Just as Xia Juhua finished speaking, Liu Erzhuang, who had heard the commotion in the yard, hurried over - now mat weaving was the main source of income for the production team, and most of Liu Erzhuang's heart was on the yard.
As soon as he arrived, he saw Sun Guizhi trying to leave. Liu Erzhuang was overwhelmed: "Old Fourth, what are you doing here?"
Sun Guizhi was just like Sun Shi, bullying the weak and fearing the strong. Since she hadn't gained any advantage by making trouble at Xia Juhua's house, and Li Daya had been doing nothing but taking responsibility, Liu Erzhuang had never said anything to her. Sun Guizhi knew that Liu Erzhuang and his wife disliked her, so she spoke to him very carefully: "It's nothing, I just heard that they had come up with a new trick, so I came to see what was going on."
"She just keeps telling lies. Captain, don't believe her. She is here to cause trouble for Mrs. Liu." Li Changwang's mouth is very quick and he is determined not to let Sun Guizhi get away so easily.
Liu Erzhuang's face had turned dark: "Didn't I tell mother that the task of weaving mats this time is heavy, and you have never made mats before, so who has the time to teach you from scratch? What are you doing here? If you delay your mission to the supply and marketing department, you will be responsible for it?"
Li Changwang's family said again: "You have delayed us for a while. Captain, you can't deduct our work points today. It's your brother's wife who messed up that we didn't complete the task."
Listen, how can you not feel overwhelmed?
Liu Erzhuang thought that Li Changwang's family could leave the yard with Sun Guizhi. Xia Juhua was the one who didn't want to speak: "Captain, everyone has learned almost everything. I will not come here after I finish making this mat, so as not to embarrass you because of me making mats here."
Liu Erzhuang is in a dilemma now, okay? His sister-in-law is always easy to talk to, and she calls him Erzhuang Erzhuang, which shows her intimacy. Why did she give him such a difficult problem today? Liu Erzhuang glared at Sun Guizhi who was causing trouble, thinking that if she wasn't his brother's wife, he would give her a slap in the face.
Let her be rude every day!
Listening to the women talking in unison about how Xia Juhua shouldn't go home, saying that if she left, everyone would be unsure about what to do. Liu Erzhuang looked at Xia Juhua with some embarrassment, and finally gritted his teeth and said to Sun Guizhi: "You are not allowed to come to the yard again in the future. If you come again, your work points will be deducted directly."
When it came to work points, Sun Guizhi didn't care about Liu Erzhuang and asked angrily, "Why? The yard is not Xia Juhua's. This is a public place for the production team. I can come whenever I want."
"I don't want you to come. If you want to come, you can come to weave reed mats tomorrow. Start by breaking the reed pieces. You will be the only one who will break the reed pieces for everyone. If someone says that you can't supply them, one day's work points will be deducted from you. If you can't supply several people, your work points will be deducted for several days. If your points are not enough, then the fourth one's will be deducted." Liu Erzhuang said these harsh words with a dark face, and Sun Guizhi dared not say a word.
What else can I say? Liu Erzhuang is using the production team's mission to deal with the couple. Sun Guizhi had to leave in disgrace. Xia Juhua couldn't figure out why Sun Guizhi came here to make this trip. Was it just to make her unhappy? It was obvious that she was more unhappy than herself.
Seeing Sun Guizhi walking away, Liu Erzhuang yelled at the women who were still looking at him and Xia Juhua: "What are you still looking at? Have you finished weaving the mats?"
Li Changwang's family was not afraid of trouble and asked the question that everyone wanted to ask: "Will Mrs. Liu come tomorrow?"
Liu Erzhuang rubbed his hands and looked at Xia Juhua. Xia Juhua felt the same as she did the last time she faced Sun Hongmei. She didn't feel happy that Sun Guizhi was not well. Instead, she felt annoyed that someone came to mess up her business just when she was doing something serious.
But Liu Erzhuang and Li Daya had helped her, so she couldn't be too disrespectful to Liu Erzhuang, so she could only keep silent. An Baoling saw that Liu Erzhuang was in a difficult situation, and felt a little sympathetic to him, or felt that she and Liu Erzhuang and Li Daya were in the same boat, so she helped to persuade Xia Juhua, "Sister-in-law, why are you angry with that ignorant person? We all know whether you are good or bad."
