Chapter 139: Feast
Chu Hong watched them leave before she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
She was a little worried: "Mom, I don't think my job is easy to do. It's hard for one person to please a hundred people."
When people come to her, it’s either about marital conflict or mother-in-law and daughter-in-law conflict.
It is impossible to satisfy both parties.
I am afraid that one party will be dissatisfied with me and feel resentful towards me, so they will get angry at me.
Wu Xiu also nodded in agreement: "So I asked your father to accompany you."
He also analyzed with her: "Even if Sixth Uncle and Sixth Aunt have a grudge against you, they won't do anything to you for the sake of your father."
After all, Secretary Song has been in office for so many years, first as team leader and then as branch secretary, and most people don't dare to challenge him.
"People from other villages, like the mother and son from the Wu family who came today, are also related to the village secretary, so they won't care too much about these things."
Chu Hong sighed: "I know, a powerful dragon can't defeat a local snake, right?"
"I'll ask my dad to accompany me to Lingtou Village and Lingzhong Village. I can use the power of the tiger to intimidate others."
Wu Xiu did not object. She sat down and started to sort out some Chinese medicines. She said to her, "Remember to go back and cook lunch and eat up all the leftovers."
Their leftovers were not what was left after serving, but rather there were too many of the offal and the like, so they specially asked the chef to cook them all.
If there is excess, put it into a clean enamel basin or a large stoneware basin.
But later on, we gave a bowl to everyone who borrowed tables, chairs, bowls and chopsticks. The family had another meal together last night, and in the morning we asked Grandma Song to take a bowl to Second Aunt's family. The rest was enough for our own meal.
Chu Hong agreed immediately: "I understand."
I thought of the delicious food again: "Mom, let's not eat lunch, right? How about eating large intestine noodles?"
"Okay." Wu Xiu is not a picky eater, and she is not in a position to be picky about food now.
She thought to herself, as long as she didn't have to cook.
If something tastes good, she eats more; if something doesn’t taste good, she eats less. She never complains.
Chu Hong went to the older sister next door and asked her to go back quietly to knead the dough while she just kept an eye on it for her.
Chu Tong was a little confused: "There is still some leftover food in the rice bucket?"
When holding a wedding, I am afraid that there will not be enough food, and then people will complain about me behind my back for the rest of my life.
Therefore, Secretary Song specifically asked the aunt who was helping to steam more rice.
Anyway, the weather is not hot now, so it’s okay to leave the leftovers for two or three days.
Chu Hong smiled and said, "There's not much leftovers. I'll make fried rice with eggs tonight. How about we have noodles for lunch?"
When Chu Tong heard about fried rice with egg, she shuddered in her heart: This spendthrift sister, she has been eating so well these past two days, yet she is still thinking about eggs?
Compared to this, she also felt that eating noodles at noon was indeed frugal. .
If possible, she would rather cook at home, otherwise she was really afraid that Chu Hong would spend money lavishly.
"That's fine." Chu Tong stood up and said, "Then you keep an eye on it. Xiao Yuer and Chu Chu are out digging wild vegetables. If they come back, let them go home."
At this time of year, the vegetables and radishes have almost been eaten, and the vegetables in the private plots have just started to grow. It is the time when there is a shortage of food.
Fortunately, various wild vegetables grew tenaciously, and the children at home had the task of digging wild vegetables.
Anyway, there are wild vegetables on the ridges of the fields, and you can quickly dig up a basket of them.
However, wild vegetables are difficult to clean. Whether they are stir-fried or served cold, without enough oil and seasoning, your mouth will taste astringent if you eat too much.
Therefore, I would rather eat pickled radishes, pickled mustard greens, and sauerkraut.
However, I still let the children at home dig wild vegetables, as they can feed chickens.
Nowadays, children who don’t go to school also like to come out to dig wild vegetables. They feel that it is like playing with many friends.
Chu Hong first checked whether the farm tools borrowed from the warehouse had been returned, and then looked at the grain borrowing records.
Nowadays, most people attach great importance to food because they have experienced times of food shortage and famine.
Therefore, in addition to the grain that had to be handed in, the brigade also had some coarse grains that were distributed according to work points, and a portion of them would be kept in the warehouse just in case.
She saw in the account book that each of Lao Chu and his friends had come to borrow some coarse grains, such as corn and sweet potatoes.
In addition to the broken rice they donated privately, although the food was a little worse, at least there was no danger of running out of food.
But it is really difficult to get rich by farming, so she thinks she still has to engage in breeding.
I don’t know when I can go to study.
When Secretary Song came back, Chu Hong also hurriedly asked, "Dad, has the housing plot been approved?"
Secretary Song looked at her with complicated eyes and said, "It's approved."
He applied for the land foundation on the grounds that Chu Hong was looking for a live-in son-in-law and Chu Tong was divorced and took her daughter back to her parents' home, so there was no room for them in the house.
As a result, the leader agreed without hesitation and praised him for raising his daughters well and for being conscious. She said Chu Hong deserved the position of director of the women's department.
At first, he suspected that his leader was implying something about him.
But I heard from the leader that in other small villages, wives were often beaten by men because they could not give birth to sons.
Finally, the wife didn't want to live anymore, so she took a knife and killed him while he was sleeping.
Both adults were gone, leaving three daughters, the oldest of whom was only eight years old. No one was willing to take them over, so they had to be sent to an orphanage.
That's why Secretary Song believed that the other person was not speaking in a sarcastic way.
He also brought a message: "The leader wants you to attend a meeting tomorrow."
Chu Hong was curious: "Are there any new instructions?"
Secretary Song did not hide anything and told her what he had heard.
"Too tragic," Chu Hong sighed, "It's too hard to think about it. Even if you think divorce is not good for your reputation, it's better than losing your life, right?"
She rolled her eyes and said, "Dad, if I suggest that this matter be reported, do you think the leader will agree?"
Secretary Song shook his head: "I think it's a bit difficult."
No matter what time it is, leaders are reluctant to have scandals that would make them appear to be mismanaging.
Chu Hong sighed, "But if this kind of thing can be reported in the newspaper, I will buy a few more newspapers and read them to Wu Yongkang, and he will behave himself."
Let men who like to beat their wives know that although women are not as strong as men, if they are really cruel, they can also take lives.
After listening to his daughter's explanation, Secretary Song nodded and said, "You can talk to your leader about it. No matter what the result is, you have tried your best."
Then he asked her, "Who is Wu Yongkang? Did he embarrass you?"
Chu Hong told him about the Wu family mother and son coming to cause trouble.
Chu Hong was no longer in a hurry to go to the Wu family: "I'll talk about it when I come back from the meeting tomorrow."
"Even if I can't report it, I can use it as a case study and suggest to my superiors that we kill the chicken to scare the monkeys."
Secretary Song observed a second of silence for Secretary Wu. If his daughter reported the matter to the leadership, Secretary Wu would also be implicated.
Anyway, I'm sure to be scolded.
But Secretary Song still nodded in agreement. Who could blame him for not being able to manage his cousin?
He took advantage of his absence to come and bully his wife and daughter.
Anyway, he would never admit that he was taking his anger out on others.
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