Chapter 87
Since Sun's mother broke her leg, she has difficulty in moving. She can't just rely on someone in the family to carry her. Sun Jialiang bought her an old bamboo chair with wheels, similar to the wheelchairs of later generations, but not as functional as wheelchairs.
Sun's mother has been eating well in recent years. When she was young, she had a thin white face, but she has become fat. She weighs at least 100 pounds. Sun Jialiang is a weak man. Sun's mother needs to go to the toilet. The toilet is high and there are steps in front. The bamboo wheelchair can't be pushed up.
Sun Jialiang can only carry Sun's mother over and let Lin Hongna help her take over.
Even though grandmother likes to be clean, it is inevitable that there is a bad smell when she goes to the toilet. Moreover, Lin Hongna has long been at odds with her mother-in-law, and she really doesn't want to serve an old woman to defecate and urinate. Grandfather Fu
was idle at home, looking at his son and daughter-in-law with resentment on their faces and sighed heavily.
He scolded grandmother for all the trouble she made, and even threatened to divorce her. These words were just talk. He had spent half his life with grandmother, and he still had feelings for her. Grandfather Fu didn't want to bother with her anymore at his age.
But there was always a gap in his heart. Grandfather Fu had been sleeping in the guest room for the past month, and grandmother slept alone in the bedroom, which was considered a separation.
Sun Jialiang bent down, gritted his teeth, carried his mother on his back, and walked towards the toilet.
Sun's mother lay on her son's back, still complaining.
"Look at your country daughter-in-law, she only knows how to avoid idleness, and she doesn't even help her mother-in-law when she goes to the toilet. She is just from the country and has no manners."
Sun Jialiang was panting with exhaustion.
"Mom, Tianyou is awake and she is feeding him in the room."
Speaking of her baby grandson, Sun's mother's old face looked better, but thinking of Sun Tianyou's skinny face, Sun's mother said in a gloomy tone.
"It is said that if a child does not grow well, it is because the mother's milk is not good and lacks nutrition. Jialiang, go buy some pig's trotters and cook them in a pot. Do not add salt or seasonings. Just let your wife drink the soup. I guarantee that my milk will make her face white and plump."
Buy pig's trotters?
Sun Jialiang's legs were shaking with fatigue. He really had no strength left. He did not want to argue with his mother. Pig's trotters were so difficult to buy. They might not be available in the town. He had to go to the countryside to buy them.
After Sun's father was suspended for investigation, the leaders of the light bulb factory were all waiting and watching. These people were shrewd people who looked at the food and acted according to the situation. It was not obvious on the surface. In fact, Sun Jialiang's position in the light bulb factory was just like that.
Lin Hongna was breastfeeding in the house. She heard Sun's mother's nagging through the window and was so angry that she gnashed her teeth.
This old witch is already lame and still restless!
Pig's trotters are very smelly. If you don't put salt in the soup, you will spit out every time you drink it. You can't drink it at all!
In order to produce milk for Tianyou, she has to suffer this.
Does the Sun family treat her as a sow to feed the baby? !
Lin Hongna was angry and a little sad at the same time. She hated Sun's mother, this old hag, to the core. She now clearly realized her position in the Sun family.
What's the point of marrying into the Sun family? You will still be looked down upon if you don't have a say!
Others are the butchers and I am the meat. If you are not ruthless, you cannot stand.
Lin Hongna looked down at Sun Tianyou sleeping in her arms, and she had a plan in mind.
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In the month of June, Yunshui County had two heavy snowfalls. The snow was so heavy that it could bury people in their homes if they went out in the morning.
The state-owned pig farm was on New Year's holiday, and with Zhang Cuilan at home to look after Gu Doudou, Lin Yao, a poor working girl, could go to work without worry.
Recently, a case happened in the county, and Gu Shian was so busy that he was not seen all day.
Without Deputy Director Gu's SF Express, Lin Yao could only put on her black rubber shoes and go to work in the morning with one foot in front and one foot in the snow.
Stoves were lit in the offices of the cotton spinning factory. Each office was supplied with five honeycomb balls a day. The office of the logistics department was not big, and five honeycomb balls were enough to keep it warm for a day.
Lin Yao arrived at the office, quickly changed into cloth shoes with thousand-layer soles, and went to the stove with a hot water bottle to warm her hands.
Zhou Xiaoxue came earlier than her. She had a rosy face and was eating fried dough sticks and drinking soy milk at the desk. When she saw Lin Yao, she came over excitedly.