"That's right." The women all agreed with An Baoling's statement. Among them, the one from Li Changwang's family wanted to pat her chest to prove that what she said was from the heart.
Xia Juhua had to look up at everyone and said, "Then I'll come back tomorrow. If you have any questions, please ask me. In one more day, we should all be able to learn, right?"
They could learn, but with Xia Juhua present, they felt more confident when they started making up stories. Without her, they felt that the reeds in their hands were not working. Thinking about Sun Guizhi's troublesome nature, the women all felt that Xia Juhua was afraid that Sun Guizhi would cause trouble again in the future. If she brought Sun's family to cause trouble like last time, even Liu Erzhuang's appearance might not be effective.
So the most hateful person is Sun Guizhi. The women in the yard were weaving reed mats while they were bringing up all the "good things" that Sun Guizhi had done over the years and scolding her. I don't know if Sun Guizhi sneezed when she ran back home.
Xia Juhua felt that Sun Guizhi came to make trouble at the right time, otherwise it would be difficult for her to find an excuse not to come to the yard - she had to teach people how to weave mats in the yard during the day, and she couldn't just talk, she had to weave mats with her hands, and she had to fry two pots of peanuts when she got home in the evening. Xia Juhua felt that she couldn't bear it anymore.
People have to accept aging. Although Xia Juhua is almost 30 years younger than her previous life after living a new life, she feels that it is not too early to take care of her body from now on.
She is a person who wants to make a lot of money. The elders always say that the body is the capital of revolution. Xia Juhua, who does not have much money, must protect her body, which is her capital.
So even though she got home early today, she had no plans to continue frying peanuts in the evening - she had been frying two pots every night in the past few days, which added up to more than 300 kilograms. Starting from the day after tomorrow when she didn't have to go to work, she could finish frying the rest in a few days, so why make herself so tired.
Wang Caifeng, who was used to Xia Juhua being busy all the time, found it very strange that her mother-in-law suddenly stopped working, and asked worriedly: "Mom, what's wrong with you? How about asking Zhiquan to find a doctor to check you out?"
Caring is good, and Xia Juhua also saw that Wang Caifeng's concern was genuine, so she didn't think about her motives for caring, smiled and said, "It's nothing, I'm just a little tired these days, I want to take a day off."
"Well, then you take a good rest, I'll go cook. Baoguo, come on, don't bother grandma." Seeing that Xia Juhua's face looked no different from usual, Wang Caifeng picked up Liu Baoguo and went to the kitchen.
Xia Juhua wanted to say that there were knives and shovels in the kitchen, and Liu Baoguo was very active, so she left him in the main room to watch over him. In the end, she didn't say it out loud. It would be nice to have some quiet time. It had been a long time since she had such quiet time.
Later, Xia Juhua realized that she could only wait until both sons moved out to have peace and quiet. Just as she took out the treated cloth she bought from the supply and marketing cooperative, she heard Sun Hongmei coming back. Wang Caifeng was asking her why the two brothers Liu Zhiquan hadn't come back.
Sun Hongmei said with some anticipation: "Zhishuang and his friends have gone to collect the money for carrying the food packages. They will be back in a while. Sister-in-law, how much money do you think they can get?"
Xia Juhua also smiled when she heard this. It was great that she had money to collect again.
More than half an hour later, Liu Zhiquan and his brother came back. When they didn't see Xia Juhua, they asked about her. They felt a little strange knowing that she wanted to rest, so they asked what was going on with their respective wives.
Wang Caifeng answered very clearly. Sun Hongmei knew that Xia Juhua no longer liked her, and she was relieved that she didn't see Xia Juhua when she came back, so she didn't think of asking her what was going on. So she naturally couldn't answer the questions raised by Liu Zhishuang.
Liu Zhishuang's joy at getting his salary was immediately dampened by his wife's indifference to her mother: "You didn't even ask if your mother was tired?"
