However, this incident also planted a thorn in Ning Weiguo's heart. Sun Aiju and Zhou Yin had conflicts several times, but he, as the head of the family, did not come out to "uphold justice."
Zhou Yin was no match for Sun Aiju to begin with, and without Ning Weiguo to stop him, the old and wilted Ning Weidang dared not say a word, which made Zhou Yin lose face in front of everyone several times.
Zhou Yin's heart burned with joy at the thought of his daughter earning money. He held Ning Xue's hand and repeatedly urged her, "When you earn money, send half back home. I'll keep it for you. I also want to help your brother find a good wife. That's going to cost a lot of money."
Ning Xue asked, "How much can it cost? I'll just hire a matchmaker and give a gift. It'll only cost three or five yuan at most."
Zhou Yin looked around and whispered, "I plan to find a city wife for your brother."
Ning Xue was surprised. "Marrying a city girl? That's going to cost a fortune. Things like three turns, one ring, and forty-two legs have become standard for city guys to marry. Everything costs money."
"Of course not," Zhou Yin said. "So I'm looking for you? To help me out."
As she spoke, she raised her elbow and nudged Ning Xue, squinting her eyes and saying, "You wouldn't want to help your brother, would you? He's your own brother."
So what if he is her biological brother? Ning De has never been close to her since they were young and is only close to Ning Tang.
According to Ning Xue, stupid people like to play with stupid people.
She curled her lips and said, "Let's talk about it later."
Originally, if Zhou Yin hadn't said it, Ning Xue had decided to send some money home. She hadn't sent many letters home in more than a year, and she still felt a little guilty.
But after hearing what Zhou Yin said, Ning Xue felt that instead of letting Zhou Yin save the money and use it to help Ning De get married, it would be better for her to keep it for herself and buy more snacks to give to Su Guangzong and Su Yaozu.
At least if she takes good care of the two children, they will recognize her as their stepmother, and when they grow up and become successful, they will not forget to provide her with a comfortable life in her old age.
When Zhou Yin heard Ning Xue say "Let's talk about it later", he thought she agreed.
The mother and daughter each had their own thoughts, but they appeared to be in harmony.
Ning Tang and Sun Aiju were drinking tea and eating dried fruits in the main room, looking at Ning Xue and Zhou Yin outside, crying and laughing at the same time, and they just thought that the two of them were crazy.
Ning Tang finished eating the dried fruit, clapped her hands, and looked at the sky. It was getting late, and her father and Ning Weidang should be back by now, right?
Ning Weiguo and Ning Weidang should have returned a long time ago. There were many people in the village, so it didn't take much time to slaughter the New Year pig. It just took some time to divide the meat.
The two of them came back late because they were stopped on the road.
The Ning family lived a prosperous life. Ning Weiguo was the village chief, Ning Jun was serving as a soldier, and the two cousins Ning Xue and Ning Tang were married to military officers, attracting a lot of attention.
Come? Sun Desheng, the one who is looking for trouble, is one of them.
He had competed with Ning Weiguo for the position of village chief, but lost. He got angry whenever he saw Ning Weiguo.
Yesterday, when Ning Weiguo was waiting for someone at the village entrance, he saw that next to Ning Tang and Ning Xue, there was a strong and handsome man, each with his family and a few children following behind them.
But the youngest child looks to be only three or four years old, so the age doesn't match at all.
Sun Desheng became curious and went to ask someone. He then found out that Ning Xue and Ning Tang had both married military officers and became stepmothers. Those children were all the officers' children with their ex-wives and had nothing to do with the two sisters.
Sun Desheng was overjoyed when he heard the news. How could he miss such a good opportunity to discredit Ning Weiguo? He immediately came to him.
"Hey, isn't this our village chief? Where are you from? Huh?"
Ning Weiguo? Ning Weidang has pig blood on his body and meat in his hands. This is simply asking questions that he already knows the answer to.
It was New Year's Day, and Ning Weiguo didn't want to argue with this scoundrel. He forced a smile and said, "We went to slaughter the New Year pig and distribute the meat." Then he asked, "You didn't go?"
This is a big event for the whole village, and basically every household has to send a few young and middle-aged people.
Sun Desheng went to the next village to play cards with someone in the afternoon. Of course he didn't go. He rolled his eyes and said, "Oh, I have something to do."
As he spoke, his greedy eyes moved around the pork held by Ning Weiguo and his two brothers.
When the New Year pig is slaughtered, each household will receive a portion based on the number of people, with each person receiving two pounds of meat.
The Ning family has a large population, and Ning Weiguo and Ning Weidang helped to slaughter the pigs, so those who helped to slaughter the pigs could get more.
By this calculation, the meat he was holding in his two hands must have weighed nearly ten kilograms.
Sun Desheng's family had few members, so he didn't even need to look to know that he would not get much, so he was not jealous.
Ning Weiguo noticed his gaze, raised an eyebrow, and said deliberately, "There are many children at home. I'll take the meat back to make lard and sausage for them."
Here it comes, finally the child is mentioned.
A gleam flashed in Sun Desheng's eyes. "I heard that your Ning Xue and Ning Tang have become stepmothers? Those children standing at the village entrance yesterday were not your biological children, right?"
He deliberately sighed deeply, "Oh, helping other people raise their children, being a stepmother, tsk tsk tsk, what a waste of money! If it were me, I wouldn't be willing to give them lard and sausages to eat."
This is a fact.
When Ning Xue was studying, Ning Wei did not even pay for the party's expenses, let alone expect him to be kind to Su Guangzong and Su Yaozu, the twins who had no Ning family blood.
In the past two days, he has been indifferent to the twins.
So Ning was so embarrassed by the party that he was speechless.
