Chapter 228 Ziyi teaches Ma Youcai
Now Ma Youcai is not only a brother, but also a brother-in-law. If something happened to him, the one who would be most sad would be Han Guihua, and Yike would also be sad. Therefore, for the sake of Yi Ke, he also has to work hard to teach Ma Youcai and prevent this kid from making mistakes.
"Brother, I know that I was a bit careless in the past. At that time, I just thought that if one person was well fed, the whole family would not have to worry about it. Now that I have a wife, I realized how much of a bastard I was before. No wonder my uncles and aunts disliked me. It was all my own fault. I can't blame anyone else." Ma Youcai reflected on himself.
"It's good for you to know. If your uncles are not bad people, then you can help them as much as you can."
"Yes, I know. Since you saved me, I have turned over a new leaf. During those years of drought, if I hadn't helped them, their family would still be together. But they are also grateful. When I am not at home, they also help me look after the house, otherwise the house would have been broken down long ago."
"So your uncles are still good, but what about your mother's family?"
"Speaking of my grandmother's family, they are much better than these uncles. When I was still a second-rate kid, my grandmother and uncles didn't give up on me. Although they were disappointed with me, they still took care of me from time to time. If I hadn't seen my grandmother coming to visit me from time to time with her trembling feet, I might have completely let myself go and wouldn't have waited for you to save me. I might have died a long time ago."
"You let yourself go and know what's good for you. This shows that you don't have a bad heart. Otherwise, you would think that I saved you and would let you follow me."
"Hey, big brother, what you said is true. Big brother, can you let my uncle go into the mountains to open up the wasteland?"
"Of course, you can, but you have to wait until after the autumn harvest. At that time, the production team will encourage them to go out to reduce their burden, and then they won't attract attention if they go into the mountains. But the land they reclaim doesn't belong to them. I will pay them to work. In the future, I will unify all the land in the mountains, including yours, and divide the money according to the shareholding system, which will make management easier."
"That's good, just like Yike, she is responsible for producing canned food, and we are responsible for selling it. After the sales, we can share the profits according to the proportion. Is that what you mean?"
"Yes, that's what I mean. So if your uncle wants to go into the mountains to work, you have to tell them clearly. I'll tell you the price after I've decided on it."
"Okay. My uncle's family has few people doing work but many eating. Although I have some money now, I dare not give too much directly. Besides, I can't help them for a lifetime, so I want them to go into the mountains to work and earn some money."
"Oh, what do you mean? Are there few strong laborers in their family?"
"The older ones are all girls. As the saying goes, flowers bloom before fruits grow. This is the case in their family. The oldest girl is already 20 years old. In order to earn work points for the family, she voluntarily stayed at home, saying that she would not marry until the family was better off. But her family owed grain to the production team every year. If she wants to wait until the family was better off, her younger brothers will have to grow up. Well, my cousins are between ten and fifteen years old, and the two youngest cousins are only seven years old. Haha, by then, they will become old maids. Can they still get married? But, brother, you are so smart, guess how many cousins I have?"
"Hehe, how would I know about your cousins? But I heard you say there are a lot of twins, so those three uncles must have at least a dozen children, right?"
"Let me tell you, my eldest uncle has six girls, all of whom are twins, and two boys; my second uncle has four girls, all of whom are twins, and three boys; my third uncle has three girls and three boys, two pairs of girls are twins, and one of them is a boy-girl twin. There are thirteen girls and eight boys in total. You don't know, every time I go to their house, when we eat, the two tables are full. It looks good, but there are too many mouths to eat, and too few people earning high work points. The food on the table is better than theirs, even if it's pig food."
"Well, you call the older girls and ask them to come in and help Yi Ke with the work. The wages will be decided based on the situation. But you can advance part of the wages first. You can discuss this with Yi Ke tomorrow."
"Really, that's great. I'd like to thank you on their behalf."
