Chapter 65 Chapter 65 Xiao Ming might wake up laughing in his sleep at night (…

"Cousin, are you really going to recruit that sister? I heard people around say that she has a bad temper and a bad reputation. Will she cause you trouble in the future?" Zhao Tingting asked worriedly as they walked back.

Shen Moer smiled and said, "Maybe she will cause some trouble, but she has her strengths."

She herself was a traveler and didn't understand many things in this world. Liu Yinshuang was different. Liu Yinshuang knew the future development of this world, and although she had a bad temper, it was obvious that she was very filial to her grandfather.

A person has a soft spot and is forced into a dangerous situation. At this time, there is a chance to make money and live a good life, She will definitely work hard.

Fu Mingze took the things he bought to the donkey cart first, while Shen Moer took Zhao Tingting to the supply and marketing cooperative again to buy some oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, candy and snacks. There happened to be new egg cakes, which were expensive but did not require tickets. Shen Moer weighed two kilograms and shared one with Zhao Tingting on the spot.

Zhao Tingting was stunned. She had heard her mother Shen Yinyin nagging that her uncle's family was building a house and holding a wedding banquet, and there were many famines outside, so she should be more sensible when she was at her uncle's house.

But during the time she came here, she found that the food at her uncle's house was actually better than that of ordinary families. However, her uncle also said that they almost starved to death when their food was robbed last time. Now, regardless of other things, they must not skimp on food.

Zhao Tingting looked at the increasingly complete collection of things at her uncle's house, scratching her head, thinking something was wrong.

But they were almost starving to death, so it was not surprising that they changed their minds.

When they returned to the donkey cart, most people had also returned, and they all had large and small bags. They probably heard that Sparrow City might be taken over, so even though there was still some time before the New Year, they tried to buy as much as possible.

Wang Qiutong and Zheng Jiamin also came back, carrying a large piece of meat in his hand, which was very eye-catching. However, everyone in the village knew that his family was well-off, so it was not surprising.

When all the people in the car were gathered, Uncle Liu was about to leave when a bicycle suddenly came from a distance: "Uncle Liu, Uncle Liu, wait for me!"

It was Shen Lingling.

Zhang Junliang put her down and rode away. Shen Lingling got on the donkey cart with a bag in her hand, and whether it was intentional or not, she squeezed in between Shen Moling and Zhang Junliang. She put herself between Zhao Tingting and Zhao Lingling: "Tingting, move to the side and make more room for me."

She touched her belly, glanced at Shen Moer, and said: "I'm not feeling well, don't squeeze me."

Although there is a local saying that you can't tell others about your pregnancy within three months, I don't know if Shen Lingling doesn't care about these "feudal superstitions" or what, she ran to tell Shen Moer when she found out she was pregnant more than a month ago

. What? Raising children is the serious business. Shen Moer and Cheng Tao were stunned.

Yes, she said this in the village primary school office. Cheng Tao was there too.

Shen Moer almost suspected that Shen Lingling's high school diploma was fake. This idea was even more "feudal" than that of an "ancient person" like her.

Shen Lingling didn't know what she was thinking. Since she became pregnant, she seemed to have regained her sense of superiority. She held her head high in front of Shen Moer every day and asked her from time to time whether she was pregnant or not. Shen Moer didn't care at all. Fu Mingze heard it a few times occasionally and his face turned black every time.

They were not in a hurry to have a child, especially since the ninth workshop had not been built yet, and there were a lot of things to do. However, Shen Lingling came to ask every day, which made Fu Mingze uncomfortable. Every time he heard it, he would bother Shen Moer until the middle of the night.

Shen Moer rolled her eyes, leaned towards Fu Mingze, and secretly pinched his palm to comfort Fu Zhiqing.

Fu Zhiqing glanced at her and turned his head, pretending not to see Shen Lingling.

What no one expected was that Zhang Zhiqiang suddenly shouted, "Uncle Liu, stop for a minute. I'll get off and walk back."

Uncle Liu pulled the reins blankly, "What?"

The car slowed down, and Zhang Zhiqiang jumped off the donkey cart and said firmly, "I'll walk back."

