Chapter 63 (1)
"It's no use reporting it!" Li Changwang's family yelled at Chen Qiusheng, "The captain said we have to call our names from now on. If anyone calls the wrong name, we will ignore him just like your wife. If you have the guts, make your wife take back what she just said."
Cui Ping heard that she was asked to take back what she had just said, and she refused to do it: "I always keep my word, why should I take it back? Chen Qiusheng, go and tell them that the captain asked us to call our names. Do you think it will work after you tell them?"
"Yes, it's useless to report the news. From now on, we will call by our own names." This time, the women shared the same hatred with Cuiping against Kai.
Chen Qiusheng felt that he was the "good observer" that his wife had described to others, because the scene he imagined in the courtyard had directly became a reality. Every man who heard him say that the women had requested that he must call them by their names in the future looked at him with a reproachful look.
Those who were younger than Chen Qiusheng or of lower seniority were better off, complaining, "Qiusheng (brother, uncle), why didn't you persuade the captain a little bit?"
His peers of similar age would laugh at him: "How come you can't even control your wife?"
When he got to the older generation, Chen Qiusheng was in a mess: "Your wife is making a fuss, and you follow her? You are such a coward, I know you have bronchitis. It's fine if you are making a fuss, but why are you instigating your aunt? How old are they? It sounds good to be named by others?"
Chen Qiusheng……
When Cuiping got home from work, she found that her house was cold and the stove was cold, which was completely different from the previous two days when hot meals were prepared and waiting for her to eat. She asked Chen Qiusheng, who was lying on the kang, a little unhappy: "You came back early, why didn't you cook?"
"Still cooking?" Chen Qiu sat up excitedly: "I've been scolded enough."
Cuiping got angry when she heard this. She could say a few words to her man, but what right did outsiders have to scold him? "Who scolded you? For what reason? I'm going to settle the score with them." She was about to walk out.
"Please be quiet for a moment." Chen Qiu Sheng had no idea what to do with this daughter-in-law - she was one of the most beautiful girls in Ping'an Village, her family was doing well, they didn't ask for much in terms of betrothal gifts but gave her a lot in dowry, and she was able to handle both housework and outside work.
In the past, he had given in to his wife, but now that he had become the public enemy of all married men in the village, Chen Qiu Sheng felt that he had to talk to his wife: "You are the same. The captain only praised you for that one sentence, but why do you insist on being called by your name?"
"What's wrong with calling me by my name? I already had a name in my natal family, but after I married you, I became Chen Qiu Sheng's family. If being called Chen Qiu Sheng's family meant I could eat better, wear better clothes, or do less work, I would accept it. But if I hadn't followed the captain to weave mats every day, would I have earned the two yuan and fifty cents?"
In the end, whatever the captain says is right, and nothing I say will work? Chen Qiusheng looked at his silly wife helplessly: "Is everything the captain says right?"
When Cui Ping heard him mention Xia Juhua, she smiled and sat down in front of him, bumping her shoulder against Chen Qiu Sheng's: "Hey, if you are free tonight, teach me how to read first. I tell you, I have memorized all their names, and when I can write their names, do you think the captain will still go to Li Changwang's house for everything?"
Chen Qiu leaned back on the pile of quilts, feeling hopeless and not wanting to say a word to his wife.
Even more intense words than those in Chen Qiusheng's family were played out in almost all married families in Ping An Village. The older women were used to being scolded and threatened by men for many years, and they would not refute a few curses. Some younger women would not mention it after being scolded by men, some would reason with the men, and some couples would even fight directly.
Anyway, almost every family in Ping'an Village had dinner late that night, and some people who were in a bad mood simply didn't eat at all.
Xia Juhua's family had meals on time. Wang Caifeng had been at home taking care of the children and cooking, and didn't know that a women's name redemption movement had been launched in the yard. Liu Zhiquan did hear about it, but it was said that this name redemption movement was proposed by his mother. Did he dare to challenge his mother?
Even if his mother hadn't fried peanuts or led the members to weave mats, Liu Zhiquan would at most have dared to use his brains a little, fearing that his mother would favor Liu Zhishuang and he would suffer the consequences.
