Chapter 65 Chapter 65 Xiao Ming might wake up laughing at night (……
"Cousin, do you really want to recruit that sister? I heard people around her say that she has a bad temper and a bad reputation. Will she cause you trouble in the future?" Zhao Tingting asked worriedly as they walked back.
Shen Moer smiled and said, "It might cause some trouble, but she has her strengths."
She herself was a time traveler and didn't understand many things about this world, but Liu Yinshuang was different. She knew the future development of this world, and although she had a bad temper, it could be seen that she was very filial to her grandfather.
If a person has a weak spot and is forced into a dangerous situation, and there is a chance to make money and live a good life, she will definitely work hard.
Fu Mingze took the things he bought to the donkey cart first, while Chen Moer took Zhao Tingting to the supply and marketing cooperative again and bought some oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, candy and snacks. They happened to have newly-made egg cakes, which were expensive but did not require a ticket. Chen Moer weighed two kilograms and shared one with Zhao Tingting on the spot.
Zhao Tingting was stunned. She had heard her mother, Shen Yinyin, nagging about how her uncle's family had been building a house and holding a wedding banquet, and there had been a lot of famine outside, so she was told to be more prudent when she was at her uncle's house.
But during the time she had been here, she discovered that her uncle's family actually had better food than most other families. But her uncle also said that they almost starved to death last time their food was stolen. Now, regardless of anything else, they must not let themselves get by on food.
Zhao Tingting looked at her uncle's house, which was becoming increasingly well-equipped, and scratched her head, feeling that something seemed to be wrong.
But since they almost starved to death, it’s not surprising that they changed their minds.
By the time the two of them returned to the donkey cart, most people had also returned, all carrying large and small bags. They had probably heard that the mahjong market might be shut down, so even though there was still some time before the New Year, they tried to buy as much as possible.
Wang Qiutong and Zheng Jiamin also came back. Zheng Jiamin was holding a large piece of meat in his hand, which was very eye-catching. However, everyone in the village knew that his family was well-off, so it was not surprising.
When all the people on the bus were gathered, Uncle Liu was just about to leave when a bicycle suddenly came from afar: "Uncle Liu, Uncle Liu, wait for me!"
It’s Shen Lingling.
Zhang Junliang put her down and rode away. Shen Lingling got on the donkey cart with a bag in her hand. Whether intentionally or unintentionally, she squeezed in between Shen Moer and Zhao Tingting: "Tingting, move to the side and make more room for me."
She touched her belly, glanced at Shen Moer, and said, “Sister is not feeling well, so you can’t squeeze it.”
Although there is a local saying that pregnancy cannot be disclosed to others within three months, I don’t know if Shen Lingling doesn’t care about these “feudal superstitions” or what, she ran to tell Shen Moer as soon as she found out she was pregnant more than a month ago.
The implicit meaning of his words was that there was no point for a woman to earn so much money, and that raising children was the serious matter, which stunned Shen Moer and Cheng Tao.
Yes, she said this in the village primary school office, and Cheng Tao was also there.
Shen Moer almost suspected that Shen Lingling’s high school diploma was fake. This kind of thinking was even more "feudal" than that of an "ancient person" like her.
Shen Lingling didn't know what she was thinking. Since she got pregnant, she seemed to have regained her sense of superiority. She held her head high in front of Shen Moer every day and asked her from time to time whether she was pregnant or not. Shen Moer didn't care at all. Fu Mingze heard it a few times occasionally, and his face darkened every time.
They were not in a hurry to have a baby, especially since the ninth workshop had not yet been built and there were a lot of things to do. However, Shen Lingling came to ask about it every day, which made Fu Mingze uncomfortable. Every time he heard it, he would make trouble for Shen Moer until late at night.
Shen Moer rolled her eyes, leaned towards Fu Mingze, and secretly scratched his palm to comfort Fu Zhiqing.
Fu Zhiqing glanced at her and turned his head as if he didn't see Shen Lingling.
What no one expected was that Zhang Zhiqiang suddenly shouted: "Uncle Liu, stop for a moment, I'm getting off and walking back."
Uncle Liu tugged at the reins in confusion: "Ah?"
When the car slowed down, Zhang Zhiqiang jumped off the donkey cart and said firmly: "I will walk back."
