Liu Erzhuang deliberately ignored the finger pointing at his nose and forced a grin: "Mom, please move aside, or I'll rub you."
"Why are you afraid of rubbing against me? Aren't you thinking about strangling me to death with a rope? Besides providing 100 kilograms of feed a year, I can also earn eight work points every day by raising pigs. Give me the work points and I'll move aside."
Looking at Liu Erzhuang who couldn't say a single harsh word in front of Sun, Li Daya thought, why didn't Liu Sizhuang beat Liu Erzhuang that day? If it was Liu Erzhuang who was beaten, he would be the one lying on the kang now, and he wouldn't have to face the unreasonable old lady.
Liu Erzhuang also hoped that he could lie on the kang like Liu Sanzhuang, unconscious and unaware. Unfortunately, he was now standing next to the pigpen, so he had to lower his face and ask, "Mom, are you going to move aside or not?"
Sun was not one to be intimidated, and she was even more confident when facing Liu Erzhuang: "If you don't give me work points, I won't let you."
Although it was almost dark, Liu Erzhuang's expression was no match for him: "Mom, can you be reasonable? You insisted on raising pigs and said that as long as I gave you the feed, I would guarantee that the pigs would weigh 200 kilograms by the end of the year."
"But look at the pigs now, can they weigh 200 kilograms?" This is not her own pig, and she can't do anything to the old lady if she says she didn't take good care of her family. But this is the pig of the production team, and if there is an extra pound of meat, the members can eat more. When the members saw the pig raised by Sun's family, Liu Erzhuang was so strong that people complained about him.
If she cared about Liu Erzhuang's life or death, the Sun family would not be the Sun family. She slapped her thigh and howled, "Are you talking to your mother? What can I do if this pig doesn't grow meat? Besides, we agreed to raise it until the end of the year, and it's only now. How do you know that this pig will stop growing meat from now on?"
Liu Erzhuang was so angry at his mother that he asked, "What can you feed the pig to make it grow 50 to 60 kilograms of meat in just 20 days?" He asked Sun: "Even if you feed the pigs with those 10 kilograms of sorghum now, how many kilograms of meat can it grow?" What's more, you are reluctant to do so.
At this point, Sun knew that his wish for work points would not be realized, and he did not care whether the ground was dirty or cold. He sat down on the ground and howled, refusing to let anyone drive the pigs to the production team's pigpen.
Everyone present knew that Sun was reluctant to hand over the remaining feed, and they only looked at Liu Erzhuang instead of Sun. Who asked Liu Erzhuang to hand over the pigs to his mother to raise? If not him, would they look at someone else?
Liu Erzhuang was so bitter that he could squeeze juice out of his heart: "Mom, you are my real mother, are you really willing to watch your son have no chance to live in Ping An Village?"
From the moment Liu Erzhuang broke the lock of the warehouse, Sun Shi regarded him as an enemy. Why would they care whether he was a good person in Ping An Village? It would be better if he could not be a good person. It would be better if he went out every day and was stabbed in the back!
So she howled in high and low tones, but she didn't look at her own son squatting in front of her. Suddenly, Sun's body became lighter, and she was picked up by a pair of strong arms, and was about to be carried away from the pig pen.
With a loud cry, Sun screamed sharply: "Murderer! Liu Erzhuang not only doesn't support his own mother, but also wants to steal his mother's pig." After she screamed, she felt her body falling down. She was so scared that she grabbed the arm that was holding her tightly. She turned around and wanted to curse, only to find that the person holding her was actually Liu Sanzhuang.
Not to mention Sun who was carried away, everyone in the yard was stunned. Liu Sanzhuang had to have people deliver even food and drink to him, so how could he suddenly run out by himself and carry Sun away from the pigpen?
An Baoling just felt someone flashing in front of her eyes. When she looked clearly, Liu Sanzhuang had already picked up Sun. She rushed forward with a cry, holding Liu Sanzhuang's arm and crying: "Sanzhuang, when did you get better? Does your head still hurt now? Come on, put your mother down quickly, let's go to the hospital to see if she is okay."
