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 mouth 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 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, everyone was very angry, and An Baoling was the most angry: "You knew that the family was divided, but why do you still stay 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?"
這人問題不好回答，因為劉志全三個到現在還在消化劉三壯清醒過來的消息。因為夏菊花現在不大愛搭理兩個兒子，所以王彩鳳頭一個開口說：“不管三叔是啥時候明白過來的，只要三嬸不埋怨他就行。”
夏菊花覺得她說的有道理，看着兩個兒子意有所指的說：“你說的對，這大男人該自己出面的時候就得自己出面，事事讓媳婦出頭算什麽本事。”
可能事事靠媳婦出頭的劉志全、劉志雙：……
嗑唠不下去了，夏菊花就讓他們都回自己屋裏睡覺去。至于她自己，則把前次從供銷社買回來的處理布找出來，比劃着開始給自己裁新衣裳——這麽些年，她只有一身沒啥補丁的衣裳，留着上街或是有事兒的時候才舍得穿，也該穿件新的提提精神。
一動起剪子來，夏菊花就停不下來，把衣裳都裁出來不算，還縫了半條褲子才睡下。第二天起來的就有點晚，發現王彩鳳已經開始做早飯了。
有沒有小算計放到一邊，不能不承認王彩鳳是個勤快人。夏菊花也不是那種啥活都指望兒媳婦的，洗漱完就開始打掃起院子來。
等劉志全兄弟兩個起來了，夏菊花已經把院子打掃好了，劉志全連忙接過她手裏的扁擔：“娘，我去挑水吧。”
“你還知道自己應該挑水。”夏菊花以前覺得兩個兒子下地肯吃苦，能掙來工分養家已經很不錯，可是現在想想，他們對家裏的事兒有點兒太不上心了。
吃飯得碗端到跟前兒，吃完把自己的嘴一抹就算完事。洗衣裳做飯指望不上他們，掃個院子挑個水還指望不上？以後自己當生産隊長，早出點門晚回來一會兒的時候多着呢，一家子都指望王彩鳳一個人忙？
她可不光有個劉保國，肚子裏還有一個呢。月份越來越大還得忙裏忙外，跟劉保國他媳婦一懷孕就任嘛不幹，對比太強烈了。
以前夏菊花不指望劉志全兄弟兩個，是因為孩子是自己一手拉扯大的，當娘的願意把最好的東西遞到兒子跟前。有了上輩子的經歷，夏菊花可不想再對兩個兒子無底線的付出了。
再說劉志雙對王彩鳳來說就是個小叔子，憑啥就心安理得的享受人家的伺侯？
“劉志雙，你給我挑水去。”夏菊花發話了。
還沒完全清醒的劉志雙有點兒蒙，這一大早晨又誰惹娘生氣了，他出門可還啥也沒說呢。難道是因為自己今天起晚了？看看天，跟往天比起來不算晚呀。
劉志雙上前想接過劉志全手裏的扁擔，劉志全還不幹呢：“娘，我去吧。”這可是在娘面前表現的好機會，沒見娘剛才跟老二說話氣哼哼的，肯定是因為老二眼裏沒活呀。
他不能放棄自己好不容易搶到的活。
夏菊花橫了他一眼：“你去挑水，讓劉志雙給你看孩子？”他會嗎？
劉志全很不理解：“保國那兒不是還有彩鳳呢嗎。再說我一給那小子洗臉他就哭個沒完，還是等彩鳳做晚飯再給他收拾吧。”
你可真有理。
夏菊花再橫劉志全一眼：“彩鳳長了八只手是不是，又得做飯又得伺侯孩子，還得給你洗衣裳。”
“那以前不都是……”
“以前是以前，你沒見她月份越來越大了。”夏菊花找着劉志全必須幹家務的理由：“過兩天要是下場雪啥的，你不把院子掃淨了想讓她摔跤呢？”
王彩鳳把婆婆的話都聽到耳朵裏，躲在廚房裏沒出來。她挺着肚子早起做飯不是不累，帶着孩子幹家務不是不希望有人幫把手。
可是村裏的媳婦們都是這麽過來的，婆婆不讓她再下地掙工分，家裏的重活也都是婆婆做，她就帶帶孩子喂喂雞收拾一下屋子，已經算是平安莊的頭一份了。王彩鳳不敢再奢望更高的待遇。
