Chapter 2 Who will take in Fubao?
The yard at the east end of the production brigade was used to dry wheat during the summer harvest. Now, all the village men, women, and children had arrived, waiting for Chen Youfu to hold a meeting. Nie Laosan squatted at the edge of the yard, smoking with his neck stiffened. Nie Laosan's wife, sewing shoe soles, looked annoyed.
Chen Youfu coughed and told everyone about this matter.
"Fubao was originally assigned to our production brigade by the commune secretary. We can't just send him back after raising him for a few years. What's the big deal about sending him back? Our production brigade must make arrangements for this child. Otherwise, I won't be able to explain to the commune secretary. No matter how well we do, we won't be able to get the excellent award!"
A nearby daughter-in-law named Wang Hongzao, who was quite picky, chuckled upon hearing this: "Captain, if you have something to say, just say it directly. Why are you making arrangements for Fubao when everything is fine? Isn't Fubao raised by Nie Laosan's family? I heard Fubao call Nie Laosan's wife "mother" all the time, and he calls her "mother" in a very affectionate way. Why do you need someone to make arrangements for him?"
Wang Hongzao and Nie Laosan's wife had fought over a chick before, and they kept silent with each other, so they were enemies. Now they were saying this on purpose.
When Nie Laosan's wife heard this, she got furious and stepped forward to scold him, "What's your business? What's your business? Does it bother you?"
Wang Hongzao suddenly became excited and stood up, pinching her waist. "How can it be none of my business? The team leader called us all here, isn't this a waste of my time? I'd rather spin some thread than listen to you yelling here! And you're still yelling, you're still yelling, are you so shameless? You just wanted Fubao for a hundred work points, and now you've eaten the work points, and you don't want the child anymore? Do you have any conscience? Have you been eaten by a dog?"
Nie Laosan's wife blushed with anger, but she was more reasonable: "At that time, we didn't have any children! We didn't have any children at home, so of course we would be happy to raise one child, but now we can't afford it. What about three children? And Fubao is such a big eater? Who of you wants to raise her can raise her, don't talk nonsense here, or I will shove Fubao right at your door!"
Seeing this situation, Chen Youfu directly smashed a big wooden stick on the dry firewood next to him, with a loud bang.
"Be quiet!"
Normally, no one would take Captain Chen Youfu seriously unless he showed his power. But once he showed his power, everyone would immediately fall silent.
Chen Youfu: "Things have come to this point. There's nothing we can do now. Since Third Nie's family doesn't want Fubao, someone has to take him in. If I didn't have four children and had to help my brother's children, I wouldn't have pushed him to you. I would have raised him myself. Now don't think of him as a burden. Fubao is over five years old and can work. In a few years, he will be a great help to the family and can even earn half a work point."
Nie Laosan's wife snorted: "That's easy to say, she can eat, but she's also a plague!"
Chen Youfu ignored Nie Laosan's wife.
Being the team leader wasn't easy for him. There were always a few spoiled brats in the production team. Nie Laosan's wife was one of them. She didn't want Fubao and said that if he wasn't taken away quickly, she would beat the child every day. What could he do?
Chen Youfu had no choice but to announce: "Let's draw lots now. Whoever gets the one with the word 'Fu' written on it will adopt Fubao. I will give them a subsidy of 30 work points at that time-"
As he spoke, he looked at Nie Lao San and added, "Deduct it from Nie Lao San!"
Nie Laosan's wife's eyes widened: "You dare?"
Chen Youfu sneered: "If I didn't dare, I wouldn't be the captain!"
Everyone was stunned... Normally Chen Youfu was quite easy to talk to, but now he was so tough, it seemed like he was really angry.
Nie Laosan's wife nudged him with her elbow and gave him a look. Nie Laosan gritted his teeth and said, "Thirty work points is thirty work points!"
This little brat is eating his father out of money. Although Fubao is just a five-year-old girl, she eats too much. He doesn't want to raise this child who is the reincarnation of a starving ghost.
Chen Youfu: "Now, come here and draw lots. Each person will get one. Whoever draws the lot will own it. If none of you want to draw lots, then fine, I will no longer be the team leader. I will take Fubao to the commune and return him to the commune. There is no chance of him becoming the advanced production team this year. Whoever you want to be the production team leader can be the leader!"
Everyone looked at each other, and were a little scared.
Chen Youfu had a good relationship with the commune secretaries. If he didn't take over, who would? There was no one to take over the responsibilities of the production brigade. If he gave up, what would everyone do?
So everyone went over to draw lots, thinking to themselves, it might not be their turn that's so unlucky, right?
There was a basket in front of Chen Youfu, and in the basket were small balls of yellow paper with characters on them. Every family in the production team had to go and grab one, and if there were several brothers in the family, each one had to go and grab one.
Everyone took the letter with trepidation and opened it carefully.
