Chapter 20 I want a divorce!
The weather was getting colder day by day, and the atmosphere of the New Year was getting stronger. Each production team began to distribute the year's harvest according to the number of work points. In addition to grain and pork, this year's good harvest even gave them money.
Because Qin Jue worked as a breeder, the Qin family received quite a few work points, including four pounds of meat and thirty yuan.
"Here, Lai Di, this is your meat." It was cut along the fattiest part, with two or three inches thick white fat sandwiched between two thin strips of lean meat. Just by looking at it, you can imagine the scene of a mouthful of fat when you take a bite.
Even Qin Ju, who had lived for two lifetimes, couldn't help but swallow his saliva. What a dream lover in the world!
Wang Lifen quickly scanned the table and saw that everyone was busy with their own things, so she quietly took out a piece of black and red stuff from under the table, "Pork liver, your grandma told you to give it to Pan Di to nourish her body."
The pig liver was a big piece, almost half a pig liver. If other members saw it, they would definitely make a scene.
Qin Ju understood what he meant, took it and quickly stuffed it into the bottom of the backpack, "Thank you, uncle and aunt."
"Oh, what are you thanking me for? Don't leave so quickly, this isn't over yet!"
"Anything else?" Qin Ju was stunned.
Wang Lifen coughed twice on purpose, and when she saw that everyone was paying attention, she said loudly, "The cadres of our brigade have worked hard all year round without receiving any salary. They all volunteered to do practical things for everyone. Now I'm going to give the pig offal to a few cadres. Do you have any objections?"
She has always been upright in her work. Unlike other teams that took advantage of others' situations secretly, she not only gave more meat to the members in front of all the members, but also explained the reasons clearly.
The members were not unreasonable. Think about the contributions of the secretary, team leader, clerk and others to the collective over the past year. During the two heavy rains, they went to every house in the middle of the night to knock on doors and call people out for safety. During the landslides, they took the lead in digging people out in the rain. What's the big deal if they were given a little more meat? Not to mention that it was just a little water.
Although Lai Di is young, she has made significant contributions: first, she raises piglets, and second, she provides free medical treatment to everyone.
Even if Widow Liu wanted to say something veiled, Wang Lifen glared back at her. "Auntie, didn't you see Lai Di guarding the pig pen day and night? If your eyes are blurry, you need to get glasses quickly, or you won't be able to tell black from white."
These words were neither soft nor hard, and left Widow Liu speechless. She could only watch angrily as Qin Ju took away two pig trotters and half a set of large intestines.
These things have little meat and are smelly, but as Baozhu said, as long as they are washed clean and seasoned, they are really delicious. They have a large family and they can make everyone drool when they take them back! Widow Liu shed tears of envy.
It would be great if Baozhu was here.
That night, there was still one day before New Year's Eve. Some families did not dare to eat yet and wanted to save the meat for tomorrow night. But Qin Ju refused. She had to have a good meal tonight, otherwise she would be starved to death.
In her previous life, Zhao Qingsong loved to eat offal. She often processed pig intestines and pig trotters, roasting them if necessary, washing them if necessary, and then stir-frying them with spices such as scallions, ginger, garlic and peppercorns. If there was no sugar, she would not add sugar color and just stew them directly with water.
"Laidi, what do you think we should do with the pig liver?" That stuff is bloody and particularly fishy.
After taking cod liver oil for more than half a year, Qin Pan's night blindness has improved a lot, and he has grown a lot taller, almost catching up with children of the same age. "Let's not eat it yet. Let's hang it for two days to drain the blood and then make it into pig liver powder."
Now she treats the pig liver as medicine. It cannot be eaten casually. She makes it into pig liver powder and adds a few spoonfuls of it to the fourth child's bowl of porridge when cooking. She can add as much as the child eats and it is easy to store.
Qin Pan wrinkled her nose and was about to say that she didn't eat it like her grandmother, but when she thought about the money she would have to spend to buy cod liver oil, she had no choice but to agree.
Dinner was a rare meal of white rice, which was steamed with distinct grains, fragrant and soft, and stewed pig's trotters with greasy texture and fried shredded potatoes. It was a perfect match with rice. The three grandparents and grandchildren each ate three bowls of rice... At this moment, Qin Ju, as his wife, still missed Lao He very much. She wondered how this guy was doing in a foreign country.
The Mongols in the north are a nomadic people, so they should have no shortage of beef and mutton, but unfortunately he may not be able to eat them.
The latitude there is much higher than that of Shilan Province, and the temperature must be very low. I wonder if he is frozen?
