Chapter 169
Xia Juhua thought, fortunately you didn't know it earlier, otherwise it would be more lively, and it would be lively in my own family: Although Li Changshun didn't say too much when he was a matchmaker, he still told Xia Juhua after Chang Chunya got married that Accountant Chang had taken a fancy to Liu Zhishuang and wanted to marry his daughter to him. Unexpectedly, Liu Zhishuang and Xiaoman fell in love with each other and quietly announced the news of marriage.
Accountant Chang had told Chang Chunya about his idea, and Chang Chunya was also quite fond of Liu Zhishuang. When she heard that Liu Zhishuang was getting married, she was very depressed for a while. Accountant Chang was naturally upset and worried that his daughter would be upset, so he hurried to find the aunt. He only said that Tang Qijin's father was the militia captain of their brigade, and his family was not poor, so Chang Chunya would not have a hard life if she married him.
But they forget that it is the mother-in-law who spends the most time with her daughter-in-law, and it is the aunt who has to spend her life with her. No matter how capable the father-in-law is, he cannot take care of his son for his whole life. It depends on the aunt herself to be successful.
When the marriage was arranged, Li Changshun felt that Tang Qijin was not up to the task after seeing the situation. He also thought that it was because he did not ask Xia Juhua for help that Chang Chunya and Liu Zhishuang missed out, so he blamed himself to Xia Juhua.
It can only be said that Li Changshun still has a good eye for people. Tang Qijin, who was relying on his father, who was the militia captain, in his own production team, heard that the Ping'anzhuang Brigade factory made money and had to rely on his father-in-law. If he couldn't rely on him, he would turn against him and even thought of using his wife to control his father-in-law.
If he hadn't been such a malicious person, Xia Juhua would not have agreed to let Chang Chunya work in the instant noodle factory - there were many girls from Ping'anzhuang Brigade who had married out, and if they all came back to work, there would be no way to find a place for them.
After Chang Chunya had worked for a few days, Xia Juhua was extremely glad that she had agreed to Accountant Chang's request: Chang Chunya was the youngest in the family and the only daughter-in-law. She had never done any heavy work at her parents' home. Accountant Chang even told Xia Juhua about his worries as a joke, fearing that after the daughter-in-law arrived at her husband's house, people would think she was incompetent.
But she has only been married to the Tang family for two years, but she has mastered everything and is very efficient at work. The most important thing is that she works with her brain. She never needs to be taught a second time for something she has been taught once, and she can apply it to other situations. There are some things that An Baoling has to try a few times, but she can do them well right away.
An Baoling said that with Chang Chunya, she no longer had to rack her brains - there were many things that she had to remember but couldn't remember, and she could only do them when Xia Juhua was around, but now she could just ask Chang Chunya directly. So she often told Xia Juhua that even if Accountant Chang wanted Chunya to go back to her husband's house, she had to keep him at the factory to work.
To be honest, Xia Juhua felt a little distressed after hearing this, and she realized how difficult it is to have a daughter at home: no matter how pampered a girl is in her parents' home, it is no different from being reborn in her second life when she goes to her husband's home, because people will not get used to you.
Because Chang Chunya performed so well, and also because of her heartache, on the day when everyone else got their pay, even though she had only worked for ten days, Xia Juhua still asked Accountant Chang to pay her as well: pay her for ten days' work. If they wanted to keep her, they had to make Chang Chunya and Accountant Chang feel at ease.
Unexpectedly, Chang Chunya didn't come to work the next day after receiving her salary. Xia Juhua and An Baoling were puzzled. They asked someone to ask Accountant Chang at the brigade headquarters, and they heard that Accountant Chang didn't come to work today either.
Xia Juhua found it strange because Accountant Chang had always been very dedicated to his work, almost working all year round. Otherwise, his two sons and daughter-in-law would not have all come to work in the factory and no one in the team would have objected - with a parent who sets the example himself, the two sons and daughter-in-law would not dare to slack off and would work seriously.
People who work hard are respected everywhere. If we don't allow such people to go to work, are we going to let those who just want to get by without doing anything?
