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 become 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. At that time, they would come to her home as their aunt, and she would cook butchered pig dishes for them every day.
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.
“娘，齊衛東真能賣給咱們那麽些布嗎？”劉志雙有點兒擔心，那可是布呀，據陳秋生統計，足足三百多快四百尺的布！
在一人一年只有一尺布票的年代，這個數量真的有些吓人。夏菊花卻覺得，平安莊還是太窮了，哪怕知道有不要布票的布買，全生産隊加一起只買這麽一點兒布，怕是齊衛東聽說了會高興的跳起來。
所以她搖頭說：“一件褂子就得五尺布，你算算這些布才做幾件褂子？唉，咱們生産隊五百多口人，過個年能穿上新衣裳的人還到不了一半呢。”
娘，你是不是操心的太多了。劉志雙不敢把這話說出來，笑着問：“那娘，你今年給我做新衣裳不？”他們家買多少布，他還真沒留心。
夏菊花自己上次買了處理布，已經抽空把自己的衣裳做好了。想着王彩鳳這段時間表現的不錯，就幹脆給她也要了一身。既然有王彩鳳的，就不能沒有自己親兒子的，誰讓是自己親生的呢。
不過對着劉志雙，夏菊花的話可沒那麽好聽：“你都多大了還讓娘給你做新衣裳，你手裏不是有錢嗎？對了，賣粉條的錢呢，你還沒給我呢。”
親娘，這麽直白的提錢真的好嗎？劉志雙趁着天黑看了親娘一眼，聲音都低落了幾分：“娘，你不是都知道了嗎？”
“我知道是我知道，”夏菊花并不否認自己知道孫紅梅卷走劉志雙的錢：“可是你從頭到尾都不跟我說，我還以為你不想讓我知道呢。”
“太丢人了，娘。”
“嫌丢人？”夏菊花趁機教育兒子：“要是嫌丢人，自己一開始就別犯錯。既然犯了錯，那就早晚有讓人知道的一天，到時不是更丢人。你要是一開始就把孫紅梅算計你的事兒跟我說，咱們就是不娶孫紅梅，能有這麽些事兒？就算娶了她，娘也知道該咋對她，而不是讓她牽着所有人的鼻子走。”
“結果你藏着掖着，娘還以為她結了婚會好好跟你過日子，有看不慣的地方看着你也全忍下了。結果忍來忍去，她倒天天挑事兒，還跟孫桂芝一條心的給咱們家添堵。因為你信她，我們誰想到防備她？你自己把錢都交到她手裏，最後不就讓她都給卷跑了。”
六十塊錢呀，雖然現在夏菊花掙的錢不少，可還是忍不住心疼——現在娶個兒媳婦的彩禮，五十塊錢已經數得着了，就那麽便宜了老孫家。
劉志雙都想蹲到地上了：“那我能咋辦？”
“咋辦，當初你要是馬上告訴了我，咱們就能去孫家莊把錢給要回來。可是過去這麽長時間了，你去要人家還能承認嗎？”
劉志雙壯着膽子說：“憑啥不承認，當初在公社……”
“你也說了當初在公社，那麽短的時間孫紅梅都不承認，現在她能認？那時候孫家其他人剛被劉四壯他們一家子被紅小隊抓去吓破膽，咱們說告訴紅小隊，你看她爹娘會不會逼着孫紅梅把錢拿出來。”