Ever since his mother became the one who earned the most money in the family, Liu Zhiquan didn't dare to use his little brain anymore - his mother was able to make money because of her smart brain, and his own little brain was not enough in front of his mother.
Not only did Liu Zhiquan not dare to think of any tricks himself, he also told his wife several times. Who knew that Wang Caifeng told him clearly how good her mother-in-law was to her, how grateful and satisfied she was, and if Liu Zhiquan didn't listen to her mother-in-law, she would rather not live with Liu Zhiquan, but take Liu Baoguo with her mother-in-law.
Since his wife doesn't even stand on his side, how can Liu Zhiquan dare to say a word against his mother?
Now he can just call her by her name if his mother asks him to. Anyway, his mother often calls his wife's name at home. As long as he calls "Hey, Hey", Wang Caifeng will know that he is calling her.
Just as I was thinking this, Xia Juhua had already put down her bowl and asked, "When did your uncle's vermicelli start to leak?" The first few days were used to dry the sweet potato starch, and as long as there was sweet potato starch, the vermicelli would leak very quickly.
Seeing his mother put down her bowl, Liu Zhiquan did not dare to continue eating porridge. He swallowed the porridge in his mouth and said, "The flour is almost dry. If I work harder tonight, I can drain it all. I'm just worried that there won't be enough space to dry it. It's better to drain it over two days."
After the noodles are cooked, they should be hung up quickly to drain the water. Also, be careful not to hang them too densely, otherwise the noodles will stick together before they are completely dry, and there will be dead noodles when you eat them in the future. Xia Juhua glanced at Liu Zhiquan and said, "Then let's drain them over two days. Your cousins are young and can't stay up late."
Liu Zhiquan tensed up at this look, and cursed himself in his heart, but he couldn't help but think of a little idea - he saw that many people in the village had shared the sweet potatoes and were about to make the second wave of money, so he thought about selling all the vermicelli from his uncle's house as soon as possible so that his own family could also sell vermicelli to make money.
As a result, his eagerness to make money was overheard by his mother. Liu Zhiquan could not help but ask his wife for help, and found that Wang Caifeng was looking at him disapprovingly, so he lowered his head and pretended to concentrate on eating.
Xia Juhua sighed in her heart. She knew that Liu Zhiquan also had his own little thoughts, but she didn't expect that Wang Caifeng would become the person who supported her the most in the family.
Mantun, who had returned from Xiajiazhuang in the afternoon, noticed that the conversation between his aunt and his eldest cousin was a little subtle, so he cleverly changed the subject: "Aunt, my mother asked me to bring you a pair of shoes. Try them on later to see if they fit you."
"Your mother is the same. She has shoes for the elderly at home, so why would she make shoes for me?" Xia Juhua gave face to her nephew: "Give them to her when you go back, and tell her that your sister-in-law just made new shoes for me and let her keep them for herself."
Mantun just drank the porridge and didn't take his aunt's words seriously. When he came, his mother said that his aunt was busy with important things now, so how could she have time to make shoes for him? If his aunt insisted that he take it back, he would put it down and run away. He was sure that his aunt couldn't catch up.
Mantun said nothing, but the three brothers Manxiang, Manwu and Manyi had something to say. They all told their aunt that if she didn't accept the shoes, they would feel embarrassed to eat and learn the craft for free at her house, so they should just go back to Xia Village together tonight.
Xia Juhua was not annoyed by the young guys' well-reasoned rebuttal, but happily told them to stay as long as they wanted. Mantun then smiled and said, "I would like to live at my aunt's house, but our production team is about to slaughter the pigs, and if we go back too late, we will be late for the slaughtered pig dishes."
Indeed, the slaughtered pigs of each production team would only be eaten by the people in their own production team. Even if many of them were Xia Juhua's nephews, it would not be appropriate for them to eat together - if there was only one person, it would be okay for the Liu family to pay a little, but with four half-grown boys, they would even make their own parents hungry.
The children were sensible and did not want to embarrass their aunt. Xia Juhua could only hope that time would pass quickly, and that the household contract responsibility system would arrive soon, so that the children would not have to walk more than ten miles just to eat a meal of butchered pig dishes.
