Chapter 168

Xu Wen nodded, “What you all said is right Since you guys have such an attitude, then we have nothing to talk about”

After she finished speaking, she turned around and went back to the house

The production brigade had come in a group, a huge group of one to twenty people, and could not fit into the Xu family’s hut, so they could only stand in the courtyard and chat

When Xu Man entered the house, not many people stopped her, and the two people next to the door even made room for her

One of them even muttered: “Ask this girl, how good and quiet she used to be in the production team? What’s wrong with her now that mom talks so harshly?”

The man next to her nodded, “Who says it isn’t! It’s a good thing she’s married to a soldier, others can’t say anything Other people’s daughters get married and run to their mother’s house all day long, and the children they give birth to still have to be brought up by their own mothers If the word gets out, people will laugh at her!”

“She’s just a little quieter If you ask her, she’ll never lose out!”

“So what? No matter how powerful a woman is, once she’s married and has a child, she’s still surrounded by pots and pans and men, isn’t she? Of course, the man she married is special, so she doesn’t have to surround herself with men It’s not her turn to tell the Xu family what to do As long as Qiushi agrees, it’s fine!”

“That’s right!”

Several people surrounded Xu Qiushi in the center as they discussed

The chattering made Xu Qiu Shi feel uncomfortable, “Isn’t it good to farm? Why are you running away? We don’t understand what people say! We’re not used to the food Not to mention, can you imagine the flavor of tofu brain with sugar?”

“Brother Xu, you talk so badly about the outside world, why does your family still go out one by one? The son goes out and takes away his daughter-in-law Your son went out and took away his daughter-in-law, and your daughter-in-law came back and took away her son-in-law If it’s bad out there, how can you do this?”

“That’s right! Uncle Qiu Shi, we’re all neighbors here, it’s not right for you to make your own money and eat meat without taking us a bite of soup!”

“That’s right! Old Xu, you talk so badly about the outside world, but you still come back to give us all the food and money we need If you really think the outside world is bad, then I ask you, after the New Year, will you still go out?”

Xu Qiushi frowned, “I’m going out to help my children! If they don’t need me anymore, I definitely won’t go out!”

The outside world is no better than your own nest

“OK, OK, OK, even if you really don’t want to go out, then your children will go out next year, so why don’t you take us with you?”

“That’s right, Uncle, we are at least relatives in Wufu Nei, take me with you”

Seeing that he couldn’t persuade everyone, Xu Qiushi didn’t bother to do so and pointed towards the house, “You all heard what my family asked just now Those who want to follow along will have to agree to her demands”

“No? Qiu Shi, you’re the head of a family and you’re listening to a married woman? You listen to whatever she says?”

“What’s wrong with a married woman? A dowager is also the daughter of my Mr Xu Her name is Xu Wen!” As soon as Xu Qiushi heard them say that Xu Man was bad, there was a touch of coldness in his brows and eyes, and he looked annoyed

The person who spoke was busy slapping himself on the mouth, almost forgetting that Xu Man had been held in the palm of the Xu family’s hand since she was a child, and that the entire Xu family would be anxious to say that she wasn’t good, and he was busy apologizing, “Qiu shi, don’t be anxious for a moment! It’s me who said the wrong thing But it’s really hard for all of us to accept that offer

You see, who doesn’t leave their home country to make money? The first thing you can say is that you don’t guarantee that we’ll make money, so who can accept that?”

“Then tell me, where is the mistake in asking this sentence? What do we, the Xu Family, owe you? Why do we guarantee you money? We only promise to take you out, but after we go out, you still have to rely on yourselves

Let’s not talk about the distant past We’re all farmers You can’t tell the difference now that you’re all in the same pot What about before?

The same seed under the same sky, the same soil and water on the management of different people, to the harvest, some people an acre of land to play a thousand pounds of grain, there are people an acre of land only six hundred pounds

Besides, there are natural and man-made disasters after the seeds are sown! Who can guarantee that you will collect 100% grain in the fall?

Ask what’s wrong with saying that there’s no guarantee that everyone will make money Although I didn’t go to work with them, I’ve heard a lot about them In Pengcheng, it’s not a big pot of rice, you get more for more work!

If you work hard and do more work, you can definitely make money If you are lazy and play tricks at home and work all day long, you’ll be able to earn money there!”

Xu Qiushi so long a talk down, his mouth is a little dry, waved his hand, “all scattered! Go back and think about it Going out to work is not a hot head on the line And planting the same, sow the seeds we are looking forward to harvesting food, but also have to be prepared for the grain harvest

We can’t just see our family making money and rush out

Make money is fine, to not make money, New Year’s Day to our family, then we are not good intentions to do a bad thing, in vain to stir up a fuss?”

