Chapter 211 Honor Roll

The old ladies in the neighborhood looked at each other in bewilderment.

This question was beyond the syllabus, and they didn't understand.

Although they went to the infirmary to listen to what Old Man Lu said, they didn't hear much, and they just went to talk to each other and flirt with each other.

After all, they were uneducated and had limited knowledge. In addition to working, comparing with neighbors, and the things on the bed, they could think of dirty talk in private, but to really publicize it in public?

That would be embarrassing for them.

They are decent people! They

don't act like hooligans in public!

Several old women who had heard about the excitement in the infirmary said, "It seems that nowadays if people in the city don't want to have children, they get an IUD or a sterilization or something."

"Yes, I heard the radio in the brigade the other day saying that people in the city are not allowed to have children casually. Now our rural areas are also going to start. In the future, no one will be allowed to have children casually. Those who want to have children should hurry up."

"You can't get a sterilization. I heard that a man will be useless after a sterilization. He will have no strength and can't do heavy work."

Although Xu Xiaoyou didn't know what sterilization was, she heard that her uncle had a sterilization, and words like useless, no strength, and unable to do work were derogatory and could not be used to describe her uncle.

She said crisply, "No! The doctor said that for men, sterilization is just tying a knot, which does not affect their health. For women, sterilization requires surgery, which cuts open the belly, so it will hurt the body!"

This is of course what Lin Shu has told her.

As for how to tie a knot for a man, who knows? She is not a doctor.

When Xu Xiaoyou said this, a woman in her thirties immediately agreed.

Women in their thirties who have ideas about contraception are those who got married early and have three or four children, and those who have more have given birth to four or five.

To be honest, if there is a way to avoid pregnancy, who would be willing to give birth to children year after year?

All year round, either they have just given birth or are pregnant, or they are pregnant with a big belly, which makes it inconvenient to do anything.

They have really had enough.

Lin Shu has one son and one daughter and doesn't want to have any more children, but they already have three or four, so why should they have more children?

Xu's mother cried and jumped up and down, "Oh my God, my ancestors, how could you destroy us like this?"

She wanted to ask Father Lu to seek justice. Why did he instigate the daughter to destroy the Xu family?

Xu Shihua hurried to chase her, but he was surrounded by women.

The women chattered, "Shihua, do you really want to get a sterilization? If you get a sterilization, tell the men nearby."

"Yes, tell them if sterilization will really make you weak."

"We have three children, and I don't want to have any more. If you get a sterilization and it's okay, I'll let my husband get a sterilization too."

Xu Shihua was so angry that she felt dizzy. So you don't let your man go, and use me as a test subject?

Lin Shu is crazy, what kind of glory is your man's sterilization? Why are you showing it off?

As a result, a woman squeezed him and said, "Shihua, Lu Shaotang and technician Hou have both been sterilized. You are a junior high school teacher, you can't fall behind. The cadres should take the lead."

"Yes, you should go quickly."

Xu Shihua was so angry that she slammed the door and left.

Lu Hehuan asked Xu Xiaoyou to watch Hurry up while she went to the infirmary to chase her mother-in-law.

Xu Xiaoyou hurried back to the room and put her brother in the mosquito net, and lit a mosquito coil to fumigate him.

Although the little sister-in-law gave her comfrey ointment, she should not let her brother be bitten by mosquitoes if she could. The bites are red and itchy, which is very uncomfortable.

She kissed Hurry up and let him make waves in the mosquito net while she went downstairs to wash clothes.

Xu Yaoyao was outside watching his sister being so nice to his brother, and he was very jealous. You are obviously my biological sister, why are you so nice to my stepmother's child?

What an ungrateful bastard!

He took advantage of Xu Xiaoyou's inattention, caught several ants and threw them on Kuai Kuai, letting the ants bite his little brother.

After throwing them, he was afraid that Xu Xiaoyou would see, so he ran away quickly.

At this time, Lu Hehuan chased Xu's mother to the infirmary.

Xu's mother was determined to do it, and it was not only because her daughter-in-law asked her son to get a sterilization that stimulated her, but also because since Lin Shu and Fang Dihua supported Xu Xiaoyou, she, the head of the family, had lost her status and prestige, and was bullied by her granddaughter all day long.

Finally, she had a chance to show her talents, so naturally she was unwilling to give up.

She sat on the open space at the door of the infirmary, slapping her thigh and crying.

