Chapter 47 Assessment
Sun Xiaohong rushed to the ground and stared at Lin Yue, hoping to see heartache, nostalgia, and reluctance on Lin Yue's face, but she only saw ruthlessness.
She couldn't understand how a man could be so ruthless. It was obvious that when they were in a good relationship, they were very sweet and he was really obedient when he was obedient. No matter what she did, he didn't get angry.
When she was pregnant, she asked Lin Yue to go out in the wild to find sour dates in the middle of the night, and he didn't get angry. He went to find them for her with a flashlight. When she came back, she was not satisfied and wanted to eat poached eggs again, so he made poached eggs for her.
The money that his three sisters gave to their parents was initially kept in Lin's mother's hands. When she wanted it, she did it with Lin Yue.
She didn't let Lin Yue get into bed at night, but within three days he gave in and started talking to his mother about letting her manage the household finances.
She firmly believed that Lin Yue couldn't leave him, he was just soft-hearted, and was instigated by Lin Shu and Aunt Lin to get angry with her, and after two days he couldn't help but run to her to sleep.
He was just a soft-eared, soft-boned man, it was impossible for him to be tough, he couldn't crawl into her palm!
She thought she could still control Lin Yue with those happiness, but Lin Yue had already conducted a deep reflection.
The mistakes made in youth will not disappear if you don't think about them, they are like a thorn stuck in the heart.
You can't see it, you think it's gone, but it still hurts from time to time.
You may not know why it hurts, but the pain is there, reminding yourself.
Like other men, he began to develop ignorant fantasies when he was thirteen or fourteen years old, and he couldn't help but want to do something.
He suppressed his unclear and urgent desires, and couldn't find an outlet. As soon as Sun Xiaohong flirted with him, he immediately obeyed.
He indulged in that simple and straightforward happiness, not thinking about whether it was right or wrong. His grandmother scolded him for being shameless, but Sun Xiaohong said he was right and it was natural for men to think about women.
As long as he showed that they shouldn't have such thoughts, she would immediately coax him in various ways to give him more stimulation.
He succumbed to that secret happiness again.
But that kind of unrighteous happiness was ultimately poisonous, bringing shame to his grandmother and his parents, making him feel guilty and ashamed at the same time.
It was not Sun Xiaohong's fault that she could bully his parents. It was her nature to bully others.
He was wrong.
He shouldn't have let the wolf into the house and shouldn't have given her the qualifications to hurt his parents.
Because of his weakness, she controlled him and then controlled his parents.
He didn't think much about it before, thinking that life was just like this and he didn't need to think too much.
But when his mother was beaten like that by Sun Xiaohong, he suddenly felt that he was such a bastard. The harm would not disappear if he didn't think about it.
It was there, and it was hurting his parents and sister all the time. Maybe one day, they would be killed by her.
He wanted a divorce. It was impulsive at first, but then the fight with Sun Er made him more determined. After talking to his sister, he no longer worried about divorce.
He will never let others control him casually, and he will never be seduced casually again.
He has to do some serious work from now on, be filial to his parents, and live a good life.
The third sister is right, adults must dare to stop losses in time.
Divorce is the best choice for him, his parents, and this family.
Sun Xiaohong is still yelling there.
Zhou's mother and others are weird to the Sun family, "You don't admit your mistakes and don't pay the money. Now you don't want a divorce, get out, you have taken all the good things in the world."
The old grandson was embarrassed and didn't care about his daughter anymore. He yelled at his wife and son to help his daughter pack up and leave.
He couldn't afford to lose face.
If he stayed a little longer, the Lin family would probably admit that he had set up the trap.
Aunt Lin: "You are not allowed to pack up our Lin family's things! When you gave us a betrothal gift, your daughter wore our Lin family's clothes when she entered the family. Your Sun family is really stingy and didn't bring a single blade of grass. Your niece-in-law should just follow your father and don't take anything from the Lin family with you." As
soon as she said that, several maids rushed into the west room and immediately checked the things inside. They absolutely could not let Sun Xiaohong take anything away.
