"What!!!"
Wang Xiangxiu never thought that she would be transferred to the logistics department to clean toilets! She looked at the HR department who came to inform her in disbelief, and was stunned for a moment: "Why did you transfer me to the logistics department? I am doing well in the workshop. Aren't you bullying me? You just think I am an orphan and a widow and are easy to bully."
"I asked you to say this, but it's unreasonable for you to say this. You haven't been to work for ten consecutive days, and you didn't even ask for leave. comrade, and so am I. I'm not trying to embarrass you, but we all work to serve the people, and we are equally shining and giving no matter which position we are in."
Wang Xiangxiu was stunned, and then she realized that she really had not asked for leave.
She went directly to the hospital from the police station that day, and the next day she witnessed a fight between Bai Fendou and Deputy Director Cai. She has been hospitalized since then and forgot about asking for leave... As for being discharged from the hospital, she was not in a hurry to come back.
She felt that she was a "victim" and there was nothing wrong with taking a few more days off. The factory should have given her sick leave.
"But, but, but this is not my fault. Besides, the factory also arranged for leaders to go to the hospital to understand the situation." Wang Xiangxiu felt extremely wronged and defended herself.
The HR lady said, "Someone from the factory went to investigate the situation because it involves many aspects, but that doesn't mean you can just not ask for leave. Besides, we know you have been home for two days after being discharged from the hospital. You can come here to make up a leave note. Wang Xiangxiu, this is a factory, not a place where you can do whatever you want."
She became impatient and said, "You go to the logistics department now. If you want to make trouble or don't want to go, go home and it will be counted as your absence from work. If you are still not satisfied, go find your supervisor. But don't blame me for not reminding you. Your supervisor has checked your work record in the workshop and transferred you out so that you won't hold back other workers. Over the years, your work evaluation has been average."
In this era, everyone works diligently. There are not many people who fool around like Wang Xiangxiu, so Wang Xiangxiu is particularly obvious. The workshop director has long wanted to get rid of her. It's not that there has been no suitable opportunity. Now when the leader starts, people will not immediately fill in the gaps in the leader's words.
Every year, Wang Xiangxiu is always lagging behind in the internal pacification of the workshop.
Wang Xiangxiu felt a little uncomfortable when she saw the expression on the HR lady's face, but she still said, "I have to ask, there is no such thing!"
She actually knew in her heart that the possibility of her success was very low.
After all, their director had always disliked her because she was not serious about her work. It was not that she had not thought about seducing the director, but that man was very serious and would scold her if she spoke softly.
He never went to a place where there were no people with her alone and was very wary of her.
Wang Xiangxiu bit her lip and thought it wasn't going to work, but she still went over with a glimmer of hope.
As soon as she arrived at the workshop, she suddenly saw Liang Meifen, who was working with Sister Zhu in the workshop. It must be Sister Zhu who was responsible for guiding Liang Meifen. When Wang Xiangxiu first came, she also followed Sister Zhu. Later, because she was always sneaky and asked male workers to help her with work, she couldn't stand it and directly gave up.
Later, she changed a few more, but they all failed.
However, she is popular in the workshop and gets along well with the male workers.
After all, there are relatively few female workers in this kind of machinery factory, and even fewer who are good-looking.
She looked at Liang Meifen with jealousy. This stinky woman, she had lost one job, but she could still get a second one. Why was she so happy? Why did Zhuang Zhiyuan let her do what she wanted? Zhao Guihua was so mean, but she didn't beat or scold her! Thinking about it, Wang Xiangxiu was jealous.
She thought she looked much better than Mei-Fun Leung. If she hadn't said it, even if she was Ming-Mei, she was just young. If she were really her age, she wouldn't have the same charm as her. Not to mention Mei-Fun Leung who looked just like an ordinary person.
She looked at Leung Mei-Fun with resentment, unable to understand how such a traitor could still live a better life. The banker was willing to pay out the money. Such a good woman like her actually had nothing.
Life is always so unfair.
"Wang Xiangxiu, what are you doing here? Haven't you been transferred?"
When the director came out to check the work, he saw Wang Xiangxiu standing on one side, staring at the workers in the workshop with resentment. He immediately became alert. He was always worried that she was here to cause trouble. He immediately said seriously: "You are no longer a worker in the workshop. Get out immediately, otherwise I will suspect that you have bad intentions."
When Wang Xiangxiu heard this, her eyes instantly turned red and she said, "Director, can I be transferred back? Why are you letting me go for no reason? I have been doing a good job in our workshop. Please, let me be transferred back. I am an orphan and a widow, and life is hard..."
The director said bluntly: "You don't have to worry about this. You earn about the same as in the workshop by sweeping the toilet. Anyway, you haven't made any progress in the workshop for so many years. You can't get a raise because your level can't go up. Your salary in the toilet is 25 yuan, and in the workshop it's only 26.5 yuan. Your current rating won't increase at all. It's nothing more than a 50-cent increase in seniority pay for two years. The factory leader said that considering your family situation, your salary will not be changed. Although you're sweeping the toilet, your salary is still the same as it is now. It's just a change of job. I don't think there's anything wrong with it. Anyway, you're not very good at fitting. You can't get a raise in the workshop. given to you normally. That is to say, you can still get seniority pay after two years. It's the same as in the workshop. This is also to take into account the actual situation of your family. Bai Fendou, who also sweeps the toilet, doesn't have such treatment. You should thank the factory and the leader. There is no high or low in work. Go to work quickly."