Xia Juhua's plan was that after the household contract responsibility system was implemented, she would separate her two sons and be the only one left at home. Of course, she could treat her nephew however she wanted.
Mantun saw that his aunt was a little sad, and he felt a little uncomfortable himself: "Aunt, we have been here for four days, and we eat so well every day, you don't have to...Aunt, wait until you go home on the second day of the Chinese New Year, I will let my mother stew meat for you."
Xia Juhua didn't want to make her nephew sad, so she smiled and said, "The women in Ping'an Village have to start making mats on the second day of the Chinese New Year. Everyone has agreed that no one will go back to their parents' home. I'm the production team leader, so I have to do the same as everyone else. I'm afraid I can't go home. Let your mother cook the meat for you. When I'm free, I'll go back to visit you."
Wang Caifeng stayed at home every day, and she had never heard of women not going back to their parents' home. It was inconvenient for her to go home now that she was pregnant, but she still went back to her parents' home once when she had the surplus food. Naturally, she still wanted to go back to her parents' home to pay New Year's greetings during the Chinese New Year. She was living such a good life now that she had been thinking about how to show off to her former sisters during the second year of the Chinese New Year.
But since my mother-in-law never goes back to her parents' home, then I... forget it. My mother-in-law must have her reasons for not going back to her parents' home. As her mother-in-law's daughter-in-law, I should always be consistent with her and not go back to her parents' home.
Xia Juhua had no idea that Wang Caifeng had so many thoughts in her mind. When Liu Zhiquan and Mandun started to leak fans, she took Liu Zhishuang out.
"Mom, can Qi Weidong really sell us so much cloth?" Liu Zhishuang was a little worried. That was cloth. According to Chen Qiu Sheng's statistics, it was more than three hundred and four hundred feet of cloth!
In an era when each person was only given one foot of cloth coupon per year, this amount was really scary. However, Xia Juhua felt that Ping'an Village was still too poor. Even if they knew that cloth could be bought without cloth coupons, the entire production team would only buy such a small amount of cloth. I'm afraid Qi Weidong would jump for joy when he heard about it.
So she shook her head and said, "One coat needs five feet of cloth. Can you calculate how many coats we can make with this cloth? Alas, there are more than 500 people in our production team, but less than half of them can wear new clothes during the Spring Festival."
Mom, you worry too much. Liu Zhishuang didn't dare to say this, and asked with a smile: "Then mom, will you make new clothes for me this year?" He really didn't pay attention to how much cloth their family bought.
Xia Juhua bought some processed cloth last time and has already found time to make her own clothes. Thinking that Wang Caifeng has been doing well recently, she simply asked for one for her. Since there is Wang Caifeng, there can't be no one for her own son, after all, he is her own child.
But Xia Juhua's words to Liu Zhishuang were not so nice: "How old are you? You still ask your mother to make new clothes for you. Don't you have money in your hands? Oh, and you haven't given me the money from selling vermicelli yet."
Mom, is it really okay to ask for money so bluntly? Liu Zhishuang took advantage of the darkness to glance at his mom, his voice lowered a bit: "Mom, don't you know everything?"
"I know, I know," Xia Juhua did not deny that she knew Sun Hongmei took away Liu Zhishuang's money, "but you didn't tell me from beginning to end, I thought you didn't want me to know."
"It's so embarrassing, mother."
"Are you ashamed?" Xia Juhua took the opportunity to teach her son a lesson: "If you are ashamed, don't make mistakes in the first place. Since you have made a mistake, sooner or later people will know about it, and then it will be even more embarrassing. If you had told me about Sun Hongmei's plot against you in the first place, we would not have married Sun Hongmei, and such a thing would have happened. Even if we married her, I would know how to treat her instead of letting her lead everyone by the nose."
"As a result, you hid everything, and mother thought she would live a good life with you after marriage, and she tolerated all the things she disliked. As a result, she made trouble every day, and worked together with Sun Guizhi to make trouble for our family. Because you trusted her, who among us thought of guarding against her? You handed all the money to her, and in the end, she took it all away."
Sixty yuan! Even though Xia Juhua makes a lot of money now, she still can't help but feel distressed - fifty yuan is already a lot of money for a daughter-in-law, and it's such a bargain for the grandson's family.