She saw that most of the people around her were old ladies who did not work, and they would definitely support her, so she scolded her daughter-in-law for forcing her son to get sterilized, "Tell me, she has bad intentions and wants to harm my son. How

can she let her man be sterilized..." Mrs. Qiu felt the same way, "That's right. Women have been giving birth since ancient times. If they don't want to, of course they have to get sterilized. Why do they still require men to get sterilized?"

Lu Hehuan, who rushed over, was so angry that she retorted on the spot, "Aren't you a woman too? Why are you speaking for men?"

The old woman curled her lips, "I am a woman, but I feel sorry for my man and son."

Besides, I'm old and can't give birth anymore, so naturally I don't need to get sterilized. If you don't want to have a baby, you have to get sterilized, right?

Father Lu and Zhang Peijin heard the noise outside, but they were just giving someone an injection, and they didn't want to abandon the patient halfway, so they ignored it for the time being.

Someone called the brigade secretary and the team leader to come over.

It was the time to get off work, and soon a group of men, women, old and young gathered.

Mother Xu was originally a person who was afraid of losing face and liked to show off her hard work. But since Lin Shu and Fang Dihua supported Xu Xiaoyou, whenever she hit Xu Xiaoyou, Xu Xiaoyou would bang pots and bowls and gossip about her abusing her granddaughter and daughter-in-law, making her lose face again and again. Although she didn't dare to treat Lu Hehuan and Xu Xiaoyou harshly, it indirectly trained her face and nerves.

So many people were watching her, and because she was gathered here to talk about her, it gave her a strange pleasure.

She became more and more like a drama queen, crying sadly.

Lin Shu was originally talking to Lin Aidi on the street, and was called to the infirmary by Panpan and the other children. She heard that Xu's mother was going crazy in the infirmary, so she came to see.

"Shaotang's wife is here."

"Everyone, get out of the way!"

When Lu Hehuan heard that Lin Shu was here, he felt like he had found someone to support him, "Sister-in-law, sister-in-law!"

Lin Shu told her to shut up in disgust, and looked at Xu's mother who was sitting on the ground with tears and snot, frowned in disgust, and dodged, "Auntie, are you performing a big show here? Do you need me to help you collect tickets?"

Xu's mother was choked by her and began to accuse her, "You spendthrift woman, why did you force your man to get a sterilization? You set a bad precedent and want to harm all the old men in the village!"

Lin Shu clicked her tongue, "Look at what you said, the old men in our village are real men, not like those in your aunt's family."

"What?" Xu's mother was a little confused.

Lin Shu said, "I say, the old men in our village are real old men. If they have many children at home and don't want their wives to have more children, they will take the initiative to get sterilized, unlike you who are so whining."

In her previous life, because buying condoms and taking medicines were too expensive, the contraceptive method chosen by most families in the countryside was for women to get an IUD, and very few men got sterilized.

Of course, this is the choice of men. Men don't want to get sterilized but have to sleep with their wives, and women can't bear it and can't get pregnant. What else can they do besides getting an IUD?

If you have regular checkups after getting an IUD, you can change to a safer one when the technology is more mature and the materials are better, and then remove it after the childbearing age.

But how can people in the countryside have the habit of going to the hospital for regular checkups? How troublesome?

Doesn't the check-up cost money?

Doesn't it cost money to replace the new IUD?

In addition, you have to spend time and delay work.

Anyway, whether it is due to economic reasons or ideological reasons, most women in the countryside don't care about it after the family planning office inserts the IUD for free. They don't go for a check-up until 30 or 40 years later when the pain is unbearable. As a result, the disease has already occurred, and it is extremely difficult to clean it up, and they suffer a lot more.

Mrs. Qiu was unhappy, "Why do you want men to get sterilized? Will men still have the strength to work after getting sterilized?"

Lin Shu glanced at her. Mrs. Qiu's eldest daughter-in-law Zhou Xiulan has given birth to eight children. The oldest is 15 or 16 years old, and the youngest is only half a year old.

Zhou Xiulan is skinny and looks like a fifty-year-old woman at the age of less than 35.

There are a bunch of half-grown children in the family. They are really poor. When the clinic was promoting contraception, Mrs. Qiu sneered and said that Mr. Lu wanted to make money.

