Liu Zhiliang and Liu Hongjuan gradually understood that during their time in the Red Team, grandma had separated from the second and third uncles' families!
The two siblings were dumbfounded. Although they were young and usually tried to take advantage of others, they knew that if they really separated from those two families, their life would be difficult.
Children who imitate their parents are not completely unaware of how their parents work. Liu Zhiliang asked Sun in dissatisfaction: "Grandma, why did you agree to split up the family? We are living a good life as a family."
His question interrupted Sun's curse about making it impossible for Xia Juhua to become the production team leader. Sun choked and burped, and was unable to recover for a while.
Liu Hongjuan continued her brother's words and said, "Grandma, are you scolding my second and third aunts again? You made them angry and that's why we split up the family. Why are you so troublesome? Hurry up and admit your mistakes to my second and third aunts so that we can live together again."
Sun asked blankly, "You said that I made your second and third aunts angry, and you want me to admit my mistake to them?"
Liu Zhiliang said as a matter of course: "You made the second and third aunts angry, if you don't admit your mistakes, who will?"
Hearing Liu Zhiliang and Liu Hongjuan both asking Sun, who had oppressed her two daughters-in-law all their lives, to apologize to her daughters-in-law, no one present understood Sun's feelings better than Xia Juhua - it should be exactly the same as when she was locked out by Liu Baoguo in her previous life.
Sympathy? Xia Juhua had no sympathy for Sun Shi at all. Even after the experience of living a new life, Xia Juhua once again reflected on what she had done in her previous life through Sun Shi that would make people feel unfair and find fault with her.
There are some things that are hard to look back on. When Xia Juhua looked back, she found that she had not been as fair as she had hoped, but had hurt others unknowingly. As expected, everyone would subconsciously speak for their own reasons and ignore the feelings of others.
So Xia Juhua said nothing and turned to leave. Liu Liqun stopped her and said, "Captain Xia, although this is the Liu family's business, it is also your production team's business." So you can't leave.
What was the purpose of staying here? Xia Juhua watched silently as Sun Shi reacted and scolded Liu Zhiliang and his sister, and watched Liu Erzhuang being forced by Sun Shi to provide food for Liu Sizhuang and his wife.
"Erzhuang's mother, are you done yet?" Sun's crying and cursing were finally stopped by a shout. The one who spoke was the Fifth Master, the real Grandpa, who was of the same generation as Liu Erzhuang's Grandpa. If he was not a Grandpa, then what was he? Anyway, except for those who were one generation younger than him who called him uncle, the rest of the Liu family in Ping'an Village, no matter how old or young, had to call him the Fifth Master.
This old man was only a few years older than Sun, but he was the oldest and most senior of the Lius alive, and he was also very fair. Whenever there was a conflict among the Lius, he was the one who made the final decision. With him, Sun had to be more restrained. The fact that Xia Juhua was able to leave the Liu family smoothly that year was due to the Fifth Master's contribution.
I heard that the Fifth Master was ill during the season change some time ago, otherwise he should have come forward to discuss the division of the Liu family. Xia Juhua felt that it was not too late for the Fifth Master to come forward now - if the Fifth Master used his old mind to ask Liu Erzhuang and his family not to divide the family, it would be better for him not to come forward.
"Uncle Wu, I can't live like this anymore." Sun paused for a moment and complained to Master Wu again. Master Wu knew Sun very well and raised his hand to stop her from saying the next words: "If you still can't live like this, I'll hang myself. You have a good life but you do this and that every day. Don't you want to stay in Ping An Manor?"
The master is the master, and no one dares to say what he said. Even Sun lowered her head and dared not say a word. The fifth master then asked Liu Liqun: "Captain Liu, why did you take the two children back? Where are those two bastards?"
If her beloved son was called a bastard by someone else, Sun would have started cursing, but since it was directed at the Fifth Master, Sun just smacked her lips twice and swallowed her words.
Liu Liqun explained the incident to Fifth Master in a simple and clear manner. The old man snorted in disgust: "What kind of bullshit is this? He even slandered his own sister-in-law. Twenty days in prison is too short. He should be locked up for a year."
