Chapter 153 Personnel Changes
At the Lu family, Fang Dihua glared at the drooping Lu Ersao, "Old Ersao, do you think nothing happened?"
Lu Ersao's eyelids had been twitching since early this morning, and she was even more frightened when she heard Song Chunfang was beaten after work.
She subconsciously wanted to hide away, thinking about going to her mother's house to hide? But she
was afraid that she would not be able to come back if she went there.
Finally, when she didn't know what to do, Fang Dihua strode in.
Although she was always dissatisfied and full of complaints all day long, she didn't dare to express it to Fang Dihua, so she just sulked by herself.
She quickly explained, "Mother, Song Chunfang is talking nonsense. I didn't listen to her at all. You see, she instigated me several times, but I didn't come back to say that I wanted to divide the family."
Fang Dihua sneered, "I didn't forbid the family to be divided, and I don't want you to be the head of the family forever. If you want to divide it, divide it now."
Brother Lu Er came out of the incense-making room with a threatening face, "Mother, I don't want to divide the family."
Sister Lu Er also hurriedly said, "Mother, no, no, I don't want to divide the family either."
Why didn't she dare to make a fuss about dividing the family? It was because it was better not to divide the family.
After the family was divided, she would have to cook and do housework after she came back from the fields. How could it be easier than just working in the fields without doing housework now?
Besides, if the family was not divided, the house, vegetable garden, food, dividends, etc. were all public. She would get a bargain by following them, but she would not be able to take advantage of them after the family was divided.
She swore that she had no ulterior motives and did not want to split up the family.
Fang Dihua was no longer polite to her.
At first, she thought that her daughters-in-law were all daughters of other families, and their parents must have taught the family how to get along, so she didn't need to interfere.
Later, she found out that the second daughter-in-law was doing something stupid, so she reminded her. After that, she was relatively quiet. Apart from making noises and having bad tempers, there was nothing out of the ordinary, so she just pretended not to see it.
But now she is actually getting involved with Song Chunfang.
The children in the family all know not to play with Chang Xiaogang and the others, so how come you, an adult, don't know this?
Are you showing off that you don't bear grudges or telling people that you are not one with the Lu family?
As a mother-in-law, I beat up Song Chunfang for my third daughter-in-law, and now you're getting along with her?
Why are you so conspicuous?
The reason why she didn't say in public that Song Chunfang instigated the second family to make the incense formula was that she didn't want to arouse other members' curiosity about the incense formula and didn't want them to have any ideas.
The third daughter-in-law said that there was nothing special about the incense formula. Other people's factories produced it faster and better. Their brigade's sideline was just to make money.
And it would only be for a few years. After a few years, they would either use machines, close down or switch to something else.
By then, she would naturally make the formula public so that the villagers could make it at will.
But not now.
The second sister-in-law of Lu swore a lot to prove her sincerity - not to split up the family and not to steal the formula.
Fang Dihua said bluntly: "Don't say that I don't give face to the second son. If it happens again, you should live separately!"
Other mothers-in-law like to say "Go back to your parents' home" or "Go back to your parents' home to reflect on yourself", but Fang Dihua is not like that.
Driving a daughter-in-law back to her parents' home is equivalent to a conflict between two families. The parents have to educate the daughter-in-law and send her back, and the parents have to come and apologize.
This is not educating the daughter-in-law, this is controlling the in-laws, and it does not solve the fundamental problem.
For example, the last time the Chang family sent Song Chunfang back to her parents' home to reflect on herself, was it useful?
It's only been a year, and she has done it again.
She has not changed at all.
Second Sister-in-law Lu patted her chest and swore that she must have changed, and would not mix with Song Chunfang again, let alone listen to others' instigation.
Fang Dihua: "If you want to split up, just say so. Don't listen to others' instigation." Big
Brother Lu: "I swear to God, my second and third brothers and I have never thought about splitting up."
How nice it would be to live together. My third brother's wife cooks so deliciously. If they split up...
He shuddered. Would he have to eat Guiying's pig food every day?
Or would he, the eldest grandfather, cook for them?
No, no, no.
