Food was the basic food that people relied on for survival,
The attention of the members was attracted by the autumn harvest and distribution of food. How could they have the leisure to talk about other things in the team all day long?
Even if the people from the production team next door kept asking about the literacy of the Xue Huahua family,
The attitude of the members had reached an unprecedented consensus. Want to know? Then go and ask yourself. Isn't the mouth on your face used to talk? No guts? Then we'll talk about it when we have the guts.
How are the pigs raised by the Xue Huahua? If you have eyes, won't you see it yourself!
Why do the corn cobs in the field grow so well? The weather is good, and the farmers eat by looking at the sky,
If God wants them to have a bumper harvest, who can stop him?
The members of the club were tight-lipped. No matter how the production team next door asked,
They always said one thing: See it yourself,
Ask it yourself!
Originally, it didn't seem very mysterious,
This piqued the curiosity of the production team in Ren 'an Village.
Especially the people of the Sun Family Village,
Captain Sun returned from the commune meeting and rushed to Sun Yongchang's house. He asked Zhao Wubin to change the method of literacy,
First, he had to teach the Sun Family to write their names,
If they didn't even know how to write their own names, how could it be considered literacy?
Captain Sun made this suggestion with great importance. Unexpectedly, Zhao Wubin didn't buy it and quarreled with Captain Sun,
His saying was that the success of literacy did not depend on how many words were written, but on the way a person talked and temperament from the inside out,
China's thousands of years of poetry was full of the knowledge of the literati,
Temperament,
The attitude of life,
If the Sun Family wanted to truly get rid of the state of illiteracy, they should start with ancient poetry and slowly feel the aura of the literati. Only then would their temperament become gentle and elegant.
Captain Sun did not know what elegance was. He only knew that the Lu Family's ability to write their own names had won the praise of the commune's cadres. If the Sun Family wanted to surpass the Lu Family, they had to learn to write more characters.
Because of this matter, the two of them refused to give in to each other. In the courtyard of Sun Yongchang, Zhao Wubin scolded Captain Sun for being short-sighted and lacking foresight, while Captain Sun scolded Zhao Wubin for being obstinate and arrogant.
On one side was the leader of the production team, and on the other side was his son-in-law, who believed that a strict teacher would produce a brilliant student. Sun Yongchang felt a headache coming on, especially since many people had come to the dam to watch the show. They all gave him a look, indicating that he should persuade them. Sun Yongchang was very distressed. He had neither knowledge nor eloquence, so how could he persuade them?
He anxiously paced back and forth around the courtyard dam. Finally, someone said, "Comrade Sun Yongchang, Captain, Zhao Zhiqing, why don't you ask Comrade Sun Yongchang for his opinion?"
Only then did everyone's gaze fell on the dispirited and haggard Sun Yongchang's head.
The weather was hot, so it was normal for people to lose weight. But wasn't Sun Yongchang a little too skinny? His cheekbones were sunken, and his eye bags were dark. Suddenly, he looked like a different person.
Captain Sun was furious. He snorted, "Sun Yongchang, tell me what you think? We are farmers. No matter what we do, we have to be down-to-earth. Tell me, no matter how many ancient poems we memorize, how is it of any help in eliminating illiteracy? "
Sun Yongchang smiled embarrassedly. Just as he was about to nod, he heard Zhao Wubin's cold smile. "Eliminating illiteracy is to get rid of the title of a peasant. Haven't you seen people who are proud of it?"
Captain Sun was so angry that his face turned green. "What's wrong with being a farmer? Zhao Zhiqing, you are looking down on us proletarians! "During the War of Resistance against Japan, if it weren't for the farmers providing food, what would the soldiers at the front eat?
The leader was able to successfully establish the new China by relying on the policy of surrounding the cities from the countryside. How much ability did Zhao Wubin have to dare to doubt the leader's approach?
Sun Yongchang's head was about to explode. He was afraid that the two of them would quarrel again. He quickly replied, "Captain is right. I am an honest farmer. Being down-to-earth is not wrong. I should learn to write …" As he said that, he looked at the angry Zhao Wubin. His voice was clearly much weaker. "Wu Bin's words also make sense. Ancient poems can reshape a person's temperament. We can't fall behind."
Fine, then learn ancient poems and writing at the same time!
It had to be said that because of Sun Yongchang's words, the Sun Family almost died of exhaustion. Memorizing ancient poems was already hard enough, and they still had to learn to write. Zhao Wubin didn't have much patience. At most, he would teach a word three times. What if he couldn't write it well? Then he had to write every day, reciting ancient poems while writing.
Just think about it, if someone who didn't even know how to hold a pen started to write the character 'Sun', it would be no different from scribbling. However, Zhao Wubin was strict. Those who didn't write well would be beaten. Sun Yongchang and his wife didn't escape this fate.
After a day, everyone in the family, except for Zhao Wubin and Sun Baoqin, had swollen palms. When they ate and held chopsticks, their hands were trembling. Sun Yongchang and his wife were still fine. After all, Sun Baoqin had said that she would bring the old couple to enjoy life after entering the city. Sun Chenggong and the rest couldn't take it anymore. Recently, for the sake of learning, they didn't collect firewood. Moreover, they didn't take care of the crops on the private plot seriously. The weeds were already knee-high. If this continued, the grain output of the private plot would decrease, and the whole family would have nothing to eat.
