Chapter 262 Encouragement 2
Liu Fangfang disliked Chen Mei in her heart, thinking that she was not efficient at work. When her sister-in-law was around, she didn't have to help with washing vegetables or cooking.
At most, we could ask her to help light the fire.
But after Chen Mei came in, the two of them took turns.
Moreover, she is slow at work and her mother-in-law is lazy, so life is really not as good as before.
The most important thing is that when she was pregnant, her father-in-law asked her to look after the warehouse. It was an easy job, not tiring, and she could also take care of her eldest son.
As soon as Chen Mei came in, the job of looking after the warehouse was taken away by Chen Mei, and he had to go to the fields to earn work points.
Although the scorer would pretend not to see anything even if she was lazy because she was the daughter-in-law of the branch secretary.
But it's also exposed to wind and sun, and it's nowhere near as comfortable as a warehouse.
Therefore, the relationship between sisters-in-law is definitely not very good.
After hearing this, Aunt Su remained silent.
After all, her younger daughter-in-law gave birth to two grandsons, which did make her more satisfied. But Chen Mei still didn't know whether it was a grandson or a granddaughter?
Looking at her big belly, she felt that it was more likely that she would give birth to a granddaughter.
But she didn't care about her granddaughter, otherwise she wouldn't have let Chu Tong take Xiao Yuer away.
At this time, someone came in from outside. She looked up and found that it was the educated youth. She was happy: "Hey, Zhang Zhiqing, why are you all here? What's the matter?"
She was willing to deal with these educated youth, because they often needed help from their husbands, and they would definitely bring something when they came.
Anyway, after these educated youth came, we almost didn’t need to buy biscuits, peach cakes and candies at home.
They can all be eaten for free.
Zhang Jianming smiled and said, "We want to discuss setting up a breeding farm with the Party Secretary."
After saying that, she stood aside and said, “And the director of women’s affairs, I just happened to come to you for something as well.”
When he stepped aside, Chu Hong appeared behind him.
When Chu Hong entered the room, she saw Chen Mei sitting on a small stool washing vegetables. She glanced at her big belly before looking at other people.
Liu Fangfang wrung out the diaper, glanced at Chu Hong, and walked into the house carrying the basin.
When Aunt Su saw Chu Hong, her smiling face immediately drooped and she said unhappily, "My family is peaceful, why is the women's director here?"
In fact, the current women's directors are indeed not very popular.
Because whenever she visited the door of a house, it meant that there was a conflict between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, or between sisters-in-law, and it was a serious conflict. It was very likely that they had a fight, so the director of women's affairs would come to the house.
Aunt Su felt that there was absolutely no need for a women's director. If something happened in someone's family, wouldn't it be enough for her, the branch secretary's daughter-in-law, to go and give them some words of advice?
She didn't think that a young person like Chu Hong could be more experienced than herself in mediating fights, nor could she be more eloquent than herself.
After all, before the establishment of a women's director, they were the ones who went to anyone's house to mediate whenever there was a conflict.
Although Secretary Su didn't like Chu Hong either, he had the upper hand over her, so he could only smile and greet her, "Chu Hong, how come you have time to come here today? Come in and sit down."
Although his tone sounded enthusiastic, he considered himself to be the elder and the branch secretary, so he just sat there without moving.
Chu Hong went in and sat opposite him, also smiling and saying, "Secretary Su, I came to your house this time in the hope that you can support my work."
"I also know that our living conditions are limited and we need all the labor to make a living. Even pregnant women need to work together as long as their physical condition allows."
"But the leaders above also said that we should care about women and children, especially Comrade Chen Mei. With such a big belly, it would be more appropriate for her to go to the hospital for a check-up for her safety."
"Secretary Su, you are also an educated person. You should know that it is safer for pregnant women to go to the hospital, right?"
Aunt Su was unhappy when she heard this: "What you said is the same as how we abused Chen Mei? Who hasn't gone through this? When I gave birth to my first child, I went to the fields to plant rice before giving birth. My first child was born directly on the ridge of the field."
Chu Hong has heard a lot of such things.
People nowadays are used to working in the fields, and many women give birth in the fields.
She said calmly: "The economic conditions were not good at that time. Now the times are progressing, and the conditions for women to have children have also improved significantly."
"You see Chen Mei's belly is quite big. Going to the hospital for a checkup is to make her and the baby safer."
Aunt Su was not happy about it. Going to the hospital would cost money and she was reluctant to spend that money.
But you can't say, "The hospital is unlucky, it has a strong evil spirit, you can't go there."
Chu Hong was waiting for her to say this, and said with a half-smile: "Secretary Su is also an educated person, he wouldn't believe these superstitious sayings, right?"
Secretary Su originally allowed his wife to say those rebuttals just to embarrass Chu Hong.
It would be best if you could leave crying after being scolded by your own wife.
But unexpectedly, before he could say a few words, Chu Hong caught him.
He immediately frowned and yelled at his wife: "Shut up, who told you to talk nonsense?"
Then he sighed helplessly at Chu Hong: "Don't bother with your aunt. She is uneducated and illiterate. I don't even bother to care about her."
Chu Hong particularly disliked him.
He treats his wife as a forward, and he attacks wherever she is told to. Even if he loses, it is his wife's fault, and he can still stand up and act as a peacemaker.
But Chu Hong would not argue with him, she just smiled and agreed: "Secretary, you can't improve yourself, you have to work harder and let your aunt learn more, right?"
After that, he smiled and said, "Secretary, don't forget to support my work. Now the Women's Federation is asking us to pay more attention to women and children, and whether the educated youth can get used to it after settling in the countryside."
Secretary Song did hear the leader talk about this when he attended the meeting earlier, but he thought it was unimportant.
The most important thing in the countryside is growing crops, and land is the most important thing.
But now that Chu Hong had come to his house to tell him, he couldn't just ignore it, and he still smiled and nodded: "Chen Mei is a well-educated and good comrade, so I arranged her in the warehouse and took good care of her."
"Even if you didn't say it, I would have urged her to go to the hospital, but she herself didn't want to go, so we can't force her, right?"
"It's a good thing that you're here. Please help us persuade her to go to the hospital for a physical examination as soon as possible."
Even though what he said sounded better than what he sang, it still exposed inconsistencies.
After all, a few minutes ago, his wife was proud of giving birth to her eldest son in the countryside, and she wished that her daughter-in-law could inherit her hardworking habits.
Chu Hong did not argue with him, but stood up and squatted in front of Chen Mei, with a serious face: "Chen Zhiqing, the child is the continuation of your life, but your own health is also important. I hope you can treat yourself and the child well."
After several female educated youth came in, they saw Chen Mei washing wild vegetables, so they squatted down to help wash them and asked Chen Mei to sit there and rest.
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