Today, both Accountant Chang and his daughter Chang Chunya did not come to work. When Xia Juhua asked about his two sons and daughter-in-law, she also did not come to work. Xia Juhua concluded that something must have happened at home. If none of them even asked for leave, it was not that Accountant Chang did not want to ask for leave, but that he could not afford it.
Xia Juhua didn't think she was looking at Accountant Chang through a filter, but his behavior was worthy of Xia Juhua's high regard. So she asked An Baoling to take the people to deal with it first, and she rode her bicycle to Accountant Chang's house to see what was going on.
Before reaching Accountant Chang's house, we heard a quarrel in the yard. We were too far away to hear what they were saying, but the sound was angry and frustrated. Xia Juhua pushed the cart directly into the wide-open gate, shocking the two groups of people who were facing each other in the yard.
When he saw that the person coming was Xia Juhua, Accountant Chang, who was leading the group, was very embarrassed and said, "Captain, why are you here?"
While parking the car, Xia Juhua looked at the Tang family members who were confronting Accountant Chang. She had drunk Chang Chunya's wedding wine and was sitting in the chair, so she naturally knew the Tang family. She asked in confusion, "What's the matter? Can't you talk about it after work? You're making such a fuss that you don't even go to work. As an accountant, you don't go to work, so I have to come and see what's going on."
It sounded like she was criticizing Accountant Chang, but Xia Juhua's eyes never left the Tang family, which made them feel scared. They didn't realize that Xia Juhua was only talking about Accountant Chang.
Accountant Chang felt the same way, but he still criticized himself to Xia Juhua: "I have someone over at home today, so I can't go to work. I will deduct my work points as I should."
Xia Juhua, however, felt that deducting work points was secondary, and that clarifying the situation of Accountant Chang was the main thing: "Of course work points will be deducted, but our brigade is not a place without rules, and we cannot deduct your work points without reason. Tell me, what's going on? If someone is preventing you from going to work, let that person give you the work points."
"Captain Xia, listen to me, the Chang family is too bullying..." When Tang Qijin's mother heard that Xia Juhua was going to deduct the work points of accountant Chang, she thought she really had something against the Chang family. She didn't even hear the second half of the sentence and started to criticize the Chang family. Even if her husband pulled her back, she couldn't stop.
Xia Juhua turned around and glanced at Captain Tang. She felt that he was in a bad mood and wanted to pull his wife's hand back, but she also didn't want to continue pulling her hand. Then she said, "Captain Tang, do you also think that Accountant Chang is a bully?"
Captain Tang had been the militia captain of Tangjiazhuang Brigade for many years, so he knew how to read people's expressions. Naturally, he would not admit it. "How could that be? Captain Xia, this woman is just talking nonsense. Don't take it personally."
Xia Juhua shook her head after hearing this. She felt that the person she should least ignore was Captain Tang, who always pushed the blame onto her wife. She also felt that Tang Qijin's ability to find reasons in other people for everything was not learned from his mother, but inherited from his father's genes.
Accountant Chang also felt that he was blind to find such a husband for his daughter, and said to Xia Juhua in a self-reproachful manner: "Captain, it's all my fault. Forget it, I won't say anything. I will deal with the family affairs as soon as possible. Don't worry, go to work."
Hearing him asking Xia Juhua to leave, Tang Qijin's mother was upset again - the reason they wanted to prevent Accountant Chang and his daughter from going to work was to attract Xia Juhua or other people from the Ping'an Village Brigade? Now that the people had come and the words hadn't been spoken yet, how could they let Xia Juhua leave?
"Captain Xia, the Chang family is bullying us. You can't just leave like this. You have to take charge of our case."
Xia Juhua was immediately amused, but she still didn't talk directly to Tang Qijin's mother: "Captain Tang, do you think I should stay or listen to your two in-laws' family affairs?"
Listen carefully, this is a family matter between you. There is no need to raise it to the level of moral blackmail between two brigades, even though there are brigade cadres among the two parties involved.
Captain Tang's face turned blue, but it was hard to say whether it was because Xia Juhua had exposed him or because he was at his wife. He suddenly pulled his to his side, gave Xia Juhua a smile that was uglier than crying, and said, "Although it is a matter between us two relatives, Lao Chang has always been like a family with Captain Xia. Now there is a misunderstanding between the two families that cannot be resolved. Of course, it would be better if you can help us to wife reconcile."