Sun Chenggong told Zhao Wubin that from tomorrow onwards, there would be no literacy campaign. Whoever wanted to do the literacy campaign could do it. He had to work in the fields. After saying that, he saw the children looking at him eagerly. Sun Chenggong pursed his lips and didn't say anything.
He didn't want to have any prospects. As for Da Ya, Er Ya, and the other sisters, they would continue to learn if they could. The children saw him continue to speak, and they started to cry.
As soon as Sun Chenggong expressed his opinion, his second brother also immediately said that he would quit the literacy campaign … The days of literacy campaign were too f * cking suffocating. Illiteracy was illiteracy. At least they didn't have to be on guard all the time.
The adults weren't willing, and the children were crying. The whole house was noisy. Zhao Wubin threw his chopsticks on the table, and everyone was scared into silence.
"You are the ones who said literacy campaign, and you are the ones who said no literacy campaign. What do you take me for? A permanent worker who comes and goes at the beck and call of the landlord? Literacy campaign must be carried out. The team leader came here to encourage you, and you suddenly gave up. What would the team leader think? Ah, he just asked you to show respect to the production team leader, and you retreated. Are you going against him, or are you cowards afraid of being outdone by the Lu Family? "
The last sentence was blatantly looking down on them. Sun Baoqin was angry. "Big Brother, Second Brother, what do you mean? Why did I ask Wu Bin to help you with literacy? Isn't it because I'm afraid that you will be outdone by Lu Mingwen? People keep saying that Lu Mingwen knows how to write, don't you feel aggrieved? " To Sun Baoqin, Lu Mingwen was like a pair of broken shoes that she had thrown away. He should live the rest of his life with his tail between his legs. Who knew that Lu Mingwen didn't live according to her wishes, and he threw himself into the literacy campaign. The people in the production team had bad mouths, bragging about how good Lu Mingwen was in front of her every day. She was so angry that she wanted to tear their faces apart. How could she let Lu Mingwen outdo her brothers?
Sun Chenggong Sun looked down at the rice in his bowl and didn't say anything for a long time. It wasn't that he was aggrieved, but at most, he felt uncomfortable. But the literacy campaign was because he had the ability. What could he do if he felt uncomfortable?
Sun Yongchang slammed the table. "Literacy, continue to do it. The Red Army has marched for 25,000 miles, so what's the big deal about literacy? Eat, eat, and continue after eating."
With Sun Yongchang's words, Sun Chenggong Sun didn't manage to complete the literacy campaign. However, he was unwilling to do so, and his concentration wasn't as focused as before. His writing was like drawing …
Naturally, there were people who went to the Yan 'an Village Production Team to complain about the Sunjiacun Production Team. It was inevitable that he would be mocked by the people in the Yan' an Village Production Team. He didn't even know how to write his own name, and he still wanted to pretend to be elegant? Running away instead of walking? Zhao Wubin was dreaming.
Sun Guixian was furious when she heard her nephew disagreeing with Zhao Wubin and getting beaten up by Zhao Wubin. Her brother must be crazy. If he didn't help his son but his son-in-law, how could he rely on his son-in-law when he was old?
For the past few days, she had been working in the pig farm every day. No matter what she said, Xue Huahua wouldn't listen. However, she still had to say, "Huahua, my brother and the rest are determined to learn. I think Dewen and the rest are almost done with their writing. Is it time to learn the ancient poems?"
Lu Dewen and the rest were writing and drawing on the ground. They would squat for half an hour at a time. She couldn't read, so she thought that Lu Dewen and the rest were still practicing their names. "Huahua, it'll be too late if you don't memorize the ancient poems now. Captain has arranged for us to split the cobs tomorrow. We have to rub the kernels and dry the corncobs. After that, it'll be time to harvest the rice. Tell me, where will you find the time to learn?"
The autumn harvest was exciting, but it was tiring. Lu Dewen and the rest were laborers. Where would they find the time when they were busy?
Xue Huahua was arranging the firewood in the yard. The bamboo poles and branches were all piled up on the eaves. The dried ones were piled up in the house. Lu Jianguo asked her and Li Xuemei to slowly dry the rest. The autumn harvest was coming soon. They wanted to mobilize everyone to work in the fields, including Liu Yunfang and Sun Guixian. They had to work tomorrow. They couldn't just hide in the pig farm and play around.
Sun Guixian stood beside Xue Huahua. She saw her twisting the straw into two and placed it on the ground. She immediately bent down to pick up the firewood and placed it on the straw. "Huahua, reciting ancient poems can improve one's temperament. Don't you believe me? My brother looks different after he recites ancient poems. Zhao Wubin said that it's the unique temperament of a cultured person …"
Xue Huahua kept repeating it in Xue Huahua's ears every day. Xue Huahua didn't respond to it. However, the two-year-old Dong Dong remembered it. Whenever he saw Sun Guixian, he would ask her to recite the poem, recite the poem …
"Sun Guixian …" Thinking that her ears would be free tomorrow, Xue Huahua said helplessly, "Why don't you go home and rest? We'll be busy tomorrow. Be careful that your injury hasn't fully recovered yet!"
Sun Guixian's leg hadn't recovered yet. Her walking posture was still a bit weird. Sun Guixian didn't care. "Captain asked me to break the corn. There's no need to run around … Huahua, are you worried about me?" No wonder people say that a close neighbor is better than a distant relative. When she fought with Old Man Liu, no one from her family asked about her. It was Xue Huahua who worried about her every day. She kept asking her to go home to recuperate.