"Fifth Uncle, Si Zhuang grew up under your care. He is a kind-hearted person. It must be Sun Guizhi who instigated him to say that. Even if the Red Team wants to detain more people, can't they just detain Sun Guizhi?" Mrs. Sun finally changed her mind. She felt that her most beloved grandson Liu Zhiliang learned to talk to her like that from his mother and it had nothing to do with Liu Si Zhuang.
So the Red Team could detain Sun Guizhi for as long as they wanted, and her beloved little son should be rescued. The Fifth Master didn't even want to look at Sun, and only asked Liu Erzhuang: "Does your mother not want to send them food?"
Liu Erzhuang nodded helplessly, and Wuye snorted again: "If she doesn't want to send me off, then don't send me off. Didn't you separate from Liu Sizhuang the day before yesterday? If she doesn't want to send me off, then just let Liu Sizhuang starve to death in the study room."
"Uncle Wu," Sun was so anxious that she forgot about Uncle Wu's temper and said with a pout, "You can't be so partial. Erzhuang calls you Uncle Wu, and Sizhuang is also your nephew. If Sizhuang is not well, won't the Liu family become a laughing stock?"
Wu Ye was not afraid of this level of threat: "If you keep making fun of me, will it be my fault? I'll tell you this, Er Zhuang, if you dare to send food to Liu Si Zhuang, I will break your legs."
Sun, who was afraid of the strong and bullied the weak, had no other tricks left. She could only say that she was too old and weak to carry so much food to the commune. The Fifth Master then looked at Xia Juhua and said, "Daughter-in-law Dazhuang, you are the production team leader. Can you send someone to deliver it tomorrow?"
Xia Juhua nodded, and of course she had to take advantage of the fact that Fifth Master could calm Sun down, and asked that the food be weighed now so that it could be delivered to the Red Team early in the morning, so that Liu Sizhuang and his wife wouldn't have to go without breakfast tomorrow. As it was related to whether her youngest son could have breakfast, Sun finally took out the food neatly, without even mixing any other grains into it.
In front of Liu Liqun and Sun, Xia Juhua asked Fifth Master: "Fifth Master, can we put this food in your house first?"
Everyone knew that Xia Juhua did this to avoid the grandson saying that she had embezzled food in the future. The Fifth Master was even more clear about this and nodded without hesitation: "Okay, let's just let Da Xi go and deliver it tomorrow." Liu Da Xi was the eldest son of the Fifth Master's eldest son Liu Chengping. In the eyes of the old-fashioned Fifth Master, it was most appropriate for the eldest grandson to come forward for matters of the same generation.
Xia Juhua thanked Fifth Master repeatedly, and said that she also had to go to the supply and marketing cooperative tomorrow to discuss the order for reed mats, and she had to tell Liu Daxixi the time to go to the commune together tomorrow, and carry the food to send Fifth Master home.
The Fifth Master didn't say much along the way, but Xia Juhua thought it was a good opportunity to tell him about the natural disaster: "Fifth Master, I feel that this winter is much drier than in previous years. In previous years, the first snow should have fallen long ago."
The Fifth Master raised his head, looked at the dark sky with cloudy eyes, and sighed: "It's rare that you thought of this. In fact, I have wanted to say this for a long time, but I was afraid that if I said it, people would say that I was feudal and superstitious. If I get bullied again at my age, I would be hanged by a rope." Old-fashioned people value face more than anything else.
"Fifth Master, I know you've seen a lot since I married into Ping'an Manor. That's your experience, not superstition." Xia Juhua understood something and remembered that in her last life, when every family had no food to eat, the faces of several Liu families who were close to Fifth Master did not look bad. She quickly assured Fifth Master that she would not regard his words as superstition.
Master Wu still trusted Xia Juhua, otherwise, when the production team leader was elected yesterday, he had expressed a little disagreement, and the women would have raised their feet together, and Xia Juhua would not have been elected.