Lin Shu knew that it was useless to explain to such a person. The doctor said that sterilization would not affect her strength, but she just didn't believe it. It was useless to explain again. If you want to make the other party shut up, you have to attack her weakness directly.

She smiled and said, "If your family had fewer children, you wouldn't owe the brigade so many work points. Your family owes the most in our brigade."

Lin Shu hit the nail on the head. The surrounding members looked at Mrs. Qiu with thorns in their eyes.

Of course, everyone works hard every day, and they try their best to earn more work points. As a result, your family gave birth to a child, and you can't afford to raise the child yourself, so you ask the brigade to help raise the child.

Why should we help his family raise children?

Especially those women who don’t want to have children anymore and want to get sterilized or persuade their men to get sterilized, they look at Mrs. Qiu with hostility.

Mrs. Qiu also jumped up and down, "What are you doing? What are you doing? Why are you all complaining about me? They are not my children! We didn't want to have so many children, but she is pregnant, right? How can we stop her from having children if she is pregnant? Can't she hold it in?"

The old woman with few children was dissatisfied, "Your family owes work points to the brigade, and my family is among them. When are you going to pay it back?"

Mrs. Qiu argued, but she couldn't stand being attacked by so many people. She was angry and embarrassed, "You just talk. Why don't your men get sterilized?"

"Look, whose family has more children than yours? Eight children and you haven't been sterilized yet?"

"Look at your daughter-in-law, she is in her early thirties but acts like an old woman in her sixties. You still let her have children. You want to tire her to death." Mrs.

Qiu's eldest son, Qiu Jintian, was in the crowd with a long face.

Does he really want to have so many children? Isn't there anything he can do?

Can't he just hold back and not sleep with his wife?

What if his wife gets pregnant? He can't have an abortion, right?

The clinic said contraception, but condoms are so expensive, and who can afford one with gray hair?

It's not free to put in an IUD, the commune can't do it, so he has to go to the county hospital, and the cost of travel, food, work, and medicine is at least five yuan.

Five yuan, where does he have five yuan to spare?

Even if he doesn't have to pay, he still has to work hard. There's work everywhere, and when can he leave his wife? It

doesn't cost money for his wife to get pregnant and give birth to a child. She just keeps it in her belly, and when the time comes, she will give birth. At most, she will eat a few eggs. How simple is that?

He doesn't have to give birth, and he can talk without back pain while standing. But if he is asked to get a sterilization, even if it is easier and less troublesome than giving birth, even if the doctor says sterilization is not dangerous and will not affect the body, he will not go. If

the doctor says it is not dangerous, then it is not dangerous?

If the doctor says it will not affect the body, then it will not affect the body? But what if it does affect the body? Then it will be too late.

Besides, who will be responsible for being laughed at for sterilization?

Who will pay for the medical expenses, surgery fees, and lost wages?

Let him pay? He doesn't have any. Why

should he spend money to suffer?

It is more convenient to let his wife give birth casually.

Mrs. Qiu also squeezed through the crowd and looked at her nephew. She said, "Jintian, the second master's son and son-in-law can get sterilized, so why can't you?"

"What?" Xu's mother got anxious and got up. "What did you say?"

Mrs. Qiu pointed to the south, "Your teacher Xu rode his bike to the county to get sterilized."

Xu's mother fell to the ground.

Mrs. Qiu rushed forward and pinched her Ren Zhong.

Xu's mother screamed.

Lin Shu: "Do you think there is anyone who curses his own son and grandson like you? Xu Shihua obviously has two sons and a concubine, but you insist on saying that he will not have any children or

grandchildren. How can you be so cruel?" A few old ladies including Mrs. Qiu also said to her, "That's not a big deal. He should be looking forward to having his own children and grandchildren."

The old ladies blamed Xu's mother and she was so angry that she couldn't faint.

Xu Shihua came back two days later.

He had a united front meeting of the County Writers Association and the Federation of Literary and Art Circles to attend the meeting the next day. In order to avoid the fighting at home, he rode to the county at night, and stayed overnight after the meeting before going home.

Who knew that when he just came back, the whole village was saying that he had been sterilized!

Women saw him on the road and praised him, "Teacher Xu, our son."

The men asked him quietly, "Teacher Xu, did you really get the vasectomy? Does it hurt?"

"Teacher Xu, does the vasectomy make you sore and weak? Can you still sleep with your wife?"