“那咱們現在去找紅小隊的行嗎？”劉志雙聽說自己的錢有要回來的希望，精神一下子來了。
夏菊花冷哼一聲：“晚了。過去這麽長時間老孫家一點兒動靜都沒有，不是孫紅梅已經把錢給了她爹娘，就是她把錢藏的太好，她爹娘根本不知道她手裏還有錢。不管是進了她爹娘口袋裏還是孫紅梅藏起來了，這麽長時間想找也找不出來了。”
劉志雙又蔫了，完全沒發現娘兩個早已經走到了跟齊衛東約好取紅薯的地方。等發現柴火垛後頭突然轉出一個人，還把他吓了一大跳：“誰？”
“你齊哥。嬸子，你咋還親自來了，怕我糊弄志雙呀？”齊衛東帶着幾份玩笑的話張口就來。
夏菊花一本正經的說：“他還用得着你糊弄，自己腦子裏就是一團漿糊。”
齊衛東聽了十分高興的說：“一團漿糊好，我就願意跟這樣的人打交道。”
劉志雙：你們兩個是不是忘了我就站在你們面前呢？
兩個忘記劉志雙存在的人，有來道去的把需要布的數量、顏色、種類說清楚，夏菊花給了定金，齊衛東就向柴火垛後頭輕聲喊了一句。
謝紅兵和李林兩個露了一下腦袋，都跟夏菊花打了聲招呼：“嬸子，這紅薯還推你們家去嗎？”
“不了，這回先放別人家，省的我們家一下子多了這麽多紅薯，讓人知道了起疑心。”
黑暗裏齊衛東的眼神閃了閃，就被夜色吞沒了。倒是謝紅兵一邊推車一邊笑着說：“我還以為又能吃上嬸子做的酸辣粉呢，要是放到別人家去可就吃不着了。”
夏菊花随口答音的說：“想吃酸辣粉還不容易，你要是真願意吃，下回來嬸子家，嬸子的新粉條漏好了，讓你吃個夠。”
齊衛東覺得謝紅兵有點兒丢臉，想起剛才自己聽到夏菊花娘兩的對話，忙問：“嬸子，我剛才聽你和志雙說，他讓誰給欺負了？誰敢欺負我齊衛東的朋友，嬸子你告訴我，管保讓他乖乖來給志雙賠不是。”
要不是天黑視線不好，劉志雙恨不得找個地縫自己鑽進去。夏菊花也覺得只要劉志雙吸取教訓就行了，不想再跟老孫家扯上任何關系，只說：“都是他自己死要面子活受罪惹出來的，正好讓他長長記性。”
別看只跟夏菊花打過兩次交道，齊衛東已經發現要是夏菊花不想說的事兒，他是套不出話來的。不光套不出話來，很可能還會被夏菊花套進去，也就沒再問，想着等哪天單獨碰上劉志雙，自己跟他打聽。
夏菊花娘兩個把齊衛東三人領到了五爺家，劉大喜正陪着五爺等着呢。粉條是早就準備好了，按照平安莊每家八十斤粉條算，九十四戶就是七千五百斤二十粉條，齊衛東則要給平安莊五萬二千六百斤紅薯。
聽到陳秋生算完的五爺和夏菊花，當時都吓了一跳——整個平安莊生産隊，一年産的紅薯都沒有這麽多。
早晨的時候謝紅兵李林悄悄趕個牛車運了三趟，才運來了一萬斤紅薯，剩下的應該都是今天晚上一齊交給夏菊花。
剛才謝紅兵和李林推的那一車，也就只有三四百斤是給夏菊花看樣的，離四萬多斤紅薯可差遠了。夏菊花不由看向正跟五爺兩個給粉條過稱的齊衛東。
齊衛東仿佛感受到了夏菊花的目光一樣，轉頭跟她的視線碰個正着：“嬸子是不是擔心我拿了粉條就跑，不給你紅薯了？”
夏菊花笑了笑沒說話。齊衛東有些委屈的看了五爺一眼，他是頭一次見五爺，剛才夏菊花對五爺的态度他同樣看在眼裏，讓齊衛東覺得，五爺應該是能夠制服得了夏菊花的人。
五爺想的的确要比夏菊花多，馬上明白齊衛東為什麽只帶了這麽點兒紅薯過來：“大壯家的，他們才三個人，用推車推才能推多少。還是得趕上咱們的牛車，連夜把紅薯拉回來才行。”
