Chapter 258 Complaint
Wen Wan left immediately, and Lu Dongping followed, leaving Zhang Hongying alone to fuss. Lu Chun'e was furious, and Lu Donglin was also upset after she slapped him yesterday. Lu Mingjiang's opinion was similar to hers: everything else was negotiable, but the college entrance exam was absolutely unacceptable, so he let her fuss.
Gao Xiulan was carrying her child and leading Chuyi to the fields when she heard her crying and cursing like a dramatic opera as she left the yard. She frowned and called out, "Hongying, what are you doing so early in the morning?" Before Zhang Hongying could respond, she saw Lu Chun'e standing under the eaves. "Hey, Chun'e, when did you come back? Is it your holiday?"
Lu Chun'e forced a smile and called out, "Auntie!"
Before she could even greet anyone, Zhang Hongying started cursing: "What's the point of taking a holiday? She's just here to collect debts!"
Lu Chun'e's face darkened and she turned around and went into the house. She had packed her things last night and came back just to get the books. Now that she had packed her things, who would be willing to stay at home and endure her inexplicable madness?
Gao Xiulan frowned: "What's wrong with you? You're already a grown-up girl, you shouldn't be scolding her so harshly. What's the big deal? Why are you being so mean to the child? You have to find a way to get through everything. Scolding won't help."
As she was trying to persuade him, Lu Chun'e came out of the house angrily with a bag on her shoulder. She looked at Zhang Hongying and said, "You can scold as much as you want. You gave birth to your own child, and you can hit her as much as you want, but there are other children in the family who are not your own! Harsh words hurt people like the cold of June, and people who keep saying them lose their conscience. Think about it carefully. How has he wronged our family? Did he take our food and give it to your parents' home, or did he give you less food, less clothes, and less filial piety? If my brother loses his wife, it will be because of you!" After that, she left angrily. She asked for a day off today and was not in a hurry to go to the county town, but she didn't want to stay at home after such a communal incident. She went to the commune. Wen Wan took Dandan to school. A child who could run might be difficult to take care of, so she had to go and see, and persuade and comfort him. In the final analysis, it was she who started this matter, and she was responsible.
"Hey, Chun'e!"
Gao Xiulan couldn't stop her even after calling out to her.
Zhang Hongying continued to grumble, "Why are you calling her? Tell her to leave. She's grown strong and capable now, and everyone can give me a hard time. If she wants to leave, just leave. Don't come back."
Lu Donglin had just gone to the warehouse to get farm tools, and he was furious when he heard what she said. She was being too arrogant and the more she tried to persuade him, the more angry she became.
Unable to endure it any longer, he shouted, "Make as much noise as you can. If it's not loud enough, I'll go to the production team and ask Zhao Ping'an to give you a loud speaker. Go to the wheat field and shout a few times so that the whole production team will know. What a coincidence! Yesterday you saw the excitement, and today it's your turn to be seen."
After saying that, he ran away with the hoe on his shoulder. As he ran, he didn't forget to pull Lu Minghai with him. Lu Minghai was caught off guard and was almost pulled over by him. He cursed angrily: "Lu Donglin, you son of a bitch, what's wrong with you?"
After running all the way to the private plot, Lu Donglin stopped and said, "I'm trying to save you. Aren't you annoyed by my mother crying and scolding you?"
Lu Minghai didn't say whether he was annoyed or not. He glanced at him and walked slowly into the ditch, asking him as he walked: "What's wrong with your mother? It's so early in the morning." To be honest, it had been decades since he saw Zhang Hongying throwing a tantrum when he was young and fighting with the women in the team. Later, the children grew up and Lu Dongping had a strong will. Not only could the couple not control them, but they were also suppressed. They hadn't had a fight for a long time.
Lu Donglin sighed: "Oh! It's a long story!"
Lu Minghai rudely poked him with the handle of his hoe: "Talk to me! You have no knowledge at all, yet you're still pretending in front of me!"
"As for the college entrance exam, my sister came back from the factory to get her books. She said she wanted to study while working and see if she could pass."
That's it?
"This is great news! Chun'e is quite ambitious. Now she can take the exam. If she passes, the Lu family will have a college graduate. That would be a real blessing."
Lu Donglin sighed, "The key is, we were discussing this when my sister-in-law said she wanted to try it too! This stirred up a hornet's nest. My mother said no at the time, and her reaction was very intense. She started to choke before I could even finish a few words."
Lu Minghai's wrinkled face was now wrinkled into a chrysanthemum. "No wonder you're so effeminate? Does she want to go back to the city?"
Lu Donglin sneered, "Why go back to the city? If she really doesn't want my brother, she can go back whenever she wants. Why would she have to go through all the trouble of taking the college entrance exam? It's just that taking college entrance exams is so popular now, so I want to follow the trend and take the exam so as not to fall behind. But my mother was so excited that she started making a scene as soon as she opened her mouth. I don't know if my brother has straw in his head. In the past, he protected my sister-in-law in everything, but this time he just let my mother make a fuss and didn't say a word."
