Chapter 68 Aunt
Director Xu was said to be suspended from work for reflection, but other than not being able to go to the office, everything else was no different from usual. Others still had to call her Director Xu when they saw her.
He happened to meet a doctor who had a broken arm and nothing to do, and the two of them kept talking bad about Xiaoshi Village.
"Sister, I've told you before, those people in Xiaoshi Village are really bad. Look at what they did this time. They pretended to obey you, but secretly disobeyed you. They even caused you to be criticized by your superiors."
Director Xu has figured out the problem these days. It all comes down to the people of Xiaoshi Village not accepting her management and finding ways to trip her up.
People from other villages followed suit.
"Those country bumpkins are so stupid and mean. If I let them continue to act so arrogantly, I don't know how much trouble they will cause me."
"But we're only in charge of family planning, and we can't get involved in other things. I even got scolded by my superiors. It's really not easy to deal with them."
Director Xu frowned. She had thought of many ways during this period, but she felt that there was no way to really make that group of people suffer.
"Aren't those country bumpkins only concerned with two things? Having children and making money. Isn't having children exactly what we're responsible for?"
To solve his sister's problem, the doctor came up with a wicked idea: "Let's figure out a way to cause an accident during the surgery so they can never have children again."
Director Xu thought about it and rejected it, thinking that this idea was quite mean. However, in the current situation, no one could have a second child, and this idea would take a long time to take effect.
"No, now everyone is suggesting only one child. This idea won't hurt them much. Besides, your hand is broken now, and you can't even go to the clinic. How are you going to deal with an accident?"
"Sister, can't you just find a way to transfer me back to the clinic? You can do whatever you want."
Watching the doctor grow happier as he spoke, Director Xu felt something was amiss. "You didn't come up with this idea just to get back to the clinic, did you?"
Without waiting for his excuses, she continued, "Forget it. Whatever you want to do with your little tricks, remember to clean up the mess. I'll have someone transfer you back, using the excuse of supervised study."
"Don't do anything yet, wait until I come back."
"OK."
Anyway, my goal was achieved, and the doctor agreed quickly.
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Lu Jiayuan was finally able to return to the village, which was something worth celebrating. His sister's children also stayed behind.
Because of this, his sister later sent him a lot of money.
Lu Jiayuan divided the money into two parts, one for raising his children and the other for thanking the villagers for their help during this period.
During the period after he was first arrested, everyone in the village contributed a lot, and the village chief was always trying to find ways to deal with the situation until he came back.
To thank them, he used the money to buy all the meat from Butcher Wang, giving each family more than half a pound. He also bought a pack of cigarettes for the village chief's family.
When he carried the meat to Lu Xing's house, he almost thought he had gone to the wrong place.
Because Lu Xing is the only one in her house, the house is usually very quiet.
This time, before he got close, he heard bursts of laughter in the house.
When I entered the door, I found seven or eight people standing inside, both men and women, surrounding Lu Xing and calling her "Auntie".
Lu Xing sat in the middle and felt a headache from being called out.
Who could have imagined that things would develop like this.
At first she thought it was a good thing and could help the people in the village, so she agreed.
Then, in order to thank her, Erniu's mother asked Erniu to come and help her with work for a few days.
After seeing this, several other families also followed suit and sent their children over. After all, Lu Xing had helped their family so much, they had to show their appreciation.
Then the situation became what it is now, with a group of people surrounding her and calling her aunt.
Lu Jiayuan was carrying some pork and just said, "Auntie, I was arrested before. If it weren't for your help, I don't know when I would be released. This is a little gift from me."
Several people over there took the pork from him and said, "This pork looks fresh. I'll go make braised pork for my aunt."
"That thing wastes so much soy sauce. It's better to make boiled pork. It tastes so good with pickled radish."
The person who was making the fire and the person who was cooking came into the kitchen arguing.
The other people didn't stop either.
"Auntie, I cleaned the pigsty."
"Auntie, I've taken out all the quilts in the house to dry in the sun."
"Auntie, do you like the original flavor or the salty flavor of the sunflower seeds?"
After entering the room and saying a few words, Lu Jiayuan sat next to him and never found another opportunity to interrupt.
"Auntie, then..."
"Auntie, I'm going to go see if I need to pull out the weeds in the field."
"Auntie, I'll go get some water from the river."
Every time he started to speak, he was interrupted by the people around him.
Not to mention him, Lu Xing couldn't find any opportunity to interrupt.
When they first arrived, their chatter scared the foxes away, and the pigs didn't dare to grunt for food.
Lu Xing used to go to the big tree at the entrance of the village to listen to gossip every day, but now with so many people following her, she feels embarrassed to go out.
I thought I could just endure it for two days, but after so many days, they still haven't left.
Lu Jiayuan happened to be visiting, so she took the opportunity to speak, "I need to talk to him about something. Why don't you all go home first?"
"You've been working at our house for so many days. Thank you for your hard work. There's nothing to do now."
Several people who were working immediately put down their work, "Aunt, my mother said that if it weren't for your help this time, our family would be finished, so I have to repay you well."
"That's right. My dad also said that one should never be ungrateful."
Several other people had the same idea.
Don’t think that the punishment for having more than one child is a fine.
Where would people in rural areas get so much money? If they can't pay the fine, their belongings will have to be used to pay off the debt.
Families with many children cannot save much money to raise them, and even if they mortgage their houses, they may not be able to pay the fines.
So it is not an exaggeration to say that a family can be ruined because of a fine.
They owed Lu Xing such a big favor, they had to find a way to repay it.
But if the family has money to buy gifts, then there will be no debt of gratitude.
Since they have no money to buy gifts, they can only express their gratitude by helping with work.
It just so happened that it wasn't the busy farming season and there was nothing to do at home, so they were sent to Lu Xing.
"I know you mean well, but I'm alone at home and don't have much work to do."
"The woodshed is full of firewood, and you've already turned the soil over seven times."
"How about this, if something happens I'll call you guys to help?"
Lu Xing also knew that they came to help with good intentions, but she was really not used to so many people gathering in her house.
Some people didn't know whether they understood what she meant.
In the next few days, he didn't come to her house again, but he still helped to chop firewood and take care of the vegetables in the field as usual.
April and May are the season for eating snails. The snail meat at this time is the fattest and cleanest.
Usually, children like to go to the river to catch snails at this time, which can be used as an extra meal in the evening.
Lu Xing also likes to eat snails.
Several of her nephews and nieces went to the river and caught almost all the snails upstream and downstream, and brought them all to her to eat.
If you can’t eat the extra, you can keep it in a pot first.
Snails are not easy to kill.
The kids are not very happy because they don’t have snacks.
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The snails in April and May are particularly delicious, the meat is the fattest and cleanest. I recommend stir-fried river snails, which taste fresh and sweet.
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