Chapter 49: Promising
The oldest among them was Father Lin, and there were two others who were in their forties.
Father Lin didn't say anything, but the other two disagreed first, "We passed the exam based on our ability, why can't we pass?"
"That's right, we are still young, and cadres in the city have to retire at the age of 60."
Those who failed to be selected made a fuss and refused to leave, so someone called the commune office and told them about the situation.
Director Qin and his colleagues just came back from the grassroots, and they also paid attention to the assessment of the selection of tractor operators, and now they asked about the situation.
Director Qin: "We will do what we said before, and be fair, open and just."
Later, they discussed it. Although those people gave money to the master for extra training, it didn't seem to violate the rules. Only the master violated the rules by taking private jobs.
They decided to punish the master, confiscate the bribes, and then give the group that was eliminated in the selection of merit a chance, and let them practice one-on-one with the master for a while, and then let them compete again with those who had practiced extra.
The winners will stay, and the losers will be eliminated.
As for those who were admitted without extra training, they will not be touched.
The age issue was discussed again.
Director Qin: "This is your mistake. You should have set the age requirement from the beginning."
The person in charge wiped his sweat and said, "Yes, we didn't consider it carefully at the beginning. No one thought that there would be someone in his 50s who would sign up, and he was the only one who got admitted." Director
Qin learned about Lin's father's situation. It would not be reasonable to fire him because of his age requirement, but he was indeed not suitable for such high-intensity work due to his age.
Secretary Jing whispered, "Director, this is the father-in-law of Lu Shaotang of Lujiazhuang. Lu Shaotang's wife, Comrade Lin Shu, and his elder sister-in-law are also here for the assessment. She had the best grades, but she didn't continue to take the exam. Her elder sister-in-law is also very good, and she ranked first in the assessment. Oh, by the way, Comrade Lin Shu's younger brother is also very good, ranking fifth in our brigade. The young man has learned very well."
Director Qin was very surprised when he heard this, "Wow, this... The family is not bad, and has some skills. "
The person in charge has already thought of a solution, "Director, do you think this will work? Our commune is going to set up an agricultural machinery group. In addition to tractor operators, we also need logistics personnel. Let that old comrade Lin join the logistics group."
Director Qin nodded, "That's a way. Let's put the older ones in the logistics group."
People who passed the exam based on their abilities should not be removed directly. This is not in line with the public.
The person in charge went out to announce it.
Those who were selected and failed to be selected were immediately happy when they heard that they could also practice more, and they shouted: "The commune is fair! We are convinced!"
This went on for another two or three days. In the end, some people were re-selected and some were eliminated.
This time Lin Yue was selected!
Brother Lu was still not selected.
Sun San was still selected.
Brother Lu is good at theory, but his practical ability is... not so good. His brain and hands are not coordinated. When plowing the land, he talks a lot, but his hands and feet are busy and messy, and he doesn't do a good enough job.
In order to motivate these tractor drivers to study hard, Director Qin of the commune ordered to collect ten task pigs from several brigades a few days in advance, and let the commune slaughter group kill them and give rewards to the tractor drivers.
In the future, the commune's farming and harvesting will still rely on these tractor drivers.
As the first place, Sister Lu was rewarded with two pounds of lard, five pounds of pork belly, five pounds of ribs, and a big bone. She exchanged the big bone for a large fat intestine.
Father Lin got three pounds of meat, two pig ears, and two pig trotters.
Lin Yue got three pounds of meat, three pounds of ribs, and two pounds of miscellaneous bones.
Everyone was very happy when they got the pork. In these days, rural people don't kill pigs until the end of the month, so how can they eat fresh pork?
The commune leaders are really good!
When they saw Lin Yue and his son and Lu Dasao carrying so much meat, they were so jealous. It was simply that they didn't have such a good thing.
Father Lin handed his share to Sister-in-law Lu: "Sister-in-law, take this back."
Sister-in-law Lu naturally refused, "My sister-in-law will definitely not want it, and my mother will not want it either. Uncle, the neighbors have helped a lot with Lin Yue's affairs. You can take it back and cook a big pot. No matter how much they eat, you can treat them to a few bites. It's also a favor."
Father Lin planned to do so, but he thought that Lin Yue's eight pounds was enough.