He didn't go to the commune to buy things today. He was lucky enough to get two wild rabbits in the mountains a while ago, and secretly asked the most enthusiastic Aunt Chen in the village to help him pick them up and dry them. Today he came to send them home.

So other people returned with big bags, but Zhang Zhiqiang had nothing in his hands, so it wouldn't be a big deal even if he walked back.

As the car drove forward for a while, someone whispered, "This educated youth Zhang is really kindhearted. Even after such a mess, he still gave Shen Lingling a place."

Shen Lingling immediately said, "Auntie Guan, don't say anything. My husband Junliang will

hear about it." Auntie Guan pouted and said nothing.

Although Shen Lingling said this, she was still very happy in her heart. Even though she got married, her charm was still the same. Although Zhang Zhiqiang didn't say it, he probably still thought about her in his heart.

What Shen Lingling didn't know was that after Zheng Jiamin had a big meal at Shen Moer's house that night, he went back to the educated youth station and asked Zhang Zhiqiang gossipingly whether he still had feelings for Shen Lingling.

As a result, Zhang Zhiqiang's face darkened and he said, "I just don't want to ride in the same donkey cart with such a heartless and ungrateful woman!" He fell to the ground

with a sound.

Zheng Jiamin sighed for a long time, and Zhang Zhiqiang actually came to his senses.

Not long after, the school began to have winter vacation. Although the weather was getting colder and colder, the children seemed to be not afraid of the cold at all. They ran from the beginning to the end of the village, from the east to the west of the village and played crazily all day long, and the

adults were even busier. Although there was not much work in the fields, they still had to spend time to tidy up every day, and in addition, they had to prepare food, firewood and clothes for the winter. If someone in the family was learning embroidery, they would be a little busier. After all, without a main labor force, others would have to bear more responsibilities.

The construction of the ninth workshop of the Southern Province Embroidery Factory had already started. The county even allocated a sum of money to repair the road from Liuqiao Commune to the county seat before the New Year. It was impossible to pave a cement road or asphalt road because the county did not have that much money. They just added some stones to the foundation of the original yellow mud road to make it smoother.

However, Shen Moer had never been to the construction site.

The future workshop director of the ninth workshop, Mao Jianxin, and another deputy director, Jin Caifei, had already taken up their posts. Shen Moer had met them. Both were very polite, but Shen Moer could obviously sense their jealousy of her as a "local tyrant."

When Shen Moer asked about the factory building plan, they hesitated and talked about other things. In short, the factory had already come up with detailed drawings and plans, and there were people from Jiangbei County who were dedicated to assisting in the work. Shen Moer didn't need to worry about anything at all, and all she had to do was wait for the factory building to be completed and construction to begin.

They came all the way to Jiangbei County to work. They were both in their thirties and in their prime. It was obvious that they came for a bright future. Shen Moer guessed that they were afraid that she would sideline them and they would not have the real power, so they wanted to take the initiative in the early stage of the factory construction.

Fortunately, she didn't want to worry about these things at all.

After the weather got cold, she didn't like to go out. Even her father sighed every morning before going to work.

Although there was a bicycle, the northwest wind was blowing in winter, and riding a bicycle was colder than walking. Shen Shaoyuan was really miserable going to and from work every day.

Shen Moer felt very sorry for her father. She thought that her father had grown up in luxury and had never suffered such hardships. When he didn't buy scarves and gloves at first, his hands were frozen red every day when he came home. It was better after he finally bought scarves and gloves, but it was still cold!

In addition to sympathy, Shen Moer was more determined not to go to the construction site. What if she went there and asked her to go there every day?

Since Mao Jianxin and Jin Caifei were so enthusiastic about their work, they could just leave the matter to them. After all, she was in charge of personnel and business. Couldn't she just train them at home?

After more than two months of intensive training, the learning progress of the group of people in the Yangliu Brigade has obviously widened the gap. The slower ones can only be regarded as having laid a foundation, while the faster ones have already learned it quite well.

By the way, there are two more people learning embroidery during this period.

One is Liu Yinshuang. She came the next day after she met Shen Moer in Sparrow City. When she heard Shen Moer ask her to learn embroidery as an embroiderer, she was actually reluctant at the time, but she gritted her teeth and agreed.