Zhou's mother also added fuel to the fire, "Should the Sun family return part of the betrothal gift? That's the betrothal gift for three daughters-in-law!"
Aunt Lin immediately went to find Lin's father and mother and asked for the original gift money list.
Lin's mother kept it, in a wooden box on the wall.
The Sun family pushed hard, and the money emptied the Lin family's coffers. They had to pay for the betrothals of the three daughters, the two gold bracelets that the mother-in-law gave to the second wife, and finally some foreign debts.
Aunt Lin was illiterate, so she asked the outsiders present to read it.
A teenager who had read books took over and helped read: "The betrothal gift is 88 yuan, and the betrothal gift is 288 yuan."
The women gasped, what a good family!
When they marry a daughter-in-law, in addition to clothes and furniture, the betrothal gift is generally 18.8 yuan. This is the most, and there are also 8.8 yuan as little as 8.8 yuan.
The Sun family really asked for a lot, 88! 288!
Zhou's mother shouted, "Is it not too much to pay back three hundred?"
Old lady Sun was angry, "This was agreed upon by the two families. My daughter has been married here for so many years, and she has given birth to sons and worked like a slave for you..."
"Bah!" Aunt Lin, "What did your daughter do after she got married here? She sleeps all day long with her butt exposed to the sun. Doesn't she know where to sleep in the village?"
Old lady Sun was also furious, "What's wrong with you? Why don't you let us go?"
Zhou's mother: "Pay back the money!"
Sun Xiao scolded Lin Yue with red eyes, "Lin Yue, are you dead? They force me so much, and you just watch and do nothing?"
Lin Yue didn't look at her.
Finally, it was the village secretary's wife who mediated, "How about this, for the divorce, the Lin family should not pursue the betrothal gift, after all, Lin Yue was also wrong, just consider it as a loss to avoid disaster. As for the Sun family, don't mention what happened in the past, and don't make more demands now, just apologize for the daughter beating her mother-in-law."
The old grandson almost vomited blood.
In the end, he had to bow his head and apologize for not educating the daughter well.
The daughter should not think of finding a husband in the outer village.
The old grandson gritted his teeth and asked his sons to take the daughter away.
Sun Xiaohong started to curse loudly, saying all kinds of dirty things, causing the maids to ask them to get out.
Lin Yue was also scared, he didn't expect Sun Xiaohong's mouth to be so dirty.
Sun Xiaohong: "Fuck you, Lin Yue, you dead XX, there are still my clothes in the room, and my money, and my..."
She has always been the head of the family, and the family dividends and the money given by the three aunts are all with her.
She has saved more than 200 yuan in total.
That's her money!
In the past few years since she got married, she really didn't give any money to her parents' family, and even took her father's money and put it in her own piggy bank.
She will take it away all these years!
She really regretted it. She should have taken out the money earlier and hid it in her parents' home!
She didn't expect Lin Yue to be so heartless and actually divorced him. She
thought Lin Yue was just trying to scare her. In order to make her submit, she coaxed him and fooled him. After a while, he would definitely listen to her as before.
"Just wait for me, you will not die well..."
Unfortunately, Aunt Lin did not give her a chance. She even took off her shoes and pushed her out.
Lin Shu watched coldly, but she felt relieved in her heart. Sun Xiaohong, who hurt Panpan and Tiantian, and hurt Lin's father and mother, was finally gone.
It seemed that the Lin family lost, but in fact they made a profit.
Three hundred yuan helped Lin Yue regain his freedom, get rid of Sun Xiaohong, a potential big trouble, and let him grow up. It was worth it.
After all, the growth of men is a very metaphysical thing. Some people will not understand until they are old, and some people will grow up after experiencing great storms.
Compared with those men who grow up only after their parents or lovers sacrifice their lives, Lin Yue's price is small.
She patted Lin Yue's shoulder, "It's good to stop the damage in time, your good days are still to come."
