Chapter 8
Xu Wen turned back and started looking for a stick again, this time to beat up Xu Wen
Sang Xiaoqing cried and laughed, stopping him, “Ask is just joking with you!”
Xu Wen was furious, “Is this something that can be joked about? Can a girl joke about her innocence?”
“Deserves a beating!”
Xu Qiushi’s voice
Xu Wen, Xu Wen, and Sang Xiaoqing froze and looked at the door in unison
Xu Qiu Shi pushed the door in with an iron face, pointing at Xu Man and ordering, “Stand up for me”
Zhu Meizhen and Xu Che supported their grandmother left and right and followed behind, their faces also not good
Xu Man: “”
This is all known?
Xu Wen looked at his second brother for help
Xu Wen grunted and looked away
Xu Wen looked at Sang Xiaoqing
Sang Xiaoqing looks down at the ground
Xu Wen looked at Zhu Meizhen
Zhu Meizhen tapped her forehead with her index finger and exasperatedly said, “Serves you right!”
Xu Man looked at Xu Che
Xu Che made a face at her, “You’re finished!”
Xu Man: “”
A pleading gaze falls on Grandma’s face
Grandma waved her hand, signaling her to sit down, “Why are you all taking it out on us? It’s not her fault”
“It’s not her fault, but she has nothing to do with it either How can a child call her mom?”
Grandma patted Xu Man’s arm, “Ask, what’s going on between you and that soldier, Comrade Lu? Why did his son call you mom?”
Xu Man rubbed his nose and opened his mouth to explain, “It was really just a misunderstanding That day ”
The causes and consequences of getting acquainted with Lu Yuanzheng were told, pretty much the same as what was said to Xu Wen before, only saying that he lost his footing and fell into the water not saying that he swam
Not to protect Lu Yuanzheng, is not want to let the family know that she hid out to take a bath, for fear that they think too much
The Xu family fell silent in unison
For a long time, Xu Che spoke first: “Sister, then the PLA uncle brother saved you, will you marry him to repay the favor?”
He is young, simple ideas, no adults so many scruples, only thinking of a brother-in-law who is a soldier that can be too awesome
Xu asked: “”
The PLA comrades all over the street to save people, are to give their bodies that is repayment or revenge?
Xu Wen also especially like soldiers, he once also wanted to be a soldier But the family with him and Xu Qiushi two strong laborers, he wants to enlist in the army will only be left Xu Qiushi a whole laborers and Xu Meizhen this half of the labor force to support the family
His family was already poor, so if he enlisted again, he was afraid that the family wouldn’t be able to eat
He hesitated to sign up and never told his family that he wanted to be a soldier
Knowing that Lu Yuanzheng is a soldier’s good feelings towards him rose, there is only a little bit of regret, “Unfortunately, that boy surnamed Lu is not only a second marriage, but also with a child Otherwise it would be quite suitable to ask”
Zhu Meizhen frowned and shook her head, “Suitable for what? Ask is only nineteen years old, how can you be a mom to someone when you’re a child yourself? Or a stepmother It’s hard to be a stepmother! It’s all a mistake!”
Sang Xiaoqing nodded: “That’s right! Let’s ask her if she’s so young and pretty, she’ll surely be able to find a better young man Being a military wife is great, but it’s also really hard Two couples can only be together for a few days a year, just like the cowherd and the weaving maiden!”
Xu Qiushi also disagreed: “Comrade Lu has done us a favor, so we have to thank him! But to marry and ask this is a different matter, no!”
Xu asked, “”
Still couldn’t help but interject: “People Lu Yuanzheng also didn’t say he wanted to marry me” Look at the aggrievement to you
Xu family: “”
Zhu Meizhen pointed at her, “Xu Wen, you’d better stand! What’s your attitude? You’re turning your elbow out of the room before you’ve even gotten to the bottom of the situation!”