When she started to learn, Shen Moer understood why she was reluctant at the time. It was really that this person had no talent in this area. The simplest things, others could learn in one day, but she took three days to learn only about 70% or 80% of it.

However, even though it was very difficult to learn, Liu Yinshuang still gritted her teeth and ran to Yangliu Brigade early every morning.

Another one was Qiaojie. That day in the commune, Shen Moer and Zhao Tingting went to the supply and marketing cooperative. After Fu Mingze put the things on the donkey cart, he went to the dormitory in the textile factory area. He didn't see Bao Ge in Maque Market, so he went to Qiaojie to find him, preparing to ask Bao Ge to help send the things Shen Moer bought to his family.

As a result, when they arrived at Qiaojie's house, they found out that Baoge's way of collecting things in the countryside had been cut off. Someone was jealous and reported them. The person was not arrested, but all the collected goods were confiscated. Not only did they suffer heavy losses, but the few people who had worked with Baoge were scared and determined not to do it again.

As if it rained, Qiaojie could not do it, and Baoge could not do business either. Suddenly, both of them were a little bit at a loss.

There must be savings, but they were living beyond their means, and life would be difficult in the future.

Fu Mingze went back and told Shen Moer about this, and Shen Moer suggested that Qiaojie also go to Yangliu Brigade to learn embroidery. In the end, you have to learn first to see if you have talent. If you can pass the assessment when the factory is built, you can enter the factory as a worker.

Qiaojie is the opposite of Liu Yinshuang. She is good at sewing and mending, and can make simple clothes. She is also learning embroidery very quickly.

The Shen family courtyard is a group of female comrades who are busy every day. They not only learn embroidery, but also help with any work they see in the Shen family, such as the year-end cleaning, washing this and that. Shen Moer was robbed of her job after she had worked for a few times. Shen Moer asked everyone not to be so polite, but these people still refused. They all said that Shen Moer taught them step by step, and she was actually their master. Isn’t it normal for apprentices to work for their master’s family?

As if working was not enough, they would send things to Shen Moer's house from time to time during the period before the New Year, such as homemade tofu, pickled buckwheat, dried mushrooms and bamboo shoots, and homemade sweet potato vermicelli. Some would give half a pound, and the total amount was quite considerable. It was more than enough for the Shen family of three to celebrate the New Year.

At the same time, in Yinjia Village in a certain province in the west,

Fu Zhiyuan squatted on the ground and fanned the stove vigorously, but thick smoke continued to billow out of the stove. He coughed and his glasses were misted.

Yin Xiuwen got up from the straw-covered wooden bed, grabbed a handful of straw and walked outside, coughing while covering her mouth and saying, "Okay, you take a break, I'll do the burning."

Fu Zhiyuan saw her take out two pieces of firewood with a flint and stuff a little more

straw in. Soon the stove hole lit up with fire and the smoke immediately decreased. He couldn't help but say, "Drinking poison to quench thirst." It rained two days ago, and the firewood they piled outside the thatched house got wet. In the past two days, every time they lit a fire, there was thick smoke.

The straw on the bed was dry and could start a fire, but they only had so little straw. If they used it all to start a fire, would they just sleep on the bed board? They would freeze to death at night.

"Then we can only take care of the present." Yin Xiuwen said as she put the cut sweet potato chips into the pot.

At this time, someone outside the thatched house suddenly called out in a low voice: "Old Fu?"

Fu Zhiyuan opened the door, and a dark-skinned man came in with a package. This was Yin Xiuwen's distant cousin from her mother's side, named Yin Zhanlin. As soon as he came in, he closed the door and said, "Something has been sent from Southern Province."

Yin Xiuwen's eyes lit up, and she wiped her hands on her clothes and walked forward quickly: "Is there a letter?"

Yin Zhanlin smiled: "You can only know after you open it yourself."

Yin Xiuwen took the package and saw that the sender was Chen Zengbao from Liuqiao Commune, Jiangbei County, Lingjiang City, Southern Province. She took out a pair of scissors from under the bed and carefully opened the package.