But judging from the fact that he knew I was attending training courses and even found textbooks for himself, he still had a certain degree of freedom outside.
The food was good and the mood was good. Qin Guihua sighed, "I never dared to think about it before. Even the landlords and rich people couldn't live such a good life. The government is really good now!"
She was a refugee from the time when people were living in poverty. She didn't even have a full meal on the road, let alone meat. There were more than ten people in her family, but she was the only one who survived. Qin Guihua wiped her eyes and said, "I want to live a good life for my grandpa, grandma, parents, uncles, aunts, and cousins."
Qin Ju couldn't help but feel tears welling up in his eyes, "Hey, we will be better in the future, and then you won't be so interested in drinking water anymore."
"What to eat then?"
"Eat top-quality beef and mutton, seafood and river fish, and animals that fly in the sky and swim in the water."
“我活這麽大歲數也只吃過一頓牛肉，就是那年咱們隊裏的犁田牛病死咯，誰家都分了二斤，連皮帶毛的，你爸才将十五歲，肉剛拿回家就舔吧上，我都舍不得揍他。”
Qin Ju was afraid that she would be sad when thinking of her deceased son, so she quickly assured her: "Don't worry, grandma. I will make sure you eat meat every day until you don't want to eat anymore."
The three grandparents all laughed, thinking she was just bragging to cheer them up, but after dinner she actually asked in a serious manner how much money the family had.
Qin Guihua had seen her performance in the past six months and no longer treated her as a child. "With today's share, I have 180 yuan." It was her life savings. "By the way, I'll keep Xiao He's 60 yuan for you. When you go to live in Haicheng with him, I'll give it to you."
The granddaughter prepares herbs to exchange for money almost every week, sometimes for one or two yuan, sometimes for a little over ten yuan. But every time the old lady says that she is a grown-up girl and has some pocket money, so she only takes a few yuan as a token of her appreciation. Currently, she has saved nearly a hundred yuan in her own piggy bank.
Qin Ju shook her head. It was not certain whether she would go to Haicheng or not. Even if Lao He was a reliable person, she would rely on no one but herself in her life.
"Grandma, I'm thinking of renting a house in the county after the New Year. It will be convenient for me to go to training classes then."
"Why spend that money? Just go live at your eldest sister's house."
"This stay is not for one or two days, but half a year. I might have to work in the county in the future. Even the best relatives will have opinions. Besides, my eldest sister..." Thinking of the extraordinary significance of this year to grandma, she swallowed her words and decided to wait a little longer.
After waiting for a long time, Qin Youdi and Niu Dagang finally came on the second day of the first lunar month. Qin Jue pretended to make dumplings, winked at her second sister, and the two of them went into the kitchen. The dumplings were made on the night of the 30th, half pork and green onions, and half leeks and eggs. This was something that Youdi could hardly eat at her husband's house. Before she even started talking, she was already Drooling.
"Why didn't Shanyong come?" The little nephew was named Niu Shanyong. He had visited his third aunt Qin Ju twice when she was sick in his previous life. He was a very honest boy.
"I injured my hand playing with firecrackers on the night of the 30th, so I didn't bring him here."
"Is it serious?"
"It's nothing, just a scratch on the index finger that bleeds a little. His grandmother protected it like the apple of her eye. The ones from his uncle's and second uncle's families deserved it. They bled a lot. Humph, I said before that those two naughty kids would definitely get into trouble. See, it's come true, isn't it?"
Qin Ju was relieved when he heard that his nephew was fine. He took out a small red paper bag from his pocket and said, "Buy some candy for my nephew."
Youdi was delighted, "It's different after getting married, you've grown up and become sensible." In the past, the third child would not even think about giving red envelopes, and would even fight with his little nephew over food.
I opened it and thought, "Wow, how generous!" There was actually a whole dollar and sixty-six cents!
It was more than what her grandparents had given her, so she decided to slap them in the face as soon as she got home to see how supportive and generous her family was.
Qin Ju knew her intentions, but now the important thing was to ask, "Have you asked about the candidate?"
"Not only did he ask, but he also took it very seriously. He went to the county to conduct an on-site investigation the next day. When he saw that business was good and the work was easy, he agreed immediately." Since the rise of the "revolutionary Spring Festival" seven years ago, the trend of "keeping up the work on the 30th and continuing on the 1st" has become popular in all units and factories in the city. Even state-owned hotels do not take holidays.
"You mean that girl?"
"Yes, it's Zhu Bamei. Don't be fooled by her young age. She is actually very smart. As soon as she heard about it, she asked her seven brothers to go and see the house. After the brothers saw it, the younger sisters saw it. They went to investigate at least seven or eight times... When you meet her, you will know that this girl will definitely be extraordinary in the future."
