The door was kicked so hard that the people inside did not react.
The educated youth were so angry that their nostrils were about to smoke.
They worked in fear all day long. They were diligent and conscientious, afraid that they would be caught by Xue Huahua.
She, on the other hand, was not afraid of boiling water. When they went to work, she got up to eat. When they came back from work, she hid in the room to sleep. She had no face to see anyone.
Why didn't she hit the wall and die? She died with the mentality of reincarnating as a new person.
At least, she saved the face of the educated youth.
The educated youth took turns kicking the door until it was on the verge of collapse. Liang Lanfen opened her mouth weakly. Her chest was stuffy and uncomfortable.
She lay on the bed and kept crying. She had been hungry for three days while writing the confession. After that, no matter what she ate, her stomach would turn upside down and she would feel uncomfortable.
Her whole body was limp and she couldn't exert any strength. It wasn't that she was desperate, but that she would feel dizzy and her legs would go soft if she stood for a long time.
If she wasn't careful, she would faint.
In order not to cause trouble for the educated youth,
She could only lie down in the room obediently.
The sound outside became noisier and noisier.
It was hot.
She was sweating profusely as she forced herself to get up. She staggered to the door, removed the latch, and gently opened the door.
The educated youth were cursing when the door suddenly opened. Liang Lanfen stared at them with her dead fish eyes. Her face was pale, her lips were blue, and her thin and haggard face was covered with sweat and tears. After the shock, the educated youth felt a chill run down their spines. Liang Lanfen's situation was not good at a glance. If she was driven to death, they would not be able to bear the responsibility.
In an instant, the educated youth dispersed like a swarm of bees. No matter how much resentment they had in their hearts, they did not dare to vent in front of Liang Lanfen. They did not even dare to stay in the room for long, afraid that something would happen to Liang Lanfen. Therefore, they would rather stay in the field until dark than go back early. Even if it rained, they would try their best to go out and visit.
The male educated youth were fine. They went to Lu Jianguo's house to ask for farming methods, but the female comrades were miserable. They rarely interacted with the people in the production team. Not only was it too embarrassing to rashly visit, but the older women at home would also think that they had some ulterior motives. Their eyes were not eyes, and their noses were not noses. The female educated youth were stupid to visit the Lu Family.
They thought of Li Xuemei, who was also educated youth. However, Li Xuemei's family was not well-off. When she first came to the production team, many of them spoke ill of her and formed cliques to ostracize her. Now that she suddenly came to visit them, they felt embarrassed. After thinking about it, they focused their attention on Luo Mengying. Luo Mengying and Lu Hongying had a good relationship. They often got together to discuss the Pinyin alphabet. When Xue Huahua led the whole family to eliminate illiteracy, Lu Hongying often went to the fields to ask Luo Mengying questions. It was natural for Luo Mengying to visit the Lu Family.
Therefore, they pestered Luo Mengying, saying that they were curious about the progress of Xue Huahua's literacy campaign and wanted to check it out.
The summer rain poured down like a torrential downpour. The educated youth were not afraid of the rain or the muddy path. The two of them held an umbrella, rolled up their trousers, and carried their shoes to Xue Huahua's house barefoot.
On the bench in front of her, several siblings were sitting upright and reading with her. Even if their backs were to them, the educated women could imagine their serious and focused look from their sonorous voices.
Unlike what the educated women thought, although they had seen Lu Mingwen and Lu Jianxun working in the fields while writing the alphabet, they thought it was just the excitement at the beginning and the curiosity about new things. After a few days, they would not be motivated to study anymore. Unexpectedly, they were all full of energy and fighting spirit. The educated women couldn't help counting the days silently. It had only been about ten days since Xue Huahua announced the literacy campaign. It seemed that the novelty lasted for a long time.
Xue Huahua saw Luo Mengying first, and then saw the educated youth behind her. Thinking that they had something to do, she put away the thin bamboo pole and shouted, "Luo Zhiqing, why are you here? Come in and have a seat." While speaking, she bent down and lifted the stool. The three Lu Dewen brothers were not very happy. They had only studied for less than half an hour. Why did people suddenly come?
Seeing their sullen faces, Xue Huahua was annoyed, "Are you itching for a beating again?"
The three brothers hurriedly got up and stepped aside. They stood against the wall obediently and cautiously. Xue Huahua asked them to go into the house and take out two more stools. It was dark inside in the rain, and it was brighter to sit outside.