Lin Yue's tears flowed, and he quickly wiped them with his sleeves, "Sister..."
Lin Shu: "... Let's go to the brigade to get a divorce certificate first."
These days, rural people basically don't go to the commune to get a marriage certificate when they get married. They just decide to hold a wedding banquet. At most, they go to the brigade to write a marriage certificate, and then transfer the woman
's household registration here, so that they can earn food and work points here in the future. Divorce... Divorce is rare, but it's not unheard of. Then go to the brigade to write a divorce certificate, and then transfer the woman's household registration back, and the food and work points will not be counted in this brigade.
Aunt Lin thanked the women who came to support the party one by one, "Thank you for your help, otherwise we, Lin Yue, would still be manipulated."
"Ms. Lin Yue is still sick, so I won't treat you now. When the pomegranates at home are ripe, Lin Yue will deliver them to you door to door."
The women laughed and said, "Lin Yue is a smart kid. He must be admitted as a tractor driver in our commune, and he will help our brigade plow more land in the future."
"Yeah, don't worry. Lin Yue has such a good condition. I must find a good one later, and I won't be cheated again."
The party secretary's mother-in-law also comforted Lin's mother: "We have spent money to eliminate the big trouble, and good times are coming. You take good care of yourself, and we will come back to see you."
The other women also said goodbye and went home to cook.
Lin Shu went into the house and talked to Lin's father and mother, then she said goodbye and went home when she saw that it was about time.
Lin's mother held her hand tightly, unwilling to let go for a while. She also wanted to find a backbone, and now she suddenly found that the third daughter had become powerful all of a sudden, and was not afraid of trouble and could take charge of things. She couldn't help but want to rely on her.
Lin Shu: "Mom, don't worry, I mean what I say. I will support you if I say so, and you don't have to worry about no one to support you when you are old."
As long as Lin Yue doesn't make people angry, Lin's mother can live another 30 years.
After the reform and opening up, it is so easy to make money, and supporting yourself in old age is not a problem.
Lin's mother nodded and wiped her tears.
She suddenly felt like she was alive again, and the mountain pressing on her head was removed.
In the future, she can be the master of the family again!
This feeling!
She suddenly regained her strength, "Don't leave in a hurry, I'll roll some noodles for you. Sister-in-law, don't leave, try my cooking skills, I'm very good at rolling noodles."
She felt relaxed all over, no pain anywhere, she pulled the needle off the back of her hand, and went down to roll noodles.
She pulled Aunt Lin, "Sister-in-law, come with me."
Aunt Lin: "Then I'll go back and get some thin noodles."
Seeing that Lin's father and mother suddenly became more energetic, without any sign of depression, they were like a different person in just a few minutes, which shows how much mental pressure they are under.
Lin Shu also breathed a sigh of relief for some reason.
She was afraid that Lin's father and mother would have wild thoughts at home, thinking about the shame of divorce, the loss of a large amount of betrothal gifts, whether the grandson's family would retaliate, and Bao'er was pitiful. So she deliberately provoked Lin's father, "Dad, things at home are settled. You should get ready and go to take the tractor driver exam with Lin Yue."
Although Lin's father was good at bragging, he was a little unsure about going. "I'm so old..."
Lin Shu: "An excuse? As long as they let you sign up, you just go and try. You and Lin Yue will pass the exam. Our family has made a lot of money. If we get enough work points, we get a subsidy of about ten yuan a month, and there are also various other tickets. Many people are scrambling to get them. My eldest sister-in-law is going too."
Father Lin immediately said, "Then I'll sign up and give it a try. If they don't mind my age, I'll take the exam."
Lin Shu: "We won't eat anymore. We have to go back and sign up. Dad, you guys should go and sign up too."
Father Lin held his grandson, and Mother Lin took control of the money box and food bag at home again. Suddenly, they felt relieved.
Mother Lin smiled and said, "Old man, this house is ours again?"