He didn't go to the commune to buy things today. He was lucky enough to catch two wild rabbits in the mountains a while ago. He secretly asked the most enthusiastic Aunt Chen in the village to help him pick them up and dry them. Today he came to send them to his family.
So when others returned, they all carried large and small bags, but Zhang Zhiqiang had nothing in his hands, so it was not difficult for him to walk back.
As the car moved forward for a while, someone whispered, "Zhang Zhiqing is really a man of integrity. Even after all the trouble, he still made room for Shen Lingling."
Shen Lingling immediately said, "Aunt Guan, please don't say anything nonsense, or my Junliang will hear about it."
Aunt Guan curled her lips and said nothing.
Although Shen Lingling said this, she was still very happy in her heart. Even after getting married, her charm remained undiminished. Although Zhang Zhiqiang didn't say it, he was probably still thinking about her in his heart.
What Shen Lingling didn't know was that after Zheng Jiamin had a big meal at Shen Moli's house that evening, he returned to the educated youth point and asked Zhang Zhiqiang curiously whether he still had feelings for Shen Lingling.
Zhang Zhiqiang's face darkened and he said, "I just don't want to ride in the same donkey cart with such a heartless and ungrateful woman!"
With great force.
Zheng Jiamin sighed for a long time, and Zhang Zhiqiang actually came to his senses.
Not long after, the school started its winter vacation. Although the weather was getting colder, the children seemed not to be afraid of the cold at all. They ran from one end of the village to the other, and from the east to the west of the village, playing wildly all day long, while the adults were even busier.
Although there is not much work to do in the fields, you still have to spend time to tidy up the fields every day, and prepare food, firewood and clothes for the winter. If someone in the family is learning embroidery, they will be busier, after all, without a main labor force, others will have to take on more responsibilities.
The construction of the ninth workshop of the Southern Province Embroidery Factory had also begun early, and the county even allocated a special sum of money to repair the road from Liuqiao Commune to the county seat before the New Year. It was impossible to pour cement or asphalt the road because the county did not have so much money. They just added some stones to the original yellow mud road to make it smoother.
However, Shen Moer has never been to the construction site.
Mao Jianxin, the future workshop director of the ninth workshop, and another deputy director, Jin Caifei, have already taken up their posts. Shen Moer met them. Both were quite polite, but Shen Moer could clearly feel that they were wary of her as a "local tyrant".
When Shen Moer asked about the factory construction plan, they hesitated and talked about other things. In short, the factory had already produced detailed drawings and plans, and there were people in Jiangbei County to assist in the work. Shen Moer didn't need to worry about anything at all. She just had to wait for the factory to be built and construction could begin.
They came all the way to Jiangbei County to work. Both of them were in their thirties, in the prime of their lives. It was obvious that they came here for a bright future. Shen Moer guessed that these two people were afraid that they would be sidelined by her and would not have real power, so they wanted to firmly grasp the initiative in the early stages of the factory construction.
Fortunately, she didn't want to worry about these things at all.
After the weather got cold, she didn't like to go out. Even her father sighed every morning before going to work.
Although he had a bicycle, the northwest wind was so strong in winter that riding a bicycle was colder than walking. Shen Shaoyuan suffered a lot going to and from get off work every day.
Shen Moer felt very sorry for her father, thinking that her father had grown up in luxury and had never suffered such hardship. At the beginning, when he didn't buy a scarf and gloves, his hands were frozen red every day when he came home. It was better after he finally bought a scarf and gloves, but it was still cold!
In addition to sympathy, Shen Moer became more determined not to go to the construction site. What if she went there and was asked to go there every day?
Since Mao Jianxin and Jin Caifei are so enthusiastic about their work, then just leave this matter to them. She is in charge of personnel and business anyway, so can't she just train them at home?
After more than two months of intensive practice, the learning progress of this group of people in Yangliu Brigade has obviously widened the gap. Those who are slower can only be regarded as having laid a foundation, while those who are faster have already learned quite well.
By the way, there are two more people learning embroidery during this period.
One was Liu Yinshuang. She came here the next day after she met Shen Moer in Sparrow City. When she heard Shen Moer ask her to learn embroidery and become an embroiderer, she was actually reluctant at the time, but she gritted her teeth and agreed.
