Seeing that the blood on Liu Sanzhuang's head could not be stopped, An Baoling was unwilling to ask him where he put his wages in front of Sun Shi - who knew if Sun Shi and Liu Sizhuang heard it, they would grab it? So she asked Liu Erzhuang for help.
Unfortunately, when the production team distributed dividends, although Liu Erzhuang said that each branch would receive its own share, he still couldn't handle the unreasonable Sun family when he got home, and in the end the dividends of the second and third branches still went to Sun family. Even this year, the dividends have not been distributed to each branch, and Liu Erzhuang couldn't come up with any money.
For the sake of Liu Sanzhuang, An Baoling was willing to risk her life. She asked her two sons to hold Sun and Liu Sizhuang one by one, and then she ran out to ask Xia Juhua for help, which led to a series of events that followed.
"Mom, I think Third Aunt is really mad this time and is really going to punish Fourth Uncle." Liu Zhishuang finished his porridge and said.
An Baoling really didn't want to let Liu Sizhuang go.
Why let him go? An Baoling is not Sun's family. If she wants to be partial, she should be partial to Liu Sanzhuang. After the doctor at the county hospital confirmed that Liu Sanzhuang's injuries were sufficient for him to go home and recuperate, she told Liu Erzhuang that Liu Sanzhuang was fine now and that she could take the children and push him home slowly. Liu Erzhuang still had the production team to deal with, so it was more important for him to go back and arrange the production team's affairs first.
Liu Erzhuang also felt that if such a thing happened in his family, who knows what the villagers would say about it. If he didn't go back to suppress it, there would definitely be people who wouldn't even go to work and would just block his door to watch the commotion.
Although his family was often watched and laughed at by others, his mother didn't get the money from Liu Sanzhuang this time, and he didn't know what bad things she would say in front of others. If people talked about him too much, he would have no chance of being the production team leader.
Liu Erzhuang worked hard as the production team leader and never thought of taking advantage of the public. However, because he became the production team leader after Liu Dazhuang's death, this position meant a lot to him, just like his brother was still watching over him.
The other Liu Erzhuang also knew that given his mother's character, if he didn't become the production team leader, his mother would use the same methods she used against Liu Sanzhuang to deal with them, and would even take back all the interest he had earned over the years for being disobedient.
Liu Erzhuang didn't want his family to suffer the same fate as Liu Sanzhuang's family, and he didn't want to be the next person to be pushed to the county hospital by a cart. So he had to go back and show up when the people in Ping'an Village didn't talk about it. In this way, even if the villagers talked about it, they could only talk about it behind his back because they were afraid of him as the production team leader.
As soon as Liu Erzhuang left, An Baoling did not stay in the hospital. She took her two brothers and pushed Liu Sanzhuang back. However, when they reached the commune, she stopped and instructed her son to push Liu Sanzhuang to the commune office.
□□ was already old enough to earn all the work points. He suddenly thought of what An Baoling wanted to do. He stood still, holding the handlebars of the cart with his hands: "Mom, is it possible? How about we discuss it with my second eldest master when we get home?"
An Baoling shook her head: "What's wrong with that? Your father is injured like this, and your second uncle is still thinking about preserving the Liu family's reputation. He doesn't care about his brothers, but I care about my man. Our family can't eat this loss for nothing, otherwise your fourth uncle's family will shit on our necks in the future. If Liu Sizhuang doesn't go to the study class, I won't be able to get through this New Year."
The two brothers □□ and Liu Zhiguo had been worried all night, their eyes were full of bloodshot. After hearing what their mother said, they stopped trying to persuade her and pushed their carts towards the commune office.
An Baoling had already made the decision to go to the commune to file a complaint when the doctor told her about Liu Sanzhuang's injury. She had thought that Liu Erzhuang might have some opinions about her after she filed a complaint with the commune. But she had been insulted and scolded by the Sun family and criticized by Sun Guizhi over the years, so she didn't care whether others had opinions about her or not, and just wanted to vent her anger.