Now, after hearing Xia Juhua's assurance, he opened his mouth to say something, but shook his head at Xia Juhua again: "I'll tell you when we get home."
Xia Juhua's heart suddenly felt at ease, as if she had discovered that the thing she had been worrying about was also worried about by another person. So it was not just her worrying about nothing, but a precautionary measure.
When Xia Juhua came out of Fifth Master's house, her hunger had long gone, but she still had enough strength to walk, which made Liu Zhishuang, who came to pick her up, curious: "Mom, I heard from Second Uncle that you sent Fifth Master back home, how come you were gone for such a long time? Aren't you hungry?"
This boy's unprecedented attentiveness reminded Xia Juhua that she had been ignoring the two brothers since last night, and her originally relaxed face suddenly tensed up. Although it was dark and people's expressions could not be seen, people's emotions could still be felt, and Liu Zhishuang knew that his mother was still angry with them.
So Liu Zhishuang spoke to Xia Juhua more carefully. Even if Xia Juhua didn't respond a word, he continued talking all the way to his door.
Xia Juhua suddenly turned around and asked, "What are you going to do with the 50 kilograms of wheat?"
What? Liu Zhishuang was confused. Did he just mention wheat? No, why did his mother mention wheat? Did his mother already know that Sun Hongmei had taken the money? It was very likely that his mother went to the commune today. When he and Sun Hongmei quarreled in front of the commune gate over money, they didn't hide it from others, and many people heard it.
"Um, Mom, why did you think of asking about wheat?" Liu Zhishuang, who had been chattering all the way, found it extremely difficult to say these words. In the end, he was too embarrassed to admit to Xia Juhua that all his money had been taken away by Sun Hongmei, so he asked Xia Juhua instead.
His attitude was very different from before. Xia Juhua knew that something must have happened inside, but since the other party didn't tell her, Xia Juhua wouldn't ask. She turned around and went into the yard by herself, washed her hands and started to eat. Liu Zhishuang stood in the yard, and he didn't dare to go into the house or return to the west room.
Liu Zhiquan thought his brother was a little strange, so he walked up to him and asked, "Did your mother scold you just now?"
Liu Zhishuang shook his head, and Liu Zhiquan couldn't help but sigh: "Mom, are you too lazy to even scold me?" It turns out that when some people scold you, it means they still care about you. When they don't even want to scold you, it means they really are too lazy to pay attention to you.
The two Liu brothers suddenly realized this in their hearts. They wished their mother would jump up and scold them to prove that she still cared about them.
Fortunately, Xia Juhua didn't know what her two sons were thinking, otherwise she would really jump up and scold them: Am I the same as that old woman Sun, who has to scold this and that for no reason. You are so willing to be scolded, why did you stay away from me when I nagged you a few more times in your previous life?
So sometimes, ignorance is a bliss. Xia Juhua, who had already discussed briefly with Master Wu about how to deal with natural disasters, now drank a big bowl of hot porridge, leaned against the quilt and thought about the recent events at home and in the production team, feeling very happy.
The two guys at home are now afraid that Xia Juhua will bring up the issue of dividing the family again, so they speak to her carefully and in a flattering manner. Don't worry.
That's right, Xia Juhua has already excluded Wang Caifeng as an unstable factor. She has realized that Wang Caifeng is very traditional in nature and dares not to use any tricks. If Liu Zhiquan glares at her, she won't dare to have any calculating thoughts.
So in her last life, her eyes were used to vent anger, right? Xia Juhua laughed at herself, then was stunned: it was as if she had lived her life over again, and she had fewer opportunities to smile bitterly, but her smiles from the heart increased countless times, as if she wanted to correct all those bitter smiles from her last life.
It's all because some of my thoughts and practices have changed in my life, my state of mind has changed, and then my emotions have changed. The biggest change is that I have become a production team leader.
In her previous life, until the household contract responsibility system was implemented, Xia Juhua was a member who followed assignments. In this life, by some strange coincidence, she became a production team leader. Thinking about it now, she finds it funny.
