Everyone in the production team was busy harvesting the rice.
The weather was bad.
It rained from time to time, slowing down the harvest. If they didn't hurry to harvest the rice, the rice would grow seedlings in the field.
The rain came and went, and the members didn't dare to go home.
When it rained, they took shelter in the storeroom.
When the rain stopped, they went back to work.
For the sake of the harvest, everyone woke up early in the morning and went to sleep.
As the team leader, Lu Jianguo set an example. When he heard the news of a meeting, his expression didn't change. The news about Liang Lanfen spread quickly.
Since it involved Xiao Cadre's family, a meeting was unavoidable.
However, he believed that he didn't take sides in Liang Lanfen's matter. Not to mention the commune cadres looking for him, even if the county leaders went to the countryside to investigate, he would say anything.
He was not afraid of slanderous accusations, so he went straight to the commune.
To his surprise, Xiao Cadre didn't mention anything about Liang Lanfen and Fatty Xiao.
Instead, he urged him to hand over the public grain as soon as possible.
He was an advanced member.
After a while, he would represent Fenggu Township to participate in the county's Advanced Production Team Leader Commendation Conference. Lu Jianguo was confused. Why would he go to the county for no reason? He hadn't even been the Advanced Production Team Leader of Fenggu Township.
"This year, under your leadership, the Yan 'an Village Production Team has increased production and achieved a great harvest. A few of the communes have jointly recommended you to participate in the commendation conference. Comrade Lu Jianguo, you are a good comrade of the country. Our commune is relying on you to make us proud!"
Lu Jianguo was confused, especially the last sentence. He had heard this from many members in the team, but the person who said it was Xue Huahua. Xue Huahua's pigs were fat and strong, and she led the whole family to eliminate illiteracy. No one in the surrounding production teams was more capable than her. In front of Xue Huahua, everyone loved to say, "Huahua, you must persist in eliminating illiteracy. Our production team is relying on you to make us proud …"
Lu Jianguo didn't know how to react when someone suddenly said this to him. It was as awkward as saying his own name. Xiao Cadre continued, "If you have stage fright and are afraid to speak on stage, choose an educated youth to be with you. Workers, peasants, and soldiers are a family. The county leaders like to hear stories of love and love. Your production team has a harmonious relationship. It will definitely become a model for other communes to promote."
The commune cadres at the scene thought highly of Lu Jianguo. They kept calling him a good comrade. Lu Jianguo was so shocked that he didn't dare to speak. He returned to the production team with a blank mind. What did the commune cadres mean? Why did they choose him to participate in the commendation conference … No, why did they choose him and the educated youth to participate in the commendation conference? What kind of place was the county? He couldn't even go there once in a year or so …
Recommending him to represent the commune in the commendation conference … Was there a trap waiting for him?
He felt that his brain wasn't working well, so he went to the pig farm to find a smart person to analyze it for him. As soon as he stepped into the pig farm, he saw Lu Dewen and the other brothers sitting on the stools. Their expressions were solemn and their bodies were tense. They raised their heads and stared straight at Xue Huahua.
Xue Huahua held a stick in her hand. Whoever she pointed at would answer the question.
Xue Huahua, "75."
The stick pointed at Lu Mingwen. Lu Mingwen took a deep breath and hesitated for a few seconds. "57.
35”
Xue Huahua pointed the stick at Lu Dewen again. "96."
Lu Dewen stammered, "9696.
6969.....”
Lu Jianguo, who had graduated from elementary school, couldn't understand what number game they were playing. He called out to Huahua and scraped the mud off his rain boots. He then strode in. "Huahua, what are you guys learning?"
The siblings looked like they were facing a formidable enemy. It made him a little nervous. Lu Dewen frowned. After countless 6969, he finally read out the answer, "54."
The 9 × 9 table was not difficult, but there were too many words and it was easy to get confused. Lu Mingwen and Lu Jianxun worked together. They tested each other every day. Both of them improved a lot and could recite it backwards. For Lu Dewen, who carried the basket, he knew how to recite it backwards. It was a little difficult for him to recite the big numbers in front. After answering Xue Huahua's question, Lu Dewen let out a sigh of relief.
Lu Mingwen and the rest greeted Lu Jianguo. "Reciting the 9 × 9 table?" Knowing that Lu Jianguo had something to discuss with Xue Huahua, the siblings went to the side to study. Recently, they had learned a few texts, ancient poems, and Chinese characters. The siblings squatted down. Chao Caizhi took the role of Xue Huahua and tested them one by one …
The atmosphere was obviously a lot more relaxed. Xue Huahua's serious look was really too scary. It unconsciously scared the siblings. It was still Chao Caizhi who was gentle.
