The wind of movement finally blew to the water village.
Everyone was called to the drying yard early in the morning.
"Fellow villagers, we have received instructions from above. From now on, we must set aside one hour every day to study this collection of quotations. If anyone dares to be passive and lazy, it will be considered disrespectful of the order and will be forced to carry manure.
After dinner tonight, come here with your stool. From the elderly to infants, as long as you can move, come here."
"Village Chief, my mother has been paralyzed in bed for several years. Do we have to move in too?"
"Yes, my daughter-in-law is still in confinement after giving birth. How can she go out and see the wind?"
"Come on, forget it. Yesterday you told me to go to work, but today I can't see the wind. It's you who decides whether to go to work or not."
Everyone burst into laughter instantly.
"Stop arguing. Special circumstances require special treatment. I'll register those who can't go, and everyone else must be present. If we get caught by the patrol, I won't go to collect the case."
The village chief was afraid that some people would turn a deaf ear to his words, so he gave them a severe scolding.
"Village head, what was the verdict of the commune in the case of Old Lady Feng?"
After finishing the business, everyone asked the village chief about Old Mrs. Feng.
Old Mrs. Feng's son and daughter-in-law were also eavesdropping with their ears perked up.
"What can she do? She'll just do the hard labor in the cell. It's her fault for not being able to control herself, and she just happened to be under strict discipline by her superiors. If there's someone like this in the family, it'll be hard for her children to go to school, become officials, or find jobs in the future."
So I always advise you to think twice before doing anything, and if not for yourself, then for your children at home.”
When Mrs. Feng's daughter-in-law heard this, she ran away crying.
Although she was reluctant to spend money to send her child to school, she was also unhappy to hear that her child could not go to school.
Everyone fell silent.
Soon it was night.
Almost all the aunts present were holding a sewing basket, hoping to sew clothes in the light from the drying yard.
The children chased each other through the crowd, and became even more cheerful after being scolded by adults.
The Su family arrived late and could only sit in the corner, which made it convenient for them to chat.
Si Ya was wearing a small vest and shorts, sitting next to Cheng Fangyi, and asking him to tell her the story of Journey to the West.
Although Su Qing had told the story once, the children still enjoyed listening to it over and over again.
Xiaowu and Xiaoliu hadn't taken a bath yet, so Su Qing put them on the ground and they immediately crawled out like happy rabbits.
Then he was pulled back by Su's mother and crawled out again, without any anger at being teased.
The village chief stood at the front and recited quotations passionately.
"Unity is strength..."
Suddenly a group of people rushed over and surrounded the drying yard.
Seeing the familiar armbands on their hands, Su Qing and Cheng Fangyi calmly held Xiaowu and Xiaoliu in their arms, and Su's mother told Sanya and Siya not to run around.
The two little girls also held their adults' hands obediently.
Su Che Wenli stood at the very outside, blocking the people's view of her family.
"Everyone, be quiet and listen to me. Pull your children over. This comrade will be taking a headcount in a moment. Everyone except the people I'm registering must be present. Otherwise, you will bear the consequences."
When He Aiqing thought about the fact that his wife and children were not there, he felt guilty and wanted to go and report it.
But there was a patrolman standing two or three meters away, so He Aiqing didn't dare to go out rashly.
As the person being called out got closer, beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.
I can only say that it is fate that the first person He Aiqing's family called upon was Gu Tingting.
“Gu Tingting…Gu Tingting…”
"Comrade, my wife went to the toilet."
"He Aiqing."
"arrive."
…
"Gu Jinzhi..."
"My daughter went to the toilet too. I don't know what she and her mother must have picked up and eaten in the mountains. Her stomach has been bothering her all day and she's almost collapsed."
The leader took a quick glance and didn't think too much about it, and continued walking to the next house.
An inexplicable roll call was finally passed without any danger.
I thought the matter was over, but who knew that Gu Tingting was exposed.
They said she acted like a spoiled young lady and only cared about pleasure.
Those people dug up all of Gu Tingting's past and brought up past events.
As a son-in-law of the Gu family, He Aiqing was naturally not spared, but the young Gu Jinzhi escaped.
The little boy held onto his mother's legs and refused to let go, but was pushed away by those people.
He Aihua stood up for the first time and comforted Gu Jinzhi, saying, "Okay, okay, Jinzhi, your mother will be back soon. Let's go home and wait for her, okay?"
"No, I want my mother, I want my mother." Gu Jinzhi, who was over two years old, was fat and strong because of Gu Tingting. He Aihua almost couldn't hold her back, so she had to carry her into the house with Old Lady He.
As soon as the door was closed, he let Gu Jinzhi roll on the ground without even looking at her.
A quarter of an hour later, Gu Jinzhi, tired of crying, finally calmed down.
The reason was that she was hungry. She hadn't cried for so long in a long time, and her stomach had been rumbling for a long time.
Seeing that all the adults in the house were gone, she had no choice but to walk to the kitchen on her short legs to find food.
When Gu Tingting was taken away, she was just about to have lunch and her egg custard was still warm in the pot.
But now no one was serving it to her, so she had to get it herself.
The two-year-old kid stood on a stool and reached for the egg custard on the stove.
Regardless of whether it was hot or not, he just grabbed it with his hands and put it into his mouth, getting egg custard all over his body.
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