Chapter 21: Leave the money and get out!
Everyone was stunned. Although they had already discussed that divorce was the most perfect solution, they were also prepared for a protracted war or drastic measures to persuade Ailan to divorce. They did not expect that she would make such a decision in just a few hours.
Very calm, not angry words.
"Have you thought about it?"
"I've thought it through." This time, Qin Ailan did not lower her head like she did before. Just like Lai Di said, she did nothing wrong, so why should she always lower her head? The ones who should lower their heads should be Liu Jiawei who cheated on his wife, and He Xiaohong who hooked up with a married man.
The three sisters of the Qin family all breathed a sigh of relief. As long as the eldest sister was determined to get a divorce, the matter would be easy to handle.
In order to end the Gordian knot quickly, Niu Dagang made a phone call to the Qilitun Brigade Headquarters that evening and called all his uncles, brothers, and cronies to come over, and they went to the steel factory compound in a heroic and high-spirited manner.
At this time, the old Liu family was still immersed in the shock of "my son was arrested by the police station for having an affair". Suddenly, dozens of farmers from Village No. 1 rushed into the gate of the compound, "Liu, get out!"
The steel mill children in the compound were usually very united, and all of them were united in facing the outside world. However, Liu Jiawei's affair was witnessed by countless people, and it was also illegal. Who was willing to stand up for him? They all crouched down and watched the excitement, thinking that if these people from the village went too far and ignored them, they would come out to stop them.
But Niu Dagang was not stupid. He had already explained everything. The people he brought with him only shouted fiercely, but they didn't have any tools in their hands, so it was impossible for them to really take any action. Anyway, they just used the loudspeaker his father used for meetings to shout at the Liu family to come out and ask them to give an explanation to the innocent Qin Ailan.
Because of this, all the greedy people in the Liu family dared not come out.
Finally, someone called the secretary and the factory director to come and barely maintain order. "Don't worry, fellow villagers. Our employees did something wrong. As leaders, we would like to apologize first." As soon as the police arrested the people, the official letter was sent to the factory within half an hour. It was difficult for them not to admit it.
Niu Dagang shouted, "Your apology is useless. Let the Liu family come out. Do they have the guts to admit it? My aunt married into their family and worked like a slave for so many years, only to find out that she married a man without balls. She can't have children, but they put the blame on my aunt. They wasted her youth for so many years. This loss of reputation and youth, you want to get over it with just an apology? No way!"
"Yes, no way!"
"That's right, their family must have known that Liu Jiawei is infertile. This is a marriage fraud!"
"Bah, you're a bastard who's cheating on your wife! You're shameless!"
The family members in the compound listened with great interest, thinking that the Liu family was really wicked and Ailan had been cursed for many years. Some of the aunts and uncles even started to play Sherlock Holmes, looking for evidence of Liu Jiawei's "no balls" from his daily words and deeds, and they all spoke with confidence, as if they had heard it themselves hiding under the bed.
Qin Ju once again looked at his second sister with admiration.
But no matter how people outside shouted or how the neighbors talked about them, the Liu family was as dead as ever.
"Dear leaders and fellow workers, we are not here to cause trouble on New Year's Day. We only have one request: the Liu family must pay for the divorce, or we will not leave. We will go home when they pay. Anyway, we will just sit here. I don't believe that you will not give us food and drink, right?"
The factory manager's face is almost as black as the bottom of a pot. Today is only the second day of the Chinese New Year! The New Year has not even ended yet and these plague gods are blocking the door. Do the thousands of people in the factory still have work and life? I want to call the police to arrest them, but they didn't fight or disrupt the production order. If I don't care, what will happen to so many people eating, drinking, defecating and urinating?
You can't really let him starve to death!
The secretary and the factory manager went to the Liu family's house and knocked on their door, but they failed to get them out. Their faces turned even darker. Shouldn't you pay compensation and apologize for doing something wrong? Can this be a solution?
Bah, what misfortune for the factory!
I don't know who it was, but he said in a strange tone: "Hey, it seems that your factory secretary and director are not very effective. If it were in our brigade, who would dare not give face to the branch secretary and team leader?"