Liu Zhishuang wanted to squat on the ground: "What can I do?"
"What should we do? If you had told me right away, we could have gone to Sun's Manor to get the money back. But it's been so long, will they still recognize it if you go and ask for it?"
Liu Zhishuang bravely said: "Why don't you admit it? Back then in the commune..."
"You also said that Sun Hongmei refused to admit it in such a short time in the commune. How can she admit it now? At that time, the rest of the Sun family had just been frightened by Liu Sizhuang and his family being arrested by the Red Squad. Let's tell the Red Squad and see if her parents will force Sun Hongmei to take out the money."
"Then can we go look for the Red Team now?" Liu Zhishuang became more energetic when he heard that there was hope of getting his money back.
Xia Juhua snorted coldly, "It's too late. There has been no movement from the old Sun family for such a long time. Either Sun Hongmei has already given the money to her parents, or she hid the money so well that her parents don't even know she has the money. Whether it went into her parents' pockets or Sun Hongmei hid it, it has been so long that we can't find it even if we want to."
Liu Zhishuang was listless again, not realizing that his mother and daughter had already reached the place where he and Qi Weidong had agreed to pick up sweet potatoes. When he noticed a person suddenly appearing from behind the pile of firewood, he was startled: "Who?"
"Your brother Qi. Auntie, why did you come here in person? Are you afraid that I would fool Zhishuang?" Qi Weidong spoke with some jokes.
Xia Juhua said seriously: "He doesn't need you to fool him. Your mind is a mess."
Qi Weidong was very happy to hear this and said, "A mass of paste is good. I am willing to deal with people like this."
Liu Zhishuang: Have you two forgotten that I am standing right in front of you?
The two people who had forgotten the existence of Liu Zhishuang talked to each other clearly about the quantity, color, and type of cloth they needed. Xia Juhua gave a deposit, and Qi Weidong whispered something behind the firewood pile.
Xie Hongbing and Li Lin poked their heads out and said hello to Xia Juhua: "Auntie, are we still going to send these sweet potatoes to your house?"
"No, let's give them to other people first, so that we don't have so many sweet potatoes at home all of a sudden, and people will get suspicious if they find out."
Qi Weidong's eyes flashed in the darkness, and then were swallowed up by the night. Xie Hongbing, on the other hand, smiled as he pushed the cart and said, "I thought I could eat the hot and sour noodles made by my aunt again. If I leave it at someone else's house, I won't be able to eat it."
Xia Juhua replied casually: "It's not easy to eat hot and sour noodles. If you really want to eat it, come to my aunt's house next time. My aunt's new vermicelli is ready and you can eat as much as you want."
Qi Weidong felt that Xie Hongbing was a bit embarrassed. He recalled the conversation between Xia Juhua and her mother and asked hurriedly, "Auntie, I just heard you and Zhishuang say who bullied him. Who dares to bully Qi Weidong's friend? Auntie, tell me, I guarantee that he will come and pay Zhishuang back."
If it wasn't for the dark and poor visibility, Liu Zhishuang would have wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into. Xia Juhua also thought that as long as Liu Zhishuang learned his lesson, it would be fine. She didn't want to have anything to do with the old grandson's family anymore. She just said, "It's all his own fault for being too stubborn. It's a good opportunity to teach him a lesson."
Although he had only dealt with Xia Juhua twice, Qi Weidong had already discovered that he could not get Xia Juhua to tell him anything she did not want to tell him. Not only could he not get her to tell him anything, but he would probably be tricked by Xia Juhua, so he did not ask again, thinking that he would wait until he met Liu Zhishuang alone one day and ask him about it himself.
Xia Juhua and her mother took Qi Weidong and the other two to the Fifth Master's house, where Liu Daxi was waiting with the Fifth Master. The vermicelli had been prepared long ago. According to the calculation that each family in Ping'an Village should have 80 kilograms of vermicelli, the 94 families would have 7,500 kilograms of vermicelli, and Qi Weidong would have to give Ping'an Village 52,600 kilograms of sweet potatoes.
When Fifth Master and Xia Juhua heard Chen Qiu Sheng's calculation, they were shocked - the entire Ping'an Village production team did not produce so many sweet potatoes in a year.