"Why thank you? As long as they are good and not the kind who play tricks, you can go. You know that they can't tolerate any injustice. As long as you work hard, your uncle's family will also be better."
"Don't worry, their family tradition is good, even the youngest cousin is not the kind of lazy person. Maybe children from poor families grow up early. Every time I see my younger cousins, who are so young, carrying dung buckets to go from house to house in the village to pick up dog and cow dung, just to hand it in to the production team leader to earn work points, I feel ashamed of my previous behavior. When I was their age, I specialized in stealing food from the production team and eggs from villagers, and never thought about earning work points."
"Haha, your history is quite glorious." Ziyi said sarcastically.
"Haha, that was really a jerk, but I changed later." Ma Youcai laughed dryly.
"Let's get down to business. When you go out to purchase, keep an eye out for me to see which beggars have good behavior. If they are good, ask them if they are willing to come and open up the wasteland and farm. If they are willing, ask them to come quietly, or go to the other brothers and ask Wang Feng and the others to arrange accommodation for them. When there are seven or eight people, I will take them into the mountains."
"Brother, are you going to plant all the wasteland inside?" Yes, Yi Ke also said that he wanted to increase breeding, so there is a shortage of manpower. Many of those beggars outside are there because the place has suffered from natural disasters. The village really has no food to eat. The villagers don't want them to starve to death, so they issue letters of introduction to let them come out to beg for food. If we ask them to work, not only can we save their lives, but we can also give them food to take home for the New Year. At the same time, someone will do our work, so it is a win-win situation. Why not do it?
"Then I will gather those who are in good health, but forget about the old, weak, sick and disabled."
"No, the old, weak, sick and disabled, as long as they have good ideas, can be gathered together. I've said that there is no shortage of food in the mountains, and I'll help as many people as I can. I'll try to treat the sick, and if they can't be cured, that's their fate. But you have to ask these people to sign and seal their names, so that they won't bite back in the future."
"Okay, I'll ask everyone who wants to go into the mountains to write a guarantee."
"That's possible. I'll ask Yi Ke to write a sample for you tomorrow."
"Didn't they say that Yike-sister had never been to school?"
"Is my teaching incompetent? She is much smarter than you and has almost finished the middle school textbooks. Speaking of studying, your wife has finished elementary school, so you should let her go to middle school. It would be best if she can go to high school. You know the importance of knowledge. Not only she should learn, but you should too. But you can only learn by yourself. Do you know why Wang Hongjun can manage the market in the provincial capital? That's because he is educated."
That night, the two brothers talked until midnight before going to bed. The two sisters in the next room also talked until midnight.
Yike and Han Guihua got up together, walked out of the room, and found that their men were also up.
"Brother Ziyi, brother-in-law, good morning!" Kele Yike greeted them happily.
"Good morning, sister Yike!" Ma Youcai replied with a smile and winked at his wife Han Guihua next to him. Han Guihua glared at him in shame and anger, then went to wash up.
Ziyi helped Yike bring the washbasin over, and put the toothbrush and tooth powder in it. Yike took it and went to the courtyard to wash up. Han Guihua saw this and showed envy in her eyes.
Ma Youcai was stunned by Ziyi's amazing move for a long time, but he couldn't help but pull Ziyi into the room and whispered, "Brother, is this how you usually treat Yike?"
"Yeah, is there a problem?" Ziyi was puzzled.
Ma Youcai seemed to want to say something but hesitated, so Ziyi turned around and was about to leave the room. Ma Youcai said as if he had made some important decision: "Brother, wait a minute. If I say something unpleasant, please don't hit me."
"I won't hit you. If you have something to say, say it now. If you have something to say, fart now."
"It's like this, women are supposed to serve men, give birth to children, and do housework. We men are supposed to earn money to support the family, not serve women. You shouldn't have done that just now, it should have been the woman who brought you water to wash. You can't spoil women too much, it will spoil them."