The leadership team is collectively angry. The Liu family really doesn't take them seriously!
Well, since you don't give us face, we can only solve the current difficulties in our own way.
The secretary and the factory director lowered their heads to discuss the matter. The two old men usually did not get along with each other, but when it came to uniting to deal with external conflicts, they had surprisingly unified opinions - to send the people away first.
The people brought by Niu Dagang were not in a hurry. There was nothing to do in the fields. Why not join in the fun when there was already something going on? They just started chatting in the yard, but the topic was still about Liu Jiawei's adultery and Liu Jiawei having no balls... The family members of the steel factory over there didn't catch the adultery with their own eyes, but they would chime in from time to time. It was so lively, like everyone was going to a big fair!
Finally, after discussing for a long time, the factory director said, "How about this, fellow villagers? It's getting late today, and we feel sorry for you guys who are hungry and freezing in such a cold weather. How about we pay the Liu family and deduct it from their wages in the future?"
Liu Jiawei couldn't escape being fired, but old man Liu and his son and daughter-in-law, a total of five people, were all factory employees, and their monthly salary was not low.
Niu Dagang was delighted. His sister-in-law was really good at predicting things. She even thought of what the leaders in the factory would say.
But he knew that he had to stay calm before he got the money, so he coughed lightly and said, "Do you mean what you said? Don't lose money now or they won't acknowledge it later."
"It counts." The secretary's face was dark, and he almost squeezed out these two words from his throat.
The Liu family didn't give them face in front of all the factory workers today. If everyone follows suit, how can they be leaders? They are all the bosses! Let alone deducting their wages, even firing them would not be enough to relieve their hatred.
"Don't worry, there are so many of us here to testify. We are paying the compensation on their behalf. If they dare to cause trouble to you in the future, just come to us." The factory director also said angrily.
Niu Dagang then pretended to "discuss" with the person he had brought here.
Seeing that most of them nodded in agreement, the factory leader also wanted to end the trouble quickly and have a happy New Year, so he quickly said, "How much is the compensation? You name the amount, and we will definitely satisfy you if we can satisfy it."
"900 yuan."
"Wow! So many!"
"How dare you, Lion, to ask for such a big price!"
"Are these peasants crazy for money?"
Many people were talking about it, and the factory leaders were also shocked. What does 900 yuan mean these days? A family with two employees would need several years to save that much even if they didn't eat or drink!
"Isn't this inappropriate?" The secretary didn't dare to offend anyone too much. After all, it was their factory and the Liu family who were at fault.
"Wait a minute, leaders, please listen to my calculation. I am not asking for such a huge amount of money. When my eldest sister married into the Liu family, she did not ask for any betrothal money and even gave a dowry. At that time, she did not know that she was deceived by the Liu family and was only thinking about living a happy life. Now that she knows that she was deceived, she must at least pay back the betrothal money, right?" A crisp female voice spoke, and everyone realized that Niu Dagang, who had just led the trouble, had been looking at this little female comrade.
She was only eighteen or nineteen years old, but she was prettier than Qin Ailan, with a pair of watery and bright eyes, but she also revealed a sense of steadiness and strength that made people dare not underestimate her.
Of course everyone nodded. This was true. If you were cheated, you should make up for it.
"According to the general level of betrothal gifts at that time, the Liu family owed my eldest sister thirty yuan, plus the new clothes and shoes she should buy for the wedding and the 'seventy-two legs', which converts to twenty yuan in cash, so a total of fifty yuan. Everyone, help me judge, is this reasonable?"
Everyone nodded again. When Liu Jiawei and Qin Ailan got married, they really cared about these things. The better-off families in the city even started to "turn three times and ring one time". The Qin family really didn't ask for a lot. At that time, Mrs. Liu was still proud of not spending a penny to marry her daughter-in-law. Everyone in the compound knew about this. They said behind his back that Liu Jiawei didn't look good, but the wife he married without spending money was a beauty.
"Since my eldest sister married into the Liu family, she has been working day and night to take care of the whole family. She even took care of my two sisters-in-law and my younger sister-in-law during their confinement. All the aunties and grandmas in the neighborhood have seen this, right?"
