"Mother Chunhua, let me ask you something. Which young man did Chunhua marry? Why didn't I see any matchmakers coming to your house to propose marriage?"
Hu Zi's mother blinked her eyes, thinking to herself that there must be some common secret between these two people, why did she alone remain in the dark?
"Oh my, come on, you two are hiding something from me, right? Tell me now!"
Chunhua's mother quickly waved her hands and shook her head, muttering:
"Really, really, no, you were there and saw it happen."
Hu Zi's mother frowned and asked with a puzzled look on her face:
"What? I don't have any impression of that at all?"
Chunhua Niang smiled and reminded:
"It was the day when we celebrated the third son of Yue Niang's family's birthday. There was a young man at the dinner table. You should have seen him too."
"Oh? Could it be... the third brother's wife's second brother?"
Hu Zi's mother slapped her thigh as if she had suddenly realized something. Chun Hua's mother nodded repeatedly and said:
"Yes, yes, that's him!"
"Oh my god!"
Hu Zi's mother couldn't help but exclaimed softly, and then became excited again:
"Haha, so your two families are now even closer than before, aren't they?"
Chunhua's face was filled with joy, and she nodded happily and said:
"you do not say!"
"That's great, that's great! Now Chunhua's lifelong event is finally settled!"
Hu Zi's mother couldn't stop laughing.
"Yes, it's a great thing indeed. We are watching our children grow up one by one and start their own families. In a few days, we old sisters will be able to hold our grandchildren in our arms and enjoy the happiness of family life!"
Chunhua Niang looks forward to the future with joy.
"Hehe, I'm not in a hurry. My daughters-in-law are still young. It won't be too late to have grandchildren in a few years."
Hu Zi's mother waved her hand, looking calm and composed.
"Oh, if you're not in a hurry, then we don't have to be in a hurry either!"
Chunhua's mother agreed with a smile. The three of them looked at each other and burst into laughter at the same time. The laughter echoed in the air for a long time.
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye it is the end of the year with biting cold winds and bone-chilling cold.
As the New Year approaches, people in every village can only rely on the limited amount of food distributed after the autumn harvest to make a living.
The situation is relatively better for families with workers.
The Jiang family is undoubtedly one of the families that lives a relatively smooth life.
In just a few short months, several eye-catching events occurred in the village.
First of all, the former captain Jiang Jianguo was actually dismissed from his post!
Now the new captain is Jiang Wangmo.
That’s right, it was Jiang Wangmo, who was about the same age as Jiang Jianguo’s son.
If we talk about the relationship between the two, the two families are actually related...
However, none of this matters anymore.
After all, for the villagers, it doesn’t really matter who serves as the team leader.
As long as the team leader can truly seek benefits for the village and properly handle all matters related to the commune, everyone will be able to accept whoever sits in this position.
Let’s talk about Jiang Wangjing. Ever since he was persuaded to quit by the Public Security Bureau, he seemed to have lost his soul and was depressed for more than a month.
During this long period of time, he was unwilling to do almost anything every day. He just lay lazily in bed all day long, like a walking corpse.
At the same time, although Ye Aixia still retains her job as a scorer, her originally flat belly has begun to bulge gradually, showing increasingly obvious signs of pregnancy.
Faced with such a chaotic situation, the family was in turmoil and had no peace.
The parents-in-law quarreled all day long, and the husband gave up on himself and showed no intention of cheering up.
The whole family seemed to be trapped in an inescapable nightmare.
Now that winter has arrived, there are no work points to be recorded in the fields, and the work points that are allocated are pitifully few.
If she wants to raise her children well, she needs more work points.
Ye Aixia's heavy footsteps seemed to carry the entire weight of life, and every step seemed so difficult and tiring.
At the end of the day, she was already breathless and exhausted from fatigue.
At this moment, she couldn't help but feel a little regretful.
If she had foreseen how difficult her family's life would become after her father-in-law lost his position as captain, she would never have racked her brains to marry into the family...
However, now that things have come to this, no amount of regret will be of any use.
Now, for the sake of her unborn baby, as soon as she got home, she had to endure the severe winter cold and drag her weak body to the kitchen to light a fire and cook, just to fill her hungry stomach.
Qin Zhaodi didn't even glance at her daughter-in-law who had returned home. She pointed at her husband's nose and complained, cursing:
"Look at you two, father and son, all you do is lie on that shabby bed like two lazy bugs!
How will our family make a living next year? Have you ever really thought about this question? "
"What are you thinking about? I was a dignified captain back then. Whatever I wanted was easily available to me! Why would I need to worry like this now?"
Jiang Jianguo shouted drunkenly, with a strong and pungent smell of alcohol coming out of his mouth.
"Captain? Humph, why don't you open your eyes and look at yourself now!
The captain of Hanshan Village has long been replaced by your beloved nephew! He has snatched your position away!
You've dedicated all your efforts to helping their family over the years, but to end up like this is what a waste of effort!"
Qin Zhaodi became more and more angry as she spoke, and her voice became sharper and sharper.
"Get lost! Stop talking nonsense here! Hurry up and bring the wine over to me! Where's my wine?"
Jiang Jianguo waved his arms and roared loudly.
Isn't he uncomfortable?
His son has lost his promising job, and he has lost his title as team leader. Now he can only drink alone at home in misery.
"Drink, drink, drink! All you do is drink! If you keep squandering money on alcohol like this, I'm afraid our family won't even have enough to drink by next year. We'll all starve to death!"
Qin Zhaodi roared in anger, her lungs almost exploding.
"My wine, my wine~~"
Jiang Jianguo continued to nag relentlessly, completely disregarding the lives of his family members.
Ye Aixia listened to her parents-in-law arguing expressionlessly, banging the edge of the iron pot with the spatula in her hand. Then she walked to the stove, squatted down, and vigorously added firewood to the stove...
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