Liu Sanzhuang looked at An Baoling who was crying in front of him, his corners pulled up to both sides, revealing a mouthful of white teeth: "I'm fine, I just couldn't figure out some things these days, now I figured it mouth out, I'm fine."
Sun came to her senses and started slapping Liu Sanzhuang on the arm and scolding him, starting from saying that she shouldn't have given birth to Liu Sanzhuang, and going all the way to saying that Liu Sizhuang should have beaten Liu Sanzhuang to death with a bench.
Liu Sanzhuang's grinning mouth tightened little by little, and finally pursed into a slit. He didn't care how high Sun was from the ground, and he let go of her hand, and she fell to the ground with a stumble on her butt. Liu Sanzhuang didn't even look at Sun, but said to Liu Erzhuang who was still in a daze:
"Brother, why don't you hurry up and move the pigs to the pig pen of the production team? We can't let everyone else go without meat because of our family."
Liu Erzhuang was reminded by him and shouted at Chen Qiu Sheng to go with him to drive the pigs away. Sun Shi still wanted to stop him, but Liu Sanzhuang blocked her from behind. Seeing the pigs being driven out of the yard, she really burst into tears.
The Fifth Master couldn't stand it any longer. He walked up to Sun Shi with a stride that didn't match his age, pointed at her nose and asked, "What good will it bring you after offending two capable sons? Hurry up and hand over the remaining feed for this month. If you don't, don't blame me for reporting you to the brigade."
She couldn't file a complaint with the production team, because the production team leader, Xia Juhua, was still nominally Sun's daughter-in-law. Complaining to the production team would have no effect except making things difficult for Xia Juhua.
Sun said that she had no feed and that the sorghum at home had been fed to the pigs, but she refused to give it up. Liu Sanzhuang listened for a while and asked directly, "Mom, do you think that my second brother can break your lock once, can I break it once too?"
This question stunned Sun. She recalled the expression Liu Erzhuang had on her face before he broke the lock. It was exactly the same as Liu Sanzhuang's expression now. While she was in a daze, Liu Sanzhuang unceremoniously took out the key from her pocket and handed it to An Baoling: "Go open the lock and weigh the sorghum."
An Baoling took the key and came to the warehouse. She found Liu Hongjuan standing at the door and asked her to move away. Unexpectedly, Liu Hongjuan was quite strong and pushed An Baoling, causing her to stagger. She said, "You have separated from us. Why do you want to take our food?"
No one thought that Liu Hongjuan would dare to fight with An Baoling, and she said it so confidently. Except for Sun and Liu Zhiliang, was very angry, and An Baoling was the most angry: "You knew that the family was divided, but why do you still stay everyone by my side every day when I cook, and eat it by yourself when it's served on the table?"
You are the only one allowed to eat other people's food, right?
Liu Hongjuan said angrily: "That's what you wanted. You didn't stop me from eating it."
Well, this child has been raised crooked. Xia Juhua walked to An Baoling's side and looked at Liu Hongjuan steadily: "Is it normal for others to be nice to you? Well, Baoling, don't be so soft-hearted in the future. And Daya, you should remember this too."
An Baoling and Li Daya both responded, but Xia Juhua still looked at Liu Hongjuan steadily: "Get out of the way!" Her voice was still not very harsh, but Liu Hongjuan was a little afraid of Xia Juhua. She shrank her body and showed no obvious sign of getting out of the way, but the blockage was not so severe anymore.
Sun wanted to shout again, but she felt someone pulling her clothes. She turned around and saw it was Liu Zhiliang, shaking his head at her. She swallowed the words that were about to come out of her mouth and let An Baoling carry out the sorghum bag from the warehouse.
In front of the Fifth Master, Xia Juhua weighed out 12 kilograms of sorghum and held it in her hand. She glanced at An Baoling and said, "It's not easy for the Third Brother either. He can figure it out, which is better than anything else. Don't blame him."
The fifth master patted Liu Sanzhuang on the shoulder and sighed: "Come on, just think it through. Your son is already that old, live a good life with your wife. Your wife has had a hard time at home these days."
It was not easy for the couple, and everyone knew who made it so difficult for them. Xia Juhua and Wu Ye did not say much. After all, although Liu Sanzhuang had just stopped Sun from making trouble, it was unknown whether he would really stop listening to Sun and blame An Baoling for separating from Sun when he was not sober.
