The people in the Red Flag Production Brigade were still unaware of what was happening in the neighboring production brigade.
The beans in the field are almost all planted now, but everyone is busy as they have to plant their private plots in a hurry.
Feng Guizhi, who lives on her private plot, plans to plant corn. Corn is a high-yield crop that thrives easily and can be eaten as a staple for a long time. Whether it's green or old, it's delicious whether boiled or eaten any other way, and the children in her family especially love it.
Now, the only men in the family who work are the eldest and second sons. They do heavy labor during the day. A few days ago, Feng Guizhi had asked them to plow their private plots after work. Now that it was time to plant corn, Feng Guizhi did not call them along, as she planned to plant it herself.
After resting for a while and drinking some water, Feng Guizhi took her hoe and went to her private plot, planning to plant more before dark.
Baoya was playing with Song Tianen and the others in the yard. When she looked up and saw Feng Guizhi leaving the house, she stood up and ran out after her.
Although she didn't know what Feng Guizhi was doing, when she saw her carrying a hoe, she knew it was used for work, so she followed her and wanted to help.
Ever since she had that dream, she always felt uneasy, afraid that she would be taken away one day, so she wanted to do more and help more now.
When Song Tianen looked up and saw Baoya going out, he thought she was going to the bathroom, so he didn't follow her.
The Song family's private plot wasn't far away; it was only a few dozen meters around the house. Feng Guizhi put the basket aside and started digging the ground.
Baoya saw Feng Guizhi from a distance and followed her with her short legs. She walked around to the side of the basket, picked up a few kernels of corn, bent down and threw them into the newly dug hole.
Feng Guizhi only then noticed Baoya coming, and her expression couldn't help but relax: "Why are you here? Go play with the brothers, we don't need your help."
She knew that Baoya was a sensible child, and her heart softened when she looked at her fair and tender face.
She has helped with a lot of work these days. Although it is not strenuous work, she is so young and she can't bear to see her doing these things at such a young age. But no matter what, she just follows you silently to help.
It makes people feel distressed that he is so sensible.
Baoya shook her head, walked forward, and waited for Feng Guizhi to dig the hole so that she could continue throwing corn kernels.
Seeing her like this, Feng Guizhi knew that she couldn't persuade her to leave. Seeing that it was getting dark, she didn't delay any longer and continued
Continue to get busy.
After digging a hole, Baoya threw three or four corn kernels into the hole, and Feng Guizhi pushed the soil back to cover it.
The big and the small worked together very well and were much faster. They finished planting a bunch of seeds before dark.
Feng Guizhi wiped the sweat off her face and felt a sharp pain in her waist. She took a break before carrying her hoe back home.
"Let's go back and eat."
Baoya nodded, carried the basket and followed Feng Guizhi back.
The meal has been prepared at home. The men have been busy these days and do all the physical work. Although the women have an easier job, they are still very tired.
A few days ago, they had been making do with porridge and steamed buns for meals, and the taste was almost bland in their mouths, so today Feng Guizhi specifically told Yang Yulan to make a more substantial meal.
Put a pot of noodles in it, rinse it with cold water, then pour in the fried beans and the prepared garlic juice. Stir well and you have a pot of appetizing cold noodles.
The sour garlic sauce, paired with cold noodles, is especially delicious in the summer.
In addition, I also fried a dish of leeks and eggs, and tiger skin green peppers, just to make sure the whole family had a good meal.
The two tables were packed with people. As soon as the appetizing cold noodles entered their mouths, everyone started eating. The only sound at the table was the sound of people slurping noodles.
In this hot and humid weather, after a busy day, eating such a meal can relieve a lot of physical fatigue. We work hard just for this meal.
After Song Jianshe finished half a bowl of noodles, he couldn't help but sigh, "It's such a comforting meal."
As he is often out and about, sometimes he is so busy that he doesn't have time to eat, and sometimes he just cooks something for himself to save money. Now he feels particularly satisfied when he can have a meal at home.
"Well, cold noodles are delicious, eggs are delicious, and green peppers are delicious too!" Song Yuanbao buried his head in eating. When he heard his father talking, he raised his head and agreed vaguely.
Baoya nodded in agreement, then took a mouthful of noodles with egg and put it into her mouth. The delicious taste made her couldn't help but shake her head slightly.
tasty.
During these days at Old Song's house, Baoya's happiest time is meal time.
When she was at the Liu family, she could barely find any rice in her meals and could only rely on drinking lots of soup to fill her stomach. But since coming to the Song family, she has been able to eat a full meal every time, and the food she has eaten is all new to her: chewy hand-rolled noodles, fragrant pheasant meat, and delicious wild vegetable pancakes...
Each one is delicious.
She ate so much that her belly became round and plump.
Thinking of this, Baoya pursed her lips and smiled happily.
After dinner, the children were playing in the yard. Song Jianye called out from inside the house, "Tian'en, go get your fourth uncle and tell him that Dad wants to see him."
Song Tianen responded, stood up and ran to find Song Jianshe.
"Fourth...Fourth Uncle...my father called...called you..."
Song Jianshe could probably guess what his third brother was going to say, and he felt a little bit excited and a little nervous. He rubbed Song Tianen's little head and went to the west room.
The two chatted for more than ten minutes. When they came out, Song Jianshe had a smile on his face and went to the side room to find Feng Guizhi.
Song Jianye was left sitting against the head of the bed, his eyes sweeping over his legs placed on the edge of the bed.
He wasn't sure if this was the right thing to do, but he wanted to try it anyway.
In the side room, Feng Guizhi sat by the bed, fanning herself with a palm-leaf fan. She didn't say a word when she saw Song Jianshe come in. She was busy thinking about planting the corn quickly because it would get hot soon and there would be mosquitoes. She also needed to get some mugwort back, and...
