Liu Yunfang was so angry that her entire body was trembling,
"I've lived to this age, I've seen all kinds of people.
What kind of people have I not seen before? Liang Lanfen has really opened my eyes. I can guarantee that.
In the entire Fenggu Township, Liang Lanfen is the second most thick-skinned, and no one dares to say that they are the most thick-skinned. Last year, many people wanted to matchmake her with your family's Mingwen. Fortunately, Mingwen didn't agree. Otherwise, if she entered your family, she would probably order the whole family around without getting a good word from her. "
Lu Mingwen didn't earn his own work points, who wouldn't scold him for being stupid,
It was one thing for others to scold him,
Liang Lanfen took advantage of him, but she still scolded him, saying that the organization let them go to the countryside to make them rely on themselves and work hard. As comrades, they should supervise each other and make progress together, and that Lu Mingwen helped others to work was encouraging laziness,
Digging the socialist corner, if she hadn't woken up in time and reflected on herself, she would have missed this year's University of Workers, Peasants and Soldiers student quota,
Lu Mingwen was the person who ruined her life.
Recalling Liang Lanfen's serious expression when she said this, Liu Yunfang wanted to take off her straw sandals and slap her face. Just because she had read the leaders' quotes, she thought she was great, right?
When she sent her grandchildren to study,
She would pick up some words to teach her a lesson,
The more she thought about it, the angrier she became,
She was so angry that her chest was heaving up and down. She spat on the ground and pulled out her hoarse voice to say to Xue Huahua, "You don't know, the members were so criticized by her that they couldn't speak. All of their faces were red, and they were eager to rush up and beat her."
She was so excited just now that she didn't notice that Li Xuemei was sitting next to her. Now that she reacted, she immediately bulged her eyes and bared her teeth as she warned, "If you dare to be like her, I'll ask Lu Ming to beat you up."
Li Xuemei didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Mom, am I that kind of person?"
"Wasn't Liang Lanfen not like this when she first entered the village?" Liu Yunfang waved her fist. "Stay away from her in the future. Learn from good people and learn from bad people. Lu Ming works every day and doesn't have time to look after you. You still have me. Don't think about messing around."
Anyway, whenever Liang Lanfen was mentioned, Liu Yunfang would have a bellyful of anger. Xue Huahua advised her to calm down and not to bother with that kind of person.
Xue Huahua had seen Liang Lanfen's arrogance before, so she didn't show much anger on her face. When the news of Liang Lanfen going to university spread, she often heard people sighing in her ears, saying how great it would be if Lu Mingwen and Liang Lanfen got married. Then she would have a daughter-in-law who was a university student, and the whole family would follow her to the city to enjoy life. Later, they talked about Sun Baoqin, who was far from a university student. Thinking of what Sun Baoqin had done, they sighed and said that it was Lu Mingwen's fate. It was fated that he would not be able to marry such an excellent daughter-in-law like Liang Lanfen.
To be honest, Xue Huahua was really glad that Lu Mingwen married Sun Baoqin. Liang Lanfen was arrogant. Ever since she came to the production team, she walked around with her eyes on the top of her head. She was good at pretending and causing trouble. She was much more difficult to deal with than Sun Baoqin. No matter how much they quarreled with the Sun family, they would more or less care about their reputation and relatives. Liang Lanfen had no relatives in the village. If they really quarreled with the Sun family, they would more or less care about their reputation and relatives. However, Liang Lanfen had no relatives in the village. If they really quarreled with the Sun family, she could just leave and they would still be affected.