"Sister Lin Yao, we will have the New Year holiday tomorrow!"
It was so fast.
Lin Yao was surprised, and then it suddenly dawned on her.
Today is the 26th of February. The New Year is early this year, and it will be New Year's Eve in a few days.
Zhou Xiaoxue's father is the deputy director of the cotton textile factory. When the holiday is and what kind of New Year gifts are given, the little girl knows it very well. Now she counts on her fingers for Lin Yao.
"My father said that our performance in the second half of this year is good. Last year, the factory did not give out New Year gifts. This year, there are fish and sugar, a pound of fruit hard candy, two packs of cigarette coupons, three feet of cloth coupons, and a pound of pork coupons. Oh, this year I can finally eat meat dumplings."
Zhou Xiaoxue held her face with a longing look.
Last year, the county was not in a good situation. The Zhou family was well-off and had no shortage of rice, flour, grain and oil, but meat was really hard to buy. Zhou Xiaoxue didn't eat meat because she was fine. Her taste was like her mother's. She loved to eat the sauerkraut pork dumplings.
The Zhou family does have pickled cabbage, but no meat.
Last year during the Chinese New Year, Zhou Xiaoxue cried as she ate a bowl of pickled cabbage dumplings, which made her stomach vomit acid.
Lin Yao touched her head lovingly.
Zhou Xiaoxue continued, "My mother's pickled cabbage and pork dumplings are so delicious. There are eggs in them, and pork fat in the meat filling. It's so delicious when you bite it. I also want a bowl of dumpling soup." Zhou Xiaoxue spit
out her saliva, "I can't say it anymore, or I'll drool."
Sister He from the office came over with tea in her hand to talk.
"You girls are really lucky to have children at the right time. It's not like us when we were young and born in the old society. I had a difficult delivery when I gave birth to my eldest daughter. My eldest daughter's hands came out first, and my country old grandmother said directly that we couldn't keep this baby and that she was here to harm our family. She told me not to keep the baby no matter what and took the midwife away. It was my mother who had a fight with the grandmother outside and kept the midwife behind, and only then was my eldest daughter born safely. I was just 20 years old at that time, the same age as Xiaoxue, and only one or two years younger than Yaoyao."
Speaking of this, Aunt Hao, who was cleaning the bathroom downstairs, came into the office to warm herself by the fire and started talking.
"In the old society, people got married early, and it was common for women to become mothers at the age of eighteen or nineteen. Now society is better and life is more secure. Look, Yaoyao gave birth to a big fat boy. He has a slim figure and is as tender as a spring onion. He doesn't look like a mother at all. He looks like a teenage girl, unlike us who have become old and naive people."
Lin Yao's tongue was brimming with excitement. "What? Look at the good skin of our aunt, and the hands of our eldest sister, which are more tender than carrots. Which old vegetable bangzi has such good skin? From now on, we should not call our eldest sister or aunt, but He Xiaomei and Hao Jiejie."
Lin Yao's flattery made He Jie and Hao Jiejie so happy that they couldn't close their mouths.
Zhou Xiaoxue also laughed.
She finally understood that Sister Yaoyao was really good at coaxing people.
She had to learn more from Sister Yaoyao and say more good things to her eldest brother.
Let her eldest brother buy her a purse.
Hehe.
Brother Zhou, who was at work, suddenly sneezed loudly: "………"
It snowed again outside in the evening. After work at the cotton textile factory, Brother Zhou came to pick up Zhou Xiaoxue.
Lin Yao wore a thick cotton coat and thick cotton pants, wrapped herself with a headscarf, revealing only a pair of moist almond eyes, and walked laboriously in the snow.
The morning snow had not melted yet, and the evening snow fluttered down again. Lin Yao was tired and panting after walking in the snow for a while.
She was about to find a place to hide from the snow, and suddenly a plush military coat with a collar was wrapped around her. The military coat was warm. Lin Yao turned her head suddenly and saw Gu Shian's angular jaw.
Lin Yao exclaimed.
"Why are you here?"
Gu Shian looked down at her pale face from being frozen, frowned, put on the gloves he brought from home, and then took out a red sheepskin towel and directly wrapped Lin Yao like a silkie baby.
Lin Yao whined in protest.
"I'm wearing gloves."
"These gloves are too thin, they will freeze your hands."
Deputy Director Gu was firm in his attitude.
Lin Yao could only walk forward in strides. When she walked out of the old neighborhood and came to the empty street, she realized that what someone said was true.