After saying so much, they still wanted to keep me. It seemed that the Tang family came for me today. Xia Juhua looked at Captain Tang with a half-smile and asked, "How do you think I should reconcile with you? By the way, I don't know what you are doing today. Are you here to take Chunya back to her husband's house, or to inform Accountant Chang that your Tang Qijin doesn't want to live with Chang Chunya anymore?"
Captain Tang's already ugly face was now bruised, and his wife was even more angry and yelled, "Xia Xiaohuo, what are you talking about? Who is trying to mediate a quarrel? You just open your mouth and say that people can't live anymore?"
Chang Chunya's mother Li Xingfang was furious when she heard this: "Such a thing happened in your family, and you don't let others talk about it?" This woman, it would be fine if she just spoke to me loudly, but she even dared to yell at the team leader. We can't get used to her.
Captain Tang also yelled at his wife, "Shut up." The sound was so loud that it was only because there was no one idle in the production teams of Ping'anzhuang Brigade, otherwise a group of people would have gathered around to watch the fun.
This is also what makes the Tang family angry: it is winter now and they think that if they go to the Chang family and make some trouble, and bring up the fact that Chang Chunya is staying at her parents' home and not returning, the onlookers will definitely point fingers at the Chang family, and for the sake of face, won't the Chang family have to bow to them?
Unexpectedly, they didn't even enter the house when they arrived, but kept yelling at the Chang family in the yard, and few people came to watch the fun. Even if there were a few people who came, they were scolded by Accountant Chang and left in a hurry.
How can they fish in troubled waters? !
Fortunately, Xia Juhua finally came. Captain Tang thought he saw hope, but he didn't expect Xia Juhua to directly say what she wanted to say to control the Chang family. What effect would his words have then?
Captain Tang was so angry that he glared at his wife viciously: You woman are incapable of doing anything good but always makes trouble!
He had told the Chang family not to make things so awkward, and asked his son to come and pick up his daughter-in-law, but she refused to listen. Not only did she refuse to listen, she also went around the village gossiping about her daughter-in-law, and asked her brother from her mother's family to find out everything. So when they came to the Chang family, they were not excited at all that their family was finally willing to take her in, and they even questioned her about it, asking if she considered Chang Chunya a family member.
Very passive, okay?
Fortunately, Accountant Chang still had some dignity and didn't say anything unpleasant. He told them that Chang Chunya would have to work in Ping'an Village in the future and might not be able to do housework as before. In order to prevent her mother-in-law from having to take care of the young couple, it would be best to let the two children live separately.
If they hadn't heard that Chang Chunya was working in Ping'an Village and had received a salary, they wouldn't have come to the Chang family to pick her up. Well, when I asked you, Chang Yuqing, to arrange for Qi Jin, you said you couldn't, but your own daughter could. When you arranged for your own daughter, why didn't you say whether she had a household registration in Ping'an Village?
They said that their family didn't consider Chang Chunya as a family member, but do you consider Qi Jin as a family member? Just now, they stopped the Chang family from going to work, questioning this question.
Captain Tang thought that Xia Juhua was the one who had the final say in Pinganzhuang Brigade, and Accountant Chang was her right-hand man. If Xia Juhua knew that the whole family was not going to work, she would have to send someone to ask. Unexpectedly, Xia Juhua really valued Chang Yuqing and came in person.
It's good that she's here. Captain Tang is going to have a good talk with her. The two children are still young, and it's not good for them to be apart for a long time. It's not good for the relationship of the young couple. He asks her to think of a solution for her son no matter what.
As a result, this bitch started calling people by their nicknames. Is this what you should say when you want to ask for favors?
After yelling at his wife to leave, Captain Tang couldn't even hold back a smile that was uglier than crying, and he apologized to Xia Juhua in embarrassment. Xia Juhua felt that the villain in her life must be someone with the surname Tang, otherwise the supply and marketing cooperative had a Secretary Tang some time ago, and now there is a Captain Tang.
Why do all the disgusting people have the surname Tang?