But after laughing, she became more concerned about the production team. What about a natural disaster? She knew about it in advance and discussed some countermeasures with Master Wu. This natural disaster should not be as terrible as the last time.
It seemed that the heavens knew what Xia Juhua was thinking. When she woke up the next day, she found that the first snow that had not fallen for a long time had quietly fallen last night. The snow had stopped, and it was not heavy. A thin layer was about to cover the ground, but it was still snow.
Now Xia Juhua is very friendly to anything related to water. Looking at the clean white yard, she is so hypocritical that she doesn't want to step on it.
"Granny, grandma, Xue." Liu Baoguo stood at the door of the east room. Wrapped up like a ball by Wang Caifeng, he excitedly shouted to Xia Juhua, "Xue." After saying that, he tried to step over the threshold with his short legs to have a close contact with Xue.
"Be careful." Xia Juhua was worried: "Your mother went to cook, why did your careless father leave you here alone? What if you get hurt?"
"Mom." Liu Zhiquan went to the toilet and when he came back he heard his mother scolding him. He didn't feel upset, but a little happy: Mom thinks he did something wrong again. Does she care about me again?
Yes, that must be the case. Even if she doesn't care about herself, she cares about Baoguo. Mother has always regarded Baoguo as the apple of her eye. Thinking of this, Liu Zhiquan grinned and took two quick steps. He picked up Liu Baoguo and said to Xia Juhua: "Mother, I just told Baoguo to stand here quietly and don't move."
After saying that, he even raised his chin towards Xia Juhua, waiting for her to praise him for his good work. Xia Juhua couldn't bear to look at her eldest son, she snorted and turned to the backyard: "Yes, your son can understand and remember everything now."
I really thought I gave birth to a child prodigy.
Liu Zhiquan never thought that his wishful thinking was justified. His mother didn't think what she did was right at all. She almost ran out of strength to hold Liu Baoguo. The child felt that he was suddenly falling down and started crying out of fright.
Liu Zhishuang also got up and saw his brother almost dropping his nephew. He quickly reminded him, "Big brother, hold Baoguo tightly. If mother sees Baoguo fall, she will scold you again."
"Mom, don't want to scold me anymore." Liu Zhiquan said as he hugged his son up with a look of disappointment.
Liu Zhishuang was speechless. Not only did his mother not scold his elder brother, she also stopped scolding him. It was as if she didn't have these two sons. Wang Caifeng poked her head out of the kitchen when she heard her son crying. She was so angry when she heard her husband's words.
Why are you so mean? You didn't do anything wrong, but you still want your mother to scold you. How about I scold you?
Because they were not scolded, the two brothers were very attentive to their mother during breakfast. Xia Juhua deliberately left them alone for a while without even looking at them. The mother and her friends turned the meal into a drama, which made Wang Caifeng couldn't help laughing.
Seeing Xia Juhua put down her bowl and was about to go out again, Liu Zhishuang quickly told her the solution he had been thinking of all night: "Mom, why don't I go to the supply and marketing cooperative with you today? Didn't you ask me yesterday what to do with the wheat? I think we should use the wheat to exchange for some coarse grains, so that we can have a few more meals."
Xia Juhua actually stopped and looked back at Liu Zhishuang: "Have you changed them all?"
There was a way. Seeing that his mother finally paid attention to him, Liu Zhishuang felt that he was right and spoke even more vigorously: "Change them all. Otherwise, they will become stale food if left there, and they won't fit when you change them again in the future."
Xia Juhua nodded vaguely, but still refused Liu Zhishuang's request to go to the commune with her: "Today your uncle Daxi is going with me to deliver rations to Liu Sizhuang, and it is not appropriate for you to follow him carrying a bag of food." If Sun Shi saw this, she would think that Xia Juhua was withholding Liu Sizhuang's rations?
Liu Zhishuang was a little frustrated, thinking that he had missed something. Xia Juhua looked at him with pity, and finally said, "You thought of not letting the new food go stale, that's good."
The most important thing is to be able to exchange more food. Xia Juhua now always feels that having more food in her hands will make her feel more at ease. Otherwise, if you want her to praise Liu Zhishuang, you will dream!
