Chapter 159: Points!
Li Aiyun said, "Then it's not up to you. Now it's not you who wants to separate, it's me who wants to separate you. I don't want to live with you anymore. As an old woman, I don't think I've done anything particularly harsh to you. I just favor my daughter. You can't stand me, say bad things, and curse my daughter. I slapped you, and you pinned me to the ground, kicking and hitting me.
My daughter has never spent your money, never taken advantage of you, and your accusations are completely unreasonable. You say we live under the same roof, you work yourself to death, while she enjoys herself at home, and you can't stand it, and you feel uncomfortable. Okay, then, let's not live together anymore, and live separately. We won't be a bother to you.
When I was being beaten, my eldest daughter-in-law was watching nearby. She ignored me and even kicked me twice. "You all think I'm being unfair and wronged, so let's not live together anymore. When we separate, you can do whatever you want."
Li Aiyun raised her bruised face and told the brigade leaders, "I didn't bully them, they beat me. Their safety is fine, it's me who's in danger. If we don't separate, I'm afraid they'll beat me to death."
Boss Zheng and his family: "..."
Zheng Laoer's family: "..."
The brigade leaders had nothing to say.
Chen Xiufan shouldn't have been beaten, and neither should Li Aiyun. Besides, everyone has their own grievances, and whoever stands on their side is right.
It is true that even an honest judge cannot judge family affairs.
If someone committed murder or arson, things would be simple. Just arrest them and be done with it. If necessary, they could be shot or sent to labor camps. But these people obviously didn't deserve that.
These trivial things happening at home may not be big, but they are really annoying and slowly wear away a person's energy and spirit.
So, their approach is right. Don’t focus your energy on these trivial things that can easily drain your mind. Broaden your horizons and work hard in the vast world outside.
The Zheng family said that the leaders were starting to lose focus.
Finally, Li Aiyun calculated the family's accounts in detail. In reality, Zheng Lao Da and Zheng Lao Er hadn't been able to save much money over the years, and they were lucky enough not to owe the brigade any money. The money they could share was very little.
Li Aiyun gave them all the food that belonged to them, divided the money from selling the pigs among each family, and also divided the rooms for each of them to live in.
However, Li Aiyun suggested that since they disliked each other, they should sell the wing to her.
"If you continue to live here, we'll be seeing each other constantly, and conflicts are inevitable. Besides, you can't raise pigs or chickens because there's no room in this yard to build new pig pens. I suggest you sell it to me, and I'll give you 80 yuan each."
Zheng Lao Da and Zheng Lao Er thought about it and agreed. Not being able to raise pigs is a big problem.
They have to apply for new housing plots and start a new life.
Moreover, judging from my mother's attitude today, it is indeed inappropriate for us to live together.
Chen Xiufan asked Yan Guixiang: "Director Yan, we have no place to live now, what do you think?"
Yan Guixiang smiled and said, "The brigade still has some empty houses left by elderly people who are receiving the five guarantees. We can sell them to you. We'll give you both the land and the house. Although the house isn't a big tiled house, it's habitable. The pigpen in the yard can be used after some repairs. Each house is 150 yuan."
Chen Xiufan: “!!!”
"Back then, Qingli and the others..."
"Qingli was only granted a residential plot. The team only gave her a piece of vacant land, and she built the house and pigpen on the land herself. She was popular and her situation was sympathetic, so everyone was willing to help her and took time out to make adobe bricks and build a house for her.
If you don't want the house left by the five-guarantee households, we can also allocate you a new homestead and you can find a way to build it yourself. Now you can rent the house of the five-guarantee households for one yuan a month. When Qingli didn't build her house, she rented the small, shabby wing room of the Wang family, and the rent was still one yuan.
Chen Xiufan: “!!!”
Yan Guixiang said earnestly, "Your current conditions are much better than Wang Qingli's back then. The two sisters had nothing and started from scratch, and look at how well they are doing now.
There are no restrictions on raising pigs and chickens in our brigade now. If you work hard, raise a pig, a few rabbits, and a few more chickens. In one year, you will be reborn. With one year's income plus the money you share today, you can easily build three spacious and bright tiled houses.
