Chapter 64

Hurt self-esteem

Children like Li Daye are best at bullying the weak and fearing the strong.

When he saw a weak person, he was extremely ferocious, but when he saw a strong person, he would immediately become frightened. Otherwise, he would not kneel before Nie Weimin and give him the title of Grandpa.

Chen Lina grabbed the guy's ear, held a long stick in her hand, and started whipping him on the butt.

"Manager, I didn't steal. I really didn't steal."

"I didn't steal anything. Do you know anything about footprints? Do you know how to use the depth and size of footprints in the soil to estimate weight and your height? The comrades from the Public Security Bureau have already figured it out. If you are one meter tall, you weigh 65 kilograms. Let's weigh it and see if you are 65 kilograms."

"Yes, I stole it, Director. I'm sorry. I admit my mistake."

With the evidence before him, Li Ye readily admitted his fault because he didn't want to suffer physical pain.

Chen Lina herself weighed no more than 100 pounds. She picked up the child and swung him around twice. Seeing him hiding behind his mother, she yelled, "Li Ye's mother, if you don't teach him to come over and let me beat him, starting tomorrow, all of you will get out of the farm and go wherever you want."

Erdan has already brought out the foot model. "It's Li Daye's foot. My mom was right."

Foot models are still a fashionable thing.

For a professor who masters high technology and a genius in mathematics, it shouldn't be difficult to catch such a petty thief.

When the other parents saw the situation, they all ran away one after another before the director's attack could get to them.

Li Ye's mother couldn't run away. To catch a thief, you have to catch the leader first. Chen Lina was going to kill her to serve as a warning to others.

"Well, I'm sorry, Director Chen. I kneel down before you and beg you to spare my eldest son, okay?"

"Kneel down for a moment. Can the hard work and achievements of the old professors be returned? Originally, every household in the mining area would have big squash and sweet grapes to eat next year, but because of his misfortune, we have to wait another year. Tell me, can this loss be compensated by kneeling down? Don't kneel down to me, kneel down to the families at the base. Ask them if they want to see you kowtow or if they want to have a full meal, okay?"

Li Ye's mother looked up and saw that all the family members were shaking their heads in anger and no one paid any attention to her.

"Li Ye, kneel down and kowtow to the director."

"Go away, go wherever you want. My farm doesn't breed termites." With a clang, the door of the Nie family closed.

The children were all in a bad state. They walked close to the corners of the walls and dared not breathe heavily. Even Nie Bozhao took the initiative to run to the kitchen and start making a fire.

"Why, I'm not a tigress. I'm not going to eat you?"

Nie Weimin was most afraid: "We just want to listen to you."

But at the same time, he was also afraid of angering her. After all, she had beaten him with that big stick and made Li Ye kneel down and call her grandma.

"Guardians, fighting is not the biggest harm. After all, you punch me and I kick you. That is relatively fair. The most hateful thing is thieves, the thieves who steal the fruits of others' labor. I didn't hit him because I was angry. I wanted everyone on the farm to know that other farms can have thefts and petty thefts, but our farm absolutely cannot. Even a melon or a tomato must be properly distributed before it can be eaten."

So, she was sure she didn’t want Li Daye’s family anymore.

With the foot model, Nie Bozhao's calculation draft, the destroyed grape plants and other evidence of the crime, Chen Lina went directly to the mining area to find Secretary A and District Chief Gao to report the situation.

This move gave a great shock to the members in the farm. Those members who had been reluctant to send their children to school now sent their children to the primary school in the base.

Those who had nothing better to do and liked to steal a melon or touch a date also temporarily controlled their hands and dared not steal anymore.

Of course, in this world, even if there has been a severe drought for three consecutive years, there will always be people who don’t want it to rain, but let’s not talk about that for now.

"Dadan, Dadan, who made this dress for you? It looks so cute." Mother Ham asked through the wall when she saw Nie Weimin running towards her.