A daughter-in-law held up a piece of yellow straw paper and laughed: "I have good luck. Look, I have good luck!"
“Mine is empty!”
"Me too, me too!"
"and yours?"
Everyone whispered to each other and handed their own letter groups to the production team accountant Wang Baiou. Wang Baiou checked them one by one, and if they were blank, they were fine.
In the yard next to her, Chen Hongying, the eldest daughter-in-law of the Gu family, carefully opened her paper ball. At a glance, she saw a word on it. Although she was illiterate, she knew it was the word "Fu". This word was posted on the door during the Chinese New Year!
Shen Hongying was furious. What should she do? She couldn't just adopt a half-grown child for no reason when her own family didn't even have enough food to eat!
Just as she was getting anxious, she saw her fourth brother's wife, Liu Guizhi, opening the scroll. An idea struck her, and she quickly said, "What did you grab? Let me show you."
Liu Guizhi got the note and was about to open it when she heard Shen Hongying say that. She looked up at her, smiled at her, and pointed at the group of words.
Liu Guizhi is a mute and cannot speak.
Chen Hongying stared at Liu Guizhi, already having an idea in mind, and snatched the calligraphy ball from Liu Guizhi's hand: "Do you have any words in it?"
After snatching it, while opening the ball of calligraphy, he quickly gave his own ball of calligraphy with the character "Fu" to Liu Guizhi.
After opening it, she deliberately said in surprise: "Oh, there is a word on it, what is it?"
When Liu Guizhi heard this, she was also confused and hurried to see.
Soon, the people around noticed the movements of the two sisters-in-law and looked over. When they saw them, they were all happy: "This Fubao is your Gu family's!"
Wang Baiou hurried over, took her note, and nodded to Chen Youfu. Suddenly, everyone in the courtyard looked at Shen Hongying with gloating eyes.
There is only one Fubao and only one note. Shen Hongying has been caught, so everyone can rest assured.
Liu Guizhi couldn't speak, but she wasn't blind. She was a little confused at this time. After thinking about it, she began to gesture, pointing at her sister-in-law and saying, "Ahhh, ahhh, ahhhhhhh——"
Looking anxious.
Chen Hongying deliberately ignored her and instead started to criticize Liu Guizhi: "What are you talking about? Why are you the only one unlucky in our family? We are all from the same group, and how did you get caught? What should we do? Tell me! Aren't you going to implicate everyone's son?"
Poor Liu Guizhi was speechless. She felt that the paper ball with words on it was not the one she had grabbed, but she couldn't put it into words.
She was anxious and pulled her man Gu Weidong to make a move, but Gu Weidong remained silent for a long time before blurting out, "Forget it, let's admit it. If we catch him, we'll catch him."
When Liu Guizhi heard this, she was about to cry and glared at Shen Hongying.
How could this person be like this? This is too much of a bully.
Chen Hongying felt guilty: "I caught you, and I didn't say anything to you. Look at you, you think you're right!"
At this time, Gu's mother-in-law Miao Xiuju and her other two daughters-in-law also came over. Miao Xiuju snatched the calligraphy ball from Liu Guizhi's hand and started cursing: "There are so many people in the production team, how come you are so unlucky to catch someone like this? Now we have too many children, and we have to raise one more for nothing! This is just a mouth to feed!"
When Liu Guizhi heard this, tears suddenly came to her eyes.
At this time of year, life is not easy for everyone. The Gu family is also tightening their belts to make ends meet. She didn't get anything good for the family, but instead added one more mouth to feed!
She felt uncomfortable just thinking about it and wanted to slap herself.
Seeing this, Gu Weidong frowned and said to his mother, "Mom, since we got the lucky number, it means the child is destined to be with us, so accept her."
Chen Hongying snorted coldly from the side: "If you want to take it, take it. I'll eat from your bowl, but don't let us get involved!"
When Liu Guizhi heard Shen Hongying say this, she was so angry that she wanted to fight with her, but she was mute and weak, so she couldn't fight even if she wanted to, and could only complain to Shen Hongying in a babbling manner.
Shen Hongying: "Mom, look at what she means!"
At this time, the quarrel between the mother-in-law, daughter-in-law, and sisters-in-law of the Gu family had attracted the attention of the entire production team.
After catching the empty group, everyone was relieved and watched the excitement at the Gu family with their arms folded. Nie Laosan's wife, who was standing next to them, was even more proud. She secretly said to her husband: "See, this is an unlucky guy. Whoever goes to his house will have bad luck!"
Miao Xiuju naturally knew that the entire production team was watching the excitement at her home. With a stern face, she finally uttered the most majestic voice of the head of the family: "If they catch him, then they catch him. My Gu family raised Fubao for the production team and made sacrifices. This is the pride of our Gu family!"
Well, that’s a great point!
Chen Youfu quickly applauded: "Good, good, good!"
The Gu family is one of the five best families this year!
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