Father Lin nodded, "Yes, it's ours." Mother
Lin secretly looked outside, fearing that Sun Xiaohong would run back, "Not surnamed Sun anymore?"
Father Lin choked up, "Not surnamed Sun, surnamed Lin!"
Mother Lin wiped her tears happily, "Our daughter is amazing, and our son is also strong, in the future we..." Father Lin
put his arm around her shoulders, "In the future, even if we have to eat coarse food, it will be a good life."
You can make your own decisions in your own home, and it is a good life to eat coarse food, at least you don't have to suffer mental shock every day.
Back to Lujiazhuang, Lin Shu went home to cook, and asked Lu's sister-in-law to hurry to register for the brigade.
Lu's sister-in-law is usually very open-minded, and she is very enthusiastic about things related to relatives and friends. When it is her turn, she is quite shy and a little embarrassed to go.
Lin Shu said that maybe her elder brother hadn't signed up either, so she should sign up as well, and then ask if there was any age limit for the registration. Since
Lin Shu needed help, Mrs. Lu quickly went to sign up.
She asked and found out that there was no age limit, but the registrations in this brigade were basically men between 17 and 35 years old, with very few women and even fewer elderly people.
Lin Shu didn't have to let Lin's father be a tractor driver, but just wanted to encourage him to participate in some competitions so that he could face reality, either learn something practical or stop bragging.
In the afternoon, Mrs. Lu didn't go to work, but dug a fish pond at home according to Lin Shu's requirements.
When the family members came back from work, they joined the work.
Fang Dihua didn't ask about Lin Yue in detail, and nodded when she knew about the divorce, and said that it was good, and went to dig the fish pond.
Second brother Lu and his friends dealt with the trunks of the big trees. Big
trees cannot be simply cut down. The branches must be trimmed, the bark must be shoveled off, and then the trunks must be treated according to the needs.
If they want to make big pillars or beams, they will choose the ones with the right thickness and keep them. Let the wood dry in the shade and use them after two years.
If boards are needed, the wood must be dried in the shade for a few months so that it will not expand and deform due to humidity.
A big locust tree is thirty or forty meters tall. After it is cut down, it must be sawed into several sections. This is a very laborious project. Second
brother Lu and Xu Laonian are basically the ones doing the work, and eldest brother Lu is the one who gives orders with his mouth.
Sister-in-law Lu has been excitedly talking to Lin Shu about the tractor.
Lin Shu told her what parts a tractor has.
Sister-in-law Lu looked at her in surprise, "Third sister-in-law, how do you know?"
Lin Shu: "Why can't I understand? You can see it in the picture books. I've seen it in the commune before."
To drive a tractor, people don't ask you to learn it directly, but to learn it quickly.
She showed sister-in-law how to operate the stove, and sister-in-law learned it easily.
Sister-in-law is very clever, well, except for cooking and sewing.
Brother Lu wanted to belittle his wife, "You woman..."
Lin Shu: "Brother, mother is a woman, are you afraid?"
Brother Lu was stuck, he was afraid, scared to death, okay?
Lin Shu gave them a shot of precaution in advance, "Brother, if you fail the exam and your sister-in-law does, you can't be unhappy, right? You can't deliberately let your sister-in-law fail the exam for your own face. If your sister-in-law fails the exam, you will blame it on you!"
Brother Lu: "What? If she fails the exam, she will blame me? Why?"
Lin Shu: "Sister-in-law is so capable and smart, how could she fail the exam? If she fails the exam, it
must be because you deliberately didn't let her pass the exam, and she took care of your face." Hearing this, Brother Lu immediately said: "Guiying, don't worry about my face, you must pass the exam."
Don't talk about why your mother took the exam to drive a tractor. But
in his heart he said: I must pass the exam, I am so smart, but I am not as good as you women?
This time, the selection of tractor drivers does not test literacy, but only tests who can learn to drive a tractor quickly, who can operate the machine as soon as possible, and who can drive the tractor to plow the land.
As for repairing tractors, that is a follow-up training, which will also improve everyone's literacy level.