He spoke quickly like a locomotive, then waved his hand: "If you don't go to work today, you will miss another day. This is a factory, not your backyard. You can't do whatever you want."
Wang Xiangxiu: "But..."
Everything she wanted to say was blocked.
She wanted to use her family's poverty as an excuse, but she didn't expect that this point had been taken into consideration.
She didn't know what to say for a moment.
"Go away, go away. This is not the place for you. If anything happens here, I will suspect that you are trying to destroy unity." The director with a dark horse face really hates such an unmotivated person.
Wang Xiangxiu grabbed him and said, "Director, please come to my office and I will tell you more about me..."
"Enough, Wang Xiangxiu, don't use the same tricks you use outside on me, get out!!!" As soon as he saw Wang Xiangxiu's seductive look, he knew what she wanted to do. This person had coveted him too many times over the years.
He is really a good comrade and never falls for anything.
Although his wife was not as pretty as Wang Xiangxiu, nor as young as Wang Xiangxiu, her character was much better than this guy. He glared at her with disdain: "Get out!"
"director..."
"The workshop is not the place for you, get out!"
Wang Xiangxiu saw that it was hopeless to persuade him, so she left the room feeling wronged. She took a deep breath and walked towards the leader. She just couldn't believe it. She went to each one of them, but no one coveted her beauty?
As long as she has it, she can achieve what she wants.
You know what, there really are people who like this. No matter when, there are always people who like this, but although there are, no one responds to Wang Xiangxiu.
Deputy Director Cai's previous experience showed that they dare not provoke such a poisonous widow, what if she bites back? Don't think Wang Xiangxiu has taken advantage of others and thinks she has fooled others. In fact, she can't fool anyone. If you think about this matter a little, you will know that she has a problem.
Even if Deputy Director Cai was desperate, given his status and position, he didn't need to force Wang Xiangxiu.
Although she later changed her story, Wang Xiangxiu's determination to kill her made determined that they could not have any deeper communication with this woman. Besides, she was somewhat unlucky in marriage, right? Her husband was gone; Yu Baoshan, who was suspected of having slept with her and was rumored to have died; Deputy Director Cai, who had told her about it, had gone to the northwest; Bai Fendou... what else was there to say? her, but also became a dead family.
This person is somewhat scary anyway, so that's definitely not acceptable.
Wang Xiangxiu looked around but failed, so she could only go to the logistics department silently.
She can't miss another day of work. What should she do if she is counted as absent from work again?
The logistics staff also knew what was going on with her, and didn't treat her very well. The section chief immediately said, "Go back to work, Bai Fendou is also at work today."
Bai Fendou was not fully recovered, but how could he not go to work? He just sold his job and paid the fee of 130 yuan.
Fortunately, their factory reimbursed most of the expenses, otherwise the cost would be even higher. After all, his father was hit by a brick and hospitalized, and the bill was not settled. He himself was hit by a brick and died, and the bill for his father's emergency treatment was still not settled... With so many bills to settle, a hundred and thirty yuan was already good enough.
He originally had seventy, which was his own savings and the hundred compensated by Jiang Lu.
He spent some money on installing the glass, leaving him with seventy, and now he sold his job for four hundred, leaving him with three hundred and forty, but he certainly didn't dare to spend it. He had to start planning for his retirement.
Since he was destined to have no children, how could he be careless? Bai Fendou and Wang Xiangxiu met in the bathroom. For Bai Fendou, it was like a meeting of enemies, with eyes full of jealousy. But Wang Xiangxiu immediately said coquettishly: "Fendou, why are you here? Don't you know how much I miss you?"
She said softly: "You're going to work now? Why don't you take a few more days off?"
Bai Fendou is now a rich Bai Fendou, so Wang Xiangxiu is naturally happy to come up to him.
But Bai Fendou was indifferent: "Get away from me."
"Well……"
Wang Xiangxiu felt wronged: "Why do you talk to me like that? If you do this, I will ignore you in the future."
Bai Fendou: "I don't need your attention."
The young section chief looked at this and that and said, "Okay, you guys go to work. But let me tell you something, we don't distinguish between men and women when cleaning the toilets. Wang Xiangxiu, you are in charge of the east section, and Bai Fendou, you are in charge of the west section."
Wang Xiangxiu's expression changed again: "No distinction between men and women?"
The young section chief said, "Of course not! The number of female workers in our factory is less than one-tenth of the number of male workers. There are not many toilets either, so it would be too unfair to divide them like this. Forget about it. Come on, get to work, the toilets are in such a bad state these days."
Recently, the toilet cleaners have not been at work, so they can only ask other people from the logistics department to help. Once every three days, it is not as good as cleaning every day. The toilets are really ugly recently.
"Hurry up and work!"
He gave his instructions once more and then left.
Bai Fendou sneered and walked away with the broom.
Wang Xiangxiu: “Struggle?”
Bai Fendou: "Don't f*cking call me!"
Wang Xiangxiu didn't expect to suffer such a blow as soon as she got to work, but she had to do this job. She endured the nausea and cried silently. How did she, Wang Xiangxiu, end up like this?
