Yu Xiangan held Yu Xiangju's hand with one hand and Yu Mingjie's hand with the other to go to the field to find grandma. The sun was scorching outside, so before going out, the three of them put on straw hats.
The two naughty boys didn't want to wear them, but Yu Xiangan forced them to do so. Ultraviolet rays are very harmful to the skin and can accelerate aging, so they should be avoided if possible.
Not long after they walked out the door, other children saw them and came over to them.
Although their family did not live here, many people recognized them. After all, the number of people with stable jobs in the production team could be counted on one hand, and their family was the topic of conversation for many families after dinner.
While talking to others, Yu Xiangan carefully looked at the countryside at that time.
This place is very different from the rural areas of the 21st century. There are no wide and flat concrete roads, no clean and solid concrete buildings, and even brick and tile houses are rare. Most people live in houses built with mud bricks made of yellow mud. There are not many houses with full tiles on the roof. Most of them are made of a combination of part tiles and part straw.
In addition, every household has a yard and a private plot of land.
The private plot is lush and green, with most of the crops being sweet potatoes to fill the stomach, and beans and pumpkins planted in the corners.
Yu Xiangan looked at the crops on the roadside and compared them with the original owner's memory. She grew up in the city and didn't know many crops. After all, many crops looked very different when they were in the fields and when they were sent to the kitchen as ingredients.
Rice is planted in the paddy fields, and sweet potatoes, peanuts and soybeans are planted in the dry land. Most of them are sweet potatoes, which have a high yield. This shows that the team leader here is down-to-earth.
At this time, farming is done according to the team leader's plan. If you encounter someone who is eager for quick success, you may go hungry even if the year is good.
The current leader of the Red Star Production Brigade is Yu Xiangan's uncle, the eldest son of her second grandfather. He is a smart and capable man who does not care about empty talk and will not grow inappropriate crops just to win praise from the commune.
"Is she the daughter of Chang Youshu'er's family? I still remember you. Your name is Xiao An? You are back."
"Where are you going?"
"Looking for your grandma. She's weeding in Niuweigou today. Do you know how to get there?"
"Go straight this way, turn right at the second intersection, and then turn right again when you see another intersection."
Everyone I met was very welcoming. They would shout and ask questions as soon as they saw me from afar. It was very lively and bustling.
No wonder Yu Changyou wasn't worried at all that they wouldn't be able to find anyone.
When we arrived at Niuweigou, Zhang Chahua was squatting and pulling weeds with an old lady of similar age.
This kind of work is easy, but the work points are not high. It is usually done by elderly people and children. Another type is the female educated youth who have been sent to the countryside. They cannot adapt to other farm work here, so they are assigned to pull weeds. However, sometimes they cannot distinguish between crops and weeds very well, so they pull them together. When they arrived, a girl of about 16 or 17 was scolded by several old ladies: "Look, this is not your first time here, why did you pull the bean sprouts together? Can't you tell them apart? If you keep going like this, what harvest will there be? Are you here to work? You are not here to cause trouble on purpose, are you?"
The educated youth's eyes turned red from being scolded. He lowered his head and dared not speak.
She looked pitiful, but none of the old ladies here showed any sympathy.
This educated youth has been here for almost a year, and he still makes such a low-level mistake. How can this not make people angry?
When Zhang Chahua saw the three of them, her eyes lit up. She only regretted that she didn't have an extra hand so that she could gather the three of them in front of her and take a closer look.
This was the first time Yu Xiangan had seen her, but it was also not the first time. The original owner had a clear image of this grandmother in his memory, and he naturally felt close to her after seeing her.
She called out cheerfully, "Grandma!"
Yu Xiangju also shouted immediately: "Grandma!"
Yu Mingjie followed and shouted: "Grandma."
Yu Mingjie's voice made Zhang Chahua laugh. She touched his little head and said, "Oh, dear, you forgot. You should call me grandma."
Yu Mingjie now realized that he had called the wrong name. His face turned red with embarrassment, and he twisted his body to hide behind Yu Xiangan, not daring to see anyone.
Zhang Chahua said cheerfully: "How early did you come here today? Are you hungry? Have you seen your grandfather? He should be at home."
Yu Xiangan replied: "We had breakfast and saw grandpa."
Zhang Chahua went to the shade nearby and picked up the kettle she made of bamboo. She said to the others, "My second son and his family are back. I'll go take a look and I'll be back soon."
The people around her looked at her enviously, smiled and waved, "Go ahead, there's not much left. We'll help you with the work here and it'll be done soon. It's rare for your second son to come back, so go back and don't come in the morning."
Normally, as long as they don't overdo it, the scorekeeper won't deduct their work points. In a special situation like this, when she's away for a while and there's still people helping, the scorekeeper won't interfere.
Zhang Chahua was not polite, "Okay, I'll accept your favor this time. I'll remember it." After that, she happily pulled them back and said, "Grandma will cook eggs for you later. Do you want fried eggs or egg drop soup?"
Yu Xiangju and Yu Mingjie said in unison, "I like them all!"
Zhang Chahua: "Okay, let's do it today..."
They walked away slowly, leaving behind a few old ladies working there and the female educated youth looking at their backs with envy as they left.
