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. Today is different. Today's division is a foregone conclusion, and the Sun family is just messing around.
"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?"
劉志雙搖了搖頭，劉志全不由嘆了口氣：“娘連罵都懶得罵了嗎？”原來有些人罵你，是他還在乎你，當他連罵都不想罵你的時候，就是真的懶得搭理你了。
劉家兄弟兩個此時心裏突然有了這麽一個認知，恨不得他們的娘，現在就跳起來罵自己幾句，證明她還是在乎兄弟兩個的。
幸虧夏菊花不知道兩個兒子是怎麽想的，要不她真得跳起來罵醒這兩貨：老娘是跟孫氏那個老婆子一樣的人嗎，沒事兒非得罵這個罵那個。你們這麽願意讓人罵，怎麽上輩子老娘多唠叨兩句就離我遠遠的？
所以有些時候，無知是一件幸福的事。而和五爺已經簡單商量了一點兒應對天災對策的夏菊花，現在喝下一大碗熱粥，靠着被垛捊着最近一段時間家裏和生産隊的事兒，心裏也覺得挺美。
家裏這兩貨現在生怕夏菊花再提分家的事兒，跟她說話都帶着小心和讨好，不用擔心了。
沒錯，夏菊花已經把王彩鳳排除在不安定因素之外了，她算是看明白了，王彩鳳骨子裏十分傳統，有點兒小算計也不敢多使，要是劉志全把眼睛瞪一瞪，她一點兒算計的心思都不敢有。
所以上輩子自己的眼睛是用來出氣的吧？夏菊花自嘲的笑了一下，然後愣了：好象重活一輩子，她苦笑的機會少了，發自內心的笑反而增加了無數倍，象要把上輩子那些苦笑都修正回來一樣。
都是因為自己這輩子的一些想法、做法改變了，心境跟着改變，進而情緒也發生改變吧。其中最大的變化，就是自己竟然做了生産隊長。
上輩子直到包産到戶，夏菊花都是個聽分配幹活的社員，這輩子陰差陽錯的當上了生産隊長，現在想想她自己都覺得好笑。
可是笑過了，她對生産隊的事兒也更上心了。天災又怎麽了，她提前知道有天災，還與五爺商量了一點兒對策，這天災應該也沒有上輩子那麽可怕了。
似乎上天都知道夏菊花的心聲，第二天起來後，她發現一直沒下的初雪，竟然在昨夜悄悄的降臨了。雪已經停了，下的也不大，薄薄的一層将把地面蓋滿，可那也是雪呀。
現在夏菊花對一切與水有關的東西，都親切的不得了，看着院子裏一片潔白，難得矯情的不想踩上去。
“奶，奶，雪。”劉保國站在東廂房門口，被王彩鳳裹的跟個球一樣興奮的沖着夏菊花嚷嚷：“雪。”說完還試圖用小短腿邁過門檻，去跟雪來個親密接觸。
“你小心點兒。”夏菊花看的直揪心：“你娘做飯去了，你爹那個不長心的咋把你一個人扔在這兒呢，這要是磕着了可咋整。”
“娘。”劉志全上個廁所的空，回來就聽到親娘指責自己，沒覺得心塞，反而有點兒高興：娘又嫌棄自己做的不對了，是不是又在乎自己了？
嗯，一定是這樣，就算是不在乎自己也在乎保國，娘一向把保國看的跟眼珠子似的。想到這兒劉志全咧着大嘴笑着快走兩步，把劉保國抱起來才向夏菊花說：“娘，我剛才囑咐保國了，讓他老實在這兒站着別亂動。”
說完，竟然有臉沖夏菊花擡了擡下巴，等着夏菊花表揚他做的好。夏菊花都沒眼看這個大兒子，鼻子裏哼了一聲扭頭也往後院去：“對，你兒子現在啥話都能聽懂，都能記得住。”
真當自己生了個神童呢。
劉志全沒想到自己想的美，老娘竟一點兒也不覺得自己做的對，抱劉保國的力氣都快沒有了，孩子覺得自己猛的往下一墜，吓的啊一聲哭了起來。
劉志雙也起來了，正好看到他哥差點把侄子掉地下，連忙提醒：“大哥，你把保國抱好了呀，一會兒娘看到保國摔了，又得罵你。”
“娘不稀罕罵我了。”劉志全有些失落的把兒子往上抱了抱說。
劉志雙沒話說了，他娘不僅不罵大哥也不罵他了，就跟沒這兩兒子一樣。王彩鳳聽到兒子的哭聲從廚房裏探出頭來，聽到自己男人的話都氣樂了。