Wang Xiangxiu was very annoyed, but there was nothing she could do. This was the situation now, and she had no way to change it. She could only endure it silently. She was really smelly from sweeping the toilet. How could she...
She was so worried that she just wanted to get off work as soon as possible. She still needed her mother-in-law to give her some advice on this matter.
At this time, she hated Liang Meifen especially. If Liang Meifen hadn't gone to the workshop, would she have come to sweep the toilet? She would have just taken over the shift to sweep the toilet. Why did she have to go to the workshop? Wang Xiangxiu hated her so much.
At the same time, she hated Bai Doumeng. This fool didn't know the difference between relatives and strangers. He took the money and didn't give it to her, but helped Liang Meifen.
Damn it! She worked resentfully, her eyes gloomy.
Wang Xiangxiu felt like she was living a year every day while sweeping the toilet. When she was in the workshop, she could easily take advantage of the situation. If she couldn't continue, she would ask the male workers for help. However, no one helped her with this job and she was so tired that she was out of breath.
On this day, these male comrades even came to their place to use the toilet, pointing and laughing at her.
The smile is very radiant.
There are indeed a lot of people saying good and bad things.
Of course, there were also people who went to Bai Fendou, after all, Bai Fendou was also a celebrity in the factory. Men didn't care about what they said to each other. Even if Bai Fendou had done nothing about this, he had already encountered several people who were not afraid of death and teased him in the morning.
Several battles broke out there as well.
This is because Bai Fendou has the reputation of being a man killer. If he didn't have this reputation, there would be more trouble. Zhuang Zhixi couldn't help but lean on the window to watch several groups. If it wasn't for his sister-in-law who bought the old man Bai's job, Zhuang Zhixi would have wanted to go down to watch the fun.
He, Old Huang, watched Zhuang Zhixi going back and forth and asked, "What are you doing?"
Zhuang Zhixi: "There's a fight downstairs."
He sighed: "There really are warriors out there who dare to provoke even Bai Fendou."
"Why should we be afraid of provoking him? Bai Fendou can't just kill anyone he catches, right?"
"That's not easy to say."
Zhuang Zhixi leaned against the window, sighed, and said, "But I thought he would take a few days off, but I didn't expect him to go back to work like this."
"This is what happens when there is a patient in the family. How can we not make more money?"
Zhuang Zhixi nodded and said, "That's right. What I'm most afraid of is having patients."
As the two talked, Sister Cui came over and watched for a while, then turned back and said, "Oh, by the way, Xiao Xu, what's wrong with you recently? I think you look worse than the injured Bai Fighting."
Apart from going to the countryside to show movies, Xiao Xu was like a wretch, lying on the table all day, and no one knew how he got so much sleep.
This is simply a sleeping god.
It must be said that Xiao Xu has changed a lot recently. In the past, he was always trying to climb up the social ladder, and he was constantly making small moves. Even when his boss showed up, he would flatter him fiercely.
But recently, in just the past two months, it seems like people have changed all of a sudden.
He was like the scholar in the storybook who had his energy drained by a female demon. He looked weak. Although he slept a lot every day, his energy was not as good as Bai Shao's.
If someone struggles to be a man, he is not even considered a man, yet he can still hold a broom and shout.
He really looks like he is invincible, but looking at the person in front of me, I just feel pity for him.
"You can't stay like this. Why don't you go to the infirmary?"
Xiao Xu: "No, I'm fine."
"You don't look like you're okay."
Xiao Xu shook his head and still insisted that he was fine.
Old Huang: "I think it's time for you to get married. It will be much better for a man to have a wife to take care of him."
He had a distant relationship with Xiao Xu, but because Xiao Xu had been rather depressed lately, the people in their department kindly gave him some advice.
"Yes, it would be nice to have a wife."
When Xiao Xu heard this, his eyes widened. He stood up and said firmly, "I want to fight for my career all my life. Marriage and other things are only stumbling blocks on the road to success! I don't need it for the time being!"
Everyone: “…”
Zhuang Zhixi raised the corner of his mouth and said, "If you sleep every day, your career will not be successful."
It’s faster in dreams.
Xiao Xu glared at Zhuang Zhixi and said, "What you saw was me sleeping, but actually I was resting my eyes. I was thinking about how to improve my film projection work."
Everyone: “…”
I believed your ghost!
Xiao Xu: "Zhuang Zhixi, you are still young and don't understand that family ties can make a person lose their fighting spirit. I want to fight for my career all my life."
Zhuang Zhixi: “…Oh.”
If there weren't so many bad men recently, it would be unlikely in theory. He would have thought that Xiao Xu was also bad, otherwise how could he say such amazing things. This was normal. But Xiao Xu, a guy who slept at work and took things from fellow villagers when he went to the countryside, shouldn't brag about being noble.
But it can be seen that Xiao Xu seems to be really afraid of getting married.
"Hey no, are you okay? Are you broken too? Otherwise why are you so afraid of getting married?"
Not to mention Zhuang Zhixi, others think so too.
Xiao Xu immediately shouted: "What nonsense, I am a real man, if you don't believe me, go to the toilet and check. I can still..."
He slammed on the brakes and stopped what he was about to say.