Song Jianshe thought for several seconds before speaking: "Mom, there is something I want to discuss with you. I plan to do some business."
"The weather is about to get hot, so I'm planning to make some reed mats to sell. I've discussed it with my third brother. He'll do the handicrafts, and I'll be in charge of selling them."
Feng Guizhi paused fanning herself when she heard this, then resumed her activity. Her face was expressionless, making it impossible to tell whether she agreed or disagreed.
However, as soon as she heard what was said just now, she understood that her youngest son had already thought about it a long time ago.
Song Jianshe had indeed been thinking about this for a while, but if he wanted to proceed, he needed Song Jianye's approval before he could move forward. So, after returning, he discussed the matter with Song Jianye first, without rushing to tell Feng Guizhi. After all, it was still unknown whether Song Jianye was willing to do it.
Doing business nowadays is all speculation and profiteering. If you are not discovered, it is of course good. But if you are discovered, you may be arrested and that would be a terrible thing.
Not only would he suffer, but his family would also be implicated. Therefore, Song Jianshe was not sure whether his third brother would do it.
But deep down he still hoped that he was willing. Firstly, he could earn some money to support his family. His younger brothers would soon be of school age and would need to prepare tuition fees. Secondly, after his third brother injured his leg, although he never said it, he must be feeling bad. Finding him a way to make money would make him feel better.
Feng Guizhi didn't say anything, and Song Jianshe just waited quietly on the side.
After a long while, Feng Guizhi sighed and spoke, "You've been smart since you were young. Although your health isn't great, you have a lot of ideas and are smarter than your brothers. Now that you're a father, you know what you're doing. Mother won't stop you, but you still have to remember to be extra careful. It's good to make some money, but that's not as good as your safety."
If she could avoid taking this risk, she certainly wouldn't want to do this kind of business, but the Song family was poor. They had worked their entire lives digging for food in the fields, and they couldn't let their children do the same. Only with money could they send them to school and go out.
Song Jianshe nodded heavily: "I know, mother, I will definitely be careful."
After the decision was made, Song Jianshe immediately got busy. He was responsible for getting the reeds, and Song Jianye was responsible for weaving. Song Jianye had always been good at this kind of manual work, and it was not difficult, so he quickly got the hang of it.
The adults were busy as hell. Baoya, Song Tianen and others also started looking for cicada shells. They brought back quite a few every day, and they had accumulated quite a few over the past few days.
Earning work points, weaving reed mats, and looking for cicada shells, every family member is full of energy and seems to have hope for the future.
………
Ever since Chen Fengxia's story of selling her daughter became known, it had become a constant topic of conversation. The Hongqi Production Brigade was so close, and there were some acquaintances on both sides, so gradually, the people in the Hongqi Production Brigade also learned a little.
During the past two days at work, I could hear people in the team talking about: "Hey, have you heard?"
"What, you mean the one from the next brigade?"
"Yes, yes, that's it."
The two wives started chatting, leaving the people around them confused: "What's going on? What happened to the brigade next door?"
"Selling a daughter! I heard a family disliked their daughter because she was stupid, so they sold her for five dollars. As a result, the daughter ran away that night and has not been found yet."
"What? Selling my daughter? That's really cruel."
A few people gathered together to chat about it, but it had not yet spread widely in the brigade, and most of the people who were busy farming did not know about it.
In the Yuejin Production Brigade, the Liu family was in turmoil because of this incident. Tian Xiufang had never liked Chen Fengxia in the first place, and now that everyone in the brigade knew that Chen Fengxia had sold Baoya, she was so angry that she wanted to send Chen Fengxia back to her parents' home.
Although Liu Youcang did not show displeasure to Chen Fengxia, he still recognized Baoya as his daughter in his heart. Now that he knew Baoya had run away and could not find her, he felt very sad.
I don't feel comfortable inside either. I haven't spoken to Chen Fengxia for the past two days.
Moreover, because the news spread widely, the team leader said it had a bad influence and asked Chen Fengxia to write a self-criticism and read it at the meeting.
Chen Fengxia was furious. She never expected things to turn out like this. She cursed Baoya and Xu Laiying's family countless times in her heart and mouth.
But no matter what, she continued to work, as she couldn't bear to give up the work points. She could only change into clothes she didn't usually wear, put on a straw hat to cover her face, and sneak into the fields.
While working, she could hear some gossip from time to time, some people secretly scolding her, and Chen Fengxia wanted to go out and scold them several times. She was not convinced, thinking that if that silly girl Baoya was given to you, you would see if you were like this now!
But she ignored him and didn't dare to cause trouble again. She could only curse back in her heart, then stomped her feet and prepared to move to another place to get some peace and quiet.
Just as I was about to leave, I heard someone say, "Hey, I suddenly remembered that the other day the captain of the neighboring brigade came to ask me if any children in our brigade were missing, and I said no. Now that I think about it, that time seems to be around the same time Baoya went missing. Could it be that Baoya ran away to their place?"
Then he added, "That's not right. The captain said that girl was fair and pretty. She shouldn't be Baoya, right?"
Usually, when people in the team saw Baoya, she was wearing dirty and torn clothes, and her face was dirty. She didn't look fair and pretty at all.
However, Chen Fengxia's heart skipped a beat when she heard this. Others might not know, but she knew what Baoya looked like.
It turns out that idiot Baoya ran to the Hongqi Production Brigade!
Chen Fengxia thought of the bad things that happened because of her in the past few days, her face darkened, and she didn't care about going to work at the moment. She gritted her teeth and went to the next brigade to find Baoya!
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