The father and son insisted that Sister-in-law Lu take it, and they looked like they would cry if they didn't take it. Sister-in-law Lu was so scared that she quickly took it. At worst, she could ask Lin Shu to send it back.
Father Lin was happy.
It was noon after the meat was distributed, and people from all villages hurried home to eat.
The family hadn't eaten meat for a long time!
Mrs. Lu was very happy carrying the meat along the way. She was in a particularly good mood. It
was about 20 kilograms in total, and she carried it easily, but she acted as if she couldn't bear the weight, and hurried on with a huff.
A young man named Xu Guangmao from Houtun saw that Mrs. Lu was struggling, so he said, "Sister-in-law, let me help you carry it."
Mrs. Lu immediately said, "No, no."
She deliberately pretended that she couldn't carry it, so that people would pay more attention to her meat.
This is meat! ! !
As expected, the people she met along the way were so envious. When they passed by the neighboring village, a child sucked his fingers and cried, and asked his parents to buy some meat for him, hoping that Mrs. Lu would share a piece with him.
Of course, Mrs. Lu was reluctant!
If you cry, I will share with you?
Haha, there are so many people in my family.
The parent was so angry that he grabbed the child and spanked him, scolding: "You are reluctant to give the child a bite of meat, what are you showing off?"
Mrs. Lu: "You blame me? Then I can't hide it."
Xu Guangmao smiled and said: "I should have brought a sack earlier."
He took out one of his own bags and gave it to Mrs. Lu, "Sister-in-law, cover it up, don't let people see it, and chase you home to eat it."
Outsiders didn't dare to chase after them, and the native family member was so shameless, what could you do?
Mrs. Lu thought so too, and smiled: "You are really thoughtful, just like my third brother's wife."
Xu Guangmao smiled, and several people went home together.
Fang Dihua just came back to bring lunch, and was shocked to see Sister Lu carrying such large pieces of meat. "Oh my god, what are you doing..."
Fang Dihua knew that the commune asked the selected people to distribute the meat today. She thought that two kilograms would be good, but she didn't expect... so much!
Lin Shu also ran out, very surprised, "Sister, you are awesome! You are the best! How long has it been since our family had fresh pork? You let us eat meat, and you still say you are not good. How good do you want to be? No matter how good you are, do you want to carry a pig back?"
Sister Lu was flattered by Lin Shu's flattery and laughed hard.
Fang Dihua helped her unload it. Sister-in-
law Lu talked about the meat and pig's trotters given by Lin's father, "Mom, don't blame me, my uncle insisted on giving me what I didn't want, and he cried when I didn't give it to him. Don't you think I can help him crying when he's old?"
Fang Dihua asked Sister-in-law Lu to divide the meat in half and send half to her parents' home.
Sister-in-law Lu: "No, no, my father can buy it if he wants to eat it."
Fang Dihua: "What do you mean no? I'll send it if I ask you to." Sister-in-law
Lu then cut a pound of meat and a pound of ribs for her parents' home. She couldn't leave out the eldest daughter-in-law, who lived at her eldest aunt's home. Sister-in-law Lu cut another pound of meat for her eldest sister-in-law's home, and then went to the brigade to borrow a bicycle to send it to both families. As for the younger
sister-in-law, Fang Dihua didn't allow her to send it. Her son-in-law was a teacher in the commune and had the commune meat coupons, but he didn't send any meat to his father-in-law. Why should she send it to him?
What a joke.
When Sister Lu went to deliver the meat, Fang Dihua and Lin Shu marinated five kilograms of meat to make bacon, and shared one with the Lin family to add meat dishes during the autumn harvest.
Lin Shu reminded her, "Mom, my father became a barefoot doctor, and my sister-in-law was admitted as a tractor driver. From now on, she will have to rely on the help of the brigade. Do I have to invite the cadres over for a meal?"
Lu Shaotang is gone, and others are not less helpful.
Fang Dihua also had this plan, "I want these pig's trotters, ears and large intestines, plus all the ribs and a pound of meat, to make a big pot, and have a meal at home."
The family is big, and one pound of meat can be eaten by two people. If you want to treat guests, the family will not be able to eat.