He is not weak. He can come four or five times a night, for three or four hours.
Otherwise, how could Sister Jiang take notice of him? Thinking of Jiang Lu, he became dispirited again. He immediately said, "Stop talking nonsense. I'll take a nap for a while."
Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment: "..."
Those who were curious were all wondering if this guy was possessed by evil spirits.
Xiao Xu: I'm not possessed, I'm just drained.
Xiao Xu: Continue sleeping.
Zhuang Zhixi: “…”
I really envy this guy's ability to fall asleep as soon as he lies down.
"Xiao Zhuang, come downstairs with me to change the bulletin board. It has been raining a lot recently and there have been some accidents. We are going to make a bulletin board to remind everyone what to do if it rains."
Zhuang Zhixi: "Okay."
Their Propaganda Department is responsible for these small tasks.
Zhuang Zhixi followed Lao Huang downstairs and quickly got busy. Although their propaganda department didn't seem very busy, they did their work very quickly. Zhuang Zhixi had been following Lao Huang for the past few months, and no matter what he did, the results were rapid.
He followed Old Huang in drawing the blackboard newspaper and with a casual glance, he saw Yang Lixin leaving the factory.
Zhuang Zhixi raised his eyebrows.
It's not time to get off work yet.
Yang Lixin didn't know that Zhuang Zhixi saw him. After he left the factory, he didn't go back to the compound. Instead, he walked around the street twice and turned into a small alley. Going further, he reached the black market.
The reason why he came out at this time today was that he had a big mission to accomplish.
His mother-in-law actually arranged for him to go out and buy some food. Yang Lixin felt that this was really unnecessary, but he heard that it was never his turn to make decisions at home. So he could only obey the arrangement.
But this was going to the black market, so he was still very cautious, for fear of being caught. If he was caught, it would affect his work and that would be the end of him.
In his heart, he complained that his mother-in-law was looking for trouble, but as a live-in son-in-law, he didn't get his own salary, so Yang Lixin had to do as he was told. He got into the black market, where if you carry a basket or sell things in large or small bags, you have to pay an entry fee.
There are people keeping watch at the entrance of this alley, so we can't do this in vain.
But if you are the buyer, no one will be charged.
This is mainly due to different identities.
Yang Lixin was extremely cautious, but it was not surprising. It was the people who came to the black market who were not cautious that made people suspicious. When Yang Lixin just entered the black market, Zhao Guihua had already bought something and was walking out. She saw Yang Lixin, but did not call him. Instead, she hid in the corner and waited for someone to pass by before carrying the bag of noodles out.
She bought a whole bag of flour, 20 kilograms. The black market doesn't require tickets, but the price is much higher than the grain store. But even if it's expensive, Zhao Guihua bought it. Others might just buy a little bit for backup. But Zhao Guihua knew that there would be a shortage of food this year.
This is only her first day and she will need to buy more tomorrow.
No matter what, people always need to eat.
Zhao Guihua carried the flour bag, looked around and left the black market, and quickly returned home. She put the white flour in the bedroom and covered it with something. This was not enough, but she would not only buy white flour, but also some two-grain flour and corn flour. Although corn flour was really not delicious, it could also be used in an emergency. The price was low.
Zhao Guihua did some calculations and felt that the money she had was enough.
She didn't say much to her children.
Normally, flour with a ticket costs 1.8 yuan, but she bought it at 2.1 yuan on the black market today. But this is when there is no shortage of food in the black market. When there is a shortage, the price will not be the same. Although it seems that she has spent more money now, she is not losing money.
"Aunt Zhao, are you back?" Wang Zhaodi called out from the door.
Zhao Guihua: "I'm back, what's wrong?"
Wang Zhaodi: "I made a pair of shoes for you. Try them on and see if they fit your feet."
Zhao Guihua: "Oh, how can I feel so embarrassed?"
She came out, looked at Wang Zhaodi making a pair of cloth shoes, and said, "They are quite good, but why are you making shoes for me? I really don't need them."
Wang Zhaodi smiled shyly and said, "It's only natural. I have borrowed fishing rods from you several times and you never asked me for money. It's only natural for me to make you a pair of shoes. I'm just showing off my skills. Sister Jiang Lu gave me the money to buy the materials."
Zhao Guihua said she was embarrassed, but her actions were honest. She quickly tried it on and nodded, saying, "This is really good. You have a good skill."
Wang Zhaodi smiled happily: "As long as you like it."
Zhao Guihua looked at it carefully and said with emotion: "Your stitching is really good. Okay, Auntie will take it. You can come here with your fishing rod in the future. You're welcome."
Wang Zhaodi nodded vigorously.
Even though she gave Aunt Zhao cloth shoes, Aunt Zhao would still lend her the fishing rod without hesitation. Wang Xiangxiu knew what was good and what was bad. No one in her village would lend out such good things easily. If anyone had a fishing rod or a fishing net, they would not lend it to them, fearing that they would be damaged if they were used too much.
Her uncle only has a fishing rod, and her father can't lend it to her.
So Wang Zhaodi was very grateful to Aunt Zhao for not treating her as an outsider. Zhao Guihua: "Come and sit down."
Wang Zhaodi: "I'll go get the basket. I'm still making clothes for the kids."
Zhao Guihua: "Oh, you're getting ready so early?"
