Hearing this, Shen's mother was so happy that she couldn't see her teeth and eyes. "If you pass the exam, then my old Shen family will be in trouble. The ancestral graves will be filled with smoke. No, I have to burn some incense for them at night and let them bless you and pass the exam."
Father Shen came back carrying a hoe, and seeing her smiling face, he asked in confusion, "Lao Qin, you found money, why are you so happy?"
Mother Shen glared at him, "What nonsense are you talking about? Hurry up and clean up. Look at your face, it's all mud. You are a man who doesn't make do at all. You are so sloppy, and you are not afraid of being laughed at."
Father Shen was speechless: "I just came out of the fields, and I'm not doing this for our family's livelihood, so don't bury me. I'm starving to death, why don't you bring me food?"
As he spoke, he bent down, scooped up the water in the wooden basin, washed his face, and washed off the dirty mud on his hands.
Mother Shen brought the food to the table, asked them to sit down, and told Father Shen about Xia Dongchun's plan.
Father Shen said without hesitation, “If you want to take the exam, then go ahead and take it. You young people have your own mountains. What’s it like to live in the countryside all your life?
If you want to move up, you need to have a plan. Forget about adults, you have to consider your children. If you get into university, your children will have a city hukou. How can they compare with those in the countryside?"
Seeing that his family supported him, Xia Dongchun became more confident.
Mother Shen handed her the meat from the plate and said eagerly, "You are pregnant, so eat more and do less work in the fields. That bitch is controlling everything, but she can't even control you. If she does that, I will throw all the manure on her ancestral grave."
Xia Dongchun ate and said, "Mom, proper exercise is good for childbirth. We are doing weeding and cutting grass for pigs, which is two or three work points a day. You and Dad should do less work, so as not to get sick from overwork!"
Both of them had gray hair, but they were still working with their butts sticking out and grunting. Xia Dongchun couldn't bear to watch it anymore.
The life of the elderly in rural areas is still too hard. Some even die in the fields while working.
Mother Shen said indifferently: "His father and I are in good health and can still work for a few more years. If we really have to lie at home, there is nothing to do to kill time. Let's eat first."
As she said that, she continued to pick up food for Xia Dongchun, completely ignoring Shen Chuanzong.
Shen Chuanzong complained: "Mom, my own son has to rank behind Dongchun. I am not even attractive when she comes."
Mother Shen laughed, "You are a money-loser. After eating, go clean up the kitchen. I will go collect the corn cobs from the private plot. The sun will be strong in the next few days. Dry them and throw them into the cellar to prevent them from getting moldy and leaving you with no food for the winter!"
People in rural areas are very good at living frugally, and these corn cobs are not for feeding pigs.
Instead, cook it with other ingredients into rice grits porridge. Drinking a hot bowl of it is so delicious.
Shen Chuanzong nodded, “Yes, yes, I’ll go clean up after eating, it seems that I don’t have much status at home.”
"When the baby comes out, you have to wait in the back row. Hurry up and make more money. Raising a baby is very expensive."
Shen Chuanzong nodded to show that he understood. The family ate simple meals, talked and laughed, and their life was plain and warm.
Upon learning that the two sons of Lu Jiandang's family were studying, Lu Jianjun took two gulps from the bottle, his face flushed red, and he sneered, "Just the two of them! Still studying? Aren't you afraid of being laughed at? If they really could study, they would still be farming in the countryside.
Who doesn’t know that I am the most educated in the Lu family? He used to ignore me, but now he is out of reach.”
Han Meina was wearing clothes with patches on top of patches and was squatting at the door washing clothes.
Seeing that he had used the family's remaining money to buy liquor, she was furious, "Drink, drink, drink until you die. The Lu family is living a good life, do they need to beg you?"
Lu Jianjun glared at her without any deterrent effect. "You woman, what do you know? If he wants to study, he will definitely ask me for help! Is there anyone more educated than me in this area? Just wait, when he asks for help from everyone, he might even have to give you money!"
Han Meina was hooked by his big pie, and her tone was uncertain: "Is it true? That Zhang Yulan... can give me money? She wants to have nothing to do with us forever. You used to have a job in the county and often sent us food.
Now it's like avoiding the plague god. The old saying is right, if you are poor in a downtown, no one will care about you; if you are rich in the mountains, you will have distant relatives. Jianjun, you'd better do better, our family is relying on you.
Where is Sejong? We didn't see him today. Where did he go to act wild again? As a father, you don't care about him. He has learned bad habits from those night owls. "
Lu Jianjun didn't take it to heart at all. "Let him be. No matter how big a mess he makes, I'll take the blame. I can't let you and your mother suffer any loss. I'll go to work tomorrow and earn work points."
After saying that, he turned around and went back to the room, lay down on the bed and fell asleep.
Han Meina thought that she had made the right choice to marry this man, as he was a calm man.
Before she finished washing, a cursing voice came from the door, "Lu Jianjun, Han Meina, come out here, you are going to die, you don't care about the kid, let him steal sweet potatoes from my field.
I was thinking it was a wild boar that dug it up, but I didn't expect it was you, a little bastard. My family only has a few acres of land, but he stole it all. How do you want to compensate me? If you don't, I'll go to the commune to ask for an explanation."
Almost every family grows sweet potatoes. If you feel hungry in winter, you can just roast one or two and fill your stomach.
I haven't even started digging yet, but this kid got there first.
Han Shizong pushed the woman away and ran over, crying, "Mom, I didn't steal. She slandered me and she beat me so hard."
He rolled up his sleeves, his arms were covered with bruises, Han Mei was furious and picked up a broom.
Without thinking twice, he started to beat the woman. "I'll beat you to death, you bastard. I didn't even dare to raise a finger against him, and you taught me a lesson. It's just eating a few of your sweet potatoes. I can eat your roots off, and I still want to compensate you. I'll compensate you with my big head. You beat my son like this, I'm lucky I didn't ask you for compensation.
Go to the commune? Who are you threatening? If you have the guts, go ahead. No matter what, you are wrong. Oh my God, why am I so miserable? You are a bunch of conscienceless people who bully me, a city dweller. How old is he? Why are you so harsh?
You have no children in your family, so you don’t understand how difficult it is to be a mother? If the captain doesn’t give me an explanation today, I will hang myself at your doorstep and make your life miserable.”
She slapped her thigh and cursed like a mad woman, but the woman didn't back down and slapped her in the face, saying viciously, "You stole my sweet potatoes and you think you're right. Don't even mention beating him. Even if I beat him to death, he deserves it.
Who told you as parents not to teach your child well? If you have the ability, tell him not to steal. He doesn't learn good things, but learns these bad habits of stealing. Ugh, it's really shameful.
Don't bring bad influence to our team. The Lu family is doing well, but how come someone as useless as you has emerged?"
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