Xu Man: “” Wrongfully accused
Grandma shook her head: “Anyway, after this incident, I’m afraid it’s not good for Xu to find another partner All of them are rumored to ask gossip, who still dare to door? In my opinion, to ask to find the object of this prior to slow down, after a while to say it! There’s no rush to find him at his young age anyway”
He also turned his head and ordered Xu Qiushi and Zhu Meizhen: “Qiushi, you and Meizhen back up your gifts and go to the Lu family brigade No matter what, we have to thank you for saving our lives! We can’t let people say that we Xu family members are unorthodox”
Thoughts are one thing, strength is another
Zhu Meizhen, who was in charge of the family’s finances, pulled out the cloth handkerchief wrapping the money and spread it out on the square table, counting it in front of the whole family
Except for Xu Che, who had no concept of money, the six members of the family were silent
Sixteen dollars and seventy-eight cents
This money will be spent by the whole family until the fall harvest, around the National Day
Weizhuang Commune has two harvests a year, one in summer and the other in fall, and the money is distributed three times a year One for each of the two fall harvests, and one for the year-end dividend
In the Taoyuan Production Brigade, every ten labor points counted as a whole job Generally, a labor was 70 cents, occasionally more or less, depending on the year’s harvest
The exact amount of money for a labor depends on the year’s harvest It’s not that you can get money after earning work points, but it also depends on whether there is any surplus of food after the population has been divided
For example, in the Xu family, there were seven members in the family
First of all, the whole family’s labor points should be added together and converted into money, and then the money should be used to buy rations for the seven members of the family
If there is any money left over after the work credits have been used to buy food for the family, it will be converted into cash and sent to the Xu family, which is called the surplus food household
If there was not enough money left to buy food for the family, they had to make up the difference in price to the production team before they could share the food, which was called an overdraft household
The Xu family had a large number of people and a small labor force, and Xu Qiu Shi and Xu Wen were the entire workforce Zhu Meizhen and Sang Xiaoqing can only be counted as 07 workers
There is basically nothing left to exchange work points for the entire family’s rations, and even occasionally they are still overdraft households
With two students in the family, how can they live a good life?
They are all depending on the family’s chickens to lay eggs and retail or sell pigs at the end of the year to make up for the family’s expenses
Originally Xu family conditions are slightly better, the end of last year Xu Wen and Sang Xiaoqing married, the family pulled out the bottom of the family also borrowed a little money to make enough money to Sang Xiaoqing’s bride price, and then for the two of them to organize the wedding, this is not a rich family directly financial deficit
Zhu Meizhen sighed softly, “ask and small cut will soon start school Ask tuition three dollars miscellaneous fees two dollars, small cut tuition two dollars books one dollar That’s eight dollars for the two of them Mother’s illness can’t be separated from her medicine ”
She pulled a bunch of necessary expenses reported, this ten dozen dollars not counting food and drink are not left
Sang Xiaoqing hastened to state, “Mother, it’s okay, I can still go to work”
She’s not the only daughter-in-law in the production brigade who’s pregnant, so she doesn’t have to be so delicate when everyone’s going to work
The few days off had already made the other pregnant daughters-in-law in the production brigade envious
They are all poor families, so they can’t stop eating just because they’re pregnant
Xu Wen shook his head, “No You’ve been throwing up for days and can’t eat or drink! You’ve been throwing up for the past few days, you can’t eat or drink, it’s hard for you to sleep, you’ve lost weight, how can I still let you go to work?”
Zhu Meizhen nodded her head as well, “That’s right, you’ve suffered enough already, rest at home!”
Xu Man raised his hand and stated, “I can really quit school and come down to earn work credits” One has to fill one’s stomach before one can think about the future
“None of your business!” Xu Qiushi glared at Xu Man, then let out a long sigh and frowned, “I’ll think of a way for the money, I’ll borrow it if I can’t”
Grandma nodded her head and jerked off the silver bracelet on her wrist, handing it to Zhu Meizhen: “Meizhen, find a place to sell it for some money Comrade Xiao Lu’s favor can not be owed, owed us to ask the girl in the future back straight”
Xu asked: “”
Once again, he tried to dissuade his family, “Grandma, dad, mom, brother and sister-in-law Comrade Lu is a member of the People’s Liberation Army and has a high level of awareness! He won’t accept your gifts He has the discipline not to accept a single needle or thread from the masses”
“Is this a free gift? It’s a gift of thanks It’s not the same thing” Xu Qiushi once again dismissed Xu Man’s claim, “Besides, it’s Comrade Lu’s business whether to accept or not, and it’s our attitude whether to give or not!”