Wang Zhaodi nodded and said, "I'm afraid... Anyway, I'll prepare it for Sister Jiang Lu as soon as possible."
She pursed her lips and said, "If I go home, it won't delay anything."
Zhao Guihua understood that Wang Zhaodi came here to give birth to Zhou Qun's child. Now that Zhou Qun was useless, there was naturally no chance of having a child. She didn't leave now because Jiang Lu needed her, but if Aunt Zhou came back, Jiang Lu might not need her anymore.
This skinny little girl eats more ferociously than a grown man.
It is estimated that Jiang Lu and Zhou Qun cannot eat more than Wang Zhaodi. Food is so important now, it is normal if his family does not want to support Wang Zhaodi.
Zhao Guihua didn't want to get involved in other people's affairs, but she still said, "Don't think too much. Just stay here for now. When Aunt Zhou comes back, we can discuss it with her."
Wang Zhaodi nodded: "I know."
In fact, she was mentally prepared.
Her parents both disliked her for eating too much as a girl, so others must have disliked her too.
She was used to it, but she just couldn't bear to leave the people in this yard. She took a deep breath and said, "If I leave, I will miss you a lot."
Zhao Guihua smiled and said, "Don't worry too much, little girl. There will always be a way out. Wait for Aunt Zhao to look for you and see if there is a suitable boy in the city. It would be great if you can marry him."
Originally, Bai Fendou in their hospital was a suitable candidate.
Don't think Bai Fendou has all the bad qualities, but the countryside at that time was very poor, especially in the mountainous areas like Wang Zhaodi's, where there were many children and the poverty was extremely high. If Wang Zhaodi married Bai Fendou, it would be called marrying up.
If there is a man in this city who has a house and a formal job, please tell him about it.
Jiang Lu's previous thought was definitely not to harm Wang Zhaodi, but he was genuinely considering her.
But now, there is a different story. So actually speaking, Wang Zhaodi is still not worthy of Bai Fendou. But no one of them can introduce Wang Zhaodi to Bai Fendou. This person is not good enough and it is impossible for them to have a child in the future.
If a woman marries here, it's really over. Isn't this just living a widowhood?
In this day and age, people attach great importance to continuing the family line, let alone having children. For example, Chef Li and his wife have a good family background, but because they have no son, they have been unable to hold their heads up for many years.
This is something that people decades later cannot imagine, but it is like this now.
If it had not been decided early on that Li Fang would find a man to marry into his family, Chef Li would probably have lost all his energy and vitality now.
This is why Jiang Lu did not resist when she was bullied by the Zhou family before, because she had no children. It seemed that this matter was a big deal. Wang Zhaodi was still a young girl after all. If she married Bai Fendou, she would live better than living in the countryside, but the pressure would definitely be huge.
Her husband is not capable and she has no children. She doesn't even need to think about how people outside view and speculate about her.
She is not very old and may not be able to stand such discussions.
Zhao Guihua thought about it a lot in a blink of an eye, but she still said: "I'll ask around for you, but you know, anyone who can find a country girl must have average conditions... Even this may not be possible, but let's give it a try."
Wang Zhaodi was stunned for a moment, then her eyes turned red. She said softly, "Thank you, I know you are doing this for my own good."
Zhao Guihua: "Why are you talking about that? We don't know if there is anyone suitable. Let me talk to Jiang Lu and see what she means. Let's mobilize the masses."
Wang Zhaodi knew that even if this was the case, the possibility was not high. How could such a good thing happen?
But I was still very touched and felt warm in my heart.
She said, "Auntie, you are so kind to me. You are as kind to me as my mother is to me."
She thought for a moment and then said, "Sister Jiang Lu is also very kind to me, and so is Aunt Zhou..."
Although everyone said that Aunt Zhou was not a good person and was mean and vicious, she had only been in contact with Aunt Zhou for a little over a day, and every day counted, Aunt Zhou was very nice to her.
She doesn't care what others say, she only cares about how she is treated.
When she was at home, because she ate a lot, her mother said that the biggest regret was not drowning her when she was born! The relationship between the sisters was not very good, and everyone was just trying to get more food.
Because she can eat a lot, she does the most work every day, but no one still likes her.
But when she came here, she felt that this place was great.
Aunt Zhao is very good, Aunt Wang is very good, and Sister Jiang Lu is even better.
"I'll just work hard anyway!"
She encouraged herself: "Work harder! If I really have to go back, I have to help Sister Jiang Lu do these little moves."
Zhao Guihua nodded.
She asked curiously: "Zhao Di, what is your hometown like?"
Wang Zhaodi: "My home is in the valley."
At this time, Aunt Wang and several aunts and sisters-in-law from the backyard also came over, gathered together to do needlework, and joined in the conversation.
Wang Zhaodi: "To come here from my house, the car has to back up several times."
Although they are all rural areas, the rural areas around Sijiucheng are much richer than those in other places. For example, Wang Zhaodi's family is a relatively poor rural area. In terms of geographical boundaries, it is no longer within the scope of Sijiucheng, but belongs to Hebei.
She said: "It takes three hours to get to the commune from our place. There is only one ox cart in our village, which is used for farming. We have to go out early in the morning if we want to go to the commune."
"Then you have a hard life."