Seeing that they were firm and decisive, Fang Dihua said to Second Sister-in-law Lu: "Everyone is busy now. Your sister-in-law can't handle the housework alone." Second Sister-in
-law Lu was very understanding, "Mom, I will be responsible for feeding the pigs in the future."
She quickly glanced at Big Sister-in-law Lu, "If Big Sister-in-law goes to work, I will also help water the vegetable garden."
In fact, Lin Shu is now cooking at home, and most of the housework is helped by others.
She is not needed to feed the pigs, water the vegetables, plow the ground, sweep the yard, grind the mill, or carry water.
Usually Fang Dihua, Dad Lu, Sister Lu and even Brother Lu can help.
However, Second Sister-in-law Lu used to work hard and do nothing else. She felt that of course she couldn't do other work since she was already working in the fields, and Lin Shu should do all the work at home.
Now Fang Dihua and the others are busy making incense, and in a few days they will be busy harvesting, plowing, and planting wheat, and Sister-in-law Lu will have to go to work.
It wouldn’t work if there was no one at home to help Lin Shu.
Seeing Sister-in-law Lu taking the initiative to take her over, Fang Dihua's anger subsided.
Second Sister-in-law Lu dared not get angry with Fang Dihua, because she was jealous of Lin Shu.
Anyway, if she wanted to calm her mother-in-law, she had to help Lin Shu, right?
The third sister-in-law was the apple of her parents-in-law's eye, closer than the son, so she should help her, right?
Sure enough, she saw Fang Dihua's face turn from gloomy to bright, and she hurried to feed the pigs. She felt too much pressure to be stared at by her mother -in-law.
She was too afraid of her mother-in-law!
The eldest sister-in-law Lu was still saying, "The second sister-in-law, I can feed the pigs at home, and you can feed them when I go to work after the autumn harvest."
Second Sister-in-law Lu hurriedly said, "Sister-in-law, no, no, leave the feeding of the pigs to me."
The pigs were sold for family money, and she would eat the pigs when they were slaughtered.
She was still happy to feed the pigs.
Seeing that her mother-in-law was controlled by her second sister-in-law with just a few words, Lin Shu admired Fang Dihua's majesty very much.
From the beginning, she felt that Fang Dihua was similar to the company leader. She was not like other mothers-in-law who would nag and harp on trivial matters all day long, but once she encountered a problem that she should take care of, she would deal with it decisively.
For example, when the original owner was cheated of money in the past, she would not let the eldest sister and the second sister give money to the original owner, and she would give less herself.
The original owner was at most used as a needlework maid and was asked to make some things that belonged to her, and would no longer be taken advantage of and made money.
When Lu Ersao went to feed the pigs, Fang Dihua announced the personnel adjustment of the incense factory.
"There is not enough elm bark, and Zhang Guiqi can't collect enough. The eldest brother will not go to take orders for the time being, and take Zhang Guiqi to collect elm bark."
When the eldest brother Lu heard this, he was anxious, "Mom, I still have to deliver goods to people."
Fang Dihua: "Your second brother can do it. Others can't buy elm bark. You have the ability, so you go."
The eldest brother Lu was not unwilling to buy elm bark, but he felt that he was in good health and had good energy, so he could collect elm bark while delivering goods and taking orders.
There was no need to replace him, right?
Fang Dihua was determined to replace him first, and splashed him with cold water to cool him down, so that he wouldn't drift.
She had been thinking about what Lin Shu said that night in the greenhouse these two days.
Lin Shu said that Big Brother Lu was a little too cocky, and he needed his parents to teach him a lesson.
Let him know what to say and what not to say,
and stop talking too much when he is proud. In fact, Big Brother Lu came back that day with such a smug look on his face that Old Man Lu was also uncomfortable. When Big Brother Lu and Ding Runsheng were drinking, they were bragging, and Old Man Lu would interrupt them from time to time to stop them from saying anything too outrageous.
He is so old and still not stable, and he gets cocky when he has some achievements.
This is a common problem among men, or people in general, and it is not his fault. After all, when country people first enter the city and see the different and wider world, they are easily dazzled. All
you need to do is to discover the signs in advance and curb them in advance.