"Yes, we all saw it." An old lady responded.
Another lady said, "I still remember the year her eldest sister-in-law gave birth to her second child. It was a cold winter and the water was frozen. Ailan was washing diapers for her. Her hands were frozen red. It was really pitiful..."
"I, I saw it too. That winter she not only washed diapers, but she didn't even wear socks. Her exposed ankles were red and swollen, like big radishes. Later, the Liu family didn't even say they would take her to the hospital. She just recovered by herself. How pitiful..."
"That's right. When the workers in their family get off night shift, Ailan gets up at four in the morning to cook and heat up their meals. She also heats the bath water for her father-in-law and eldest uncle, and washes their clothes and pants. As for the men's pants, Ailan is embarrassed to wash them, and their mothers don't wash them either. They have been covered like this for several days, and they stink, like someone's shit..."
"There is no daughter-in-law in this family who doesn't wash the crotch of her father-in-law and uncle. This person doesn't even treat Ailan as a human being."
“…”
Everyone was talking, the speaker was moved, the listener was even more moved, Qin Youdi's eyes were red, her elder sister was being used as a maid! "This damn Liu family, even the maids in the landlords' houses in the old society were not exploited like this!"
Qin Ju was not in a good situation either, but she knew her mission and cleared her throat. "Even in the old society, servants received monthly wages. Now, it's not too much for them to compensate my sister with a salary, right?"
Now, even the leaders didn't know what to say. They had all heard of mothers-in-law bullying their daughters-in-law, but this was the first time they had heard of sisters-in-law, sisters-in-law, father-in-law, and uncle's entire family bullying them as well.
"According to the wage levels in recent years, we are not comparing ourselves with male comrades. Let's compare our wages with the eldest daughter-in-law of the Liu family. If we break even, it's 19 yuan per month. Is that not too much?" In the past few years, wages were indeed low. Female comrades' physical strength could not catch up with male comrades, so they could only do light work.
He knew what the accountants in the factory did and how much everyone's salary was, so he quickly said, "It's more than that. If I remember correctly, it can be 20 yuan including bonuses." When the steel plant has good performance, there will be a lot of bonuses including overtime, which is more popular than other factories.
It's not that she is disloyal, but she is also a woman and has a daughter. If her daughter were to meet a husband family like the Liu family, she would want to kill them, let alone calculate the money.
Qin Ju smiled gratefully. The people who can empathize with women the most are always women. "Okay, based on 20 yuan per month, minus 10 yuan per month for food, clothing, housing and transportation expenses, my eldest sister has been married for six years, two months and ten days, which is 74 months after deducting the decimals. Is the total salary 740 yuan?"
Everyone counted on their fingers, and the accountant was naturally the best at it, and he immediately agreed: "Yes, that's the number."
Qin Jue saw that everyone understood, and continued: "My sister was such a beautiful girl when she married him. Everyone praised her. Now she has been tortured like this. I have to pay her 30 yuan in compensation for mental and health damages. I will go to the hospital tomorrow. Isn't that too much?"
When people saw that she was still able to continue calculating, they were a little confused since her salary was already sky-high.
"Why? Do you think the youth and health of lesbians are worthless?"
Who dares to say such a thing? You will be scolded by all the female employees and their families in the factory.
Of course, this is not the end. Qin Ju continued, "The most crucial thing is that his family has been spreading rumors about my sister for so many years, saying that my sister can't have children, which has delayed my sister's best childbearing age. If she hadn't been deceived by their family, no matter who she married, she would have had several children by now. I can accept this loss of less than 100 yuan, but the lesbians around me and millions of lesbians across the country cannot accept it!"
Although the young girl was not very old, her words were very powerful. Her reasons for compensation were obviously unreasonable in front of anyone, but when she put them out in a serious manner, they sounded so reasonable.
Now, both men and women were silent.
After a moment of silence, the factory's women's director came forward and said, "That's right."
The other lesbians were also a little moved. Yes, whose reputation is worthless? The older you get, the harder it is to have children. These are the youngest and most beautiful six years of a lesbian's life. One hundred yuan is too little!