"And the money?"
"At first she was only willing to give 280, but I negotiated it down to 300." Youdi puffed out her chest, her eyes shining.
Qin Ju's eyes moved slightly, "Is it really only three hundred?" She always felt that her second sister was not being honest.
"Hey, you damn girl, am I the kind of person who would take advantage of this? Don't you see what the situation is like now?" Qin Youdi was a little angry. "Qin Lai Di, I'm warning you, if you don't trust me anymore, I won't go."
Qin Ju carefully observed her expression again. She didn't seem to be pretending to be angry. Did she really wrongly accuse her second sister? However, she just wanted to vent her anger. The amount of money was not the most important thing. "Okay, after eating dumplings, we will say we want to go to the county department store. Grandma doesn't know yet."
In the end, the discussion went well. When it was time to leave, Qin Pan insisted on going with us as if he had eyes on the back of his head.
"You don't usually like to be a follower." Youdi was very suspicious. Little No. 4 never liked to play with anyone, whether it was her sisters at home or her friends in the village. She would rather squat and count ants by herself than play with others. That's why the children in the village didn't like her.
"I want to go." Qin Pan said this without blinking.
Qin Ju was afraid that any further stalemate would arouse her grandmother's suspicion, so she had no choice but to agree. However, she kept reminding her along the way that no matter what she saw or heard, she must not say a word and must not come back to tell her grandmother.
*
The Liu family's home was also exceptionally lively today. Originally, the custom in Shilan Province was that married girls would return to their parents' home on the second day of the Lunar New Year, but Liu Jiawei had to work overtime, so Qin Ailan could only postpone her return to her parents' home. Coincidentally, Liu's sister-in-law also returned, so she took half a day off to help her mother-in-law cook at home.
In name, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law cooked together, but in reality, Mrs. Liu had backache, toothache, and complained about the smell and heat. She only came in to check the progress during the cooking process, and the rest of the time she was chatting with people in the courtyard. As for the other two sisters-in-law, they went out early to avoid idleness. When they came back on time at mealtime, they would say a few sarcastic words, as if they were blaming the third daughter-in-law for taking all the work and leaving them at a loss as to what to do.
At first, Qin Ailan also had some opinions and mentioned them to Liu Jiawei, but he always comforted her, saying that his mother and his two sisters-in-law had no bad intentions and were just speaking frankly, so she should not worry about it, and that all new daughters-in-law would go through the same thing. Later, she was no longer considered a new daughter-in-law, and he said that because they had no children and had no contribution to the family, it was normal for her to cook more and do more housework, and that the family should be united when they were together.
Qin Ailan believed it at first, but when she went to work in a hotel recently, she realized that not all "new daughters-in-law" have to be as hardworking as her, and not all husbands are afraid to stand up for their wives.
She began to feel uneasy.
Of course, Ailan didn't know until she went to the hotel that her mother-in-law was not only like this at home, but also at work. She would hide if she could, and pretend to be sick if she couldn't. Seeing her age, everyone could only bear it and was forced to delegate her work. What made her colleagues even more headache was that her mouth was so idle that she could tell everything clearly about the hotel employees and even the little things happening in the houses two alleys away. Gongbao - gossiping.
At first everyone was worried that the retired mother-in-law would become a big Buddha, after all, birds of a feather flock together. But Qin Ailan turned out to be quiet, hardworking, and friendly to customers, always smiling. Sometimes when the chef was too busy, she would take the initiative to help cook a few dishes. Her colleagues all liked her.
"You've been gone for such a long time, you should have learned a few specialties. Let's make squirrel fish for your sister-in-law today." Old Lady Liu said in a commanding tone, "Put more chili in the celery, chili peppers."
Ailan subconsciously looked at her hands. She accidentally cut her hand at work yesterday and hadn't had time to fix it. Now if she cut chili peppers again...
"Why, I can't help you? You, don't compare with your elder sister-in-law and second sister-in-law. Who can let your father and mother compete with each other? They are all workers in the city? If there is anything going on in our old Liu family, let us know, all departments will If someone can help me, what do you have? If you don't come to Qiu Feng, I'll thank them!"
It doesn't matter what she says, except when it comes to her family, Qin Ailan can't stand it anymore, "Mom, my grandma and three sisters also give us a lot of gifts."
"Pah, potatoes, radishes, and cabbages are worth only a few dollars. In the countryside, you can dig up several kilograms of them just by using your feet. Look how capable they are."