"Huahua, the commune cadres asked me to go to the county town to attend the commendation ceremony. What do you mean?" He was really not sure. As far as he knew, it was extremely difficult to get a place to go to the city for the commendation ceremony. Only a few communes combined would have one place. The attitude of the commune cadres was that they would rather have nothing than to have someone who could bring glory to the commune. The most important thing was not to bring shame to the commune. Therefore, those who could go to the city to attend the commendation ceremony were the few talented people recognized by the commune … How could he be that talented …
Xue Huahua put away the vines and pushed the stool to Lu Jianguo. She gestured for him to sit down and said, "It's good to be able to go to the county town. Why are you so nervous? Everyone knows that our production team's performance is good. Not to mention going to the county town, you don't have to feel guilty even if you go to the city."
Because of Lu Jianguo, she had done some research on the selection of the Advanced Production Team Leader. A few years ago, people were encouraged to learn from the spirit of Lei Feng. Good people and good deeds were an important part of the selection process. But in the past two years, good people and good deeds had been diluted. The selection was mainly based on the grain output. If the grain output was the same, the selection would be based on the quality of the grain. This year, whether it was the output or the quality, the Yan 'an Village Production Team was definitely in the lead. Lu Jianguo fully deserved to be the Advanced Production Team Leader.
"It's not that I'm guilty, I just feel that it's too unreal. There are a few communes nearby. Why is it my turn? And according to Xiao Cadre, he wants me to choose a positive educated youth to go to the county town with. What do you think he's trying to do? " If it wasn't for Liang Lanfen's matter, Lu Jianguo would have happily agreed. However, with Liang Lanfen's matter blocking his way, he would feel that whatever Xiao Luo asked him to do had ulterior motives and wasn't simple …
"Huahua, do you think he wants to get rid of Liang Lanfen?" It was a fact that Liang Lanfen was forced by the family of the cadres. If she continued to stay in the production team, it would always be a threat to Xiao Cadre. Besides, he had specifically inquired about it. The Li's and the Xiao's were in the midst of a divorce. Li Xiaohong was the deputy director of the factory. She had a salary and food stamps. She claimed that after the divorce, all her daughters would be left to the Xiao's. Any woman who wanted to be the stepmother of her children could go ahead. Li Xiaohong didn't care.
In this era, stepmothers were the epitome of sharp-tongued and cruel. Which good girl would be willing to be a stepmother? Especially a stepmother of several children. If Fatty Xiao really divorced, it would be difficult for him to marry a girl of the same social status.
Therefore, in order to keep Li Xiaohong, the Xiao's racked their brains to find a way to ask for her forgiveness. In order to ease the relationship between the two families, it was not impossible for the Xiao's to get rid of Liang Lanfen. Otherwise, if they met on the street one day, Li Xiaohong would feel disgusted and ask for a divorce. Wouldn't that be courting death? Lu Jianguo wondered if Xiao Cadre was hinting him to take Liang Lanfen with him and get rid of her.
If that was really the case, how many cadres of the commune would Xiao Cadre have to bribe to shut their mouths? For Liang Lanfen, Xiao Cadre really took great pains.
"You are an outstanding representative of Fenggu Township. You have made contributions to the production team and to Fenggu Township. What good things has Liang Lanfen done?" Xue Huahua couldn't guess what the commune cadres were thinking. But it was a bit disgusting to ask Liang Lanfen to attend the commendation ceremony in the county town. "There are many educated youths in our production team who are better than Liang Lanfen. As the captain, you should promote a positive spirit. If you choose Liang Lanfen, how do you think those down-to-earth educated youths will feel?"
How much of a blow would it be for educated youths if they couldn't compete with others who took the dishonest path after working hard? If other educated youths followed suit, the atmosphere of the production team would be ruined. Xue Huahua seriously suggested, "You should think about the educated youths. Sometimes, I don't mind doing favors for someone, as long as it doesn't ruin the atmosphere of our production team."
For Xue Huahua, any educated youth would be better than Liang Lanfen. At least they wouldn't set a wrong example for those who were wavering and had a weak heart.
Lu Jianguo thought so too. To be honest, if it wasn't for Li Xuemei's poor family background, he would definitely promote Li Xuemei. Li Xuemei and Xue Huahua raised pigs and helped Xue Huahua eliminate illiteracy. Everything they did was good for the production team, but …
"Huahua, what do you think of Luo Zhiqing?" Luo Mengying was an eye-catching person among the educated youths. Not long after she entered the village, she came to Lu Hongying to help with the chores. Unlike Liang Lanfen who exploited honest people, Luo Mengying was responsible for taking care of Lu Hongying's meals. Because of this, many people in the production team encouraged their children to get close to Luo Mengying. This year, Luo Mengying didn't ask anyone for help and did all the chores by herself … She might be slow, but at least she had a good attitude and didn't slack off. She was the down-to-earth type.