Nie Weimin, who was wearing a grass-green military uniform, stood still and saluted. "Reporting to Mama Ham, my mother bought the cloth specially in Uru to make it for us."

Each of them had a set of military uniform and a military cap. There were small five-pointed stars on the caps of the three brothers. Each one was only half a head taller than the other. Everyone in the base would envy the three sons of Nie Gong when they saw them.

Of course, one also has to sigh that the grandchildren are unlucky because they cannot see their sons being so happy.

Qian Goudan was howling in anger in the next room, pulling his mother and crying and rolling around, and he refused to leave the house unless he was wearing his grass-green military uniform.

"You're wearing your little military uniform because you're going to the farm to attend a social gathering today, right? Come back and tell grandma how lively it is, okay?" said Mama Ham, smiling.

"Okay, Mommy, if you want to go too, I'll take you with me."

"No, no, when I was young, I was also Awarguli in our team. Unfortunately, I am old now, my legs hurt, and I can't dance anymore."

Yes, both at the base and on the farm, these two days were filled with joy.

It is time for the annual party for all government agencies and it also coincides with the National Day. Winter is coming soon. It can be said to be the last carnival before winter. Of course, everyone is looking forward to it and is extremely happy.

Tiantian put on her most beautiful little skirt, with bare legs, and ran out of the house. "Dadan, do you think I look beautiful in this dress?" As she said this, the little girl lifted the hem of her skirt and spun around. That flowery skirt was really beautiful.

"Okay, your mom will be out soon, let's go together."

Sure enough, Chen Lina and Nie Bozhao came out after a while.

Today, everyone, whether they are from the various agencies in the mining area or the people on the farm, has to dress up a little.

Of course, no one was criticizing anyone at that time. Even Comrade He Lanshan, the highest-ranking person in the entire mining area and the director of the plastics factory, would wear lipstick and a skirt, so Chen Lina also wore a skirt.

I have kept this long black velvet skirt for almost a year before I dared to wear it.

"Xiao Chen is so beautiful today, like someone in a movie." Sister Wang said through the wall, "There must be a lot of officials there today. If you look like this, you'll outshine all the women in the art troupe."

Chanel's lipstick is very bright in color, but without a lip mask as a base, she only applied lip gloss, which was not as full as in her previous life. In those hard-working years, this was already good enough.

"Sister Wang, you really aren't going?"

"No, no, I don't want to go. My family has its own team manager, so I don't have the qualifications to go with the leaders. Besides, I'm pregnant now."

The same military uniform, Nie Weimin was well-dressed, and Erdan looked like a national soldier, with a round and plump figure. "Mom, Tiantian wants to go too. We have already agreed to take her with us."

Well, as soon as the car door opened, Chen Tiantian and Sandan were sitting side by side. "Auntie, I want to go too."

"Tiantian, no, you can't. Auntie is the host today and has to invite many leaders to inspect. The three of them are enough for Auntie to take care of. There are too many people in the farm and they might get trampled or burned. You can't go."

"Yes, Tiantian, come back soon. Be careful not to catch a cold if you wear a skirt with bare legs." Sister Wang also said.

The three Nie brothers protected Chen Tiantian just as much as they protected their younger sister. "No, we agreed. We all go together."

"Tiantian, get off quickly. Auntie really can't take you with her today." Having said that, Chen Lina forcibly carried the child out of the car.

Well, when the car was driving, Chen Tiantian stood by the roadside rubbing her eyes, crying, and running after the car.

Sister Wang couldn't pull her back even if she tried.

"Comrade Xiao Chen, I have already promised Tiantian that I will take her with me." Nie Weimin was very dissatisfied.

"You should have thought about this before you agreed. I have to accompany the secretaries and district heads of the mining area to inspect the fields all day, and I have to entertain them in the evening. I can't spare any extra time to take care of you."

"We have Liu Xiaohong. She is not at my aunt's house. She can help take care of us."