Xu Shihua was so angry that he yelled, "I'm not vasectomized! I'm at a meeting!"

Who would believe it?

Tsk tsk, too embarrassed to admit it.

Not only did the villagers say that he was vasectomized, but when he got home, his mother cried with him as if her old man had died, and every word she said was about ancestors and the continuation of the family line.

Xu Shihua tried his best to say that he was not vasectomized, and his mother didn't believe what others said.

He couldn't just take off his pants to prove to everyone that he was not vasectomized, right?

He was so angry that he wanted to hide away, but the brigade secretary and the brigade leader brought several production team leaders to block him at home. As soon as he entered the house, they praised him vigorously, "Teacher Xu, you are a positive and progressive young man! You must be praised!"

"You are a positive role model and should be praised!"

"Yes, we will issue a document to the commune and the school to commend Teacher Xu for his active cooperation in eugenics and good parenting."

Not only was he praised verbally, but he was also given a certificate of honor!

He was given a pound of white sugar, a pound of brown sugar, and ten pounds of white flour!

Xu Shihua was speechless. No matter how he said that he had not been sterilized, it was useless.

No one believed him!

They all thought that he was too embarrassed to admit that he had been sterilized and was afraid of being laughed at.

The branch secretary smiled and said, "Teacher Xu, don't be shy. You already have three children. Sterilization is a good thing."

Xu Shihua was weak and said, "Branch Secretary, Lu Shaotang has also been sterilized. Why don't you commend him?"

The branch secretary said, "Hey, he is a state cadre. It is his duty to respond to the government's call. He is not worthy of praise."

The next day, the branch secretary sent the commendation letter to the commune and junior high school.

So the commune revolutionary committee, with the director of women's affairs and the director of the health department, went to the junior high school to commend Xu Shihua on the spot, so that the whole commune and the whole school knew that he loved his wife and responded to the government's call and took the initiative to sterilize!

What a man!

Grandpa!

The commune revolutionary committee reported to the county revolutionary committee, and soon Xu Shihua's name was printed on the hanging picture of the eugenics propaganda board, and the commune and the brigade posted propaganda.

The branch secretary not only took the painting back and posted it on the brigade notice board, but also painted a eugenics honor list with red paint on the blackboard wall where the brigade posted notices.

Xu Shihua's name topped the list!

Below were the names of two women, one of whom was in poor health and not suitable for continuing to have children, and the other already had five children and really didn't want to have any more.

Xu Shihua was really mad, he didn't want to become famous in this way at all!

He would rather take a detour to go to work and get off work every day, and would never go through the brigade.

Lu Hehuan still couldn't see the situation clearly, and every day she looked like a nymphomaniac, thanking him, praising him, and eagerly expressing her love for him.

That day he couldn't help but get angry with Lu Hehuan, "Is there something wrong with your third sister-in-law?"

Lu Hehuan felt sorry for him getting sterilized, and she comforted him, praised him, and asked Xiaoyou to make him delicious food every day. As a result, he was always cold to her, and today he finally paid attention to her and started to curse.

Although she would complain about Lin Shu from time to time, she would get angry when others said something bad about her third sister-in-law.

Even though she loved Xu Shihua, she didn't allow him to say anything bad about Lin Shu.

"Why are you scolding my third sister-in-law? She is beautiful and has a talent for studying. She is also so good at writing articles. She is also dedicated to the team and cooks delicious meals. Don't you feel guilty for scolding her?"

Xu Shihua was so angry that she refused to sleep on the same kang with her and wanted to go to Xu's mother's room.

Xu's mother was also angry. She thought her son had been sterilized. He had been "sick" these days. He only said one thing every day when he lay on the kang: "You guys make me so mad at you. Please prepare my funeral."

When she saw Xu Shihua coming, she began to cry miserably, "Shihua, I'm so sorry to your father."

She started to talk about the ancestors again.

Xu Shihua's head hurt from her nagging. In the end, he was so angry that he simply went out to sleep with a good friend.

Anyway, there was no need to cover himself with a quilt in the summer. What did it matter if he was in a bad mood and got bit by mosquitoes? He was not afraid.

After he did this, Lu Hehuan was convinced that he had been sterilized.

Although he was sarcastic and not gentle and considerate to her, he was very clear-headed about the big things.

Except for the third brother, who is not a villager and whose household registration is not here, Xu Shihua is the first man to be sterilized in Lujiazhuang Brigade, Fendou Commune, and even Qing County, right?

