Chapter 26 Chapter 26 Someone’s Guidance
"I remember her daughter-in-law was from out of town. After she got married, she didn't hang out with the people in the brigade much. It's no surprise that she looked unfamiliar to you." After explaining, Han's mother asked, "Did this person cause you any trouble by watching you paint?"
"No, no, I just met you on the road and thought of asking you. After all, we are from the same team, it's impossible for us not to know everything." Yang Dai said as she added a piece of meat to Han's mother and waited for her next words.
Han's mother raised the corner of her mouth, glanced at the other two daughters-in-law, and continued to talk about that person with Yang Dai.
According to Han's mother, Aunt Huang's son is called Huang Anjun and her daughter-in-law is called Zhao Xiaocai.
Zhao Xiaocai is not a local. She was brought back from the army by Huang Anjun. When the two of them arrived home, Aunt Huang found out that their marriage reports had been approved.
Zhao Xiaocai is from the south and is the sister of Huang Anjun’s comrade-in-arms. It is said that when Zhao Xiaocai went to the army to visit her brother, the two fell in love and got married quickly.
Huang Anjun also wrote a letter to his family at that time, hoping that Aunt Huang could go to the army to attend his wedding. However, the postman responsible for delivering letters to the Huangzhuang Brigade was sick, and the letter was kept in the commune's post office. Before Aunt Huang received the letter, Huang Anjun had already taken Zhao Xiaocai home to visit relatives.
Huang Anjun's rank was not high enough at the time, so Zhao Xiaocai could not join the army and could only return to her hometown to live with Aunt Huang.
Aunt Huang looked down on her daughter-in-law Zhao Xiaocai, but Zhao Xiaocai was pregnant and soon gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl. The relationship between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law became much more harmonious.
When the child was four years old, Zhao Xiaocai became pregnant again, still with twins.
Aunt Huang was content with having a grandson. She took care of all the chores at home and outside by herself. Huang Anjun also sent his monthly allowance back home. Zhao Xiaocai's life was once the envy of the young girls in Huangzhuang Brigade.
I have money and children, and my mother-in-law takes care of everything at home and outside, so I don’t have to worry about anything.
But such good days were soon broken.
Huang Anjun died heroically while on a mission, and Zhao Xiaocai became a young widow.
Aunt Huang lost her husband when she was young and her son when she was old. In addition, since Huang Anjun's death, there have been a lot of rumors in the team, saying that Aunt Huang was born with a strong life, otherwise how could she not keep a man by her side.
The emergence of rumors further stimulated Aunt Huang's temperament to change drastically. She changed from a capable and efficient person to a mean old lady. Whenever she was unhappy, any dog passing by her door would be scolded.
"Your Aunt Huang has had a hard life too. If she encounters any problems in the future, I'd love to help her." If it were the Han Lin and Yang Dai of the past, Han's mother would never say such words.
If what I said gets out, I will be laughed at by others.
But now that she sees that the third brother and his wife are much better off than before, she no longer feels any burden when she says this.
In the early years, when Han's mother went to the fields to earn work points, she was often in the same small team with Aunt Huang, and the two had a good relationship.
After Huang Anjun got into trouble, she would go to see Aunt Huang from time to time. Recently, Aunt Huang seemed to be much better than before, at least her energy was back.
Yang Dai and Han Lin looked at each other, and said a few more words following Han's mother's topic. The topic gradually shifted to other places, and the meal was over.
"Mom, I'll go with you to visit Aunt Huang some other day. After all, this is part of my job." The eldest sister-in-law Sun Qiaoyun suddenly spoke as soon as the dishes were put down.
"Okay, let's go and have a look when we have time." Han's mother didn't expect her eldest daughter-in-law to speak suddenly, but after being stunned for a while, she agreed.
Sun Qiaoyun is a member of the Women's Federation of the commune, and it is indeed her responsibility to visit Aunt Huang and her family.
But for some reason, the atmosphere seemed a little depressing after these words were spoken.
Fortunately, no one cared because the situation with the boss Han Jing was even more depressing.
If the whole family hadn't been gathered around the dinner table, Han Jing would have been unable to resist smoking.
"The account is still not right?" Father Han glanced at the eldest brother, but he didn't know what to do.
Han's father could read, but he couldn't understand the account book. The densely packed numbers made him feel overwhelmed.
"This year's harvest is better than in previous years. After paying the public grain, the accounts should be much richer than before, but the result is almost the same as last year." Han Jing has been troubled by the account books for a long time.
At first, he wondered if he had calculated it wrong, but after calculating it over and over again, he just couldn't believe it.
He asked the team leader for the account books from previous years and compared the accounts one by one with those from previous years.
The brigade's annual expenditures were actually pretty much fixed: seeds, fertilizer, grain...
Moreover, when the commune purchasing station collected grain this year, the price was two cents higher than last year. In addition, a group of people from Huangzhuang Brigade went to build the railway this year, and these are all part of the brigade's income. No matter how it is calculated on the books, it should be higher than last year.
But Han Jing couldn't find anything wrong.
