Chapter 103
Lin Hongna thought about it and decided that she couldn't leave this trouble behind. She had to find a way to get the boiler worker away, away from her and her child.
The next day, she gave the boiler worker a sum of money and tricked him into going to the pigeon market to sell food and make some money. When the time was right, the two of them would hide their identities and go to the northwest to live.
The boiler worker believed it to be true. He was a boiler worker, earning only 30.25 yuan a month. If he wanted to save money with this salary, he would have to wait until the end of time. Lin Hongna did not mind that he had no money and took the money to sell food for herself. This must be sincere. Naturally, he was ecstatic and did not refuse.
In the next half month, the boiler worker went to the pigeon market every day after work. Selling food was not a trivial matter. It was time-consuming and laborious. He could not do it alone. For this reason, he pulled in a temporary worker who also fired boilers in the boiler room.
The temporary worker needed money more than he did. He was originally a farmer in the countryside. His uncle was a widower who had no children. He adopted his nephew in the countryside and found a job for him in the town as a boiler maker. This way he could give his nephew an explanation and have someone to take care of him in his old age.
Before he came to the town, he thought that being a worker and getting paid was better than working in the countryside, breaking dirt and sweating on the ground. But after he came to the town, he realized that without money, he couldn't live a good life anywhere.
In the countryside, you grow your own crops and eat your own vegetables. If you don't have a job, you can't get paid. If you move to the town, you have to rent someone else's house to buy rice and vegetables to raise children. If you have a job, you can only earn a few dozen dollars a month. One person earns money for the whole family to spend. At the end of the month, there is not a penny left. You can't even save money.
My mother in the countryside got sick again. The family was poor and I wanted to make money like crazy.
The two hit it off immediately. One was responsible for buying food in the countryside, and the other was looking for vendors in the pigeon market. They were cautious at first, and they really made some money. Once they had money in their hands, they became bolder. Hearing that several provinces in the north were still suffering from famine, they bought another 1,000 kilograms of food. On a dark and windy night, they rushed to a secluded trading place with flashlights, intending to make another fortune.
Unexpectedly, they fell into trouble this time and were caught by the town inspection team.
The inspection team had just been established not long ago, and now was the time for severe crackdowns. If boiler workers and temporary workers were caught, they would definitely be severely punished.
The boiler worker was kind and righteous. He was beaten and suffered in the town, but he insisted that no one provided him with funds and that he was just speculating to make money.
As for the temporary worker, he was brought in by someone and knew nothing.
The inspection team didn't find out anything and just closed the matter. Three days later, the two speculators were escorted to the Northwest Labor Reform Farm.
When Sun's mother heard that there were people speculating in the town, she was spitting and making comments at home. She was the director of the street, and she had a lot of things to say when she started to preach, even though some of her words were too radical and she even cursed.
Sun's father frowned when he heard it, but Sun Jialiang listened with relish and praised his mother.
Lin Hongna locked the bedroom door, saying she had a stomachache, and didn't light the kerosene lamp. It was raining outside, and when she opened the window, she was greeted by the cool rain and the unknown and turbulent future hidden in the darkness.
In the living room, Sun's mother was dissatisfied with her daughter-in -law's laziness.
"It's only a few o'clock, and Hongna went back to sleep. We don't have this rule in our Sun family."
"That's right, when I gave birth to my second child, I wasn't as pretentious as her. She acts like she has never given birth to a child."
Sun Jiayu was indignant on the side. She just couldn't stand Lin Hongna suppressing her.
"What nonsense are you two talking about? Your daughter-in-law is pregnant with our Sun family's child. How can a pregnant woman not rest more after all the hard work?"
The grandson's mother thought about her unborn grandson and finally stopped talking.
Sun family's child?
Lin Hongna laughed sarcastically. The child in her belly would
not be named Sun. But it didn't matter. She wrote a letter to report the boiler worker's speculation. Whether the child's surname was Sun or not, it would be a child of the Sun family in the future.
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It was another hot July. The old Gu family's vegetable garden was lush and green. With the arrival of the melon harvest season, Xiao Ping'an had lived in the big compound for nearly a month.
Ping An was six years old, and it was not a good idea for him to stay at home all the time. Gu Mancang went to the primary school for children of the rolling steel mill and reported the situation to the leader. He said that he would pay Ping An to go to the first grade as a transfer student, first learn the pinyin letters from the first grade teacher, and then go to school formally in the fall.
When the leader of the rolling steel mill heard about Ping An's life experience and that his father was a PLA soldier who defended the motherland's territory, he sighed and waived the child's tuition and arranged for the child to enter the school.
Lin Yao made a small schoolbag for Ping An, and the little guy loved it. The next day, he happily carried the schoolbag to school with Dongzi.
Recently, the movie "Little Soldier Zhang Ga" was shown in the county cinema. The story of the heroic little soldier Zhang Ga and his friends fighting against the Japanese has attracted the little brats in the county to imitate. For a while, the island was full of "Zhang Ga" wearing torn straw hats and torn straw sandals.
Although this is how it is these days, a piece of clothing is worn by a big person and a small person, and it is fashionable to sew and patch it up for another three years.