Lin Shu had predicted this.
She thought that Brother Lu used to be lazy and gluttonous. In fact, he didn't like to do farm work. It didn't matter what he ate. Isn't making money for food?
But Brother Lu still likes to brag.
Even if he likes to go out and do business, this thing in his bones can't be easily changed.
He won't tell others the recipe for making incense, but he will brag about it and show off his knowledge.
This is not a big problem in itself, but this is an era where you will be convicted for your words, so you have to pay attention.
This is reality.
Lin Shu has developed a deep affection for this family, because the people in this family have given her a lot of care and made her dependent and nostalgic, and she will not allow anyone to destroy it.
The weight of Brother Lu in her heart is not comparable to Lu Hehuan.
Lin Shu has no feelings for her elder sister-in-law and younger sister-in-law. She treats them purely as relatives and even secretly has a mentality of watching the show. Brother
Lu is different. Not to mention that she has a good relationship with her elder sister-in-law, he is Lu Shaotang's elder brother and a member of the family. Lin Shu can't let him be arrogant.
Fang Dihua and Lin Shu have the same point of view that people can't be arrogant. She is even more conservative and realistic than Lin Shu. In her opinion, she would rather her children be ordinary and have no great prospects than to have children who seem to have great prospects but end up in a miserable situation.
Although Lu Shaotang is capable, he hurt her enough when he was "sacrificed" last time.
Many parents raise their children in such a simple and realistic way. As long as they don't cause trouble or accidents, and grow up safely, get married and raise children, that's enough.
So when Lin Shu mentioned the personnel changes, Fang Dihua agreed immediately. Second
Brother Lu didn't care. He just kept working and did whatever he was told to do.
Big Brother Lu couldn't stand it. He could take his second brother with him, but he couldn't kick him away.
He pestered Fang Dihua to ask why, and then asked Lin Shu.
Lin Shu smiled and said, "Big brother, I don't know either. Why don't you think about it yourself?"
Big Brother Lu sat in front of a sunflower with his head in his arms and thought for a long time. He didn't think he had done anything wrong.
He went out just to take orders, and he didn't do anything out of the ordinary, did he?
He didn't flirt with others like his younger brother-in-law.
At this time, Hou Ying was playing the flying dragon game with several younger brothers and sisters. Hou Ying was the leader, and the other children were various parts. It just so happened that they swam to Big Brother Lu.
The kids were so persistent and serious when playing games. Brother Lu got in the way, so Panpan grabbed his hair like a dragon claw.
Brother Lu was in pain and hugged Panpan.
Panpan struggled, "Come and save me!"
Brother Lu hugged Panpan, "Nephew, please analyze the situation for your uncle, what's going on? Why does your grandma suddenly dislike me?"
I obviously did a good job in taking orders and made money for my family and the team!
I didn't have any merits, but I worked hard. You can't just let me go like this.
Panpan: "Maybe you did something wrong or said something wrong."
Isn't it just that someone accidentally said something wrong when reading comic books, and the enemy sneaked into the base camp, causing me to suffer heavy losses?
Uncle Lu let him go, and the children ran away happily again.
Hou Bo saw Uncle Lu scratching his head and rubbing his cheeks, so he came over and squatted beside him, looking at a bunch of hibiscus flowers, "Uncle, I know what's going on."
Brother Lu looked at him in surprise, "You know?"
He knew that Hou Bo went to exercise and climb trees every morning, and would help water the vegetable garden and catch insects when he came back, and play with his younger brothers and sisters.
Isn't this just a child of the same age as Lu An?
What does he know?
Hou Bo said affirmatively, "Because you were a little out of line on that day when we were warming up the house."
Brother Lu: "Out of line?"
Hou Bo imitated Fang Dihua's tone, "How much oil did you put on your hair? You can fry a pot of vegetables."
Brother Lu touched his thick hair, "Well... it was given to me by someone, so I tried it."
Can't I stop being conceited in the future?
In fact, that thing is not easy to use at all, it's sticky, and my hair is stiff after using it, and it's even harder to wash.
It's not worth it to run orders for this.