The educated women were a little afraid of Xue Huahua. After entering the yard, they obediently stayed close to Luo Mengying. After greeting her angrily, they didn't say anything. Luo Mengying didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She greeted Xue Huahua, "Auntie, are you studying again? We have nothing to do on rainy days, so we came here to have a seat. Did we disturb you?"
It was definitely a disturbance. Xue Huahua gave them a task. Before the exam next month, they had to learn all the initial and final consonants of Pinyin. They had to not only write and recite, but also spell. They had to study for a while after lunch, and then study for a longer time after dinner. It was raining last night, so there was nothing to do in the field. Taking advantage of the free time, of course, they continued to study.
"It's not a big deal." Xue Huahua answered brightly. When Lu Dewen and Lu Mingwen came out with the stool, she called out to Lu Dewen, "Go to the firewood shed and tie the firewood. Lao Er and Lao Si, go and make the straw rope …" Even if it was raining, there was still work to be done at home. If they couldn't work, they would do something else.
The educated women couldn't let go. Looking at the letters pasted on the mud wall, they praised, "Auntie is really talented. You can even think of such a method."
The whole wall was pasted with mud letters. Looking closely, they looked like wall decorations. Xue Huahua smiled, "A good memory is not as good as a bad pen. They made the letters themselves, so it's not easy for them to forget."
At first, she made two letters, and Lu Dewen and the others followed out of curiosity. Then, they couldn't help but like making letters. The mud that Lu Mingwen dug out from the field was piled outside the yard dam. The sun dried it quickly. Lu Hongying watered it several times a day. When the three brothers came home from work, they grabbed a pile of mud and held it in their hands. Before eating, they all made letters. Not only the walls of the central room, but also the walls of the kitchen, and even the sleeping room were covered with letters.
The learning atmosphere was strong. Two-year-old Xixi could already recite the alphabet.
"At this speed, Hongying and the others will be able to read soon." Some books were marked with Pinyin. It won't be long before they can read articles with Pinyin. If they keep learning, they will be able to recognize simple words and write in three months. Luo Mengying was happy for Lu Hongying. Although the old people in the production team often said that studying was useless, it was better to carry dung. They also used the educated youth as an example. No matter how many books they read, they can't do anything in the countryside, and it's hard for them to feed themselves. Fortunately, they didn't get married and had children, or else their children would starve to death. But she always believed that the more books she read, the more open-minded she would be.
She said to Xue Huahua, "I wrote to my father to send my elementary school textbooks. There are after-class exercises in them. Auntie, you can practice them." She didn't know about the monthly exams that Xue Huahua mentioned. Studying alone would not make any progress. Practicing the exercises was the key. She had all her elementary school textbooks. They were useless at home, so she might as well give them to those who needed them.
Xue Huahua was very happy. The elementary school textbooks included Mathematics. With the Mathematics textbooks, they could learn Mathematics step by step. Mathematics was not like Chinese, where knowing Pinyin and writing was enough. There were many stages in Mathematics. You couldn't skip from elementary to advanced. Once you skipped, you wouldn't be able to catch up. It would be great if they could follow the textbooks step by step.
"Luo Zhiqing, sorry to trouble you. Don't worry, we'll take good care of the textbooks. We'll return them to you after we finish learning." She didn't expect that Luo Mengying's elementary school textbooks would be left behind. Li Xuemei's family had an accident, so she burned all the books that could be burned. She was afraid that someone would make a fuss about it and say that many families in the city had burned their books …
Luo Zhiqing's family must be very rich.
When it came to the topic of studying, the female educated youths relaxed a lot. Their childhood memories were the deepest. They couldn't stop talking when they started talking. Who would remember that they came here to hide from Liang Lanfen? Even the female educated youths who were thinking of snitching to Xue Huahua on the way had completely forgotten about Liang Lanfen.
When they returned at noon and saw Liang Lanfen cooking in the kitchen with a pale face, they remembered that they forgot to tell Xue Huahua about Liang Lanfen.
They wanted to go to Xue Huahua's house again. The weather was sunny, so they had to continue working in the rice field. After finishing the rice field, they had to carry manure and fertilize it. After fertilizing the sweet potato vines, they had to help cut them and feed them to the pig farm. If the pigs couldn't finish it, they would dry it and grind it into powder to feed the pigs in autumn. If it wasn't for Liang Lanfen, the educated youths might have forgotten that there was such a person. The educated youths took turns to cook. On the day of cooking, there was no work credit. When there was nothing to do, no one cared about who fought to cook. On the day of earning work credit every day, everyone rushed to cook. On this day, they didn't know what was wrong with Liang Lanfen.