咋這麽賤呢，你沒辦錯事還希望讓娘罵，要不我罵你兩句？
因為沒有被罵，吃早飯的時候兄弟兩個對親娘又是各種殷勤，夏菊花有意晾他們一段時間，連個眼神都不給，娘幾個生生把飯吃成了一場戲，讓王彩鳳忍不住想笑。
劉志雙見夏菊花放下碗又要出門，連忙把自己想了一晚上的辦法說了出來：“娘，要不今天我跟你去供銷社吧。你昨天不是問我麥子怎麽辦嗎，我覺得還是用麥子換點粗糧，這樣能多吃幾頓。”
夏菊花還真停下了，回頭看了劉志雙一眼：“都換了？”
有門，劉志雙見娘終于搭理自己，覺得自己想對了，說的更來勁了：“都換了，要不擱在那兒都成了陳糧，将來再換也合不上。”
夏菊花若有若無的點了點頭，不過還是拒絕了劉志雙跟她一起去公社的要求：“今天你大喜叔要跟我一起去給劉四壯送口糧，你也背着一袋子糧食跟着不合适。”讓孫氏看着了，不得以為夏菊花扣了劉四壯的口糧？
自己又想少了，劉志雙有些沮喪的撓了撓頭。夏菊花看着他怪可憐的，總算說了一句：“你能想到別把新糧放陳了，不錯。”
最主要的是能多換點糧食。現在的夏菊花，總覺得手裏多出一把糧食來，就多一份安心，不然想讓她表揚劉志雙，做夢！
對劉志雙來說，從親娘嘴時聽到不錯兩個字，已經足以讓他從沮喪升華到眉開眼笑，氣的劉志全惡狠狠的禿嚕了一口粥，不去看竟然被娘說不錯的親弟弟。
王彩鳳實在忍不住，噗嗤笑了一聲，在男人不滿的目光裏喂劉保國一口粥，笑着說：“保國吃的真好，娘看到保國這麽乖乖吃飯就高興的想笑。”
你的理由還能更牽強一點兒嗎？劉志全更狠的禿嚕起粥來，不等咽下沖着劉志雙說：“快點兒吃，娘一會兒要去公社，今天吹哨肯定早。”
哪怕哥倆到生産隊不算晚，夏菊花也已經交待完劉二壯替她帶着人繼續挖渠，又讓李常旺家的替她安排婦女們，記好誰拿了多少葦杆都回自己家編席，自己帶上劉大喜往公社去了。
到了公社兩人就分開行動，劉大喜去公社院送口糧，夏菊花自己來到供銷社。頭一個見到的還是王彩霞，她一看到夏菊花就笑了起來：“喲，夏隊長來了。”
“得了，你可別笑話我了。”夏菊花被她打趣的臉有些熱，趕緊問正事：“主任在呢？”
王彩霞卻不覺得自己是笑話夏菊花：“這咋是笑話你呢，昨天全公社的人都知道啦。聽說平安莊出了個女生産隊長，好些人都羨慕着呢，誰不覺得你替咱們婦女争氣。”
說完她頓了一下，眼睛往空空的屋裏轉了一圈，幸虧現在還早沒有買東西的人，才又對夏菊花說：“主任在呢，你先去跟他說正事吧，等你忙完了我跟你說個事。”
現在夏菊花再來供銷社，就不是只為自己的小家而是全生産隊了。王彩霞覺得糟心事還是晚點讓她知道的好，免得一會沒心情跟主任說正事。
幾次交道下來，夏菊花知道王彩霞是個熱心又心直口快的人，讓她這麽猶豫不好出口的話，一定不是什麽好事兒。既然不是好事，晚點知道也好。她謝過王彩霞，徑直敲響了主任辦公室的門。
今天夏菊花主要是跟主任說說那二百張帶雙喜字席的事兒，主任聽說已經編完了也很高興，說是明天就車老板兒去把席拉回來。
“主任，你知道我們生産隊……”開口跟人要錢，對夏菊花還是頭一回，她有些不好意思說出口。
主任也是個爽快人，到門口吆喝了一聲，供銷社的會計就帶着算盤過來了，噼裏啪啦打了一通，算出該給平安莊生産隊四百塊錢。
夏菊花其實很想提醒會計，每張席兩塊錢，一共二百張，咋找算盤都是四百塊錢。可是這是人家的工作，真說了好象瞧不起人家似的，夏菊花就明智的閉了嘴。
等錢到了手，主任寫了一張收條，夏菊花在上頭歪歪扭扭的簽下了自己的名字，新席的事兒就算辦完了。主任笑呵呵的問：“夏隊長，眼看着天一天比一天冷，你們生産隊還編席嗎？”
夏菊花也在犯愁這個事兒，忙把自己的打算說了：“主任，你幫了我們生産隊這麽大的忙，按理說不應該再麻煩你。可是大家夥秋天的時候見葦子長的好，割的不少，現在才用了一半。要是不接着編席的話，放着都浪費了，所以我們還想接着編。”
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?"