"Now that's good. She tells everything when she's angry. I guess my sister-in-law has never heard anything unpleasant in her life. She got up in the morning and took the children to school directly. She looked like she didn't want to come back. But my mother kept calling her conscienceless, and each word was more unpleasant than the last. I think my brother is in trouble this time." As he said that, he turned his head and glanced at Lu Minghai who was two steps behind him and said, "Uncle, you have to show your authority and talk to my father properly. How can he let his wife do whatever she wants? If a good family is broken up, it must be because of my mother's mouth. What problem can quarreling solve? If my sister-in-law really wants to leave, she can send a telegram and someone will come to pick her up immediately. She didn't want to leave in the first place, but after what she said, she might change her mind."
He is no longer a child. If he were a child, he would have been shameless and would have helped his brother to keep the person there even if it meant currying favor with others. But now there is no way, right?
Not far from them, Gao Xiulan followed Zhang Hongying into the ditch while looking after Chuyi, and advised her as they walked: "I'm not afraid that you'll be angry. I think you were provoked by the things happening in Liu Zhaoxing's family. She mentioned taking the college entrance examination, and you got so upset. Let's not talk about what she was thinking. Let's just say that the more she mentioned taking the college entrance examination, the more you have to persuade her. Now that you have a man and a child, you should just live a good life. If you have any ideas, just say them out calmly, just like before, and go along with it if you can. After you made such a fuss, I think she might really have some ideas."
Zhang Hongying didn't think there was anything wrong with this. "I was still going along with her. Did she really treat her like an ancestor? She couldn't even carry anything. She hasn't even been to the fields since she settled down with Dongping. Other families have to pay every penny for a daughter-in-law when she gets married, but she's different. Dongping found her a job, so she has the money in her own hands. She goes to the city every now and then, and she never goes empty-handed. Others wear the same clothes, but she wears a different one every two or three days. Not only does she control herself, she also controls Dongping. She thinks I don't know about their shady dealings. I knew Dongping's salary had increased twice, but he just didn't tell me, for fear that I would ask him for more."
"She hasn't eaten any whole grains since she got pregnant. Every meal has been white rice, white flour, and boiled eggs. Even after the baby was born, she hasn't been treated badly. She can stop producing milk as soon as she wants. She's very opinionated."
"I won't go into the past, but now, with children all over the place, she still wants to take the college entrance examination. Isn't this having an affair? My Lu family is too small to accommodate someone like her from a big place. How can I accommodate her? I just said she's not allowed to take the exam, and she got excited, saying she must go. If I don't let her take the child, she'll take it away. She also said her child can take whose surname she wants. She can even say such shameless things. How can I tolerate this?"
Gao Xiulan was also a little irritated by her words, and she didn't know how to persuade her. After a long while, she said, "You are the mother, and you are older than them. You should be tolerant. Quarreling is the easiest way to alienate her. If she really wants to go back and not give up Dongping, can you make her change her mind by arguing like this?"
Zhang Hongying snorted coldly, "Want to go back? She's dreaming! Her food supply is in our family. If I don't agree, Lu Mingqing can dare to issue her a certificate!"
"Are you confused? Have you forgotten what her father does? Her family is well-off, and her father is an official. Why would she care about a note from a production team leader?"
Zhang Hongying was stunned for a moment. "Well, what should we do? Do you think she will just call home and ask them to come pick her up?"
Gao Xiulan had no idea.
Who could have known that everything was fine in the afternoon, but in one night He He Mei Mei's family would become like this.
Wen Wan hasn't thought about whether to stay or leave at the moment. She must feel uncomfortable, but she has work to do and children to take care of. Today is Monday and she is on duty.
Lu Dongping followed her all the way, and when he wanted to help her carry the child halfway, she pushed him away. The two of them didn't say a word along the way.
Lu Donglin followed her all the way into the school, watched her enter the office, and stood outside for a long time before going to the Armed Forces Department.
Dandan was still asleep, so Wen Wan put him on the bed in the office.
The bed was covered with a quilt she brought when she went to the countryside. It was used for taking a nap in the summer. It came in handy.
After putting the child down, she packed up and went out.
There were students cleaning everywhere. She turned around and then rang the bell on time.
During the morning reading class, Dandan woke up. She fetched some hot water for the little guy to wash up, and made some malted milk to soak some biscuits for him to eat.
After eating, they held hands and took Dandan to the classroom.
As they walked, she reminded him, "Mom will be teaching a lot of older brothers and sisters later. Can you sit in a row with them and keep quiet, please?"
Dandan didn't know whether he understood or not, he just grinned and nodded.
There was a boy sitting alone on a bench at the back of the classroom, using a table. Wen Wan sent Dandan over and asked him to sit next to him. She gave him some instructions again, then turned around and got him a pencil and wrote 1 and 2 on it.
Dandan can write these two numbers, and he lies there looking very serious.
Watching the students in the class reading aloud, he couldn't sit still for a while and kept looking at this and that.
Then he quietly slipped down from the bench and looked here and there.
He was so chubby and cute that the students in the class had no time to concentrate on their studies. They were making noises with their mouths and glancing at him out of the corners of their eyes.
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