Lin Shu wanted to ask why Lu Erge didn't sign up.
Lu Ersao has been watching Lin Shu like a thief, especially since Lin Shu didn't wear mourning for Lu Shaotang and dressed up (she thought) to wander around everywhere, she thought Lin Shu wanted to hook up with men.
She immediately said, "Your second brother is not going, you don't need to ask."
Lin Shu did not ask, but Sister-in-law Lu asked, "Second brother, why are you not going?"
Second brother Lu buried his head in work, his hands never stopped, "I can't learn it."
Both the eldest brother and sister-in-law are going. The eldest brother is so smart that he will definitely pass the exam. Only one person in the family can go. If everyone goes, who will do the work?
Although driving a tractor also gives full work points and subsidies, there are still a lot of work inside and outside the house. If you are not at home, the work will fall on your mother.
That won't work.
A few days before the assessment, Lin Shu talked to Sister-in-law Lu about several key structures of the tractor when she had time, and even drew pictures for her.
Sister-in-law Lu learned very well, which made Brother Lu miserable.
Brother Lu complained to Lin Shu, "Sister-in-law, don't give orders without knowing why. Your sister-in-law always presses the accelerator, brakes, and clutch in her dreams. Last night, she almost kicked me off the kang."
If he wasn't afraid of being beaten by his mother, he would have wanted to show Lin Shu the bruises on his waist from Sister-in-law Lu's kick. It was really painful.
Women, why are you driving a tractor!
In a blink of an eye, it was the day of the commune assessment.
The production team that went to the assessment was given leave.
Sister-in-law Lu said to Lin Shu, "Sister-in-law, come with me."
Lin Shu: "Don't you have your brother?"
Brother Lu: "What's there to be afraid of? It's just driving a tractor."
Sister-in-law Lu insisted that Lin Shu go as well. Lin Shu thought about it and decided that it was okay to go and see for herself.
So, she went with him to accompany the exam.
They didn't have a bicycle at home, so they walked together.
Someone saw Lin Shu on the road and was surprised, "She's going too?"
Without waiting for Lin Shu to speak, Lu Dasao shouted, "Why can't my sister-in-law go?"
Seeing her aggressive tone, the man didn't dare to contradict her, and smiled awkwardly and walked away.
When they arrived at the square in front of the commune, many people had already gathered there. They were all members of various brigades and production teams, ranging from teens to forty years old. Most of them were men, but there were also a few women.
Regardless of whether they were men or women, Lin Shu was the most eye-catching here. Others were tanned, even their fair-skinned faces, forearms, and calves were tanned, but her exposed skin was white, which made people happy.
Some men looked at her secretly, some looked at her recklessly, and some women envied and praised her, while others curled their lips and secretly cursed her as a vixen.
No matter what others do, Lin Shu is open and aboveboard.
These people just lack knowledge, social limitations, not intentional.
This group of people, in the past, were the main force of square dance, the main force of colorful scarves dominating the screen.
Sister Lu was very nervous, her tall figure hunched, "Sister-in-law, I forgot."
Lin Shu: "It's okay. When you see the tractor later, the master will teach you and you will be able to do it in no time."
Brother Lu glanced at them. The third brother's wife was too good at fooling people. She was even better than him.
After a while, Father Lin and Lin Yue came with a few young people.
After not seeing him for a few days, Father Lin seemed to be ten years younger, with a smile on his face.
Lin Yue's hair was neatly combed, his expression was relaxed, and his temperament was more stable.
After meeting, they chatted enthusiastically for a while.
Father Lin said that Mother Lin's illness was cured all of a sudden, especially her spirit was better than before, and now she doesn't need help taking care of the children and doing housework.
Lin Shu was also happy for her. Just when she wanted to ask Sun Xiaohong if she had gone to bother them, the three brothers of the Sun family came over. Sun Er stared at Lin Shu and the others with a fierce look, which was very unfriendly.
Lu Dasao immediately glared back fiercely, who is afraid of you?