“We can find out everything. Those higher up will investigate even more thoroughly than we can. Now we just have to wait.”
If the enemy doesn't move, I won't move either. How they proceed depends on what those people say and do.
Wei Baichuan thought about his wife's current status in the brigade and how they had severed ties with the Wei family.
What is he afraid of? What reputation? Who in the village dares to say a bad word about his wife?
It's time to let everyone see the people in the mountains. He really wanted Huang Cuifen to know that her husband's biological mother was someone who abandoned her husband and children and eloped with someone else.
They had several children without any matchmaker or betrothal. This child eventually lived a good life in Yangliu Brigade, got married, had children, and even became the brigade leader.
He thought the members of Yangliu Brigade would probably be furious, and the Leishan Brigade next door would probably be infuriated. This time, the two brigades would definitely stand on the same side.
Early the next morning, the brigade's loudspeaker announced the distribution of grain, waking Suti up with the piercing shouts and cheers from his teammates.
"Is the grain being distributed today?" Su Ti thought back to last year when it was the same. The grain was distributed after the autumn harvest. At that time, she had just arrived at the brigade and still owed the brigade a lot of grain.
She probably won't owe anything this year. Even with her daily work points of one or two, she probably won't get much grain. But Wei Baichuan will definitely get a lot.
"Yes, we were assigned work points this year. I've been earning a full set of work points all year, which is definitely enough for the two of us to eat."
Wei Baichuan calculated how much grain he could get with his work points, and even if his wife didn't have a baby, he could still support her.
Previously, the Wei family relied solely on him and Wei Changgen; everyone else, without exception, just went through the motions.
Without him this year, and without Wei Changgen, he felt that he didn't need to do anything; the Wei family would starve to death on their own.
"Let's eat first and then go. There are too many people here now." Wei Baichuan knew that everyone was looking forward to this day and had probably been crowding around the brigade headquarters since early morning.
“Okay.” Suti had no expectations for her meager amount of food.
When the two finished their meal and strolled to the brigade headquarters, the brigade was already lining up to distribute grain, and the brigade leader and several people in the brigade headquarters were checking the accounts together.
"Captain, my family is short two work points." A family looked at their notebook and started arguing with the captain because their records didn't match the captain's.
“Your family got into a fight with Er Gouzi’s family last spring when you planted rice seedlings, and you trampled a row of seedlings. You were deducted two work points. We’ve got that recorded here, that’s right.”
The brigade leader took over halfway through the process, and he checked the grain distribution several times during the first distribution.
"Why is it my family's fault, and Er Gouzi's family's?" the man persisted.
"Same as above, deduct from all of them, hurry up, there are still many people behind." The captain urged impatiently.
With every household arguing like this, who knows when the grain will be distributed?
Suti and Wei Baichuan stood aside watching the amusing scene of the grain distribution. After the grain was distributed, they didn't leave, but looked at each other's houses, making it clear how much they had received.
"I thought you weren't coming," Guo Lili said as she saw Su Ti approaching. Wei Baichuan then went to talk to Bingzi and the others.
"I won't get much grain, so I thought it would be fine to come later." Su Ti looked at the group of educated youth who were all carrying bags and baskets.
Besides Guo Lili and Wu Xiulan, the others should also get a considerable share.
"I can't get much either. I plan to buy some later. Are you buying more this year?" Wu Xiulan and her companion weren't there to get a share of the grain; they were there to buy it.
In previous years, all three of them were the same; no matter how much they bought, it wasn't enough to eat, and they all had to rely on their families for subsidies.
“I’m not buying any this year. My husband’s share should be enough to eat. We still have some grain left from when we separated the family.”
Suti had no intention of buying grain; everyone knew how much grain they had, and they believed there was enough to eat.
Buying more would be a waste; some people might even suspect they're speculating.
"That's true. Your husband will probably get a lot of grain. It's a good thing you separated this year, otherwise all that grain would have to feed other people."
Both Guo Lili and Guo Lili were happy for Su Ti, especially since Su Ti now has a good job.
If she were still in the Wei family, wouldn't she have been completely schemed against by those people?
“That family is really someone else to Suti now.” Wu Xiulan laughed along.
Just as Suti was about to say something, he saw that the commotion had started again over there.
"Captain, you must have miscalculated. How come our family only has this little bit of food?" Su Nianyou was dumbfounded when she saw the small amount of grain.
Today, the brigade distributed grain, and my family was the last to arrive, dragging their feet.
Even Huang Cuifen, despite her illness, rushed over. They all knew that if the family didn't receive their share of grain, they wouldn't be able to survive.
But I didn't expect there to be only fifty catties of grain. What can that be enough for?
“That’s right. The money you spent at the clinic when you fainted last time was paid off with work points. And the matter with Jin Jianguo last time was also charged to your family’s account.”
The captain glared at them, knowing full well that the Wei family would cause trouble, and had marked each item on his notebook.
It was already quite merciful that Wei Changgen, as the brigade leader, didn't have his family's subsidy deducted in the first half of the year, since the majority of their income originally came from Wei Changgen and Wei Lao Er.
When Wei Changgen was still the brigade leader, everyone else would come today and ask for leave tomorrow, just wandering around to earn a few work points.
Later, when Wei Changgen got into trouble, no one would tolerate them anymore.
That whole family are lazybones; they only pretended for a few days when Wei Changgen was initially dismissed.
Later, apart from Li Hehua working, no one from her family was ever seen in the fields. The autumn harvest was all thanks to his scolding.
If they say they don't have enough food, then whose family does?
"Captain, why are we being blamed for the Jin family's actions? His affair with Li Hehua is still unclear. Who knows what his motives are? If you want to find someone, go find Li Hehua."
Su Nianyou couldn't bear to look at the notes written in the notebook anymore.
Only then did she realize that her father-in-law and Wei Baichuan had been the pillars of the family in the past, but now that they were both gone, the few people in the family were lucky to have even this little bit of food.
"How dare you say that? A lot of this grain comes from Li Hehua's work points. If you really want to calculate it, you should return the grain to her."
The captain had no patience for the Wei family and found their annoyance only annoying.
"Why should she get a share of the food when she's cheating on her husband? We're not happy about the Jin family's situation," Su Nianyou argued.
We need to have as much food as possible, otherwise how will we survive!
"You have no choice but to accept it, who gave you the right to speak? If you have a problem, go find the Jin family, don't block my way." The captain was so angry he laughed.
Anyone who is punished and sent to the cowshed would certainly not dare to show their face, but Wei Laosan's family is different; they don't care about anything.
She didn't use her intelligence in the right place, and she didn't even see that the Wei family members were watching from the sidelines, while she was the only one charging into battle.
Did she even know what going to the cowshed meant? She'll carry this stain for the rest of her life.
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