There were a lot of things, two pairs of cloth shoes, two pairs of cotton pants, and some dried fish, bamboo shoots, sweet potatoes, etc. Yin Xiuwen flipped through them and found a small piece of paper from one of the cloth shoes. The words on it were not her son's, but crooked, probably written by Zengbao's kid. She

first asked them how they were doing recently, then said that she had a good harvest this year, and that her neighbor Xiao Ming was living a good life after getting married. His father-in-law had been poor farmers for three generations, but he was lucky enough to get a job in a community kiln factory as an official, and his wife was even more amazing. She taught the village children to draw and won an award in the provincial capital. She was going to work in a state-owned factory next. Xiao Ming would probably wake up with laughter in the middle of the night because he married such a beautiful and capable daughter-in-law. She was very envious every time she thought about it.

Yin Xiuwen laughed, read the letter carefully and then handed it to Fu Zhiyuan.

Yin Zhanlin said curiously: "Your family has been very affectionate and loyal, and I dare to send you something in this situation."

Yin Xiuwen's eyes flashed, and then she smiled: "No, although it is a life-saving favor, it is rare for us to be remembered in this situation. Just like you, cousin, you are taking risks when you help us collect things, and we are really grateful. Otherwise, It's because of you and my cousin that it's really hard for us."

She felt in the shoes that were sent, took out fifty yuan rolled up from one shoe, and handed five yuan to Yin Zhanlin: "Buy sweets for the children."

Yin Zhanlin waved his hands: "It's hard for you. It's easy for someone to send you some money, so you can keep it for yourself."

Yin Xiuwen put the money into his pocket: "There will be a lot of trouble for my cousin in the future. Besides, this is for the children, not for you."

The two of them pushed back for a while, but Yin Zhanlin still accepted it, and Yin Xiuwen gave it again. He shared some of the dried fish he received, and Yin Zhanlin immediately changed Sorry, before leaving, he said: "I will quietly bring you some straw tomorrow."

After all, Yin Xiuwen was sent back from the countryside. Although many people in the village knew that they were related, they could not help openly. Besides, The village is poor, and what can be done to help is actually limited.

After Yin Zhanlin left, the couple sat on the bed and sighed.

Although there is no news from the younger son, it seems that he will be fine with his grandparents and uncle. The older son has sent three letters. The last time he wrote, he said he was getting married, which scared Fu Zhiyuan and Yin Xiuwen. They were startled. Their own children knew it themselves. The couple thought that with Fu Mingze's personality, even if his family members earnestly told him to start a family in the countryside before he left, Fu Mingze would probably turn a deaf ear to it. , maybe after five or ten years,

he would still be a bachelor. But no one expected that he got married after only one year in the production team.

Moreover, this damn kid always wrote very brief letters. The previous one only said that he was going to get married, and nothing else. Fu Zhiyuan and Yin Xiuwen almost suspected that he had been tricked by someone in the village. , I was forced to do it. I have been worried for a while.

Fortunately, the second letter came.

"It seems that my daughter-in-law is excellent, beautiful and capable." Yin Xiuwen said with relief.

Fu Zhiyuan pushed his glasses up and showed a suspicious expression: "You think Fu Mingze is relying on his good looks to eat free food in Liuqiao Commune? Why do I feel it's not right? My father-in-law is a member of a community-run factory. The cadres here have wives who are probably teachers, and they will go to work in state-owned factories, which is a very good condition in the countryside.

They are also in the countryside now, and they have a general understanding of the situation in the countryside. In Jia Village, there were only four people working in the commune, three of whom were temporary workers, and the one formal worker was hired because a relative of his family was an official in the commune, and he used his connections to get the job.

Those who could work in the commune were all young people with a junior high school education or above, and they were all boys. I have never seen a father and daughter working in the commune

. In the commune? How did Fu Mingze get in touch with him?

Yin Xiuwen wanted to say it was impossible, her son was not that kind of person, but after taking out the letter and reading it carefully several times, she had to admit that her husband's suspicion was actually true. There is some truth to this.

Didn't Fu Mingze go to the countryside to pretend to be poor? What would people want from a poor educated youth?

They could only want his face.

