Chapter 125: Demotion Life

Mr. and Mrs. Feng are Xiao He's third sister-in-law's parents, not anyone else's. Mr. Gu thought that they would try their best to help as long as they could.

Mr. and Mrs. Feng needed a lot of things, so Mrs. Feng wrote a list, handed it to Su He, and took out twenty yuan and a ticket.

"Xiao He, I'm sorry to bother you."

Things are unpredictable, and their lives have undergone tremendous changes. They don’t know which will come first, the accident or tomorrow.

"It's okay, auntie, I'll go to town tomorrow to buy all these things." Su He took the list.

Written on it are daily necessities, such as hot pots, kettles, scissors, kitchen knives, cutting boards, salt, pots, pans, kang mats, wooden barrels, brooms, etc.

Before leaving, Gu's mother asked Father Feng and Mother Feng, "Sisters, can you use this stove to make a fire?"

Father and Mother Feng nodded, "Yes, the secretary and the captain taught us."

They still know how to use earthen stoves to make fire and cook. They didn't know how to do it before, but when they came to Gu's house at the beginning of the year, they saw Gu's mother making fire, and they learned it. Besides, the secretary and the team leader taught them before they left.

I also helped them light a fire.

They had already started cooking in the afternoon. Although the corn was not cooked evenly, it was edible. They had trouble controlling the heat when cooking in a big pot.

I used to cook it in a small pot at home.

"Okay then, we'll leave first and come back tomorrow night," said Gu's mother.

Father and Mother Feng came out to see him off, "Drive slowly on the way."

On the way, Su He said to his parents, "Thank you, Mom and Dad."

When something like this happened to the Feng family, most people would want to distance themselves from it and stay away from it for fear of affecting them.

But her parents-in-law have been helping.

Needless to say, this was definitely done for her sake, after all, the other party was her third sister-in-law's parents.

Su He suddenly said thank you. Father and mother Gu were stunned for a moment, "Huh?"

The next second, Gu's mother said, "Why thank you? They are all relatives. Just like your father said, relatives are in trouble and come to us, so we will help them if we can."

"Yes, and Teacher Feng and his wife are such nice people." Father Gu also agreed.

If nothing else, he donated more than half of his property to the country for purchasing supplies during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. What a good person he is.

After all, he heard that some people went directly to live abroad.

Mother Gu sighed and said, "Let me tell you something. What is decided by the higher-ups may not be correct."

"Your father and I have never been to school and have little cultural knowledge, but we still have the ability to distinguish right from wrong."

Su He smiled and said, "Mom is right."

The thoughts of her two mothers are incomparable to those of ordinary people. As the saying goes, if her mother and her mother-in-law were born in the future, they would definitely do something special.

When they got home, the two kids had already been coaxed to sleep by their aunt.

Su He got into bed and continued to praise her father and mother while holding her son Jianhua. No one dislikes others praising themselves, and no one dislikes their daughter-in-law praising their parents.

Gu Jianhua hugged his wife, "Because you have a good daughter-in-law, and you are an excellent person."

He thinks that being a good daughter-in-law and being a good father-in-law and mother-in-law are mutual.

It is said that men are careless and don't know much about household chores, nor do they take care of them.

This is totally wrong. Men know everything, but they just don’t say it and don’t want to care.

His parents are nice people and they treat their daughter-in-law well, but his wife is also nice.

Take his third sister for example, when she came back from divorce, if it were another daughter-in-law, she would probably have made a scene, but his wife didn't. She was very supportive.

As for building the house, his wife didn't ask his parents for money, but built it with their own money.

If it were any other family, it would definitely be the parents who paid.

There are also some daily things, such as his parents sending gifts to his sisters, and other daughters-in-law would have been busy a long time ago.

There was a colleague in their unit who had a quarrel at home because his mother let her daughter-in-law take half a chicken during the Chinese New Year, and the daughter-in-law got upset.

It lasted for several days and I complained to them about it at work.

Hearing his colleagues complain about Gu Jianhua, he remembered that every year his mother would hatch a nest of chicks for his second sister, and he had never heard his wife say a word about this.

So he thinks that a good daughter-in-law and good parents-in-law are mutual. It is not good for a good daughter-in-law to meet a bad mother-in-law, and it is not good for a good mother-in-law to meet an unreasonable daughter-in-law.

Su He laughed and said, "You even complimented me."

Gu Jianhua: "You should be praised. You are a nice person."

His wife is very generous.

Su He was excited, "Tell me, what's good about me?"

Gu Jianhua explained them one by one.