She was very touched. "Huahua, don't worry. It will naturally recover in a few days. When I was young, I fought with the old man a lot. Once, I beat him until he couldn't get up for half an hour. I thought he was going to die, but in the end, isn't he still alive and well? Huahua, when are you going to let Dewen and the others recite the ancient poem? Captain said that literacy is a matter of pride for all production captains. Don't let the production team lose face … "
Sun Guixian wanted to say that she absolutely couldn't let the Sun Family get ahead of her. However, she was afraid that mentioning the Sun Family would hurt the relationship that the two of them had painstakingly cultivated, so she didn't say it.
Xue Huahua put the firewood. She pulled the straw on the left side gently and tied a knot to tie the firewood. She carried the firewood into the room and came out after a while.
The sun hadn't set yet. Xue Huahua tidied up the pigsty and carried the basket back home. As soon as she left, the brothers who were studying in the yard felt their hearts skip a beat. They looked nervously at the direction where Xue Huahua left. Lu Dewen pushed Lu Mingwen. "Second brother, are you ready?"
That's right. It was time for the monthly exam again. Xue Huahua went home first to prepare for the exam. If she did well, she would have rice and eggs to eat.
Lu Mingwen recalled the contents of the first grade textbook. He didn't dare to be too sure. "There should be no problem."
Lu Dewen asked Lu Jianxun and Lu Hongying. Their answers were similar to Lu Mingwen's. Chao Caizhi squatted and continued to work on the math questions left by Li Xuemei.
Sun Guixian held Dong Dong in her arms and sat on a stool in the porch. Dong Dong looked like her Dabao with thick eyebrows and big eyes. He was very likable and didn't sweat too much. Xue Huahua said that he took a bath two or three times a day. He was cute and clean. Sun Guixian felt that the atmosphere of Lu Dewen and others was not right. She turned to Liu Yunfang who was playing with Xixi. "Yunfang, what's wrong with Dewen and others? Did they slack off after Huahua left? That's not good. How can they always be supervised by others in their studies? They have to be self-conscious. Why don't you talk to them? "
Liu Yunfang and Xue Huahua had a good relationship. Lu Dewen and others would listen to what she said. She tried to persuade them from the bottom of her heart, but everyone gave her a cold shoulder. It was really a case of a dog biting Lu Dongbin. Lu Dewen and others didn't think that if she didn't care about them, why would she come to the pig farm to help every day?
When she was thinking about it, she saw Lu Dewen turned around and walked towards her. Sun Guixian felt nervous. "What's wrong?" She thought that what she said had annoyed Lu Dewen. Her eyes flashed with guilt.
Lu Dewen bent down and held the child in his arms. He shook the child gently. Sun Guixian frowned. "Dewen, don't you study? Your mom will be angry when she comes back. I'll carry the child. You should study quickly. Write. Writing is good enough. "
Lu Dewen lowered his head and played with the child. He didn't say a word. Sun Guixian was like a crow. As long as she was in the pig farm, there was no peace. After a few days, they learned to go in one ear and out the other. No matter what Sun Guixian said, they would not reply.
Liu Yunfang knew that Lu Dewen and others had exams. She couldn't be bothered to explain to Sun Guixian. Sun Guixian had a falling out with her family. What if she betrayed Xue Huahua one day? Therefore, if Lu Dewen didn't say anything, she wouldn't mention the exams either.
Not long after, Xue Huahua's shouts could be heard from afar. Lu Dewen answered at the top of his voice. He carried the child and ran outside. Lu Mingwen put Xixi on his neck and hurriedly followed behind Lu Mingwen. The whole family ran out of the yard in the blink of an eye.
Sun Guixian was speechless.
"Dewen and the rest are quite filial. When Huahua shouted for them, they ran away in a hurry. Unlike me, I can't even shout for people to eat when I get home."
Liu Yunfang cursed in her heart. She couldn't be bothered to talk to a brainless person like Sun Guixian. She locked the door of the kitchen and called Li Xuemei to go back.
The four pigs were already very fat. Lu Jianguo was afraid that everyone would be too tired and sleep like dead pigs. No one would know if the pigs were stolen. Therefore, he specially sent someone to guard the pigs at night. Therefore, Liu Yunfang wasn't worried that someone would steal the pigs. Even if someone did, they wouldn't be able to walk out of the production team.
Suddenly, only Sun Guixian was left in the bustling pig farm. She felt bored, so she patted her butt and left.
On the other hand, Lu Dewen, who had returned home, handed the children over to Xue Huahua and threw himself into the intense exam. He had to write his name first before he could answer the questions. He practiced every day and his name was very smooth. Other than the Pinyin alphabet that he had been tested on, the language questions were mostly written words. Xue Huahua would read them and they would write them. For the words that they forgot, they would write them in Pinyin and they would write them later. As for the mathematics questions, there were a lot of them. The subtraction method, addition and subtraction with parentheses, and three mathematics questions that he hadn't learned yet.
During the exam, the yard was exceptionally clean. There was only the sound of tree branches rubbing against the ground. Xue Huahua asked Xixi to stand guard on the eaves. If anyone looked around, she would tell him that he would be punished with half a bowl of rice.
Xixi got the job and was as proud as a peacock. If anyone stopped to think, he would raise his head and shout, "Work, work!"
As the exam became more difficult, it took longer.
