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While everyone was busy with the steelmaking work, Xiao Li was not idle either. He often went out to buy some cheap food and asked the soldiers in the army to take good care of the sweet potatoes planted by their army in the spring.
That day, Xiao Li brought back another bag of food. Wang Xuemei, who had been watching him busying around in silence for a long time, couldn't stand it anymore. "Xiao Li, Captain Xiao, please calm down. Do we have too much money or too many rooms? Look at how much food you've bought recently. If you keep going like this, it will go bad and be wasted."
Later, their family built a small warehouse in the yard to store miscellaneous things. Ever since Xiao Li started bringing food home, the small warehouse is now full of food and people can hardly step in.
Moreover, Xiao Li was not the only one doing this. He also encouraged others to store more food. The men in the army all listened to Xiao Li and bought some food to store. In the past few days, several military wives came to her and talked about this matter hesitantly. Everyone was afraid that there would be too much food at home and it would go bad if they couldn't eat it.
Wang Xuemei was too embarrassed to tell them that her family actually had the most food, but she still nodded and agreed.
"I'm not worried as long as I have food in my hands." Xiao Li wanted to make a few excuses, but when he saw Wang Xuemei's face turned a little ugly because of his words, he immediately changed the subject and said for his own life: "I won't buy it anymore. I won't buy it again even if you kill me! I bought a little too much recently, hehe~~~~"
The reason why Xiao Li bought grain was because the production brigades throughout Huai County had begun to implement the policy of the people's commune canteen. The members handed over all their private plots and transferred all their private means of production, such as houses, livestock, and forest land, to the commune. They were managed uniformly by the production brigade, and a wage (points) system was implemented for distribution. At the same time, a food supply system was implemented, that is, all members of the commune were supplied with food free of charge according to the population, regardless of the number of laborers in their families.
As a result, each production brigade under the First Mars People's Commune in Huai County organized a public canteen based on the production team and put forward the slogan "Eat as much as you want".
Who wouldn't like such a good thing as "eating for free"? In addition, all the big iron pots were collected, so everyone no longer had to tighten their belts and plan their lives. Some families with surplus food were afraid that their food would also be collected, so they secretly took it out to sell.
After hearing about it, Xiao Li, with the mentality that it was better to sell to him than to buy from others, generously took over the grain selling business of many nearby villages and became the biggest financial supporter of the nearby villagers.
The weather is getting cooler, and the yellow leaves are floating down from the trees like beautiful yellow butterflies. The crops in the fields are ripe, waiting to be harvested by the farmers as usual.
But this year is destined to be different from previous years. In previous years, everyone was full of enthusiasm during the autumn harvest season for fear of being late in harvesting. This year's policy has made everyone focus all their attention on steelmaking. The country also provides food, resulting in only a few older people busy working in the fields.
The sweet potatoes planted by the troops have matured, and the regiment organized everyone to get busy. A group of men were busy with their bare chests, and the sounds of children playing could be heard from time to time.
During this period, children have holidays during the busy farming season. During the spring planting and autumn harvest, the school will give students holidays so that they can go home and help with some work within their ability.
After the holiday, Xiaonuo was taken to the fields by her unscrupulous father. He pointed to the land he had divided out and handed it to the children he had brought with him from the family compound. "Your task today is to harvest this divided land. This is your task today. Do you have the confidence to complete the task?"
"have!"
The children held small baskets in their hands and began to pull sweet potatoes with great enthusiasm. The oldest of them was only 15 years old, and the youngest was a little over 1 year old. She was Qian Dafu's daughter who was born last year. Such a young child was taken to the field by her two older sisters.
The autumn heat is not over yet. After the fall, the weather becomes volatile and the temperature is often higher than in the summer. It is so hot that even adults can't stand it, let alone the children.
The older ones were sensible and could work in the fields honestly, while the younger ones started playing and laughing in the fields, and the youngest ones were crying non-stop.
"Old Qian, I heard your child seem to be crying. Do you want to go over and take a look?" The children were making a lot of noise and one of them was crying heartbreakingly. Xiao Li couldn't stand it anymore.
Qian Dafu felt a little annoyed, but since it was Xiao Li who said it, he didn't dare to say anything. He could only put down the work in his hands, wipe his hands on his military uniform, and walked over in two or three steps.
He took the crying and red-faced little daughter from Qian Xiaoyi (Niuniu)'s hands and coaxed her with unskilled manner. The child was obviously not familiar with him as a father. The child did not stop crying because her father took her over. Instead, the child cried even harder. The 12-year-old Qian Xiaoyu (Big Girl) was frightened when she saw her father holding the little sister and coaxing her, so she ran over quickly.
"Dad, give me my little sister, I will coax her." Qian Xiaoyu knew that before the little sister was born, both dad and mom took care of the little sister in the belly as if she were a boy. Dad often touched mom's belly and called her son. As the saying goes, the greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment. After they found out that the baby was not a brother but a sister after the birth, the whole family changed their faces. Grandma even insisted on strangling the little sister to death. If it weren't for her talking to Uncle Xiao, the little sister would probably have died by now.
Qian Dafu saw his eldest daughter looking at him warily, and reluctantly handed the money to her with a smile, "Don't let her cry anymore. If it doesn't work, send her back to your mother."