When she started to learn, Shen Moer finally understood why she was reluctant at the time. It was really because she had no talent in this area. Others could learn the simplest things in one day, but she took three days to learn only 70% or 80% of it.
However, even though learning was extremely difficult, Liu Yinshuang still gritted her teeth and ran to the Yangliu Brigade early every morning.
Another one was Qiaojie. That day in the commune, Chen Moer and Zhao Tingting went to the supply and marketing cooperative. After Fu Mingze put the things on the donkey cart, he went to the dormitory of the textile factory. He didn't see Bao Ge in Maque City, so he went to Qiaojie to find him, ready to ask Bao Ge to help send the things that Chen Moer bought to his family.
As a result, when we arrived at Qiaojie's house, we found out that Brother Bao's previous way of collecting things in the countryside had been cut off. Someone became jealous and reported them. The person was not arrested, but all the recycled goods were confiscated. Not only did they suffer heavy losses, but the few people who originally worked with Brother Bao were scared and refused to do it anymore.
To make matters worse, Qiaojie couldn't do her job, and Baoge couldn't do his business either. Both of them were a little bit at a loss.
There is definitely some savings, but if you spend all of it, your life will be difficult in the future.
Fu Mingze told Shen Moer about this, and Shen Moer suggested that Qiaojie also go to Yangliu Brigade to learn embroidery. After all, she should learn first to see if she has talent. If she can pass the assessment when the factory building is built, she can enter the factory as a worker.
Qiaojie is just the opposite of Liu Yinshuang. She is very good at sewing and mending, can make simple clothes, and is learning embroidery very quickly.
The Shen family courtyard is bustling with a group of female comrades every day. They not only learn embroidery, but also help with any work that the Shen family needs to do, such as the year-end cleaning and washing this and that. Shen Moer had not done a few strokes when her job was snatched away by others. Shen Moer asked everyone not to be so polite, but these people still refused to do it. They all said that Shen Moer was teaching them hand in hand, so she was actually their master. Isn't it normal for apprentices to work for their master's family?
Working is not enough. During the period before the New Year, they also send things to Shen Moer's house from time to time, such as homemade tofu, pickled buckwheat, dried mushrooms and bamboo shoots, and homemade sweet potato vermicelli. Some give a handful and some give half a pound. Together, the amount is very considerable. Anyway, it is more than enough for the Shen family of three to celebrate the New Year.
At the same time, in Yinjia Village in a certain province in the west.
Fu Zhiyuan squatted on the ground and fanned the stove hole hard, but thick smoke continued to billow out of the stove. He coughed and his glasses fogged up.
Yin Xiuwen got up from the wooden bed covered with straw, grabbed a handful of straw and walked outside, covering her mouth and coughing while saying, "Okay, you take a break, I'll do the fever."
Fu Zhiyuan watched her pick up two pieces of firewood with the fire tongs and stuff some straw in. Soon the fire lit up in the stove hole and the smoke immediately decreased. He couldn't help but say, "Drinking poison to quench thirst."
It rained the past two days, and the firewood they had piled outside the thatched house got wet. Every time they lit a fire these two days, thick smoke billowed.
The straw used to make the bed was dry and could start a fire, but they only had so little straw, and if they used it all to start a fire, would they just sleep on the bed board? They would freeze to death at night.
“We can only take care of the present for now.” Yin Xiuwen said as she put the cut sweet potato chips into the pot.
At this moment, someone outside the thatched house suddenly called out in a low voice: "Old Master?"
Fu Zhiyuan opened the door, and a dark-skinned man came in holding a package. This was Yin Xiuwen's distant cousin from her mother's family, Yin Zhanlin. As soon as he came in, he closed the door and said, "Something has been sent from Southern Province."
Yin Xiuwen's eyes lit up, she wiped her hands on her clothes and walked forward quickly: "Any letter?"
Yin Zhanlin laughed and said, "You'll know after you tear it apart yourself."
Yin Xiuwen took the package and saw that the sender was Chen Zengbao from Liuqiao Commune, Jiangbei County, Lingjiang City, Southern Province. She took out a pair of scissors from under the bed and carefully opened the package.
