Chapter 59: Stay and Transform

Qin Ju didn't care whether they were willing or not. Under the threat of her grandmother's "Shut up", she took everyone and left.

When we returned to the factory, it was already 12:30 noon the next day.

As soon as she entered the room, the old lady was surrounded in the middle and sat on the kang, forming a situation where she was surrounded by stars and the moon.

"How about, let's eat first?" Ailan looked at her grandmother's face, afraid that she would get angry and something bad would happen to her.

"I'm eating. I'm already mad at these two troublesome things, but I'm still eating. I'm afraid I'll die of bloating after eating!" Qin Guihua snorted, pointing at the ground, "Shanyong, give me the shoes."

Niu Shanyong looked at his father, then at his mother, wanting to take it but not daring to.

Qin Ju was afraid that he would be frightened and cry, so she quickly asked Dou Bao to call his brother away and take him to their room to play.

Qin Guihua stared at Qin Youdi and Niu Dagang fiercely, "Tell me, who taught you those three-handed skills?"

The couple lowered their heads. Neither of their original families had this "habit", but why did they become stinky dog ​​shit when they got together?

"Grandma, you don't know how hard our lives are. We've had so much hardship. Since we had a few bites of meat at your place, we haven't had a single bite of meat since we went back home yesterday."

Youdi really cried. She was not bragging, they were the poorest people in the whole village, worse than pigs and dogs.

But everything was clearly fine before, but everything changed after the family split up. The good things that should have gone to them were all given to their sisters-in-law by their parents-in-law, and the work that was not their job fell on their shoulders.

At first, the parents-in-law would still try to care about them, but after all the talk, the two lazy guys would rather fall asleep than move, so the old couple simply shut their mouths and pretended they didn't see anything, even if they were hungry to death.

Gradually, life became more and more unbearable.

Here's the key point. Both Qin Youdi and Niu Dagang have a problem. To put it nicely, they love to eat, but to put it bluntly, they are greedy. They want to taste everything they see. A few years ago, the orchard in the village was contracted out, and everyone got a share of the money. Grandma and Ailan and Qin Jue contributed a little, so they should have at least 200 to 300 yuan in their hands. It doesn't make sense that Shanyong can't even afford to go to school.

"Second sister, second brother-in-law, the first step of the family meeting is for you to tell the truth about where the money went."

"We have no money. Life is hard in the village."

"Speak nicely."

"Grandma, you don't know. I swear to God, we..."

"Shut up." The old lady picked up a pillow and slapped her in the face. Really, this two-faced person can't be treated well by her. She can open a dyeing factory if she gives her any face.

"We ate it." The couple said weakly.

Qin Jue was shocked, "Eat it all?!"

"You don't know that after the household contract responsibility system was implemented, the fields we were allocated were the farthest away. Grandpa Shanyong and grandma didn't care about us. Besides, the little boy made his father poor. Shanyong eats more than the two of us. He eats three bowls of white rice and three big white steamed buns in one meal."

Qin Pan was even more shocked. "You guys eat fine grains in the village? We usually only eat coarse grains. We only eat fine grains when there are visitors."

Although the neighbor's children were often teased by their family, it was only once every two months. The adults usually ate coarse grains, and the few grain coupons could not last long. Every month, nine kilograms of fine grains had to be saved for Doudou. It was only in the past two years that the fine grains available on the market became more and more, and their food became better. Before, it was not that they did not want to eat good food, but they could not buy it even if they wanted to.

Qin Ju finally understood that the couple only cared about their own food and didn't care whether their children could go to school or not.

"Get out of here, you two reincarnated pigs, are you going to die?"

The old lady usually has a sharp tongue, and now she is even more furious, without giving any face at all.

As for Qin Youdi, a dead pig is not afraid of boiling water.

As for Niu Dagang, seeing that his wife didn't say anything, he also lowered his head. He thought that no one in this family could be offended.

"Well, now that we've eaten, we can't... do anything else... and let someone rob us. We can't just stay out there and be homeless..."

The old lady didn't even look at them, and told Ailan to serve the meal and call the three children from next door to come over to eat.

Of course, they had no food to eat and were not allowed to leave. They just watched them eat mixed noodle steamed buns with pickled vegetables and a pot of vegetarian radish soup with not a single drop of oil on it. The three siblings each had a small bowl of steamed eggs.

The steamed bun was made of sorghum flour, but not pure sorghum flour. No matter how good Qin Ailan's skills were, she could not steam the bun to be as soft and plump as the white flour bun, not to mention the taste. It was rough and hard when bitten, not greasy or moist at all... But that was in the past. Now Qin Youdi and Niu Dagang have been hungry ever since they ate two coarse grain buns last night. It has been more than ten hours, and they are already starving.

