Chapter 48: Mrs. Lin’s melon
The Lin family used all their resources to buy Lin Dahai a job in a textile factory in the city, but it was only a temporary job and he had not been able to get a permanent job for so many years.
After all, if you want to become a full-time employee these days, you either need to be highly capable or have extensive experience, and then it all depends on connections and luck.
Unfortunately, Lin Dahai has neither advantage.
But just this temporary worker in the textile factory made the Lin family very proud in the village, and their tails were sticking up in the sky.
I wonder how much hard-earned money this job has sucked from Heidan's father.
"Come to think of it, Lin Dahai is probably not Old Man Lin's child. Could it be that Old Lady Lin married Old Man Lin because she got pregnant from an affair?"
"Old Man Lin is useless. He doesn't act like a man at all. He is completely controlled by Old Lady Lin. Old Lady Lin has the final say in the family."
From the information in their conversation, Song Wei roughly pieced together the situation of the Lin family.
Old Mrs. Lin is like the emperor in the Lin family. She says no one in the whole family can say anything second-hand.
Her favorite son was the eldest son, Lin Lao Da. She cared about the other sons but not much. Because of the difficult birth, she almost treated her third son as an enemy.
In Song Wei's opinion, Old Lady Lin is a complete egoist. Except for her eldest son, she gave birth to other sons just to show off her power so that people could order her around.
When Lin Laosan was around, all her targets were on him.
After Lin Lao San left, she used all the other sons of the Lin family except Lin Dahai to order her around and show off her power, but none of them was as excessive as Lin Lao San.
She hated Lin Laosan's son Heidan because of her hatred for him.
This man has no feelings for his sons and daughters other than Lin Dahai.
I'm afraid Lin Dahai is not really Old Man Lin's son. Generally speaking, someone like her would definitely not like the son of the man who made her pregnant and then abandoned her, unless she really loves that man.
This is interesting.
Although everyone is discussing it, it happened so many years ago and no one has any evidence, so it's just speculation.
The ox cart returned to the Ping'an Brigade, and everyone dispersed and returned to their homes.
Song Wei also took Heidan back to the Youth League Home.
Gao Le and Zhao Su were both there at this time.
"Sister Song, you're back."
The two of them sat in the yard eating melon seeds, and they were happy to see Song Wei.
Since using Song Wei's method, they can earn three centimeters every day and come home early. Their lives are much easier and they are no longer as worried as before.
The team leader, knowing how useless they were, turned a blind eye to them.
Song Wei nodded and put all the things in the house before coming out.
"You guys got off work so early? Even after you get off work, don't stay in the Youth Home for long. If someone reports you, you two will suffer the consequences."
It was okay to be lazy once or twice, but the educated youth had to go to work every day in winter except for taking leave, and everyone except those who cooked had to wait until the end of work before coming back. Otherwise, if someone with ulterior motives reported them, they would be criticized for not being proactive.
Adult villagers also had to go to work, but as long as the situation was not too bad and there were lazy family members, nothing would be said and the team leader and others would turn a blind eye.
It is also possible for someone like Song Wei to finish more than three work points of work early and leave work early in the name of collecting firewood for the winter, but this can only be done when it is not the busy farming season.
"We know. After we finish eating these melon seeds, we will go up the mountain."
Song Wei didn't say anything else, and she and Heidan put away all the things they bought.
Seeing so much food, Heidan's eyes lit up.
The big and the small ones sorted the food and put it together like hamsters, and they looked very satisfied when they saw the food arranged together.
Song Wei specially cleaned up a place to store food. There were not only the food bought today, but also walnuts and chestnuts picked up from the mountains, and dried wood ear mushrooms.
There are more and more things in the house, but Song Wei is not satisfied, she wants to hoard more!
Song Wei: "After the public grain is paid, we will go to the team leader to buy some coarse grains and sweet potatoes."
Heidan: "Go to the mountains and pick up lots of walnuts and chestnuts."
These are edible too.
Song Wei nodded vigorously. This was not what she thought.
But now I have to take care of the rabbit at home.
There are some cabinets that I need. I didn’t have time to look for Aunt Ma before, but now I can go and take a look.
Heidan was feeding the rabbit and diligently cleaning up the rabbit's feces and urine.
Song Wei was a little disgusted. The smell was too strong. She had to build the cage as soon as possible. The rabbit couldn't be kept at home for a whole day.
After locking the door of the room, Song Wei took some candy, the cloth to make clothes for Heidan, and finally a white flour bun and went to Aunt Ma's house.
To be honest, she didn't know where Aunt Ma's house was, but Heidan knew.
The little guy was leading the way happily, and he was so satisfied with the new shoes on his feet.
Although cheerful, he walked very carefully.
"arrive."
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
Heidan pointed to a house in front.
Song Wei went forward and knocked on the door, but the person who opened the door was a little girl about eight years old.
The little girl looked timid when she saw the person standing at the door.
"Sister Cui Ya, we are here to look for Aunt Ma. Is she home?"
Although Heidan has a low presence in the village and has few playmates, many people still know him.
Cui Ya shook her head: "My mother hasn't come back yet, but she should be back soon. She will come back to cook."
Song Wei looked at her with a smile: "Then can we go in and wait for Aunt Ma? I have something to talk to her about."
Cui Ya looked at the beautiful educated youth sister in front of her and nodded with a slightly blushing face.
Song Wei handed her some candies.
Although the little girl was envious of the candy, she still politely refused.
"Eat it, I have more here."
As she said this, she also gave Heidan a few more.
Seeing that Heidan also had the candy, Cui Ya did not refuse.
Aunt Ma's house, like other houses in the village, is made of adobe and is very tidy. A lot of vegetables are planted in the private plot under the yard.
Cui Ya was probably washing clothes, as there were some unwashed clothes in the wooden basin in the yard.
It is not difficult to see from some small details that this family is hardworking.
While waiting, Song Wei chatted with Cui Ya, and the little girl gradually became bolder.
Suddenly, there was a sound of quarreling coming from Aunt Ma's house next door.
"Jiang Dashan, have you gone to see Widow Hu again?"
The woman's angry voice came.
Song Wei blinked, then immediately stood up and sneakily ran to the corner to eat the melon.
Heidan and Cuiya: …………
After only two seconds of hesitation, they followed suit.
Song Wei: "Little kid, don't listen to this nonsense, just go back obediently."
Then she brought a stool and stood on it, with half of her head above her eyes exposed, so she could see what was happening in the next yard.