There were two reasons why Lu Jianguo chose Luo Mengying. Xue Huahua's family's textbooks were given by Luo Mengying. To be able to give so many books away without hesitation, it showed that Luo Mengying was a broad-minded person. Wasn't there a saying called selfless contribution? What Luo Mengying did was selfless, right?
As for the other reason, he often ran errands for Luo Mengying and received a lot of benefits from Luo Mengying. Most of the brown sugar, white sugar, and peppermints at home were given by Luo Mengying. If he could do something for Luo Mengying, Lu Jianguo was more than happy to do it. It was better to choose someone he knew rather than a two-faced person.
Xue Huahua had an idea, "Of course, Luo Zhiqing is a good person. Let's talk about her performance after she went to the countryside. Even though she was weak and not good at farm work, she tried her best to work with the others. She even found someone to learn how to take care of meals for others. After she came, many of the kids in our production team have eaten her food …"
Luo Mengying was the girl with the best personality that Xue Huahua had ever met. She came from a wealthy family and was neither arrogant nor hot-tempered. She did not look down on the people in the production team. Besides, she was calm and kept a low profile. Liang Lanfen stole her letter. If it was her, she would definitely think of ways to take revenge. However, Luo Mengying was open-minded and did not play any tricks in private … Although she did not agree with her, she really admired her.
"Alright, I'll talk to Luo Zhiqing about it."
After Lu Jianguo left, Xue Huahua called out to Lu Dewen, "Come sit here and continue memorizing the 9 × 9 table. Also, write down the poems that you learned last night. Many of the kids in the production team are studying at the Commune Primary. If you don't study hard, you'll be surpassed by them very soon. It'll be embarrassing."
Lu Dewen's expression changed when he thought that he was not even as good as a few years old. He had to work hard, he had to work hard.
Xue Huahua reviewed many multiplication tables and asked them to write down the ancient poems from memory. Lu Dewen had forgotten something. He secretly tilted his head and peeked at Lu Hongying. Before he could see it clearly, he heard a swoosh. Xue Huahua's vines fell on him. It was so painful that Lu Dewen quickly lowered his head, not daring to look around.
"If you don't know how to memorize, then don't. Why are you copying Third Sister's? Who can you blame if you don't put in the effort?" Xue Huahua was not in a good mood, "Think about it yourself. If you can't think of it, then keep it. This time, you copied Third Sister's. Next time, you'll have to forget it."
Lu Dewen nodded his head embarrassedly. He left one line unwritten and went to write something else. Besides writing the ancient poems from memory, they started to make sentences. Every time they learned a new word, they had to make a sentence. If they couldn't write the words in the sentence, they would write Pinyin. Later, they would ask Li Xuemei to make up for it. The siblings learned together.
It took them more than half an hour to write the ancient poems from memory, write the text from memory, and make sentences. If it wasn't for the people outside shouting for them to start work, they would probably continue writing. After they left, Xue Huahua checked their homework. Because they were too tired from the farm work, their progress was much slower. Fortunately, the results were not bad.
Xixi knelt on the ground and pointed at the poem written by Lu Dewen. He looked up at Xue Huahua and mumbled, "The flying stream descends three thousand feet, I suspect the Milky Way falls from the Ninth Heaven …"
Xixi had learned a lot of words recently. At night, when everyone was studying, he would learn and refuse to sleep. The poems that Lu Dewen and the rest could barely memorize seven or eight times, but Xixi could do it four or five times. Moreover, the first sentence when he opened his eyes in the morning was "The bright moonlight in front of the bed, I suspect the frost on the ground …" After memorizing it, he would memorize other poems. In bed, he would recite all the poems and texts he knew before he was willing to get out of bed. In terms of memory, Lu Dewen and the rest could not compare to Dong Dong.
"Does Xixi want to study?" Xue Huahua picked him up and let him stand at the side. She looked for something to wipe the words on the ground. Just as she turned around, she heard Xixi's childish voice, "Get to work, get to work!"
Xue Huahua didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She asked again, "Does Xixi want to study?" All the children in the team had gone to school. The older children would take care of the younger ones. Every morning, the children's shouts could be heard. The commune was far away, and there was no rule for adults to pick up the children. The children would go to the primary school by themselves. They would bring their own lunch, some with coarse grain pancakes, some with porridge. The school did not have a cafeteria, so they all ate cold food. Xue Huahua thought that if Xixi wanted to study, she would send him to school next year.