"Comrade Xiao Nie, I tell you very seriously, she is three months younger than you, so it's up to you to take care of her. She is your younger sister, so you should take better care of her."

The three brothers were still unhappy.

Even though Liu Xiaohong is at her aunt's house and has become a younger sister, she is still not as good as Tiantian who lives next door and is naughty and playful. Can she compete with Erdan in dirtiness, or can she help Nie Weimin protect the duck eggs, tease the little fish and feed the little rabbits? Both are good, can't they play together?

The three children at the back were unhappy, but the adults were still worrying about their own affairs.

"Old Nie, Worker Nie, and Great Engineer Nie, you know what to do, right? Follow the leadership throughout the process, especially Secretary Ah and District Chief Gao. They are in charge of the money. You have to help me convince them to buy me machines, seed drills, and harvesters next year. These things can greatly reduce our labor costs."

"But both Secretary Ah and District Chief Gao were ready to dance with you, but you asked me to accompany them the whole time. Don't you think it would be more effective if you asked for things while dancing?"

"Yes, this is the trouble of beautiful women." Chen Lina sighed, "Ordinary people will not understand."

She wanted more people to see her abilities, but many people only saw her appearance, which made her feel distressed.

"I am the farm manager in charge of production. Today, the most important thing is to ensure the safety of farm property while receiving hundreds of visitors.

As for dancing, I really don't have time to go, but I hope you can outshine He Min and don't let him take away the credit for the farm."

"Then next time, will there be more liberated slaves singing? If I help you solve these problems?"

"How can you say such things in front of the children?"

“They wouldn’t understand anyway.”

Chen Lina glared at Nie Bozhao. Her witty, gentle and considerate man was so stupid now. He seemed to not understand at all that he should be the one taking the initiative.

As for the irritable worker, he found that having sex earlier could not relieve his anxiety. He felt that he had become depraved and had low tastes, but he didn't know what to do. Should he limit it to once every half a month?

My God, Nie Gong also felt that if he continued like this, he would completely forget that he was an outstanding revolutionary fighter.

"Wei Min, why don't you get out of the car?" When they arrived at the farm and stopped the car in front of Chen Lili's digs, Nie Wei Min started acting silly again.

"I'm not in the mood. You guys go first," he said.

"Okay, Weimin, come down quickly. I can smell your aunt making you some wheat cakes. That's not your favorite. Come down quickly."

"don't want."

"Then I'll lock the car door." Chen Lina said, and with a clang, the door closed and she locked it directly.

The old-style Red Flag can be opened from the inside by pressing the latch at the back, but most people don't know this trick.

Nie Weimin was sitting in the car, watching Erdan and Sandan dive into the hole in the ground like little chicks looking for a nest. Liu Xiaohong was also wearing a flowery dress and a pair of small leather shoes today, with her hair tied in many small braids, and she came out like a little butterfly.

"Wei Min, why don't you come down? Come down and play with us."

Nie Weimin didn't care too much about face in front of other people, but he was extremely concerned about face in front of Liu Xiaohong. After she called him, he was even more reluctant to show it.

"Let the guard out. Why lock him up on such a happy day?"

Nie Bozhao saw Miss Chen holding the car key and walking away with no intention of opening the car door for his son. He was a little puzzled. "Could it be that the farm is so busy today, you really want to lock him up for a whole day?"

"First of all, your son is only as familiar with the car as you are, so he can open the door and get out by himself. Also, don't you think he has been a little too proud and complacent recently?"

“I think he’s great.”

"Yes, a first-grade student can do math problems of a third-grade student. In the words of the Chinese teacher, he knows at least 2,000 Chinese characters and can read any book fluently without the help of the Xinhua Dictionary. But Lao Nie, in school, he is praised by the teacher. At the base, no matter if it is the cadres or your colleagues, they will only praise him when they see him. He is also the king of the children in the base. This makes it easy for him to have a sense of superiority that he is the best in the world. It was okay when he was a child, after all, learning was the only thing to compete for.