Qin Ailan opened her mouth and said, "If you don't want it, then why did you quarrel with the vegetable seller over a carrot last time?"
"What kind of family is our Liu family? You are so lucky to be able to marry into our family, not to mention that you have been married for so many years and have not laid an egg. Jiawei is so old now, but because of you, he can't even hold his head up in the factory. Do you want to make our family extinct and make your man lose his head?"
Speaking of this, Mrs. Liu's face turned darker than the bottom of a pot. She even spat in front of Ailan and crushed her face with the sole of her shoe.
Ailan wanted to say that this was a place for cooking, and even her grandmother, an old country woman, knew not to spit casually, but she swallowed the words out of habit. Yes, she couldn't give birth to a son for the Liu family, and she felt sorry for the Liu family and Liu Jiawei.
These words were like a spell. She couldn't remember who said them to her first. Her husband? Her mother-in-law? Her father-in-law? Her sister-in-law? Her younger sister-in-law?
Anyway, now even her little nephew uses this sentence to pressure her.
Qin Ailan had just finished cutting the chili peppers in silence. Her hands were red and swollen from the spiciness. The two cuts that had not healed yet started bleeding again. She was about to rinse them with water when her mother-in-law came in to supervise her. "Hey, you are slacking off. You have only cut the chili peppers after all this time. Your sister-in-law and her family are back. You are starving my precious grandchildren. I will show you how I will punish you!"
As she was cursing, someone suddenly shouted from the courtyard below: "Ailan, Qin Ailan, someone's looking for you!"
Old Lady Liu stuck her head out and saw that it was the director of women's affairs at the street office. She did not dare to neglect him, "Hey, Director Yao, please come over and sit down."
"I won't sit down anymore. Let's go find your Ailan."
"Hurry up, I'm going to tell you about cooking for the secretary's family tomorrow. Be sweet-mouthed. Whether your second brother can become a team leader depends on him."
Ailan is a good cook, which is her only advantage in the eyes of the Liu family. Whenever neighbors want to have a dinner party, they ask her to help with the cooking. She can always cook the most delicious and face-saving meals with the least money. So there was a reason why Mrs. Liu was willing to give her the job.
The whole family's idea was to let her work in a state-owned hotel for a few years to gain experience, preferably to learn some skills from master chefs. This way, when she goes out to take private jobs in the future, she will have a legitimate reason and be able to charge a higher price.
"Okay, auntie, I'll be right there." Ailan didn't even have time to wash her hands before she trotted downstairs. She went over the dishes she was going to make tomorrow in her mind, just in case the secretary asked her about it later, and she would be able to tell him what she wanted to say. If there were any additions or subtractions, she could also write them down.
After walking to a place where Mrs. Liu could not hear, the director of women's affairs whispered, "Don't be nervous. It's nothing. You are also a person with a miserable life..."
The Liu family scolded her for not being able to lay eggs and eating for free, as if she had not contributed anything to the family, but she had worked on this street for a lifetime and knew everything about. Although Qin Ailan did not have a fixed job, she had to do housework every everyone year, take care of the food, drink, defecation and urination of a family of more than people, and help prepare banquets. Depending on the scale of the banquet, she would get one or two yuan at a minimum and four or five yuan at a maximum. Especially when it came to families holding weddings, they would give red envelopes of three and six or three and eight yuan.
With this income, one can make a lot in a year. The Liu family is really going too far!
Even so, when the other person's family came, they didn't have a good face. They kept making indirect accusations and were like a pug to the eldest and second son's wife's family. Their tail was about to break. As a neighbor, she couldn't stand it.
Qin Ailan was not a person who was good at initiating conversation. Seeing that the director of the Women's Department was hesitant to speak, she was worried that she might have done something wrong and upset her, so she didn't dare to say a word and kept her head down like a quail.
So, what Qin Ju saw was an elder sister who lowered her head, looking uneasy and cautious. She should have been in her prime, as she was only 24 years old!
When Qin Ailan walked to the door of the street office, she saw that the people standing there were not the secretary and his wife, but her sister and her group.
"Why are you here? Is there something wrong with grandma?" Even the second and his wife and the fourth child were here.
Seeing that everyone was keeping their heads down and not speaking, Ailan became even more anxious, "Laidi, please tell me, what's wrong with our grandma?"
Qin Ju raised her head, revealing a pair of red and swollen eyes, and cried, "Sister, grandma... sob, sob...", vaguely uttering words such as "hospital" and "rescue".
Qin Ailan's legs went limp, but her responsibility as the eldest sister forced her to stand still. "Which hospital?"
