"Your father and I have five children in total. We have worked hard over the years to raise you and send you to school. We have never treated you unfairly.
"Boss, it was you who didn't want to study at first. After finishing elementary school, you didn't want to go to school anymore. Is that true?"
Brother Qin nodded and said, "Mom, it's my fault that I'm not smart enough to study."
Mother Qin looked at Qin Lao Si again and said, "Lao Si, your father and I sent you to junior high school, but you failed to get into high school.
Later, you learned accounting for two years. Your father and I thought of many ways to help you find an accounting job in the commune. The salary is not high, but it can support you.
Before you get married, I will keep the money for you to use when you marry a wife.
After you got married, you gave the family six dollars a month, and the rest of your salary was left for you to spend. Tell me, have I treated you unfairly?"
Qin Laosi looked at Qin's mother's serious expression and guessed that something big had happened at home. His mother was scary.
"Mom, what happened?"
Mother Qin's face was long. "Just tell me, have I ever treated you unfairly?"
"No."
"The third brother is a soldier in the army. You may see that he gets a lot of allowances, but those allowances are all earned through hard work and risking his life.
Don't just see that he has a high allowance, but also see how much he has suffered and how many injuries the third brother has on his body.
Yes, I feel sorry for the third brother. I haven’t seen him many times throughout the year. How can I not feel sorry for him?
But no matter how much I feel sorry for him, I never use your things to support him.
I’m going to put this here today. You’re grown up now, so it’s normal for your thoughts to wander.
If you don't want to live together, let's discuss it some other day and separate and live our own lives. There's no need for you to speculate all day long and hurt the relationship between brothers."
Mrs. Qin couldn't sit still any longer. "Mom, we really didn't mean that."
She was unwilling to divide the family.
Qin's mother is a rare open-minded mother-in-law. She has never tortured her daughter-in-law, let alone beaten or scolded her. She also helps her take care of the children.
If the family split up, she would have to take care of the children by herself and would not be able to work in the fields. The work points earned by Brother Qin alone would not be enough to support the three of them.
What's more, Qin's father was the team leader and received subsidies from the commune, which was ten yuan a month. He also received work points every month, all of which were used for public purposes.
If they split up, how could they live such a good life?
My fourth brother’s wife is quite happy to divide the family property.
Qin Laosi worked in the commune and got a salary of 26 yuan a month. I heard that his salary would increase in the future, which was enough for their family's expenses.
But she saw that Qin Laosi had a tense face and had no intention of dividing the family, so she didn't dare to take the initiative.
Seeing them all as quiet as quails, Mother Qin said, "Since you don't want to separate, please stop saying sarcastic things. Some words, once spoken, can hurt people and there's no going back."
Everyone nodded and lowered their heads to eat.
No one enjoyed the meal. Even my sister-in-law, who was always very active, didn't dare to speak for fear of getting into trouble.
After dinner, Mrs. Qin cleaned the room and Mother Qin went back to her room to rest.
Shen Annian said worriedly: "Mom seems very sad."
Qin Zhengqi, however, was not worried at all. "Mom will just feel bad for a while, but she'll figure it out in a couple of days."
When a big family lives together, there are bound to be bumps and bruises.
It's actually a good thing to talk it out to your mother's face like this.
If conflicts are not taken seriously, the family will break up sooner or later.
"From what Mom said, it seems that other people have objections to her giving me the passbook. What do you think I should do?"
"Just keep the passbook Mom gave you and don't let your imagination run wild."
Shen An Nian also decided not to think about it, she couldn't think of anything.
"I want to go to the educated youth camp to get something."
Only a small part of her things were moved here, and many of them were left at the educated youth site.
Most importantly, she wanted to go see Shen Anyui.
The child was only ten years old and she was married. She was worried about leaving her alone at the educated youth site.
Qin Zhengqi saw that it was getting dark outside and said, "I'll go with you."
Although the educated youth site was not far from the Qin family, only about ten to twenty minutes' walk away, there were some places with no people living in them, and some remote corners.
He was worried about letting Shen Annian go out alone at night.
Shen Annian was about to refuse, but when he saw that he had picked up the flashlight, he didn't say anything.
There are two dormitories at the educated youth site, one room for male comrades and the other room for female comrades.
There were more lesbians, and including Shen Anyui, there were seven people living in the room.
Shen An Nian got married and no longer had to live in the dormitory. There were six people left in the dormitory.
Everyone was already very tired after a day's work, but suddenly Shen Annian was missing, and everyone couldn't help but mention her.
"Nian Nian is so lucky. She never expected to marry Captain Qin. If she joins the army in the future, she can leave this place."
An educated youth said with envy.
"If you're envious, you can pick a better person to marry."
"I don't have that ability."
Zhao Hongmei and Shen Annian didn't get along well in the first place, so she clicked her tongue when she heard this.
"That's not that difficult. You can ask her someday what method she used to take down Captain Qin.
Or you could learn from her and let someone rescue you from the river, so you can rely on them."
Chen Qianqian giggled.
"It's really embarrassing for us female educated youth. She used this method to blame others and said that she accidentally fell into the water. Why didn't we see her fall into the river before?
Maybe she just wanted to have a better life, so she pretended to be drowning when Captain Qin passed by, luring him into the river to save her, and then she took the opportunity to rely on him.
Everyone looked at Chen Qianqian in surprise.
Zhao Hongmei and Shen Annian don't get along well with each other, so no one thinks it's a big deal if someone says something bad about her.
But Chen Qianqian usually has a good relationship with Shen Annian. I didn't expect that she would say this to her when she was not around.
For a moment, no one responded to his words.
"You're talking nonsense. My sister is not like that." Shen Anyui was so angry that his face turned red. "You are not allowed to say that about my sister."
"Are there many educated youth who married local people in order to make their lives better?
She might have been eyeing a man like Captain Qin for a long time, otherwise she wouldn't have come up with such a shameless idea."
Shen Anyui was so angry that he wanted to rush up and hit someone.
Her sister is not that kind of person, how can they still slander her like that?
"You are all bad people. You bullied my sister while she was away. I must tell my sister."
Her voice was a little choked and broke at the end.
Chen Qianqian scoffed and said contemptuously, "This is the truth. She originally liked Comrade Chen Heng, but suddenly she married Battalion Commander Qin. Who knows what's going on behind the scenes?"
Shen Annian, who was separated by a wall, heard every word they said.
There was indeed a hidden story behind her falling into the water, and Chen Qianqian was very clear about it.
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