Chapter 29 Chapter 29 Question, Understand, Become
Shen Yinyin, her mother and her two children did not go back that day and stayed in Yangliu Brigade.
Naturally, there was no room for Shen Moer to stay. They were all relatives. The Shen family's main house was short of housing, but the second and third rooms were actually okay. They could definitely vacate half a room for them to stay in temporarily. However, Shen Yinyin didn't want to get involved with these brothers at all, so she simply went to find her sisters from her youth and shamelessly took her son to stay with them.
The children of that family were not married yet, and they had ample housing. In addition, Shen Yinyin took some sweet potato chips and dried vegetables that she had dried at home. Since they were only staying for a few days and didn't have to worry about food, the family was quite happy about it.
But behind their backs, they couldn't help but sigh that they were not born from the same mother, and they were afraid that the relationship between Chen Yinyin and her brother and the previous ones would become increasingly strained.
With the help of Shen Yinyin and her son, the speed of building the house was significantly accelerated. By the beginning of September, once the beams were put up and the tiles were covered, a brand new blue brick and tile house was completed. In the meantime, Shen Shaoyuan even went to the commune and asked Xu Weiguo to help buy some glass and install glass windows for the house.
However, what surprised everyone the most was the small bathroom built next to the house. The pipes were paved with blue bricks and cement, connecting to a pool buried in the ground at the back, also made of blue bricks and cement. According to Fu Mingze, the pool can also serve as a composting and humus manure pit. A group of old farmers were amazed and half-believing and half-doubting.
Although it is just a small room, the cost is quite high. But when you think about how much more convenient it will be for taking a shower or going to the toilet, you can't help but feel jealous.
After the house is built, the next step is to let it dry for a while and then buy some things to move into it.
As soon as Shen Yinyin and her son saw that the work was done, they said they were leaving. Although when they left home, they were afraid that there would be some difficulties here that would delay their time, and told their family that they might go back in a few days, but they really didn't expect that it would be something like building a house. They stayed here for more than ten days, and their family didn't know how anxious they were.
Shen Moer had been with the mother and son for more than ten days, and she quite liked Shen Yinyin's straightforward personality. Even Zhao Zhengyang and Zhao Zhenghui were straightforward and amiable, so she discussed with Shen Shaoyuan and persuaded them to stay for another day so that they could have a meal together as a thank you and a celebration.
According to the local customs, a banquet should be held when the beam is raised. However, the current trend is to promote thriftiness. Holding a lavish banquet will easily lead to criticism. It is nothing to have a meal together with those who helped build the house.
Since this day was not a big deal, Shen Yinyin sent her two sons to the mountain early the next morning, and she went to the commune with Shen Moer.
That day happened to be the day of the Maque Market, and the two of them bought tofu made by the members themselves, dried tofu skin, and a small basket of loaches at the market.
Shen Yinyin said happily: "Even if your cousin and his friends didn't get much from going up the mountain, this basket of loaches is still a good meat dish."
Shen Moer: "Well, one loach stewed with tofu and one dried bean curd roll, two dishes."
The two of them came out of Maque City and went to the dormitory of the textile factory. They found Qiaojie's house. As soon as they entered the door, they smelled the rich aroma of buns. Shen Moer hurriedly said, "Qiaojie, we want four buns first, two with scallion meat and two with vegetarian fillings. We will eat them here."
Qiaojie smiled and agreed. Not long after, she brought four buns from an enamel pot and asked, "I haven't seen Fu Zhiqing for a while. Didn't he come?"
The last time she saw Fu Mingze talking to Shen Moer, Fu Mingze had a cold personality and didn't pay much attention to others, so Qiaojie guessed that Fu Mingze and Shen Moer should have a good relationship.
"He's been very busy lately. Not only is he helping my family build a house, but it seems like the educated youth camp is also conducting some composting experiment." Shen Moer said.
Perhaps inspired by the bathroom built in her family, the educated youth camp also wanted to build a bathroom like this, but there were many people there, and it was impossible for them to build only a small room like her family. Also, even building a small room would cost a lot. Even though there were many people, there were not many people willing to pay for it, especially for building such an unnecessary thing, so they gave up in the end.
I don't know how they discussed it, but they finally decided to build a pond to make compost and strive to increase the next season's grain output, so as to truly give play to the role that educated youth should play in socialist construction.