Hou Bo was from Qizhou after all, and he had seen a lot of things in the arsenal with a strong political atmosphere.
He said to Brother Lu: "Uncle, our brigade cadres have a good relationship with our family, so it's okay for you to say anything. In our factory, if someone dares to say that the policy is not good and that it is wrong to crack down on speculation, he will be punished soon."
He was still young and didn't know why, but he knew that there were some things that could not be said, and if you said them, you would be punished.
There were many people in the factory who were punished like this. Some people just talked a lot, not really doing anything.
He also gave Brother Lu an example.
Brother Lu immediately broke out in a cold sweat. Was
he very arrogant that day? Did he talk a lot? Wouldn't my brother-in-law report him?
No wonder his father kept interrupting him to let him drink water and eat vegetables. He thought his father felt sorry for him because he worked so hard to run orders, so he suddenly showed love to him. Was it because of this?
Big Brother Lu always loved eating the most, but he ate dinner tonight without any appetite.
He was looking forward to finishing the meal quickly so that he could apologize to his parents after everyone left.
Alas, this was his retribution for seeing the second brother's wife being so lively.
Panpan finally took the lead. He swam to Big Brother Lu and asked curiously, "Uncle, my mother made stewed eggplants. They smell delicious. Why don't you eat them?"
Big Brother Lu pinched his chubby face and said, "We're eating now."
The big dragon swam away, calling Hou Bo and Lu An to eat quickly because they were going to look for cicada monkeys.
The kid had become more capable every year he was older, and he was always eager to try to leave his brothers behind and look for cicada monkeys by himself.
Big Brother Lu saw Second Brother Lu put down his chopsticks, so he urged him, "There's still work to do in the incense-making room. Go and have a look."
Second Sister-in-law Lu had just been cleaned up, and she ran away after eating.
Big Brother Lu looked at Lin Shu and said, "Third sister-in-law, you eat so slowly. Look at the way you chew your food so slowly. It makes me anxious."
Seeing Big Brother Lu's torment, Lin Shu smiled, put down her chopsticks and said that she was full. She went to the yard to pick chrysanthemums and honeysuckle, and planned to get some sun before coming back to prepare health tea for Lu Shaotang and Chen Yanming.
Before, she asked Lu Shaotang to take away a large bag of heat-removing and cooling tea that Father Lu had specially brewed for the warriors.
She also asked Lu Xiuxiu to go out for a walk with Lu Cuicui instead of staying at home making clothes all day.
Lu Xiuxiu followed the children to find Zhiliao Monkey.
Seeing that he and his parents were the only ones left in the room, Big Brother Lu couldn't wait to admit his mistakes to his parents and explain himself.
He even picked up a thin firewood stick for his own good intention. If his mother could calm down by hitting him twice, then she would hit him twice. He would not hide.
He was not allowed to be an accountant, but he had to be allowed to take orders.
He liked the feeling of going out to socialize, arguing with people, and then getting people to place orders and pay.
It was so cool!
Every time he took an order, he felt like he was going to become an immortal. It was so cool.
If he was not allowed to take orders, he really couldn't do it. He would die.
Seeing that the eldest son realized the problem, the old couple stopped pretending.
The previous personnel transfer still gave face to Brother Lu, so that outsiders would not gossip about him.
"You've only been an accountant for a few days, and you've only been running around for a few days to get orders, and you're gone?" "You think you're great just
because you came to the city, right? You dare to comment on state affairs?" "
You think your life is too comfortable, right? Whether it's right or wrong to crack down on speculation, you have no right to say. No one cares if you grumble in your heart, but if you talk out loud, you deserve to be punished."
"If I don't teach you a lesson today, who knows if someone will deliberately lead you to talk nonsense tomorrow? When that happens, someone will set up a trap, and you will be arrested there if you say something here, and they will say that you are a landlord's son who refuses to change his mind, and send you to labor reform. Don't you think you're wronged?"
"If you are allowed to go out, and you cause trouble, your whole family will suffer with you? Then you'd better not make this money."