Said Xu Qiushi on the back of the hand into the door, once inside the door also plug the door from the inside

The people outside were still chattering

Some people think that if they follow the Xu family out, they should be responsible for it, and if they don’t make money, then it must be that they don’t really help

There were also those who felt that Xu Qiushi was right!

Xu Wen stood in front of the window of the inner room, looking at those people with cold eyes

Those who always want to morally kidnap her family in their words are written down one by one

These people will be white-eyed wolves that can’t be fed

Even if they make money, they won’t say that their family is good, but if they don’t make money, they can blackmail them

“Ouch!”

Zhu Meizhen let out a shriek drawing Xu Man’s attention away from the window

“This girl! Why didn’t you say anything when you said you peed? Usually so petulant not as good as you want to cry, such a big bubble of urine also don’t know when to pee are cold and icy! This isn’t Rainbow Island, what if you freeze your tummy?” Zhu Meizhen chanted and put away the wet diaper, “I’ll go get some hot water, you feel her cotton pants wet or not? If it’s wet, change it for her Under the quilt on the bed, cover her with a set”

Winter in the north is really cold, even with the kang and stove burning, most of the time it is so cold that people shrink their hands

Adults are fine, but children like Xia Chu, who have to wear crotch pants and diapers, are the ones who suffer

Xu Wen reached out and probed at the edge of her pants, which were obviously wet, and her thighs and belly were cold

She frowned and reached under the covers to retrieve a pair of cotton pants The reason why she put it under the quilt and covered it is because this way the inside of the cotton pants won’t be cold when she wears them, otherwise it would take a long time for Xiao Xiachu to warm up the cotton pants when she’s so small

Xu Man had just taken off the cotton pants for Xiao Xiachu, when Zhu Meizhen also came in with warm water

Xu Man took the warm handkerchief and gently wiped Xiao Xiachu

The heartless little girl bared her only two teeth and smiled at Xu Man

Zhu Meizhen shook her head, amused and angry: “This girl doesn’t know which of you she follows! Oddly good at coaxing people!”

This question Xu Man could not answer either

Zhu Meizhen just lamented, not really wanting to know the answer, shaking her head and sighing, “You siblings all grew up like this, including Chunsheng Those leather boys are okay, not so heartbreaking It is you and Xu Wang when you were young Don t you guys, just now, you see the production team which has a few like you to spare diapers? We are all sandy soil At that time, every time you and Xuwang changed the soil, sometimes late change is really heartbreaking

One by one, that little ass drowned! Alas!”

The diapers Xu Man prepared for little Xiachu were all cotton threaded, absorbent fabrics

Even though she felt that they were not even close to diapers, Xiao Xiachu’s treatment was already one of the better ones among the children

At the very least, it was unique in the Taoyuan Production Brigade

In Weizhuang Commune, most people’s homes, small children may use diapers during the day, but most of the time are “sandbags”

These sandbags were not sandbags for practicing boxing

It is a kind of cloth sewn together by the women of the family, a bit like a sleeping bag, underneath like an ordinary bag above is open, there are a few bags, which can be tied around the child’s neck

Often the family went to the Yellow River to get some sand and soil back, over a few times sieve, sieve away the small stones and large particles, leaving only fine sand and soil, and then frying with a pot

The water in the sand is dried up, leaving only the fine white sand

Wait until the iron pot of sand to dry to not hot, then put into a sandbag part, and then put the baby in

The warm, soft sandy soil was quite comfortable to sleep in

Even if it peed once in a while, it would be quickly absorbed without drowning the buttocks

“Why don’t ” Zhu Meizhen took the handkerchief in Xu Man’s hand and replaced it with a clean one for her, “Let your father go push a cart of sand and soil, and let’s also make a sandbag for little Xiachu?”

Xu Man shook his head and refused, “Forget it! She hasn’t been used to sleeping in one since she was a child, so she might make a mess if she puts one in there”

Zhu Meizhen also casually remarked, not forcing herself, “That’s right! This girl has been used to cleanliness since she was a child! Besides, there are bad things about sandy soil You still need to change the soil every once in a while

Otherwise the piss-soaked sandy soil is even colder”

Xu Man nodded and didn’t say anything, thinking, “Speaking of which, this sandbag is similar to a diaper

When Xia Chu was born, it wasn’t that Xu Wen hadn’t thought about getting some diapers

She also asked the magic mirror, the magic mirror said in fact as early as the early forties diapers were introduced, but not for ordinary people, is for astronauts

As of now, there is no specialized baby diapers for sale in China

At the very least, Magic Mirror’s library doesn’t

Before in Rainbow Island, changing diapers wasn’t much of a hassle, and Xu Man was too busy and lazy to study diapers