In the morning, Xie Hongbing and Li Lin quietly drove the ox cart three times and finally transported 10,000 kilograms of sweet potatoes. The rest should be handed over to Xia Juhua tonight.
The cart that Xie Hongbing and Li Lin pushed just now only had 300-400 kilograms of sweet potatoes for Xia Juhua to see, which was far from the 40,000-plus kilograms of sweet potatoes. Xia Juhua couldn't help but look at Qi Weidong, who was weighing vermicelli with Wu Ye and the other two.
Qi Weidong seemed to sense Xia Juhua's gaze and turned to meet her eyes. "Auntie, are you worried that I'll take the vermicelli and run away, so I won't give you the sweet potato?"
Xia Juhua smiled but said nothing. Qi Weidong looked at the Fifth Master with some grievance. It was the first time he met the Fifth Master. He also saw Xia Juhua's attitude towards the Fifth Master just now. Qi Weidong felt that the Fifth Master should be someone who could subdue Xia Juhua.
Wu Ye indeed thought more than Xia Juhua, and immediately understood why Qi Weidong only brought so few sweet potatoes: "There are only three people from Da Zhuang's family, and they can only push so much with a cart. We still have to hurry up and get on our ox cart and bring the sweet potatoes back overnight."
Xia Juhua had to admit that suddenly having such a huge amount of sweet potatoes made her brain short-circuit. She couldn't figure out such a simple question. So she asked Qi Weidong a little embarrassedly: "Xiao Qi, is the place where you put the sweet potatoes far from our Ping'an Village? How many people do we need to go?"
Auntie, isn't your expression changing too fast? Qi Weidong regretted that he had come to Ping'an Village several times just to make money from vermicelli. The money he earned was not necessarily much more than what others earned, and he was still suspected by others. Now he was being coaxed like a child. Was it easy for him?
Fortunately, this was not the first or second time that he had been embarrassed in front of Xia Juhua, so he got used to it after a while: "It's not far. But an ox cart can only pull three or four thousand kilograms, and the rest can't be pulled in one night."
"Don't be afraid. We have plenty of masters in Ping'an Village." The Fifth Master patted his chest proudly.
Qi Weidong was in a terrible state: they had agreed to change the place to deliver the sweet potatoes because they were afraid of suspicion. Now that they needed to transport the sweet potatoes, how dare they pull out all the strong men of the production team? Aren’t they afraid that they will find out? !
He was the one who did the talking, while Xie Hongbing and Li Lin were the ones who did the running. So the scene became that Qi Weidong stayed alone with Fifth Master in Fifth Master's house, wondering whether Xia Juhua was afraid that the people of Ping'an Manor would know how she exchanged vermicelli. Xie Hongbing led some of the strong laborers of Ping'an Manor to carry the vermicelli on a shoulder pole and send it away, while Li Lin led another group of people to carry empty shoulder poles and ox carts to pull sweet potatoes.
As for Xia Juhua, the Fifth Master said that it was inconvenient for a woman like her to stay here, so he let her go home and rest.
Although Qi Weidong didn't think it was inconvenient for Xia Juhua to stay, but the strong dragon cannot defeat the local snake. Xia Juhua respected her very much, and Qi Weidong, who always suffered a loss in front of Xia Juhua, had no objection.
Finally, he could not bear it any longer and fell asleep amid the sounds of people coming and going and the subdued chatter in the Fifth Master's yard.
After two nights of sleep, Qi Weidong slept soundly this time until his stomach growled with hunger, and then he got up. He looked at the yellowed newspapers on the wall, looked at the window that barely let in the sunlight, and then lifted the stiff quilt on his body. Qi Weidong sat up with disgust and looked at the watch.
It’s already eight o’clock!
Since he started trading in the black market, Qi Weidong had never gotten up so late, except for a few days during the Chinese New Year. In addition, he knew who he was dealing with, so he was always careful no matter where he bought goods. If he could come back on the same day, he would never stay overnight. If he had to stay overnight, he would stay with Xie Hongbing and Li Lin.
But he was the only one left in Ping'an Village last night, and he fell asleep so soundly that neither Xie Lianbing nor Li Lin came to remind him!