Big Brother Lu is used to being humble in front of his parents. In order to get some wine, he would even sit on the ground and hug his father's legs and act like a spoiled child. Now he just knelt on the ground and hugged Fang Dihua's thighs and swore like he did when he was a child, "Dad, Mom, I will change! I promise not to talk nonsense or show off in the future!"
Dad Lu: "If you see good things outside, come back and show them off to your family. You don't have to take credit for it yourself, and you don't have to go out and show off."
Big Brother Lu was like an elementary school student . "I'll remember it."
Fang Dihua: "What's wrong with your greasy hair? You can cook a pot of vegetables with it."
Brother Lu: "I won't put it on anymore."
Father Lu: "When you go out, don't drink with others. When you are drunk, you will talk nonsense and easily have sex."
Fang Dihua: "If I know that you have an affair with a woman outside, I will break your legs and make you never think of going out to shake for the rest of your life." Brother
Lu's legs hurt from her scolding, and he knelt on the ground quickly, "Mom, I'm sure I wouldn't do that. I just took orders. I didn't have any affair with anyone."
Did someone have an affair with him?
He didn't notice it. His mind was full of orders and making money. Sister Wu was already in her forties, so it was impossible. Most of the others were male leaders. Who had an affair with him?
By the way, someone seemed to want to invite him to drink Maotai, someone else wanted to invite him to play a few cards, and someone said to go to his sister's house to drink...
Is this not right?
No way?
He didn't go, he didn't know, he didn't have time!
Oh, a figure popped up in Brother Lu's mind, the woman seemed to smile at him with some ill intentions, like Sun's widow.
But he didn't say anything, he was paying attention.
He was a man who knew how to seek benefits and avoid harm. He knew that he couldn't tell these things to his parents, and he would be beaten if he told them, so he just played tricks on his parents and admitted his mistakes and promised to change.
Sister-in-law Lu hid outside the wall, feeling very distressed. Oh, the man is already an old man, why is his parents-in-law still scolding him?
She then made a fuss and asked Lin Shu to rescue him quickly.
She knew she couldn't say it. If she confronted her parents-in-law, her husband would be scolded.
This was also the experience accumulated after many years of marriage.
Lin Shu smiled softly and pulled her out, "Sister-in-law, don't worry, my parents know what to do. My eldest brother also needs to be talked to, otherwise he doesn't know the seriousness of the matter."
Trouble comes from the mouth. Sometimes it is not whether what you say is right or wrong, but whether the listener has bad intentions. If they want to make a fuss, they can just find a handle.
Foreign countries allow individuals to do business, that is foreign affairs. The political environment and economic environment of each country are different.
Regardless of whether the facts are right or wrong, can you fight against the entire society and policy by yourself?
That is not called courage, that is called stupidity.
In the early 1980s, many people who did business secretly were arrested and imprisoned.
This is reality, you have no choice, you have to make adjustments based on the laws of reality.
If individuals are not allowed to do business, then we can develop brigade sideline businesses, production team sideline businesses, and commune factories.
As for the many dirty tricks of the brigade and commune cadres, and their oppression of the people, that was inevitable, since they would try their best to pick the ones that benefited themselves.
Lin Shu told her family that things outside were always explained in a simple and straightforward manner, and they never talked about empty principles, so both Fang Dihua and Sister Lu could understand.
She gave Sister Lu several specific examples, with names and surnames that could be verified, of people who were arrested and sentenced for talking nonsense.
Sister Lu nodded repeatedly, "Sister-in-law, you are right, this matter is very important, and I have to talk to your eldest brother about it."
Although she always flatters her man, she has a sense of right and wrong, and will not hide her bottom line.
As soon as Brother Lu came out of the main room, Sister Lu pulled him back to her room and talked about the matter behind closed doors.
Brother Lu slowly climbed onto the kang, lay flat, and moaned, "Guiying, I know I was wrong, I won't float anymore."
How dare he? As soon as his feet left the ground, before he could feel the feeling of flying, he was beaten down by his parents.
Sister-in-law Lu whispered, "I'm not talking about you, I'm telling you about the excitement outside."