At eight o 'clock in the morning, everyone was sweating and working hard in the fields. Suddenly, they saw smoke coming out of the chimney of the educated youths' house. The educated youths were scared and thought that there was a fire. They ran to the educated youths' house and shouted for help. The members in the rice field fetched water, so they carried buckets to the rice field and rushed to the educated youths' house to help.
Then, they saw Liang Lanfen standing in front of the smoky stove, holding a ladle and slowly stirring something in the pot.
The members were confused, "Liang Zhiqing, is there a fire? I saw smoke from afar!"
Liang Lanfen raised her head in surprise and then grinned sweetly, "No, I'm cooking lunch …" Liang Lanfen continued to stir the rice in the pot. She felt that her chest was not uncomfortable these days and she also had strength. Fortunately, the educated youths didn't mind leaving food for her every meal. She decided to cook a meal for them to show her gratitude. She remembered that some educated youths complained that the porridge was hot and the more they ate it, the hotter it would get. It would be better to drink cold water to relieve the heat. She thought that she would cook the rice early and leave it cold. It would be just right for them to eat at noon.
She didn't expect that so many people would be attracted.
The members looked at the sky speechlessly. It was past eight o 'clock and the sun was not hot yet. How could she cook lunch?
More and more people came from afar. The educated youths were so scared that their faces turned pale. They could rebuild their houses if they burned down, but if they ran out of food and money, what would they do next? The more they thought about it, the more scared they became. They used all their strength and heard a member outside the house say, "Liang Zhiqing, it's still a long time before noon. Isn't it too early to cook lunch?"
The educated youths were stunned. They opened their mouths and asked. When they learned that it was Liang Lanfen who cut the queue on her own, they were furious. They stepped into the yard and shouted at the kitchen with a suntanned face, "Liang Lanfen, are you f * cking out of your mind? Go to the production team and see who has nothing better to do at this time. Can you f * cking behave?"
"If you want to pretend to be dead in your room, we'll tolerate it. If you don't work, we'll also tolerate it. We didn't complain about you. Can you f * cking stop causing trouble?"
The members were stunned. This tone, this tone, this was clearly the tone Liu Yunfang used to scold her daughter-in-law. When did the educated youths learn this? It was no wonder that the members were surprised. In their eyes, the educated youths were gentle and gentle. They were completely different from the people in the production team who had never gone to school.
When did the educated youths start to learn Liu Yunfang's "f * cking you"?
The educated youth realized that he was too irascible, so he toned down his tone a little. "The whole production team is working in an orderly manner. Those who have a little sense of shame are too embarrassed to slack off. You are determined to turn over a new leaf to repay the Party and the country, so you should always reflect on yourself and work more …"
He ran back as fast as he could. He was so tired that he was out of breath. He scolded people with his last breath. After he was done, he squatted on the ground and panted heavily. He was afraid that he would faint if he couldn't catch his breath.
Liang Lanfen looked stunned. She put down the ladle and walked out with red eyes, "I didn't mean anything else. I just remembered that you guys left me food every day. I just wanted to cook it early and let you eat it cold at noon. I didn't know it would end up like this." As the saying goes, a friend in need is a friend indeed. When she thought that she was dying of a serious illness, it was the educated youths who encouraged her by leaving her meals every day. She cooked with a grateful heart.
The educated youths were so angry that their faces turned green. Who the f * ck left food for her? They left it for themselves on a hot day, but somehow, it was gone when they turned around. They thought that it was eaten by someone else, so they didn't ask. The people who cooked by the fire all had selfish motives, but they were afraid that it would arouse public anger if they did it too blatantly. Therefore, they carefully left a bowl of rice. If others asked, they would say that they didn't finish it. When everyone went to work, they would eat it secretly. When the next meal was cooked, who would remember a bowl of leftover rice?
According to Liang Lanfen, the food they left was not eaten by other educated youths, but went into her stomach.
Damn it. Several educated youths couldn't help but want to curse.
Since it was not a fire, the club member who carried water poured the bucket on the ground, picked up the shoulder pole and left. The educated youths stood in the yard and glared at Liang Lanfen. Suddenly, Xue Huahua's unique voice came from outside, "Dewen, Dewen, go home first …"
The educated youths shivered, glanced at Liang Lanfen fiercely, and turned to leave. They would deal with Liang Lanfen after work. Now, they had to deal with Xue Huahua first.