They haven't eaten eggs for a long time. It's true that they have chickens at home, but they can't bear to eat them unless they are in good condition. They save them to exchange for salt and money. They are not as lucky as Zhang Chahua, who has two sons, one by her side and the other with a stable job in the county town. Some time ago, the old man in her family was so seriously ill that the commune couldn't cure him. But because they had a son in the county town, they went to the county hospital for treatment. It didn't know how much money it cost. If it were their family, they would not be able to afford so much money for treatment and could only wait to die at home.
The female educated youth was also envious. She had been here for almost a year and knew almost all the famous people in the production team. Naturally, she knew the identities of several of them.
It’s so nice, she is well-fed and carefree. She was like this before going to the countryside.
When can she go back? She has been in the countryside for so long. If it weren't for the subsidies from her family, she really wouldn't be able to survive here.
At this time, Zhang Chahua didn’t think about how they would react. She was thinking about what dishes to cook for lunch.
The eggs need to be boiled. My grandson went fishing before, and there were two grass carps weighing almost a pound in the fish tank. We took one out and made fish soup. Add mushrooms and bamboo shoots picked from the mountains, and it tasted incredibly delicious.
There is still some bacon from Chinese New Year, so I cut two slices this time and add some other ingredients to make a dish...
When she returned and saw the old man's expression, she realized something was wrong, so she sent the children out to play and asked what was wrong. He had never intended to hide the matter, and he would have told her even if she hadn't asked.
Zhang Chahua knew what had happened and she felt a lump in her chest. She also felt better knowing that her granddaughter now had a stable job, but this was what her granddaughter deserved. It was agreed that her granddaughter would get this job after she got married. Now it was just compensation, but gossip was scary. If someone took a fancy to her granddaughter in the future and asked around, this matter would definitely be brought up. They were originally a perfect match, but with this matter in the way, she would have to look for further information.
She held her breath.
She couldn't make a big fuss, as that would be like killing a thousand enemies and hurting eight hundred of her own. For the sake of her granddaughter's future, she couldn't make a fuss. Intellectually, she knew that her second son and his friends were right to do so. It would be better to use this to get a job for her granddaughter so that there would be minimum security. But emotionally, she couldn't get over it.
She walked around the room twice. If they were not far away, she would definitely go over in the dark to put a sack on the boy tonight.
Yu Changyou knew her temper. He watched her turn around a few times and asked Yu Qingshan to pour her some water to calm her down.
After drinking the water, Zhang Chahua did calm down a bit, and asked Yu Qingshan: "Is your wife really unaware of this matter, and did not interfere with her daughter? She wanted Xiao An to go to the countryside, and then her daughter would marry in his place, so that she could gain both fame and benefits?"
Yu Xianghai nodded beside him: "Grandma, it's true. I saw her expression clearly at that time."
Zhang Chahua calmed down a bit more. "No one with the last name Ding can ever enter our house again. Second brother, remember this. Don't let pillow talk make you forget the injustice your daughter has suffered."
Yu Qingshan smiled bitterly: "Mom, I have already spread the word that she is my biological daughter, and I will definitely stand on her side."
Zhang Chahua snorted, still not satisfied. She went to the kitchen and sent her granddaughter-in-law Ye Qijia out to pick vegetables. She pointed at Zhao Qiaoniang and said angrily: "This is the good daughter you brought. Has our family treated her badly? How can she have the face to do such a shameless thing? She eats and drinks at our house and has never taken advantage of us. How can we treat her badly? She was so skinny when she came here. The weight she gained in the past few years was all fed with my son's food. How can she be so cruel?" If Ding Minxiu was in front of her, she would definitely slap her in the face without hesitation. Now that she was not there, she could only vent her anger on her mother.
Zhao Qiaoniang couldn't even lift her head after hearing what she said.
He lowered his head and kept shedding tears.
Zhang Chahua snorted, "You still have the nerve to cry. This is the good daughter you raised. She wants to snatch my sister's man. Bah! Remember this, don't let her step into the Yu family's house in the future! Or is this a good idea for you two? Do you want to live a good life in Xiao An's place?"
Zhao Qiaoniang kept shaking her head and was speechless for a while. She was filled with bitterness.
She really didn't know about this. Minxiu had never said a word to her. Her actions broke her heart. She didn't consider herself as a mother. She now has a way out. If she goes to the Zhou family, as long as she can give birth to a boy this time, the other party won't have too much objection as the Zhou family has only one son for three generations. But as a mother, she can't have another child. She was driven back to her parents' home by her ex-husband, and she can't go back to her parents' home after her parents passed away. She finally lived a peaceful life in the Yu family, but now her life is in turmoil because of this bad news. She doesn't know what the future will be like.
She raised her hand and swore, "If I was the one who ordered this, I'll be struck by lightning and die miserably!"
Zhang Chahua saw that she swore, and nodded secretly in her heart, but her face was still not good, "I will believe you for now, but if she comes back to ask you for help in the future, what will you do?"
Zhang Chahua narrowed her eyes and said, "If you feel sorry for her, we won't be bad people and let you two be close to each other, but then you will no longer be a member of our family. You can live with your daughter."
Zhao Qiaoniang cried out loudly: "Mom! What you said is tearing my heart apart. I am married into this family, and this is my home!"
Zhang Chahua said with a cold face: "It's good that you know where your home is. I hope you remember what I said today, otherwise don't blame me for not giving you face when the time comes!" It was she who took a fancy to this person first, and felt that even if she brought a daughter, it would not hurt the child, so she introduced her to him. If she had no heart for this family, she could let her in, and she could also let her leave.
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