Sun Hongmei was stammering and unable to speak. She didn't even dare to ask how much Liu Zhishuang was paid, let alone her plan of taking Liu Zhishuang back to the west room and hiding some of the wages in advance. She didn't dare to show it at all.
The two brothers hurriedly washed their hands, brushed off the dust on their bodies, and went to the main room to see what was wrong with Xia Juhua. They knew their mother better than Wang Caifeng did. If she was not really sick and unable to get up, she would always find work to do. She had never been seen without work at home or outside.
Seeing them rushing in, Xia Juhua was very happy even though she still had memories of her past life. Without waiting for the two brothers to ask, she said with a smile on her face: "Mom is fine, don't worry. I just feel tired and want to rest for a day. Why can't your mom rest for a while?"
"Okay, as long as Mom is okay." After hearing this, Liu Zhiquan sat down on the edge of the kang with relief, his eyes still on Xia Juhua, wondering if she was holding on so as not to worry him.
Liu Zhishuang directly took out the money from his pocket and slapped it in front of Xia Juhua, saying excitedly: "Mom, twenty-five yuan!"
This is really a lot. If you work in the production team, the maximum work points you can get during your free time is eight points. You really can't get that much money, let alone cash. However, Xia Juhua didn't move. Seeing that Liu Zhiquan also wanted to pay, she quickly said, "Don't worry, pack up Zhishuang's too. After dinner, we'll settle it in front of your wives."
"What's there to calculate?" Liu Zhishuang, who was dissatisfied with Sun Hongmei, pushed the money in front of Xia Juhua and said, "I have no use for the money, so mother will keep it for me."
Haha, Xia Juhua smiled at her youngest son. In her last life, Liu Zhishuang wanted to take all the money in her hands and give it to Sun Hongmei, but now he wants her to keep all the money he earned.
The changes are huge.