Wow, he is so great, he loves her so much!

She loves him even more!

Lu Hehuan ran to Lin Shu and said, "Third sister-in-law, you always look down on Shihua, how about now? He is a grandfather, right?"

Lin Shu was knitting sweaters with her eldest sister in the cool ground. She planned to knit a sweater for Lu Shaotang and Chen Yanming first.

Of course, she didn't do it alone, her eldest sister, Xiuxiu, and Lu Ping would help.

Lu Ping's knitting skills are very good.

Lin Shu glanced at Lu Hehuan and knew that Xu Shihua definitely had not been sterilized, but she was entangled in public opinion and had no way to defend herself.

As for public opinion... cough cough.

Lin Shu felt a little guilty.

On the day when Xu's mother made a fuss, Xu Shihua was not at home. Lin Shu felt that she could not let Xu's mother make a fuss in vain. If there was no result, wouldn't it be a waste of time?

So she talked to the branch secretary and praised Xu Shihua for actively cooperating with the brigade's policy of eugenics and should be praised. After all, a positive role model is needed now.

When the branch secretary heard it, he thought her suggestion was very good, so he adopted it. When Xu Shihua came back from the county, he went to praise her and give her prizes, and then went to the commune to deliver the commendation letter, all in one go.

If this method is definitely not feasible in modern times, isn't this the era when the Revolutionary Committee has the final say?

Besides, the family planning policy is inevitable and cannot be stopped. Wouldn't it be good to let women suffer less?

Sterilization for men is definitely less harmful than IUDs and sterilization for women, and it should be promoted.

Between Lu Hehuan getting an IUD or sterilization and Xu Shihua getting sterilization, she would naturally choose to protect Lu Hehuan, after all, she is her sister-in-law.

There is no need to have another child since they already have three children, right?

If Xu Shihua could be promoted to lead other men to respond to the policy of eugenics and actively get sterilized, and get the advanced unit issued by the family planning office, then when family planning is written into the national policy and enforced, there will be no such thing as people tearing down houses and taking away livestock to catch excessive births in Lujiazhuang Brigade, or even sterilizing the whole village for one excessive birth.

In this way, Xu Shihua sacrificed himself for the family planning cause of Lujiazhuang Brigade and took the initiative to "get sterilized", which is also a good thing for the country and the people, right?

After all, even his mother believed that he had been sterilized, and it was not her fault.

Lin Shu was very cooperative and praised Xu Shihua, "Yes, yes, he really loves you, I'm sorry, I misunderstood him before, I thought he was not good to you."

Lu Hehuan smiled shyly, "It's good that you know, I said I would not make a mistake."

Lin Shu: "..."

Old Man Lu and Fang Dihua were really surprised to hear Lu Hehuan say that Xu Shihua had a sterilization for him.

Old Man Lu: "I never thought that Shihua was a little responsible."

Fang Dihua looked at Lu Hehuan with a little doubt, "Is it true?"

Lu Hehuan: "How could it be false? He couldn't have sex these few days, and my mother-in-law was so angry that she was about to die."

If the brigade cadres could make a mistake, the couple would not be wrong.

Fang Dihua also believed it.

She said, "It seems that he is not a cold-hearted person, and he has some human touch."

Lu Hehuan said proudly, "Of course, it is you who are prejudiced against him. Dad, mom, and sister-in-law, you should be nicer to him in the future."

Lin Shu suppressed her laughter, "Okay, you invite him to our house for dinner, I will make spicy rabbit, boiled fish, and chopped pepper fish head for you to eat."

Lu Hehuan was drooling with greed, and ran home to tell Xu Shihua, who was so angry that she wanted to jump into the river.

Everyone ignored Xu Shihua's resistance, and thought that he was just shy and afraid of being laughed at, so the brigade cadres and Lu's father protected him in various ways, forbidding people to make fun of men who had been sterilized, and even more forbidding people to gossip, bad-mouth, and spread rumors behind their backs.

"If you catch anyone, punish him!" said the branch secretary.

The women also felt that Xu Shihua was responsible. As their father's son, they all protected him. If their men said bad things about him, they would immediately scold them and ask them to get sterilized. If they didn't dare to go, they should shut up and admit their guilt, and not say sour words.