"She was transferred to the provincial hospital." Qin Youdi was not one to cry and said, "The hospital said that her baby's condition is very serious and that she needs to prepare at least 300 yuan. You know my in-laws well, and they can't afford to pay much. Lai Di didn't want to come to you at first, but I suggested that she come."
This is in line with her style of doing things. Qin Ailansi had no doubts, "Three hundred yuan, now there is still a shortfall..."
"We have no money. We have asked around, but we can't borrow even a penny from the village."
Three hundred yuan these days is a huge sum of money, not something an average family can afford, let alone a poor family like the Qin family, where even thirty yuan is a problem.
Qin Ailan bit her lip and her eyes were red. Although Liu Jiawei said that he was good to her and gave her all the good medicine, the bulk of his salary was given to his mother-in-law. It was said that the eldest and second sons' families were the same. She had never doubted the truth before. In addition, Liu Jiawei had been busy with work in the past six months and had suddenly increased social engagements. Not only was the salary he left not enough to spend, but these two months he even started asking her for money.
The few dozen dollars of pocket money that I had saved with great difficulty was taken away by him bit by bit.
But at this moment, she was her grandmother's only lifeline, so she had to find a way. She gritted her teeth and said, "Wait, I'll go ask the old lady."
Youdi quickly grabbed her and said, "Oh, sister, you are so stupid. If the Liu family can lend money to our grandma for medical treatment, I will pull my head off. Do you believe it?"
Qin Ailan's lips moved, unable to refute, but if she didn't try, how could she be worthy of her grandmother? At this time, if there was a glimmer of hope, she couldn't let it go.
Youdi wanted to persuade her again, but Qin Ju shook her head gently, saying that her elder sister was still so naive, and she would have to be allowed to hit a wall before she would completely give up on the Liu family.
*
"What? You want to borrow money for your grandma's medical treatment?!" At home, Mrs. Liu almost jumped up when she heard this.
Even the sister-in-law said in a gloomy tone: "I say, Third Sister-in-law, are you having problems with your brain? You have married into our Liu family, so what does the old lady's illness have to do with you?"
"My milk raised the four of us sisters from childhood. I can't..."
"So what? You are a member of the Liu family. If you still miss her, just go home. Our third brother has a job and is a skilled technician. There are many young ladies waiting to marry him. It is possible that he will have a grandson within two months of marriage. Unlike you...tsk tsk."
Qin Ailan had been bullied by her sister-in-law many times over the years, but this was the first time she had said words to instigate their divorce in front of her. Ailan looked at her mother-in-law a little aggrieved.
Unexpectedly, Mrs. Liu not only did not stop her daughter, but also agreed: "That's right, our conditions for strengthening the relationship are very good!"
The light in Qin Ailan's eyes suddenly dimmed.
She bit her lip, thinking of her seriously ill grandmother, her knees suddenly went weak, and she knelt on the ground with a plop: "Mom, please consider this as a plea from you, please lend me 300 yuan first, and my sister will pay you back later." She didn't dare to say that she would pay it back, otherwise the Liu family would worry that she was "eating from her own family".
But despite this, Mrs. Liu remained unmoved. "Kneeling is useless. We don't have that much money."
"How, how could that be? Didn't Jiawei pay you 20 yuan every month before..." For six whole years, 1,400 yuan, not counting bonuses and birthday gifts, and 300 yuan is only one-fifth of it.
Old Lady Liu's face was longer than a donkey's. "What, are you going to settle accounts with your mother-in-law? Does this family spend no money? Is everything you eat, drink and wear blown by the wind?"
"People from the countryside love to calculate. If you are so calculating, why don't you become an accountant?"
Ailan wiped the spit on her face and wanted to retort that they hadn't spent any money at home in all these years. But she was not good at talking and was used to being suppressed. The mother and daughter pressed her like a machine gun and she could only worry.
After holding it in for a long time, he remembered something, "The day before yesterday, Dad promised to buy a Forever bicycle for my eldest sister-in-law, and a sewing machine for my second sister-in-law..." Just for these two things, their family didn't have tickets, plus the cost of finding someone to exchange the tickets, it would be close to eight or nine hundred yuan.
Enough to save her grandmother's life.
"Hey, what's wrong with you, Old Third? Our parents promised to buy things for me and my eldest sister-in-law. That's the old people's kindness. You still want to compete with them in everything? My eldest sister-in-law and I have given birth to two sons, but what did you give birth to?"
"That's right, don't overestimate your own abilities."
“…”
After the two sisters-in-law joined in, Qin Ailan didn't even have the chance to open her mouth.