But when he enters the society in the future, there will be many things that can frustrate him. Many good students in schools fail to achieve success in their careers because they cannot stand the blow to their self-esteem. "

"so what?"

"Proper blows and setbacks in childhood will help him understand that there are many things in this world that he cannot accomplish by his own willpower, and will temper his will."

"Comrade Xiao Chen, I can't tell you how to educate children. You are so good at it."

"I dare not, I dare not. After all, they are not my own children. I will not feel bad if I punish them."

Yes, I said I didn't feel bad, but when I met Chen Lili on the way, she immediately said, "My eldest son is still in the car. He will probably sneak down by himself later. Don't laugh at him then. Remember, he likes to eat fried cakes and apples the most. Leave him a crispy and sweet one, and don't give him the ones that are not crispy."

"Okay, go quickly. If you don't go now, no one will know that you are the director, and everyone will think that there is only one Secretary He in the farm." Chen Lili said, pushing her sister.

The sun gradually rose, and in front of every nest in the farm were hung all kinds of wild flowers picked from the fields.

The front of every house is cleaned thoroughly.

The children on the farm were wearing new clothes and running around eating candies they got from the farm warehouse. Some of them even caught woodpeckers to play with and watch how they pecked at wood.

Dududu, the little woodpecker is so cute. Nie Weimin has wanted one for a long time.

Nowadays, there are more candies than just White Rabbit and Red Shrimp Candy. There are also big corn flowers, Golden Monkey meat floss candy, Panda milk candy, and orange fruit hard candy.

It was Sandan who accompanied Chen Lina when they went shopping. When they came back, he gave Nie Weimin and Erdan a piece of meat floss candy each. Only then did they realize that in addition to being sweet, sugar can also have a meaty taste.

It’s delicious. It’s really delicious.

However, Mom and Dad were disrespectful. They promised Tiantian but didn't bring her. He was so angry that he couldn't get out of the car.

His hand touched the bullet lock and he pulled it back.

He always felt that his parents were watching him from behind and would not just lock him in the car.

Well, when his mother comes back and persuades him, he will be willing to get off the bus.

Oh, I'm waiting so impatiently.

However, it was getting more and more lively outside, especially the children. When they heard that the leaders had followed the director and the secretary to inspect the warehouse, they all ran away.

Liu Xiaohong brought Sandaner, and the two ran out hand in hand. It was obvious that they were also ready to go and see the excitement.

Nie Weimin was impulsive, unlocked the car and ran out. "Liu Xiaohong, there are only adults over there. Most of what they do is shake hands and take pictures, or do a social dance together. What's so interesting about that? You are not allowed to go."

"So what do you think we should do?"

"Give me a piece of cake first."

"Do you want apples? It's a new variety, said to be called Guoguang No. 1. There's only one in each store." Liu Xiaohong said, raising the big apple in her hand.

Nie Weimin took it and took a big bite. It was crispy and sweet, with juice filling his tongue.

He thought for a moment, ran to the table, picked up a kitchen knife, split the apple into two pieces, then two more pieces, and gave one piece to Liu Xiaohong and Sandaner. He took the largest piece and asked, "Erdan, I want to ask you, do you want to eat apples?"

Erdan didn't even know how to eat apples. He exchanged three candies for a woodpecker and was feeding the woodpecker with insects.

Liu Xiaohong took the apple out and heard music playing in the distance. She began to dance like the educated youths and started tapping her feet and dancing around Erdan.

"Well, how about we go and watch the adults dance together?" Nie Weimin said to Liu Xiaohong.

"But didn't you say it didn't look good?"

Nie Weimin said nothing.

How should I put it? He just thought watching adults dancing was boring, but now, listening to the familiar drum beats and music, he found it interesting again.

Liu Xiaohong's floral dress is very beautiful. She will look even better if she dances to the music.