After working in the fields all morning, Lin Li was exhausted. She saw that there were only some pickled vegetables and sweet potatoes on the table. The only meat dish, steamed eggs, had been fed to her worthless niece by her biased mother-in-law.
"Why did you only make this little bit of food?"
Lin Li couldn't help but complain.
Liu Xiulan rolled her eyes at her, "If you think it's not enough, then don't eat!"
Lin Li shut her mouth, but she kept complaining in her heart, and even hated the second wife.
What kind of bullshit "Fu Bao" is this? Only old ladies would believe it.
Apart from Xu Wanjin, everyone in the eldest son's family was sullen.
After lunch, the old lady was still not giving up and brought her whole family to the team leader's house to cause trouble.
“My daughter-in-law was doing this job just fine, why did they suddenly replace her?”
"Besides, shouldn't this position be chosen by everyone? Why is it predetermined?"
"Captain, we're all from the same village, it doesn't have to come to the point of writing a letter of complaint!"
Liu Xiulan, along with her eldest and second sons and daughter-in-law, blocked the captain's door, her words full of threats, demanding an explanation from her daughter-in-law.
The team leader was shrewd and had seen Liu Xiulan's tricks many times before. "When I gave the position to your daughter-in-law, I already made a condition."
“Even if we were to choose someone from the village, your daughter-in-law wouldn’t be a suitable candidate.”
"Xiulan, you've been living in the county for five years now. Have you forgotten what the surname of Xujia Village is?"
The old lady wasn't easily intimidated. "Captain, that's not how it works. This is a new society. Xu Family Village is long gone. Now it's all about production brigades."
"Moreover, my daughter-in-law is doing a good job in this position. She is literate, which makes her perfect for the job. Of course, I'm not doing this for my own convenience. It's mainly because the team needs my daughter-in-law, which is convenient for everyone."
The captain remained calm and said, "Little Chen can read and write."
The captain took out a booklet from behind him. "Take a look. This morning, the captain of the Bajiao Brigade came to inspect and praised her for doing a good job. He even sent someone to make a special excerpt so that the other brigades could learn from her."
"How is that possible?"
How could a small booklet possibly contain so much writing?
After reading the contents of the booklet, Lin Li fell silent; it really did contain flowery language.
The old lady frowned. "What does it say? My daughter-in-law will definitely know it too."
Lin Li: Mom, I really don't know... She only attended a literacy class, and she barely passed the exam.
Liu Xiulan's face darkened, and she showed the booklet to her second son. Her second son, Xu Zhiyin, had also attended primary school back then, and was more educated.
Xu Zhiyin glanced at the booklet, closed it, and handed it back to the team leader. "Mother, let's go back. We still have to work this afternoon."
Because of Fu Bao, the old lady was more patient with her second son. Seeing this, she didn't say much and took the whole family back home.
On the way, he berated Lin Li mercilessly, saying, "You're so useless!"
"She can't even compare to a country woman who's never seen the world!"
Lin Li wanted to talk back, but her husband pulled her back. With nowhere to vent her anger, she went home and scolded her child.
"If you don't have the luck of someone like Fu Bao, you have to work hard and study hard! Otherwise, you'll end up like your mother, only getting scolded!"
"Your grandma doesn't love you, and your own father doesn't care about you. You can only rely on your own efforts."
"Unlike Fu Bao, who gets fresh eggs fed to her even while sitting down, she was born to enjoy a life of luxury."
The main house and the second house were separated by only one wall, and the second house could hear Lin Li's sarcastic remarks clearly.
Fu Bao lay on the bed, her round eyes wide open, quietly not saying a word.
Kong Guihua was somewhat displeased. "Zhiyin, my sister-in-law is at it again. She compares everything to Fubao. Our Fubao is different."
Xu Zhiyin felt more at ease in his own room. He put his arm around Kong Guihua's shoulder and said, "That's just how my sister-in-law is. Don't take it to heart. She was just upset because my mother scolded her."
Kong Guihua was even more unhappy. "Just because she was scolded by her mother, does she have to drag my Fubao into it? Didn't you see the way my sister-in-law's children looked at Fubao at lunch? They were so jealous and hateful!"
Xu Zhiyin could only comfort her, "You're pregnant now, don't be angry with your sister-in-law, or you'll upset our son."
Fu Bao, who was on the bed, sat up. "Mom, don't be angry. Fu Bao will turn into gold for you."
With a flick of her wrist, a round, golden bead appeared in Xiao Fubao's delicate palm.
"Oh, my little Fu Bao, I love you so much."
The couple picked up Fu Bao and kissed him profusely. They then put the gold beads into a wooden box under the bed. There were about ten more round gold beads in the box.
Little Fu Bao sat in her parents' laps, smiling shyly. She could not only turn gold into gold to make her mother happy, but she could also bring bad luck to those who made her mother unhappy!
Both the eldest and second wives in Liu Xiulan's family had their own thoughts and feelings.
The Chen Yunyun family next door, on the other hand, is much more harmonious.
After opening the door in the morning, Chen Yunyun made a special booklet to record the storage, organization, borrowing, and returning of farm tools, somewhat similar to a financial statement in later times.
Not long after, someone came and praised her for doing a good job, saying that the whole commune should learn from her.
Chen Yunyun secretly covered her face, wondering if this was due to the effect of her high luck value.
Tsk, having a cheat code is great, you can become a role model just by writing something casually.
By locking the warehouse, Chen Yunyun could go home early to do some housework.
She harvested the radishes, greens, and potatoes that she had planted in the field before leaving home. She made them into pickles as they wouldn't keep for long, while the potatoes and the like were left to sit.
With the team being so strict now, we can only hide the fish and meat to eat. And now that people are living on the right side, we have to be even more careful.
When Rong Yan returned from work, everyone else was covered in sweat, but he was perfectly fine.
Zhang, the hunter who came back with him, patted him on the shoulder with a look of satisfaction, "Young man, you did a pretty good job."
Rong Yan subtly avoided physical contact, nodded to Zhang the hunter, and went inside.
Zhang the hunter stood at the door, wanting to talk to Chen Yunyun about something. "Tiger's mother has gone back to her parents' home. I was wondering if Tiger could come to your house during the day while I'm at work."
"Of course, no problem. We'll deliver it this afternoon."
After seeing Zhang the hunter off, Chen Yunyun went into the kitchen, where Rong Yan was already sitting at the table. His coarse clothes could not hide his noble air.
Others coming up from the fields smell of dirt and sweat, but he still smells of clean sandalwood.
Chen Yunyun leaned closer, "Big brother, could I ask you for an item?"
Rong Yan sat upright, looking at the woman leaning towards him with a smile in her eyes, and raised his eyebrows slightly.
Chen Yunyun probably didn't know that whenever she made a request, she would always soften her tone, her eyes seeming to hold a pool of clear autumn water, making it hard for anyone to refuse.
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