*
At the door of the street office, the director of the women's department saw Qin Ju and the others rubbing their hands in coldness, and said warmly: "Come in and sit down. It's difficult to ask the Liu family to lend you money. It will probably take a while."
The sisters thanked him but did not go in. They just kept looking in the direction of Liu's alley.
Qin Pan's eyes moved around her two sisters for a moment. She was the smartest one in the family, and it took her only a few minutes to understand what her second and third sisters were doing. "We can't lie to our eldest sister."
"Girl, do you know what deception is? This is called a white lie."
"Qin Pan, please remember the injustice our eldest sister suffered today. One day, I will get every penny back." The evil deeds done by the Liu family are not only what they know now. In the last life, the eldest sister was forced to go crazy and was locked up in a mental hospital!
Niu Dagang on the side suddenly shrank his neck. Why did his sister-in-law's words make his neck feel so cold?
Thinking of the supporting documents needed for this matter, Qin Ju was not idle and told the matter again to the director of the Women's Department standing beside her. If her second sister wanted to go to the Provincial Hospital to see her grandmother, she would need a letter of introduction from her unit or the street office. Now it was too far to drive to the unit and she was afraid she would not be able to catch the train, so she hoped that the street office could help issue a letter of introduction.
The head of the women's department had always had a good impression of Ailan. She had invited her to prepare the wedding banquet for her two sons' weddings. Not only did she not ask for a single red envelope from her, but she also used the least amount of money to prepare a banquet that everyone praised. She was just wondering how to express her gratitude. "Okay, you guys wait, ah."
After a while, she came out with three fixed-format introduction letters. "I guess you will still need to stay at a guesthouse and buy some nutritional supplements. I will leave this blank for now. You can fill it out when you arrive in the provincial capital. I remember that your eldest sister is educated, right?"
Everyone agreed quickly and breathed a sigh of relief.
Qin Ju was grateful for the old lady's understanding, and thought that she would thank her if she had the chance in the future. She had to make sure this matter was flawless and not let anyone else get involved.
After waiting for about half an hour, Qin Ailan finally limped out. Youdi saw the two gray marks on her knees and immediately became furious: "I told you not to ask them for a loan, but you insisted on going and bringing shame upon yourself."
Qin Ailan lowered her head and said in a low voice, "It's okay, I just fell accidentally." Then she took out a bunch of colorful dimes from her pocket, which were all the money she saved when buying vegetables.
Youdi curled her lips. She had never seen anyone so frightened. She didn't even want to tell anyone that this was her sister.
Qin Ju counted the money carefully and sighed, "Only three yuan and forty-two cents, three hundred yuan. What should I do..."
"If it doesn't work, let's just take the milk home. It's better to delay it for as many days as possible."
Ailan's eyes rolled down and she gritted her teeth and said, "No, I must get treatment."
However, no one dared to answer. What should we do if we have no money?
Silence. There was a deathly silence in the air.
Suddenly, Niu Dagang, who had been silent, interrupted and said, "I have an idea, but I don't know if you are willing to do it, big sister."
"Of course I'm willing. I'm willing to do anything to save your life." The spark of hope rekindled in Ailan's eyes.
Youdi glared at her husband, as if she was going to cover his mouth. "What nonsense are you talking about? I am such a coward, I will definitely not agree to it."
Qin Ailan was so excited that her eyes widened immediately. "Second brother-in-law, tell me quickly. I am willing to go through fire and water even if it means I have to go through mountains of swords and mountains of fire."
"There's no need to risk everything. Just... come here, elder sister, and I'll tell you." No one could hear what he said. Ailand hesitated at first, but when she thought of her grandmother who was still waiting for money to save her life, she immediately made up her mind, "Okay."
Holding the letter of introduction, they turned two street corners and came to a young couple. "Let me introduce you. This is Bamei from our village. You can just call her Bamei. This is my elder sister Qin Ailan. You can call her Bamei..."
"Sister Ailan." Zhu Bamei smiled and continued, "Sister Ailan, have you made up your mind?"
Qin Ailan was hesitant at first, but when she thought of her grandmother waiting for the life-saving money, she had to harden her heart. Just like Lai Di said on the way here, she has been married to the Liu family for so many years, and she has worked hard even if she has no credit. The salary handed over by her husband alone is more than 1,000 yuan. She works like a slave at home. This income is legally the common property of the couple, and she has the right to share half of it, so she doesn't feel so guilty.
Besides, if the Liu family makes trouble, she will take responsibility for it and will definitely pay it back in the future.