As usual, Xue Huahua made food in the kitchen. Yesterday, Lu Jianxun climbed the tree to get a lot of jujubes. She boiled the jujubes, peeled the skin and removed the core. She mixed the jujubes with flour and sugar and prepared to steam them into jujube bread. As for the rice and eggs, it wouldn't be too late to cook them after the results were out.
She went outside to pick a few taro leaves and put them into the steamer basket. She flattened the kneaded flour into pieces and placed them on the taro leaves. Finally, she started a fire. When the steamer basket was surrounded by thick smoke, someone outside announced that she had finished writing.
It was Lu Dewen.
There was a stroke missing from his dictation and he got one question wrong in mathematics. His results were not bad.
Next was Lu Jianxun. He got all his words correct but got two questions wrong in mathematics. Because there was no question about the number of points, it could be considered a tie with Lu Dewen.
Next were Lu Mingwen and Lu Hongying. Both of them got both correct and got two hundred points.
Lu Dewen and Lu Jianxun didn't believe it. They were afraid that Xue Huahua would miss something because of her poor eyesight. They started to check their names, including the extension and contraction of the strokes. They didn't miss a single thing. Not only that, they really found the problem. When Lu Mingwen wrote 'Dao', the horizontal hook was not obvious. It looked like it was folded horizontally. When Lu Hongying wrote 'Ying', the last stroke was pressed down. Lu Hongying wrote 'Lu Hongying'. The two didn't give up and continued to check …
Unfortunately, there didn't seem to be any other problems. In other words, both of them got one question wrong and still got the highest score. The rice and eggs should be eaten by them.
Lu Dewen regretted it. His mistake could have been avoided. He would have found it if he checked a little more. Why didn't he see it …
Chao Caizhi had made a lot of progress. At least she met the conditions that Xue Huahua said she would pass. After Xue Huahua marked Chao Caizhi's questions, she turned to look at Lu Dewen and Lu Jianxun who were annoyed. "Don't be discouraged. Do your best next time. The autumn harvest is coming soon. Don't be lazy. In order to make everyone energetic for the autumn harvest and the upcoming study, let's eat to our hearts' content tonight."
Lu Dewen and Lu Jianxun were still immersed in their own mistakes. The gap between the four siblings was not that big. If he had answered the questions more carefully and answered one question correctly, he would have been the one to eat rice and eggs …
With a regretful attitude, he wasn't very interested in Xue Huahua's idea of eating to their hearts' content. Especially when he saw Lu Hongying, Lu Mingwen and Chao Caizhi eating eggs, he felt even more upset.
After Xue Huahua distributed the rice, she put the steamer in the middle of the table and a bowl of pickled cabbage soup. "Tomorrow is the autumn harvest. Everyone, cheer up. Let's go back to the way we used to study. I'll study first and then teach everyone …"
Lu Dewen didn't have rice or eggs, so he could only eat the steamed bun in big mouthfuls. To him, the steamed bun was white and tasteless. It wasn't as tasty as the wild vegetable pancake. When he took a bite and chewed twice, his face instantly lit up with excitement. He looked at Lu Jianxun with the same surprised expression. "Mom, it's sweet. It's sweet …"
Not only was it sweet, but it also tasted a little sour. Lu Dewen was so happy that he opened his mouth wide. The steamed bun in his hand was gone in a few bites. Xue Huahua told him to take it himself. He could eat as much as he wanted and it didn't matter if he was stuffed.
Lu Mingwen and Lu Hongying also took a piece and tasted it. They liked it very much. Xue Huahua told them to eat the rice and eggs in their bowls first. The rewards that belonged to the two of them couldn't be left until tomorrow.
Xue Huahua steamed the rice according to Lu Dewen's rice intake. It was a full bowl. Lu Mingwen was still fine. After eating the rice and eggs, he could eat the steamed bun. However, Lu Hongying was a little full. It was shameful to waste food. She gave half of the rice to Xue Huahua so that she could eat the steamed bun. Xue Huahua gave the rice to Chao Caizhi and told her to eat more.
Chao Caizhi had a big appetite when she got married. Slowly, she couldn't eat anymore. At the end of the day, it was because their family was poor. Chao Caizhi couldn't bear to eat more and tried to save as much as possible for Lu Dewen.
"Mom, can I really eat as much as I want?"
There were four layers of steamed buns made by Xue Huahua. Lu Dewen was afraid that he wouldn't have anything to eat tomorrow after eating one meal. He wanted to ask Xue Huahua if he could save some for tomorrow.
No one knew a son better than a mother. How could Xue Huahua not understand the meaning of Lu Dewen's words? "Eat first. There are also jujubes. If you really like it, I will make more in a few days."
They would be busy for many days. They had to work and study. Xue Huahua had to give them hope. Therefore, when making the jujube steamed buns, she deliberately saved the unripe jujubes and put them in the jar in her room. She would make more in a few days.
Although Xue Huahua said so, the siblings still restrained themselves. In the end, they left a few steamed buns, just one for each person. Xue Huahua put the steamed buns away and said, "You can eat the rest tomorrow at noon."
The siblings were very happy. After dinner, Xue Huahua went to the kitchen to wash the dishes. Xue Huahua said that she would do all the housework on the day of the exam. The siblings ate until their bellies were bulging. They didn't want to move. They were thinking about when the next exam would be. They had to work harder.