Wang Zhaodi nodded: "Yes, that's right. The rich families in our village don't eat as well as many families in the courtyard, and my family is even worse. I have many children, my father needs to be supplemented, and my mother needs to take medicine, so life is a little harder."
Zhao Guihua: "Although you are quite far from the city, you are not the most remote. Why is the village so poor?"
She hesitated for a moment and whispered, "In fact, our village was not bad before. It was not the poorest in the surrounding area. But later, because of one thing, it was not so good anymore. People from outside didn't come to our place anymore."
Everyone became more curious and asked, "What's going on?"
Wang Zhaodi pursed her lips, a little hesitant, but still said: "In the past, in the early years, our village would sell eggs. At that time, it was not as strict as it is now. We didn't have to strictly raise two chickens. Everyone secretly raised five or six more chickens. Eggs could be exchanged for things at ordinary times, and they could also supplement nutrition. They were hard currency. But we rarely sent them to the sales outlets on the other side of the commune to sell. It takes three hours to walk from our village, and the road is not easy to walk, and sometimes the eggs are broken. That's a big loss. In addition, everyone is lazy and doesn't want to waste several hours walking to the city, so they would rather exchange them among villagers. Later, a vendor came to our village to collect eggs, three cents each. The villagers saved the eggs and sold them to the vendors who collected eggs. Everyone was happy to save some money."
"Isn't that speculation?"
Aunt Wang pinched her sister-in-law who was speaking.
The eldest sister-in-law quickly explained: "I didn't mean anything else."
Wang Zhaodi: "That was a few years ago, and it was not like now. Although it was not allowed, it was not very strict."
"It should be just like the pigeon market, selling a little bit of the family's produce, nothing special." Zhao Guihua said, and Aunt Wang nodded: "That should be it."
It is only in recent years that this and that are prohibited. In the past, the eggs laid by the chickens raised at home could be sold in the pigeon market. Large quantities were definitely not allowed, so just ten or eight items would definitely not be considered speculation.
It’s no big deal for them to sell eggs, but it’s definitely a big deal for them to collect the eggs.
"Originally, the business was going well. We had been selling the eggs for almost a year. But Uncle Qinglai from the team leader's family said we were being cheated. He was a temporary worker in the commune. When he came back and heard about it, he said we were being cheated. It turned out that he happened to know the peddler who came to our place to buy eggs. The peddler divided the eggs into three grades: four cents, four and a half cents, and five cents. When he bought them, they were all three cents. When everyone heard about it, they were very angry. They felt that we were feeding and raising the chickens, which was a lot of work, but they made so much money so easily. We still wanted five cents. Now we only made two cents. So everyone discussed raising the price. Not only did they raise the price, but they also had to compensate the villagers for the difference."
“How much do you want to increase?”
"They said that if the vendors could make a profit of one cent per egg, it would be good. We also divided the eggs into three grades. The four-cent ones were charged three and a half cents; the four and a half cents were charged... They were just passing through the eggs. There was no reason for them to make so much money. One cent per egg was not a small amount. Besides, we have been selling them for a year. They should at least compensate us one hundred yuan!"
Zhao Guihua was speechless after hearing this. She felt that the people in this village were just not very smart.
"Later, when the vendor came to buy eggs again, our villagers collectively stopped him and told him that he must buy according to this price. Otherwise, they would report him for speculation. The man was stopped by everyone and agreed, but he said that he did not bring enough money according to the original price, so he had to go back to get the money and come again tomorrow. The villagers were very happy because of their great victory. However, Uncle Qinglai said that this man looked shifty and might bring people with him if he came again tomorrow. It would be bad to regret it then. He said that he would find the speculation office tomorrow to arrest them. After they learned their lesson, they would be honest when they come to our village to do business in the future. Everyone thought it was feasible, but the next day, We waited for a whole day but no one came. Our village was scolded, and Uncle Qinglai led people to the commune to find this person to seek justice. As a result, they all had their legs broken. It turned out that the villagers went to inform on them and were followed by them. They knew that we had a speculation office here, and even if there was no one, they would not do it. They all said that our village was greedy. Since then, no peddlers have come to our village. Later, the number of poultry was strictly controlled, and if anyone secretly raised one more, they would be reported. When the villagers wanted to take something to the purchasing station, there were always people making trouble. Those peddlers have always hated our village and have been making trouble...so our village is getting poorer and poorer. "
After hearing why Wang Zhaodi's village was so poor, everyone was at a loss for words.
How can this be explained? This is actually like inviting trouble upon oneself.
Aunt Wang: "If they fight for one cent per egg, they are really losing money. They have to pay for their labor, and like you said, the journey is three hours and it is not easy. There must be some damage along the way, and they have to take that into account... I'm not saying anything good about the vendors. They are not good people for targeting you, but you really asked for trouble when this happened."
Wang Zhaodi nodded: "I know, and some people in our village know it too, but everyone just wants to make more money, so that they can make the most money and get others to help them for free. So that's it. The Uncle Qinglai I mentioned is now lame when he walks. Our village is also divided into two factions. One faction is the team leader's family, and the other faction looks down on them. They think it's Uncle Qinglai's meddling that has provoked others. So our village is very poor. The surrounding villages are not willing to find girls and boys from our village. They all say that the people in our village are stupid, vicious, and brainless. Girls can't marry here to suffer, and boys can't marry people from our village to become troublemakers."