With her firm "I've made up my mind", everyone breathed a sigh of relief. The Zhu brothers and sisters were also smiling. They came to the state-owned hotel with the letter of introduction to find the manager...
Half an hour later, with the introduction letter stamped by the state-owned hotel, they went to the Labor Bureau to file a record. The matter was completely settled and could not be changed even by the Lord.
Ailan held the 300 yuan in her hand, and she felt relieved. But she didn't dare to relax. "Laidi, help me put the money in my pocket. Make sure it's well loaded on the train."
Although she had never been out of the house, she had heard from Liu Jiawei that the money of the cashier of the steel factory was stolen when he went to a meeting. Those thieves were very powerful and could snatch the watch from the wrist in just a few words. For some reason, she trusted the third brother very much and felt that he could definitely keep the life-saving money.
Qin Ju carefully put it in his pocket. The largest denomination nowadays was only ten yuan, and three hundred yuan was a thick stack!
"Let's go, let's buy train tickets to the provincial capital."
Youdi and Qin Ju looked at each other and said, "We must go to the provincial capital. We should tell our brother-in-law about this so that he won't worry."
Ai Lan thought about it and it made sense, but - "He worked overtime today, and I don't know if he's off work yet."
"It's okay, let's just go to the factory to find him." He pulled Ai Lan away without saying anything.
But to Ailan's disappointment, Liu Jiawei's co-worker in the same workshop said he was not there. "Didn't he say he had something to do at home today and asked for leave? He has asked for leave several times during this period."
"He's not at home. He often comes to work overtime."
Seeing that she didn't believe him, the worker showed her the attendance sheet and said, "Look, he asked for leave on Monday, Thursday, the 29th, and today. He even signed it himself."
Ailan looked around and saw that it was indeed her husband's signature. She felt strange. If he had asked for leave because of something at home, it would be fine. But he didn't go home. Did he encounter some difficulties outside?
Qin Ju and You Di were almost laughed at by the naive elder sister. Why are you still making excuses for the bastard at this time? The key is not whether he is okay or not, but whether he lied to you, elder sister!
"Forget about it if we can't find anyone for now, let's go to the train station first." Niu Dagang felt even colder on the back of his neck. He swore that he would never dare to play tricks in front of these two sisters even if he was beaten to death, especially the third sister, who didn't know what was wrong with that melon-shaped head.
The group hurried along the opposite side of the train station and the steel plant. After walking for about 20 minutes, they saw the county primary school not far away. Qin Ju suddenly rushed into a large courtyard and ran straight to the last room. Through a corner of the curtain, he could vaguely see two figures sticking out of the quilt on the kang. He quickly winked at Niu Dagang.
Niu Dagang mourned for his brother-in-law in his heart for half a minute, but his face showed the same excitement as if he had made some money. This was too exciting! There were also adulterers in the village, but this was the first time he caught one in the act!
With a heavy bang from his foot, the door opened. As if by appointment, Youdi and Qinjue exclaimed in surprise before they even saw anyone: "Brother-in-law, why is it you?"
The man and woman on the kang were panicked. The man yelled, "Who is your brother-in-law? Get out! Get out!"
Youdi's voice was not exaggerated. She raised her arms and shouted: "Hurry up, someone is here. The advanced model worker in the steel plant is having an affair!" She knows how to attract traffic.
"This is unbelievable! They're having an affair on the second day of the Chinese New Year!"
These two sounds attracted the neighbors who were resting at home or preparing dinner. As the "creaking" sounds came one after another, a large crowd suddenly gathered in front of the door.
Niu Dagang rushed forward and held down Liu Jiawei. Although Liu Jiawei was sturdier, Niu Dagang often fought with others and had a trick to defeat the enemy. He crossed his hands behind his back and pressed on his waist, making Liu Jiawei unable to move.
Qin Youdi grabbed the woman's hair and stretched out her hand to pull the quilt. The woman was embarrassed and tried to pull the quilt to cover her naked body, but her scalp was pulled so hard that it hurt. She began to beg for mercy: "Sister, please spare my life. I was forced to do this. He said that the women in his family couldn't give birth. He said that he would marry me as long as I could give birth to a son. He also arranged for me to work in a state-owned hotel. I was deceived by him!"
Who is Qin Youdi? She never loses a fight. She picked up the sole of her shoe and slapped her on the mouth: "Damn you, you shameless bitch! Why can't my elder sister have a baby? It's obviously because this man is a coward. He can't have a baby himself but he blames the woman. If he could really have a baby, why didn't you get pregnant after you slept for so long?"
All of a sudden, the infertile pot lid was turned upside down on the dog man's head.