There were quite a lot of things, two pairs of cloth shoes, two pairs of cotton trousers, and some dried fish, dried bamboo shoots, dried sweet potatoes and so on. Yin Xiuwen flipped through them and found a small piece of paper from one of the cloth shoes. The words on it were not her son's handwriting. They were crooked and probably written by Zengbao's child.
He first asked them how they were doing recently, then said that he had a good harvest this year, and that his neighbor Xiao Ming was living a good life after getting married. His father-in-law was a poor peasant for three generations, but he was lucky enough to get a job as a cadre in a collective kiln factory. His wife was even more capable. She taught the village children to paint and won a prize in the provincial capital. Next, she would go to a state-owned factory. Xiao Ming would probably wake up laughing at night because he married such a beautiful and capable wife. He was very envious every time he thought about it.
Yin Xiuwen laughed, read the letter carefully and then handed it to Fu Zhiyuan.
Yin Zhanlin asked curiously, "Your family's old friend is really affectionate and righteous. He dares to send you things in this situation."
Yin Xiuwen's eyes flickered, and then she smiled and said, "That's right. Although it was a life-saving favor, it's rare that they still remember us in this situation. Just like you, cousin, helping us collect things is also risky, and we are really grateful. If it weren't for you and your cousin's help, our life would be really difficult."
She felt around in the shoes that had been sent to her, and pulled out a rolled-up fifty yuan bill from one of the shoes. She took out five yuan and handed it to Yin Zhanlin: "Buy candy for the child."
Yin Zhanlin waved his hands repeatedly: "How can we do that? It's difficult for you too. It's not easy for people to send you some money. You should keep it for yourself."
Yin Xiuwen stuffed the money into his pocket and said, "I will have to trouble you a lot in the future. Besides, this is for the child, not for you."
After some pushing and shoving, Yin Zhanlin finally accepted it. Yin Xiuwen also gave him some of the dried fish she received. Yin Zhanlin immediately felt even more embarrassed, and before leaving, he said, "I'll quietly bring you some straw tomorrow."
After all, Yin Xiuwen was sent back from the countryside. Although many people in the village knew that they were related, they could not help openly. Besides, the village was poor, and the number of people who could help was actually limited.
After Yin Zhanlin left, the couple sat on the bed and sighed.
Although there has been no news from the younger son, it should be no problem for him to live with his grandparents and uncle. The eldest son has sent three letters. The last time he wrote, he said that he was going to get married, which scared Fu Zhiyuan and Yin Xiuwen. They knew their own children best. The couple thought that with Fu Mingze's personality, even if his family members earnestly advised him to start a family in the countryside if possible before he left, Fu Mingze would most likely turn a deaf ear to them. He might still be a bachelor after five or ten years.
But no one expected that he got married after only one year in the team.
Moreover, this damn kid always wrote very brief letters. The previous one only said that he was planning to get married, nothing else. Fu Zhiyuan and Yin Xiuwen almost suspected that he had been tricked and forced by someone in the village. They have been living in fear for a while.
Fortunately, a second letter arrived.
"It seems that my daughter-in-law is very outstanding, beautiful and capable." Yin Xiuwen said with relief.
Fu Zhiyuan pushed his glasses and showed a skeptical expression: "Do you think Fu Mingze is relying on his good looks to get a gigolo job in Liuqiao Commune? I don't think it's right. His father-in-law is a cadre in a commune-run factory, and his wife should be a teacher. She will work in a state-owned factory next. These are very good conditions in the countryside."
They are also in the countryside now, and they have a general understanding of the rural situation. For example, in Yinjia Village, there are only four people working in the commune, three of whom are temporary workers, and the one formal worker was hired because his relative was a cadre in the commune, so he used his connections to get him in.
Those who could work in the commune were all young people with a junior high school education or above, and most of them were boys. I had never seen a father and daughter working as workers in the commune.
Both the father and daughter have jobs, so shouldn’t they live in the commune? How did Fu Mingze get in touch with them?
Yin Xiuwen really wanted to say that it was impossible and that her son was not that kind of person. But after taking out the letter and reading it carefully several times, she had to admit that her husband's suspicion did make sense.
Didn’t Fu Mingze go there to work in the countryside pretending to be poor? He’s a poor educated youth, what do people want from him?