Many families save the best food for guests and are reluctant to eat it themselves. Some children get greedy when they see guests eating, and are prone to do things that make adults feel embarrassed. Fang Dihua would forget it
if she didn't have any. If she did, she would make more for the whole family to eat together, so as to avoid resentment and grievances if someone didn't get any to eat later.
At worst, after eating it all, the whole family would
eat vegetarian food. Lin Shu teased her, "Mom, should I cook the best or the average? If it's the best, I'm afraid you will eat too much and
waste food." Fang Dihua was amused by her, "Then cook the best, cook more dishes, and eat less food."
The third daughter-in-law is a good cook, and the dishes she cooks are delicious. Eating more dishes saves food.
Lin Shu: "Okay."
She showed her upper-middle level, started two pots at the same time, and cooked a large table of rich dishes.
A pot of braised pork with potatoes, a pot of pork ribs stewed with vermicelli and mushrooms, a small pot of green pepper and long intestines, garlic mashed cucumber with pig ears and pig trotters, kelp and pork ribs, egg yolk pumpkin, pumpkin and egg pancake, leek scrambled eggs, eggplant stewed with soybean paste, garlic lettuce, stir-fried green vegetables, etc.
Because there was lard, Lin Shu boiled lard and put it in the oil tank to eat slowly.
In addition, some lard was also extracted from the pork belly to cook.
Tonight was a serious cooking. In the past, I basically wiped the pot with two drops of oil, stirred it, and then added water to stew.
The whole table was filled with fragrance.
The fragrance went straight out for three miles, and the people around were sniffing and saying it was so fragrant. Some people even ate an extra bowl of porridge at night with this fragrance.
Fang Dihua asked Brother Lu and his second brother to invite the brigade party secretary, brigade captain, and production captain to their home for a drink. Lu Shaocai was the accountant, so he came by himself without inviting them.
In addition, several families with whom she had a particularly good relationship did not invite them to eat, but Fang Dihua also asked her family members to deliver them.
Mrs. Xu, Mrs. Li, Mrs. Qiu, Mrs. Wang and two other five-guarantee households in the village.
Ever since Hu Zi came back, Mrs. Wang treated the Lu family as relatives and would come every now and then to deliver food. Naturally, Fang Dihua was thinking about returning the gift.
The five-guaranteed household has no children, so Fang Dihua and Father Lu would usually help a little bit, and would give them as much or as little delicious food as they wanted, so it tasted delicious.
The brigade secretary came with two bottles of Lao Bai Gan, the team leader came with a bag of salted peanuts, and the production team leader came with a few salted duck eggs.
Only Lu Shaocai came empty-handed, saying that this was his second uncle and a family member.
Lu Shaocai originally wanted to invite Zhao Meifeng and his son and daughter to come over to eat and drink, but was blocked by Fang Dihua at the gate of the courtyard.
You bastard!
I cooked that meat, and it was not enough for my family to eat. You are dreaming of bringing four or five more people?
"The meat has been divided up almost, so I'll leave some for the guests. With so many of you coming to eat and drink, what will the brigade secretary and the team leader eat?"
You bastard, you didn't even give your second uncle a bite of the meat you bought.
Zhao Meifeng was also a person who cared about her reputation. She couldn't let people say that she was greedy for the little meat from her second uncle's house, right?
Besides, her family received subsidies from the capital, and they would go there to get some meat for a snack every day, so they weren't that greedy.
Lu Changfu wanted to go and see Lin Shu openly, saying that he could bring his own food, but Zhao Meifeng dragged him back by the ear. It's
so embarrassing that he couldn't even pass the test to become a tractor operator!
The banquet started after all the guests arrived.
The captain laughed and said, "Boss, you are so lucky. I said at the beginning that your mother was very lucky to marry you this wife, and she has a promising future!"
Brother Lu has been numb these days.
At first, he felt ashamed and embarrassed, and even a little jealous and angry, thinking that his wife suppressed him.
But later, his wife passed the exam easily every time and was always ranked first in the selection of the best candidates.
He himself had a hard time and was even eliminated in the selection of the best candidates, so he had to admit that his wife was amazing.
When the teacher announced the results loudly, he was very proud and felt honored.
That was his wife!
His dark and strong wife!
When they returned home, Fang Dihua and Old Man Lu also praised Lin Shu and Lu Dasao, and the villagers also praised Lin Shu and Lu Dasao.