Yin Xiuwen thought about it and decided that she would just follow his good looks. She was very satisfied that she could get a daughter-in-law with his good looks. "Tell me, it's a good thing that I gave him a good-looking face. Face!"

The couple sighed for a while, then got up to pack the things sent by Fu Mingze. As they were packing, they felt a little weird in their hearts. Did they become freeloaders along with their son?

A border thousands of miles away.

Fu Boyuan walked into the yard carrying a package. The old lady who was basking in the sun in the yard raised her eyes and asked, "Hey, where did this come from?"

Fu Boyuan waited until he got closer before saying, "It was sent from Liuqiao Commune in Southern Province. The

old lady stood up immediately and followed her son into the house, muttering, "It's Mingze, right? It's Mingze who sent it? This kid, he didn't say he would send a letter earlier, why did he send it suddenly?" Such a big package Come, hurry up, open it and see if there is a letter."

The package was opened, and it was similar to the one sent to Yinjia Village. The letter was also written by Bao Ge, but it was a little longer than the letter sent to Yinjia Village, and there were many things in it. He briefly mentioned Fu Mingze's marriage, and described in detail how Shen Moru took students to participate in competitions and won awards, and how she moved the Southern Province Embroidery Factory to Liuqiao Commune to build a workshop. In short, he praised Shen Moru to a great extent.

The old lady didn't know about her eldest grandson's marriage yet. She was stunned when she heard it. She couldn't help asking Fu Boyuan: "Is the Xiao Ming in the letter Mingze? Could it be that Zengbao is making up nonsense to make us happy?"

Fu Boyuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "It shouldn't be the case, but the letter is indeed written in a very humorous way."

The old lady shouted: "Old man, old man, come here, Mingze is married! "

In another room, Grandpa Fu, who was telling stories to his three grandchildren, listened to the conversation for a while and frowned, saying, "There's something wrong with my ears. I heard your grandma saying that Mingze got married."

Fu Mingzhuo sat on a chair with a book in his hand. He looked up at his grandfather and said calmly, "Grandpa, you heard it right. Grandma was talking about my eldest brother getting married." Then he stood up and "Let's go take a look."

Grandpa Fu's first reaction was: "How is that possible? Your grandma is getting old and confused."

A few minutes later, facing the photo that the old lady took out of the package, Grandpa Fu adjusted his reading glasses and , incredulously: "They are really married?!"

The old lady smiled and said: "The girl is very pretty, beautiful and capable, Zeng Bao is extremely jealous. "

Fu Boyuan added, "The family background is good, three generations of poor farmers, my mother-in-law passed away early, and the father and daughter depended on each other for life. The father-in-law is a propaganda officer in a social factory, and his wife was a private teacher at first. She went to the provincial capital to compete for a Sai got in touch with the Nan Province Embroidery Factory. They were impressed by her craftsmanship and specially built a workshop in Liuqiao Commune. After the factory building was built, his wife became the deputy director of the workshop. "The

Nan Province Embroidery Factory is an export-oriented unit . I remember it was a state gift manufacturing company." Mr. Fu frowned and thought for a while before saying.

Fu Boyuan: "Yes, one of my university alumni works in that factory, which is a key enterprise in Southern Province."

Old Master Fu said with a sigh: "Why does this girl like Fu Mingze?"

The old lady smiled and said: "Why does she like him? He is handsome. Mingze, let alone other things, is really good-looking. I would say that with that face, he can find a wife for himself. Look, he has found one, right? "

Grandpa Fu: "..."

Fu Boyuan laughed: "Mom, Mingze is not only good-looking, but also a very good child."

The old lady had happily taken the shoes and Try, casually perfunctorily: "Excellent, excellent, our Mingze has been smart since he was a child, smart and good-looking, and he can find a wife for himself, isn't he excellent? Oh, these shoes are comfortable to wear, and the size is just right, but Really good. What's the point of raising a grandson? It's better to have a grandson's wife. These things must have been chosen by the grandson's wife. "

Grandpa Fu silently took the shoes and tried them on. Well, the size was right and comfortable to wear. He told his youngest son: "While you are here, go buy some. Send something to the child before the New Year."

Fu Boyuan smiled and said, "Okay."

This shows that they are very satisfied with their grandson's wife!