What's more, An Baoling was not just venting her own anger, she was also doing it for Liu Sanzhuang.
Looking at Liu Sanzhuang lying on the cart without saying a word, An Baoling couldn't stop crying. Since Liu Sizhuang broke his head yesterday, Liu Sanzhuang has not spoken a word. His eyes are also straight. He doesn't respond to anyone talking to him. The county doctor said that he might have been stimulated by something, so he needs to go home and take good care of himself.
Liu Sanzhuang was still staring at the gray sky. No one knew if he heard An Baoling's angry words. An Baoling felt as if a knife was slowly stabbing her heart. She felt so painful that she wanted to cry loudly.
What kind of life did the third room live these years? They dared not delay working in the fields for a day, and they had to do the housework as well. As a result, they had the worst food and clothing, and were scolded every day. In the end, Liu Sanzhuang was even chopped off the head by Liu Sizhuang, that damn horse. How could he have the heart to do that?
If we don't teach him a lesson, will he stab the entire family of the third wife with a knife next time? !
An Baoling gritted her teeth and tried hard to keep up with her sons. Liu Erzhuang still wanted to cover up the matter, but An Baoling refused to admit it.
Liu Erzhuang also wants to cry now.
He arrived at Ping'an Village more than an hour later than Liu Zhishuang, but he was not as lucky as Liu Zhishuang - Liu Zhishuang had hot corn cakes to eat when he entered the house, but what was waiting for Liu Erzhuang was Sun's curse:
"How dare you come back? Didn't I tell you yesterday that whoever leaves the Liu family's courtyard should never come back? You just left, and your wife has ruined the whole family. She steamed a big pot of pancakes in the early morning, but I didn't know which wild man she gave them to..."
"Mom!" Liu Erzhuang had expected that his mother would not let him go easily, but he did not expect her to speak so outrageously. What did she mean by not knowing which wild man Li Daya gave the cake to? Did she forget that he and the third family were waiting for dinner in the county hospital?
Does the mother think that since she and the third son are from the same family, they should just work and not eat?
Sun was even more angry after being yelled at by Liu Erzhuang: "You unfilial son, how dare you yell at your mother. Come and see, Liu Erzhuang has become the production team leader and he doesn't want to support his mother anymore. He wants to starve her to death with his wife."
When Liu Erzhuang came back, there were already a few people standing at the gate of the courtyard watching the fun - everyone heard the big commotion in the Liu family last night, but Liu Erzhuang couldn't watch the fun openly and only heard half of it. Now they all wanted to ask Liu Erzhuang about Liu Sanzhuang's situation, but they didn't expect to hear Sun scolding Liu Erzhuang first.
What was even more unexpected was that Liu Erzhuang, who had always let Sun do whatever she wanted, looked at Sun tiredly and asked in a hoarse voice: "If mother thinks I am unfilial, can I live separately?"
Sun's voice suddenly disappeared, and she looked at her second son in surprise, as if she didn't understand what he meant. Liu Erzhuang rubbed his face, squatted on the ground and stopped talking, waiting for Sun's answer.
"What are you talking about? You want to split up the family? No way!" Sun's reaction was to crush Liu Erzhuang's idea of splitting up the family: "You killed your eldest brother, and now you want to stop supporting me. Why doesn't God strike you dead with a bolt of lightning, you unfilial thing?"
"Even if God wants to thunder, it won't hit Erzhuang." Li Daya stood beside Liu Erzhuang without pulling him up. She looked straight at Sun and said, "We all know how our eldest brother died. Everyone knows it, but mother doesn't know it? Then why did the third brother go to the county hospital? Mother can't be unaware of it."
"You, you bastard, are going to piss me off to death." Sun had always been used to bullying her two older daughters-in-law, and even though Li Daya had been silently resisting, she still didn't say much. Last night, Li Daya had already scolded Liu Sizhuang in front of Sun, and today she actually scolded herself directly, and Sun was so angry that she sat on the ground again.
Just when she was about to slap her thighs and cry, Li Daya said desperately: "Mom, don't cry anymore. Save some energy and wait for the commune to come. It's not too late to cry later."