Lin Shu wrote another proposal to the brigade, hoping to apply to the higher health department. The government should reduce or waive the fees for male and female members who took the initiative to get an IUD or sterilized. It would be best if it was free. It would be even better if they could provide appropriate nutritional subsidies.

Lin Shu's proposal was not at all rigid and empty, nor was it a simple slogan. Instead, it was based on the actual situation in the countryside. She believed that eugenics was a policy that was very consistent with the current national conditions.

This policy is not mandatory, but voluntary, and encourages one of the spouses with three or more children to get an IUD or sterilization, while it does not interfere with families with less than three children. This

proposal was soon published in the city newspaper, and then sent to the health department of the Provincial Revolutionary Committee, and then published in the provincial newspaper and government newspapers.

A discussion was carried out from top to bottom, and finally the Provincial Revolutionary Committee issued an order: the provincial health department took the lead and organized doctors from city and county hospitals to form a eugenics medical team to provide convenience to the vast number of citizens and members who actively took the initiative to get an IUD or sterilization, exempting all surgical medical expenses, with the government paying half and each unit and brigade paying half.

As soon as this policy was released, many working couples in the city who already had three children and no elderly people to look after the children chose to have one of them get an IUD or get a sterilization. Even some families with only two or one child chose to use IUD for contraception, especially those couples who were more career-oriented.

The progress in the countryside was slower. After all, the gap between the city and the countryside is not only the economic gap, but also the greater gap in concepts.

Most of the people in the countryside still think that they cannot go to the hospital to give birth, and going to the hospital is a matter of life and death.

Sterilization is even more of a way to cut off the lineage.

Of course, some more open-minded families who believe that two or three children are enough and that more will drag down their lives also choose to have an IUD or get a sterilization. After all, it’s free now. If they have to have an IUD or get a sterilization in the future, it won’t be free, right?

It’s much easier here in Lujiazhuang.

Under the "leadership" of Xu Shihua, many couples in the village who were in financial difficulties, in poor health, and already had three or more children chose to have their husbands sterilized.

Lu Shaotang was sterilized.

Hou Gong was sterilized.

Manager Lu was willing to be sterilized.

Teacher Xu was sterilized!

Who are you? You can't be sterilized? Why do you

say that sterilization will make people weak and powerless?

Look at Lu Shaotang, where is there no power?

So the men in the village tentatively went to the commune health hospital together. Now every commune has a fixed medical team, a doctor sent down from above, with excellent medical skills, and there will be absolutely no problems.

In order to work better in the incense factory, the two sons of Mrs. Qiu chose to get sterilized.

After the sterilization operation, the two brothers rested for half a day in the commune clinic. If there were no unexpected situations, they would go home to rest.

The brigade gave them two extra days of leave with work points. On the fourth day, the brigade did not arrange any heavy physical work. At most, they went to the cotton field to prune the branches and flower cores. Qiu Jincai did the light work of drying sanitary incense in the incense factory.

After another three or four days of rest, they recovered completely and there was nothing unusual.

Even if they did physical work, they were not affected at all.

But they had to wait a few more days to have sex.

They spread the word, telling everyone that it was no big deal for men to get sterilized, and that it would not affect their work and life.

The secretary added their names to the honor roll.

After they spread the word, everyone thought there was nothing wrong with it. Aunt Li's eldest son, Xu Erzhu and others also took turns to go to the commune health hospital for sterilization. Everyone followed suit and was too embarrassed to let their wives get an IUD or sterilization. After all,

Doctor Lu said that female sterilization requires surgery in the abdomen, which is a major surgery and will definitely hurt the body, but male sterilization is simpler, does not hurt the body, and recovery is quicker.

Seeing more people respond to the policy call, the brigade secretary and Old Man Lu were particularly happy.

Father Lu heard Lin Shu say in private that what Teacher Ma meant was that family planning was inevitable. The capital and Shanghai both implemented family planning, and other provincial capitals must follow suit.

Can small and medium-sized cities escape?

Rural areas are not allowed to implement family planning?

For this reason, Father Lu took the initiative to call Uncle Lu to inquire about the family planning policy in the capital.

Uncle Lu knew about it. Although he had retired from the position of power, he still held several honorary positions. He often went to meetings and recuperation, so he naturally knew some policy trends.

He also told Father Lu that family planning should be implemented as a must, and those who are willing to have children should do so in the next two years. Once family planning is implemented, they will definitely not be able to have children casually.

