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The son understands his mother best, and Liu Wangshi immediately stopped crying.
"You ungrateful wretch, I shouldn't have given birth to you in the first place."
"Third Brother, this is our mother." Liu Ximei looked at Liu Maocai hesitantly.
"Get out of here, you bitch! Don't dirty my land!" Li Cuihua picked up a broom and swung it at Liu Ximei.
"Third sister-in-law, you've gone too far! This is my brother's house, why won't you let me and Mom come over?"
Er Ya held onto Li Cuihua, worried that she might get sick from the stress of the New Year.
"Get out of here right now. I know what's wrong with you. Don't let things get ugly and you'll be too ashamed to face anyone."
Liu Ximei was startled. Did Er Ya know about her affairs?
But seeing Er Ya's cold gaze, he chickened out and left without saying a word, pulling his mother along.
"Er Ya, do you know anything about that bitch?"
"I don't know?" I was just teasing her, I didn't expect she actually had something to do.
This incident still left a shadow on the Liu family.
Thinking of her eldest daughter, whose whereabouts were still unknown, Li Cuihua was overcome with grief and burst into tears.
"You won? It's the New Year, don't you think it's bad luck?" Liu Maocai was also upset, but as the head of the family, he couldn't cry like an old woman, otherwise how would the family survive?
Li Cuihua knew it wasn't good to cry during the New Year, so she said intermittently, "I'll only cry this once, and I won't cry again."
"Mom, we should get ready to make dumplings. Please stop crying."
Li Cuihua wiped away her tears and, together with Er Ya, prepared to make dumplings.
"Mom, shall we make both sauerkraut and cabbage?" Liu Erya asked, trying to make conversation so her mother would forget what had just happened and that her sister had run away.
"Yes, your dad loves pickled cabbage, and your brother loves it too, so let's make more."
Go peel the scallions, I'll cook the noodles, and I'll get the pickled cabbage ready too. It's too cold; you're a grown woman now, don't stay out in the cold like that.”
"It's okay, it's not cold."
"Don't be reckless; it's your own body."
Both mother and son were quick and efficient, so Liu Jianguo took the two younger ones out to play. Liu Maocai was at home tending the fire, and he also wanted his eldest son to keep in touch with his friends.
"Big brother, where are we going?"
"Let's go find Er Lengzi."
When they arrived at Er Lengzi's house, Da Shan and the others were chatting.
"The big worker is back?"
"Erlinzi, if you keep being sarcastic, we'll have a match."
"Don't be angry, I was just kidding."
"Yeah, Jianguo, don't pay any attention to him. With that mouth of his."
"Hey Er Lengzi, come to my house for dumplings." Wang Jianguo came over to invite him over for a meal.
"No need, I'll go to Hongmei's house for dumplings. That girl already told me."
"When did you become close with that girl?"
"Where can a village of people live together? Besides, she's an orphan like me, shouldn't I take extra care of her?"
"Come on, you idiot, you just want someone else's food? You just want to eat meat?"
What happened to Dashan?
“Hongmei is a strange girl. We’ve been up and down the mountain and down the river many times, but we usually come back empty-handed. But as long as we follow this girl, we’re sure to get something.”
"Yes, the fish you ate today was caught by us on the 20th when we went to Dead Man's Pool in the mountains. The three nets from Da Shan's family didn't catch anything at all, but the two nets this girl bought were full of fish."
"Yes, we check the traps every other day and there's nothing there, but this girl always manages to find some wild animals."
"You three got it? What kind of society is this? And you call it weird? Are you just causing trouble for that girl? Did you eat her food for free?" Er Lengzi glared at them.
The three of them felt embarrassed after they finished speaking, but since they were all friends, they felt it was no big deal. However, after Er Lengzi spoke, they realized they had said something they shouldn't have.
"Don't speak ill of my sister Hongmei. If I hear you say I can't beat you, I'll tell my sister Hongmei, and she won't give you any good food anymore."
The group laughed, not taking Little Stone's angry expression seriously. But when Stone grew up, he truly couldn't stand anyone saying a bad word about Zhang Hongmei. Any slight disrespect would result in him throwing a punch.
“That girl is capable; look, she even gave me the money for my watch.” Liu Jianguo quickly changed the subject.
"Jianguo, you bought a watch too? Erlengzi has one too, it was also given to him by that girl with the coupons." Erlinzi was really envious of the two of them having watches, but his family simply couldn't afford one.
"Wow! Er Lengzi's watch is an imported Plum Blossom. It must be worth three hundred, right?"
Liu Jianguo bought the watch himself, and of course he had his eye on this one, but he didn't have enough money, mainly because he couldn't bear to part with it.
"Hmm, three hundred, I borrowed another twenty to make it enough."
"So you have all that money, and you've spent all your subsidies on this, right?"
"That's right, I usually spend money lavishly. That's all I've saved up. Now I don't even have that much left."
"That girl not only has the protection of the little ones, but even her great-grandmother treats her differently."
"That girl is good at dealing with people. Every time she comes back from outside, she brings back little things for her great-grandmother. She never forgets to send her any good food." Er Lengzi said this with feeling. Hongmei is really a good girl. She knows how to handle things and how to get along with people.
Six people were chatting, while the two younger ones squatted in the yard writing.
“Jianguo, apart from your eldest sister, everyone in your family will be successful in the future,” Shuangcun said, looking at the two younger children.
"How can you talk like that?" Liu Jianguo couldn't stand it anymore. No matter how bad Da Ya was, she was still his sister.
"To be honest, look at these two, and then look at your second sister, she's about to start junior high. Only your eldest sister is blind."
Da Shan noticed Er Lengzi's displeasure and tried to mediate. There was no need to quarrel during the New Year holiday; besides, how many days could Liu Jianguo possibly stay home?
"Xiao Suo, why aren't you saying anything?"
"I heard from you guys, is it good outside Jianguo?"
“I’ve only been out for a stroll once in the six months I’ve worked in the city, and that was to buy a watch. I came right back after buying it, so I didn’t have time to wander around at all. I can eat my fill, but the food is terrible, and sometimes it’s undercooked. I feel uncomfortable for half a day after eating it.”
"Still like this?"
"Of course! There's a war going on now, and supplies are scarce, so our cotton mill is working overtime to produce military supplies. I have to go back on the second day of the Lunar New Year. If I weren't a new employee, they wouldn't even let me go home for the New Year."
"Still like this? I was thinking how great it would be to work in a factory in the city. I was thinking I'd have plenty of time to go out and have fun."
"You dream quickly."
Xiao Suo was greatly disappointed. She had been thinking that if things were better in the city, she could find a job there herself. But now, going there was worse than staying at home. At least at home, she could have freedom and enough to eat.
"Your cotton mill has a lot of female workers, right? Are there any pretty ones?" Da Shan winked at Liu Jianguo.
"I work overtime all day, and I wear a mask at work so I can't see my face at all. How would I know if I'm pretty or not?"
"Your job is really good, it's just that you're going to be in jail."
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