Chapter 5 The Grudge between Cuihua and Yue'e Bicycles

are fast. It took Lu Changzheng 20 minutes to ride back a distance that would normally take more than an hour to walk.

When passing by the brigade headquarters, there happened to be a group of aunts at the drying rice field, sitting around picking peanuts while drying rice.

The square-faced Aunt Cuihua was among them.

Seeing Lu Changzheng riding a bicycle with Su Mo, Aunt Cuihua's eyes lit up and she stood up and shouted loudly.

"Su Zhiqing, you're back! Are you feeling better?"

Su Mo was a little stunned. Why was this aunt so enthusiastic?

In the original owner's memory, she had never been treated so enthusiastically. On the contrary, because she worked slowly, the villagers looked down on her.

But since they had greeted her, she couldn't be rude, so she also replied loudly: "Thank you, Auntie, I feel much better now."

"That's good! When are you going to treat us to a banquet?" Aunt Cuihua's eyes sparkled, she had to confirm the two of them.

Su Mo: ...

Is this the whole brigade waiting for her and Lu Changzheng to get married?

Su Mo didn't reply, but Lu Changzheng said: "After a while."

Lu Changzheng didn't slow down, and in just a moment, the two of them passed the brigade headquarters.

Aunt Cuihua got a positive answer, and her heart was simply flying with joy.

She finally won over Li Yue'e!

Aunt Cuihua, Li Cuihua, and Li Yue'e, Lu Changzheng's mother, have been sworn enemies since childhood. The two have been competing since they were young, and they still want to compete with each other when they are old.

When they were young, they compared food and clothing; when they got married, they compared men; when they had children, they compared children; now that they are getting old, they compare daughters-in-law, and it is estimated that they will compare grandchildren in a while.

However, no matter what they compare, Li Cuihua is always a head shorter than Li Yue'e.

Both of them were born in the 1920s. From their names, we can see that Li Yue'e's family is better than Li Cuihua's. Li Yue'e went to a private school for two years when she was young, while Li Cuihua just eavesdropped outside the private school for a few days.

When they grew up, they both married to Lujia Village. Originally, the conditions of the people they married were similar, but suddenly Li Yue'e's father-in-law who had participated in the revolution came back and brought back many underground party members. Later, the country was founded, reforms were carried out, and communes were established. Li Yue'e's father-in-law became the brigade secretary, and Li Cuihua was a head shorter again.

After much difficulty, her father-in-law retired. Li Yue'e's husband became the branch secretary again, while Li Cuihua's husband was only the militia captain. Li Cuihua continued to be a head shorter.

Later, when the children grew up, Li Cuihua's youngest son Lu Xingyou and Li Yue'e's youngest son Lu Changzheng both joined the army. As a result, Lu Changzheng became an officer in the army, but Lu Xingyou retired two years ago and returned. Li Cuihua was a head shorter again.

Fortunately, after he retired, the army arranged a job for Lu Xingyou in the county transport team with a monthly salary of 48 yuan.

For this, Li Cuihua was very proud for a long time.

Later, she asked her son about the treatment of Lu Changzheng at that level, and was so angry that she lay at home for two days.

Fortunately, her son worked hard and married a daughter-in-law a year ago. She was from the city and worked in the county machinery factory. She ate commodity grain and had a monthly salary of 28 yuan. Suddenly, there were two wage earners in her family.

Looking at the entire brigade, which family could marry a daughter-in-law from the city who received a salary like hers ?

This was a unique honor for Li Cuihua.

But she heard that when Lu Changzheng came back to see her, he wanted to see a female soldier from the army art troupe. Wouldn't this make her daughter-in-law inferior?

How could this be possible!

God had eyes and let Lu Changzheng save Su Zhiqing.

If she didn't take the opportunity to make them her, she would be ungrateful to the opportunity given by God.

In this way, none of Li Yue'e's three daughters-in-law could compare to her youngest daughter-in-law.

Didn't she win this time!

She had heard from her old son that the city was in chaos now, and those educated youth who went to the countryside probably couldn't return to the city.

So what if they were educated youth from Suzhou City? They couldn't return to the city. They couldn't lift anything in the countryside, and they earned less work points than those little kids. It was obvious that they had to rely on Lu Changzheng to support them.

And seeing how delicate and weak she looked, she was probably a sickly girl, and it was unknown whether she could have children.

With Lu Changzheng's physique, she might die after two nights of sleep. In this way, Li Yue'e's most promising son became a widower.

The more Li Cuihua thought about it, the more happy she became, and she couldn't help but chuckle.

"Cuihua, why are you so happy that Lu Changzheng got married?" The aunt on the side was puzzled. Li Cuihua and Li Yue'e have always been at odds. Why is she so happy about Li Yue'e's son getting married?

"I'm thinking about having a feast. I haven't eaten meat for a long time. I'm happy just thinking about it." Li Cuihua laughed.

"It's true that I haven't eaten meat for a long time. I don't know when the pigs will be slaughtered. My family has worked hard this year. The work points are more than last year. I should be able to get a lot of meat." Another aunt smacked her lips.

"No, Cuihua, there are two people in your family who are paid wages. There is so much money every month. Why don't you buy some meat to honor you as a mother?" An aunt who saw Li Cuihua's little thoughts asked with a sarcastic smile?

In the whole brigade, everyone knew that Li Cuihua boasted about her son and daughter-in-law being filial to her every day, and she would cut meat every time she came back. Now, in order to see Li Yue'e in trouble, she even used the excuse of eating meat.

"Oh, this is of course a filial piety. There are many people in the family, and I love my children and grandchildren, so I can eat a few mouthfuls."

"Lu Changzheng is a military officer, so the banquet for his daughter-in-law must be good. We all have to eat with our stomachs full."

Li Cuihua quickly changed the topic and guided everyone to start talking about the banquet...