"Someone from the commune is coming, who is it?" Sun Shi stopped crying and stared at Li Daya. Liu Erzhuang also stood up suddenly and asked, "What did the third daughter-in-law say to you?" In the morning, when Li Daya went to deliver food, she talked to the third daughter-in-law alone for a while. Liu Erzhuang didn't pay attention to it at that time, but now he felt cold in his heart when he thought about it.
Li Daya did not answer Liu Erzhuang's words. She felt that An Baoling was right: Liu Erzhuang was too obsessed with face to suffer in life. In order to prevent outsiders from laughing at the discord between the Liu brothers, he always thought of giving in. But would it be useful for only the two families to give in?
They have been giving in for more than ten or twenty years, but they have never received a single polite word from the Sun family and the fourth branch, except that they have made the Sun family and the fourth branch even more aggressive. Others have taken their concessions for granted, and if they are not taught a lesson, they will definitely go even further.
Liu Erzhuang didn't get an answer. Based on his and Li Daya's years of understanding as husband and wife, he knew that Li Daya agreed with An Baoling's approach. He couldn't help but sigh and squatted down on the ground weakly.
Sun was still questioning Li Daya, but she couldn't answer questions that Li Daya didn't want to answer, so she could only vent her anger by cursing. In the past, when she cursed, Liu Erzhuang was afraid that others would hear and be embarrassed, so he would persuade her, beg her, and agree to her unreasonable demands. This time, Liu Erzhuang was like someone had his bones pulled out, he could only sigh one after another, and didn't even say a word of advice.