"Do you remember the cleft-lipped guy in my mother's family? He didn't seem to be born with a cleft-lipped guy. Once at a meeting, he sneered at a leader, and the brigade cadres had someone hold him down and beat him, leaving a cleft in his mouth. Didn't you see our mother slapping Song Chunfang today? Our mother said that if she talks too much next time, she will slap her into a cleft-lipped guy!"
Brother Lu's mouth hurt immediately.
Sister-in-law Lu hurried to comfort him and praise him, "Dad, I know you definitely won't. You are different from them. You are educated and knowledgeable, and you can make money and get orders. You are really great."
Brother Lu's heart, which was abused by his parents, recovered a little, "Guiying, you are still good to me."
Sister-in-law Lu: "Of course, when the children grow up and we are old, won't we have to be companions?"
This is the idea of Fang Dihua and Father Lu, and Sister-in-law Lu deeply agrees.
Although Brother Lu is aware of his problem, he still has to collect elm bark, because the elm bark in this commune and the surrounding areas has been collected by them. If there is no new elm bark to replenish, they will have to stop working.
But there are still so many orders to be done.
He also wanted his second brother to make more in the winter and store them in big vats, so that he could sell them in other cities in the spring of next year.
Fang Dihua also reassured him that he would continue to take orders after collecting enough elm bark.
Big Brother Lu went to collect elm bark happily.
He was afraid that his mother would never let him take orders again, not that he could not go for a while.
Of course, others saw that the eldest brother had to take the lead when there were problems in the family, and Zhang Guiqi had to rely on the eldest brother to solve the problem when he could not collect elm bark.
Big Brother Lu is now the pillar of the family, and he is really different from when he was a child.
Lin Shu also asked Big Brother Lu where he planned to collect.
Brother Lu: "I'll go look around and say hello to the carpenters in each commune, and ask them to send us elm bark in the future."
Elm bark can only be used for burning if given to others, but it can be exchanged for money, so of course they are happy to exchange it.
Didn't they know that Lujiazhuang needed elm bark, and even if they killed two elm trees, they would send the bark to us?
He thought that he would definitely be able to talk about it himself.
Lin Shu also thought it was a good idea. She had talked to Carpenter Tan and Carpenter Fan before, and asked them to send them elm bark or something.
She said to Brother Lu: "When I went to the city before, I met a comrade named Yu Qian'er. She is from the Elm Forest Brigade of Xiangyang Commune in Jiao County. There are a lot of elms in their commune. Brother, you can go there directly to have a look."
Elms are life-saving trees in years of famine. Not only can the elm seeds and leaves be eaten, but the elm bark can also be ground and eaten with coarse grains.
Therefore, some places will plant more elms to resist unknown disaster crises. Every household plants a few trees, and they can be seen everywhere on the roadside.
I heard from Yu Qian'er that the elm trees there really saved countless lives.
This was led by a village official in the Qing Dynasty. Everyone followed suit and planted trees. During the period, they experienced several years of famine and survived safely.
During the Anti-Japanese War, a lot of food was looted by the Japanese. In order to support the war, their commune mixed elm bark into the food and ground it secretly to the Eighth Route Army.
There are articles about guerrilla warfare to protect food in comic books.
Big Brother Lu wrote down everything and made an appointment with his younger brother and Zhang Guiqi to go together.
He was afraid that the second brother Lu didn't understand, so he reminded him one by one in advance, so as not to offend the customers with his dull temper.
The second brother Lu listened to him for a long time, and finally said: "Well, I remember it all." When
the second brother Lu went to deliver the goods, Fang Dihua asked Xu Erzhu to come in and squeeze the incense, and she was still in charge of the incense.
Xu Erzhu grew up under Fang Dihua's watch. He was an honest child since he was a child. He didn't talk too much and didn't compare. He did whatever his parents asked him to do.
During these days of grinding the mill here, he just worked, didn't ask much, didn't look much, and didn't talk much. He
just did whatever Fang Dihua asked him to do. Apart from working, he was like an invisible man.
Since the third daughter-in-law said that this skill would be made public to everyone in the future, Fang Dihua thought it would be better to teach Xu Erzhu earlier so that he would have a skill to rely on.
Xu Erzhu needed a grinder to squeeze incense, so Fang Dihua let Lu Ersao be in charge of grinding the mill in the future.