It was really too cold today, and the cold wind could freeze her head off.
Fortunately, Gu Shian was there to block the wind for her. Lin Yao held the big stove tightly, and the couple hurried home.
As soon as they got home, Lin Yao let go of Deputy Director Gu and went into the house to warm their hands around the stove.
Gu Shidong had just returned from school and was wearing a dog-skin hat while eating roasted sweet potatoes in the house.
The naughty boy was not particular about what he ate and his mouth was covered with sticky food.
Little Gu Doudou was in the crib in the fence, and his mouth was also covered with sticky food.
Lin Yao looked over and saw that his fat son was enjoying the roasted sweet potatoes and was smacking his lips in his sleep.
A fat boy of seven or eight months old can eat some roasted sweet potatoes in moderation.
And Dongzi is a good kid.
Lin Yao, the mother, didn't think much of it. Zhang Cuilan came in to see Gu Doudou. When she saw the two little brats were covered in food, she immediately rolled up her sleeves, picked up a stick, and chased the old man all over the yard.
"You bastard, your skin is itching. How old is Doudou? You gave him sweet potatoes. Are you asking for a beating?"
Gu Shidong covered his butt and ran around, screaming at the top of his voice.
"Mom, Doudou is eating so deliciously, ah! Can we not hit his head? Oh, comrade Cuilan, please show mercy!!!"
The little bastard was beaten outside.
Lin Yao leaned lazily on the head of the bed. Gu Shian shook his head and squeezed water to wipe Gu Doudou's little hands and mouth clean.
On the 28th of February, Lin Yao received a remittance slip and a letter from Lin Yi.
This elder brother was also a generous man. When he heard that he had a nephew, he sent a thousand yuan at once. In the letter, the uncle said a lot, such as who Doudou looked like, whether he looked like our Lin family, and whether Doudou had a photo. If not, take one and send it to him to relieve his "missing".
Then he praised his sister, saying that the labor protection gloves and frostbite ointment sent by his sister were really timely help, bringing warmth to the soldiers of the Corps in winter.
Finally, Comrade Lin Yi kindly explained that he had a lot of allowances in his hands, so he would send 1,000 yuan to his younger sister and eldest nephew first, asking them not to put themselves and Doudou in a difficult situation, and to let them eat and drink whatever they wanted, and to write to their brother if they didn't have enough money.
Lin Yao smiled as she finished reading the letter. She felt warm inside and kissed her chubby son. She discussed with Gu Shian and bought some supplies with her own money. She also sent 20 cans of frostbite cream, 100 pairs of labor insurance gloves, 100 pairs of cotton socks, a large piece of lamb chops, and many other small things to the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, such as needles and thread, rancid oil, safflower oil, towels, soap, brown sugar, and other small things that can keep you warm. Lin Yao collected some of them.
Taking advantage of the fact that the county post office was not closed before the New Year, the couple sent the package out as soon as possible.
Before the New Year, all the major factories in the county had holidays and distributed New Year's goods.
The cotton textile factory issued two bath tickets and a haircut ticket for 35 cents.
The county public security bureau and the steel mill also issued bath tickets and soap tickets. The old Gu family carried bath bags and small washbasins and went to the state-owned bathhouse on the street to take a bath.
In those days, state-owned bathhouses were divided into men's and women's bathhouses, all of which were large hot water pools. Bathing tickets were required for bathing, and money was not an option.
It was the first time for Gu Doudou to take a bath in a large pool. He excitedly swung his fat arms in the hot water and screamed.
Lin Yao couldn't coax him, so she hurriedly took a bath and waited for her family in the lobby with her fat son who had been scrubbed clean.
Gu Shian washed quickly. Seeing his fat son kicking his fat legs and jumping in his wife's arms, he strode over and held the fat boy in his arms.
Lin Yao breathed a sigh of relief and rested against the big pillar in the lobby.
Gu Doudou, wearing a flowered cotton jacket, twisted and turned in his old father's arms. His little butt was like a spring, not at all honest. Gu Shian hugged the fat boy's frog belly with his left arm and reached out to tidy up Lin Yao's long hair scattered on her shoulders.
Lin Yao took a bath, her little face was rosy and permeated with the fragrance of peach blossoms. Deputy Director Gu's throat rolled, and seeing that there was no one around, he wanted to lower his head to smell it for himself.
He just lowered his head, bang!
A fat little hand hit Gu Shian's handsome face.
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