Xie Ailian and the two Jus prepared dinner together. Xie Ailian took the opportunity to ask Wang Daju whether her mother-in-law had acted mischievously again after she returned home that day.
Wang Daju smiled bitterly. He had been doing this for decades, so how could he suddenly come to his senses and stop doing it?
"Mom, don't worry. After your son-in-law beat her that time, his attitude towards her changed. Now he does everything himself, even pooping, peeing, and wiping her body. He said it, she's his mom, there's nothing to be shy about."
The old woman cursed with many vicious words and did many new things, but her husband was determined not to retaliate or fight back.
She lies paralyzed in bed every day. After eating, she has energy but nowhere to use it, so even if it's useless, the old woman will not stop.
"At first, some people would come to join in the fun, or some old ladies would come to check on her. Now, people in the village try not to pass by our house, or they leave very quickly."
Wang Daju sighed.
"It's good to be like this." Xie Ailian looked at Wang Daju and glared at her with disapproval. "Are you afraid of what others will gossip about and blame your man?"
"...I, I haven't... I just feel like the way people look at me isn't right. I don't know what they're saying about me behind my back..."
"You idiot! Why don't you think about other people being weird? How did you suddenly become smart? Tsk! You've been serving me wholeheartedly for so many years. People say you're filial and kind to your face, but behind your back there's bound to be people who say you're stupid. How come you didn't notice that the way people look at you is wrong?"
Xie Ailian was so angry that she hit Wang Daju's arm hard several times.
Wang Daju didn't know how to hide, which made her even angrier.
I just think that this stupid eldest daughter is used to being beaten by the old woman of the Zhao family!
"Mom, don't be angry. I'm not that stupid. This period of time has been the most relaxing time I've had in the past ten years. I won't be stupid enough to rush to serve you again."
I didn't realize it when I was immersed in it, but when I pulled myself out and stepped back a little to look at it again, I realized what a hard life I had lived before.
"Oh, that's really cause for celebration." Xie Ailian said sarcastically, glared at her fiercely, and turned to leave.
Wang Daju stood in front of the stove with a rag in her hand, looking at her back. She disappeared without a trace and didn't even come back to her senses.
Wang Erju looked at her and sighed.
The next day, before Zhao Qihua and his friends went back, they confirmed with Wang Zhaozhao that if they did well in the exam, they could go to the city to play. After receiving a positive reply, they left reluctantly.
On the eighth day of the first lunar month, Wang Sibing's factory started operations.
There were also some small jobs assigned to a small number of people in the village, so Wang Dahai called Wang Fangbing and a few others over.
It depends on who they give the quota for raising pigs to.
I thought the three companies would scramble for it, but in the end, none of them said anything.
"If no one wants it, then I'll go talk to the brigade headquarters." Wang Dahai was a little disappointed, but he wouldn't force it.
Raising pigs is no joke. You have to return the pigs you get from the production team. If they die, your work points will be deducted. If they are very thin, you will get very few work points.
The production team has a limited number of piglets, and the quota is basically fixed, unless someone doesn't want to raise them anymore, then they will be distributed to other families.
Wang Dahai mentioned this to Chen Changlin years ago that given their family's situation, they could reserve the spot for their son.
After all, before the family split up, didn’t the daughters-in-law have to cook pig food, feed the pigs, and clean the pig pens?
I have experience.
"Dad, I do want to raise him, but if I do that, I won't go to repair the canal." Finally, it was the eldest son, Wang Fangbing, who broke the silence.
"If we don't build the canal, I also want to raise fish." Wang Sanbing said immediately.
Wang Erbing said nothing.
He still has the same attitude. He doesn't have a son, so raising a half-daughter doesn't require him to work so hard.
Wang Dahai glanced at them and said, "People from the eldest family and the third family, tell us what you think."
"I'm willing to raise it," said Chen Meiru.
"The head of the family is in charge." Shi Haiyan also spoke.
The two people's intentions were very clear. Wang Dahai didn't say anything more and directly made the decision, "Then let the eldest family raise the pigs. If there are extra piglets, we can see if we can give a place to the third family as well."
After the story was told, Wang Dahai let them go.
After everyone went back home, Shi Haiyan began to complain, saying that the old man was partial to her and so on.
Wang Sanbing ignored her at first, but when he saw that she kept talking and was getting more and more excited, he glared at her.
"Shut up! You clearly don't want to raise a child, and now I won't let you raise one, and you're still complaining!"
"Why wouldn't I want to raise it..."
"Just think about what you said and what your sister-in-law said. You think my father is stupid and you are smart, right?"
“…”
Hearing this, Shi Haiyan was embarrassed and stopped talking.
On the tenth day, the piglets were born.
There were indeed about ten more, and Wang Dahai went to Chen Changlin and got a spot relatively easily.
He didn't come back to ask Wang Sanbing and his wife, but just helped them bring the piglet back.
"As for the third brother's family, we will definitely not be partial as long as we have a way. Do you see that?" Xie Ailian, who had gone to the pigpen to see the piglets, asked Shi Haiyan.
Shi Haiyan: “……!”
Wang Zhaozhao, who was watching the fun, smiled secretly. She said "666" and her third aunt's face turned green.
Raising pigs is not easy. All year round, even if it is windy or rainy, people don’t have to work, but families who raise pigs have to cut grass, chop grass, cook pig food, and feed the pigs.
The most important thing is that the raised pigs have to be returned to the production team, and they can only be counted as work points and a little more meat.
Before the family split up, we took turns doing those tasks. Now that we've split up, I have to raise a pig on my own...
Shi Haiyan felt tired just thinking about it.
If I had known earlier, I would have said no... I can't just say I don't want to raise her. Woohoo, why is her life so miserable?!
While the eldest and second wives were carefully helping the piglets adapt, the Lantern Festival arrived in the blink of an eye.
Wang Sibing's factory did not have a holiday for the Lantern Festival, so after some discussion, Wang Zhaozhao and the others decided to return to the city and celebrate the Lantern Festival in the county.
Wang Dahai also went to the county town this year. The news spread in the village. Many people came to see him off, and some even followed him all the way to the village entrance.
"My grandfather is so popular." Wang Zhaozhao couldn't help but sigh as he left the village under the reluctant gaze of the villagers.
Xie Ailian was amused by her words, "We haven't officially started work yet, and everyone is bored. They are treating our house as a place for fun."
"What's the big deal?" Wang Zhaozhao chuckled. "They treat us as a joke, so we can do the opposite and treat them as a joke. It's quite interesting to think about it."
“……!”
Xie Ailian was silent for a moment, then chuckled. "Great!" As expected, he was the best reader in the Wang family for eighteen generations. He was quite thoughtful.
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