The next day, all the members of the production team set out. Some broke the cobs, some tore the corn, and some rubbed the corn kernels. Everyone had a job, and the division of labor was clear. Lu Dewen was assigned to carry the baskets. Lu Mingwen and Lu Jianxun were responsible for tearing the cobs and drying them in the sun. Only those who were responsible for rubbing the corn kernels could relax. The two brothers didn't stay idle. They worked and tested each other's questions, from Chinese to Maths.
The two of them kept their voices low and tried not to mingle with the educated youth to avoid revealing the extent of their literacy skills. Therefore, the club members around them couldn't understand what the two of them were mumbling about, but they roughly understood that they were trying to eliminate illiteracy.
The textbooks for Grade 2 were more complicated than Grade 1. There were ancient poems, texts, and the 9 × 9 table for Maths. Xue Huahua wrote the table on the wall of the central room and taught it to everyone after dinner. They were all literate. In fact, she didn't need to teach them. Lu Dewen and the others could read it themselves.
Multiplication was different from addition. For addition, one only needed to know how to count. For multiplication, one could only rely on rote memorization. Therefore, the whole family started to memorize. Therefore, in the yard outside the storage room, the club members heard the two brothers saying many numbers from time to time. For example, 2918, 3515. There was no connection between the numbers, so everyone was confused. What made everyone understand was that Lu Dewen and the others had started to recite ancient poems. Lu Dewen carried two baskets of corn and recited the poem as he walked. Sometimes, he forgot and ran to the educated youth in the field to ask him. The educated youth told him, so he continued to recite.
It was different from Sun Guixian's recitation of "Hoeing Rice at Noon". They were reciting "Moonlight in front of the bed" or something frost. It was said that it was written by a very famous poet in ancient times. It was much more famous than "Hoeing Rice at Noon". Xue Huahua was Xue Huahua. Even when learning poetry, she picked the best ones to learn.
When Xue Huahua taught them to recite poems, it was not just a simple recitation. She also taught them to understand the meaning behind it. Since they could recite it, they also had to know how to write it. At this time, the advantage of learning the strokes first came into play. Even if it was an unfamiliar word, they could remember it after writing it a few times. When they were working, they just needed to count the strokes and recite it in their hearts when writing.
When Sun Guixian knew that Lu Dewen and the rest had learned great poems, she was finally less worried. She was originally working as a corn cob, so she changed her job to tearing the corn cob leaves. She watched over Lu Mingwen and Lu Jianxun and secretly listened to them reciting poems. However, what worried her was that Lu Mingwen and Lu Jianxun only recited the same poem over and over again. They even asked some irrelevant questions. They had no intention of learning new poems at all.
That would not do. The Lu Family recited five poems a day. She had learned many poems from the Lu Family. Lu Mingwen and the rest's progress was too slow. She reminded Lu Mingwen to hurry up. They were not in a hurry at all. They said that they would learn whatever Xue Huahua taught them. They would listen to Xue Huahua's instructions.
Sun Guixian was anxious again. She wanted to talk to Xue Huahua about the progress, but the weather was not good. From time to time, there would be a heavy rain, causing them to be flustered. After a few days, everyone was exhausted. Sun Guixian was the same. She was so tired that she just wanted to sleep. She did not even have the energy to speak.
The corn stalks were tall, and it was hot to be surrounded. The people who were tearing the corn cobs were so tired that they did not dry their clothes from morning to night. It was the same for the members who were tearing the corn cob leaves in the storage room. Everyone carried a small stool and worked under the sun. In the beginning, they still had the energy to chat. However, gradually, everyone became less talkative. This was because after they finished their work in the production team during the day, they still had to tear the corn cobs from their private plots at night. After they were dried, they had to rub them. Every family worked day and night.
As a result, Lu Mingwen and Lu Jianxun seemed a little out of place. They were not like the cicadas and birds chirping in the trees. The two of them seemed to have been talking for a long time, and no one knew where they got so much saliva from.
Furthermore, the two of them were talking, and their hands were not any slower than others. Although they looked tanned and skinny, they were still in good spirits. When Lu Jianguo was patrolling, he praised the two of them for being young and energetic. He said that a good harvest was a happy event. Next, they would have to harvest the rice. Everyone had to keep their spirits up and learn from the two of them.
After tearing the corn cob leaves for a few days, many people's hands were swollen, especially their thumbs. Some of the more serious cases had their nails turned black. There was no other way. They had to dry the corn kernels while the sun was shining. Otherwise, when the rice was harvested, there would not be enough water in the yard. If the rice was damp and moldy, they would not be able to eat it.
When the whole production team was united for the autumn harvest, something happened to the Sunjiacun Production Team. Sun Yongchang fainted while carrying the basket. In the evening, Sun Yongchang's wife also fainted on the ground. Chenggong Sun fought with Zhao Wubin and wanted to kick Zhao Wubin and Sun Baoqin out. The Sun family was in a mess, and Zhao Wubin wanted Captain Sun to settle the score.
Logically speaking, every production team was busy and had no time to gossip about what happened. This incident would not spread to the Yan 'an Village Production Team. However, there was a Lu Jianguo from Ren' an Village who wanted to be the leader of the Advanced Production Team. As the saying goes, know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated. He took the opportunity to visit the production team next door. First, he went to their pig farm, and after that, he went to the yard outside the storage room to look at their corn. After that, he asked the team if there were any earth-shattering and joyous events, such as who saved the commune's cadres by visiting relatives, or who went to the mountains to hunt wild boars and rabbits and handed them in.