"What's the point of being angry at her? She's the one who's happily studying. What about you? If your body collapses from anger, it'll be the Lu brothers who have to bear the brunt of the burden. Take a few breaths," Xue Huahua said calmly. Liu Yunfang was puzzled. "You're not angry? She is slandering your Mingwen? "
Xue Huahua laughed. "Why should I be angry? What she said is not unreasonable. Mingwen is willing to work for her. He can't blame others for saying that he is stupid. I have to thank her." Lu Mingwen was lustful, but his character was very simple. Take the matter of rejecting Liang Lanfen for example. Lu Mingwen did not say it out loud, but after the matter, he always felt that he had let her down. He stubbornly believed that Liang Lanfen would not ask him if she was not forced to. After all, his legs could not walk. She had finally mustered up her courage, but he could not help her, so he felt guilty.
Of course, Lu Mingwen did not dare to tell her about this. He was chatting with Lu Jianxun in the room and was accidentally overheard by her. She was so angry that she went into the room with a stick and gave him a good beating. She did not give him any food at night. He thought that everyone was as stupid as him, asking for help meant that they really needed help. The human heart was always complicated. Liang Lanfen was able to scam as many people as she could.
"You are so broad-minded. Anyway, I can't take it if it was me." Liu Yunfang never hid her narrow-mindedness. She had lived for so long. So what if she was narrow-minded? She had raised her son and daughter. If anyone dared to say anything about her, she could casually pick one of her sons and beat the crap out of that person.
Xue Huahua really did not take Liang Lanfen's words to heart. She was the one who complained no matter what. When she got home, she chopped up the tender grass and added some wheat bran to mix with water. After mixing it, she poured it into the chicken trough to feed the chickens. Lu Mingwen sat on the stool and rubbed the grass rope. His leg had already recovered. There was not much work to do in the fields, so he stayed at home. It was not that he wanted to slack off, but he did not want to listen to the rumors in the village.
He helped Liang Lanfen to work purely to help his comrades in the countryside. There was no other meaning. In the end, it was as if his warm face was stuck to the cold buttocks. They felt indignant for him. Did he look like that kind of dirty person? Comrade Lei Feng did a good deed without leaving his name. Compared to Lei Feng, he was far behind. Moreover, he was beaten two days ago and his whole body was aching. He did not dare to go out and provoke others. Otherwise, he would be beaten again and not given food.
He felt that he had been beaten unjustly. When he heard that Liang Lanfen was going to university, he thought that the two of them would not be able to see each other in the future. He wanted to find Liang Lanfen to explain what happened that day, so he discussed with Lu Jianxun. Before Lu Jianxun could speak, he saw his mother enter the house with a stick and hit him without any explanation. He cried out in pain and did not dare to fight back. That night, Xue Huahua did not give him any food. When he smelled the fragrance of eggs in the living room, he swallowed his saliva the whole night. When he woke up the next day, his pillow was wet and full of his saliva.
Until now, his mouth was still drooling when he thought of the smell of eggs. At this time, Lu Jianxun came back carrying a basket of dried branches. His face was full of anger. He threw the branches on the ground as if he was venting his anger: "Second Brother, you should be more careful in the future. Why did you help Liang Lanfen? If you wanted to help Mom, she would have given you half a bowl of rice. What did you get in exchange for working for Liang Lanfen? She scolded you for stealing the socialist woman. "
At the mention of Liang Lanfen, Lu Mingwen subconsciously looked at Xue Huahua. She was bending over and reaching into the chicken coop to pick up the eggs. He asked carefully, "What's wrong?"
Lu Jianxun grabbed the basket and kicked away the pile of dried branches. He said angrily, "What else can it be? Her conscience has been fed to the dogs. She said that you helping her to work is preventing her from being independent and is a stumbling block for socialist Jian She. She asked the team leader to call for a meeting to reprimand you. " Lu Jianxun has seen Liang Lanfen many times, but he doesn't expect that she has such an arrogant side in addition to her coquettish and shy look. Lu Jianxun doesn't know what to say. He doesn't calm down until the vice-captain reminds him to go to the commune.
He looked at Lu Mingwen. Lu Mingwen's face was bruised. It was his mother who hit him. He was watching from the side. If he was not afraid that his mother would hit him too, he would have rushed over to stop the fight. Now that he thought about it, he was really stupid. Why did he stop the fight? Lu Mingwen deserved it. His mother was not wrong to hit him.