The ground was very cold after the winter. Most of the benefits that Sun got from the brothers Liu Erzhuang and Liu Sanzhuang were used to support Liu Sizhuang alone. Not much was used on himself. The cotton trousers he wore were lined with old cotton and were very thin. After a while, he felt his buttocks and legs were freezing cold and he couldn't even sit still.
Sun moved her butt and looked around, hoping someone would come to persuade her or help her up so that she could get down the hill. But no one came.
不管是院裏的自家人，還是看熱鬧的外姓人，大家好象都不知道地面有多涼一樣，個個看着孫氏與李大丫兩個，連蹲在地上的劉二壯都忽略了。
大家跟孫氏一樣不想信，只是自家兄弟打架，就要驚動公社的人。現在的農村，大部分人還是信奉家醜不可外揚，兄弟之間打就打了，最多請生産隊幹部或是德高望重的老人出面，給調解一下，連大隊的人都很少驚動，除非民兵隊長碰着主動問問，李大丫咋就這麽确定公社會來人呢？
哪怕李大丫給大家的印象從來都是有一句說一句，人們還是不敢相信。
不敢相信的事情，很可能會成為現實，比如現在平安莊的村口，就出現了一輛架子車，車子上躺着一個頭上包了厚厚繃帶的人，車子後頭，則跟着好幾個戴紅袖箍的紅小隊。
這些紅小隊經過夏菊花家門口的時候，同時抽了抽鼻子，問安寶玲：“這是誰家，裏頭炒花生呢吧，他們家哪兒來的花生，一聞就知道炒的可不少。”
安寶玲聽紅袖箍語氣不善，一直提着的心更往嗓子眼提了提，輕聲說：“這是我大嫂子家，她手藝好，供銷社托她炒的花生。”
有一個紅小隊隊員顯然嘗過，問安寶玲：“是不是那種帶着糖霜的花生？”見安寶玲點頭，幾個紅小隊隊員相互看了一眼，不往前走了：“就算是供銷社讓炒的也不行，社員嘛，就應該以生産隊的生産任務為重，哪兒能放着生産隊的活不幹，反而替供銷社幹活，這不是破壞農業生産嗎？”
紅小隊一向在公社活動，當然知道供銷社不會讓人白幹活，上次做棉被的任務，給的工錢可高了。既然被他們發現了，紅小隊覺得可以進這家吓唬一下，至少一人弄幾斤花生嘗嘗。
安寶玲聽了臉就是一白，她可不想因為自己帶着紅小隊的人過來，反而連累了夏菊花，努力賠着笑臉說：“她不是自己私自幫供銷社的，是供銷社見生産隊冬天沒有什麽活兒，才請她幫忙的。”
聽說供銷社跟生産隊打過招呼，紅小隊的人臉上露出失望——供銷社在公社革委會眼裏都是香饽饽，他們也不能明着跟供銷社過不去。剛才是想拿這家私自接供銷社的活吓唬人，供銷社都跟生産隊打過招呼了，還吓唬個屁。
失望的紅小隊繼續跟着安寶玲她們往老劉家走，不用安寶玲特意指，紅小隊一看有空門口圍着一堆人，就知道是安寶玲說的那一家。
農村就是這樣，誰家出了點兒新鮮事，總不缺看熱鬧的人。公社紅小隊在農村橫行霸道了這麽些年，早把大家的習慣了解的一清二楚。
所以還沒到院門口，帶頭的紅小隊已經高聲大嚷的叫了起來：“讓開讓開，把壞分子劉四壯交出來。”
仍然在納悶李大丫為什麽篤定公社會來人的社員們，聽到紅小隊的叫嚷，條件反射一樣讓出一條道讓他們進老劉家，然後關注的重點就放到了躺在架子車的劉三壯身上。
沒辦法，劉三壯現在的情況，不管誰看了都會覺得不對勁：這個人躺的太安靜了，不管是車的移動，還是紅小隊的叫嚷，都不能讓他有一點反應。還有他的眼神，太空洞了，直直的望着天，眼珠都不轉一下。
“三壯這是被打傻了吧？”
“劉四壯真是造孽呀，三壯可是他親哥哥，咋就下得去手呢。”
“還不是老劉婆子慣的，天天四壯四壯，好象她只有四壯一個親兒子一樣，兩個哥哥都是給劉四壯扛活的。”
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大家議論的聲音一點兒也沒刻意壓制，一句不少的傳進老劉家的院子裏。本來蹲在地上的劉二壯猛的站起身，顧不上已經叫嚷着進院的紅小隊，沖到架子車前頭，見劉三壯并沒比自己離開醫院時強多少，不由一聲接一聲的叫：“三壯，三壯？”
劉三壯還是沒有反應。
安寶玲一路沒幹的淚水流的更急了：“二哥，三壯被打傻了，我們以後的日子怎麽過呀。”
推着架子車的□□和扶着娘的劉志國也都掉了淚，兩人一臉堅定的對安寶玲說：“娘，你還有我們呢。我們養活你和我爹。咱們分家，說啥也不在這兒住了，哪怕跟大娘一樣住生産隊的窩棚，也不跟他們一起過了。”
孫氏這時沒有人勸沒有人扶，也慢慢自己爬了起來，她沒想到劉三壯傷的這麽重，要是真傻了的話，不就下地幹不了活兒再不能掙工分了？