She doesn't like to go to the fields, so she can grind the mill at home.
In fact, grinding the mill is more tiring.
After arranging the affairs of the incense making room, Lin Shu and Fang Dihua breathed a sigh
of relief. Originally, Lin Shu was a little worried that Brother Lu would become arrogant and intolerant of criticism after gaining knowledge and skills.
If this is the case, Lin Shu will find a way to divide the family, even if she doesn't want to.
How many families can share adversity but not wealth? There are many cases of fathers and sons, brothers, and husbands and wives turning against each other after becoming rich.
If this is the case with her family, Lin Shu will definitely have to split up.
She can bring her family together to get rich, but she can't be dragged down by them.
Now it seems that Big Brother Lu is still humble, just a little bit, and he can be pulled back immediately when he realizes the problem.
As long as Big Brother Lu and Second Brother Lu are not crooked, there will be basically no big problems in that family. None of the tragedies in the original plot will happen, and everyone will get better and better.
They only have time to pay attention to Xu Shihua's affairs.
Xu Shihua came with Xu Xiaoyou with gifts that day, but Fang Dihua didn't have time to deal with him, so Xu Shihua left first.
The gift was brought by Xu Xiaoyou.
Xu Xiaoyou apologized on behalf of her father, Fang Dihua, Lin Shu and others, saying that she would urge her father to be a polite son-in-law of the Lu family.
Just like many people say, it doesn't matter whether you are sincere or not, you must at least be polite and presentable on the surface, so as not to let outsiders laugh at you.
Fang Dihua sighed and said, "Xiaoyou is such a sensible child."
She is only one year older than Tiantian and Panpan, but she seems to be more sensible than Lu Xiuxiu. This is all forced by life, which makes people feel sad when they think about it.
Lin Shu thought to herself: Otherwise, how could she be the heroine of Mary Sullivan?
In the original plot, the heroine Xu Xiaoyou is the embodiment of truth, goodness and beauty, not the kind of green tea and white lotus type heroine.
This is also the reason why Lin Shu has always liked her.
This child has such a positive outlook on life.
Let's say that Big Brother Lu took the introduction letter of the brigade and drove the mule of the production team, and first went to the county with Second Brother Lu and Zhang Guiqi to deliver goods. After
delivering goods to the county, they had to go to Jiaoxian, so it was a good opportunity for them to go together. At that time, they could pull two carts of elm bark back, and the rest could be delivered by others, or they could rent a tractor from the commune to pull it.
On the way, Big Brother Lu taught his second brother: "We get freight subsidies for delivering goods to others, so you can just eat on the road, and you can also have a meal in a restaurant if you want. You can stay in a guesthouse or a guest dormitory for free. Don't try to sleep in a carriage, or you will get sick from sleeping and your family will pay for your treatment."
Second Brother Lu agreed.
Big Brother Lu: "Don't be dull when you meet a customer. You don't have to chat with them, but you have to greet them and say what you need to say. For example, if we are short of raw materials, the delivery may be delayed. If the raw materials are more expensive, the sanitary incense may take a little longer. But you are our old customer, so we will take a little longer to show our appreciation, so that the team leaders won't have any opinions."
He kept talking a lot along the way.
Zhang Guiqi's eyes were almost staring at him. So there are so many tricks to delivering goods?
Big Brother Lu told the second brother about taking orders, "If you are good at talking, there will be no problem. If you are not good at talking, then introduce our incense to people. It is good to smell, use and is cheap. If they need it, they can buy it. If they don't need it, we won't force them."
The second brother has been dull and honest since he was a child. He doesn't know how to say those fancy things. He probably will be troubled by people when taking orders.
Anyway, he brought Zhang Guiqi out, and although he didn't say as much as he did to his second brother, he did say what he should say, but Zhang Guiqi seemed...really not capable.
It was okay for him to deal with fellow villagers in the countryside and collect elm bark, and he did a good job, but it was very difficult for him to deliver goods and take orders in the city. Delivering goods
was a little easier, as he just had to hand the goods over to the person in charge to sign the order, but if he was asked to take orders alone, he...didn't come to take any orders.