Every year, the Advanced Production Team would investigate these things. Fortunately, there were no such good things that happened out of the blue in the production team. He felt a little more confident in his heart. When he went to the Sun family village, people outside the storage room were talking about what happened to the Sun family. Lu Jianguo's mind moved. He asked Sun Yongchang's two younger brothers what happened to them.
Based on Lu Jianguo's judgment of people, he believed that the two of them would never lie to him.
As expected, he pretended to be curious and asked a few questions. The two of them talked about the people who came to the Sun family in detail, including how many times Sun Yongchang went to the toilet every day, how many times he drank water, and how his expression was when he drank water.
As for the fight between Sun Chenggong and Zhao Wubin, there was nothing to exaggerate. It was just that Sun Chenggong's son was beaten again. At night, he had a fever and had nightmares. Sun Chenggong and his wife took their child to the commune hospital that night. Finally, the child's fever subsided. The couple hurried back to the production team to prepare for work. Then, they learned that their parents had fainted again.
Lu Jianguo was curious. Why would Sun Yongchang and his wife faint? The autumn harvest was tiring, and heatstroke was common. Fainting shouldn't be so serious, right?
"What else could it be? I have long disliked Zhao Wubin and tried to persuade him to stop doing literacy. It's fine when he's free, but he has to work during the autumn harvest. He wouldn't listen and said that Zhao Wubin worked so hard to help them. He can't disappoint Zhao Wubin. He has to work and study at the same time. He doesn't even have time to sleep. It would be strange if he didn't faint. "
Lu Jianguo snorted coldly. What's wrong with working and studying at the same time? Xue Huahua's whole family had been through this. It could only be said that the Sun Family couldn't take setbacks. Captain Sun still dared to provoke him in front of the commune's cadres. He was really overestimating himself.
Thoughts aside, Lu Jianguo didn't say anything. The Sun Family fainted or had a fever. If he said anything, it would be too much of a schadenfreude. He continued to ask, "What's the matter with chasing Zhao Wubin out?" Sun Baoqin was Chenggong Sun's sister. "Hmph, they've had enough.
You don't know Zhao Wubin's character. He doesn't treat my elder brother and the rest as his elders at all. As a son-in-law, he slaps his hands whenever he wants. My elder brother's hands are all swollen. They have to work during the autumn harvest. With swollen hands, the speed at which they break the corn cobs and tear the corn leaves is slower. Someone complained and asked the team leader to give them less work points. My elder brother is a strong-willed man. He has never done any work in his entire life. It's the same for Chenggong. Zhao Wubin and Sun Baoqin are living in the Sun Family. One person's work points are shared between the two of them. The two of them are still being picky and scolding each other. My elder brother and sister-in-law fainted.
"Moreover, Zhao Wubin relied on his help to eliminate illiteracy and didn't work during the autumn harvest. If it were you, would you be able to tolerate it?"
Lu Jianguo shook his head. If it were him, he would have hung them on the tree and beaten them. How could he let them act like a tyrant at home? Zhao Wubin was infuriating, but Sun Yongchang deserved it. He couldn't blame others. Xue Huahua was right. It took two hands to clap. Neither of the two families were good people.
After hearing the good show, Lu Jianguo returned to Renan Village refreshed. Compared with the lively Sun Family Village, Renan Village was too quiet. It was good to work hard, but he always felt that something was missing. Even Liu Yunfang's scolding was gone. It was very uncomfortable.
He stood in the storeroom and told everyone what happened in Sun Family Village at the top of his voice. The charm of gossip was indeed endless. As soon as he finished, the expressionless people working in the yard suddenly became lively and chattered about the Sun family's matters.
"With one look, I can tell that Zhao Wubin isn't a good person. Not only did he harm a lot of people in the city, he also dared to harm people in the production team. Say, why didn't the thunder and lightning strike him every day?"
"Being struck to death is worth it. If it were up to me, he should be sent to the commune for a fight. We can't let him get away with it. If anything happens to Sun Yongchang and his wife, he will have two more lives on his body."
"If I were Sun Chenggong, I would definitely break his legs. Does he really think that just because he went to school, he can be so arrogant? He lives and lives in other people's houses, and he still dares to be arrogant. I think he must have been educated badly."
The educated youth at the side saw that they were implicated and hurriedly defended the educated youth. "You can't say that. We're educated, but we've never learned the principle of returning kindness with enmity. I think he learned bad things himself. Didn't you hear that he even harmed his own teacher?"
"This kind of person should be criticized." The people in the team still hated evil. Normally, they would scold and beat people, but they would definitely not be like Zhao Wubin, who was evil and killed so many people. "Sun Chenggong better beat him up until he can't get out of bed. Otherwise, when he recovers, he will probably think of ways to harm the Sun Family. It's too scary."
"That's right …" The club members thought of Sun Guixian, who was squatting in the corner quietly, and loudly reminded her, "Sun Guixian, hurry back to your parents' home and give Sun Chenggong some advice. Don't give him the chance to take revenge."
Sun Guixian was feeling terrible. No, it wasn't exactly terrible, it was just a bad feeling in her heart. She sincerely wanted the best for her brother, but her brother and sister-in-law didn't acknowledge her as a sister, and she was tormented by Zhao Wubin until she was dizzy. She wanted to scold him. After all, he was her biological brother, and he was in such a state, she was not in the mood.
After hearing everyone's words, she collected her thoughts, and her mind became clear again. "I'm not going back. How they do it is their business. If they blame me for instigating it in the future, I won't take it lying down."