However, in order to keep up with the "fashion", some little brats made a hole in their own good pants, and proudly pretended to be a little soldier outside, which made the children on the street envious.
A few naughty boys ran home and asked for the same torn clothes as "Zhang Ga".
The hot-tempered sister-in-law on the street gave the disobedient boy a beating and he became obedient.
Gu Shidong, the brat, also wanted to learn, but when he saw his good friend Hutou's buttocks were beaten, he quickly suppressed this idea.
A while ago, Gu Doudou celebrated his first birthday. The little fat boy spoke more and more fluently. He often climbed up and down the house on his fat legs. If he was not watched carefully, the kid would be nowhere to be found.
When the little fat boy turned one year old, he was lively and active. People at home went to work or school.
Gu Shi'an couldn't always carry his fat son to the police station.
Gu Shi discussed with Lin Yao and sent the little fat boy to a childcare class in a textile factory with relatively better conditions. The aunties in the childcare class in the textile factory were all careful and efficient, and their wages were higher than those in other childcare classes.
Zhang Cuilan visited the textile factory and found that the childcare class had specially equipped the children with small tables and stools for eating. The beds for taking naps were also dried every day, and the ground was spotless, which made her feel relieved.
On Saturday night after work, Lin Yao rode her bicycle to the childcare class to pick up Gu Doudou.
As soon as the fat boy entered the house, he saw a large basin of water in the yard under the sun. He was noisy and slipped out of his mother's arms like an uncooperative kitten.
"No bath, Doudou doesn't want a bath,"
Lin Yao didn't pay attention and let the kid slip out and run away with his short legs. It took a lot of effort to catch the fat boy who escaped, and he was so tired that his waist and back ached.
Gu Doudou was still twisting and turning in her arms, yelling that he didn't want to take a bath.
Gu Shi'an just came back from work, so Lin Yao simply threw the kid over and went back to her room to lie down.
Gu Doudou, who had just been playing in his mother's arms, was now nestling in his father's arms, staring at him.
"Mom is angry."
"Yes, Mom is angry. She's angry that you don't listen."
Deputy Director Gu held his fat son in one hand and carried the little boy's small bag for bathing in the other. He patiently explained the reason to his son. After a long while, he said that mom likes babies who smell good after taking a bath. The little fat boy nodded obediently. The little fat boy patted his father's broad shoulders and said, "Dad, take a bath. It smells good. Mom likes it."
Big Head Brother came home to deliver the fresh prawns that Xu's mother had just bought. When he heard what the little fat boy said, he smiled ambiguously, came over stealthily, and said, "Ouch."
"Old Gu, you are amazing. You even know how to play the game of the lady's room."
"We are good brothers. When will you teach me?"
Deputy Director Gu: "..."
Gu Shian chased away the troublemaker Xu Xiangqian, took his fat son to the bathhouse to take a bath, and wrapped the fat boy with a soft towel. Gu Doudou began to feel drowsy after taking a bath.
The little fat boy yawned with tears on his face. The big orange cat, who was originally sleeping in the nest, thought that the little cub was bullied, and rushed over with his tail wagging and scolded Deputy Director Gu.
If Lin Yao hadn't shouted in the house, the big orange cat would have run away without a trace, and Gu Shian would have been slapped in the face.
Thunder rumbled in the evening, and soon big raindrops made small pits on the mud in the yard, splashing water.
The rain hit the window lattices, and the eaves formed a rain curtain. Today, Lin Yao baked pancakes, picked the shrimps from the net bag of river shrimps sent by Big Head Brother, and made shrimp porridge. The family ate the pancakes and porridge, and they were very satisfied. The corners of the three children's mouths were greasy.
After dinner, the three children played together. The rain stopped outside. Gu Mancang put the palm leaf fan in his belt, held a teacup in his hand, and waited for his wife. They went to the entrance of the alley to watch people play chess and listen to the radio.
There was a rustling sound of sweeping in the yard, and the door in the main room creaked open. Zhang Cuilan combed her hair neatly, brushed her clothes and went out, picking up the hair on her shoulders. When she left the yard, she saw that it had just rained. The eldest son swept the yard clean and refreshed. She felt relieved and a little distressed at the same time. The eldest child has been like this since he was a child. He doesn't say a word at home. He looks cold and heartless, but in fact he is the most filial to the Gu family.
Comrade Cuilan let her son rest for a while. It was late at night and there was not much work at home. The same
thing would happen tomorrow when sweeping the floor. Lin Yao was rolling a ball of wool in the house. Gu Shian put down the broom and went back to the house to wash his hands. She also asked about Xiao Ping'an's search for his parents.
Gu Shian washed his face and came over to clumsily help with a piece of curly wool.
Lin Yao didn't mind his clumsiness and said a few nice words to coax Deputy Director Gu to smile and work harder.
"There are some clues in the Ping An case. When the human traffickers kidnapped the child, he was on a train from Nan'an County to northern Anhui. The comrades in Nan'an County are helping to check which families have lost children that meet the requirements. The results will be out in a few days."
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