After breakfast, the two changed their clothes. Zhou Yunzhou planned to go out to ask the team leader for leave, and then go to the town with his wife. There were still a lot of things to do today.
"Wife, I'm going to the captain's house to ask him for leave. I won't be going to work today."
Jiang Qingwu came out of the house, holding an orange in her hand. They each ate half. As they ate, Jiang Qingwu said, "I'll go with you. It's just right for us to take a ride in an oxcart after we get our leave."
Zhou Yunzhou picked up Little Sun, and the three of them went out together. Jiang Qingwu said to Zhou Yunzhou, "When we get to town, let's find a deserted place and put our son in the space. It's not convenient to hold him in our arms."
Zhou Yunzhou didn't know Bai Lingling was in the space. When he heard his wife say that, he was a little worried. Could he put his son so young in the space? What would he do if he got hungry or thirsty?
Seeing Zhou Yunzhou's worried expression, Jiang Qingwu told him about the space spirit pet. Zhou Yunzhou felt relieved. This was a good thing. This way, when he and his wife go out to do business in the future, his son's safety will be guaranteed.
As they walked and talked, they arrived at the captain's house unknowingly. At the door, Jiang Qingwu took out a box of cigarettes and handed it to Zhou Yunzhou, asking him to give it to the captain. The college entrance examination was resumed in 1977, and he would have to live in the village for about three years. It was necessary to establish a good relationship with the captain.
The team leader's wife, Song Lan, is also a kind-hearted person. She feels sorry for Zhou Yunzhou raising the child alone and thinks it is very difficult for Zhou Yunzhou. Recently, she heard that his wife has changed. Not only does she smile at the villagers, but she is also very nice to Zhou Yunzhou. His aunt is really happy for him.
"Aunt, is my uncle at home?" Zhou Yunzhou asked the captain's wife at the door.
When the aunt saw that it was the young couple, she looked at Jiang Qingwu carefully and saw that she had a smile on her face. You know what, this Yunzhou boy has good taste. He even chose the most beautiful girl among the educated youth as his wife. The team leader's wife felt that she had never seen such a pretty girl in all these years, and she couldn't help but take a few more glances.
Zhou Yunzhou called her several times before she came back to her senses and quickly replied with a smile, "I'm here, I'm in the house. I'll call you."
The team leader heard Zhou Yunzhou talking to his wife in the house, and came out before his wife called him, as he was preparing to go to work anyway.
"Yunzhou, why are you home so early in the morning? What's going on?"
Zhou Yunzhou stuffed the box of cigarettes into the captain's hands and explained, "I have a box of good cigarettes at home, so I thought of sending it to Uncle."
The captain saw that the cigarettes were good. He knew that the boy was willing to give him such good cigarettes, so he must have something to say.
"What's the matter with you, little brat? You even took out such good cigarettes," the captain scolded Zhou Yunzhou.
Zhou Yunzhou didn't hide it either. He scratched his head and said embarrassedly, "My wife has to go to town to pick up a package and do some errands. It's too tiring to take care of my son alone. I want to ask you for leave and go with me. I'm worried about them."
Seeing that he was followed by his wife and son, the team leader thought it was a matter of asking for leave. There were enough people working in the fields, so it was no big deal for Zhou Yunzhou to ask for leave. The team leader agreed to his request for leave after all, he had eaten the watermelon bought by others when he was the busiest in the fields.
After Zhou Yunzhou and Jiang Qingwu left, the team leader happily looked at the cigarettes that Zhou Yunzhou insisted he keep, and was very happy in his heart. Jiang Zhiqing had just told him that these cigarettes were smoked by her father.
I never thought that a village chief like me would smoke the same cigarettes as the director of a steel plant in a big city. I really can't bear to smoke them.
"Old woman, please put away the cigarettes Yunzhou gave me. I can't bear to smoke them. I have to go to the fields to do some work." The team leader gave the cigarettes to his wife and went out. The team leader's wife took the cigarettes into the house.
The team leader has three sons. The eldest and second sons have already married, but the third son is not married yet, so the family has not yet separated and they all eat from the same pot.
As soon as Zhou Yunzhou and Jiang Qingwu arrived, everyone in the third room knew about it, but no one came out. Instead, they lay on the doors of their rooms and eavesdropped on the sounds outside.
Eldest son Zhou Mufeng and his wife Sun Wangdi lived closest to the old couple and heard it most clearly. Sun Wangdi even asked Zhou Mufeng, "Did you hear that just now? Zhou Yunzhou gave our father a box of good cigarettes, but he couldn't bear to smoke them and asked our mother to put it away."
Zhou Mufeng was honest and simple-minded. He didn't understand what his wife meant, so he asked her in confusion, "Wife, what do you mean? If dad doesn't beat mom, doesn't that mean he should put her away? Let's go out and get to work."
Sun Wangdi nodded his head in frustration, "You're such a blockhead! Why can't you think differently? Daddy can't bear to smoke this cigarette. The third child is sweet-talking and can coax Mom and Daddy. Mom and Daddy have always loved him the most. It's only a matter of time before this cigarette falls into his hands."
Zhou Mufeng said nonchalantly, "I don't smoke anyway, so just give it to the third child if mom and dad give it to him. If you don't go out, I'll be leaving soon. You can just stay home and linger. Mom will scold you and you'll feel better."
Zhou Mufeng took the kettle and went out. Sun Wangdi was afraid of being scolded by her mother-in-law, so she had to follow him to work.
The second son Zhou Muyu and his wife Sun Damei are both good at talking, but this word is not a good word to describe them. They are the kind of people who are quite smooth and sophisticated, and they can make the dead come alive with their clever words. But over time, everyone in the family understands their personalities, and this trick has no effect on them at all.
When the people in the second house heard about the cigarettes, they also started to wonder and set their sights on the box of cigarettes. The two of them planned to think of a way to coax the cigarettes out of their mother's hands and make sure they didn't leave them for the eldest and third sons.
The captain's wife saw people from the first and second wives leaving the yard one after another, and a sarcastic smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. Humph, they are all trying a lot of tricks in front of me, thinking that I can't see through them.
I don’t know what the third kid is doing in the big city, and when he will come back. But it will be soon, because the letter of introduction his father gave him is about to expire.
Zhou Yunzhou and Zhou Muyun, the third son of the team leader's family, grew up together. When Zhou Yunzhou was a child, someone bullied him. Zhou Yunzhou was too thin to beat them, so Zhou Muyun and Wang Ergou rushed to protect him. Zhou Muyun fought with others many times because of this. Every time he came home, he would not tell others why he beat them, and then he would be beaten by the team leader.
Later, the grandmother brought Zhou Yunzhou to the team leader's house to explain the situation. The team leader then realized that his son was trying to stand up for justice. It was strange that this kid had disliked his elder and second brothers since he was young, but treated Zhou Yunzhou like a real brother.
The two daughters-in-law were originally chosen by the son himself. The captain's wife didn't like either of them. It's not that they were not good-looking, but the captain's wife knew at a glance that both of them had ulterior motives. As expected, the eldest daughter-in-law was narrow-minded and loved to take advantage of others, while the second daughter-in-law was as cunning as the second son, always calculating others and having more evil thoughts than hairs.
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