She did not say whether she accepted Captain Tang's apology or not, but only asked Accountant Chang: "Where is Chunya? Her in-laws are here, why is she nowhere to be seen?" There was such a loud commotion outside, and only Accountant Chang and his wife and two sons were confronting the Tang family. Chang Chunya was nowhere to be seen, and when she heard that she had arrived but had not shown up, Xia Juhua felt something was wrong.
Accountant Chang said angrily, "When Captain Tang's wife came to our house, she pointed at Chunya and scolded her, making the child cry. Her two sisters-in-law tried to persuade her."
Haha, the Tang family is really capable. Xia Juhua looked at Captain Tang, and finally turned her gaze to his wife: "Captain Tang's wife is really impressive. It seems that you think that since you are the mother-in-law of Accountant Chang, the people of Ping An Manor will definitely be polite to you, right?"
Tang Qijin's mother shuddered when she heard this. She had heard that the members of Ping'an Village, even the cadres from the county, dared to surround them and ask for advice. How could she expect them to be polite to her? As long as they didn't get in her way, it would be fine.
Captain Tang was also a little anxious after hearing this, and pointed at his wife and explained to Xia Juhua: "Captain Xia, this woman is just a nagging person. She doesn't have any bad intentions. She is just worried about her son because he and his wife don't see each other every day, so she..."
"Captain Tang, I'm curious about how your team selects its officers." Xia Juhua suddenly said this while listening to his incoherent explanation.
Without giving Captain Tang time to respond, she said, "I have a lot of things to do in my team, and I don't have time to waste with you guys. Since you asked me to mediate between the two of you, then tell me, what exactly do you want to do by coming to Chang Accounting House?"
Captain Tang was just thinking about what Xia Juhua meant by the previous sentence. He was a little slow to react to the question she asked next, and he said subconsciously: "In fact, our Qi Jin is quite capable. Since Chun Ya can stay in Ping An Village to work, why not let Qi Jin come to work as well? The young couple can go to get off work together, and they will have company on the road."
As soon as he finished speaking, the door of the main room of the Chang family was pushed open. Xia Juhua looked over and saw that it was Chang Chunya, whose eyes were red with tears. She looked straight at Captain Tang and said, "Dad, please don't make things difficult for the captain. At worst, I won't work in the factory anymore. I'll just go back to Tangjiazhuang with you guys now."
Tang Qijin, who had been pretending to be a grandson, finally spoke up when Chang Chunya said she would not work in the factory either: "How can you not work? Didn't you say you made more than ten dollars in ten days? It's as much as our production team makes in a month. You have to work in Ping'an Village, otherwise we will have nothing to spend."
It's really eye-opening. Xia Juhua and the Chang family were completely shocked by Tang Qijin's righteous words. Chang Chunya looked at the man she had lived with for two years in disbelief: "You said I have to spend the money I earn on you?"
Tang Qijin nodded as a matter of course: "We are a couple, so when we have money, of course we have to spend it together."
Chang Chunya suddenly laughed, with tears in her smile but infinite sadness. The young man looked extremely sad. "You know we are a couple and we should spend money together. I am not afraid of losing face today, so I will ask you, how come I have never seen the money you have earned in the two years since we got married? And how come I have never seen a penny of the dividends I earned?"
The Tang family members were silent all of a sudden. Li Xingfang was shaking all over after hearing this: "You silly girl, why don't you say anything when you come home? What kind of life have you been leading these past two years, my dear girl..." As she spoke, tears fell in pairs, and her two sisters-in-law, who had followed Chang Chunya out of the house, also cried with her.
They felt a little unhappy because their sister-in-law got married and went back to live with her parents. But firstly, their father-in-law was capable and their family still depended on his reputation in the brigade. Secondly, after their sister-in-law came home, they no longer had to worry about housework. She cooked, cleaned the yard, and helped take care of her nephews and nieces. They couldn't say anything.
But when she heard that her sister-in-law hadn't seen a penny from her husband's family in two years, her dissatisfaction disappeared - how could she stay in such a family? She should have come back a long time ago, and she couldn't go back anymore.
Captain Tang tried to find an excuse for his family: "Chun Ya, we don't have a split family in the countryside, and the dividends are managed by the head of the family. Your mother is the head of our family, so it's right for her to collect the dividends. When you wanted to spend money, we didn't stop you, right?"