"Okay, Dad." Qian Xiaoyu coaxed her sister while watching her father turn and leave. The calmness in her eyes and the skillful movements of her hands were completely unlike what a child of her age should be like.
Although Qian Xiaoyu agreed, she did not really think about sending her sister back as her father said. After all, Song Zhaodi's mentality has been a little unstable since she knew that it was another daughter. In addition, Qian Dafu's vague sense of alienation and disappointment made her not very kind to the youngest daughter, and she didn't even care about the first two daughters as much as before. It was as if the hostess had become a different person in order to have a son. As a result, the Qian family has been in chaos in the past two years, and Qian Xiaoyu and her sister have become more and more sensible.
Qian Dafu left without looking back. If he still had some fatherly love for his two daughters at the beginning, it was now worn away by the wear and tear. He even hated his eldest daughter who would complain whenever something went wrong, and Xiao Li who always put pressure on him, thinking that Xiao Li was meddling in his affairs.
Qian Dafu's face was gloomy when he turned around and left, which happened to be seen by Xiao Nuo and others who were making a fuss nearby. They were so scared that they instantly quieted down and ran back to continue working in shame.
Xiao Nuo patted his chest and said to Qian Xiaoyu who was coaxing his sister: "Sister Xiaoyu, your father is so scary. I just saw his face like this."
Xiao Nuo used two fingers to pull down his eyelids, baring his teeth and making a ferocious face. As he did so, he said, "My dad never does this. He's a very good guy."
"Your dad is so nice." I wish he was my dad too.
As a person feared by all the military wives in the family compound, Qian Xiaoyu knew that Uncle Xiao was not as kind and amiable as they saw. However, he never showed it in front of the children, nor did he lose his temper with his family. Her father was just the opposite of Uncle Xiao. He smiled at everyone he met outside, but his temper became worse and worse at home, which was frightening.
That night, Xiao Nuo brought up the incident at the dinner table as a topic of conversation after returning home. The little guy shook his head seriously and sighed, saying, "I feel so pitiful for Qian Xiaoxiao at home. Her sisters always take turns taking care of her. Why don't her mom and dad care about her at all?"
Wang Xuemei tapped her forehead, looking angry. "Mom has told you countless times not to speak ill of others behind their backs. Why are you learning these bad habits from your dad?"
Xiao Li, who was eating in silence, was struck by misfortune: "......" How come I was the one who taught you all these bad habits! So you are so perfect!
"But I saw it all. Her father is so fierce!"
"Think about it, Xiaoxiao is still so young. If her parents didn't care about her, how could she be as fair and clean as she is now?" The Qian family is well-known in the compound for favoring boys over girls. There are many families in the compound that favor boys over girls, but the Qian family has made it known to everyone because of Old Lady Qian. Song Zhaodi is now trying hard to find folk remedies everywhere in order to have a boy. Wang Xuemei of course knows about this, but Xiaonuo is still young, and she doesn't want her to know too early. "My dear, you have to remember that sometimes things can't be judged by appearances. Sometimes what you see is not the truth."
"Okay." Xiao Nuo nodded obediently, as if he was wrong. "Mom, I was wrong. I will pay more attention next time."
When sleeping at night, Wang Xuemei took the initiative to touch Xiao Li.
Xiao Li was startled by this touch, feeling that he had something to ask of him. He grabbed the hand that had set him on fire, pretending to be a sage, and said slowly, "If someone is too kind to you, he is either a traitor or a thief. Tell me, what do you want from me?"
As an old married couple, Wang Xuemei had nothing to hide and blurted out, "Let's have another baby."
"What!" Xiao Li accidentally choked on his own saliva and started coughing violently. After he finally calmed down, he asked again, "What are you thinking? One good boy isn't enough? You have to bring a second one to make things worse!"
"Don't you want a son to carry on the family line?"
"In no mood!"
"Seriously!" When Xiaonuo was still young, Wang Xuemei had never discussed the issue of having another child with Xiaoli. Now that Guaiguai has grown up and after talking about the Qian family's affairs today, she felt that although Xiaoli said that a daughter was good, he should also want a son in his heart. Now the time is ripe and it is time to have another child.
"There's no heir to the throne in my family, so what's the point of having a son?" Xiao Li sat up and pulled Wang Xuemei up from the bed. He said solemnly, "Sit down!"
"Comrade Wang Xuemei, I didn't expect you to have the idea of favoring boys over girls! I haven't noticed it after being married for so long, so you're hiding it quite well. I tell you, no matter what you're thinking, you have to hide it from me. I, Xiaoli, only have Xiaonuo as a child in this life. I'm going to get a vasectomy tomorrow to completely eliminate your idea of having a son!"
This will prevent you from becoming obsessed with having a son like Song Zhaodi.
"Okay, I feel relieved when you say that." Giving birth is so painful, but she said it as if she really wanted to give birth. If she wasn't afraid that he wanted a son, she wouldn't have said anything about having another child. After knowing that Xiao Li really didn't want a son, Wang Xuemei yawned and lay down to sleep.
"No, what do you mean?" Xiao Li was a little dumbfounded. He was teasing him just now, so why did he continue to sleep peacefully now?
Did I just pretend to be too cool?
Damn, why don’t you get up and tease him, then he can have his fill of meat easily!
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