Xue Huahua stood in the sweet potato field and shouted for Lu Dewen. Chao Caizhi's brother and sister-in-law were here. She asked Lu Dewen to go home and have a look, and she stayed to continue working. Seeing the club members coming from afar, sighing, Xue Huahua asked, "What's wrong? Is it a fire?" She and Li Xuemei just went to the field to cut the sweet potato vines. Someone shouted that there was a fire, and the people around ran away. Li Xuemei couldn't run because she was pregnant, and she was too lazy to join in the fun. She only asked when they came back.
The club members waved their hands, "You should be calm. What fire? Liang Zhiqing is cooking in the kitchen. Cooking at this time is really …" The club members wanted to say something, but their vocabulary was limited. They couldn't think of an adjective after thinking for a long time, so they changed the topic and talked about the educated youths' scolding. "Damn it, Huahua, you didn't see it. The old educated youth stood in the yard and said 'damn it'. His voice was like Lu Ming's mother's."
In the production team, Liu Yunfang scolded people, "You think you're so great just because you're educated? I have the final say when you marry into my family. If you don't listen to me, then f * ck off … "
That was how Liu Yunfang scolded Li Xuemei. She didn't expect the old educated youth to be so good at it. Really … Scholars learn everything fast!
"Huahua, I think you will definitely win in literacy. Work hard, I have faith in you." As the saying goes, follow good people and learn bad people. Even the old educated youth was led astray by Liu Yunfang, so it was not surprising that Li Xuemei taught Xue Huahua how to read.
Xue Huahua was full of confidence, "I'm very confident in literacy. The Red Army won the Long March, so what's the big deal?" What she said was not a lie. After learning the alphabet, they began to learn words. From the simplest one, two, three, four, sun, moon, water, fire, earth, they focused on learning the strokes, horizontal and vertical dots, curving and pressing. Every word started from the strokes.
"By the way, Xuemei, Boss and the others can count from one to one hundred. Do you think we should teach them simple arithmetic, such as addition and subtraction within ten?" Lu Dewen had gone to school before, so he had no problem with simple arithmetic. However, he didn't know how to do it. Sometimes it was right, sometimes it was wrong.
Li Xuemei was a little surprised. The day before yesterday, Xue Huahua asked her to teach math. She also said that Luo Mengying's family would send math books to her and asked if she could teach them according to the books. She had no problem with elementary school textbooks and could barely cope with middle school, but she definitely couldn't teach high school. Xue Huahua was so ambitious at this age, so Li Xuemei couldn't refuse. So she taught them how to count first. She thought it would take a few days for them to count to one hundred, but unexpectedly, they could count in two days. Li Xuemei thought for a while and said, "Okay. Actually, if you know how to count, addition and subtraction is very easy. Count your fingers, see …" Li Xuemei casually said two numbers and began to count her fingers. It was easy to understand.
She deliberately said two simple numbers for Xue Huahua to try. Xue Huahua counted with her fingers, and the result was completely correct.
Xue Huahua didn't think it was difficult. She asked Li Xuemei to teach her addition and subtraction within twenty. If she didn't have enough fingers, she could just count the knuckles. She felt that she could do it, and Lu Dewen and the others also had no problem. They learned to count within twenty and within thirty, but it was not enough. Her speed was obviously a lot slower. Li Xuemei was very patient. "Practice makes perfect. If Auntie feels that it is too hard, you can go home and count wheat to practice. You will get better slowly."
Xue Huahua nodded. Li Xuemei came up with the addition and subtraction. She calculated while cutting the sweet potato vines, but she made a mistake when she was not careful. Perhaps her memory was bad because of her age, and she forgot about it while she was counting.
Lu Dewen, who was carrying manure and walking on the ridge, heard Xue Huahua calling him home. He placed the manure bucket on the ridge and asked Lu Tong to look after it, and hurried back. He thought that it was Lu Hongying who needed help. He was now hovering between Level One and Level Two. Xue Huahua said that if there was any heavy work at home, he had to run in front. Lu Hongying helped him take care of the children and cook for the family. It was not what she should do, but it was to reduce the pressure on them. They had to know how to be grateful and understand each other. Only then would their lives get better.