Because they all knew that Lin Shu could drive as soon as she got in the car, and she was even better than Mrs. Lu. It was just that she was not strong enough to move the big guy, so she didn't continue to take the exam.
In comparison, the men in Lujiazhuang had to fall behind.
Isn't Brother Lu annoyed?
Except for brainwashing his wife in his own room, saying, "You are a black and strong woman, I don't mind you", he dare not say that outside the house.
Because as long as he says it, Lin Shu will hear him and will scold him.
If people said bad things about him in the past, his wife would definitely protect him unconditionally. Now that Lin Shu scolds him, his wife not only does not protect him, but also laughs.
He has a feeling that his wife likes his younger brother and sister-in-law but not him.
Well, if his parents hear it, they will scold him, scolding him for being shameless, not as good as his wife, and having the nerve to belittle his wife.
He just... was in tears.
Fortunately, his wife was still his wife, and she was very good to him. She washed his clothes at night, gave him massages, and let him steal his father's wine and his nephew's candy.
Forget it, no matter what others say.
"Pah" Mrs. Lu picked up a piece of pork ribs with meat for him, and then picked up pig ears and pig trotters for him, and then picked up a large piece of braised pork with three layers of trembling streaky meat.
Mrs. Lu pushed him, "Dad, these are all your favorites, eat them quickly."
She also cut the meat, and the mother-in-law would not say anything if the man was given more food.
Sister-in-law Lu whispered to him, "His father, don't worry, I will earn money to buy you more meat in the future."
Brother Lu was touched, "Wife, you are so kind."
Fang Dihua finally couldn't stand it anymore and scolded, "A man waits for his wife to earn meat for you all day, can't you be more motivated?" Brother
Lu felt very aggrieved, "I passed the exam, but they rejected me again."
Sister-in-law Lu immediately made up for the man, "Mom, driving a tractor is tiring, his father is an educated man, he can read and write, and his skin is white, so he can't go out to smoke black, but I'm not afraid of being a little black, I can smoke as I want."
Fang Dihua: "..."
I'd better eat meat.
Sister-in-law Lu put some meat for Lin Shu and Tiantian Panpan, so that they could eat more fat.
Lin Shu is a good cook. The pork belly was cooked so well that it melted in the mouth. The fat was really fragrant and not greasy, and it was especially delicious.
Lin Shu smiled sweetly, "Thank you, sister-in-law, you are the best, you are the best."
Sister-in-law Lu said shyly, "You are just sweet-mouthed."
Brother Lu's body stiffened. Oh my god, my sister-in-law doesn't really want to snatch my wife from me, does she?
Seeing that no one was paying attention, he also took a piece of fat meat from the bowl and gave it to Sister-in-law Lu, whispering, "Wife, you are the best."
"Gah~" Second Sister-in-law Lu was so disgusted that she vomited directly.
At least she couldn't bear to spit out the meat she had eaten, so she held it back.
Fang Dihua: "Are you pregnant?"
The second sister-in-law gave birth to a Cuicui, and she hasn't been pregnant for seven or eight years. It's time for her to have another child.
Second sister-in-law Lu: "I don't know."
Fang Dihua didn't say anything else. She said she didn't know, so she probably didn't know.
Panpan and Tiantian held small tea bowls to clink glasses with Auntie, "Auntie, congratulations on passing the exam to become a tractor operator. You will be the best in the future!"
Auntie Lu was very happy and clinked her tea bowls with them.
Lu Ping was smiling, but Lu An was a little jealous.
Lu Ping clinked his cup with his brother and motioned him to clink with his mother, but Lu An was embarrassed.
Lu Shaocai drank a little too much, "Second uncle, you, you are, are..."
The branch secretary: "Okay, you've drunk too much, send the second brother back quickly." After eating and drinking,
they chatted for a while and looked forward to the future, and then the branch secretary and others said goodbye.
A few people left the Lu family. When they reached the intersection, the branch secretary and the production team leader were still sighing. It would be great if Lu Shaotang was fine. Seeing the old couple forcing themselves to smile, they felt very unhappy.
Old Changtou at the back of the village was so jealous that his teeth ached. Ah, both of his sons failed the exam, but his daughter-in-law did. Damn it,
I don’t know how that vixen in the Lu family can cook so well. The whole village eats with the smell of this stewed meat, and he even pours two cups of wine to go with it.
