Past events
There are only four days left until July 19, and Hu Yufeng talked about looking for help.
Hu Yufeng meant to look among relatives and neighbors. Knowing his temperament and character, Yang Xiu and Qin Wenli had no objections.
As for the selection of people, there must be at least two people, and they must have a certain foundation in making fried dough twists. It's really not easy to find after scratching it like this.
Yang Xiu thought for a moment and mentioned someone: "My sister-in-law Lanhua is very neat and tidy. I've seen her making twisted dough sticks and she's quite skilled. But...will there be any trouble from my aunt-in-law?"
After hearing this, Hu Yufeng thought about it and felt that this person was a good candidate. Wen Zheng and his wife have good character. They can be said to be two rare good bamboo shoots in a nest of bad ones. Li Lanhua is honest and dull. She is most afraid of dealing with people, but she works very hard.
As for Chen Xiulian? Hu Yufeng snorted: "Your aunt has been busy these days and can't take care of Lanhua."
"Orchid counts as one, are there any others?" Hu Yufeng asked.
Yang Xiu counted on his fingers, and there were no more.
"Let's wait and see. Lanhua, you can ask tomorrow and decide if you're willing." Hu Yufeng made the decision and stood up to leave.
"Wait, mom, how much do you pay for helping out every day?" Qin Wenli asked hurriedly.
Yes, how much is the salary? The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law looked at each other, then turned to look at Qin Wenli: "How much do you think is appropriate?"
Qin Wenli took out his calculator and started to calculate. "How about 10 yuan per person? It's not low. It's 300 yuan a month, which is more than the township cadres."
Hu Yufeng nodded: "Then 10 yuan."
The next day was another extraordinary day. Early in the morning, before Yang Xiu even stepped into Li Lanhua's door, Wang Hong's wife came crying.
Yang Xiu pretended to go to the toilet, only to see a thin and small figure standing in front of the gate of Qin Wenzhen's house, crying miserably. Chen Xiulian looked at him with a constipated look on her face.
Perhaps seeing her come out, Chen Xiulian hurriedly pulled the woman's arm and said something, and the two of them went into Qin Wenzhen's house.
After a while, Qin Wenzhen's second daughter ran out, and Qin Wenzhen came back with a dark face.
Yang Xiu stood at the door and looked out. Sure enough, after a while, Chen Xiulian led the woman away.
Yang Xiu walked into the house quickly and gossiped to the old lady quietly: "Grandma, there was a woman standing at the door of my sister-in-law's house crying, and she was taken away by my aunt..."
The old lady didn't like Chen Xiulian very much and just said "Oh" when she heard it.
Yang Xiu suddenly lost interest in gossiping. Ah... it was another day of missing her mother-in-law.
After dinner, Yang Xiu went to find Li Lanhua.
Qin Wenzhen's house was quiet. Yang Xiu walked and called out, "Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, are you there?"
In the side room, Li Lanhua lifted the door curtain and came out. Seeing that it was her, she hurriedly said, "Xiu'er, come in quickly."
Yang Xiu followed him into the house, where two little girls were making insoles with needles and thread. When they saw her come in, they all smiled and called her Second Aunt.
Yang Xiu praised: "Fangfang and Qianqian have already started making insoles at this age? Let me see..."
I took it and took a look. It was well made, which is pretty good for his age.
She couldn't help but praise: "It's very well done. For the peony, you can first use purple-red, and then try using pink..."
“When I’m idle at home, I just temper them and do whatever I want.
Your second aunt is famous for her embroidery skills, you two should learn from her..." Li Lanhua said with a smile.
The two girls blushed and nodded.
Yang Xiu looked at it for a while, gave a few instructions, and winked at Li Lanhua, and the two of them went out to the kitchen.
Yang Xiu first asked for help in making fried dough twists.
Li Lanhua was delighted at first, but then hesitated and said, "There's nothing going on at home recently, so I'm just sitting around doing nothing. I hope you and Second Aunt don't dislike me. But... I've only done it at home, so can I be in a good position? I don't want to hold you back when the time comes."
Yang Xiu glared at her and said, "What do you mean by being a drag? I know your abilities, and I'd be glad if you could help me."
The two unskilled businessmen complimented each other and couldn't help laughing.
Yang Xiu asked in a low voice: "There was a woman crying at your door this morning. What happened?"
"Oh, don't mention it. That's Wang Hong's wife." Li Lanhua looked disgusted.
"Ah... Is she sick? Why is she crying in front of your house? Shouldn't she be looking for Wenqing?" Yang Xiu was also confused.
"Who knows what she was thinking? She was crying and people who didn't know her would think we did something to her. Your aunt brought her in, and then kicked her out when your eldest brother came back." Li Lanhua said with a gloomy face.
"Guess why she came here?" Li Lanhua asked mysteriously.
"Why?" Yang Xiu asked curiously.
"Wang Hong wanted to sue Wen Qing, so she asked Wen Qing to promise to marry her, and then she would help Wen Qing testify that Wang Hong hurt himself."
"Ah..." Yang Xiu was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth for a long time.
"Then...then my aunt and Wenqing agreed?" Yang Xiu was so shocked that he stuttered.
"Not now, but I guess we have to agree, otherwise Wenqing will have to go to jail, and my aunt won't be willing to let him go..." Li Lanhua said sarcastically.
"What about Xueqin? If you want to marry her, you have to divorce Xueqin first, right?"
"I guess it's a divorce. My aunt used to love Xueqin more than her own daughter, but now she can't wait for Xueqin to leave. I've let it go. When my mother-in-law employed people, she wanted to worship you, but when you got in her way, she would step on you. It's a good thing she doesn't like me." Li Lanhua smiled casually.