In the past, Wang Zhaodi would not have said this, but because Zhao Guihua said she would help her find a partner, she took the initiative to tell all this. Their reputation is not very good. People from the surrounding villages are not allowed to date people from their village, let alone people from the city.
Although she wanted to marry into the city, she didn't want to marry by fraud.
"My sister is actually engaged and is waiting to get married in two years, but I haven't."
"Why? Your sister is engaged, why don't you, the oldest sister, get engaged?"
Everyone became even more curious.
Wang Zhaodi was a little embarrassed, but still said: "Because I can eat. I have a very large appetite. I can eat as much as several people, but I can't do the work of several people. That's why no one wants to marry me."
Otherwise, we can't arrange for her to come out.
But Wang Zhaodi also said: "Although I can eat, the food in my family is divided equally, and I don't eat more than them. I always find ways to eat outside, such as picking fruits and catching fish, but because I eat outside secretly, my parents don't like me. I am not very popular at home."
Zhao Guihua: "You can't say that. I've experienced what it's like to be hungry. You have a big appetite, and your family has a fixed amount of food. What's wrong with thinking of a solution yourself? You can't let people starve to death."
"that is."
"This thing is innate. What else can we do about it?"
"Who says it's not true? Besides, I think you are quite capable."
Everyone is hardworking, but no one is more hardworking than Wang Zhaodi. The Zhou family is now very well organized because of her. She can also go fishing to improve the family's living conditions, which is not easy.
To be honest, everyone thinks Wang Zhaodi is really good, but when it comes to asking Wang Zhaodi to introduce her to themselves or their relatives, they feel that it is not possible, after all, rural residents do not have grain quotas.
She can eat a lot, which is unbearable for most people.
But it’s not possible for our family members, but if we ask her outside, that may be possible.
Everyone started chatting and the scene gradually became lively.
Aunt Su was lying at home resting. Actually, she wanted to come out and sit for a while, but she had been lying in the hospital recently and was used to taking a nap at this time, so she simply did not come out. When she woke up, she heard everyone chattering.
She leaned against the window and looked out, and saw someone seemed to be talking to Wang Zhaodi, and she spat.
A country girl, trying to get along well with everyone, does she deserve it?
Aunt Su originally thought that she was the middleman who introduced Wang Zhaodi to her, and Wang Zhaodi should be grateful to her for taking care of her like an ancestor, and taking on all the work in his family. But she didn't expect that Wang Zhaodi would turn hostile as soon as she came, and actually revolved around the Zhou family.
This person actually didn't associate with their family at all, which made Aunt Su extremely angry.
This little bitch.
An ungrateful and ungrateful person.
Why is her family so miserable? Wang Zhaodi is an ungrateful person, and Hu Huihui is also an ungrateful person. After paying the bill, she never shows up except to sleep at night. If you ask her to do something, she will just ignore it.
Aunt Su: "They are all cheap girls, and this is from the early years, they are the kind of people from the Eight Great Hutongs."
She pouted a few times and became more and more dissatisfied.
Zhao Guihua noticed a gaze and turned around to see Aunt Su's resentment, which she had not yet had time to retract.
Hiss! This guy is too scary.
She rolled her eyes and said loudly, "Auntie Su, if you want to listen, just come out and listen. What are you doing there with such a sneaky look on your face?"
Aunt Su: "Who are you calling a sly person? Is there anyone who talks like you?"
Zhao Guihua: "I'm talking about you. The look in your eyes just now scared me."
She doesn't care about that and just says what needs to be said.
Aunt Su's eyes flickered and she said, "You're talking nonsense! I'm the gentlest person ever. But you, are just... ahhhh!"
She suddenly screamed as if she had seen a ghost.
"What the hell are you doing?"
"Yeah, what are you yelling about? It's scary."
Aunt Su pointed at the front door and said, "Hey, hey, hey, why are you back?"
Everyone looked in the direction of the sight and saw an old lady with gray hair and a weathered face stepping into the yard. This person was none other than Aunt Zhou, the first capable person in their yard to squat under the fence.
Aunt Zhou has lost a lot of weight. She was originally a skinny old lady, and now she is even thinner, as if she could be blown down by a gust of wind.
It's obviously not a long time, but it looks like I've aged several years.
"Oh my God, Aunt Zhou, you're back?"
"That's not right. Weren't you sentenced to four months? You should be back at the end of next month."
"Yeah, you didn't sneak out, did you?"
"Don't talk nonsense. Even if she has the intention, she doesn't have the courage. Even if she has the courage, she doesn't have the ability."
"That's right."
Aunt Zhou looked gloomy. Wang Zhaodi quickly put down her things and went over to support Aunt Zhou, saying, "Auntie, you're back. Come over and sit down. Brother Zhou Qun and Sister Jiang Lu have gone to work and haven't come back yet. Let me go call them..."
Aunt Zhou suddenly burst into tears and shouted, "Oh my God, I'm finally home. My life is so hard, wuwuwu, oh my God..."
She burst into tears.
Everyone looked at each other.
This is still Zhao Guihua. Zhao Guihua: "Even if you want to cry, sit down and cry."
