeys the army's orders."

Yang Da Niu hesitated and said, "Since it's construction work, can't my Wu Jiabao go? What kind of construction work can a little girl do?!"

Shen Moer said calmly: "If you continue to make trouble, I will call the militia to take you to the police station."

Even though Yang Da Nv dared to cause trouble, in fact she always got nothing good from Shen Moer and was quite afraid of Shen Moer in her heart.

The noise she made was just bluffing. When Chen Moer didn't show up, she was still cursing happily. As soon as Chen Moer came out, she immediately lost her temper. Now when she heard Chen Moer say that she would send her to the police station, she quickly quieted down.

He just kept repeating, "What kind of construction is this little girl doing? It's our Jiabao who should go there."

After hesitating for a while, seeing that Chen Moer ignored her and went to wash up, she could only leave unwillingly.

Yang Da Niu knew that when Shen Moer said she would send them to the police station, she was not just talking. Shen Moer dared to send the old Shen family to the police station, let alone them? If she continued to procrastinate, she would really annoy others and she would not have a good result.

"Oh, why is my life so miserable? I'm about to give birth, and there won't even be anyone to help wash diapers!" After coming out of Shen's house, Yang Da Nv immediately burst into tears.

Halfway through her crying, she suddenly covered her stomach: "Ouch, ouch, my stomach hurts--"