The current policy in the capital is that two children are just right for families of government officials and dual-employee families, not three.

Who knows if one child will be enough in the future?

Although it has not been said yet, if a policy is tightened from the time it is issued, it is possible that it will come to that point.

Since Lin Shu and Uncle Lu both said so, Father Lu had a backbone.

He went back and held a meeting with the branch secretary, the team leader and others. Encourage women of childbearing age who have few children to have babies as soon as possible, and those who have given birth to three children to get an IUD or sterilization as soon as possible.

He said: "It's a good thing that everyone is so active. I asked around and found out that the country may implement family planning on a large scale in a few years. Women of childbearing age with two children will have to get an IUD for contraception. Instead of waiting for others to force us, we might as well be more active to avoid making a scene."

He also hinted that those who want to have more children should have them before family planning starts. If they have three or four children, they can get sterilized.

In order to commend these families who actively respond to the country's call for eugenics, in addition to waiving the cost of sterilization and IUD insertion, the brigade will also provide a nutritional subsidy of two yuan plus five kilograms of grain coupons, and will also record them as advanced elements in eugenics.

In this way, more men in the brigade will respond to the call!

The number of sterilized men in Lujiazhuang Brigade is much higher than that of women, and this phenomenon has been noticed by the cadres of the commune.

Because in other brigades, most women have IUDs, and there are almost no sterilized men, and there are only a few.

Naturally, Lujiazhuang Brigade was selected as an advanced brigade in the city's eugenics policy!

Xu Shihua held it in for more than ten days, and had to secretly go to the city to get sterilized.

Don't even mention how frustrating it was.

What would happen if he didn't get sterilized?

Wouldn't Lu Hehuan make trouble with him later? Wouldn't it be embarrassing for him?

The key is that he has already been commended, and his name is still on the brigade wall. It will be difficult to end it then, and he thought...

forget it.

Just accept your fate.

It was a blessing in disguise. Xu Shihua found that since the brigade commended him for getting sterilized, Father Lu has been much kinder to him.

In the past, when they met on the road, Father Lu would turn around and walk away as if he didn't see him. If he was close to him, he couldn't avoid him and had to go over to greet his father-in-law. Only then would Father Lu answer with his hands behind his back and a sullen face.

That day, he saw Father Lu on his way to school. He wanted to slow down and wait for Father Lu to pass by, but Father Lu stood on the side of the road and waved to him, smiling very kindly, "Shihua, go to work. Come to our house for dinner when you have time."

It was so unexpected that Xu Shihua's handlebars shook and he almost fell.

He hurriedly got off the car and greeted his father-in-law.

Father Lu looked at him with a smile, as if he was looking at a son-in-law, with a kind look, "Shihua, you are usually tired from work, so pay more attention to rest. When you have time, come home for dinner. Your mother and sisters-in-law all praise you."

In the past, he would only think that his father-in-law was hypocritical when he was like this.

He would also respond hypocritically, and then turn around and show disdain.

But now he didn't dare to do so, mainly because he was beaten up by Fang Dihua and Lin Shu, and he didn't dare to disrespect his father-in-law. He also knew that Father Lu was sincere because he thought that he was doing good to his daughter by not letting Lu Hehuan get sterilized.

Not only his father-in-law was like this, Fang Dihua was also much more friendly to him.

In the past, she would look at him like a criminal, but now she took the initiative to bring him a basket of meat buns, nodded at him, and said, "Come to our house often for dinner, we are all family, don't ask outsiders."

At least she didn't look at him like a thief as she did before.

And Lin Shu, she smiled at him and looked very kind, but Xu Shihua always felt that her smile was a bit gloating and malicious!

He didn't want to eat at her house! He was not so poor that

he couldn't afford to eat!

Well, there was also the daughter-in-law, who pretended to be much better to him and took the initiative to share the egg custard with him.

In short, the Lu family changed their attitude towards Xu Shihua, and also became more tolerant towards Xu's mother. Even if she still complained, they didn't bother with her.

In a blink of an eye, the production team began to busy with the autumn harvest. This morning, Zhou Weimin delivered a letter from the capital to Lu Lao Da.

When he called Uncle Lu to inquire about family planning, Lu Lao Da also talked to his eldest brother about Lu Changshou. His nephew was naturally concerned. Uncle

Lu smiled and told him that Changshou was doing well and lived a very regular life: getting up in the morning to do morning exercises, going to school during the day, and going home to train after school.