夏菊花不得不承認，突然擁有數量巨大的紅薯，讓自己的腦袋短路了，這麽簡單的問題都沒想明白。因此有些不好意思的問齊衛東：“小齊呀，你放紅薯的地方離我們平安莊遠不遠，我們得去多少人呀？”
嬸子，你這臉是不是變的有點兒快？齊衛東都有些後悔自己為了賺粉條錢，幾次來平安莊了——錢不見得比別人手裏收賺得多多少，還要被人懷疑，現在又被人當成孩子哄，他容易嗎？
好在他在夏菊花面前吃癟已經不是頭一回第二回 ，吃着吃着也就習慣了：“遠倒是不遠。可是一輛牛車也就能拉個三四千斤，剩下的一宿也拉不完。”
“不怕，咱們平安莊有的是老爺們。”五爺十分豪橫的拍起了胸脯。
齊衛東整個人都不好了：說好的怕人懷疑才換了交紅薯的地方呢，現在需要運紅薯怎麽就敢把一個生産隊的壯勞力都從被窩裏薅出來，不怕他們知道了？！
他是動嘴的，跑腿的自有謝紅兵和李林兩個。于是場面就變成了齊衛東獨自跟五爺留在五爺家裏，思考夏菊花究竟怕不怕平安莊的人知道她怎麽換粉條的事兒。謝紅兵帶着一部分平安莊的壯勞力挑着扁擔把粉條送走，李林帶另一部分人扛着空挑子跟牛車去拉紅薯。
至于人家夏菊花，五爺說了她一個婦女留在這裏不方便，還是讓她回家歇着去吧。
雖然齊衛東一點兒也沒覺得夏菊花留下來有什麽不方便的，可是強龍不壓地頭蛇，夏菊花都十分尊敬的人，齊衛東這個在夏菊花面前總是吃癟的人更沒啥意見。
最後他也熬不住，在五爺院子裏人來人往壓抑的說話聲中，睡着了。
連着熬了兩宿，齊衛東這一覺睡的還挺香，直到肚子餓的咕咕叫，才爬了起來。打量了一下牆上已經被熏黃的報紙，看看勉強能透得進陽光的窗戶，再掀起身上發硬的被子，齊衛東嫌棄的坐起來看了看表。
竟然都八點了！
自從開始在黑市裏做買賣，除了過年時歇着的幾天，齊衛東從來沒起這麽晚過。加之他深知自己打交道的都是些什麽人，不管上哪兒進貨都留着點兒心眼，能當天來回的絕不留下過夜，非得留下過夜也要跟謝紅兵李林兩人住在一起。
可是昨天夜裏只有他一個人留在平安莊，他還睡着了，還睡的這麽死，謝練兵、李林兩個竟然沒有一個人來提醒他！
齊衛東坐不住了，飛快的穿鞋下地。剛走到門口，就聽到夏菊花問：“小齊還沒醒呢？這孩子這兩天累壞了，你們兩也忙活了一宿，快吃完了也進屋睡會兒。”
不用問，夏菊花嘴裏那兩個一定是謝紅兵和李林，這兩小子回來了不招呼自己一聲不說，還有臉吃東西！
齊衛東呯的一聲拉開門，就見謝紅兵兩人正一人抱一大碗酸辣粉禿嚕，自然沉着臉沒好氣的問：“你們兩個什麽時候來的，事兒辦的怎麽樣，縣城裏的事兒不管了？光知道吃！”
他出來的太突然，謝紅兵一口粉正吸進嘴裏，被訓的卡在喉嚨裏，好一會兒才咽下去：“都弄好了，一斤也不差。縣裏不是讓四子盯着嘛，那小子也機靈着呢，誤不了事兒。”
夏菊花雖然不大明白他們之間的話，可是齊衛東不高興還是能看得出來的，見謝紅兵說完齊衛東還沉着臉不說話，關心的問：“是不是晚上沒睡好，那也不能再睡了，等一會兒嬸子給你調碗粉兒，吃了再睡。”
齊衛東有些納悶自己的心情，竟然因為夏菊花這麽自然關心的話好轉了些，又是會做買賣的場面人，挺平靜的樂了一下才對夏菊花說：“睡的挺好的，就是這兩家夥不等着我就自己吃上了，真欠收拾。”
