Chapter 14: Lying

People in the countryside get married early. Sister Song was called Song Chutong. In the spring of her 20th year, she married from Lingxia Village to Lingtou Village and gave birth to a daughter at the end of the year.

Even though it was only five or six miles away from home, I could only go back to my parents' home once a month at most.

Chu Hong thought that after her adopted elder sister got married, she would have to cook, wash clothes, take care of her daughter, and go to work every day to earn work points, so she didn't want to get married again.

It feels like working like a slave, what's the point?

"You damn girl." Among the three sisters, Song Chutong had the best temper. She couldn't help but pat her shoulders a few times and said, "You left without saying anything. Your family was so worried."

"Before, our father and mother were looking for you everywhere. If it weren't for the accident of father, mother would have gone to Shencheng to look for you."

Chu Hong was in a bad mood. It was clearly the original owner's fault, but now she had to bear the consequences.

But when I think about my original world, the people and cars were all under the cliff, and now I have really turned into ashes.

If you think about it this way, taking the blame isn't a big deal.

She noticed something was wrong with her eldest sister's words: "What happened to Dad?"

Song Chutong said with a sad face: "The Li family kid said that our mother's background is not good, and also said that our father's ideological awareness is not high. He only cares about his family and sent his son-in-law to college."

"My father is still in the commune, and I'm afraid he will be removed from his position as team leader soon."

After she got married, she gave birth to a daughter, which made her in-laws unhappy. Fortunately, her father was the team leader, so their dissatisfaction could be suppressed.

But if her father was no longer the captain and her family was judged to have problems with their class background, she and her daughter would have a hard time in the future.

Chu Hong also frowned after hearing this and strode towards the commune: "Let's go find Dad."

His cheap father has been the team leader for nearly seven years. When the Great Famine began in 1959, the original team leader died and his father was elected as the team leader. Over the years, most of the people in the village have the same surname and clan.

Only the Li and Wu families were outsiders. It was said that they fled here during the war and settled in their Lingxia Village.

The Wu family now has two sons and one daughter. The sons married girls from the Song family from the same village, and the daughter married someone from the next village. They have been integrated into Lingxia Village.

The Li family has three sons. It is said that the eldest son is an official in the Railway Bureau, and the second son is more promising and is a police officer in the town.

The third son also married a girl from the next village. In fact, he wanted to be a worker, but it is hard to find a job nowadays.

The Li family also wanted to save face, so they told others that the youngest son stayed with his parents to take care of the elderly.

I didn't expect that he is now eyeing the position of his cheap father.

That's too much.

Chu Hong absolutely didn't want to do that. If her father didn't become the captain, how could she be lazy?

Bianyidie was just the captain of the team. He did not receive any extra salary, but he received a subsidy of two taels of oil coupons, meat coupons, or three to five kilograms of grain coupons every month.

You also have to participate in labor to get work points, but you can get full work points.

The team leader has a lot of trivial matters to do, and sometimes he has to go to the commune to attend meetings. He is not too tired and can still get full work points. No wonder he is being remembered by others.

When Song Chutong saw her sister walking towards the commune, she quickly grabbed her and said, "Don't go make trouble. Let's go home first, shall we?"

Then he asked doubtfully, "What are you picking? Let me pick it?"

Chu Hong thought that the important things were all in the shoulder bag, so she happily let her carry the load: "They are just bottles, jars and old clothes given by others."

"Sister, please go faster. I can help my father keep his position as captain."

Song Chutong was a little skeptical and felt that her words were not credible.

She didn't stop him, she just wanted to give it a try.

Fortunately, the station was only about ten minutes away from the commune. Chu Hong asked her elder sister to wait for her things outside before she ran in to look for someone.

She had sharp eyes and just happened to see her father and the others being taken into an office, and she ran in before the door closed.

Song Youliang was originally gloomy and forced to smile, but when he saw his second daughter who had disappeared for several days appear in front of him, he finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Go wait for me outside, we'll go back together later."

Family disgrace should not be made public, and he would never criticize his daughter in front of outsiders.

I was also afraid that if I scolded her a few more times, my daughter would run away again. Where would I go to find her then?

"Dad, I have done everything you asked me to do." Chu Hong first attributed the credit to her cheap dad, and then said to the frowning middle-aged man behind the desk: "Hello, Director, my father asked me to go to Shencheng to ask for quotas for tractors, and I got five tractors!"

She had come here several times with her stepfather before and knew the secretary and director of the commune.

But she was timid and didn't dare to say hello when she saw them.

The director was originally dissatisfied with the female comrade who broke in and wanted to ask her to leave, but then he heard what she said.

He even suspected that he had heard it wrongly: "What did you say?"

Just him and the secretary wouldn't need so many tractors.

Chu Hong took out an envelope from her bag. "The quota is inside. It was approved by Director Yao of the Shencheng Tractor Factory. I just need to go to the city and bring the tractor back next month."

After the director carefully read it several times, he looked happy and said, "Old Song, why didn't you tell me earlier? I almost misunderstood you."

Even though he was calling them so familiarly now, he actually only knew about twenty team leaders. For small team leaders like Song Youliang, he just felt that their faces were a little familiar at most.

I called out 'Lao Song' because I was going to criticize and remove him from the position of team leader today, so I paid special attention to his last name.

That’s right, he still can’t remember the person’s name.

Song Youliang was also confused, but he remained calm and did not lose his composure. He just smiled innocently and said, "My second daughter hasn't come back yet, so I can't be sure."

Chu Hong continued, "Director, my mother had a hard life when she was a child."

Take advantage of this opportunity to prove your identity as a stepmother.

"My grandmother was sold to be a maid. She had no control over her life and death. She was not even a concubine and was often beaten and scolded by the concubines."

It is said that although my grandmother was a young daughter at that time, she was very favored and my great-grandmother was the servant who took care of my biological mother.

"Fortunately, we turned the tables and my mother wasn't given away."

"After marrying my father, my mother actively participated in labor, humbly accepted teachings, and was a hardworking working person."

It was also because the grandmother saw that the situation was not right that she let her daughter marry Song Ma's son.

"My ex-husband and the only daughter of the factory director were getting divorced, so my mother asked me to try to get a tractor and contribute to the construction of a new society."

Tell them plainly that this tractor was bought at the cost of my marriage.

After hearing this, the director sighed and said, "You are all selfless and good comrades."

They submitted applications for tractors every year, but received no response.

After that, he shook Song Youliang's hand and said, "When the tractor arrives, I will also equip your team with one. When you go back, find a comrade with a quick mind to learn how to drive a tractor."

He couldn't give the tractor to the team, but he could give him a tractor driver position.

Today's tractor drivers also get full work points. Not only is it prestigious, but they also receive subsidies, which is a good thing that many people are scrambling to get.