After listening to this, Su He said, “That’s all.”

Let’s not talk about the third sister Gu, just look at the second sister Gu’s mother hatching chicks. What does she have to say? Those chickens were raised by Gu’s mother.

There's nothing wrong with her mother-in-law giving her own things to her daughter.

Gu Jianhua, "Anyway, my wife, you are very good. You have many good qualities."

Su He was sleepy. "Well, you are pretty good, but you have been a little weak recently."

Gu Jianhua, ".......I need your man to rest."

It's been two months in a row, and except for those few days, it's been very frequent.

It’s not Su He’s fault, since she doesn’t have to go to work and is full of energy every day. However, she decided to let her son Jianhua rest for a few days.

the next day.

Su He went to the county and first went home to tell her father about Feng's father and mother. Su's father and mother didn't know that Feng's father and mother had been sent down to the countryside.

"Why?" Father Su was confused.

Su He explained the charges, and Su's father said, "This is sheer nonsense."

After saying that, he covered his mouth again.

Father Su, "Does this say when you will be back? Will it affect the children's work?"

Su He shook his head, "I don't know. No one said, they just said he was sent to labor reform."

"It definitely had an impact, but it wasn't big. After all, my parents were sent to work on the farms, so what else could I do?"

Because her parents had been sent down to the countryside, her third brother and his wife's work were less affected.

Father Su nodded and said, "Your mother and I will go talk to your parents-in-law some other day."

They are in the county and cannot take care of him, so his in-laws can only ask him to take care of his other in-laws.

Su He said, "My parents-in-law have already sent the things over last night. Don't worry, Dad. Since my third brother has sent my uncle and aunt to our village, we will definitely take good care of them and won't let them suffer."

Father Su, "Tell me what you need, and your mother and I will help you get it."

Su He, "Of course, but there is nothing missing now."

After Su He left home, she went to the supply and marketing cooperative and told her mother about Feng's father and mother while buying things.

There is nothing to do about this except sigh.

"We should take better care of your third sister-in-law's parents as much as we can. It's not easy for them." Su's mother said.

The above instructions cannot be violated.

What can they, the common people, do?

Being sent to a farm for forced labor meant doing labor, so early in the morning, Feng's father and mother went to work. The team leader assigned them the job of herding cattle.

Compared to working in the fields, herding cattle is relatively easy, as all you have to do is follow the cattle.

Herding cattle in the woods and on the grassland was a kind of life that Feng's father and mother had never experienced before and it was very novel at first.

Running along with the cows on the grass, I felt relieved of much of the depression that had been accumulating in my heart for the past few days.

Leaving the capital was the right decision.

At least now they are not suitable to live in the capital.

You don't have to come back at noon after herding the cattle, just eat the dry food you bring with you. Mr. and Mrs. Feng have corn porridge and eggs for breakfast, and the corn porridge cannot be taken away.

I could only bring eggs, but luckily I had some buckwheat egg pancakes that my mother-in-law sent me yesterday.

Eat it with cold water.

When she came back in the evening, Feng's mother wanted to cook something different. She wanted to make cakes, cornmeal, and the dish was stewed beans and potatoes.

Mrs. Feng didn't know that it was possible to make the cake and soup in the big pot at the same time, so she made the cake first. She didn't control the heat well, so the cake was a little burnt, but it tasted delicious.

When cooking the dish later, too much water was added and the finished product did not look like what Feng's mother had imagined.

She imagined that potatoes and beans stew would be soupy, but the soup was very sticky.

I thought about asking my mother what to do in the evening.

Su He and his wife still went there at nine o'clock in the evening. After shopping today, the house was almost stocked.

Su He also brought back a small iron pot for Feng's father and mother, which could be placed on a small stove for cooking.

In the summer, the kang is heated and the house is too hot, so Gu's mother usually uses a small pot to cook in the summer.

"Uncle and aunt, if there is anything you need, tell me."

Father and Mother Feng waved their hands and said, "Thank you, Xiaohe. We don't need anything for now. We have everything."

Mother Feng asked Mother Gu for advice on how to cook. Mother Gu taught her, "Sister, next time you cook rice or make pancakes, cook the vegetables first, and then just stick the pancakes along the edge of the pan."

"This way, the dish and the cake can be made together, how convenient."

He also taught Mother Feng a lot of cooking techniques.

Mother Feng benefited a lot and she felt that she could make more delicious food in the future.

I don’t know if it was because of the box of chocolates or because of the gift that Gu Jianhua gave him later, but on November 11, the team leader didn’t let Feng’s father and mother go to the fields to pick corn, and kept them herding cattle.