The secretary and the factory director had been bureaucrats their whole lives and knew what it meant to follow the will of the people. It was even more impossible for them to do anything that would disappoint all the female employees in the factory. They nodded in agreement, "That's what we should do."
"We'll do the math, right?"
"The total is 920 yuan." Zhou Hui calculated very quickly.
When everyone heard this, they thought that 900 yuan offered by the bride's family was not too much. Not only did they not take advantage of the Liu family in vain, they actually saved them 20 yuan!
However, some people thought that asking for so much was too much, and whispered, "Then your elder sister's food, drink, and excrement over the past few years were not blown away by the wind, so should we deduct this part?"
Qin Ju sneered, "First, ten yuan has been deducted from my elder sister's salary. Secondly, it is said that a man who marries a man provides food and clothing. Liu Jiawei pays 20 yuan to the family every month. He has paid 1,920 yuan in eight years of work. We don't count the money before marriage. The six years after marriage alone is 1,440 yuan. Isn't such a large sum of money enough to support a weak woman like my sister? Not to mention that my sister also helped to prepare banquets for others. It was not in vain."
On the one hand, everyone was amazed at her speed of calculation, and on the other hand, they nodded their heads. Everyone knew that Ailan was the host, and it turned out that she was not eating and drinking for free. On the contrary, she was very generous in not taking half of Liu Jiawei's income.
The secretary and the factory manager looked at each other and understood that playing number games in front of this young girl was a bit of a show-off. "But compared to our income, it's really a bit too much to spend all at once..."
Niu Dagang received a look from his sister-in-law and winked at his sixth grandmother, who could make the dead come back to life with tears. The old lady immediately sat down on the ground, clasping her knees and crying "Ouch!"
The key point is that the old lady not only cried, but also sang, and she composed Ai-lan's years of misfortune into lyrics that rhymed from beginning to end. She sang it so plaintively and gently that even the female comrades with shallow eye sockets cried when they heard it.
The two old men’s heads suddenly became as big as cows.
Seeing the first round of the lyrics finished, Qin Ju knew that the time had come, so she said a few polite words to make Sixth Grandma stop crying. She was a good person: "Let's put it this way. We rural people are not greedy. We want compensation just to give my elder sister a way out and to seek an explanation. I also know that the leaders are upright and incorruptible. They can come forward for us because they truly stand with our working class and peasant class. We also admire the leaders from the bottom of our hearts. How about this, we will treat the hundred yuan as a treat for the leaders and the neighbors to have a good meal during the New Year. We only need eight hundred yuan."
This is just like selling clothes in shopping malls in the future. If the price is 900, no matter how good-looking it is, customers will still hesitate. But if you tell them that there is a sale today and they can take it home for only 800, won’t their desire to buy increase?
As soon as the two old men heard this, they agreed. "Since you are so considerate of us, we will remember your kindness. If the Liu family dares to cause trouble in the future, just come find us."
Qin Ju was very satisfied to receive these words in exchange for a hundred yuan.
"Okay, Cashier Zhao, give them the money now."
"Wait a moment."
When everyone saw it was that little girl again, they wondered what other excuse she would come up with.
"It just so happens that both parties are here today. Let's also make a written agreement in triplicate, one for our family, one for the Liu family, and the remaining copy will be kept by your factory to prove when we received compensation and for what reason. How do you think?"
These words hit the mark of the factory leaders. They were really afraid that the mother's family would take the money and then deny it. If they were greedy and wanted to make trouble, would they have to distribute it according to the trouble every time?
So, the money and the written words were quickly brought over, and both parties signed. The factory had to sign on behalf of the Liu family. Anyway, they had to accept the money whether they wanted to or not. The factory had given them the money, so of course there was no way they would not get it back, unless the five of them didn't want to do their jobs anymore.
*
After getting the money, Qin Ju winked at Niu Dagang, who then cursed him a few more times and called back his troops.
It was not until dozens of people left the family area that the Liu family, who had been hiding at home, dared to send a child out to find out the news. It would have been better if they hadn't asked. Once they found out that the factory had taken the initiative to use their wages to pay out so much money, Mrs. Liu was so shocked that she collapsed.