半真半假的話，讓謝紅兵和李林意識到了自己犯的錯誤，愧疚的看了齊衛東一眼。可是當着夏菊花的面，直接說出自己不信任她的話，誰都開不了口。
人家夏菊花跟他們換粉條，可真沒占他們的便宜，就連運紅薯，也都是人家平安莊自己出人，更在回來之後好吃好喝的伺候着。
這樣還不信任人家，說得出口？
齊衛東同樣想通了。明明自己昨天晚上可以不用親自出面，卻還是跟來了，不就是想試試夏菊花是不是可以信任，以後能長期合作嗎？
現在試出來了，自己的目的達到了，細枝末節出差錯，也是因為自己帶的謝紅兵和李林兩個的問題，跟人家夏菊花沒關系。
想通了的齊衛東，又恢複了一說話一樂的态度，簡單的洗漱之後接過夏菊花新給做的酸辣粉，禿嚕了個盡興。
“嬸子，那我們就走了。”齊衛東縣城裏還有買賣，都讓四子一個人看着自然不放心，放下碗就跟夏菊花告別。
夏菊花拉住他，從自己兜裏掏出一把布票來：“這是一百二十尺布票，雖然不夠嬸子要的那些布的，也不能讓你太吃虧。”
這下齊衛東是真的驚呆了。昨天夏菊花一句接着一句用話把他套住的時候，兩人其實已經達成了夏菊花不出布票，齊衛東按照高出供銷社兩毛錢一尺的價格賣布給她。
可現在夏菊花竟然拿出了一百二十尺布票，分明是盡最大可能不占齊衛東的便宜。這在齊衛東幾年做買賣的經歷之中，是從來沒有發生過的事情。
他帶着些抗拒的說：“嬸子，說好的事兒就得按說好的辦，你不能這麽打侄子的臉。”這次的侄子兩字，齊衛東說的不帶一點調侃。
夏菊花也是一本正經：“說好是說了，可你叫我一聲嬸子，嬸子就不能光沾你的便宜。”說着就要把布票往齊衛東的兜裏塞。
跟未來成功的生意人拉近關系，在夏菊花看來遠比自己手裏的百多尺布票更實惠。
齊衛東連推帶搡的擋着夏菊花的手，不讓她把布票給自己，還叫謝紅兵和李林：“愣着幹啥呢，還不快走。”說完三個人竟真的跑了。
夏菊花看着自己手裏的布票，追是追不上三個大小夥子，可怎麽辦呢？
五爺不知道什麽時候站在了院子裏，笑呵呵的說：“你先拿着吧，我覺得小齊那孩子是實心實意不想收咱們的布票。”
可他是買賣人呀，夏菊花有些不解的看着五爺。五爺沒說話，他能告訴夏菊花，再是買賣人也長了一顆人心，反而因為做買賣，更能看得出誰值得相信誰不值得交好嗎？
不，那會讓夏菊花驕傲的，五爺不說。他老人家要說的是：“得讓各家快點兒把紅薯領回去，快點兒把粉漏出來。”
夏菊花當然贊同，不過她還是說出自己的意見：“我覺得生産隊得留下點兒紅薯。一來這麽些紅薯不可能一下子都漏完，二來有的人家将來……生産隊有點應急糧，能頂上一陣子。再說也得留出開春的種來。”
原諒平安莊的社員們吧，自從學會了漏粉之後，大家的熱情太高漲了，幾乎家家都把自己分的紅薯給漏成了粉。就連原本沒漏粉的六戶欠帳戶，聽說昨天一天的時間，就把自己家時的紅薯都絞成漿了。
現在誰家都沒有紅薯了，生産隊原本留出來的種兒，來年擴大種植面積的話，根本就不夠！
五爺難得的老臉一紅：“那就按一斤粉條六斤半算。原來六戶欠帳戶的粉條是從別人家均給他們的，這次得跟他們說清楚。”
升米恩鬥米仇，欠帳戶們是各有各的難處，可也不能一直讓生産隊照顧，否則非得養出七家懶蛋不可。夏菊花也明白這個道理，想起件事兒來，笑着跟五爺說：