Seeing that she couldn’t convince her family, Xu Man secretly resolved that if Lu Yuanzheng really dared to accept it, she would dare to go to the door to ask for it back
It was just a misunderstanding, and she didn’t really drown in it
Alas! It’s not that she wanted to lie, she said that she was afraid that the whole family would be torn between beating up Lu Yuanzheng and thanking him until they lost sleep
Back to the guilt, feel indebted to her
Zhu Meizhen waved her hand, “Mother, how can I ask you for such an expensive thing?”
This was Grandma’s dowry from when she got married
Ten years ago it was so difficult, grandpa didn’t even let grandma sell it
The silver bracelet wasn’t considered valuable, but it was already quite a valuable object for the Xu family
“What’s a family divided into you and me? I’m an old woman who can’t breathe well enough to care about this piece of labor Take it for emergencies first”
Zhu Meizhen looked at Xu Qiushi
Xu Qiushi hesitated, but shook his head, “I’ll think of another way”
Thanks to Lu Yuanzheng’s blessing, since the day of the blind date and the movie, Xu Man had become the talk of the town after dinner for the entire Weizhuang Commune
Xu Wen was discussed more among the members than the movie that was shown that day
She was on a blind date with someone, and a child who called her “Mom” appeared halfway through the date, clearly adding some interesting topics to the boring lives of the working people
The nice way to put it is that Xu Man is so young and beautiful and charming that even a three year old would be enamored with her
The bad news is that Xu Wen does not know how to behave, the relationship between men and women is chaotic, and even the father of the child are seduced
If it is not Lu Yuanzheng occupation in that can not be questioned, it is estimated that she will also have to buckle a small age with someone fornication with a child’s crime
Xu Wen did not care much, and decades later keyboard warriors rolled up the net storm compared to this point behind the chewing of the tongue really does not hurt
At most, no one will come to the door to propose marriage again
The Xu family is not as open-minded as Xu asked, and each is very stifled and helpless
People are chewing on the back of the tongue and not face to face, they can not go to explain to everyone once again the causes and consequences
Moreover, they can’t explain it clearly
Dongsheng is too young to understand? Then why doesn’t he care if people call him mom?
As for the center of the vortex Xu Wen, only remembered Lin Yanni teacher prose in the famous line: a see xx wrong life
At this moment in her life, she is mistaken for Expedition!
Mistakenly delayed!
In the blink of an eye, it was the day before school started
Xu Wen’s county high school has four vacations a year Autumn harvest two vacation each half a month, winter vacation half a month, summer vacation about twenty days, three ambush days once the school
Xu Man, who had been suffering all night again, couldn’t wait to drive his sheep to the pond at the cemetery to take a bath early in the morning
I saw a man standing on the hillside by the pond from a distance, wearing army green pants, blue and white seersucker shirt, straight and upright
Approaching one, it was indeed Lu Yuanzheng
The enemy is narrow ah!
Seeing that he couldn’t take a bath, Xu Man didn’t walk further ahead of the hill, pretending not to see Lu Yuanzheng turn his head
“Comrade Xu Man!” Lu Yuanzheng opened his mouth to call out to her
Xu Man turned around in bewilderment, pointed at herself and asked him, “Calling me?”
Lu Yuanzheng nodded, he was tall with long legs, jogging down the hillside, taking a few steps to Xu Man: “Comrade Xu Man, can I talk to you? I wanted to visit you directly, but I was afraid that you would be unhappy Thinking about it, I wanted to come and talk to you first”
Although he had only met Xu Man a few times, and the result of each time he got along with her was not very good, it did not prevent him from seeing that Xu Man was different from other girls
Although Xu Wen seemed to have a soft and undisputed nature, she was in fact a particularly opinionated girl
Just by looking at her attitude towards Dongsheng, he could tell that she was a lesbian who needed to be respected
“Can I help you?” Xu asked with a defensive face
It wasn’t that she was petty, it was really that she was the unlucky one every time she saw Lu Yuanzheng
Lu Yuanzheng seemed a little embarrassed, silent for a while before opening his mouth, when he opened his mouth, his wheat-colored face was permeated with a touch of light red: “Xu Man, are you willing to marry me?”