An Baoling was also full of grievances. After a while, it was impossible for her to not feel any resentment towards Liu Sanzhuang. If Xia Juhua were to say, it was normal to complain a few times, but if she complained too much, they would quarrel.
So don't think about the past, just focus on how to live a good life in the future.
An Baoling and Li Daya accompanied Xia Juhua and the Fifth Master to the gate. When they turned around, they found that Sun was confronting Liu Sanzhuang, and was arguing and criticizing An Baoling.
Li Daya looked at An Baoling worriedly, but she was fine and stuffed the key into Sun's hand and went back to the west room. Liu Sanzhuang let Sun's mouth dry up and he couldn't say anything, so he said something that made Li Daya laugh out loud:
"Mom, tell me the truth. When I was beaten to death, you didn't stop me and you didn't pay for me to go to the hospital. It was my wife who went around borrowing money so that I could save my life." After saying that, he went into the house without looking back.
He went straight into the house!
Li Daya held back her laughter, pushed her son and daughter who were watching the excitement into the door, and closed the door of the east chamber. Liu Hongcui asked worriedly, "Mom, Uncle San doesn't listen to Grandma anymore. Will she come after my dad again?"
"If your father still listens to her, then let him go with your grandmother, and your mother will take care of the four of you."
When the young lady Liu Hongling heard this, she pouted: "Mother, what you said is nice. Every time father said something nice to you, we would send something from our house to the main room."
The eldest son Liu Zhifu still believed his father: "This time even the third uncle has said something tough, and grandma has made dad lose such a big person in the village, can it be the same as before?"
Speaking of Liu Sanzhuang, Liu Hongcui's eyes lit up: "Why did Uncle San say it was okay? When Uncle San picked up the milk just now, I thought I was seeing things."
Xia Juhua still hasn't figured out what Liu Sanzhuang said: "When did your uncle finally understand?"
This question was difficult to answer, because Liu Zhiquan and the other two were still digesting the news that Liu Sanzhuang had regained consciousness. Because Xia Juhua didn't care much about her two sons, Wang Caifeng spoke first and said, "It doesn't matter when Uncle San finally came to his senses, as long as Aunt San doesn't blame him."
Xia Juhua felt that what she said made sense, and looked at her two sons and said meaningfully: "You are right, a grown man should step forward when it is time for him to do so. What kind of ability is it to let his wife take the lead in everything?"
Liu Zhiquan and Liu Zhishuang, who probably rely on their wives to take the lead in everything: …
Xia Juhua couldn't chat any more, so she asked them to go back to their rooms and sleep. As for herself, she took out the processed cloth she bought from the supply and marketing cooperative last time and started to make new clothes for herself. For so many years, she only had one set of clothes without any patches, which she kept for going out or when she had something to do. It was time to wear new clothes to liven up her spirit.
Once she started scissors, Xia Juhua couldn't stop. Not only did she cut out all the clothes, she also sewed half a pair of pants before going to bed. The next day, she woke up a little late and found that Wang Caifeng had already started making breakfast.
Regardless of whether there was any calculation or not, it had to be admitted that Wang Caifeng was a hard-working person. Xia Juhua was not the type to expect her daughter-in-law to do everything for her, so she started cleaning the yard right after washing up.
When Liu Zhiquan and his brother got up, Xia Juhua had already cleaned the yard. Liu Zhiquan quickly took the carrying pole from her hand and said, "Mom, let me fetch some water."
"You still know that you should fetch water." Xia Juhua used to think that her two sons were willing to work hard in the fields and that it was good enough that they could earn work points to support the family. But now she thinks that they are a little too careless about family affairs.
When eating, the bowl has to be brought to you, and after eating, you just need to wipe your mouth and that's it. You can't rely on them to wash clothes or cook, and you can't rely on them to sweep the yard or fetch water? In the future, when I become the production team leader, there will be many times when I have to go out earlier and come back later. Can the whole family rely on Wang Caifeng to do all the work?
