While working, Third Aunt and the others kept looking at Aunt Qiu who was working hard beside them.
"What's wrong with her? She's been working diligently for the past few days, without saying a word."
"Isn't it because he's possessed by an evil spirit?"
Although the other party had never been lazy at work before, it was common for him to go to the toilet several times in the morning.
But these days he has been working honestly, not gossiping with them and rarely going to the toilet.
"Don't talk nonsense, or else someone will hear you and arrest you," Third Wife reminded.
Although feudal superstitions have not been cracked down as strictly in recent years, everyone is still worried.
"Then what happened to her? Was she upset by the Li Mingfa incident?"
"Li Mingfa was arrested and sent to labor reform. Shouldn't she be happy?"
"Yes, although there is one less man in the family, it doesn't matter whether Li Mingfa is there or not. If Li Mingfa is still around, we still have to eat the family's food. Without him, we can save a lot of food."
"How about we go ask? They're all from the same team. I heard she even brought something to Mingyue's house a few days ago to apologize."
"No wonder Jingzhi still greeted her with a smile. In the past, these two people ignored each other when they met."
"If you ask me, it's still Li Mingfa who's the root of all this trouble. Look, now that he's gone, isn't our brigade much more harmonious? Even those educated youth who used to shirk their responsibilities have become more obedient."
After the incident with Li Mingfa, people from the Youth League Office came down and gave the other educated youths a lecture, so they had no choice but to behave themselves.
After thinking about it, since they were all from the same team, everyone was still a little worried about Aunt Qiu.
The third wife was of a higher generation, so everyone asked her to do the asking.
Third Aunt took advantage of the time to drink water to walk over to Aunt Qiu and asked casually, "I see you've been working pretty hard these past few days. You haven't even had a drink of water or gone to the toilet much."
Aunt Qiu's hands moved quickly, and without turning her head, she said, "There are several mouths to feed at home, and we have to work harder."
The Third Grandma was puzzled, "Without Li Mingfa, wouldn't we have saved on food?"
"There's enough food now, but the child will eventually grow up and have many mouths to feed. If we don't start saving now, we'll worry when there's no food left."
When Third Grandma thought of Aunt Qiu's three children, she immediately became worried about Aunt Qiu.
"That's true. It's good to plan ahead. But have you ever thought about finding another one for Ni'er?"
Aunt Qiu finally put down the tools in her hands, raised her head and said seriously, "After this incident, I finally figured it out. I originally wanted to find a live-in son-in-law to help Ni'er in the future."
"But whoever you ask for help depends on their conscience. If they don't have a conscience, not only will they not help you, but they will even bring your family down. I'd rather be a little tired myself than gamble on someone else's conscience."
"While I can still work, I'll save more money for Ni'er."
Third Aunt glanced at Aunt Qiu in surprise, as if she couldn't believe that such words came out of her mouth.
"You think it's quite clear."
Aunt Qiu said with a wry smile, "If you still can't figure it out, my whole family will have to pierce their necks."
"Okay," Third Lady said with emotion, "If you need anything, just let us know. We're all in the same team."
Aunt Qiu thanked Third Aunt gratefully and went back to work.
When the Third Wife returned to the crowd, everyone immediately started chattering, "What's going on?"
"Why did your personality change so quickly?"
"Was it that jerk Li Mingfa who provoked me?"
The third grandmother waved her hand and whispered, "We're all mistaken. She's making plans for the future."
She repeated Aunt Qiu's words, and everyone fell silent.
"Ah, Aunt Qiu is also a miserable person. Not long after Ni'er was born, her husband died."
"She has been a stubborn person these years. Her words are a little harsh, and she is stingy and likes to take advantage of others, but..." Third Aunt wanted to say something good about Aunt Qiu, but after laying the groundwork for a long time, she found that she couldn't seem to find the words.
Someone continued, "But she's doing this to raise the child. If she's a woman in our team and doesn't have to be strong, how is she going to raise Ni'er?"
"He's not a nice person, but he doesn't have any bad intentions."
"Yes, yes, yes. Everyone in our team has some thoughts, but we don't have any bad people."
"If you ask me, our captain is the best. He tries to be fair in everything. He's fair and just, so we don't have to worry so much."
"That's right. No other team is as comfortable as ours."
"Hey, it seems like I haven't seen the captain all morning. Doesn't he usually come here to inspect several times?" asked the third grandmother.
The team leader he was asking about was sitting on the tractor driven by Lin Mingyue, rumbling towards the next team.
Sitting in the passenger seat of the tractor, the team leader said, "It just so happens that we don't have that much work this morning, so the work points and wages will still be yours. If you can help someone fix that tractor, they'll give you ten yuan, but the team won't charge you."
"I'll try my best."
Since that tractor repair, Lin Mingyue has put learning about tractor repair back on the agenda. He always spends some time studying every day, and his tractor repair skills are improving day by day.
After listening to what the captain said about the tractor's problems, she felt more confident and agreed to the other party's request.
If it can be repaired, I will have saved enough money to go to the county and buy two cans of milk powder.
The team leader didn't expect that the people on the other side had heard that there was someone in their team who could repair tractors, so they came to ask him to take people there.
The opposing brigade had always had a bad relationship with them because they all shared the same river and there were often fights.
The captain agreed to the other party because he wanted them to have some advantages when using the river water in the future. At least the other side would not dare to bully them blatantly because they were smaller in number.
When we arrived at our destination, we saw a few people waiting at the intersection.
When the car approached, the team leader jumped off the tractor.
"Oh! We've finally got you here!" The captain of Shanghe Brigade greeted Jiang Datian warmly, as if he had met a relative.
There was no sign that the two men had ever fought over the use of the river water.
Now that the other party needs his help, Jiang Datian doesn't give him any face at all.
He pulled out his hand that was held by the other person and wiped it with disgust.
"Don't get so close, we're not that familiar with each other." After being warned by the commune leader, although they didn't fight again, when they met, it was either you provoking me or I provoking you.
The other party was not angry at all. Instead, he said in a flattering manner, "Alas, why are you still holding such a grudge? Let's just let the past go. After all, we have known each other for decades."
"Is this Comrade Lin Mingyue, the tractor repairman from your team?"
Jiang Datian immediately looked at him warily. He had even found out about Lin Mingyue from their own team? Was he trying to steal her away?
Lin Mingyue nodded politely at the other party and stood behind the captain without saying anything.
This was all taught to her by her man, when she goes out, she should follow the captain's steps closely.
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