Chapter 454: Greed
"But son, it's hard to buy cotton quilts now!" As Ke's mother spoke, tears rolled down her face again.
"It's okay. I usually live in the labor team and rarely have the chance to come back. When winter comes, I will squeeze in with Xiaoheng and buy a new quilt when I have the chance." Ke Wenpei said.
"Yes, grandma, don't cry. My brother and I can share a bed and give the quilt to dad." Ke Wenpei's daughter Xiao Min also said her first sentence tonight.
Xiao Heng, who was standing nearby, suggested, "It doesn't matter if we can't buy it. We can still grow cotton. There are four people in our family and we have four acres of land. We don't have to be exploited by our uncles, grandparents, and so on. If we grow a few acres of cotton, it will be enough to make a cotton quilt for Dad."
After a while of crying, Ke's mother finally realized that this was the truth, so why was she still so sad?
Even Ke Wenpei did not expect that these non-food crops could be grown in his own fields.
It seems that they were exploited too much in the past, and were always worried about not having enough food, so they only dared to grow high-yield crops such as corn, sweet potatoes and potatoes, which formed a fixed mindset.
Bian Haifang and Bian Haitao also stopped walking, and then they realized that they had forgotten to ask for the two acres of land.
Bian Haitao put his things on the ground with a smile and said, "Brother-in-law, should my sister get some of that land?"
"We don't want your sister's land, but our land has nothing to do with you either." Ke Wenpei said firmly, "There is no room for negotiation."
"How can that be possible? My sister has also contributed the fruits of her labor. She has a share in your harvest." Bian Haitao licked his face and refused to move.
"Our family's land is cultivated by the four of us. I believe you know what kind of person your sister is."
Ke Wenpei paused for a moment and continued, "We don't want the harvest from her land this year, you can just bring people to harvest it when the time comes.
After the summer grain harvest is finished, we will go to the land department to handle the formalities and transfer her land to your Bianjia Village, so that it will not be difficult to manage in the city."
Bian Haitao rolled his eyes and thought this was feasible. In this way, wouldn't his family have an extra acre of land?
Besides, it is easier to manage if we move it to the village.
He wanted to say something else, but the leader who came to support the situation could not stand it anymore and told someone to throw the things out. He said, "Get out of here now. If I see you licking me shamelessly again, I will break your legs."
Bian Haitao trembled all over, his neck shrank, and then he rolled out trembling.
How could he forget that his brother-in-law is not the same brother-in-law as before, and there are a dozen evil spirits sitting in the living room.
Bian Haifang was also shocked. He didn't expect that his brother, who had always been successful, would suffer such a big defeat, and he could only endure it without resisting.
It seems that, just as her brother said, if he hadn't rushed forward to protect her, they would have used violence to force her to sign the divorce.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel even more grateful. She pushed the box and followed her brother out the door.
Just as she stepped out of the door, Ke Wenpei's cold voice came from behind her, "Leave the key to the house."
Bian Haifang's body froze. She didn't expect the other party to expose her little trick. She took out the key from her pocket unwillingly, threw it on the ground, turned around and glared at Ke Wenpei, "With your stingy energy, I won't come even if you invite me to come in the future."
Then he slammed the door and left.
Xiaoheng picked up the key and put it in his father's hand.
This was what he saw his mother hiding when he was supervising, and he also just whispered it to his father. He finally ushered in a new life, and he didn't want that woman to appear again and ruin their peaceful life.
Ke Wenpei held the key in his hand, and before he could lament the end of his marriage, he heard his boss cough, "You should change the lock cylinder when you have time. No one can guarantee that she doesn't have a backup."
Ke Wenpei nodded, thinking that this was the right thing to do, and went to replace the lock cylinder the next day.
What he didn't know was that this operation saved him from being robbed again. And the thief was the most difficult to prevent.
Seeing that it was getting late, the leaders of the labor team stood up and said goodbye.
Ke Wenpei did not try to persuade him to stay. After all, his family had nothing and he could not afford to entertain him. Even tonight, during the negotiations in the dark, he borrowed a desk lamp from the labor team.
After everyone had left, the family of four sat on the sofa and stared at each other.
Ke Wenpei felt tired of this fucking life. He stared for a while, feeling his eyes were sore, and then he said, "Go back to bed, it's getting late."
Mother Ke sighed, "Son, don't think too much. The rice and flour in the kitchen can last for three to five days if we eat them sparingly.
Tomorrow I will take Xiao Heng and Xiao Min to dig wild vegetables. At this time of year, the gray-gray vegetables are fresh and tender, and the elm leaves and toon leaves can also be used as food or vegetables. "
Ke Wenpei hummed sullenly, but his mood did not improve at all.
Just now he was indeed worrying about where to get food for his family. After all, the labor team had already made an exception once, and he was embarrassed to ask again, and his neighbors had also borrowed money from them once.
As for supermarkets, we don’t know when they will reopen. Also, we don’t know whether the rice, flour, grain and oil in them will be given priority to support the disaster areas.
With something on his mind, he lay in bed unable to sleep. He didn't fall asleep until the next morning.
Then he said goodbye to his mother and children and returned to the escort team.
When he returned to the dormitory, he found more than a dozen plastic bags piled on the bed. The bags were filled with rice or noodles, and the weight was about one or two kilograms.
His roommates told him that these were sent by the laborers who went home with him yesterday, but everyone's family was not well off, so the amount was a little light, and they hoped that Ke Wenpei would not mind.
But why would he mind? No affection can compare to the kindness of helping someone in need. Ke Wenpei thanked them gratefully, and then silently engraved their names in his heart.
After that, it was just hard work as usual.
Although there were often rumors among the labor team about his marital status, he always turned a deaf ear to them.
After a long time, no one talked about it anymore.
However, thinking about his family, he would try to save two steamed buns every time he ate, and then take them back to the dormitory to slice them and dry them in the air.
When I get home, I can bring it back and give it to my mother and children as a snack.
As time passed, he was in good spirits but became thinner and thinner.
Finally, the holiday came and he went home with a bag of steamed bread slices and more than ten pounds of grain, but he found that the two children in the family, one adult and two children, were almost as thin as skeletons.
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