Of course, Qin Ju didn't know or care about how their family quarreled with the factory, how the factory deducted wages, whether it was a small amount every month and then deducted for a few years, or a one-time deduction. She was now leading everyone to get on the tractor.
Before getting in the car, she said loudly: "Thank you all uncles and brothers for your help today. We, the Qin family, are very grateful. In a few days, on the eighth day of the first lunar month, please do us a favor and come to our house for a simple meal."
"Okay, that's for sure!"
"The whole family must come by then, ah."
Everyone agreed quickly. Qin Youdi was so scared that she pinched her arm and said, "Little ancestor, why are you talking so big? Can you afford to entertain so many people? Do you know how much it will cost?"
Qin Ju knew this, but she had to entertain them this time. They had received so much compensation today, and so many people had seen it. If they didn't pay a little, not only would everyone be unhappy, but someone might even have bad intentions.
Besides, they were an orphan and a widow living in the village. Although the cadres in the brigade were good people, there might be some scoundrels among them. It wouldn't be long before the fact that they received the compensation would be kept secret and everyone would know about it. It's better to be afraid of thieves stealing than to be afraid of thieves targeting them.
Although a meal cannot completely eliminate the trouble, it can at least shut up some people and help find a few allies in the village who can help.
*
After Qin Guihua knew the whole story, she was furious. She always thought that her granddaughter had the most glorious life, but it turned out that she was not even as good as the head maid. She used to be proud of this, but she was actually rubbing salt into her granddaughter's wound.
"Ai Lan, I'm sorry."
After being blown by the cold wind all the way, Ailan's cheeks were frozen red and she felt much better. "It's okay, grandma. I chose them myself. I can only blame myself for being blind." Until she saw her grandma sitting at home safely, she finally realized that all this was the result of Lai Di's painstaking efforts. Every step and every word was a heartfelt plan for her.
Why was she so blind before? The Liu family didn't allow her to help her parents' family, so she really didn't dare to help. But with more help, Laidi wouldn't just go to junior high school. Even if she was kidnapped, she would also be tied to high school. go.
After all, the smartest, calmest and most promising person in the Qin family is Lai Di!
Seeing that she was about to cry again, Qin Ju quickly took out all the money and said, "Grandma, don't cry yet. Let's discuss what to do with the money first."
The total compensation plus the job loss was NT$1,100, which was undoubtedly a huge sum of money in that era. Not to mention the worry of villagers coveting it, even the Liu family would definitely not let it go. "It's definitely not safe to keep it at home."
"The money is what your elder sister deserves. Let your elder sister decide." Qin Guihua sighed.
Qin Ailan never cared about money. She was at a loss when faced with so much money all of a sudden. "Laidi, what should we do? The money doesn't belong to me alone. You helped me get it back. From now on, we will treat it as family money. Grandma will take care of it. I will make you some new clothes first, and then build a few new houses and buy you a bicycle..."
Qin Ju did not reject the temptation of new clothes. Her homemade underwear could no longer withstand the development of her body. It was no problem to spend a few dollars, but the head must not be touched. This was the result of her elder sister's six years of youth and pain. It was no different from the money to buy a life. It could only be and must be, and would always belong to her elder sister. If she wanted to remarry in the future, this would also be her capital, and she could not let the other party look down on her.
"How about this, we don't have a plot of land for the house, so we won't build it for now."
"But we only have one room, what should we do next?"
Qin Ju thought that she had had enough of the rural life. She didn't know how long she could live there in the future. She had to move to the city. The bigger the place, the more sound and fair the legal system was, which was more beneficial to disadvantaged groups like her family. Besides, Wulitun was far from the city, and it had not been demolished until she died in her last life. Even if she built a small villa, it would not be worth much investment.
"Let's buy a house in the county and put the rest in a credit union, just in case we need to spend money someday?" Of course, the house title must be in the eldest sister's name, and it cannot be changed even if she remarries.
"Well, what's so good about buying a house? It's enough for us to have a place to live now." Qin Guihua was reluctant to leave this shabby house.