When he was about to reach the yard, he shouted, "Third Sister, Third Sister, what's the matter …"
Voices of men and women could be heard from inside. Lu Dewen was worried that something might happen, so he ran away. When he ran into the yard, he saw that it was his brother-in-law. He was sitting in the central room and was talking to Chao Caizhi, who was carrying the child. Chao Caizhi lowered her head and gently stroked Dong Dong's head, not saying a word. Lu Dewen knew that something was wrong, so he turned around and wanted to run.
However, it was too late. His brother-in-law called out to him, "Dewen is back. Come in quickly, I'm talking to Caizhi."
Lu Dewen's face fell instantly. It was even more difficult than facing Xue Huahua. Xue Huahua scolded and hit them, but she wanted to change them for the better. She wanted their family to have a better life. Zhao Chenggang and the rest were different. They scolded and hit him for the food. If they took away their family's food, what would they eat?
"Dewen, why are you standing there like a fool? Hurry up and come in. When Caizhi was giving birth, we were so busy that we couldn't leave. We were so busy that we only had time today. Caizhi's stomach is really good. She gave birth to a chubby little boy for you. You should just wait and enjoy life in the future." Fang Xiuju greeted Lu Dewen. Her pointy face was full of smiles. Lu Dewen trembled when he saw that. He braced himself and greeted them as Big Brother and Sister-in-law.
He asked Chao Caizhi, "Where's Third Sister and Xixi?" The Zhao Family was similar to them. They were all poor families. Their family was poor because there were many lazy people. The Zhao Family was poor because they ate too much. Chao Caizhi's parents were still alive. They had four elder brothers and two younger sisters. All of them could eat a lot. Three bowls of rice would make them half full. Chao Caizhi was also a big eater when she first married into their family. Later on, they wanted to leave more for him, so Chao Caizhi had to control her appetite. Slowly, her appetite became smaller.
It was one thing for the Zhao Family to eat a lot, but the daughter-in-law they married were also big eaters. The food distributed by the production team was barely enough for them to eat for four months. They had to borrow food for the other eight months. The experienced relatives of the Zhao Family hid as far as they could. Chao Caizhi's parents couldn't borrow food, and the daughter-in-law couldn't borrow food when she went back to her parents' home.
They felt that it would be shameful if they borrowed food and returned it. However, they couldn't say no, so they simply pretended to be sick. When their parents were sick, their children had to find a way to cure them. It didn't matter if they didn't have money, as long as they gave them food. With food, their parents' illnesses couldn't be cured. The Zhao Family would always come to their house two or three times a year. It made sense. Three daughters, two or three visits per family, could gather a lot of food.
"Third Sister said she would pick some sweet potato sprouts to cook. She went out with Xixi."
Lu Dewen said "Oh." When he saw Zhao Chenggang's tears that were about to burst out, he rushed out of the door. "Caizhi, sit with Big Brother and Sister-in-law. I'll go to the field to look for Mom. Big Brother and Sister-in-law rarely come. Mom doesn't know." After saying that, he ran away.
Fang Xiuju stared at Lu Dewen's back and muttered, "Caizhi, I see that Dewen seems to be more energetic. Is his injury okay?"
The Zhao Family and the Lu Family were separated by two production teams. It was half an hour's walk. Fang Xiuju's and Liu Huaxian's families were in the same production team. Of course, they knew about Lu Dewen and the others' injuries. This was also the reason why they didn't come when Chao Caizhi gave birth. The whole family was either recuperating or in confinement. If Chao Caizhi asked her family for help, they didn't know whether they should agree or not. They were in a dilemma.
Therefore, the whole family decided to wait for a while. If Lu Dewen and the others recovered, they would come. If not, then forget it.
For this reason, before coming here, she had specially asked someone to inquire about it. "Caizhi, I heard that your mother-in-law is amazing. Not only are the pigs that the production team raises fat and strong, but she was also praised by the commune's cadres. Last year, a comrade in our production team who was praised brought back an enamel jar with pictures and words printed on it. Your mother-in-law has one too, right?"
The production team next door boasted about Xue Huahua. Fang Xiuju felt that everyone was exaggerating. Xue Huahua was diligent and capable. It was not surprising that she was good at raising pigs. The praise from the commune's cadres was probably exaggerated. It was not like she didn't know Xue Huahua. Xue Huahua was good at work and could lecture people for a long time. She scolded the female educated youth so much that she hid in her room and committed suicide.
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