Qi Weidong couldn't sit still any longer, and quickly put on his shoes and went downstairs. As soon as he reached the door, he heard Xia Juhua ask, "Xiao Qi hasn't woken up yet? The child is exhausted these two days, and you two have been busy all night. Come in and take a nap after dinner."
Needless to say, the two people Xia Juhua was talking about must be Xie Hongbing and Li Lin. These two guys came back without even saying hello to her, and still had the nerve to eat!
Qi Weidong opened the door with a bang and saw Xie Hongbing and his partner eating a large bowl of hot and sour vermicelli. He naturally frowned and asked unhappily, "When did you two come? How is your work going? You don't care about the things in the county? You only care about eating!"
He came out so suddenly that Xie Hongbing was about to take a mouthful of noodles and it got stuck in his throat. It took him a while to swallow it down. "It's all ready, not a pound off. The county has asked Si Zi to keep an eye on it, and that kid is smart, so nothing will go wrong."
Although Xia Juhua didn't quite understand what they were saying, she could still tell that Qi Weidong was unhappy. Seeing that Qi Weidong was still silent with a sullen face after Xie Hongbing finished speaking, Xia Juhua asked with concern, "Did you not sleep well last night? If so, you can't sleep anymore. Wait a minute, Auntie will make you a bowl of noodles. Eat it before you go to sleep."
Qi Weidong was a little puzzled about his mood. It actually improved a little because of Xia Juhua's natural and caring words. He was also a man who knew how to handle business situations. He smiled calmly for a while before saying to Xia Juhua, "I slept well, but these two guys ate without waiting for me. They really deserve to be punished."
The half-truths made Xie Hongbing and Li Lin realize their mistakes, and they looked at Qi Weidong with guilt. But in front of Xia Juhua, no one could open their mouths to directly say that they didn't trust her.
Xia Juhua traded vermicelli with them, but she didn't take any advantage of them. Even the sweet potatoes were transported by Ping'an Village's own people, and they treated her to delicious food and drinks when they returned.
How can you say that you don't trust others?
Qi Weidong also figured it out. He didn't have to show up in person last night, but he still came along. Wasn't it just to test whether Xia Juhua could be trusted and whether they could have a long-term cooperation in the future?
Now that I have tried it out, I have achieved my goal. The minor mistakes during the business trip were due to problems with Xie Hongbing and Li Lin, the two people I was with, and had nothing to do with Xia Juhua.
Qi Weidong, who had figured it out, resumed his talkative and cheerful attitude. After a simple wash, he took the hot and sour noodles that Xia Juhua had just made for him and ate it to his heart's content.
"Auntie, we'll be leaving now." Qi Wei was still doing business in Dongxian City, and he was naturally worried about leaving Sizi alone, so he put down the bowl and said goodbye to Xia Juhua.
Xia Juhua held him back and took out a handful of cloth coupons from her pocket: "Here are 120 feet of cloth coupons. Although it's not enough for the cloth that Auntie wants, I won't let you suffer too much."
Qi Weidong was really stunned. When Xia Juhua used words to trap him yesterday, the two of them had actually reached an agreement that Xia Juhua would not issue cloth coupons, and Qi Weidong would sell cloth to her at a price 20 cents per foot higher than the supply and marketing cooperative.
But now Xia Juhua actually took out 120 feet of cloth coupons, clearly trying her best not to take advantage of Qi Weidong. This had never happened before in Qi Weidong's years of trading experience.
He said with some resistance: "Auntie, we have to do what we agreed to. You can't slap my nephew in the face like this." This time, Qi Weidong said the word nephew without any sarcasm.
Xia Juhua was also serious: "We have an agreement, but since you call me auntie, I can't just take advantage of you." As she said that, she was about to stuff the cloth coupons into Qi Weidong's pocket.
In Xia Juhua's opinion, it was far more economical to establish a closer relationship with a future successful businessman than to have the hundreds of feet of cloth coupons in her hands.
Qi Weidong pushed and shoved Xia Juhua's hand, preventing her from giving him the cloth coupons. He also shouted at Xie Hongbing and Li Lin: "What are you standing there for? Hurry up and leave." After that, the three of them actually ran away.