"Ah?" Lu Mingwen was dumbfounded. He had never heard of helping the wrong person. Moreover, he was not the one who initiated it. Liang Lanfen came to him with a bitter expression. Seeing that they were comrades, how could he reject her? How could she ask the team leader to hold a meeting to reprimand him? Lu Mingwen felt that Liang Lanfen was not very smart. If she criticized him, how could she, the instigator, be any better?
"Mom …" Lu Mingwen scratched his head. He pursed his lips and said, "Mom, what if the team leader holds a meeting to reprimand me?" If he did not work, he would not be able to eat. If he were to be reprimanded in front of the whole village, wouldn't it be even more embarrassing for his family? Thinking that he would not be able to eat again, Lu Mingwen's face almost dropped to his buttocks.
Xue Huahua held the cold egg and glared at him fiercely. "You deserve it. If you want to go up and be reprimanded, I will bring your brother and the rest to clap for you. If it can make you grow a brain, I will do it a few more times." Xue Huahua wiped the eggs on her clothes. Every day, when she was cutting pigweed, she would pick the most tender grass, or catch some worms and earthworms to feed to the chickens. This month, she picked up eggs almost every day. She paid off the eggs she borrowed from the village and kept these for herself.
She placed the egg in her room. When she came out, Lu Jianxun was scolding Lu Jianguo like an elder scolding a junior. Xue Huahua was annoyed. "You are the only one who knows how to scold people. You heard Liang Lanfen scolding your second brother. Why don't you scold back?"
Lu Jianxun immediately gave in. He did not only scold, he even wanted to throw the basket on his back and fight. However, the people around him were too noisy. Everyone looked at him with anticipation and longing, as if beating up Liang Lanfen was such an exciting thing. Lu Ming's mother was still clapping for him. "Jianxun, beat her, beat her."
He did not know why, but when he thought of Xue Huahua's calm eyes, the anger that had been aroused instantly disappeared. Liu Yunfang was such a powerful character. If his mother heard that she had instigated him to make a move while she watched from the side, she would definitely scold him for being simple-minded. So he very obediently grinned and left calmly and elegantly.
His mother said that when others want to see you angry, you should not be angry. On the contrary, you should grin and smile. The more you smile, the angrier the other party will be.
As for what it meant to be calm and graceful, he didn't understand. It was probably just taking light steps, like a member of a club carrying dung. Their backs were hunched under the weight of the shoulder pole, but they all walked with a jolt, as if the dung on their shoulders was weightless. He didn't look back to see whether or not the other party was angry. In any case, he heard Liang Lanfen, who was making noise like a crow, fall silent.
He felt that he should accept the praise, so he proudly told his mother about what happened in the storage room. He did not forget to add some words for himself. "When I heard Liang Lanfen denouncing Second Brother, I was so angry that my whole body was trembling. Many people encouraged me to fight with the stance that I used to beat up Liu Huaxian. I threw the basket on my back, rolled up my sleeves, and was about to rush over when Third Aunt Liu suddenly clapped. I thought, no, I hit her because I don't like her. Why is Third Aunt Liu clapping? Then, I saw everyone else raising their hands to clap. My mind flashed, and I immediately thought of what Mom said. Those who watch the show are the ones who persuade, not the one who makes the first move. Then, I thought, I can't be fooled by them. After all, Mom has taught me many things. People can't just eat without learning. After thinking it through, I slowly and elegantly carried the basket on my back and came back."
"Mom, didn't you say that people should be elegant? See if what I did was right. " As he spoke, he picked up the basket on the ground and put it on his back in slow motion. He straightened his back, twisted his waist, swung his left hand, and walked forward in small steps. After a few steps, he did not forget to turn back and ask Xue Huahua, "Mom, how is it? Is it elegant?"