Aunt Zhou: "I have a hard time. After I went in, I suffered so much. My son and daughter-in-law didn't even come to see me. I have such a miserable life..."
Aunt Zhou was quite upset. When she went in, her son and daughter-in-law didn't show up and had never seen her. Although she didn't stay for long, it was still okay for them to go and see her! These unfilial people! She cried and shouted.
Zhao Guihua: "It's enough for you to cry for a while. You are the one who caused the trouble. Now that you are back, take a shower and have something good to eat. You can reunite with your family in the evening when they get off work." After a pause, she looked Aunt Zhou up and down and said, "You were released early?"
Aunt Zhou nodded while crying and said, "Well, I was released more than a month early. It was supposed to be four months, but I was considered to have made meritorious service by reporting the crime, so they released me... woo woo."
"Reporting merit? What did you do?"
Everyone became curious.
Aunt Zhou sobbed and cried, "There was a woman in our cell who came in to steal things. She looked honest, but she cried all day long, saying that life was hard and she had no choice. Everyone sympathized with her and took good care of her. But who am I? I'm not an ordinary person. I just think this woman is weird. We all came here to work, so why should she pretend to be a miserable good person? Besides, her acting is not as good as Aunt Su's."
Aunt Su widened her eyes: Why the hell are you talking to me? Why would I act like that?
Aunt Zhou ignored Aunt Su's unhappy look and continued, "I just kept an eye on her, and I found something. I found out that her two daughters were killed by her. She favored boys over girls and didn't want to raise a daughter, so she killed them on purpose. After trying it out a few times, I felt something was wrong, so I reported her. I didn't expect that I was right, she really did it! Because I made a contribution, I was released early."
"My God, you are so patient."
"I really didn't realize you had such good eyesight."
You know what, everyone was really shocked. Who would have thought that Aunt Zhou had some tricks up her sleeve?
Aunt Zhou was flattered by the praise and said, "It's nothing. How could I let her fool me? Her acting is not as sincere as Aunt Su's."
Aunt Su: "Don't talk about me all the time. I'm not that kind of person."
She never commits any crime such as murder or arson.
She knew what had to happen.
She wouldn't do that to herself.
Besides, the preference for boys over girls doesn't have to kill the girl. As long as she is well educated, she can be a lifelong donor to the family.
Aunt Zhou: "Anyway, I figured it out."
It's no wonder that people in their compound are very knowledgeable.
If the Su family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law hadn't been performing all day, would she have been so sharp-eyed? She wiped her tears and said, "I'm back. I'm back. My son and daughter-in-law are so unfilial. They don't even look at me, wuwuwu..."
Zhao Guihua: "You were away during this period, but there were a lot of things going on in our compound. They didn't come to see you, probably because they didn't have the energy. Oh, yes, I have to congratulate you too."
Aunt Zhou: "Even if you congratulate me, I won't treat you to a meal. I came out because of my own ability."
Zhao Guihua: "It's not because of this, and there's no need to treat me to a meal. Oh, that's not what I want to say."
Aunt Zhou: "What is that?"
Even though Aunt Zhou is back, she is much more obedient than before she went in. After all, that place is a training place. Even a shrew like Aunt Zhou is worthless in there. She has also suffered a lot. Now that she is back, although she is in a familiar place, she doesn't dare to be as domineering as before.
Now, we can even communicate normally.
Zhao Guihua: "You have ginger reed."
"What!!!"
Aunt Zhou looked at Zhao Guihua in disbelief, grabbed her and said, "You, you, you, what did you say? She's pregnant? Really? How long has it been? This, this is really great, woo woo woo..."
She was so excited that her whole face turned red.
She has been waiting for so many years.
Aunt Zhou started dancing with joy, her whole body filled with bubbles of joy.
At this time, Aunt Su came out. She hated to see other families being better than hers, so she said, "You should be happy. Your son is useless and will no longer be a man. Fortunately, Jiang Lu is pregnant, otherwise your family would be extinct."
"What!" Aunt Zhou screamed again.
This is great joy and great sorrow.
She grabbed Aunt Su and shook her vigorously: "What did you say? Are you telling the truth? Tell me."
"Oh, let go."
"Auntie Zhou, let go quickly, Auntie Su just got out of the hospital..."
"Yes, let go..."
With everyone's help, Aunt Zhou was out of breath. She finally let go of Aunt Su, who was so tight that her face turned red. She cursed, "Are you crazy?"
Aunt Zhou: "Tell me, what happened to my son?"
Everyone fell silent, and Aunt Zhou suddenly looked at Wang Zhaodi and said, "Tell me."
Wang Zhaodi: "Well, Auntie, let's go back to the house and I'll tell you in detail about what happened recently."
It's embarrassing to say this kind of thing again in public.
Aunt Zhou: “Let’s go!”
She strode forward and headed home first.
Wang Zhaodi hurried to catch up.
Aunt Su was furious: "It's not me who ruined her son, why is she pulling me for that?"
"Okay, stop talking about this. We can't talk about these things."
If you think about it carefully, Aunt Zhou has only been gone for nearly three months, but countless things have already happened in their yard.
Just as I was thinking about it, I heard Aunt Zhou screaming again: "Where is my private money? Ahhhh!"
(End of this chapter)
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