雖然安寶玲和□□還能下地，可□□和劉志國眼看着就到了娶媳婦的時候，劉三壯得養病，這份彩禮安寶玲一個人能掙得出來？
心裏七上八下的想着，孫氏靠近了架子車，見劉三壯真和大家議論的一樣，一動不動的躺在架子車上，連招呼都不知道跟她打，嗷的一聲幹嚎起來：
“老三呀，你這是咋啦，這是生生要摘了娘的心呀。你可不能有事兒呀，你要是出了事兒，娘也不活啦。你說說你，想分家跟娘直說呀，咋就氣性這麽大，把自己頭給碰出這麽大的窟窿來呀。娘要是早知道你這麽大氣性，娘就該早點兒答應你呀，老三呀……”
啥？劉三壯不是被劉四壯打的，是自己碰破頭的？紅小隊的人聽呆了，平安莊的人們也聽呆了。他們一直知道孫氏是個颠倒黑白尖酸刻薄的，以為她那都是對外人，沒想到對自己的親兒子也這樣，甚至更變本加厲。
安寶玲瘋了一樣推開扶她的劉志國，沖到孫氏面前，要不是紅小隊的人在跟前，她想給孫氏一巴掌：“你說老三是自己碰的，那他碰到啥了把自己碰成這樣？就算是他自己碰的，你真這麽心疼他也該出錢送他去看大夫，咋還讓我四處借錢？”
孫氏被安寶玲的眼睛吓了一跳，習慣性的伸手拍向安寶玲。以前見孫氏伸手，安寶玲都會轉身，讓她的巴掌落到自己的後背——後背肉厚，拍兩下沒多疼。
可這次安寶玲就這麽直直的站着，眼睛噴火一樣看着孫氏，瞪得她的巴掌落也不是不落也不是。領頭的紅小隊這時說話了：
“那個老太太，你說劉三壯是自己碰的，那把他碰在哪兒指給我們看。你，”他又一指安寶玲：“你說劉三壯是被劉四壯打的，那把劉四壯打人的東西找出來，讓我們看看誰敢期瞞革命小将！”
孫氏舉在半空中的巴掌無力的落到大腿上，想拍又怕紅小隊的反感，想給紅小隊指出劉三壯碰到哪兒又沒處可指，臉上青一陣紅一陣說不出話來。
李大丫就在這個時候動作起來，跑到自己住的東廂房把劉四壯打人的板凳拿出來遞給安寶玲。安寶玲感激的看看李大丫一眼，李大丫一點表情也沒有的轉身去守着架子車上的劉三壯。
“隊長，劉四壯就是拿這個板凳打的我男人。打完人他還不讓我帶我男人去治，非得搶我男人扛糧食包掙的錢。我男人要是早點治的話，說不定也不能傻了。”安寶玲把板凳往領頭的紅小隊跟前一遞，吸着鼻子把事情說的很清楚。
板凳上還有血跡，誰看了都會把血跡和劉三壯頭上的傷聯系起來。領頭的紅小隊大喊一聲：“壞分子劉四壯呢？”
對呀，劉四壯呢？從劉二壯回家到紅小隊到來，一直等着看熱鬧的社員，誰也沒見到劉四壯的身影。劉二壯見李大丫把板凳拿了出來，眼前就是一黑，知道老劉家這個人是丢定了，勉強撐着走過來，小聲問孫氏：“娘，四壯呢？”
孫氏見劉二壯來到身邊，覺得心裏又有了底氣，尖着嗓子嚷：“我們四壯踏實肯幹，是生産隊的好社員，可不是什麽壞分子。他不在家，去他丈人家幫忙去了。”
再說李常旺家的一早就站在老劉家門前看熱鬧，見紅小隊的人真跟着安寶玲一起來到平安莊，特意跑去給夏菊花報信——李常旺家的認為，夏菊花應該很願意看老劉家的笑話，她給夏菊花報信，夏菊花就該看出來自己真心和她好，以後有了新花樣，也會頭一個教給自己。
不想生拉硬拽的把夏菊花拉來了，人并沒有想進院，而是站在街上聽着老劉家的動靜。現在聽到孫氏不要臉的話，夏菊花跟所有人一起驚呆了：把自己親哥哥打進醫院，自己沒事兒人一樣給丈人家幫忙去了？
老孫家有什麽事兒，她咋不知道呢，要幫忙的話難道孫紅梅不應該也有份？夏菊花有點感激的看了李常旺家的一眼，要不是她把自己拉來，自己還不知道孫氏不要臉到了一個新高度。
Li Changwang gave Xia Juhua a very proud look in return, her ears still pricked up to listen to the movements in Old Liu's yard - the Red Team were not from Ping'an Village, they should not be fooled by Sun, otherwise she would have dragged Xia Juhua to watch the fun in vain.
Fortunately, the Red Team did not agree with Sun's evaluation of Liu Sizhuang. They asked one question: where is Liu Sizhuang's father-in-law's home? They wanted to capture Liu Sizhuang and bring him back to accept the people's dictatorship!