Qin Ju quietly raised her thumbs up. Her second sister was still her second sister. In fact, she had never been pregnant with Liu Jiawei's infertility because he had two children in his previous life.
"Neighbors, please judge for yourself. My elder sister is fine. How can she be infertile?"
The grandparents who were watching the excitement looked at the dumbstruck Qin Ailan, who was of medium height, healthy, with a rosy and shiny complexion and black and shiny hair. She certainly didn't look sick. Then they looked at the woman who was beaten and screaming on the kang. They immediately said that this man was really ungrateful, and he cheated on his beautiful wife with her.
It's true that all the shit you haven't eaten outside is delicious.
Qin Ju was not worried about her elder sister's condition. She was just worried about the speed at which Qin Pan would go to call for help. If no one came, her second brother-in-law would not be able to control Liu Jiawei.
I was able to suppress him just now because he was caught off guard. Now he has come to his senses and knows that the impact of this matter must be kept to a minimum in order to minimize the losses to him.
As for paying attention to Qin Ailan's condition, he didn't have time to care.
Taking advantage of this time, Qin Ju has already asked the aunts around to find out the woman's situation: He Xiaohong, female, 28 years old, unknown marital status, used to think that Liu Jiawei was her husband, was originally a substitute teacher in a primary school, now unemployed, daily expenses are not cheap, everyone can always smell the smell of meat in her house, and even the clothes she wears are much better than ordinary people.
Qin Ju sneered. This bastard even had to ask his elder sister for money for a pack of cigarettes, but he was willing to spend a lot of money on that wild woman outside.
Qin Pan, who usually works slowly, was very quick this time. He led several police officers in uniform in a moment and said, "Comrades, there is a fight here."
It was almost a "mistake" in an instant, and the situation took a sharp turn for the worse, with Liu Jiawei suppressing Niu Dagang and He Xiaohong beating Qin Youdi. What's more, the couple was good at making a lot of noise but doing little. They started screaming without even touching them, and the police thought they were about to be beaten to death.
In particular, the two "victims" had red and blue marks on their faces, their clothes were torn to pieces, and their hair was in a mess, while Liu Jiaweihe, who had been beaten for a quarter of an hour, had no visible injuries on his red face.
"Let go, you want to fight in a group, right? No more fighting!"
"If you continue to fight, someone will die. Let go!"
Several police officers came up and separated the people. Before Youdi and her husband could even begin to cry out for justice, the aunts around them said angrily, "Comrades, we're going to report them for having an affair!"
"Yes! He Xiaohong is a slut!"
"The key is that Liu Jiawei, as an advanced labor model of our county steel plant, actually cheated on his wife. This is simply damaging the image of our vast working masses. We must set an example for others!"
So, within less than ten minutes, after explanations from the Qin family and the crowd, the police also knew the whole story. "He not only cheated on his sister-in-law and brother-in-law, but also beat them up like this. Today we are really enlightened!"
Want to deny it? No way. First, he has been caught, and second, the neighbors have witnessed him coming so many times, and he claims to be He Xiaohong's man. This is a de facto marriage!
At this time, a group of people rushed in from the door. "I heard that someone from our factory is having an affair here?"
"Is it really Liu Jiawei from our workshop three?"
"That's right, Brother Liu, you are really capable. You asked me to cover for you before, saying that there was an emergency at home, but you came here to have an affair. Bah!"
"You are a member of our steel factory. Do Uncle Liu and Big Brother Liu and Second Brother Liu know that you are having an affair?"
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Very good, Qin Ju nodded and thanked the boy in the distance. She had just given him fifty cents to ride his bicycle quickly to the steel factory to call for help. He did a good job.
At this point, Liu Jiawei was completely depressed. Not only was he depressed, he was also taken away by the police on the spot.
"Sister, are you okay?" Qin Ju looked at Qin Ailan with concern, who had not said a word from beginning to end. In fact, she had been paying attention to her condition, and even made several emergency plans in her mind, what should she do if she fainted.
But to her surprise, Qin Ailan neither cried nor fainted, nor did she suffer a mental breakdown. The medicine she changed promptly prevented the "poison" from damaging her nervous system.
"It's okay, let's go to the train station." Qin Ailan wiped the corners of her eyes and actually felt relieved.
"The milk issue is not urgent, as for this bastard's issue..." Youdi rubbed her face that was scratched by He Xiaohong. Her injuries were all visible, but He Xiaohong was not so lucky. She specifically targeted women's most secretive places and was very cruel to them, enough to keep her lying in bed for ten days or half a month.
"I want a divorce."
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