Xia Juhua looked at the cloth coupons in her hand. She knew she couldn't catch up with the three guys. What should she do?
I don't know when the Fifth Master stood in the yard and said with a smile: "You take it first. I think Xiao Qi really doesn't want to accept our cloth coupons."
But he is a businessman, Xia Juhua looked at Wu Ye in confusion. Wu Ye didn't say anything, but he could tell Xia Juhua that even though he was a businessman, he also had a human heart. On the contrary, because of doing business, he could tell who was trustworthy and who was not worth making friends with, right?
No, that would make Xia Juhua proud, so Fifth Master didn't say that. What he wanted to say was, "We need to get the sweet potatoes back home as soon as possible and get the flour out as soon as possible."
Xia Juhua certainly agreed, but she still expressed her own opinion: "I think the production team should keep some sweet potatoes. First, it is impossible for all these sweet potatoes to be lost at once, and second, some families will need some emergency food in the future... The production team can help them for a while. In addition, they have to save some seeds for the spring."
Forgive the members of Ping An Village. Since they learned how to make powder, everyone's enthusiasm has been so high that almost every household has made powder out of their share of sweet potatoes. Even the six households with debts who didn't make powder originally, I heard that they made all their sweet potatoes into pulp in one day yesterday.
No one has sweet potatoes now, and the seeds that the production team originally set aside will not be enough to expand the planting area next year!
The old man blushed, which was rare for Wu Ye, and said, "Then we'll calculate it as one pound of vermicelli equals six and a half pounds. It turns out that the vermicelli that the six households owed money to was given to them by others on an equal basis. This time we have to explain it to them clearly."
There is a lot of gratitude and resentment, and the debtors all have their own difficulties, but they can't always be taken care of by the production team, otherwise there will be seven lazy people. Xia Juhua also understood this truth, and remembered something, and smiled and said to the fifth master:
"Zhao Tiedan's family is just like everyone else this time. I heard that Da Gou brings Er Gou to help others leak powder every day. The two brothers are quite energetic."
Speaking of this, Fifth Master also had a smile on his face: "I didn't expect that your method could cure the laziness of the two brothers. I'll talk about Zhao Tiedan when I have time. After all, a father can't be worse than his children."
Xia Juhua also felt that it would be more appropriate for her to speak to Zhao Tiedan in the capacity of Fifth Master, so she agreed and turned around to go home. Last night, in addition to transporting sweet potatoes, Li Lin also brought her a thousand kilograms of peanuts. She had to fry them quickly so as not to delay Qi Weidong's money-making before the New Year.
As for the processing fee she earned, Xia Juhua felt that compared with the money Qi Weidong earned, it was nothing to mention - a pound of fried peanuts was 1.5 yuan, how much did Qi Weidong earn! I just don't know how Qi Weidong would feel after knowing Xia Juhua's thoughts.
Anyway, Qi Weidong is not in a very good mood right now.
After returning to the county, Qi Weidong went to the black market and found that he had sold hundreds of kilograms of vermicelli. He felt that it was right not to accept Xia Juhua's cloth coupons. Hearing that Li Lin had already given the peanuts to Xia Juhua, thinking about the money he could earn later, Qi Weidong felt that he had taken advantage of Xia Juhua.
As a trader, Qi Weidong would not give any of the money he deserved to others, but he would also not take advantage of others.
But Xia Juhua seemed to be stubborn, so how could he repay her kindness? Qi Weidong couldn't help but think of the conversation between Xia Juhua and Liu Zhishuang yesterday, and he felt that he knew where to start.
If you want to share Xia Juhua's worries quietly, you have to know what she is worried about. The burden of finding out the situation fell on Xie Hongbing, who had already been conquered by Xia Juhua's hot and sour noodles.
Therefore, when Xie Hongbing got the news and passed it on to Qi Weidong, it was impossible not to have his own emotions in his words: "Brother Qi, how could that woman be so shameless? My aunt was so kind to her, and when she left, she took away all of Liu Zhishuang's money."
"Liu Zhishuang is also an idiot. You can imagine how much my aunt has to worry about with such an idiot son. If it weren't for his stupidity, my aunt wouldn't have to tell us...right? We can't let my aunt get angry about this matter, otherwise she won't be able to live well for the whole year."