Now that he received the letter, Lu Lao Da couldn't wait to open it and take a look.

Uncle Lu wrote everything in the letter. Although Changshou is a bit lazy and loves food, he has made great progress. Now he can attend training and classes without any delay.

In addition to the letter from Uncle Lu, there is also a letter from Changshou. This child seems to be very sensible.

Changshou's letter reads:

Grandpa and daughter, parents + everyone: Everyone is good, Grandpa is good to me, eat big meat buns, I miss you.

Then there is a string of wow wow wow wow... . . . . .

Father Lu said to Fang Dihua with relief: "Although they are all wrong characters, it's good to be willing to learn. In a month, he will definitely write better. Look, he is very happy, and he keeps crying to express his surprise and happiness."

Panpan and Tiantian came up, "Grandpa, is he crying?"

Father Lu smiled and said, "No, your cousin is so old, he won't cry. Can't you see that he eats big meat buns every day in the capital? He must be happy." Changshou is

greedy and lazy. In comparison, greed is still ahead of laziness. I guess he can be a little less lazy for the sake of eating.

Thousands of miles away, in the third grade classroom of the Capital Military District Primary School.

Lu Changshou was lying on the table, biting the pen tip, wiping tears, counting on his fingers to do the questions, and then writing uncertainly in the notebook.

Wuuuu, he is so miserable, so pitiful.

He doesn't like studying at all. When he was at home, he refused to go to school after finishing the second grade. As a result, grandpa now makes him study in the third grade, and says that he can finish the third grade curriculum before winter and then go to the fourth grade, and then go to the fifth grade next summer.

Woo woo woo, he is so miserable, so pitiful.

He doesn't know anything about the third grade.

Since coming to the capital, grandpa takes him to do morning exercises, training, and breakfast every morning. If he

can't get up in the morning, grandpa will just pick him up.

He can't run and wants to be lazy, so grandpa threatens to starve him for three days. Thinking of the big meat buns in the cafeteria, he can only grit his teeth and fight. He

cried on the first day because of running, and after running, he stepped on and pressed his legs. He cried like a pig being slaughtered in pain, but grandpa was merciless.

The next day, he was sore all over, but he still had to run. Then he was crushed and stepped on again, and it hurt like a pig being killed.

Not only that, but grandpa forced him to go to school!

Go to school!

He had almost forgotten everything from the first and second grades. The only reason he remembered it was because he borrowed sweet comic books at home and read them.

He was a 14-year-old adult sitting in the classroom with a bunch of 10-year-old children. Why do people in the city go to school so early? It

was okay for them to laugh at him, he was not afraid of being laughed at anyway, but what did they mean by asking him to help with homework!

They said he was the oldest and wrote fast, so he should help everyone with homework.

He didn't even know how to do his own homework, and he had to do it for them!

He is not a good student at all. He doesn't listen to anything while sitting here. He still doesn't understand addition and subtraction within 100. He learns words today but forgets them tomorrow. He just feels like he has a spike on his butt and is shaking uncontrollably.

He wants to skip classes and school, but Grandpa has the teacher keep an eye on him and even watches him outside the campus himself!

He can't escape at all!

The only good thing is that the food here is damn good!

Much better than in the countryside.

Even better than what he remembered from his childhood in the capital!

Big white steamed buns every day, with vegetables and even meat every day!

Grandpa also gives him a cup of milk powder every day.

Wow, the food here is so good that he doesn't want to run away.

Originally, he wanted to steal some money to buy a train ticket and run away.

Another bad thing is that step-grandmother is very kind and warm to him in front of grandpa, and speaks very nicely, but when she turns around and can't see grandpa anymore, she looks at him with a scary look.

She also jokes that he is dirty and has smelly feet, and never goes to other people's houses to play, so as not to embarrass himself and be laughed at.

At night, when he can't finish his homework, step-grandmother will bring him a glass of water, and laugh loudly behind him, saying that he should start from the first grade, and the third grade is too difficult for him.

He agrees with her, but grandpa doesn't want to, sob.

Sob, so ...

He also wrote a letter to his parents and second grandfather, but unfortunately he could not write many words, so he could only write: Wow wow wow wow...

I am crying so much, I miss the days when I went to look for cicada monkeys with them at home.