She not only has Liu Baoguo, but also another one in her belly. As the months get older, she still has to run around. The contrast is too strong compared to Liu Baoguo's wife who does nothing as soon as she gets pregnant.
In the past, Xia Juhua did not expect anything from Liu Zhiquan and his brother because she had raised them all by herself and as a mother she wanted to give her sons the best things. After her past life experience, Xia Juhua did not want to give her two sons unlimitedly anymore.
Besides, Liu Zhishuang is just a brother-in-law to Wang Caifeng. Why should he feel at ease enjoying his service?
"Liu Zhishuang, go fetch me some water." Xia Juhua spoke.
Liu Zhishuang was still a little confused. Who had made his mother angry so early in the morning? He didn't say anything when he left the house. Was it because he got up late today? Looking at the sky, it wasn't that late compared to the previous days.
Liu Zhishuang stepped forward and wanted to take the carrying pole from Liu Zhiquan's hand, but Liu Zhiquan was still unwilling to do so: "Mom, I'll go." This was a good opportunity for him to show off in front of his mother. Didn't he see that his mother was in a huff when she spoke to the second son just now? It must be because the second son was bored.
He couldn't give up the job he had worked so hard to get.
Xia Juhua glanced at him and said, "Go fetch some water and let Liu Zhishuang look after the children for you." Will he do that?
Liu Zhiquan was very confused: "Isn't there still Caifeng at Baoguo's place? Besides, that kid keeps crying when I wash his face. I'd better wait until Caifeng makes dinner before I clean him up."
You are so right.
Xia Juhua glanced at Liu Zhiquan again: "Cai Feng has eight hands, right? She has to cook, take care of the children, and wash your clothes."
"Didn't it always be..."
"It was the past. Haven't you seen that her period is getting worse and worse?" Xia Juhua found a reason why Liu Zhiquan had to do housework: "If it snows in a few days, you don't clean the yard. Do you want her to fall?"
Wang Caifeng listened to her mother-in-law's words and hid in the kitchen. She got up early to cook with a big belly because she was tired, and she didn't want someone to help her with housework while taking care of the children.
But all the daughters-in-law in the village had the same experience. Her mother-in-law didn't allow her to work in the fields, and she did all the heavy work at home. She just took care of the children, fed the chickens, and cleaned the house, which was already the best job in Ping'an Village. Wang Caifeng didn't dare to hope for a better salary.
Now her mother-in-law actually asked her brother-in-law and her husband to help with the housework. Wang Caifeng didn't dare to go out, for fear that her husband would ask her to say in front of her mother-in-law that she could do the housework and didn't need help.
Liu Zhiquan really thought so. Seeing Xia Juhua staring at him as he went back to the room to serve Liu Baoguo, he rushed to the kitchen and called Wang Caifeng. Wang Caifeng had no choice but to go to the kitchen door and ask, "What's the matter?"
This silly act was a bit fake, Xia Juhua just pretended that she didn't notice it, looked at Liu Zhiquan and said: "Look at her belly, if Baoguo accidentally kicked her, wouldn't you feel bad?"
Liu Zhiquan had nothing to say, looked at Wang Caifeng with dissatisfaction, and went back to the house to dress Liu Baoguo who had already woken up. Xia Juhua waved to Wang Caifeng and told her to go on with her work, and went to the backyard to feed the chickens.
During breakfast, Xia Juhua did not let her two sons go, telling them that they would have to help with cleaning the yard, fetching water, and taking care of their children, or they would have to cook for themselves: "It's as if we mothers don't work in the fields."
What else can the two brothers Liu Zhiquan say? Liu Zhishuang can't help but feel lucky that he doesn't have a child yet. No, not only does he not have a child, he doesn't even know where the mother of the child is.
Xia Juhua couldn't stand his cocky look, so she glared at him and said, "Wash your own clothes yourself." Liu Zhishuang suddenly wilted, and Liu Zhiquan started drinking porridge loudly instead.
Liu Baoguo looked here and there, and suddenly realized that only his bowl had noodles, which were different from those in other people's bowls. He picked up a noodle with his chopsticks and put it to Xia Juhua's mouth: "Grandma, eat it."