Ning Weiguo's expression remained unchanged. "You have a point, Old Sun. Why didn't you kick your daughter-in-law out?" He sneered. "I remember your daughter-in-law is still at home. She should be well fed and well cared for."
Sun Desheng's only son had limited conditions. He got married when he was 30 years old. After marriage, he couldn't have children. Later, he went to a big hospital for a check-up, and the hospital said that there was something wrong with Sun Desheng's son's penis. That place was only the size of a thumb, just like a child's, and he had no reproductive function at all.
The day Sun Desheng's daughter-in-law heard the news, she burst into tears. Because she couldn't have children, Sun Desheng's family blamed her a lot. Sun Desheng's wife even said in front of the whole village that she was a hen that couldn't lay eggs.
Now that's good. She went to the hospital and found out that it wasn't her problem, but Sun Desheng's. She felt like her injustice had been redressed.
After clearing her grievances, Sun Desheng's daughter-in-law no longer wanted to live with Sun Desheng's son, a "no-good" man, and wanted to leave, but Sun Desheng's son refused to let go.
It was already difficult for an old bachelor to find a wife, and now it was discovered that he was infertile. Who would dare to marry him? He had no choice but to keep this wife.
Sun Desheng's daughter-in-law was not a pushover either. She took charge and retaliated against all the ways Sun Desheng's son and wife had treated her.
Sun Desheng's wife did not dare to resist, for fear that her daughter-in-law would run away.
A while ago, the dam in the neighboring county collapsed, and all the young and strong men in the village went to help with the repairs. Sun Desheng's family of three all went, leaving only Sun Desheng's daughter-in-law at home.
Somehow, she hooked up with a loafer in the village.
When Sun Desheng and his family came back, her belly had grown as big as a balloon.
The Sun family was naturally in chaos.
Sun Desheng's daughter-in-law, with her belly bulging, said, "She is just not decent. If Sun Desheng has the guts to divorce her, she would rather be thrown into a pig cage than live with him."
In recent years, matters between men and women have not been managed as strictly as in the early years. At most, they are reported to Ning Weiguo, the head of the family. But Ning Weiguo has a grudge against Sun Desheng, so how could he care about those dirty things in their family? He just turns a blind eye and pretends that he didn't hear anything.
If we take it one step further, the matter will be reported to the higher authorities. Sun Desheng's daughter-in-law is not afraid of wearing shoes even if she is barefoot. Who can do anything to her as she is a pregnant woman?
This incident caused a big stir in the village and caused quite a stir.
The whole village treated their family affairs as a joke.
But Sun Desheng himself didn't think so. He thought that things had come to this point. Although his daughter-in-law was pregnant with a bastard, he could still tolerate it. After all, his son was infertile. If this child was born, he could raise him as his own child and it would be the same after he was raised well.
So he announced to the public that his son was fertile and his daughter-in-law was pregnant with his grandson. He then worshipped his daughter-in-law and pretended that nothing had happened.
It's just a fig leaf to see if anyone buys it.
He himself has pigtails at home, yet he comes to expose Ning Weiguo's shortcomings. It's really funny.
As expected, as soon as Ning Weiguo spoke, Sun Desheng's face turned green. He grunted and choked for a long time and couldn't utter a word.
Ning Weiguo wanted to laugh when he saw Sun Desheng's face. He couldn't defeat him with this trick during the primary election for village chief, let alone now.
He was not as conscious as Sun Desheng. He had experienced the times of war and famine. In that era, there was no distinction between your children and my children. Those who could share tree bark together were brothers.
In the early years, during the war, every household with surplus food adopted many orphans of martyrs who had lost their parents.
When those children grew up, they treated their adoptive parents as their own children and got along with their brothers and sisters as if they were their own children.
Besides, as mentioned above, the Chinese nation is one family.
The three of them, Da Wa and his friend, are very lovable. Da Wa is smart and clever, Er Niu is quiet and well-behaved, and San Wa is lively and cute. It was no problem at all for Ning Weiguo and Sun Aiju to accept them.
Sun Desheng wants to sow discord? Wishful thinking!
After getting rid of Sun Desheng, although it delayed some time, Ning Weiguo led the sour-looking Ning Weidang home with brisk steps.
When they got home, Sun Aiju asked, "Why did you two come back so late?"
Ning Weiguo said casually, "Nothing, I ran into Sun Desheng and chatted for a while." He handed over the pork and said, "Today's New Year's pork is distributed. Let's make some lard and give it to the children to sweeten their mouths."
The whole village knew about Sun Desheng and Ning Weiguo's feud.
If these two people meet, nothing good will happen.
Sun Aiju carefully examined Ning Weiguo's face. Seeing the corner of his mouth slightly raised, it seemed that he was saying that he had won and had severely damaged the opponent. She took the pork and said, "Okay, then we can stuff the sausages, right?"
"That's right." Ning Weiguo responded.
Ning Tang, who had overheard everything, teased Da Wa and the others, saying, "Grandma and Grandpa are going to fry some lard and make sausages for you guys."
Big Baby slurped his saliva and asked, "What is sausage?"
Chen Lie had made lard residue for them before, but this sausage was the first time they had heard of it.
"It's just chopping the pork into pieces, stuffing it into sausage casings, and then frying it in a pan," Ning Tang explained.
Just listen to it and eat it!
Da Wa and the other two surrounded Ning Weiguo and Sun Aiju, calling out to them non-stop, offering them compliments like they were free. "Grandma, Grandpa, we want to eat some sausages. Grandma and Grandpa are the best."
Sun Aiju was so amused by them that she burst into laughter. Even the usually serious Ning Weiguo couldn't help but curl his lips.
"Okay, I'll make it for you little greedy cats."
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