Our commune recently built a new brick factory, and the county built two cement factories. Let alone building brick and tile houses, it is possible for you to even apply cement on the walls.
Work hard! Don't let your struggle today go to waste! I'm telling you this: in our brigade, as long as you work hard and sincerely, you will reap rewards. No work is in vain."
Chen Xiufan: “…”
Well, now that it has come to this, what else can we do?
In the end, Zheng Lao Da and Zheng Lao Er bought the houses of the five-guarantee households in the village, and each family happily received an IOU for 80 yuan owed to the brigade. Although the actual money they received was more than 100 yuan, they had to keep some money to buy chicks and piglets, which all cost money.
The loudspeaker announced the final outcome of the Zheng family division, and the members, free to discuss it, all agreed that there was nothing wrong with it. It meant they had received a little over a hundred yuan from the division, and even if that was considered resettlement allowance, it was still quite a bit.
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The Zheng family's affairs did not cause much waves in Liushu Village. After all, everyone was busy and only talked about it occasionally during casual chats.
The eldest Zheng and his wife had a quarrel, and the second Zheng and his wife had a quarrel...
When a large family lives together, there are too many conflicts, such as conflicts between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, conflicts between sisters-in-law, and conflicts between sisters-in-law, which can easily overshadow conflicts between husband and wife.
After all, husband and wife are a natural community of interests, and it is best to be united in dealing with external affairs.
Now, all other conflicts had disappeared, leaving only the marital conflict. They argued endlessly over who worked more and who did less. The voices of Zheng Dasao and Zheng Ersao scolding their husbands could be heard almost daily at the same time.
The children are young, so it is definitely not possible to leave them at home. Mrs. Zheng Dasao and Mrs. Zheng Ersao can only take the youngest one to the fields to look after him. This is actually a solution. Everyone can help to keep an eye on him, and the children will not run away, so their safety is guaranteed.
But the problem was mosquitoes. Children didn't understand anything and were bitten all over their faces every day. The itchiness made them scratch constantly, and at night the itchiness was unbearable. They couldn't sleep at all and kept crying. To prevent them from scratching their faces, we wrapped their hands with cloth. The children couldn't scratch themselves, and their crying became even more miserable.
As parents, we feel heartbroken, but we are busy all day and can't get enough rest. We are also very irritable and don't have as much patience with our children as before. We yell at them every day and slap them if they don't listen.
Zheng Xiaomei and Zheng Xiaoju, the two well-behaved girls, were better off, but Zheng Xiaojun, who was at the naughty age, was more miserable and was beaten every few days.
So, in October, when two educated youth from Jinshi were sent to Liushutun, and the loudspeaker announced the establishment of the "Liushutun Nursery", where children aged six months to six years old could be sent to the nursery and be cared for by teachers, with each child paying 50 cents per month, Zheng Dasao and Zheng Ersao were the first to respond and sent their two children who were not even one year old, as well as Zheng Xiaomei and Zheng Xiaoju.
Why is the age range of this so-called nursery so wide? Firstly, they are considering insufficient teaching staff to run a separate nursery and kindergarten. Secondly, they want older children to help care for the younger ones.
Zheng Dasao and Zheng Ersao thought so, so they sent Zheng Xiaomei and Zheng Xiaoju in as well, asking them to help the teacher take care of their younger brother. If they were left alone to take care of him, it would definitely not be reassuring.
The two sisters-in-law had thought about sending the child to Li Aiyun, but Li Aiyun refused to take the child. There was no other way, they had to pay the money.
The two of them opened a daycare center. Later, seeing that their children were well cared for by the teachers, families with childcare difficulties began to send their children there.
At the suggestion of Xie Yun, this nursery referred to the models of later "forest kindergartens" and "farming and reading kindergartens" and set up a large yard where children can grow vegetables, dig the soil, and raise chickens, rabbits and geese. The empty large yard is enough to keep the children busy.
The two educated youths from Jinshi were quite happy with their work, but they often felt a little guilty about employing child labor.
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