Chapter 154: Zheng Ersao
The onlookers who followed behind also laughed, and someone replied: "That must be very proud."
Zheng Ersao ran to the team headquarters shouting for help all the way. When the fellow members heard her shouting, they immediately felt that the fatigue of a busy day disappeared. They ran out with their bowls in their hands. When they walked out of the door, they only saw Zheng Ersao's receding back and Zheng Laoer chasing after her.
Everyone's waist and legs no longer felt sore and they felt full of energy. They followed Zheng Laoer to the brigade headquarters and saw Zhao Fuguo arresting someone.
There's a good show to watch.
Someone said: "Thank you, Mr. Zheng, for adding fun to our busy harvest work."
"The troupe hasn't even come to our place yet, so you guys should go ahead and do a bit, you're so kind!"
A group of people laughed together.
Zheng Laoer wanted to dig a hole in the ground and cursed Zheng Ersao in his heart.
Even Zhao Fuguo almost broke down.
Well, each of them has lived a more useless life than him.
No! He still needs to continue practicing hard!
"Okay, let's all find a place to sit and rest. The loud speaker will start the live broadcast soon."
They heard the word live broadcast from Yan Dongsheng and Yue Zheng.
Yan Dongsheng and Yue Zheng discussed television and TV programs in their evening class. They explained that because there were no video recording equipment or studios, China's first TV series, in June 1958, was broadcast live. Actors performed while viewers watched directly on TV. This was unlike the open-air films they had seen, where film was pre-produced and then screened at any time.
From 1958 to 1966, television stations across the country broadcast more than 200 TV series live.
Teacher Yan and Teacher Yue were talking about live TV broadcast, which they called "loudspeaker live broadcast". It only broadcasts sound, but no people show up. They speak inside and the people listen outside.
In the office.
Zheng Ersao cried bitterly.
Yue Zheng, who was discussing something with the leadership team at the team headquarters, looked at the wound on her face and said, "Your facial wound needs to be cleaned and some medicine applied."
Mrs. Zheng said, "It's okay, it's not a serious injury. This little wound on my face is nothing. I'm just sad inside."
The slap Li Aiyun had given her had only caused redness and swelling. To make the injury look more horrific, she took advantage of Zheng Laoer's visit to the main room and pierced it twice with a needle, leaving two long, thin cuts. It looked scary, but it was actually nothing serious.
When she was confronting Zheng Laoer just now, her husband didn't notice the expression on her face at all. However, the stranger who had never dealt with her saw it at a glance and showed his genuine concern.
Zheng Ersao felt warm in her heart, but also a little guilty.
Compared to these upright people, she is like a rat living in the gutter.
Liushutun had changed a long time ago, and she felt it clearly, but she stayed where she was, refusing to walk into the sunlight.
Yue Zheng didn't say anything else, but walked out of the office and said to the members who were watching the excitement, "Can anyone help call a doctor? Comrade Chen Xiufan's facial wound needs to be treated, otherwise it will become inflamed."
"I'll go, I'll go, Teacher Yue, I'll go."
A little girl about ten years old answered her loudly and then ran away.
Yue Zheng said loudly: "Thank you!"
The onlookers answered for the little girl: "Teacher Yue, you're welcome."
Someone asked: "Teacher Yue, who is Chen Xiufan?"
Yue Zheng: "...Chen Xiufan, that's the name of Zheng Ersao."
She wanted to say that she was Chen Xiufan first, and then someone's.
Someone said, "Oh, I remember now. This is the name of Zheng Laoer's family. No one called it that for years, so I forgot about it."
As Zheng Ersao listened to the commotion outside, she felt even more upset. She rarely even remembered her name. Everyone called her "Zheng Laoer's wife," "Zheng Ersao." Even her parents called her "Old Zheng." Her married sister also called her "Old Zheng." Occasionally, neighbors would jokingly call her by her real name, "Chen Sanni."
After Yue Zheng returned, Zheng Ersao asked her, "Comrade Yue, how did you know my name was Chen Xiufan?"
Yue Zheng smiled and said, "I've seen the list of members of our brigade. I know everyone's name."
She also understood the basic situation of each female comrade.
Chen Xiufan is the third daughter of the Chen family in Xujiamiao Brigade. She has a cowardly father, a sickly mother, two older sisters, a younger sister, and a younger brother.
There was a big age gap between her and her two older sisters, and also between her and her younger sisters and brothers. When she was less than ten years old, her two older sisters had already married. Later, to a certain extent, she became the eldest sister in the family.
She didn't enjoy the relative attention most eldest daughters receive, but she did shoulder the responsibilities of the eldest daughter. When her married sister had a conflict with her husband and her parents ignored her, she would help her sister and support her, while also taking care of her younger and younger sisters at home.
This person has a hard life and has a lot of calculations in his mind.
There must be something hateful about a pitiful person, or conversely, there must be something pitiful about a hateful person.
Zheng Ersao smiled sheepishly and said, "I almost forgot my own name. Do you know what my eldest sister-in-law's name is?"
"I know, her name is Bai Xiaoling."
She really knew. She hadn't been here long, so while she might only know the basics of other families' affairs, she knew a lot more about the Zheng family.
Not long after she arrived, Binbin organized a discussion at Qingli's home with the young women leaders of Liushu Village. They planned to form a women's commando team to contribute to national development. They wanted to grow more crops, raise more pigs, produce more honey, harvest more fruits and vegetables, plant more cotton, and weave more cloth.