“趙鐵蛋家這回倒跟大家夥一樣。聽說大狗天天帶着二狗幫着別人漏粉兒，兄弟兩個幹勁還挺足的呢。”
說起這個，五爺臉上也笑呵呵的：“我也沒想到，你這個法子倒把那兄弟兩個的懶病給治好了。等有空了我再說說趙鐵蛋，總不能當爹的還不如孩子。”
夏菊花也覺得以五爺的輩份去說趙鐵蛋更合适，答應一聲轉身回家——昨天晚上李林帶人除了帶人運紅薯，還給她拉來了一千斤花生，她得快點炒出來，免得耽誤了齊衛東年前掙錢。
至于她掙的那點兒加工費，夏菊花覺得跟齊衛東掙的錢相比，根本提都不用提——一斤炒花生一塊五毛錢，齊衛東得掙多少！就是不知道齊衛東知道夏菊花的想法之後，會是個什麽心情。
反正現在齊衛東的心情就不大美麗。
回了縣城之後，到黑市轉了一圈，齊衛東發現自己的粉條已經賣出去了上百斤，越發覺得不收夏菊花布票是正确的。聽說李林已經把花生給夏菊花拉過去了，想到自己後期能掙到的錢，更讓齊衛東生出一種自己占了夏菊花便宜的感覺。
做為買賣人，齊衛東該掙的錢一分也不會讓給別人，可白占人便宜的事兒，他也不會做。
偏偏夏菊花看起來就是個固執的，那自己應該怎麽把這份情給還上呢？齊衛東不由的想起夏菊花昨天跟劉志雙的對話來，覺得自己知道該從哪兒入手了。
想替夏菊花悄悄分憂，就得知道她憂的是啥。打聽情況的擔子，還是落到了已經被夏菊花酸辣粉征服了的謝紅兵身上。
因此謝紅兵打聽消息再學給齊衛東的時候，不可能不帶自己的感情色彩：“齊哥你說那個女人咋那麽不要臉呢，嬸子原來對她多好，她走的時候還把劉志雙的錢都給卷走了。”
“劉志雙也是個蠢蛋，你說有這麽個蠢兒子嬸子得替他操多少心。要不是因為他蠢，嬸子也不用跟咱們……是吧？這事咱們可不能再讓嬸子窩火了，要不嬸子還不得連年都過不好。”
你這一口一個嬸子的，你親娘能過得好年不？齊衛東看了謝紅兵一眼，把他打到一半的呵欠給吓回去了，才露出點兒笑來：“估計是嬸子太能幹，才把劉志雙給養的蠢了點。不過嬸子要是真窩火的話，花生炒不好，怕是粉條也收不齊。”
所以自己不是要讨好夏菊花，而是想讓她安心的替自己炒花生、漏粉條。對，就是這麽回事。
招招手讓謝紅兵靠近一點兒，齊衛東小聲囑咐他該怎麽辦。謝紅兵聽完之後沒忍住，又打了一個呵欠：“哥，親哥，你讓我先睡一會兒行不行。你放心，明天這事兒我肯定辦了，老孫家還想過年，我連小年也不讓他們過。”
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." Xia Juhua ignored them and just watched Wang Caifeng's actions. Wang Caitong thought her mother-in-law would scold him if she heard a man call her "Ai", but she pretended not to hear it, which made her a little disappointed.
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."
Summer Chrysanthemum Belt