"Grandma, the houses in our village are different from those in the city. There are no medical and educational facilities in the village. If you get sick one day, you have to find a place close to a big hospital. You have to choose a good school for your children to go to school? Even if you want to work in the future, you have to find a place with high wages and many job opportunities, right?"
If she had a choice, she would like to buy a house in the capital!
But the current situation does not allow this. We can only buy houses in county towns or urban areas first. "If we don't want the house in the future, we can still sell it and maybe make a profit. We will definitely not lose money."
"really?"
Although Qin Guihua didn't understand the economics of later generations, she had a brain, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to raise her four granddaughters safely. Ten minutes later, she made the final decision, "Okay, let's buy it."
The next day, Niu Dagang accompanied Qin Ailan to the police station and the street office, and completed the divorce procedures almost in the blink of an eye, completely eliminating the possibility of the Liu family making trouble.
*
At this point, the Qin family went back to having four people eating. The originally not-so-big house was completely renovated. Qin Ju did not give her elder sister time to grieve. She instructed her to make the kang, hang the curtains, and make clothes. She even replaced the big iron pot that she had always dreamed of.
From then on, people no longer had to cook only half of the dishes at home, or heat only the bottom of the pot for bath water. Even the little rabbits were raised by Ailan to be fat and strong, and they ate the freshest and most juicy grass every day.
They were raised too well and they gradually developed feelings for them, especially their fair and soft appearance. Qin Pan and Qin Ailan couldn't let go of them. Even the "gluttonous meat maniac" Qin Jue found it difficult to kill them. In the end, they were unable to kill them on the eighth day of the first lunar month. Fortunately, they managed to catch up with the brigade and kill a pig, so they could buy meat and they paid for the banquet out of their own pockets.
There are not many dishes, only four, braised pork, stir-fried pork liver, pig's trotter soup and spicy and sour potato shreds, but each one tastes surprisingly good. The braised pork is very flavorful, soft and sticky and melts in your mouth. The pork liver is fried fresh and tender, and the pig's trotter soup is made with soybeans, which is very soft and greasy... Although they are all offal that no one likes to ask for when the meat is distributed, why are they so delicious?
"Auntie Qin, you are a real person who never reveals your true identity. It turns out you have such great skills."
Wang Lifen also ate two large bowls of corn rice in a row, and looking at Qin Ailan who was busy in the kitchen, she said, "I think we got some help from Ailan today."
Everyone thought, yes, Qin Ailan works in a state-owned hotel, how could her cooking skills be bad? Before she got married, we heard that she was a good cook, but at that time, a good cook could not cook without rice. In the past two years, her conditions have gradually improved, so her cooking skills have been revealed, right?
Thinking of this, several women with sons began to get excited. Although Ailan was divorced, she was said to be infertile. She was also pretty and had a good personality. Most importantly, she had a job that paid for her food. Wouldn't it be a great bargain for anyone to marry her?
The most important thing is, everyone has heard that she received 800 yuan in compensation this time. It's such a huge sum of money. Let's not take it all, at least half of it can be brought to her husband's house. It will be given to Goddess Guanyin and must be worshipped every day!
"Ai Lan, you haven't been to work for such a long time, but your company didn't fire you? You have to know that you will be married for the second time. If you lose this job, there won't be many in-laws willing to marry you."
Qin Ju didn't need to look to know who was the troublemaker. It was the widow Liu next door. They had not invited the family next door to the banquet, but this old woman had no idea of face. She sneaked in with someone in the middle of the meal. The person who served the dishes was also a village young man. He didn't say to kick her out of the table, but she just noticed her now.
"Hey, who was it? Your mouth stinks like a toilet. It really is you, Grandma Liu." Qin Ju said the most unpleasant words with the most innocent smile.
Widow Liu blushed, "Humph, I'm telling the truth. Good advice tastes bitter, and some people just don't like to hear the truth."
"Bah, bitter, bitter, bitter. You are the most miserable person in the whole village. Even if my granddaughter is getting married for the second time, she is still better off than your grandson who is in prison. Oh, how could I have forgotten that there is a man in your family who beat his wife and made her run away!" Qin Guihua's fighting ability has always been online. Before Widow Liu could react, she started to "popularize science" with the members of Niu Dagang's production team.