The old farmers in the village probably didn't quite believe it, but Zhang Zhiqiang, the educated youth team leader, was very enthusiastic this time. He talked his ass off and applied for a few dollars of funding from the team leader. He also called on the educated youth to contribute money and manpower, and he really got the matter done.
So much so that Comrade Fu Mingze had just finished helping her family build a house and immediately threw himself into his "career" at the educated youth site.
After listening to Shen Moer's explanation, Qiaojie smiled and said, "Fu Zhiqing is a capable person."
Shen Moer then asked: "Qiaojie is very familiar with Fu Zhiqing?"
In fact, she was curious when she met Fu Mingze here for the first time. Fu Mingze was obviously very poor. With his financial resources, he should have nothing to do with people like Qiaojie and bearded Baoge who were involved in black market business.
Qiaojie hesitated for a moment and said vaguely, "Fu Zhiqing helped me before. Sometimes when he had more money, he would come over to have a bite to eat."
Seeing that she didn't elaborate, Shen Moer didn't ask any more questions.
After Qiaojie left, Shen Yinyin lowered her voice and said, "Even a vegetarian bun costs five cents. These buns are not cheap. Moer, you can eat them. If there are any left, take them back to your father." She was reluctant to eat such expensive buns.
Shen Moer directly picked up the bun and stuffed it into her mouth, saying, "When we leave later, buy some and bring them back for my father and cousin to eat."
Then he said, "Aunt, don't feel bad for my dad's money. He works in a kiln factory now, with a salary and subsidies. His life is much better than before, and I believe it will get better and better in the future. Besides, we only eat here once in a while, not every day. You've worked so hard for so many days, can't I treat you to a bun?"
Shen Yinyin was stuffed with a mouthful of buns by her niece, and she had no choice but to eat: "Okay, I'll eat it. This bun is really delicious. I can be considered to be enjoying the blessing of my brother and niece."
The buns are made of Fuqiang flour, which is fine and chewy, and the fillings are well-seasoned, especially the meat buns. When you take a bite, you will see a lot of soup, which is so delicious that it makes you swallow your tongue.
Actually, if you really calculate it, five cents for a vegetarian bun and eight cents for a pork and scallion bun are not expensive, after all, you don't need a ticket. But people are used to being frugal these days, and it feels a bit painful to spend one or two cents on two buns.
After eating, Chen Moer and Qiaojie bought ten buns and two pounds of pork, put them all in the bamboo basket they brought, and put the tofu, tofu skin and loach bought from Maque Market on top.
"Qiaojie, if it's convenient, could you help me find some fabric next time? I just built a new house and I want to make a new quilt for the bed."
Qiaojie glanced at Shen Yinyin, and Shen Moer hurriedly said, "This is my real aunt, don't worry, she won't tell anyone."
Qiaojie finally agreed: "Okay, come over in ten days or half a month. I don't accept strangers here. It was only because Lao Er brought you here, and I saw that you knew Fu Zhiqing, otherwise I wouldn't dare to take this job."
Making a few buns yourself and giving them to others is completely different from finding things to resell.
Shen Moer smiled: "Qiaojie, I know."
The two of them came out of Qiaojie's house and just passed an intersection when they were stopped by a middle-aged woman who came out from the side. This woman had a lot of white in her eyes and always looked like she was rolling her eyes when she looked at people. She grabbed Shen Moer and pretended to turn over the bamboo basket behind her: "You came from Niu Qiaoqiao, right? Did you buy buns from her family? Is her family engaged in speculation..."
Before she could touch the bamboo basket, Shen Moer grabbed her arm and she screamed, "Ah, it hurts, it hurts, you damned girl, let go, let go!"
Shen Moer kicked her in the knee, making her kneel and sit on the ground, and then said: "I exchanged eggs with Qiaojie for two buns. Why do you have to intervene when we exchange some food between friends? You are too nosy."
The woman sat on the ground for a long time without getting up. She kept rubbing her knees and crying out in pain: "How can you be so strong, little girl? You hurt me. I can't even stand up. You..."
"You're not going to try to extort money from me, are you? We poor and lower-middle peasants aren't afraid of that." Shen Moer said calmly.
Shen Yinyin was even more eager to fight: "What's the matter? We were just walking on the road, and you came up to blackmail us. I think you deserve a beating. We mountain people may not have anything else, but we are not short of strength."
The woman knew that she had run into a tough guy today, so she got up from the ground and said, "Forget it, forget it. You country people have always been unruly. I won't bother with you. Don't even think about fighting. If you do, everyone in the neighborhood will kick you and send you to the south of the Yangtze River. Only I have a big temper..."
