Chapter 36: New Year's gift from the magazine
Knowing that money was going to be distributed, the villagers were very excited, and soon all the families gathered in the grain-drying field.
Even though the weather was extremely cold, it could not stop their enthusiasm. They
had been looking forward to the money distributed at the end of the year all year long. If it was not distributed before the New Year, they were thinking about going to the commune to ask for justice.
The grain-drying field was noisy, Cui Xiongnian shouted for people to line up, and Cui Xue was even more excited.
The work points of each household and each person were calculated and distributed with the work points book. This year's distribution of money was particularly troublesome.
Because the money came late, the grain was distributed to some families first, which deducted a lot of work points. Now that the money is distributed, these work points have to be calculated.
If Cui Xue hadn't been smart enough, she wouldn't have figured it out.
This year, because we won the advanced brigade, everyone got a few more cents. Although it was not much, everyone was very happy.
After a busy day, the money was distributed to everyone in the village.
After the last person left, Cui Xue tidied the things on the table with a hungry stomach, and Cui Xiongnian looked at the work points book on the side.
The Cui family got a total of more than 200 yuan this year, which was a little more than before. The main reason was that Cui Xue was in charge of the sheep pen, so her work points went up, and she didn't collect food, but only used it to exchange for money. Otherwise,
because his sister-in-law Liu Ping was pregnant, Cui Xiongnian gave her easy work, and her work points were much less, but she still didn't get that much money.
Of course, the Cui family didn't care about the little money. The family had saved a lot of money over the years, not to mention that the money for Liu Ping to give birth had been prepared long ago.
"Dad, is the remaining money from the village?" Cui Xue asked Cui Xiongnian as she looked at the extra money.
"Yes, take it to the town tomorrow and deposit it in the village account. We can also repair the road in two years."
Cui Xiongnian was thinking about the village. Cui Xue did not comment and quietly put the money away.
When they returned home, the meal was already ready. The two were so hungry that they didn't say a word and went straight to the table to eat. When they
were almost done eating, Cui Xiongnian took out the money and handed it to Liang Xiaoying, and took out another portion to give to his daughter-in-law Liu Ping.
"Why is this money wrong?" Liang Xiaoying counted it and felt that it was a bit too much.
"Your daughter-in-law loves you and said that she would give the money to you and she doesn't want her share." Cui Xiongnian glanced at Cui Xue who was still eating and said.
"How can that be?" Liang Xiaoying retorted subconsciously.
"Mom, it's not much, just take it. There are many places to spend money at home. Even if you two have money, what's wrong with me showing my filial piety to you?"
"You are so reasonable." Liang Xiaoying muttered, and didn't say anything else. She happily accepted the money.
She just suddenly remembered that Cui Xue had royalties and was not short of money, otherwise she would not have accepted Cui Xue's hard-earned money.
"Mom..." Liu Ping was watching from the side, and was interrupted by Liang Xiaoying when she wanted to say something.
"Stop it, you young couple, just keep the little money you have. The baby will be born soon, and there will be many places to spend money in the future. You should have some savings. Your father and I are not too old to move, so don't think about giving us money."
After hearing her say this, Liu Ping couldn't say what she wanted to say.
She saw that her sister-in-law gave money to her mother-in-law, and it would be a bit ignorant for her as a daughter-in-law not to give money.
Unexpectedly, the mother-in-law predicted her and refused directly.
"Hey sister-in-law, we are a family, don't be so formal. You are preparing to give birth to a baby, and you will spend a lot of money in the future. Besides, are you afraid that you can't spend money on your parents? When your parents are old and can't move in the future, I'm afraid that your money will not be enough."
"What are you talking about!" Liang Xiaoying picked up the chopsticks and hit Cui Xue on the head.
"How do you talk to your sister-in-law? You tell everyone what you say."
Cui Xue stuck out her tongue and didn't dare to say anything else.
"Mom, Xue'er is right. Then I won't give you the money for now. I'll keep it. If there's anything wrong at home in the future, I can also help." Seeing that Cui Xue was murdered, Liu Ping was a little anxious and hurriedly spoke to attract attention.
"Just keep it in mind." Liang Xiaoying nodded, not taking her help seriously.
Children have their own lives. They can still move now. Naturally, the pillars of the family don't fall on the children. As long as the children live a good life, they will be happy.
After dinner, when cleaning the kitchen, Cui Xue remembered the package sent by the magazine after Liu Ping reminded her.
She didn't hide it and opened it directly in the kitchen.
There were several canned foods, fruits and meat, a bag of brown sugar, a bag of white sugar, a bag of white flour and a bag of rice, and of course the manuscript fee and some tickets.
Cui Xue was stunned. The magazine's New Year gift was too heavy.
"So many things?" Liu Ping was sitting next to her. She was stunned when she saw so many things, and then she spoke in surprise.
"I didn't expect there were so many." Cui Xue put all the things out, and then found the letter from the magazine underneath.
She took a look and saw that because her novels were so popular and she had worked hard this year, the magazine applied for a batch of high-quality New Year gifts to send to her, hoping that she would continue to be successful next year.
After reading it, Cui Xue felt like she was going to die, but she was still writing. She really didn't want to write when she was stuck, but she could still do it for the sake of making money.
Throwing the letter aside, Cui Xue asked Liang Xiaoying to put the things away.
"Eat when you need to, don't feel bad, just buy more when you run out." Cui Xue said this deliberately because she was afraid that Liang Xiaoying would be reluctant to eat.
"I know, how can your mother treat you badly?" Liang Xiaoying looked at her unhappily, then took a few bowls, opened a can of fruit, poured it into the bowl, and shared it with them. Liu
Ping happened to be greedy, but she was too embarrassed to ask for food. Liang Xiaoying noticed it, and with Cui Xue's words, she immediately opened one.
At this time, canned fruit didn't have anything else added to it, and the fruit was all good. It tasted sweet and fresh, and was very delicious.
Liu Ping was still not satisfied after finishing a bowl, but Cui Xue didn't want to eat much, so she gave her bowl to Liu Ping.
After politely declining twice, Liu Ping ate it with embarrassment.
After eating two bowls in a row, the gluttony finally subsided. She put down the bowl with satisfaction and met her mother-in-law's eyes.
"Mom..."
"Is it delicious? If you want to eat it, you can open it tomorrow. You can't eat too much of this, otherwise the baby will be too big and difficult to give birth to." Liang Xiaoying smiled and didn't think her daughter-in-law was greedy at all.
"Mom, you also know that eating sweet things will make it difficult to give birth to a child?" Cui Xue looked at her in surprise.
At that time, gestational hypertension and high blood sugar were not popularized. Not to mention these, few people went for prenatal checkups, and most children were still born at home.
"The doctor said so when I took your sister-in-law to the health center for a checkup last time."
When she said this, Cui Xue understood. It turned out that she listened to the doctor.
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