The verdict on Liu Sanhu came out a few years ago. I don’t know if it was because the Liu family spent money or what, but although he saved his life, he was sentenced to life imprisonment. His life is ruined.
In those days, if there was a labor camp prisoner in a family, the prisoner's family members could not hold their heads up wherever they went. Even the members of the brigade would feel ashamed. Who said that we were a collective?
All of a sudden, the members of Wulitun kept their distance from her, as if they were afraid of being infected with the plague.
"Oh, Sister Zhang, she asked you to help find a wife for her grandson, right? Oh, you don't know, any daughter who marries into their family will be in trouble for the rest of her life. Liu Erhu beat away his first two wives. Fortunately, the first one ran away quickly, otherwise the grass on her grave would be two meters high now." Qin Guihua spoke quickly and urgently, but every word could be heard clearly.
Mrs. Zhang, who came to the banquet and was a famous matchmaker in Qili Village, said, "Why did Widow Liu choose me when there were so many other people in the village? It turns out she is a wife-hunting woman!" Bah, if this marriage goes through, the girl's family will hate her to death.
"And Wang Er's sister-in-law, last time..."
Widow Liu was afraid that she would reveal more explosive information, so she stood up quickly and said, "Oh, I just remembered that the pot at home is about to be boiled. You guys eat slowly, I'm leaving now."
The whole room burst into laughter.
Qin Guihua's anger could be relieved, but Qin Ju had to resolve the matter once and for all to prevent anyone from coveting her elder sister for her job in the future. Her elder sister could remarry, but she must marry a man who loved and respected her, not a coward who coveted her job.
So I deliberately said, "It's a good thing that she asked. I was thinking of going to Uncle Benfen to register my sister's household registration in the next few days."
"What kind of household registration do you want? Although your eldest sister is now a collective household, she also has a town household registration." Transferring agricultural land to non-agricultural land is harder than going to heaven.
"Alas, the main reason is that we are weak and cannot defeat the Liu family. They took away my eldest sister's job, and now my eldest sister can only come back to be an agricultural household registration." Qin Ju sighed, looking very sad.
It was agreed with the Zhu family at that time that the job was sold to them and they could not make it public. They were also afraid that someone would get jealous and do something bad, so naturally they didn't want to tell anyone. Therefore, only Niu Dagang and his father knew that Zhu Bamei bought Ailan's job.
At first, Qin Guihua was not in favor of selling her job, because she didn't spend money, but her salary was a trickle every month. But Qin Jue thought that it was already 1974, and the individual economy had developed after the reform and opening up, so it was no problem for her elder sister to open a hotel with her skills. In the future, state-owned hotels would only decline, so there was no need to waste time there, and it would also save the Liu family from going there every now and then.
If this job was done by her and her second sister, they would not be afraid of the Liu family and would have plenty of ways to deal with them. However, her eldest sister was too soft-hearted and was no match for them. Rather than being hurt by them again in the future, it would be better to get rid of it once and for all and sell the property to someone they could not afford to offend.
However, Zhu Bamei's personal abilities and family background were something the Liu family could not afford to offend.
They are really good at picking on the weak. From the third day of the Chinese New Year to the seventh day yesterday, they came to make trouble every day, thinking that the Qin family, a kingdom of girls, is still as easy to bully as before. In fact, Niu Dagang and Wang Lifen have hired people to guard here. Whenever they come, they either beat or scold them. They even set up checkpoints at the entrance of the village, so that not even a dog can get in.
Now, after making a fuss for a few days, I realized that I would not get my compensation or my job back, so I could only go back in disgrace, right?
When everyone heard this, they could only sigh and complain, wondering who made the Liu family so powerful? In their hearts, they felt a little more sympathy for the weak Qin family, thinking that they deserved the money they earned with their lives.
Finally, after people from both villages had dispersed, the grandparents and grandchildren talked for a while, and the Niu family also prepared to return to the village.
Although Qin Ju was reluctant to part with the little rabbits that she had grown attached to, she still caught two and gave them to them. She noticed that the grandchildren of the Niu family liked them very much. Whether they raised them themselves or not, it would be a favor.