Now that he was back in the north, he realized the necessity of diapers

Xu Man put on Xia Chu’s pants and stuffed the diaper again

The diaper is often folded into a long strip, from the top of the front crotch all the way to the back of the pocket tucked in the waist

At around seven months old, little Xiachu could already sit steadily, but at this stage, she wanted to shove everything into her mouth when she saw it

If you don’t give it to her, she will eat her own little fists, and with the relationship of teething, her saliva will flow long without moving

Xu Man gave her two small boiled toys for her to sharpen her teeth, and leaned on the folded quilt himself, pondering the possibility of making diapers

The production principle of diapers, without the magic mirror, Xu Man also knows, is just polymer absorbent material as the main inner material, non-woven fabric and plastic layer as the base material

The problem is that even if you know it, you can’t necessarily do it

Magic mirror said the assembly line production of diapers is through the machine, now Xu Man where to buy a machine to go?

However, Xu Man suddenly felt that the problem of what kind of factory to open was solved, and she decided that she wanted to make mother and baby products, starting with diapers

However, this was something that would happen after returning to Rainbow Island, the first order of business was to solve Xiao Xiachu’s diaper problem

What should be done?

Xu Wen thought for half a day and decided, first hand-sewn two diapers, temporary use

Polymer water-absorbent materials Xu Man’s last life was often seen, such as that kind of water bomb

Often in the toy gun equipped with, just got the time, a blue bullet than a grain of rice is not much big, but after soaking water will be a little bigger than the average soybean grain

There are many other places you can see them

For example, a kind of scented sand for the ashtray, a tiny bag poured in, with a little bit of water it would cover the ashtray

Thinking of this, Xu Man closed his eyes and summoned the Magic Mirror

“Magic mirror magic mirror, baby wants to know how water bombs are made?”

The Magic Mirror quickly gave the result, but unfortunately it wasn’t what Xu Man wanted

Xu Man asked again, “Magic Mirror Magic Mirror, baby wants to know how sap is made?”

sap was the abbreviation for polymer water-absorbent resin It had a strong water retention capacity, able to absorb hundreds or even thousands of times its own weight in water, and was also the raw material for sanitary napkins and diapers

After studying it carefully, Xu Man began to collect the relevant chemical raw materials to make it

He was busy for several days

By the time the sap was made, it was already the 30th day of the Chinese New Year

Xu Man in accordance with the size of the diaper, slightly improved, the two ends of the band, easy to dismantle

Evenly spread the homemade polymer water-absorbent resin as well as cotton wool mixture inside, and put on the little Xiachu

Zhu Meizhen was the first to be skeptical, “Can it work if it’s so thin?”

Just two layers of cloth with a thin layer of white stuff in the middle, I don’t know what it is

It’s not even as thick as the usual diapers, so it’s not like you’re going to pee all over the place

As a matter of fact, there was no peeing all over

Every New Year’s Eve, Zhu Meizhen is the busiest one, to make a big table of food

Xu Qiushi and Xu Wen also had to go to their grandmother’s grave

Xu Qiusi and Xu Wen also had to visit their grandmother’s grave, just in time for Xu Wang and his family to come to see her off

This year is different from the previous years, Xu Wang sent especially abundant New Year’s goods

She now stood up straight in her mother-in-law’s house

Although her mother-in-law hadn’t handed over the house to her yet, she had money of her own

Xu Man sat with Xu Wang and Sang Xiaoqing to help pick vegetables while chatting

“My mother-in-law even hammered me, trying to get me to give her all the money I earned this year Said that a family shouldn’t have two bookkeepers” Xu Wang was still a little indignant when she said it, and pinched a celery right down the middle

Xu asked her, “You didn’t dislike it?”

“Of course! I just said, ‘That’s right! So mom, how much money did you and my dad make this year? Why don’t I put a piece of it in the bank? Save the family money from being scattered here and there’ My mother-in-law stopped talking” Xu Wang said this with a proud face

And such a thing, she wouldn’t have said anything before, coming to the Xu family to report the good news and not the bad

Now it was a complete break from the Xie family fearlessness

“Just one sentence like that and your mother-in-law compromised?” Sang Xiaoqing was a bit disbelieving

“Of course not Told me she was in charge and deserved me to give her the money I just told her it’s not realistic, I’m in business, the money in my hand is all capital And wanted her to back me up a little Of course she couldn’t give it to me She went to my father-in-law and my man to complain Unfortunately, none of them took her side”

Xu Wang’s father-in-law had always been a dignified man in the brigade, and couldn’t bring himself to ask for his daughter-in-law’s own money

As for Xie Dechun, of course he was on Xu Wang’s side

Everyone in the brigade thought that he and Xu Wang had made a fortune in just one year, but no one knew better than he did how he and Xu Wang had paid for the year If Xu Wang had given the money to his mother, she would have used it to help her other brothers build a house, or even to help her grandson get a wife

Xie Dechun did not agree with this, and Xu Wang said that the business needs capital, can not pay the family

Angry his mother cursed, but also said to cut off relations with them, let them get out

“So you’re still not ‘rolling’?” Xu Man wondered, “What a great opportunity!”