A week after Mr. and Mrs. Feng arrived, letters from Su He's third brother and his wife also arrived.

The letter asked them to take care of Mr. and Mrs. Feng, and at the end her third sister-in-law said she was pregnant.

Seeing this, Su He couldn't help but sigh. The world is unpredictable and fate plays tricks on people.

If a lady gets pregnant and gives birth to a child without her parents around, it would be fine for ordinary people.

Her third sister-in-law Feng Shuning was the only daughter of Feng's father and mother. She was the only child who was raised in the palm of their hands and was treated very dearly.

In addition to this letter, her third brother also mailed her one hundred yuan and some tickets.

In the evening, Su He showed the letter to Feng's father and mother. They felt very upset and Feng's mother couldn't help shedding tears.

Su He said, "Uncle and aunt, don't worry, my brother will take care of my sister-in-law."

"We can rest assured that Shu Ning will be taken care of by Xiao Che." Father and Mother Feng nodded.

"Xiao He, please mail this hundred dollars back to them. We still have enough money on us, and there aren't many places to spend money here. Let them keep it for themselves."

My daughter will have a lot of expenses now that she is pregnant, and her son-in-law's salary is not high.

Su He: "Okay."

"Uncle and aunt, please write the letter. I will come and pick it up tomorrow night."

"Sorry to trouble you, Xiaohe."

Su He shook his head to indicate that it was okay.

The next day Su He came to get the letter, and she also wrote back to her third brother, telling them not to worry, that Father and Mother Feng would not let them suffer here, and that she would take good care of them.

After the busy autumn harvest, it is November and winter has already arrived in Mongolia.

Father and Mother Feng have been in Xiangyang Village for a month. So far, it seems that their life is going well. The team leader and the secretary are very nice, and the villagers are also very friendly.

Even though he knew their identities, he did not mock them or insult them with words.

Their daily job is to herd cattle.

After a month, they gradually got used to this kind of life, although the material conditions were very different from their previous lives.

But they can accept that sleeping on the rural earthen kang is quite comfortable, especially when the weather gets cold, it is very warm to sleep on it.

She also learned how to cook in a big pot. After a month of practice, Feng's mother has become very proficient at it.

They also found other combustible items besides firewood, namely cow dung, dried cow dung.

They now go out to herd cattle, carrying a backpack every day, and pick up dry cow dung while herding the cattle.

Put a few on the stove before going to bed at night, and the kang and the room will be warm all night long.

I heard that here, after it snows in the winter, the team's cattle are kept in a pen and don't have to be let out to graze.

Mr. and Mrs. Feng were looking forward to it very much. They were herding cattle outside and it was still very cold in the cold wind.

It depends on how the captain arranges it.

During these days in Suzhou and Ho, I only do two things every day: look after the baby and cook, look after the baby and cook, over and over again.

There are currently five children in the family, and sometimes there are eight, when my second sister Gu’s three children come to visit.

Every day life is fulfilling yet boring. Compared to taking care of children and cooking at home, Su He still prefers to go out to teach.

At least I can discuss and gossip with my colleagues at work.

I can't read with peace of mind at home because the children are around. The two older ones are quiet, but the three younger ones are very noisy and like to make a lot of rubbish.

So Su He hopes that school can resume classes as soon as possible.

Mingyue has the same idea. She also hopes that school can resume classes as soon as possible. She doesn't want to go to the fields to pick corn anymore because it's too tiring.

She had to get up before dawn in the morning to pick corn in the fields. It was very hot at noon. She must have been crazy to even think about dropping out of school and working in the fields.

Second Sister Gu knew what her daughter was thinking and said, "You guys thought we were going to play in the fields. You didn't want to study and wanted to work in the fields. Now you know, it's better to study."

"Sitting in the classroom is sheltered from the wind and rain."

Mingyue nodded wildly, "Mom and Dad, I will study harder after school starts."

Gu Erjie was satisfied, and she looked at the second daughter, "Chunqing, why don't you go to the fields to pick corn tomorrow?"

Only by experiencing it can you know whether working in the fields is hard or not. Compared with her eldest sister, her second child is more averse to studying, and she wants to treat it.

Chunqing, "The elder sister stayed at home to cook."

"Um."

But Chunqing was a very stubborn girl. She didn't even complain of being tired after peeling corn for several days. Mingyue asked her if she wanted to change, but she refused.

Chunqing said that as long as she didn't go to school, she would do anything, even working in the fields to pick corn was a piece of cake.