The Niu family was indeed happier, even Qin Youdi was smiling, "Laidi is such a smart girl."
"Oh, by the way, your second brother-in-law went to the county yesterday to inquire, and he said that a public trial will be held tomorrow."
In this era, Liu Jiawei and He Xiaohong's affair cannot be dealt with by just a few words of advice. In addition to being paraded through the streets as a warning to the public, they will also be sentenced.
"Would you like to go and see it tomorrow? If so, we'll be waiting for you at the entrance of the village."
Qin Ju shook her head. She was not interested in the process, as long as the scumbag and the bitch paid the price in the end.
Qin Youdi sighed angrily, "You've grown up, but you're still as clever as before. You haven't changed, but you don't even go to see such a rare opportunity..." In the past, she would have gone even without wearing shoes.
There was another reason why Qin Ju didn't go. Her test results should have been announced. She would have to go to the county town for training soon, so she had to prepare everything at home. In this era, almost no one was selling houses, and there were no public channels for selling them. It was difficult to buy a house, so she had to rent a house to live in before the training.
After talking for a while and seeing that everyone had left, Youdi shook Qin Guihua's sleeve and said, "Grandma, you see, I haven't made new clothes for several years. Last time, Dagang just said that he wanted to learn how to drive a tractor. Is the tuition for the county agricultural machinery institute..."
"Shut up, you dare to think about your elder sister's compensation? I'll beat you to death, you bastard!"
Qin Youdi's muscle memory reacted faster than her brain, and she immediately ran faster than a rabbit.
Qin Ju: “…” The second sister is still the same second sister.
She had never told her grandmother and eldest sister that she had tried to find Zhu Bamei during the process. The actual price of the job was 330 yuan, but Qin Youdi said that if the agreement only stated 300 yuan, they would only charge Zhu 325 yuan. Zhu did not do it to save five yuan, but mainly to save her face.
Therefore, Qin Youdi got 25 yuan for free by acting as a bridge!
She even said at the time that her second sister had changed, but it seemed she was still naive.
Just as I was thinking, suddenly——"Hey, Third Sister, do you think this thing is alive?"
Qin Ju followed Qin Pan's voice and found that the Dendrobium officinale he planted in the corner of the wall was actually alive!
For fear that someone might get there first, she dug up several of the Dendrobium officinale plants that Uncle Cui Wu had found and planted them right under her nose, using straw to build a simple greenhouse, and they were not frozen to death by the heavy snow.
"It seems that my planting method is feasible. Tomorrow I will ask Uncle Cui to dig up the rest and plant them in our private plot." Maybe we can start large-scale planting in the future.
Uncle Cui Wu was really too honest. She was going to spend money to buy these dendrobiums, after all, he found them, but he refused to take them and even got angry when he said so. There was nothing she could do, she could only wait until she started large-scale planting and bring his family along, at least it would make more money than growing crops, right?
Unexpectedly, plans could not keep up with changes. Just as the Dendrobium was planted, she received a call from the Health Bureau, informing her to report in three days to officially start training.
The brigade already knows her achievement. Being ranked first in the county has brought great honor to the production team. In the past two days, Li Benfen's face has always been beaming when he went out to attend meetings. They haven't been in the limelight like this for many years!
Immediately, all the cadres of the brigade voted and agreed that the accommodation and food expenses of Qin Ju members during the six-month training would be provided by the brigade, and would be reimbursed daily according to the level of business trips of the brigade cadres.
This can save the eldest brother a lot of money, and the happiest person is Qin Guihua, "My daughter Lai Di is very ambitious. She didn't want to study before, but now she can become the top student in a few days if she wants to study!"
Qin Ju: “…” Counting her clinical experience in her previous life, she has been studying for more than ten years!
However, she still rejected the olive branch, not because she was aloof, but because she had no intention of staying in Wulitun for long.
On the eleventh day of the first lunar month in 1974, the land of Dragon Kingdom was bustling with activity. Cattle and sheep were out of the pens, and farmers went into the mountains. Qin Ju set out early in the morning amid the envy and congratulations of the whole village, and got on a tractor to the County Health Bureau.
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