Father Han: "You didn't tell the captain about this, did you?"
Han Jing: "I don't even have any evidence, so it's useless to tell me."
He was just an accountant for a small team. Even if there was a problem in the account book, he should find the accountant of the big team, not the team leader.
In fact, after he found something wrong with the accounts, he went to find the accountant Huang Ping.
Huang Ping also attached great importance to this matter. He even called several accountants from the brigade to check the account books from beginning to end.
But no problem was found, and the matter was considered over for others.
But he really couldn't get over it. The more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong.
"Why don't you bring the account book back and let our family help you look at it. All of you have been to school, so if you look at it together, you might be able to find something." Han's mother knew her eldest son's temper well. He would never give up until this matter was clarified.
Han Jing's eyes lit up, but he quickly waved his hand, "How can we bring back the brigade's account books for everyone to look at?"
It was getting late, so after talking for a few more words, Yang Dai and Han Lin left.
"After I finish the draft, my mother and I will go to see Aunt Huang." Yang Dai took the initiative to talk about this with Han Lin.
Things are already happening, we can’t just ignore it.
"Thank you for your concern." Han Lin decided to take a two-pronged approach.
Yang Dai went to visit Aunt Huang's house. Han Lin also remembered the person he had met in the commune before. If he asked around, he should be able to get some information.
Huang Ping has worked as an accountant in the brigade for several years, but his abilities have always been mediocre. He has been criticized several times by the senior accountant for not being serious and careful. No one had ever thought that he could become a senior accountant.
But no one objected. After all, more than half of the people in Huangzhuang Brigade had the surname Huang, and Huang Ping was of a higher generation in the family. Although everyone was surprised that Huang Ping could become a big accountant, they only talked about it behind his back. No one was so desperate as to directly oppose Huang Ping.
Huang Ping's accounting ability is weak, so if he wants to make fake accounts that are flawless, there must be someone behind him guiding him.
And the person I met in the commune before fits the description very well.
The couple both had their plans in mind, and this little thing wouldn't disturb their sleep, and soon it would be a new day.
Han Lin continued to go out to work at the construction site, while Yang Dai also began to retreat to draw, just waiting to complete the task and go to the county guesthouse.
The meals at home seemed to be prepared as agreed beforehand, with my mother and mother-in-law taking turns delivering meals.
Three days passed in a flash. Yang Dai put away her drawings and felt a little nervous.
It is said that foreigners look different from them. Yang Dai has never seen one and doesn't know what the difference is.
Yang Dai opened the door and stood in the yard to relax and stretch her muscles. She would be going out soon.
"Yang Dai, are you home?" A voice came, and Xia Ziqing's figure also walked in from outside the gate.
Yang Dai was busy painting and hadn't seen Xia Ziqing for several days.
But when you see the other person coming to your house, you should still invite them to sit in your room.
"I heard that you are going to the county town? How about we go together?" Xia Ziqing didn't say much greetings and directly stated his purpose.
"I've only been here for a short time and I'm not familiar with the county. I feel more at ease finding a local to be with me."
Yang Dai noticed that when Xia Ziqing said this, there was tension and anxiety in his eyes.
It seemed like this was the first time she saw this emotion in Xia Ziqing's eyes.
"Are you planning to go shopping at the department store in the county town?"
"Let's go check out the department store and the post office. I heard that our team's postman sometimes doesn't deliver mail on time. I'll go find out where the post office is so it'll be convenient for me to pick up my stuff when the time comes."
"I heard that you have something important to do today. Don't worry, I will definitely not delay your work." Xia Ziqing was very determined to go to the county town this time.
She had even planned that even if Yang Dai rejected her, she would borrow a bicycle to go to the county town.
After she was reborn, she made up her mind to cling to Yang Dai's thighs.
Therefore, when he had nothing to do, he would recall the reports and interviews he had read in his previous life at the educated youth center, and piece together Yang Dai's life experience bit by bit. He even used a notebook to sort out the milestones in Yang Dai's life.
For this reason, she also recalled a lot of news about Huangzhuang Brigade.
When she was reborn, she always thought that Yang Dai was doing well, but after carefully recalling it for a while, she found that Yang Dai's life still had its ups and downs.
The first time was when I was drawing a propaganda poster and I ruined my body.
The second time was with this foreign businessman. He was actually very satisfied with Yang Dai's paintings, and he was ready to take several of Yang Dai's designs into his pocket.
But unfortunately the translation ability was not good enough and caused a big mess.
After nearly a month of back and forth, and with the foreign investor getting angry several times, the cooperation was finally settled.
It was originally said to be a large order, but after several attempts, the order volume was more than half of what it was originally cut.
Xia Ziqing felt that he had already decided to cling to someone powerful, so he had to use his abilities to try his best to reduce the setbacks in Yang Dai's life.
In this way, Yang Dai might become even more powerful than in her previous life, and she, who is clinging to her, can also benefit from it.
So today, no matter whether Yang Dai agrees or not, she will follow her and sneak into the guesthouse to act as an interpreter for Yang Dai, trying to prevent what happened in her previous life from happening again.
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