You keep calling me auntie, can your mother have a good New Year? Qi Weidong glanced at Xie Hongbing, which scared him back from a yawn, and then he smiled a little: "I guess it's because auntie is too capable that Liu Zhishuang has become a little stupid. But if auntie is really angry, I'm afraid I won't be able to fry the peanuts well, and I'm afraid I won't be able to collect the vermicelli properly."
So I didn't want to please Xia Juhua, but I wanted her to fry peanuts and make vermicelli for me without any worries. Yes, that's it.
Waving his hand for Xie Hongbing to come closer, Qi Weidong whispered to him what to do. Xie Hongbing couldn't help but yawn again after hearing this: "Brother, dear brother, can you let me sleep for a while? Don't worry, I will definitely take care of this tomorrow. My grandson's family still wants to celebrate the New Year, and I won't even let them celebrate the Little New Year."
The day after tomorrow was the Little New Year, and they were just cleaning up a family of farmers. Qi Weidong didn't really take it seriously, and nodded to let Xie Hongbing go back to rest, while he continued to watch the sales. Vermicelli was so easy to sell that he sold nearly 200 kilograms in one day. Qi Weidong earned more than 60 yuan, and with other things, it doubled compared to the previous day.
Qi Weidong realized the importance of long-term cooperation with Xia Juhua. He told Xie Hongbing again what to do tomorrow and told him not to mention it to anyone in Ping'an Village before he felt relieved.
Xia Juhua didn't know that Qi Weidong was going to take the initiative to help her clean up her grandson's family. She was so tired that she fell on the kang to rest. She had been frying peanuts all day and had only finished half of them. The other half could not be finished and would have to wait until tomorrow.
Wang Caifeng cooked noodles and fried eggs for her mother-in-law with some concern. "Mom, please have a bite. Let me try it tomorrow. It won't be frosted anyway. If it gets messed up, I'll pay you."
Xia Juhua was amused by her: "What are you going to use to compensate me?"
Wang Caifeng said a little embarrassedly: "Didn't my mother give me twenty yuan that day? It should be enough for a pot of fried peanuts."
Seeing that she actually took it seriously, Xia Juhua felt embarrassed to tease her: "I was thinking that you are getting older and older, and I don't want you to do heavy work. Just three meals a day, and washing clothes for two of them, it's already tiring enough."
"But since you're willing to learn, then give it a try. Don't worry if it gets bad, because we'll have to eat it during the New Year, and we'll have to send some to Master Wu and the captain. If it doesn't turn out well, you can keep it for yourself."
Wang Caifeng nodded excitedly after hearing this: "Mom, I will definitely study hard."
Xia Juhua felt that Wang Caifeng had learned almost everything, but she was still lacking confidence. The next day, the two stoves at home were on fire at the same time, one was leaking flour and the other was frying peanuts. Manyun took over the job of frying peanuts and asked Manyi to light the fire for his sister-in-law.
Liu Zhiquan was a little worried: "Hey, are you okay?"
Wang Caifeng looked at him unwillingly and said, "Mom said let me try."
When Xia Juhua earnestly pointed out the things that Wang Caifeng should pay attention to, Wang Caifeng felt relieved again: He is her man, and whether he calls her name or not is something she should reason with him. The mother-in-law really loves her if she does not interfere in the affairs of the couple. If she really interferes in everything like Sun Shi, and lets her son beat her daughter-in-law whether she wants to or not, she will be in trouble.
Xia Juhua, who simply disliked the trouble, was beautified by her daughter-in-law with a filter, but she couldn't stay at home - before she could watch Wang Caifeng cook the second pot, Chen Qiu Sheng came to find her and said that Director Lin came with an order from the county supply and marketing cooperative.
The long-awaited task of weaving four hundred mats finally came, and Xia Juhua immediately followed Chen Qiusheng and left, leaving Wang Caifeng anxiously yelling for help. Xia Juhua said without even turning her head, "Cook yours well, the first batch was cooked well."
Chen Qiusheng sniffed as he walked and said, "Captain, your family's skill in frying peanuts is truly extraordinary. They smell so good that they made many children cry."
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