She didn't trust her brother and sister-in-law's character anymore. She was determined not to get involved in the Sun Family's matters, so as to avoid being hated. If they didn't treat her as a sister, she wouldn't care about them.
After thinking it through, she didn't feel terrible anymore. She continued to work, and at the same time, she listened to Lu Mingwen and Lu Jianxun recite ancient poems. That's right, they had learned a new ancient poem, and it was different from the previous one. After listening to the brothers recite it a few times, she also knew how to recite it. "The spring breeze blows, the spring breeze blows, it blows the willows green, it blows the peach blossoms red, it blows the swallows, it blows the frogs awake …"
Sun Guixian's indifferent attitude made many people look at her in a different light. They couldn't believe that in just a few days, Sun Guixian had become so smart, so smart that it was a little abnormal.
Looking at Sun Guixian, her ears pricked up, and her mouth seemed to be chanting something. It was obvious that she was eavesdropping on Lu Mingwen and Lu Jianxun reciting the poem. They were wondering how Sun Guixian could be smart, so it turned out that she was basking in the light of Lu Mingwen and Lu Jianxun. No, no, they had to go over and bask in the light. They didn't need to become very smart, just a little bit.
Lu Mingwen and Lu Jianxun were reciting the text when they suddenly felt a lot hotter. It wasn't that it wasn't hot before, but it felt a little stuffy. The smell that entered their nostrils was no longer the sweet smell of corn, but mixed with a lot of sweat, fox odor, and even foot odor …
The two brothers turned their heads. F * ck, they didn't know when, but there were a lot of people surrounding them. The two of them were so scared that they quickly moved forward. It wasn't until the front was also surrounded by people that Lu Mingwen spoke in a trembling voice, "What's wrong? The Sun family's matter has nothing to do with me. Didn't I divorce Sun Baoqin …"
He thought that everyone had misunderstood something. He really didn't have any feelings for the Sun Family. How Zhao Wubin treated them was their own business. Why were they surrounding him?
"Mingwen, how's your literacy? Did you learn a lot of knowledge? I heard that reading makes people smarter. I think you brothers have really become smarter!"
Some things, it was fine if they didn't think about it carefully. Once they thought about it carefully, everyone couldn't help but think about it. Lu Dewen and Lu Mingwen's conduct in the past was well-known. They were people who didn't work at home. Look at them now. The three brothers were working harder than anyone else. After finishing the work in the production team, they even went to the private plot to work. The corn stalks in the private plot were all cut clean. They really learned how to do it.
As they thought about it, everyone got excited. Every family had one or two useless sons. If they could bask in the light of the three brothers and become smart and diligent, they wouldn't need to worry about them anymore.
Regarding literacy, the brothers already had a tacit understanding. "Auntie, we really didn't learn anything. We didn't learn anything."
How could the members believe such words? In any case, they had made up their mind to let their useless sons and daughters work with the two brothers to bask in the light of the Lu Mingwen brothers. Regardless of literacy, it was enough for them to be diligent.
Then, Lu Mingwen and Lu Jianxun realized that many people of the same age surrounded them. On such a hot day, it was like a swarm of bees leaning against the two of them. That smell was simply indescribable.
What made the two brothers speechless was that there were a few people who were clearly working in the fields, but they insisted on swapping to their side. In such a big yard, everyone was surrounding them. The two brothers didn't dare to study unscrupulously like they usually did … Why? They were afraid that someone would eavesdrop on them …
It wasn't just the two brothers who were surrounded by people. Lu Dewen, who was carrying the basket, wasn't spared either. He was responsible for carrying the corn cobs that the members broke off and brought them to the storage room. There were many paths that led to the storage room, but for some reason, everyone insisted on taking the same path as him. The problem was that the paths were narrow and only allowed one person to pass through at a time. With more people, the speed slowed down, and the burden on his shoulders became much heavier. Carrying one trip was more tiring than the previous two trips, but he was too embarrassed to scold them. The path belonged to the production team, so how could he control where they wanted to go?
In order not to compete with the others, he had to take a detour. He thought that by taking a few more steps, he would be able to avoid the others. Who knew that wherever he went, the others would follow him and not let him go.
Because of this, Lu Dewen was very uneasy. He wondered if he had offended someone, and they were deliberately messing with him. He didn't dare to tell others, only his mother. Xue Huahua was either in the pig farm or in the private plot all day. She didn't pay attention to the situation outside. She asked Lu Dewen if he said something wrong. Lu Dewen thought for a long time. These days, the production team had been talking about the Sun Family Village, so he shouldn't have said anything wrong. Xue Huahua told him not to think too much about it. She would see what the situation was the next day.
There weren't many things to do in the pig farm. Xue Huahua rubbed the corn cobs in the pig farm. The corn kernels that were rubbed were dried in the pig farm. She would carry them home in the evening. Li Xuemei did the same. As a result, the two of them rarely had free time. Li Xuemei would write on the ground, and Xue Huahua would read the strokes as she read. When she had free time, she would write it twice. Although the progress was slower than before, at least she had gained something.
On this day, she first cooked the pig food, cleaned the pigsty, and then went to the field to see Lu Dewen. It was similar to what Lu Dewen said. Wherever he went, the crowd followed, like a shadow in front of him and behind him. Xue Huahua pulled her throat and scolded, "Dewen, what are you doing? There are so many roads, why don't you walk with the crowd? Is there gold or silver on the ground?"
Lu Dewen shifted the pole on his shoulder. He felt wronged. Everyone was pestering him, what could he do?