During this period, Liushutun expanded the pig farm and chicken farm, opened up more wasteland, and tried large-scale duck and goose farming. All agricultural and sideline industries flourished.
The women's commando team played an invaluable role. The team's first captain was Qian Gaoyun, and their vice-captain was Qingli. No one else could compete with them. Later, Gaoyun was transferred, and Qingli smoothly took over as captain, with the five beauties serving as vice-captains.
The gay men also followed suit and formed a men's commando team to compete with the female comrades. No one wanted to lose, so they fought to the death.
She and Yan Dongsheng originally thought that they had worked very hard, but when compared with these people, they felt that they had not tried their best and could still squeeze their potential.
Fortunately, Binbin reached a cooperation with barefoot doctors at the beginning of the establishment of the Women's Commando Team, and asked the doctors to regularly check the physical condition of the commando members to ensure their health is not damaged.
If they push themselves too hard, the barefoot doctors will give them timely reminders and give them massages regularly.
After finishing the business that day, everyone started chatting. As they were all young women, it was inevitable that they would talk about emotional issues. In order to avoid everyone from falling into the trap of marriage and love issues, Binbin suggested that Wumei talk about the specific situation of the day she worked at the Zheng family. While she was working, what everyone in the Zheng family did, what they said, and how their expressions were, hoping to let everyone see through human nature.
After all, they are all young people who have not experienced much of the world. Being smart does not mean being cunning. Many of them have simple minds, so there is still a possibility that they will be deceived.
Under Binbin's guidance, the five beauties recalled and narrated the story bit by bit. She listened to everything beside them and gained a better understanding of the personalities of the people in the Zheng family.
They couldn't be said to be completely evil, but they were definitely not good people in the absolute sense. Compared to the simple and honest majority of the people in the brigade, the Zheng family members were too cunning. They were selfish, cunning, and took advantage of others. To live comfortably and for their own benefit, they could bully others, even exploiting and oppressing them to a certain extent.
The person being bullied is the girl who may become "Zheng Laosan's wife" in the future.
When a large family lives together, it's inevitable that there will be a lot of trouble. Zheng Dasao and Zheng Ersao have been working in that family for many years and have a certain foundation. Moreover, their interests are aligned, so they will only team up to squeeze Zheng Laosan's wife.
But they are still "smiling tigers", with sweet words, asking you to work, saying thank you, thank you for your hard work, and playing the victim, putting you on a pedestal and making you feel embarrassed if you don't work.
Zheng Lanping and Li Aiyun played the good cop and the bad cop respectively. Zheng Lanping spoke harshly and sarcastically, while Li Aiyun spoke sweetly and made amends for her daughter, saying that she was young and ignorant. Her words implied that "it would be pointless if you argued with her."
These people stood on a united front for their common interests. Any young woman who married into them would have a hard time! Unless the girl was incredibly smart and capable, had a family to rely on, and Zheng Lao San was wholeheartedly protecting her. But that was simply impossible. Even Zheng Lao San's protection of her was out of the question.
No matter who marries her, they will definitely suffer physically and mentally.
Didn’t the five beauties just work like idiots all day long?
She finished the work foolishly, and only after returning home did she remember what her sisters had said to her during militia training. She belatedly realized that she might become a servant girl in the Zheng family.
Coupled with the bicycle incident that happened later, the five beauties decided to cancel their engagement.
After that conversation, the young girls reached an absolute consensus: women would not marry Zheng Laosan, and men would not marry Zheng Lanping.
These two people are really not good people.
Unexpectedly, the family itself collapsed. The community of shared interests split, and Comrade Chen Xiufan was the first to rebel.
Through the five beauties' stories and his own analysis, Yue Zheng actually didn't have much good feelings towards Zheng Ersao.
But she wasn't an unforgivable sinner after all. If she actively pursued progress, Yue Zheng was willing to lend her a hand. Furthermore, even if she didn't pursue progress and still wanted to live her life as before, that wasn't grounds for a beating. If her actions hurt others, that was another matter. One thing for another.
Aside from the previous revelation that she would "bully Zheng Laosan's wife," I haven't heard of any other problems with her. She's quite active in working in the fields and is also very kind to her daughter, Zheng Xiaoju.
Director Yan thought so too.
So, she asked Zheng Ersao: "Are you willing to speak publicly?"
Mrs. Zheng asked, "Listen to me?"
Yan Guixiang smiled and said, "This is your business, so of course we have to listen to you. We'll give you some advice, but in the end, you have to make the decision yourself. Tell us what help you need and how you want to handle it. Let's discuss how to solve it. If you encounter difficulties in the future, feel free to go out and ask for help. Don't let me be beaten or scolded at home."
Mrs. Zheng lowered her head and thought for a moment before saying, "I do."
After what happened today, there’s no going back.
Even if she tried to keep things quiet, she wouldn't have a good life back home. Her parents-in-law disliked her, her husband had a problem with her, and her sister-in-law hated her even more. To some extent, they would unite to deal with her.
Even if she let go of her moral shackles, became indifferent to life and death, and fought against her will, so what? A fight today, a fight tomorrow, what's the point of living like that? Fighting every day for fun? Or just not talking to each other, facing everything in silence? It won't be long before she goes crazy, right?
Why do people think over and over again when encountering something, and sometimes even choose to swallow their anger? This is actually a kind of comparison and measurement. The decision finally made will lead to a result that is relatively easier for them to accept.
Since she and I have completely fallen out today, forget it. Separation is the best outcome.
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