I can only go for his face.
Yin Xiuwen thought about it and decided that she would be satisfied if she could get a daughter-in-law based on his good looks: "Tell me, it's a good thing that I gave him a good-looking face!"
The couple sighed for a while, then got up to pack up the things Fu Mingze had sent. As they were packing, they felt a little weird in their hearts. Did they count as living off their son?
A frontier thousands of miles away.
Fu Boyuan walked into the yard carrying a package. The old lady who was basking in the sun in the yard raised her eyes and said, "Where did you send this from?"
Fu Boyuan waited until he came closer before saying, "It was sent from Liuqiao Commune in Southern Province."
The old lady stood up immediately and followed her youngest son into the house, mumbling, "Is it Mingze? Is it from Mingze? This kid, he didn't say he would send a letter earlier, why did he suddenly send such a big package? Quick, quick, open it and see if there is a letter."
After opening the package, it was found to be similar to the things sent to Yinjia Village. The letter was also written by Bao Ge, but it was a little longer than the letter sent to Yinjia Village. It talked about Fu Mingze's marriage in a rambling way, and described in detail how Chen Moli took her students to participate in competitions and won awards, and how she brought the Southern Province Embroidery Factory to Liuqiao Commune to build a workshop. In short, he praised Chen Moli a lot.
The old lady didn't know about her grandson's marriage yet. She was stunned and couldn't help asking Fu Boyuan, "Is the Xiao Ming in the letter Ming Ze? Could it be that Zeng Bao was just making up nonsense to amuse us?"
Fu Boyuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "It shouldn't be the case, but the letter is indeed written in a very humorous way."
The old lady shouted: "Old man, old man, come here, Mingze is getting married!"
In another room, Mr. Fu, who was telling a story to his three grandchildren, listened for a while and frowned, saying, "There's something wrong with my ears. What was your grandma talking about? I actually heard that Mingze got married."
Fu Mingzhuo sat on a chair with a book in his hand. He looked up at his grandfather and said calmly, "Grandpa, you heard it right. Grandma said that my eldest brother got married." Then he stood up and said, "Let's go and take a look."
Mr. Fu’s first reaction was: “How is that possible? Your grandma is getting old and confused.”
A few minutes later, looking at the photo the old lady found out of the package, Mr. Fu adjusted his reading glasses and said in disbelief: "They are really getting married?!"
The old lady smiled and said, "The girl is very pretty, beautiful and capable. Zeng Bao is extremely envious."
Fu Boyuan added: "The family background is good, three generations of poor peasants, my mother-in-law passed away early, and the father and daughter depended on each other for life. The father-in-law is the propaganda officer of the commune-run factory, and his wife was a private teacher at first. She went to the provincial capital for a competition and got hooked up with the Southern Province Embroidery Factory. They liked her craftsmanship and specially built a workshop in Liuqiao Commune. After the factory was built, his wife became the deputy director of the workshop."
"The Nan Province Embroidery Factory is an export-earning unit. I remember it was also a national gift manufacturing unit." Mr. Fu frowned, thought for a while, and said.
Fu Boyuan: "Yes, one of my university classmates works in that factory, which is a key enterprise in Southern Province."
Mr. Fu tutted, "Why does this girl like Fu Mingze?"
The old lady smiled and said, "He is handsome. Mingze is really good-looking. I thought that with that face, he could find a wife for himself. Look, he has found one, hasn't he?"
Mr. Fu: “…”
Fu Boyuan laughed: "Mom, Mingze is not only good-looking, but also a very good child."
The old lady had already happily tried on the shoes and said perfunctorily, "Excellent, excellent. Our Mingze has been smart since he was young. He is smart and good-looking, and he can find a wife for himself. Isn't he excellent? Oh, these shoes are comfortable to wear, and the size is just right. They are really good. What's the point of raising a grandson? A granddaughter-in-law is better. These things must have been chosen by the granddaughter-in-law."
Mr. Fu silently took the shoes and tried them on. Hmm, they were the right size and comfortable to wear. He told his youngest son, "Send something to the child before the New Year."
Fu Boyuan smiled and said, "Okay."
This shows that they are very satisfied with their granddaughter-in-law!
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