"Oh, my eldest grandson knows how to be filial to his grandmother." Xia Juhua said with a smile. Just when Liu Zhiquan and the other two thought she would stop there, she stretched her neck and sucked the noodles that Liu Baoguo picked up into her mouth.
Liu Baoguo got excited and picked another noodle for Wang Caifeng. Wang Caifeng looked at her son's bowl with some embarrassment: "Mom doesn't want to eat it, you can eat it yourself."
Xia Juhua said to her quickly: "Just eat what the child gives you. Otherwise, what will you do if he thinks you don't want it anyway and doesn't remember to show filial piety in the future?" In his previous life, Liu Baoguo was very protective of food. Xia Juhua thought it was a habit he developed when he was a child, and now he should be taught to stop being protective of food from an early age.
Under her mother-in-law's gaze, Wang Caifeng had no choice but to suck the short noodle into her mouth. She couldn't help but smile: "It smells so good."
It was great, her son knew to give her good food, and she would have a man to help her with the heavy work at home. Wang Caifeng felt that her life was getting better and better. This happiness was given to her by her mother-in-law, and she had to make her mother-in-law happy in the future.
It was not easy to make Xia Juhua happy. When she came to the pigpen of the production team, her good mood of the morning disappeared without a trace - the pig raised by Sun was placed in the pigpen of the production team. It was too different from the one raised by Chen Lu, and no one would be in a good mood after seeing it.
"Brother Chen, if it doesn't work, just put the pig in a separate pen." Xia Juhua said worriedly, "Otherwise it won't be able to get food, and the more you feed it, the thinner it will become."
"Okay, I also think that it cannot be raised with other pigs, otherwise the other pigs will push it away from the trough." Chen Lusheng is a good-tempered person. He is not dissatisfied with the increased workload. He is just worried that the pig will not produce much meat when it is slaughtered, and the members will have opinions.
There was nothing Xia Juhua could do except ask Chen Lusheng to give the pig some small food. She could not think of any good ideas: "Let it eat two more meals, and let it grow as much as it can in the next few days. Don't be reluctant to give feed to the other pigs, or the purchasing station will find fault with them when you hand them over."
"Don't worry about that." Chen Lusheng was very confident when talking about the six pigs he raised: "You can pick any one of these six, any one will pass the test."
Well, it's good to have confidence. Xia Juhua, like Chen Lusheng, is confident in the work at hand. She took a look at the channel. Except for Liu Erzhuang who was a little embarrassed, everyone else was still full of energy.
Xia Juhua knew that repairing the canal these days was not an easy task, but the news that the supply and marketing cooperative came to collect the mats woven by the women yesterday and took back cash stimulated the people repairing the canal. They always felt that they were outdone by the women and wanted to make up for it.
Seeing the truth but not saying anything, Xia Juhua did not push the bulldozers this time. She just told Liu Erzhuang that she had to go back to teach people how to weave mats. This was enough to make these big bosses forget about smoking and just jump to the bottom of the canal and fight to the death.
They all want to build another section of the canal so that the production team can have two more acres of irrigated land next year and produce more food, so that their families can have more food and more dividends, so that the women at home don't think that the dividend money from the team is all earned by them.
It's no wonder that the men in Ping'an Village think too much. They have discovered in the past few days that their wives are a little difficult to deal with. She even dares to tell them that she is tired and wants them to help with some housework.
It's all because they make a good price for the mats they weave! I heard that the captain has come up with a new idea. If the women continue to weave, the men think that sooner or later, they will dare to let them go into the kitchen to cook!
But no one wants his wife to quit the mat weaving team and concentrate on doing housework at home. Just kidding, compared to working in the fields, the most important thing about mat weaving is manual dexterity, and it does not require high physical strength. Even women who cannot work in the fields can do it.
Compared with doing housework at home, men would of course prefer their wives to earn work points and share in dividends - I heard that a woman who used to weave mats could earn six work points a day, isn't that better than eating for free at home?
Fortunately, Xia Juhua didn't know what the men were thinking, otherwise she would have pointed at them and asked them, you say they eat for free, but can they cook the food themselves or wash their clothes themselves?
Fortunately, Xia Juhua did not ask the men in person, because she herself was already annoyed enough by the women.
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