After getting drunk, Old Changtou started to curse, "You two men can't afford to drive a car! Really..."
Chang Dazhi was not convinced, "Their little girl must know how to drive."
Old Changtou: "How can she know how to drive? Did you teach her in a dream? You can't even drive yourself!"
Chang Er said nothing.
Song Chunfang was unhappy, "Dad, you don't have to let them get angry and put out ours, right?"
Old Changtou: "If you are uneducated, don't use such nonsense."
One or two of them are annoying.
Song Chunfang came back from her parents' home a few days ago. There were so many new things happening in Lujiazhuang, and her knowledge was nothing.
Besides, it was not good to have no one to cook at home, and her son Xiaogang's leg was broken, and she was distressed, so she naturally had to come back to take care of him.
Old Chang looked at his two daughters-in-law and said, "In the future, the elders will also go to work, and let your mother cook at home."
The old woman was old, and she was so angry with the Lu family that she was not in good health recently and could not go to the fields to work.
Song Chunfang was anxious, "Dad, I can't do it..."
Old Chang said, "Your mother is so sick, and she still has to go to the fields. Can you bear it?"
Song Chunfang pushed her husband Chang Dazhi.
Chang Dazhi: "Dad..."
Old Chang said, "What dad? You are an unfilial thing. Can't you see that your mother is sick?"
Chang Dazhi said nothing.
Song Chunfang was so angry that she turned around and went into the house to get angry, but she had no choice but to go to the fields under the scorching sun.
It's all Lin Shu's fault!
The Lin family is also having a party.
In order to thank everyone for their help that day, I also want to ask them to help more in the future. After all, the Lin family and his son are now admitted to be tractor drivers. I am afraid that the Sun family will not be reconciled and will definitely try to trouble Sun Xiaohong.
Lin's father and Lin's mother were not stingy with the meat, so they simply cooked all the meat, ribs, and mixed bones that Lin Yuefa had.
Aunt Lin, Zhou's mother and two other women came to help, and also brought a lot of vegetables from the vegetable gardens of various families
. They first fried the meat to extract the oil, and then made roasted meat with radish, roasted meat with potatoes, braised pork ribs with beans, kelp bone soup, and various stir-fried and cold vegetables, all in large portions, one pot each.
Father Lin first took Lin Yue to secretly burn paper for his parents, and told them the good news of the divorce, so that Naiquan would also be happy.
After that, the two of them went from house to house to invite the family members and neighbors who helped in the house and yard that day.
Most people know that even if someone invites them, the whole family will not go to eat, after all, whose family can afford to eat so much food, vegetables and meat? Basically, they just send a representative to go.
If you go to eat without helping, not only will the other women roll their eyes at the host, they will also be embarrassed.
Didn't you see that the branch secretary and the team leader didn't come? The ones who came were the branch secretary's wife and the branch secretary's daughter-in-law who was in charge of the family.
Some of the people who came to eat brought baskets of vegetables from home, some brought a few eggs, and some also brought half a bucket of corn flour and the like.
They saw that the Lin family had really spent a lot of money, and those pots of meat and vegetables were really delicious. From now on, they will have to go to the Lin family if there is any problem in the future.
At this time, Sun Xiaohong, Sun Er and Sun San were hiding in the alley outside the Lin family, their lips were bitten and their mouths were full of blood.
She cried, "Brother, is Lin Yue going to find a partner?"
In the days after the divorce, she refused to eat or drink at her parents' house, hoping to force her parents to find a solution.
Her father said that it would be cold for two days, and then Bao'er would be unable to leave her mother, and Lin's mother would be too busy to handle it alone, so the Lin family would definitely take her back.
She waited and waited, but Lin Yue did not come to pick her up. Instead, she received the news that Lin Yue and his father passed the exam to become tractor operators!
Wouldn't Lin Yue be more popular?
Wouldn't the old ladies in the village be vying to introduce him to a partner?
She got anxious all of a sudden, and rushed to the Lin family with Sun Er. Just as she reached the door, she heard a woman shouting, "Don't worry, if Sun Er dares to come to our house to make trouble, I will beat her to a pulp!"
"Yes, and me too!"
"Me!"