She spoke in a firm tone but walked very fast. After a while, she ran into a small bungalow with a pomegranate tree at the door.
Shen Yinyin: “Is this Qiaojie being targeted by someone?”
Shen Moer thought about it and said, “Let’s go back and remind them.”
They turned back and told Qiaojie what happened. Qiaojie didn't look very happy, but she still thanked them and insisted on giving them two more buns, but was rejected by Shen Moer.
Chen Moer and her friends came here on the donkey cart of the brigade. After buying things, they went back to where the donkey cart was parked.
If there were still some people who had gone out together but had not returned yet, they would wait on the donkey cart first.
Suddenly, Shen Yinyin poked Shen Moer with her elbow and whispered, “Moer, do you see that girl over there is always looking at you?”
Shen Moer got up early in the morning and was already feeling a little sleepy. She was leaning on the donkey cart and was about to fall asleep. When she heard what was said, she looked up and saw another donkey cart parked under another big tree not far ahead. A young girl was sitting at the front of the cart, staring at her with her eyes wide open.
When Shen Moer saw clearly that the person was Liu Yinshuang, she couldn't help but raise her eyebrows slightly. Was this girl going to yell at her like a ghost again?
She just looked up and saw Liu Yinshuang actually got off the donkey cart. She stood there hesitating for a few seconds, and then, as if she had mustered up her courage, she walked in front of Shen Moer with her head held high and a fearless look.
Shen Moer: “…”
She finally got a taste of what it felt like to be treated like a ghost.
However, didn’t this girl avoid her and run away when she saw her? Why did she come here today?
Liu Yinshuang not only walked up to Chen Moer, but also spoke: "Chen Moer, do you still remember me? I'm Liu Jihong. Our classrooms were next to each other when we were in junior high school. Oh, by the way, I'm not Liu Jihong anymore. I changed my name. I'm Liu Yinshuang now."
Shen Moer nodded in confusion: “Well, remember a little.”
Liu Yinshuang looked at Shen Moer with a complicated expression. After a while, she sighed quietly and said, "Although many things have changed, it's good that you are alive. I hope you can live well in the future."
She said this without any reason, and Shen Yinyin immediately got angry: "Hey, how can you talk like that, girl? What do you mean by hoping to live a good life in the future? My Mo'er is fine, why are you cursing her for no reason?"
Liu Yinshuang glanced at Shen Yinyin, her eyes quite like "I have nothing to say to mortals like you", and said nothing, then turned around and left.
Shen Yinyin: “Why is this person like this!”
Only Shen Moer understood what Liu Yinshuang meant at the scene. It seemed that Comrade Liu had finally accepted the fact that she was not a ghost and was indeed not dead.
And many of the things she said have changed. Maybe it's not just the fact that she didn't die that has changed, but other things have also changed... For example, the person Liu Yinshuang thought would dig up wild ginseng did not dig up wild ginseng in the end.
Shen Moer comforted Shen Yinyin: "She was indeed a classmate of mine. Her thoughts are a little special. She probably didn't curse me on purpose."
Aunt Luo from the village who was riding the donkey cart next to her said, "That's Liu Yinshuang from Songshu Brigade. She's not mentally normal."
Seeing Shen Yinyin's bewildered face, Aunt Luo quickly shared the gossip she knew: "Her family favors boys over girls and wanted to exchange her for her brother's marriage, but she refused. I heard that she cried and begged for many days at home, but her family didn't give in. Then at the beginning of the year, she went up the mountain to pick mushrooms. It rained the day before, and the road on the mountain was slippery. She fell and hit her head. Fortunately, she was found by other people who went up the mountain to pick mushrooms. Otherwise, she might not have survived if she fainted on the mountain in such a cold weather."
Aunt Luo shared enthusiastically: "Who would have thought that she was a different person after returning from the hospital. When her mother asked her to marry someone else, she took a kitchen knife from the kitchen and said that it was impossible to marry someone else. If she was forced again, she would kill her brother first. Oh my god, the Liu family was scared to death. Later, the Liu family did not dare to mention the marriage exchange. They only said that they would find a partner for her. This was the idea of marrying her off in exchange for a dowry. But then the girl took a kitchen knife from the kitchen again and said that she would kill anyone who wanted to use her in exchange for a dowry."
