Chen Chunshu pretended not to hear and stood there without moving.
Wang Huilian put on a pitiful look again: "My old lady is paralyzed on the kang, and my old man and second son can't move their legs. The whole family suddenly lost three laborers. How can the little we earn from working be enough to eat?"
"If you don't increase your work points, I will have to drag my old man and old lady to your house to beg for food."
Liu Changshan was so angry at Wang Huilian's shameless behavior that he was speechless. He glanced at Shen Chunshu with a sullen face and had a rough idea in his mind.
This was most likely an idea that the Shen family came up with together, hoping that he would be embarrassed and give them some leniency.
But he has been the captain for so many years, and he knows how much work each person can do.
Others are not fools, and there is a scorer!
If this matter gets out from the scorer, how can he, as the village chief, manage others?
Liu Changshan picked up the pickaxe in his hand and suddenly shouted to the people working nearby: "Everyone, put down your work and come over here."
His sudden voice startled the four people in the Shen family.
Even though Wang Huilian was sitting on the ground with a tantrum just now, she also knew that this matter could not be made into a big deal, otherwise someone would definitely be dissatisfied, and in the end it would most likely be a waste of time.
So everyone in the Shen family was a little panicked about Liu Changshan's move.
Chen Chunshu immediately stretched out his hand to stop him: "Village Chief, why are you asking others to do anything? We can just do it ourselves, no need to ask others!"
Liu Changshan looked at him and laughed: "Although I am the village chief, I cannot be partial to one and treat the other differently. Otherwise, how can everyone obey me?"
"If you want to do a 9-point job, then gather everyone together and have a good discussion to see if others agree. Otherwise, you can say that I am cruel and don't take care of your family!"
Shen Chunshu looked a little uncomfortable after hearing this. He didn't expect Liu Changshan to be so disrespectful to him.
It was the busy spring season, and Liu Changshan actually asked everyone to stop what they were doing just for such a small matter, which really surprised Shen Chunshu.
In fact, Liu Changshan was also angry.
If someone else had come to this matter, even if he didn't agree, he would not have said that he would rather waste everyone's time to deal with it.
But as for the Shen family, he knew too well that once he couldn't save face, the Shen family would climb up the pole without any self-awareness.
So it would be better to block their way from the beginning so that they will never dare to mention this matter again.
Several people who were working nearby gathered around with their tools in hand.
Seeing Wang Huilian still sitting on the ground, someone couldn't help but ask, "Haruki, what is your wife doing sitting on the ground? Is she here to make a scene?"
After saying that, he burst into laughter with the people around him.
Shen Chunshu felt a little embarrassed and signaled Wang Huilian to stand up quickly.
Liu Changshan: "Haruki said that his wife and the second son's wife wanted to do 9-point work. Do you all agree?"
"What? How many minutes?" One of them thought he had heard it wrong and couldn't help but ask.
"9 points. If you agree, I will ask the scorer to give them 9 points." Liu Changshan said expressionlessly.
One person immediately objected: "How can that be possible? Many men can't even earn 9 points, so why should they?"
"If they can earn 9 points, what difference does my wife make? I don't agree."
Although the other people didn't say anything, you could tell from their expressions that they disagreed.
Liu Changshan spread his hands and said, "Look, it's not that I disagree, but that everyone disagrees."
"You should just be honest and do whatever work you can do. Don't daydream about anything else."
Wang Huilian saw that things were not going well and wanted to sit on the ground and cry some more, but was stopped by Shen Chunshu.
He is also a man who cares about his reputation. If Liu Changshan was alone, his wife would just make a fuss.
But those present now are all people of similar age to him, how can he bear to lose face?
Wang Huilian was still a little unwilling.
If we don’t succeed this time, it will be more difficult in the future.
In the end, Shen Chunshu still led his family away with a stern face.
The remaining few people asked Liu Changshan: "Is the Shen family really this poor?"
Liu Changshan waved his hand: "How would I know? Go back and continue working, or I will deduct one point from each of you."
Those who wanted to take a break immediately ran back in a hurry, complaining as they ran: "Village Chief, you can't do this! If you hadn't called us, how could we have delayed the work at hand?"
In fact, Liu Changshan just wanted to scare them to prevent them from gathering together and gossiping.
However, after such a commotion, when it was time to get off work, many people gathered around the scorekeeper, wanting to see how many points were given to the Shen family.
If you dare to record one more point, they won't do it.
Now the Shen family can no longer do anything secretly.
When they were working, everyone was watching their every move.
There are even some people with bad intentions who think that Li Xiang is being given too much for an 8-point job.
The reason is that Li Xiang is so thin that he has less than 20 grams of flesh on his body. How much strength can he have?
This made Li Xiang particularly anxious. What if she failed to get 9 points and lost 8 points?
After getting off work at noon, several members of the Shen family walked home dejectedly.
At this time, the number of meals a day has increased from two to three.
After all, these are physically demanding jobs. How can you work if you are not full?
But after the Shen family returned home, they could only boil water to drink.
After Old Man Shen learned about what happened in the morning, he didn't speak for a long time.
Just when everyone thought the old man would not say anything else, Old Man Shen suddenly slapped the kang hard and said angrily: "God is really blind~~~"
But no matter how angry you are, you still have to live your life as usual.
The daytime workload became heavier, but the food intake became less and less. Even Shen Chunshu and Shen Qiushu could no longer swing their pickaxes.
Not to mention the women in the family.
Especially Old Lady Wang, who was lying on the kang, starving.
When she didn't have to work, Li Xiang took care of her food, clothing and daily life.
Now Li Xiang has to go to work during the day, Chen Xiashu can't move, and Old Man Shen can barely move, but he doesn't care about her at all.
The family's food rations were all for the few people who went to work, so there was almost no rice left for her.
During the day, everyone else went to work. In order to relieve their hunger, Old Man Shen and Shen Xiashu at home would sleep whenever they could, so that at least they would not feel hungry.
Old Mrs. Wang dragged her immobile body and secretly stole the key from Old Man Shen's waist while he was asleep.
He slowly moved his body and forced open the cabinet where the rations were kept.
He pulled out the few remaining bags of cornmeal.
Then, without caring about anything else, he grabbed the raw cornmeal with his hands and stuffed it into his mouth.
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