Since Chang Chunya had already said what she thought was the most embarrassing thing, she was ready to have a serious argument with the Tang family. After listening to Captain Tang's words, she asked her father-in-law directly: "Dad, you said that no one can stop me from spending money, but have I spent a penny of the family's money in the past two years?"
"I want to make a new dress for the New Year. My mother said that when she married me, my family borrowed money from someone and had to pay it back before making anything else. The debt has not been paid off in two years. I have never made a new dress, but Tang Qijin makes new clothes all year round. Am I lying? Today I want to ask, is my betrothal gift worth thousands or tens of thousands? How come my family, with several full-time workers, can't pay off the debt in two years?"
"Also, I've been married for two years, and the New Year gifts I sent to my parents' home every year were ten steamed buns made of white flour. But the New Year gifts my brother sent to Tangjiazhuang were canned food, malted milk, and pork. My parents, brothers, and sisters-in-law loved me and never complained, but when I came back on the second day of the Chinese New Year, I had to stand at the door of my parents' home for a long time before I had the nerve to go in. Dad, you and my mom took the things my brother sent to Tang Qijin's grandmother's house. You didn't feel embarrassed to go in like me, did you?"
Captain Tang was so ashamed that he wished he could bury his head in the ground and hide himself from everyone. Even his wife had nothing to say - she didn't make new clothes for her daughter-in-law, only gave her steamed buns as a New Year gift, and even took the New Year gift given by her in-laws back to her own parents' home. All of this was her fault, so what else could she say?
Seeing that his parents were silent, Tang Qijin felt that his family could not lose face in front of the Chang family, so he used the tone his father usually used to talk to his mother and shouted at Chang Chunya, "Why are you talking about this? Anything sent to our family belongs to us. Our mother is the head of the family, and she can give it to whoever she wants."
Accountant Chang began to stagger now, and his eldest son had to hold him up. He only had time to say, "My dear daughter, I'm sorry for finding you such a useless thing." Then he fainted.
Everyone in the yard was terrified. Li Xingfang ignored the brat from the Tang family and threw herself on Accountant Chang and started crying loudly. Chang Chunya and her two sisters-in-law also burst into tears. The Tang family members stood there in a daze, looking at the Chang family members at a loss.
Xia Juhua pointed at Chang Qingshan, the eldest son of Accountant Chang, and shouted, "Why don't you go to the brigade headquarters and find someone to ask Liu Zhifu or Niu Weiguo to come over with a tractor, no matter who asks."
Chang Qingshan ran away after hearing this, and returned after leaving the yard, pushed Xia Juhua's bicycle, staggered onto the bicycle, and pedaled away quickly. Chang Qingling, the youngest son of the Chang family, glared at the Tang family and said, "Just wait, if anything happens to my father, we'll never be done for."
"Hey, why are you blaming us?" Captain Tang's wife couldn't help herself and instinctively wanted to shirk the responsibility. As a result, those who were still sober in the Chang family looked at her with murderous eyes. Captain Tang was so scared that he covered his wife's mouth with his hand. She made a few sobbing sounds before she could cover it in time, and no one could hear what she was muttering.
Tang Qijin was so frightened that he pulled his parents and thought that they should leave this place of trouble - he had a hunch that when his eldest brother-in-law came back with the tractor and sent his father-in-law to the hospital, he would come back and deal with him together with his second brother-in-law.
Xia Juhua asked Chang Qingling to do the real work first: "Hurry up and carry your father into the house. This icy ground can freeze even good people."
Chang Qingling glared at the Tang family again and went forward to hug his father. Angry and scared, he couldn't muster any strength, and after a few attempts, he failed. It was Chang Chunya and her second sister-in-law who helped to carry Chang Accountant into the house.
Xia Juhua did not follow them into the house, but stood guard at the gate, anxiously looking outside from time to time, staring at the three members of the Tang family to prevent them from leaving. Captain Tang was so anxious that he kept pacing around her: "Captain Xia, you see that Old Chang has such a bad temper. He just said a few words, and you said that this is a big deal. Why don't we go first..."
Xia Juhua was annoyed by Tang's nagging. She gave him a cold look and said, "Just two sentences? Accountant Chang has a bad temper? Captain Tang, I don't understand a word you said."
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