Xue Huahua's eyes hurt, but she nodded her head against her conscience. "Not bad. It's right not to be instigated by others. Your Second Brother should learn more from you." She automatically skipped the word 'elegant'.
It was a habit in the family that everyone would sit together and chat after dinner. She did not know where Xue Huahua started teaching them how to behave. She picked up one incident after another, starting from the things that Lu Dewen did wrong. Teaching children was a slow and long-term process. They were only in their teens, and there was still a long way to go in the future. Xue Huahua could only do her best.
Lu Jianxun's words might be exaggerated, but he could control his impulsive character. What she said was a little effective.
She had to admit that Lu Jianxun's' pretentious' back view stimulated Liang Lanfen. In her eyes, Lu Jianxun did not pay attention to her because he thought she was right, not because he thought she was right, but because he looked down on her. That contemptuous look in his eyes, his posture with his head held high, and his waist swayed left and right. It was obvious that he was too lazy to talk to her.
Liang Lanfen was angry. The recommendation letter that recommended her to the University of Workers, Peasants and Soldiers said that she was an advanced intellectual with lofty ideological consciousness, and that she was constantly striving for self-improvement and hard work. It was an insult to her that Lu Jianxun looked at her like that. On the way back from handing in the public grain, she righteously asked for a meeting to criticize Lu Mingwen, so that other members could learn from him.
As the captain of the production team, Lu Jianguo only called for two meetings a year. The first one was to distribute the grain after the autumn harvest, and the other one was to distribute the pork at the end of the year. He was afraid that everyone would fight too hard and disrupt the order. After each meeting, he was exhausted. His voice was hoarse for a few days, and he was exhausted both mentally and physically.
Listening to Liang Lanfen's incessant emphasis on the meeting, he expressionlessly kept his face paralyzed, trying his best to close his five senses.
"Captain, you are the backbone of the production team. With you, the members can correctly adhere to the leadership of the Party. Comrade Lu Mingwen went the wrong way, and you pulled him back to the right path in time, reminding other members to learn from him, to correct their mistakes, and to encourage them to work harder if they don't."
Lu Jianguo's face was still paralyzed. The comrades next to him carried baskets, tightened their hearts, and ran to the front. Lu Jianguo cursed in his heart, lowered his head, and strode forward.
Liang Lanfen followed closely. "Otherwise, the members will think that you have acquiesced to Comrade Lu Mingwen's behavior, think that Comrade Lu Mingwen is right, and run to help the educated youths earn their work points. In the long run, the educated youths will develop a lazy personality, which is contrary to the country's purpose of asking the intellectuals to go to the countryside to create Jian She. This is wrong. "
Lu Jianguo couldn't bear it anymore, but he couldn't lose his temper with a university student. Not all the members were as stupid as Lu Mingwen, running to be ordered around like animals. Even if there were really stupid members, the mothers of the members were not stupid. Which female comrade who raised their sons didn't call Lu Mingwen an idiot when talking about him? With Lu Mingwen's example, how could they let their sons become the second Lu Mingwen?
Liang Lanfen's words were not valid.
"The educated youths go to the countryside to be self-sufficient. They work hard in the countryside, and you reap what you sow. Reaping without sowing is capitalism. Captain, you think you are helping them, but in fact, you are harming them. It is urgent to hold a meeting to clean up the production team …"
Lu Jianguo's ears almost grew calluses. He couldn't understand how Lu Mingwen had offended Liang Lanfen. Seeing that Liang Lanfen was going to continue if he didn't agree, he covered his ears. "Let's hold a meeting. You are a university student, so you go up and talk. I will be responsible for gathering people."
He didn't want to stay with Liang Lanfen for a second longer. He grabbed the ropes on both sides of the shoulder pole and ran away. He snorted in his heart. Liang Lanfen was unreasonable, and Lu Mingwen's mother was not someone to be trifled with.
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