"Why do I hear that Wang Hong's wife is also very powerful?" Yang Xiu asked tentatively.
Li Lanhua snorted and laughed, "That's ten thousand times better than Xueqin. I thought I was marrying a rich lady, but you'll see, there will be a time when my aunt will regret it."
The two chatted for a few more sentences, and then Yang Xiu turned around and went home.
As soon as she entered the door, she couldn't help but jump in front of her mother-in-law: "Mom, I just went to my sister-in-law's house, guess what I heard?"
Hu Yufeng looked at her daughter-in-law in silence. She always felt that the child had become much more lively this year. Was her dignity damaged?
"I won't guess, just tell me what you want to tell me."
Yang Xiu restrained himself and said, "Oh, my sister-in-law Lanhua said that Wang Hong's wife came this morning and asked Wen Qing to marry her. If he doesn't marry her, she will ask Wang Hong to sue Wen Qing!!!"
Hu Yufeng was not surprised to hear this, because the person with Wenqing in her dream was Wang Hong's wife.
But no one expected that this man would actually come up with this trick, completely grasping the lifeblood of Chen Xiulian and her son.
Hu Yufeng rarely commented: "I'm afraid your aunt and Wenqing will have a hard time in the future."
"Mom, do you also think Wenqing will agree?" Yang Xiu was puzzled.
Hu Yufeng glanced at her and said, "It's obvious. Marrying a woman is much less of a punishment than going to jail. Besides, Wen Zheng has already been to jail, and your aunt doesn't want Wen Qing to go to jail again."
"Brother Wen Zheng has been in jail? Why?" Yang Xiu was surprised to hear this.
Qin Wenzhen is a down-to-earth and principled person. I heard that he is also an educated person who graduated from high school. If there is one shortcoming, the only one is that he is stingy. He really doesn't seem like a prisoner who could commit a crime.
"I'm sitting here on behalf of your aunt. That old bitch teamed up with others to steal things from the school. When they were caught, all the blame was put on Qin Wen Zheng. Wen Zheng was originally a teacher, but because of this he lost his public office and also spent three years in jail." Hu Yufeng felt sorry for Qin Wen Zheng when she mentioned this.
Qin Wenzhen had a bright future, but it was cut short by his own mother.
Yang Xiu was so shocked that he was speechless. After a long while, he said, "How could my aunt be like this? Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs. As a mother, I wish I could take the blame for my son. How could I put the blame on my son for what I did?"
"What do you think? That old woman looks cheerful, but she has a vicious heart. Otherwise, why do I always tell you to stay away from her? She even dares to sell her own son, let alone you..." Hu Yufeng said and glanced at Yang Xiu meaningfully.
Yang Xiu immediately remembered that when she first got married, Hu Yufeng had explicitly and covertly forbidden her from having any contact with Chen Xiu Lian. But Chen Xiulian was always smiling and didn't speak in a sarcastic way like her mother-in-law, so she had private interactions with Chen Xiulian, and Qin Xiaoqin often complained about her for this.
At that time, I thought my mother-in-law was overbearing. She and Chen Xiulian did not get along, and she restricted the younger generations from interacting with them.
Thinking about it now, he breaks out in a cold sweat and Yang Xiu lowers his head with an embarrassed look on his face.
Hu Yufeng raised the corners of her mouth. She would never say that at that time she was mostly concerned about her feud with Chen Xiu Lian, so she did not allow Yang Xiu to have any contact with her.
As for Chen Xiulian, she is actually a coward. At most she could stir up family trouble, but she didn't have the guts to actively harm others.
Hu Yufeng thought about it for a moment, then turned to ask the dejected Yang Xiu: "Do you have another candidate? We need to find one quickly."
Yang Xiu was more energetic after hearing this: "I thought about it and there is no suitable one in the village. Our Lili is skilled, but she is not patient."
Hu Yufeng had no idea either, so she said, "Then wait until Wenli comes back from the market."
Today is the market in Sancha Township. Since the beginning of summer, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law no longer go to the market here. They just fried the dumplings in advance and asked Qin Wenli to sell them.
The weather is hot and farm work is busy, so fewer people go to the market and the income from fried dough twists also decreases. Fortunately, thanks to the wholesale business of Lao Fang and Uncle Zhao’s store, we are able to maintain an income of more than 200 yuan per month.
I didn’t expect Qin Wenli to bring back someone in the afternoon: Xizi.
Without waiting for the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law to ask, Qin Wenli said, "My aunt brought Xizi here today. She said that there is nothing to do at home recently, so she asked Xizi to come and help our family."
"Ah... I see my aunt has a large flock of sheep, cows, pigs and so on. It seems that my aunt is very busy." Yang Xiu was puzzled.
"No, my mother-in-law kept the peppers and salt from me and didn't let me eat them. I told her that if she didn't give them to me, I would go to my aunt's house, and she took me to find Brother Wenli." Xizi quickly emphasized.
Yang Xiu: ...
Yang Xiu asked curiously again: "Xizi, what will you do with the child when you come? Don't you want the child?"
"When his grandma goes out, they can just stay at home and play. His grandma will take care of their food and clothing. There's nothing for her to worry about." Xizi didn't care.
"Besides, my two children are not picky. But I am not. I can't eat without salt and spicy food..." Her words were full of resentment towards her mother-in-law.
Yang Xiu: …………
Hu Yufeng: It’s… hard to put it into words.
It's hard not to suspect that Xizi followed the beekeeper and ran away from home just to get his food, after all, it was a strong Sichuan cuisine.
It’s hard to put it into words. Since everyone had arrived, she could only let her stay at home for now. Hu Yufeng had no choice but to send Xizi to sleep in the old lady’s room.
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