Sun Hongmei, who came in with the meal, stood at the door, not knowing whether to go in or not. Wang Caifeng behind her didn't know why she stopped and urged her, "Go, the meal will get cold and need to be reheated." She was so tactless. She didn't see Baoguo stumbling after her. What if the child couldn't stop and fell.
What you fear will come to you. Liu Baoguo had short calves, so he had to hold on to Wang Caifeng's trouser legs when crossing the threshold. When Wang Caifeng stopped, he was not prepared, and his calves slipped on the threshold, and he really fell to the ground, crying.
“咋啦，志全快去看看保國咋哭啦。”夏菊花雖然不如上輩子一樣對劉保國疼的毫無保留，可是聽到孩子撕心裂肺的哭聲，還是有些受不了的讓劉志全快出去看看。
劉志全一邊往出走，還聽到夏菊花在埋怨他：“你媳婦又帶孩子又做飯，你回來也不知道替她帶帶孩子，将來分出去過，你媳婦可受罪了。”
娘又提起分出去過，劉志雙不知道大哥聽到沒有，他聽後心裏可是不得勁。就在自己結婚之前，娘還跟他們哥兩個說過，以後她老了，就留在家裏不下地，給他們哥兩個專心帶孩子，不管是幾個孫子孫女，她都能帶得過來。
現在娘卻三天兩頭把分家挂在嘴邊上，劉志雙不能不把娘的變化跟自己結婚聯系起來，對已經把飯擺到桌上的孫紅梅能有好臉色才怪呢。
孫紅梅覺得自己冤枉死了：劉保國是王彩鳳的兒子，看也該由王彩鳳看，怎麽摔哭了劉志雙給自己掉臉色看呢？
再看看婆婆一臉焦急的看着門簾，孫紅梅心裏更不自在，不就是一個孩子嗎，誰不會生是咋着。等自己生了孩子，要是婆婆敢偏心……
想想劉保國天天喝的米糊，孫紅梅小心的摸了摸自己的肚子，這裏是不是也有一個孩子了呢？
劉志全已經把孩子抱了進來，夏菊花接過來一看，幸虧天冷穿得厚，除了兩只小手擦得通紅，別處都沒受傷，這才放心。她讓王彩鳳把特意給劉保國留出來的雞肉熱一塊，自己挾給孩子，劉保國馬上被轉移了注意力，小手捧着雞肉吃的那叫個香。
飯簡單，吃的也快，接下來就到了分錢的時間。其實劉志全兄弟去扛糧食包之前已經說好了分配辦法，這次不過是當面點清。
夏菊花以為自己分的很明白，收起自己那份就想趕人，不想劉志全只留下十塊錢，把剩下的兩塊五遞給夏菊花：“娘，這個你留着自己買塊新頭巾。”
夏菊花一愣，推開錢說：“我的頭巾還能帶呢。再說我自己有錢，不用你給我買。”省的你媳婦拿這事出去講咕我。
王彩鳳竟然笑着勸她收下：“娘，你收着吧，這可是你兒子頭一次想着給你買東西。”
劉志雙見了也只收起十塊錢，另外的兩塊五同樣推到夏菊花面前：“娘再買塊布做件衣裳。”
“用不着，頭巾和布才用多少錢。”夏菊花還是不想收，上輩子她都沒受過這樣的待遇，現在突然被送錢真不習慣：“你們的心娘知道，娘心裏高興着呢。你們的心意娘領了，錢都自己拿回去，給你們媳婦買點啥都行。”
劉志雙回頭看了孫紅梅一眼——嫂子都知道勸娘收下錢，一向會說話的孫紅梅竟一聲不吭，娘是不是看出孫紅梅不願意出這份錢才不要的？
孫紅梅的确在心疼那兩塊五毛錢——明明婆婆已經拿了一半，咋還單另給她買頭巾買布的錢？自己除了結婚穿的那身新衣裳，剩下的都是娘家穿過的舊衣裳，也該做身新的。
正想怎麽讓劉志雙想到自己該做新衣裳，劉志雙就看過來了，孫紅梅沒等高興發現劉志雙看自己的眼神很不滿，她有些茫然的看着劉志雙，不明白自己哪兒又惹他不高興了。
劉志雙暗暗嘆了一口氣，轉頭面對夏菊花的時候已經換成了二皮臉的笑容：“娘你說的不對，光留心意怎麽行，我和大哥從來沒給娘買過啥，這回我得看到自己的心意穿在娘身上。”說完不等夏菊花反駁，拉着孫紅梅一溜煙的跑出門。
夏菊花無奈的笑了一下，王彩鳳趁機拉起劉志全，抱起劉保國也出了門，正看到劉志雙甩開孫紅梅的手，頭也不回的進了西廂房。
劉志全沒看明白，回屋後問：“志雙和他媳婦又咋啦？”
王彩鳳也心疼那兩塊五毛錢，可跟孫紅梅被劉志雙冷落比，她覺得自己的錢出的值，笑咪咪對劉志全說：“誰知道，天天不消停，娘跟着也上火。”
提到夏菊花，劉志全十分警惕的提醒自己媳婦：“這話你出了屋少說，當着娘的面一句都不許提。”
還用自己提？王彩鳳早就發現，婆婆的眼睛尖着呢，心裏也有數着呢，別看嘴上不說手下可不含糊，沒見孫紅梅現在在家裏連頭都快擡不起來了。