“Why don’t I want to? I discussed with your brother-in-law, it’s just the right time to take advantage of the opportunity to split up the family, in the past, I couldn’t afford to build a house, but now that I have the money I can build a few houses Unfortunately, my mother-in-law had my father-in-law scolded and forced my mother-in-law to come and apologize to us We’re juniors after all, what else can we do?”

Xu Wen was a bit sorry

Xu Wang had a happy face, “You guys are unaware that my mother-in-law is now repentant, especially regretting letting me go out to do business with De Chun”

“Can you not regret it? Originally, you were the only daughter-in-law left to wait on her and let her boss her around When she saw the money and sent you away, she didn’t even have anyone to call on The other two daughters-in-law aren’t at her beck and call now that the family is separated When you came back, not only did you not give her any money, but you also wanted to fly on your own!” Sang Xiaoqing followed suit and gloated

Xu Wang exclaimed, “I was just about to talk to you guys about this! I haven’t even said anything yet, how did you know?”

Our two production teams aren’t far from each other I heard about it when I went out to visit Speaking of which, I still have to thank us for asking, which is why my status in the village is so high” Sang Xiaoqing glanced at Xu Wen, “Now they all want to follow us to Pengcheng Our father rejected them, saying that he didn’t care as long as Xu Man agreed As a result, many of those who had offended Xu Man came to the house to beg him that day and were all rejected They had no choice but to turn to me I’m in the upper seat when I go out now!”

“Me too, me too! We’ve had a lot of them come to me in our brigade too, saying they want to follow along and go to work But I didn’t let go and just said I’d follow my sister’s brother-in-law to make a living”

“There were also people from my mother’s family who asked! I didn’t dare to respond either” Sang Xiaoqing sighed, “Originally I had to answer for the sake of face But after seeing the people who have recently come to our house, they all only think about making money and don’t even think about not making money It’s good that they can all make money, but if they can’t, they will still blame me? I don’t dare to respond”

Especially are the mother’s family relatives, really to that day, no less than she has to come up with some money

She and Xu Wen also earn hard money, and do not want to do this laborious and unappealing thing

“In the future, if there are any more that come looking for you, let them come looking for me” Xu Wen said in a faint voice

It couldn’t all be rejected, she had thought about what factory to open, and she had to have employees as well

“Aigoo! Ancestor!” Zhu Meizhen exclaimed, and then began to scold Xu Man and the three of them, “You three are mothers, are your hearts so big? You don’t care about the child even when you’re chatting there! Look at the child all peed Huh? Not wet?”

Xu Man, Sang Xiaoqing and Xu Wang put down the dishes in their hands and rushed into the house

Xu Man was busy wiping his hands with a handkerchief

Zhu Meizhen stared at Xiachu’s new diaper with an odd face, “Obviously it’s all bulging up in such a big pile, and it’s not leaking or wet?”

Xu Wen touched it with her hand, the inside was slightly damp, it was still passable

She was doing it for the first time and couldn’t grasp the amount of sap she should put in After all, there was a big difference between the amount of water in a monthly baby and the amount of water in a single bubble of urine from a seven-month old Xiachu

Obviously this could only be filled once, and then the next time it wouldn’t work

Xu Man from the small Xiachu waist to untie the diaper, re-exchange a new one, this time more sprinkled some, in order to let the polymer absorbent material does not run around, but also deliberately lay a layer of tape, fixed Re-assembled to the little Xiachu change on

Sang Xiaoqing and Xu Wang have never seen it before, and have been following behind Xu Man, looking curiously

Xu Man poured out the polymer material inside the used diaper and washed the breathable non-disposable cotton outer layer

“Ask, what have you been tinkering with again? The child can’t even pee through it?”

“It’s called a diaper, it can also be called a diaper The principle is somewhat similar to our sandbags, and the chemicals in it are all absorbent It’s better than sandbags because it’s less heavy for freedom of movement, and it’s easy to change”

“Ask you are really great!” Sang Xiaoqing gave a thumbs up and heartily exclaimed in words that Xu Man had already heard numb, “Worthy of being a college student! This brain is good, it feels like there’s nothing you won’t do”

It was Xu Wang who was puzzled, “This thing of yours, I seem to have seen something similar But it’s not for kids, it’s for a rich VIP customer in our store, she said hers is called ”

Xu Wang frowned, unable to recall

Xu asked for a hint, “Tampons?”