現在婆婆竟然讓小叔子和男人都幫着做家務，王彩鳳不敢出去，生怕男人讓她當着婆婆的面說，自己能做好家務，不用人幫忙。
劉志全還真是這麽想的，見夏菊花盯着自己回屋伺候劉保國，沖着廚房直叫王彩鳳。王彩鳳不得不來到廚房門口問：“咋啦，有啥事？”
這個傻裝的有點兒假，夏菊花只當做自己沒發現，看着劉志全說：“你看看她的肚子，要是保國不小心踢她一腳，你不心疼？”
劉志全沒話說了，不滿的看了王彩鳳一眼，灰溜溜回屋去給已經醒了的劉保國穿衣裳。夏菊花沖王彩鳳擺擺手讓她忙去，自己又去後院把雞喂了。
吃早飯的時候夏菊花也沒放過兩兒子，告訴他們以後打掃院子、挑水、伺侯自己的孩子他們都得搭把手，要不就自己做飯吃：“好象我們娘兩個不下地幹活似的。”
劉志全兄弟兩個還能有啥話說，劉志雙不由慶幸自己現在還沒有孩子。不，豈止沒孩子，他是連孩子他媽在哪兒都不知道呢。
夏菊花看不得他嘚瑟的樣子，瞪他一眼說：“你自己的衣裳自己洗。”劉志雙一下子蔫了，換成劉志全大聲的喝粥。
劉保國看看這個看看那個，猛然發現只有自己碗裏是面條，跟別人碗裏的都不一樣，就拿着筷子顫微微挑起一根往夏菊花嘴邊遞：“奶，吃。”
“哎呀，我大孫子知道孝順奶奶了。”夏菊花笑咪咪的說了一句，就在劉志全三人都以為她就此為止的時候，伸長脖子把劉保國挑起的面條吸進嘴裏。
劉保國來勁了，又給王彩鳳挑了一根面條，王彩鳳有些為難的看着兒子的小碗：“娘不吃，你自己吃吧。”
夏菊花連忙對她說：“孩子給你你就吃，要不以後他覺得反正給你你也不要，想不起孝敬你看你咋辦。”上輩子劉保國很護食，夏菊花覺得都是小時候慣出來的，現在應該從小讓他別護食。
王彩鳳在婆婆的注視下，不得不把那根短短的面條吸進嘴裏，臉上不由跟着笑起來：“真香。”
可不香咋地，兒子有好東西知道給自己吃，以後家裏的重活也有男人幫着，王彩鳳覺得自己的日子越過越順心。這順心都是婆婆給她的，以後自己也得讓婆婆順心才行。
想讓夏菊花順心可不是那麽容易的事兒，當她來到生産隊的豬圈時，一早晨的好心情消失的無影無蹤——孫氏養的那頭豬放進生産隊的豬圈裏，跟人家陳路生養的相差太遠了，誰看了心情也好不了。
“陳大哥，不行就把這豬單獨放一個圈吧。”夏菊花犯愁的說：“要不它搶不上食，只能越喂越瘦。”
“行，我也覺得不能跟別的豬養在一起，要不別的豬一拱，它就離槽子大老遠。”陳路生是個好脾氣，增加了工作量也沒啥不滿，只擔心這豬殺的時候出不了多少肉，社員們要有意見。
有意見也沒辦法，夏菊花除了交待陳路生給這豬吃點小竈外，想不出什麽好招：“多讓它吃兩頓，這幾天能長多少長多少吧。另外幾頭豬也別舍不得飼料，免得交豬的時候收購站挑毛病。”
“這你放心。”陳路生說起自己養的六頭豬來還是很有底氣的：“這六頭裏随便挑，哪頭都能過關。”
行吧，人有信心是好事，夏菊花跟陳路生一樣，對自己手裏的工作同樣有信心。她到渠上轉了一圈，除了劉二壯有些不好意思之外，別人的精氣神還是挺足的。
夏菊花知道這幾天修渠不輕松，可是昨天供銷社來收婦女們編的席，還拿回現錢的消息刺激了修渠的人，總覺得他們被婦女們比下去了，要找補回來。
看破不說破，夏菊花這回沒推土，只跟劉二壯說了句自己得回去教人編席，就足夠讓這些大老爺人顧不上抽煙，直接跳到渠底拼命了。
他們都想多修上一段渠，明年生産隊多兩畝水澆地，能多打點兒糧食，家裏就能多分點兒口糧多點兒分紅，省得家裏的老娘們覺得隊裏分紅的錢，都是她們掙的。
真不怪平安莊的男人們多想，他們這幾天都發現了，家裏的媳婦有點兒不那麽好擺弄了，竟然還敢跟自己說累，想着讓自己幫着幹點家務啥的。
都是因為她們編席賣出了好價錢！聽說隊長又想出了新花樣，要是再讓婦女們編下去，男人們覺得早晚有一天，她們敢讓自己進廚房做飯！
可是沒有一個人希望自己媳婦退出編席隊伍，專心回家做家務伺候自己。開玩笑，相對于下地來說，編席最重要的手巧，對身體要求不高，哪怕不能下地勞動的婦女也能幹。
和在家做家務比，男人們當然願意自己媳婦掙工分得分紅——聽說原來編席的婦女，一天能記六個工分，不比在家白吃飯強？
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.