Ziyi looked at Ma Youcai with a half-smile. Ma Youcai was terrified by his look and could not help but said angrily: "Why are you looking at me like that? I am doing this for your own good. My sister is not like other women. She is strong by nature. If you continue to pamper her like this, she will bully you one day."
"Haha, you actually have this idea. If Yike knew, she would definitely not let her sister marry you."
"What's wrong with me? Aren't all men and women like this? I have never seen a woman like Yike. She is so opinionated. Doesn't she know that sometimes women are too opinionated and men can't stand it? No, I have to let my wife talk to her. Hey, brother, you can't despise her. After all, you have already married her, and you can't bully her." Ma Youcai found himself at a loss for words as he spoke.
"Haha, you're so funny. You just told me not to spoil her, and then you told me not to bully her. Aren't you contradicting yourself?"
"I, I see that you are my elder brother, and she, she is my sister." Ma Youcai muttered.
"Okay, I'm your elder brother, so I'll teach you again this morning." Ziyi simply sat on the edge of the bed and said.
"What you just said is wrong. Is a woman marrying you to be your servant or maid? Women still have to go out to work after marriage, it's just a matter of how many work points they get. And after returning home, she still has to do housework, cook, take care of children, and serve her parents-in-law if she has one. Relatively speaking, women do more work than men, and men like you who think like this just lie down and wait for food when they get home. According to the calculation method of men like you, women also count the work points they do when they get home, and the total amount may be more than that of men like you. So, why should women serve men like you? Can't they earn work points and support themselves? If they can support themselves, why do they marry men like you and suffer? It's you, are you willing?"
"Probably. No, I don't want to."
"Haha, you definitely don't want to. So, what's the purpose of marrying a wife? Not to marry her to serve you, nor to marry her to carry on your family line, but to marry her to warm each other, take care of each other, and accompany each other. So, two people should respect each other, understand each other, and tolerate each other. You see, in this way, two people are sweet and sweet, eat well, sleep well, don't quarrel, and have a healthy body. Without worries, work will go smoothly. If you care about who should do more for whom between two people, can you still get along happily?"
"I, I understand. It's just that everyone gets along like that, so I..."
"What others have may not be good. If you want to learn, you have to use your brain. I think it's better for you not to learn from others, but learn from me." "You, that's too... I'm sorry, I can't learn it."
"Haha, then let me ask you, how does your sister Yike treat me?"
“Yeah, very good!”
"What's the good way?"
"Maybe she would fight back if someone hurt you. Just like the last time you were hurt, the incident with the big pillar."
"Then do you know why? Have you ever thought about it? If I treat her as a servant or maid like other men, will she still fight so hard?"
“…”
"Haha, you can't answer it, right? You can't answer it, that's right. How you treat her is how she treats you. Don't think that if you give her a bowl of rice, she will give you her life. As I said before, it's not like she can't make a living." Ziyi thought, "If it was in the era of the previous life, women would not rely on men for food. If they didn't really like each other, who would be willing to find a man to affect their mood."
“…”
"You just saw me serving water to Yike. She also serves me water on weekdays. It depends on who is more convenient. It doesn't mean I do it every day. I would like to do it every day, but she doesn't want to. She always feels sorry for me. We are both vying to serve each other. Really, I feel very happy. Every day when I see her sweet smile, I feel very happy that day and I can do anything."
After Ziyi finished speaking, he patted Ma Youcai on the shoulder and walked out.
Ma Youcai sat on the edge of the bed, motionless. Ziyi's words had a great impact on him. They broke the principles he had heard for many years. He had to think about it carefully...
Outside the door, Han Guihua was already in tears. Yike accompanied him silently, regretting in his heart that he had dragged his sister Han Guihua to eavesdrop.
Yike was so annoyed that she wished time could go back. She would never gossip like this and drag her sister Han Guihua to eavesdrop on Ziyi and Ma Youcai's gossip.
In fact, it was mainly because the way Ma Youcai looked at Ziyi made people think too much. Yike was also a gossipy person and did not expect to hear such a conversation.
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