有這麽個前車之鑒，王彩鳳才不會說惹婆婆不高興的話。歸根到底，男人心裏向着婆婆，家裏婆婆就能一直說了算。
孫紅梅就沒王彩鳳這個待遇，劉志雙不是提醒而是警告：“你別天天當着娘的面掉臉子，娘欠你的了？”
“我沒說娘欠我的。可娘天天對我不冷不熱的，我做啥之前都得先想想娘會不會不高興，說啥之前都得想想娘會不會不愛聽，你還讓我怎麽笑得出來。”
笑不出來你就掉臉子？劉志雙有些無奈的看着媳婦，想問問她結婚前的機靈勁都哪兒去了，最終沒問出口。
或者媳婦在娘家的時候從來沒有過錢，所以才把錢看得這麽重。劉志雙決定給孫紅梅最後一次機會，把兜裏的十塊錢遞給孫紅梅：“好好存着。”手裏有了錢，媳婦想用什麽自己買，就不再惦記着別人的錢了吧。
要是她還惦記着呢？劉志雙還沒想好，只知道自己會十分失望，更知道娘會比自己還失望。
夏菊花現在倒沒覺得失望，她正在尋思自己要不要再找塊棉花把耳朵堵起來，免得有人半夜又吵起來自己休息不好。
沒等她想好，院門口就傳來了敲門的聲音，還有安寶玲帶着哭腔的喊聲：“嫂子，嫂子，給我開開門。”
夏菊花顧不得心呯呯的跳，連忙穿鞋下地，沒等出屋就聽到劉志全已經在問：“三嬸，你咋來了啦，你先別哭，遇到啥事啦。”
上輩子安寶玲沒這麽晚來過，夏菊花一把拉開門闩，問：“他三嬸，這是咋啦？”
“嫂子，三壯被四壯把頭打破了，血一直止不住。娘不給拿錢看大夫，你看看能不能先借我點兒錢？”安寶玲一邊哭一邊把來意說了，夏菊花心裏咯噔一下子。
劉四壯吃什麽藥了，怎麽敢把劉三壯的頭打破了？孫氏也是個狠人，劉三壯難道就不是她兒子，再看不上這個兒子也不能看着人流血不出錢呀。
想的挺多，都是在夏菊花找錢的時候從腦子裏一過，等把一百塊錢遞到安寶玲手裏，夏菊花已經捊清了思路：“老大老二，你們跟你三嬸一塊回老院，直接送你三叔去縣裏的醫院。”
安寶玲看着手裏厚厚的一沓票子，眼裏的淚流的更急了：“不用志全他們了，我跟二哥帶志軍、志國去就行。”
□□、劉志國是安寶玲生的兩個兒子，大的□□今年才下地掙整工分，劉志國過年才十四，夏菊花覺得頂不了什麽事，說：“志軍和志國還是小點兒，讓志全他們哥倆去吧。你們倆過去聽你二叔的，別亂說話也別亂出主意。”最後夏菊花不得不囑咐劉志全兄弟兩個。
不囑咐不行，夏菊花覺得今天劉四壯敢打劉三壯，跟孫桂芝一定脫不了幹系，而劉志全兄弟兩個對孫桂芝的怨氣不是一點半點，萬一去了說些不好聽的，被孫桂芝或是孫氏抓住把柄怎麽辦？
他們是去幫忙的，不是去給人背鍋的。
說起來話長，實際從安寶玲拍門到劉志全兄弟跟她回老院，也就是五六分鐘的時間，夏菊花看着空蕩蕩的院門，慢慢過去把門重新關好。
往正房走的時候才發現，兩個兒媳婦都站在各自的門口看着她，一副想問又不知道怎麽問的表情。夏菊花自己還摸不着頭腦呢，只好向她們擺擺手：“都進屋吧，有事兒明天再說。”
孫紅梅聽了扭頭要進屋，聽到王彩鳳問：“娘，要不我跟你做伴吧，還不知道志全他們什麽時候回來呢。”又站住了，心裏氣自己這麽好的讨好婆婆的機會，竟然被王彩鳳占了先。
可是再回頭的話，不就是跟着王彩鳳學了嗎？這樣的事兒如果沒占先，學的那個總會讓人笑話，孫紅梅咬着牙當沒聽到王彩鳳的話，輕輕關上了門。
夏菊花倒是聽到了王彩鳳的話，對她笑了一下說：“你回屋看着保國吧，別擔心，志全他們就是幫忙去了，沒啥大事。”王彩鳳是有身子的人，剛才那麽大的拍門聲，可能也吓着了，按理夏菊花給她做伴還差不多，哪能讓一個孕婦關照自己，所以得安撫王彩鳳兩句。
看王彩鳳這段時間的表現，夏菊花覺得她值得這樣安慰。
An Baoling, who brought Liu Zhiquan and his brother back to the old hospital, no longer expected others to comfort her. When she entered the hospital, she found Liu Sanzhuang still sitting on the ground. The eldest son was crying while covering the wound on his father's head with a towel. He was so angry that he didn't even care to cry: "Zhijun, Zhiguo, help your father up, let's go to the county hospital."
"Don't scare people with the county hospital." Liu Sizhuang sneaked out from under the lights and shouted to An Baoling: "If you want to go to the county hospital, you have to give your salary to mother first."