In fact, sorghum flour steamed buns are also very delicious...especially when paired with salted vegetables.

The old lady makes the pickled vegetables herself, using radishes, celery and peppers that she grows herself, and adding a little sweet, sour and salt. It tastes sour, sweet and spicy and is very refreshing.

They listened to the crisp "crunch" sound, looked at the chewy steamed buns, and swallowed their saliva.

"Wait a minute, Ailan, didn't I tell you to steam some canned hairtail?"

"Oh, it's still in the pot. I almost forgot about it."

Soon, a can as big as a lunch box was brought out, and with wisps of hot steam wafted out a unique aroma of seafood. In the eyes of Qin Youdi and his wife, who are both food connoisseurs, this was the stuff of drug addicts and gamblers!

"Milk, is the canned food delicious? I haven't tried it yet."

No one paid any attention to her. The old lady took a pair of clean chopsticks and handed two pieces of braised hairtail to each person one by one.

The hairtail fish is fried until crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, even the bones are crispy. It is soaked in rich braised soup, it is so delicious!

"Shanyong, tell mom what this smells like."

Xiao Shanyong ignored them and even watched carefully to protect his sister in order to prevent her from giving the fish away like candy.

Of course, Doudou was also very busy. Her father picked out every thorn for her, and all she had to do was eat with a loud roar. Such delicious food would not be given to anyone else.

Qin Youdi and Niu Dagang were almost horrified. They really wanted to know what this hairtail tasted like, especially braised hairtail. How much more delicious would it be than braised pork?

However, after finishing the meal, no one left them even a piece of bone residue.

Torture is really human torture.

For foodies, there is no torture more painful and crazy than this.

The old lady didn't care and even arranged dinner: "Ai Lan will be back to eat in the evening. I'll go to the free market to see if I can get some beef. We can have hot pot."

"It just so happens that the fennel and chrysanthemum in my private plot are ready to be eaten. I'll go and weigh half a pound of vermicelli."

Beef shabu-shabu!

You also need to add fennel seedlings and chrysanthemums that are so tender that you can squeeze out the water!

There is also half a pound of soft and sticky vermicelli!

What kind of people are they? How dare they eat like this? Qin Youdi and Niu Dagang swallowed their saliva frantically and regretted that they really underestimated Lenghe Town last time.

Originally, when the eldest sister got married, Qin Ju suggested that if they found farm work at home too hard, they could come to the medicinal fields to help out. They would get paid for each day's work, and as long as they worked hard, their life would definitely be better than in the village. However, they thought this place was too backward and refused.

But this time, whether it was because of the season or because this place had really developed, everywhere was the golden color of harvest, and everyone they met had a satisfied and happy smile on their face, which was impossible in Qilitun.

The couple began to waver.

In the evening, Qin Guihua returned home carrying two pounds of beef. She ignored the two pugs at the door and first cut out a piece of beef weighing about half a pound with a little fat to save for hot pot. She cut the rest into palm-sized pieces and marinated them with salt, MSG, pepper powder and chili powder. After marinating for two days to kill the moisture, she hung them up to make beef jerky.

Of course, this kind of beef jerky cannot be eaten raw, it has to be fried or roasted on the stove. This was the highest standard used by the Shilan people to entertain guests in the past.

Qin Guihua bought so much meat in one go. She was not a pushover and begged for three beef bones as well.

There was not a trace of red meat on the big bone, just white bones, but one could still smell the unique aroma of beef. Qin Youdi and Niu Dagang, who had not eaten for more than 20 hours, could not bear it any longer and wanted to lick it with their tongues.

"Grandma, we know we were wrong. Please let us have a bite. We won't be able to survive if we are too hungry. Grandma..."

"Where did you go wrong?"

"You shouldn't be greedy, you shouldn't be lazy, and you shouldn't delay your children's schooling."

"Yes, yes, grandma, I was wrong. I should have stopped Youdi. I can't help the evildoer."

Qin Guihua sneered and quickly picked up the kitchen knife.

Qin Youdi and Niu Dagang were so frightened that their calves were shaking. It was too late for them to hide. The kitchen knife had been used by the Qin family for decades, and had been sharpened over and over again. It was shining with a cold light and could cut iron like mud. It came towards them to kill them.

By the way, Youdi still remembers how her grandmother used to scare away those men with bad intentions in the village with this kitchen knife. One of them tried to tease her grandmother and wanted to touch her eldest sister who was only twelve years old but already had the appearance of a young girl. Her grandmother picked up the kitchen knife and chopped off the man's thumb in half.