Xue Huahua was still scolding, "Why are you walking so slowly? Did I not give you food or water to drink? Hurry up, do you want me to wave my sickle to invite you?"
To be honest, Xue Huahua's words were very intimidating. As soon as she finished speaking, the people blocking in front of Lu Dewen moved as if they were flying. They knew that Xue Huahua was very smart. If she really came over with a sickle, she would not scold him, but beat him up. In an instant, they didn't want to be closer to Lu Dewen and bask in his cleverness. Their lives were more important.
With the speed in front, Lu Dewen naturally sped up. Actually, carrying such a heavy load, he really had to walk faster. If he walked faster, his waist would sway so that he wouldn't keep thinking about how much longer it would take to reach the storage room and how far it was.
Xue Huahua shouted and wanted to go to the storage room. These two days, Lu Mingwen and Lu Jianxun's progress seemed to be a little slow. She wanted to see if it was because of the Sun Family's influence. Before she reached, she saw the people surrounding Lu Mingwen and Lu Jianxun. She scolded again, "Aren't you afraid of the heat? Do you want me to bring the blankets from home?"
After shouting, the men and women who were working raised their heads. When they saw that it was Xue Huahua, they scattered to the side like a swarm of bees, leaving Lu Mingwen and Lu Jianxun to surround a small hill of corn grains. The two of them were a little shocked. Xue Huahua shouted again, "What are you standing there for? You don't want to work anymore?"
The two brothers hurriedly shook their heads. They weren't slacking off. They just wanted to take a few more breaths of fresh air. These two days had really suffocated them. With all sorts of smells rushing into their noses, the two of them were almost suffocated to death.
Xue Huahua stood for a while. When she saw that the two brothers were working obediently, she only left. Before she left, she didn't forget to warn them, "If I find you guys chattering and gathering together again, just wait and see how I'll deal with you."
Xue Huahua didn't know what everyone was thinking. She thought that the two brothers were surrounding them to talk. They couldn't control other people's children, but they could control their own?
If she knew that his mother was so powerful, she couldn't wait to come earlier. The people in the yard didn't dare to surround them. The two of them were very relieved. Finally, they got rid of the smell and could study in peace.
After harvesting the corn, it was time to harvest the rice. The people in the production team were like a rope. They worked together and talked about the Sun family's affairs.
After Zhao Wubin and Sun Baoqin were kicked out by Sun Chenggong, they moved back to the educated youth's room. There weren't enough rooms, so Zhao Wubin squeezed into a room with the former male educated youth, and Sun Baoqin squeezed into a room with the female educated youth. The couple lived separately.
In the past, Zhao Wubin's character was just a little arrogant. The educated youth could still tolerate it. After moving back to the educated youth's room, he became more and more arrogant. He loved to talk about principles more and more. If there was a disagreement, he would pull a long face and say that he was doing it for their own good. If it was someone else, he wouldn't even bother to say it.
Damn, they were all intellectuals from the countryside. They weren't even friends. Who needed Zhao Wubin to do it for their own good? That was not all. Zhao Wubin also developed a habit of beating people. The educated youth's room was not Sun Family. When Zhao Wubin raised his hand, he immediately rushed over and beat Zhao Wubin. He couldn't live with this kind of person. He asked the team leader to replace Zhao Wubin, saying that he affected the harmony of the educated youth's room.
However, the female educated youth's room with Sun Baoqin was also not used to Sun Baoqin's arrogant attitude. She also complained that she didn't want to live with Sun Baoqin. The educated youth's room couldn't be rented. Sun Yongchang was still in a coma. Sun Chenggong insisted that a married daughter was like spilled water. He didn't care about the couple. The team leader had no choice but to let them live in the pig farm first. After the autumn harvest, they would expand the educated youth's room.
At that time, when the educated youth's room was built, they didn't think so much. They thought that a few rooms would be enough. Who knew that more and more educated youth would come. If they didn't expand the educated youth's room, there would be no place for the educated youth next year. Of course, Captain Sun didn't think about building a room for Zhao Wubin and his wife for free. He wanted to wait until Sun Yongchang woke up. Sun Yongchang valued Zhao Wubin as his son-in-law. He wouldn't let them have no place to go.
There were rooms in the pig farm, which were used to be used by the pig farmers. There was a kitchen and a central room, but it was useless for the couple. Other than some food, they had no firewood, rice, oil, salt, pots, stoves, ladles, and bowls. How could they eat?
Especially when Sun Baoqin was pregnant. She was used to living a life of food and clothing. She couldn't think of a way. Zhao Wubin was angry with Sun Chenggong. It was not good to quarrel with Sun Baoqin in the educated youth's room. At night, there were only the couple in the pig farm. Zhao Wubin couldn't help it. He vented his anger on Sun Baoqin. He often hit Sun Baoqin.
Of course, Zhao Wubin didn't know how to punch and kick. Sun Baoqin was pregnant with his child. He couldn't hurt the child. He used his hands to pinch Sun Baoqin's arms, thighs, back …
Every night, the pig farm would scream like a pig being slaughtered. Autumn Harvest was too tired. They couldn't even wake up from the rumbling thunder, let alone Sun Baoqin's cries.
Therefore, even if the couple fought every day, the production team didn't know.
As for the Yan 'an Village Production Team, they didn't know. For them, the most important day had come. September 1st, school reopened. They had to send their grandchildren to Commune Primary.
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