Caijia Village.
Yan Xiumei's mother-in-law, Mrs. Cai, was cursing in the yard.
"I told her not to go! She's working and getting paid, so she's getting cocky and won't listen to you!"
Yan Xiumei's boyfriend, Cai Lao Hu, hesitated and said, "No..."
"What can't you do? It's because of your cowardly behavior that she rides on your head and shits on you. If you could beat her up, she wouldn't dare to do it like today!" Mrs. Cai frowned, and a fierce light flashed in her triangular eyes.
Cai Lao Hu stammered, "Mom...how can you just hit me like that? Xiumei didn't do anything wrong..."
"Bah! Haven't you done anything wrong? You're not at home working every day, you're just hanging around, and you're not doing anything wrong? You don't listen to your mother-in-law, you're either scolding her or ignoring her all day long, and you're not doing anything wrong? You're a useless thing! Why did I give birth to a son like you?"
The more Mrs. Cai scolded, the angrier she became. Even her son, Cai Lao Hu, was displeased with her and picked up the broom beside him to start beating her.
Cai Lao Hu didn't dare to resist and ran away.
"Come back here! I'm telling you, even if your wife goes to work, she has to hand over her salary to me! Otherwise, she won't be able to enter this house!"
Cai Lao Hu disappeared long ago.
Cai Daniu's wife came out of the house and said flatteringly, "Mom, I told you that Tiger's wife is restless. She's not home all day, and now she's involved in some women's organization. What does she want? She doesn't even care about the children. The next time she goes out, we'll throw Xiaohua away! If she doesn't care about the children, why keep her around? Let her keep doing this all day long!"
Mrs. Cai rolled her eyes at her eldest daughter-in-law. This daughter-in-law was the child of a distant relative. Although distant, she was still related and knew how to cheer her up, so she treated this daughter-in-law better than the others.
She knew her eldest daughter-in-law was a sneaky bitch, but since she had two other daughters-in-law, she just let her be. Now that her youngest daughter-in-law had gone out to work, the housework was piled up, and the eldest daughter-in-law was caught in the crossfire.
"You sleep until nine or ten every day. Which daughter-in-law enjoys such a good life as you? Yan Xiumei is not a good person, and you are not much better! Go and light the fire and cook for me! You eat and sleep all day long. You are almost worse than a pig. A pig is more useful than you. You can sell it for some money."
The eldest daughter-in-law felt that she had been innocently accused and cursed Yan Xiumei in her heart.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law made breakfast while cursing at each other and smashing bowls and basins.
Regardless of how angry they were, Yan Xiumei's work was going smoothly.
Fortunately, she had a few years of elementary school education, so she had no problem keeping accounts. Otherwise, if she was given the opportunity, she wouldn't have been able to seize it!
A woman in her thirties who came to collect the medicinal seedlings had fair skin and tender flesh, and didn't look like someone who often worked in the fields.
"You're Yan Xiumei, right? I've heard my mom talk about you. She told me to learn from you!" The person introduced herself. "I'm Wang Aifang, the second daughter of Wang Guifen."
No wonder her skin is so good, is the wind in the city softer than in the countryside? Look at her delicate skin.
"Hello, Second Sister!" Yan Xiumei said sweetly, "I will learn more from you in the future."
The two women exchanged some pleasantries, and Wang Aifang took the herbs away.
Wang Aifang received more than a dozen medicinal seedlings and looked around as she walked on the road.
The village where she grew up was long gone. In its place were large tiled houses in every household. She still remembered how glorious it was when she and her elder sister got married! But she had no idea that just a few years later, their home in the county town was far inferior to Wangjia Village.
Just as the girls in the village envied them in the past, they now envy the villagers.
It's really like a matter of time!
Wang Aifang was just sighing when a girl about ten years old came towards her.
Seeing the person coming, Wang Aifang's face was full of smiles: "Jiaojiao, what are you doing?"
"I'm going to the team headquarters to see if there are enough seedlings."
Jiaojiao looked at Wang Aifang and couldn't help but persuade her: "Aunt Fang, there are many good days ahead."
Wang Aifang nodded repeatedly. Her mother said that in this team, you can ignore anyone else's words, but you have to remember everything Jiaojiao says, even if it's just a little bit.
Now that Jiaojiao said this, doesn’t it mean that her good days are coming?
Thinking of this, Wang Aifang felt full of energy and walked towards her field with light steps.
In the brigade headquarters, Yan Xiumei flipped through the account book in her hand and calculated the quantity.
Someone called her softly outside the window.
When she looked up, it was Cai Lao Hu.
"Why are you here? Where are Xiaohua and Xiaoshu?"
Cai Lao Hu rubbed the back of his head and said, "Mom didn't like me just now and hit me with a broom. I ran here without paying attention..."
Yan Xiumei... "She's working because I'm not at home, right?"
Cai Lao Hu touched his head and smiled foolishly again.
Yan Xiumei was furious when she saw that he had no ambition to make progress.
"Hurry up and go! Go back and take Xiaohua and Xiaoshu back..."
"Hey! Hey!" Cai Lao Hu responded but did not move.
After a while, he asked, "Are you busy? Do you want me to help you?"
Yan Xiumei said unhappily, "What are you helping me with? Are you better at reading or accounting?"
When Cai Lao Hu heard this, he thought, well, there’s nothing either.
Yan Xiumei was even more annoyed: "You should leave quickly. Don't waste time here. Besides, you are not from Wangjia Village. What are you doing here? Be careful what they say about you!"
Seeing that Yan Xiumei was really about to lose her temper, Cai Lao Hu had no choice but to look back every few steps as he walked out of the brigade headquarters.
When Jiaojiao entered the yard, Cai Lao Hu was retreating.
There was a threshold to enter the brigade headquarters, and Cai Lao Hu was not careful and fell head over heels.
Jiaojiao couldn't help laughing, but was afraid that Cai Lao Hu would feel embarrassed, so she had to walk away quickly.
Yan Xiumei simply didn't know what to say about Cai Lao Hu. Such a grown man, yet he could fall down while walking.
Seeing Yan Xiumei's unhappy face, Cai Lao Hu quickly got up, patted his butt, and walked away in shame.
Yan Xiumei was so angry that she couldn't vent it.
The majority of participants in this planting effort came from Wangjia Village, with family and friends also able to benefit from the event. Married daughters who had moved out returned to learn the techniques if they could.
Several surrounding brigades also secured a certain number of places due to geographical conditions. The largest number of places came from Zhoujia Village, where Zhou Xinghong's relatives and friends were all!
Whatever the reason, with this result, Zhou Xianyong could at least return home to report. His wife threatened that he would not be allowed to return home if he failed to complete the task. Fortunately, Zhou Xinghong appeared in the brigade.
Zhoujia Village had finally secured so many quotas, and the men were not idle either. For the first time ever, they brought water to their wives who were busy in the fields.
Zhou Xianyong's wife was the first to joke: "The sun really rises from the west. There will also be a day when I will drink the tea you bring me!"
The other women in the fields laughed.
"That's right. In all our lives, this is the first time a man in the family has brought me tea and water!"
Several technicians were very good at handling things. Seeing this, they quickly raised their voices and said, "Fellow villagers, we women can also hold up half the sky. Isn't it normal for men to bring us water? Gender equality is the foundation! In the future, there will be plenty of opportunities for men to bring water to us women!"
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