Aunt Luo continued, "There are many more problems later. She would make a fuss if her brother got an extra piece of meat, or if her brother got an extra egg. Anyway, she makes a fuss every day. Not only her family, but also the people in her team can't do anything about her."
Shen Yinyin was stunned when she heard this, and murmured, “Then this girl is really amazing.”
Shen Moer had heard about Liu Yinshuang before, but she didn't know as much as Aunt Luo did. She couldn't help but say, "Aunt Luo, you are really amazing. You know so much about the Songshu Brigade. It seems that you have a lot of connections!"
Aunt Luo usually likes to gossip about other people. When she heard Chen Moer say that she has a wide range of contacts, she smiled with wrinkles on her face: "Hey, it's okay. There are a few sisters from our youth in Songshu Brigade. We just chat whenever we meet."
Shen Moer thought to herself that this was not just casual talk, he understood it so thoroughly, it was almost like seeing it with his own eyes.
As they were talking, Liu Yinshuang returned to the donkey cart of Songshu Brigade and found that the seat near the front of the cart where she had placed her bamboo basket had been taken by someone else. Her bamboo basket had also been moved to the side. Her face darkened in an instant, and she stared at the young wife who had taken her seat, saying, "Go back to where you came from."
The young wife blushed, but did not move. Instead, she said softly, "On this donkey cart, you can sit wherever there is an empty seat. There is no fixed seat. If you go by yourself, someone else will sit here if I am not here."
Liu Yinshuang got angry in a second, pointed at the young wife's nose and cursed: "You green tea bitch, don't play the tea tricks with me. I tell you, your tricks work on others, but not on me. Damn, the thing I hate most is you green tea bitches who say one thing but do another. Do you want to get out of here?!"
The young wife's eyes suddenly turned red. She glanced at the other people on the donkey cart hesitantly and sobbed: "You, you, why are you so unreasonable? It's just a position. Can't you just talk nicely? How can you scold me?"
The other people on the donkey cart looked at Liu Yinshuang, and no one dared to join in. Instead, they all moved their butts forward, trying to get farther away from the front of the cart.
They all sighed, saying that the young wife had just married into Songshu Brigade not long ago and didn't understand the situation yet. Otherwise, she would know that she could offend anyone but not Liu Yinshuang.
Without saying a word, Liu Yinshuang pulled out a pair of scissors from her pocket and said, "I'll scratch your face and then you'll get out, or you'll get out now?!"
The scissors were about to poke her face. The young wife screamed in fear: "What are you doing, you you, I I... Can't I just move away, wuwuwu..."
Seeing that no one on the donkey cart offered to help, the young wife changed her position crying and moved Liu Yinshuang's bamboo basket back to its original place.
On the other side, on the donkey cart of the Yangliu Brigade, Aunt Luo winked at Shen Moer: "See, this girl is so fierce, she really dares to fight to the death, even the arrogant ones are afraid of those who don't care about their lives, now no one in their brigade dares to provoke her easily."
Shen Yinyin was amazed: “This is really, even more ferocious than us mountain people.”
Shen Moer glanced over there and saw Liu Yinshuang sitting back in her original seat holding the bamboo basket, and she couldn't help but raise her eyebrows.
In fact, strictly speaking, Comrade Liu's methods may be a bit radical, but what she did was not wrong in itself, whether it was resisting the family's marriage exchange, her parents' favoritism, or just now fighting for the position, she just adopted some methods that others thought were excessive when her interests were maliciously violated.
It's quite interesting.
Of course, what she said was also very interesting. She called the young wife a green tea bitch and said that she smelled like tea. It was a bit difficult to understand at first, after all, how can people and tea be compared? But after thinking about it carefully, Shen Moer found that her statement was quite vivid.
This is how Shen Moer felt when facing Tian Fang.
Finally, everyone was there. Uncle Liu cracked the whip and the donkey cart started running with a rumbling sound.
The car was packed with people. Not long after driving, a young woman with fine eyebrows and fine eyes sniffed and said softly, "Did anyone buy the buns? They smell so good!"
There was a whole donkey cart of people, but no one said a word.
Isn't this nonsense? You are not the only one with a nose. Everyone has a nose. Naturally, everyone can smell the fragrance of these buns.
But this is understandable. Who comes to the commune if not to buy food, drinks and daily necessities? Moreover, there is a sparrow market today. Many people have found good things on the donkey carts, so some people bought buns to take home. Although it is envious, it is not surprising. Anyone with a little bit of sensibility would not say this.