Even if he was allowed to carry a bag of sanitary incense to sell in the city while waiting for orders and payment, Zhang Guiqi couldn't sell it.
Big Brother Lu was puzzled, so he took two bags out himself, and whether he stood on the roadside or wandered around the factory compound, he seemed to sell the incense without any effort.
Zhang Guiqi said it was too strenuous and difficult to sell, no one wanted to buy it, or if they did, they would not buy
it. Brother Lu thought it was too strenuous for him to sell things, so he stopped Zhang Guiqi from selling and only let him deliver goods or collect bark.
Two days later, they arrived in Jiaoxian, first delivered the sanitary incense, and then drove to the Yushulin Brigade of Xiangyang Commune.
Brother Lu brought a letter from Lin Shu, which was written to Yu Qianer, asking her to help so that it would not be too strenuous.
In the afternoon, Yu Qianer and others were pruning the cotton in the field.
She was indeed a labor expert, her movements were quick, accurate and ruthless. When others finished one tree, she had already finished three.
She was working hard in the front, and several women behind her couldn't help but whisper about her.
"She's already over 20 years old, and she doesn't even have a partner."
"People who are selected as Red Flag Bearers have high standards, and they don't care about what they said before."
"It's thanks to her being selected as Red Flag Bearer last year, otherwise she would have to marry the two brothers in the Hejiamiaozi behind."
Several women laughed while chatting.
The old Kuai family in the Hejiamiaozi in the north had an eldest son. When he was eight years old, he went to the river to take a bath and slipped into a deep ditch at the bottom of the river. Although he was pulled out, he had a high fever and didn't subside. In the end, he saved his life, but he became stupid.
Within two years, his father died again. His mother, a widow, never remarried and worked hard to raise two sons.
The eldest son is almost thirty and still has no wife, and the youngest son is in his early twenties and still has no wife. The widow is so anxious that she has found many matchmakers to arrange marriages for them, but the women's families all ask the brothers to separate the family.
If they don't separate the family, the young couple will not only have to support the widow, but also the idiot eldest brother. Why would they let the daughter suffer?
But if they separate the family, it means that the widow will take the eldest son and the young couple will go out to live alone. It's okay if
the widow is capable, but what will happen to the eldest son if she falls ill or gets old one day?
In the end, the widow gritted her teeth and said that she would give a high betrothal gift, at least thirty yuan, and if not, she would increase it to fifty or sixty, even a hundred, she would do it! She
had to find a wife for her son even if she had to sell her pot and sell iron, so as not to cut off the incense of the old Kuai family.
Last winter, they bought a daughter-in-law, who was said to be a second marriage, but she didn't bring her children, right?
What's the difference between her and the eldest daughter?
Everyone said that the Kuai family got a bargain.
Yu Qian'er was walking back and happened to pass by them. She straightened her back and said, "You are not active in your work every day, but gossip and fight for the first place. You are lazy and slacking at work. This is the style of capitalists. You should reflect on yourselves."
"Hey, Yu Qian'er, you are electing a model worker, not a moral model, nor an official. Why do you care so much?"
"It's not a big deal. She's getting more and more lonely. She's not liked by others. She might not be able to get married."
"What do you mean by getting married? Look at her. She doesn't even have any little sisters now. Didn't you see that several model workers in our commune are hanging out with each other, but not with her. Isn't it because she's too lonely?"
At this moment, a boy in the village ran over, holding a sickle for mowing the grass and shouting, "Sister Yu Qian'er, someone is looking for you! It's Model Lin from Lujiazhuang in Qingxian Fendou Commune, the one who was named the most beautiful military wife!"
Yu Qian'er immediately thought of Lin Shu's bright and charming face. Why did she look for her?
Thinking of how he had misunderstood Qiu Lina when she was talking nonsense, and how fortunately he apologized generously later, otherwise it would have been embarrassing.
She immediately told the captain to go back and take a look.
The captain was very excited when he heard that she was the most beautiful military wife. He liked her very much when he read the newspaper.
After Yu Qian'er left, the faces of the women who said that she was lonely and no one cared about her became very happy.