Afterwards, he took care of the problem himself and did not dare to make a big fuss, so the matter was finally settled.

But from then on, all the hooligans in the surrounding villages knew that Widow Qin was a ruthless person. Not only was she ruthless when she was young, but she was even more ruthless when she got old. If anyone wanted to touch a hair of her granddaughter, she would fight him to the death.

Because of grandma's kitchen knife, these beautiful sisters were able to avoid being bullied and grow up healthily and safely.

This is a bloody kitchen knife, and it is also the kitchen knife that raised them. Qin Youdi's eyes suddenly turned red, and she really shed tears.

Niu Dagang was a man who only obeyed his wife's orders. When he saw her crying, he thought the old lady was serious. He shuddered immediately, his legs went weak, and he fell to his knees on the ground with a plop.

"Grandma, we won't dare to do it again. Please spare us, help, wuwu..."

However, the expected pain did not come. With a "bang", the white bull's thigh broke in the middle, revealing red and white bone oil.

"Two idiots, huh."

Niu Dagang: "..." Is it too late to divorce now? He really doesn't want to be the son-in-law of the Qin family. It's too fucking scary!

However, after this scare, the two of them became completely honest. They reflected and examined themselves many times in family meetings, and made sincere promises that they would live a good life in the future, be self-reliant and work hard. Let them go home quickly, they really can't stay here any longer.

Nonsense! They are starving while watching the whole family enjoying themselves. They have to be pulled out for education from time to time, and they have to stay awake, reflect and review themselves all the time. They might as well go home and do farm work!

Farming life is so comfortable, farm life is so happy, they miss farm life!

Finally, after three family meetings, a phone call to Qin Pan in Beijing, and Shanyong's opinion, the Qin family unanimously decided to let the three of them stay. First of all, it was for Shanyong, who had good grades and was very smart, but because Qilitun did not attach importance to education, he was neglected for several years, and now his knowledge reserve is not as much as that of six-year-old Doubao.

In Qin Pan's words, this is a very dangerous thing.

Secondly, letting them stay is also to save Youdi and her husband. Under the leadership and supervision of everyone, they may be able to get better. If they are really allowed to go back to their hometown, then Wang Xiaoer's New Year will be worse every year.

Even though everyone cursed them, they were still a family in their hearts, and they would not let her go hungry even if they ate meat themselves.

Knowing that he could stay and would have meals and go to school with his younger sister and brother, Shanyong burst into tears, hugged his third aunt's thighs, and clamored to be her son.

This made Youdi and her husband so angry that their faces turned green.

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There is not much property in Qilitun. Of the two houses that were divided up when the family was married, one was sold last year, and now only one is left. The land they were assigned was the poorest and most remote, with only a few crops growing on it, and it was barely not abandoned.

Under the urging of her family, and after seeing the good life her sisters were leading and being lectured by Shanyong, Youdi seemed to have come to her senses. She gritted her teeth and said that she would not go back to Qilitun, but would directly call her parents-in-law and give them the land to farm. She only needed to help pay the public grain and the levy every year.

The old couple of the Niu family were shocked at first, and begged them to go home quickly, saying that vagrants would go to jail if caught. They also said that as long as they went back, they would support them even if they didn't work. Niu Dagang was almost tempted.

After all, living off your parents is addictive. After living off your parents for so many years, it is still very difficult to become independent and self-reliant in a short period of time. Qin Youdi did not give him a chance. She rejected him over the phone and threatened him that he could go back if he wanted, but they would divorce and Shanyong would return to her, and he would go back alone.

How could Niu Dagang dare to do that? It just so happened that the medicinal field needed a group of workers, so Qin Ju stuffed her second sister in and asked Zhang Yuehong to teach her first, while her second brother-in-law followed her around and ran errands, busying herself with the construction of the hospital.

During this period, we were busy settling them. The official document from above had been issued, which not only required the merger of the health hospital and the health institute, but also the expansion of Qin Ju's original plan. After all, the population of Lenghe Town has been growing explosively in the past two years, and the demand for medical care has been increasing.

In order to facilitate management, the local health bureau has clearly divided the work of the future Lenghe Hospital. Qin Ju will serve as the director and secretary, and the former director of the health institute will serve as the vice director. A working leadership group will be directly established with an office located in the 412 Factory Health Institute. The work will be extremely busy.

Qin Ju was unable to handle many simple errands, so he asked Niu Dagang to do them. This was exactly what he wanted. He was not good at doing physical work, but running errands, delivering messages or carrying small things made him happy every day.