After all, it was someone else who bought the buns this time, but what if I buy the sesame cake next time?
Seeing that no one responded, the young wife was still unwilling to give up. She sniffed and asked in the direction of Shen Moer: "It's you, right? It smells like you bought a lot. Where did you buy it? Is it a state-owned restaurant? The buns are so delicious. How much are the tickets?"
Shen Yinyin couldn't stand it anymore: "No, we bought some buns. We bought some buns to thank everyone for building a new house. What's wrong with you, you are a nosy man! What does the money and bills have to do with you? What's the matter? You still have to do a good deed to help us make up the money and bills? Really, this tea is full of tea, why do I feel so disgusted when I hear it?!"
Obviously, everyone heard what Liu Yinshuang had just said, and Comrade Shen Yinyin even put it into practice immediately.
"I, I, I'm just asking casually, why are you so fierce?" The young wife looked like she was about to cry.
Shen Moer frowned and asked directly: "Will you shut up after I beat you up, or will you shut up right now?"
Question Liu Yinshuang, understand Liu Yinshuang, and become Liu Yinshuang.
When the young wife met Shen Moer's eyes, she shrank back and shut her mouth tightly. She felt that if she said one more word, Shen Moer would really beat her.
Aunt Luo muttered meaningfully: "Now this young wife..."
The people on the donkey cart soon understood what Aunt Luo meant. Young wives nowadays are too tactless. The one from Songshu Brigade is like this, and the one from Yangliu Brigade is also like this. They are looking for trouble when there is nothing to do. Aren't they just waiting to be scolded?
Because Shen Yinyin and Shen Moli were both very rude, nothing unexpected happened on the rest of the way. It was just that the others could not stand the smell of the buns. However, they also understood that Shen Laoqi's family had built a new house and wanted to treat everyone to a meal.
In fact, even if it was just a dinner invitation, buying buns from the commune was a big deal, so many people sighed in their hearts, saying that Shen Laoqi's family was generous. This time, the people who helped their family eat well. Now it seems that the food is even better than they imagined.
When I think about it this way, I really envy those who work for their family.
At the same time, it is even more difficult to understand the amazing actions of the first and second branches of the Shen family.
When Chen Moer and the others arrived home, they found that the family was already busy cooking. A pot of meat was bubbling in a large iron pot, and the rich and tempting aroma of the meat wafted across a distance of two miles.
“Comrade Shen Moer, Comrade Zhao Zhengyang and Comrade Zhao Zhenghui are so amazing, they are as amazing as you!”
Zheng Jiamin was as happy as a wild civet in a melon field. He had gone up the mountain with Zhao Zhengyang and the others this morning, and he was clearly still excited. He kept chattering, "They took me deeper into the mountain, and we met a wolf, a wolf! Oh my god, I was so scared that my legs went limp. If they hadn't dragged me away, I think I would have almost died in the mountain!"
Zhao Zhengyang disagreed: "How could that be? We have knives with us. If we can't do anything else, we can just chop it. We ran away because we were afraid of encountering a pack of wolves. After all, we didn't bring hunting guns. If we encountered a pack of wolves, we would be in trouble."
Zheng Jiamin had an admiring look on his face: "Listen, listen, this is our pheasant-catching hero! He is fearless in the face of a lone wolf, brave and resourceful, and quick-witted in the face of a pheasant, catching it easily! Let's applaud the brave Comrade Zhao Zhengyang and Comrade Zhao Zhenghui!"
Zhao Zhengyang: “…”
Zhao Zhenghui: “…”
Aunt Chen, who was standing in front of the stove, laughed so hard that she fell backwards: "Oh my god, this Zheng Zhiqing is such a mischievous person."
There were pheasants caught by Zhao Zhengyang and his friends, and meat, loaches and tofu bought by Chen Moer and her friends. The meal was prepared very decently. In the end, a whole table of dishes was cooked. In addition, Chen Moer gave each person a small half of the buns she bought from Qiaojie. Everyone was so satisfied with the meal that they ate till their mouths were drooling.
Just when everyone was eating their fill, they heard a loud bang outside the door, like something being hit hard on the ground, followed by a sharp female voice: "Chen Moer, you little bitch, you shameless little whore, come out here——"
Shen Shaoyuan, who was still smiling and talking to Chen Zhuangzhuang the previous second, suddenly turned cold, which scared Chen Zhuangzhuang who was sitting next to him. When he heard the sound outside clearly, he stood up quickly and said, "Let's go and take a look together."
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