For Liu Zhishuang, hearing the word "good" from his mother was enough to make him go from depressed to beaming with joy. Angrily, Liu Zhiquan swallowed a mouthful of porridge fiercely and didn't look at his younger brother who was praised by his mother.
Wang Caifeng couldn't help herself and burst out laughing. She fed Liu Baoguo a mouthful of porridge under the man's dissatisfied eyes and said with a smile: "Baoguo eats really well. Mother is so happy to see Baoguo eating so obediently that she wants to laugh."
Can your reason be any stronger? Liu Zhiquan ate the porridge even more fiercely, and before he could swallow it, he said to Liu Zhishuang: "Eat quickly, mother has to go to the commune soon, and the whistle will definitely be early today."
Even though the two brothers arrived at the production team not too late, Xia Juhua had already instructed Liu Erzhuang to lead the men to continue digging the canal for her, and asked Li Changwang's family to arrange the women for her to remember how many reed stalks each person took back to their own homes to weave mats. Then she took Liu Daxixi with her and went to the commune.
When they arrived at the commune, they went their separate ways. Liu Daxi went to the commune to deliver food, while Xia Juhua went to the supply and marketing cooperative by herself. The first person they saw was Wang Caixia. As soon as she saw Xia Juhua, she smiled and said, "Hey, Captain Xia is here."
"Come on, stop making fun of me." Xia Juhua's face became a little hot from her teasing, and she quickly asked about the matter: "Is the director here?"
Wang Caixia didn't think she was a joke. Xia Juhua said, "How can you be a joke? Everyone in the commune knew about it yesterday. I heard that Ping'an Village has a female production team leader. Many people are jealous of her. Who doesn't think you have made us women proud?"
After she finished speaking, she paused and looked around the empty room. Fortunately, it was still early and no one was buying anything. Then she said to Xia Juhua, "The director is here. Go talk to him first. I'll tell you something when you're done."
Now when Xia Juhua comes to the supply and marketing cooperative, it is not just for her own family but for the entire production team. Wang Caixia thinks it is better to let her know the bad things later, so that she will not be in the mood to talk to the director about the serious matters later.
After dealing with her several times, Xia Juhua knew that Wang Caixia was an enthusiastic and outspoken person. The words that made her hesitate to say must not be good. Since it was not good, it would be better to find out later. She thanked Wang Caixia and knocked on the door of the director's office.
Today Xia Juhua mainly talked to the director about the 200 mats with double happiness characters on them. The director was very happy to hear that they had been made and said that the driver would go and bring the mats back tomorrow.
"Director, you know our production team..." This was the first time for Xia Juhua to ask someone for money, and she was a little embarrassed to say it out loud.
The director was also a straightforward person. He shouted at the door and the accountant of the supply and marketing cooperative came over with an abacus. After some clacking, he calculated that four hundred yuan should be given to the Ping'anzhuang production team.
Xia Juhua really wanted to remind the accountant that each seat was two yuan, and there were two hundred seats in total, so no matter how you calculated it, it would be four hundred yuan. But this was his job, and if she really said it, it would seem like she was looking down on him, so Xia Juhua wisely kept her mouth shut.
After the money was received, the director wrote a receipt and Xia Juhua signed her name on it crookedly. The new mats were ready. The director asked with a smile: "Captain Xia, the weather is getting colder day by day, will your production team still make mats?"
Xia Juhua was also worried about this, and hurriedly told him her plan: "Director, you have helped our production team so much, and it is reasonable that we should not bother you anymore. But in the fall, we saw that the reeds grew well, so we cut a lot, and now we have only used half of them. If we don't continue to weave mats, it will be wasted, so we still want to continue weaving."
Seeing the director nod in agreement, Xia Juhua gained a little more confidence: "This is what I think. This mat with double happiness may make young people feel festive, but older people may find it a little unstable. I can also weave a mat with the word "Fu", which is just right for older people. I just don't know if our supply and marketing cooperative will accept it. If so, how much will it cost?"
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