Xixi pointed at the words on the ground, "Recite poems, recite poems … The moonlight in front of the window is like frost on the ground …" His voice was rhythmic, starting from "Thoughts at a Quiet Night", followed by "Gazing at Lu Mountain Waterfall", one after another. His speech was not clear, but it was methodical. When Xue Huahua was wiping the words on the ground, he would circle around Xue Huahua and recite the poems and texts as if he was singing. Sometimes, Xue Huahua would follow him, but Xixi wouldn't let her. He reached out and covered her mouth, "Don't recite, don't recite …"
There were only the grandfather and grandson in the piggery, but it didn't seem deserted at all. After wiping the words on the ground, Xue Huahua flipped open the Grade Two textbook. Starting from the first page, she taught Xixi to point at the words and read …
When he was reading to the ninth page, Luo Mengying came. Lu Jianguo told her about going to the county town, but she didn't quite understand. It wasn't appropriate for her to go to the Commendation Ceremony for the Advanced Production Team Leader. She wanted to ask Xue Huahua what was going on.
"The commune leader didn't say what he was thinking. Lu Jianguo and I analyzed that we should find a down-to-earth educated youth to promote our production team …" The commune leader might have wanted to send Liang Lanfen away, but she was more inclined to think otherwise. No matter how selfish the commune leader was, he wouldn't have the guts to bring Liang Lanfen to the county town. With Liang Lanfen's disregard for the occasion, what if she hooked up with the leaders of the county town … The consequences would be unimaginable …
"Auntie, do you think the commune leader meant …" Luo Mengying felt that this wasn't normal. The Yan 'an Village Production Team had a great harvest this year, but the quota for the Commendation Ceremony in the county town should not have been given to Lu Jianguo.
"The commune leader didn't say it clearly. I think it's better to pretend that I don't know. Moreover, don't you want to study at the University of Workers, Peasants and Soldiers? This time, you can go to the county town with Captain. No one will be able to snatch the quota for next year. " Xue Huahua told her the truth so that she could be prepared. Whether the commune leader intended it or not, he wouldn't send Liang Lanfen away. Even if he wanted to send her away, it wouldn't be now …
Luo Mengying suddenly understood. She said in surprise, "If Captain Lu acts on his own, he will offend the commune leader." For people in the city, the identity of the commune leader was nothing to them. However, the production team was different. Everything they did had to go through the commune. In a remote place like Fenggu Township, the commune leader could almost cover the sky with one hand. If something happened, they wouldn't even have the right to appeal to the higher-ups. "Why don't we let Liang Lanfen go? I don't think she's in a good state …"
She didn't want Lu Jianguo to go against the commune leader. She had written to her brother about the Xiao family. Even if he didn't study at the university, he shouldn't have any dealings with the Xiao family. A person who forced a female educated youth to do that kind of thing couldn't be a good person.
"Since the commune leader didn't make things clear, he must have some scruples. Don't think too much. If you don't go, it won't be Liang Lanfen's turn. And I'm afraid it's not what we think."
The commune leader didn't hint at Lu Jianguo. What to do was naturally decided by Lu Jianguo. Even if the commune leader wasn't happy, Lu Jianguo did it openly and wasn't afraid of being criticized.
Xue Huahua was confused about something else. "Luo Zhiqing, you're experienced and knowledgeable. Do you think there's a follow-up on Liang Lanfen's matter?" She hinted that Lu Jianguo publicized what Liang Lanfen had done because he didn't want to implicate more people. In order to return to the city, Liang Lanfen messed around with the family members of the commune leader. In people's view, Liang Lanfen was someone who wouldn't stop until she achieved her goal. Since she could mess around with the family members of the cadres, she probably had an affair with many people in the production team. Even the entire educated youth's room had evil intentions. That was why Lu Jianguo made the first move.
The matter had blown up. No matter if it was for reputation or something else, someone should have stepped in to deal with it. However, it seemed that no one had done so. The Xiao Family's leader was also very calm, which was a little strange.
Speaking of this, Luo Mengying also frowned. "I noticed that Liang Lanfen was a little absent-minded …" Some things didn't happen, so it was fine. After the Xiao Family came and made a fuss, they looked at Liang Lanfen again. She seemed to be a little different. Some educated youth secretly wondered if Liang Lanfen was pregnant. She seemed to have put on some weight.
Actually, it wasn't just the brothel that was talking about it. Many people in the production team were also talking about it. After Liang Lanfen's university admission was canceled, she was in a daze. They just thought that Xue Huahua had scared her to death. They had heard from experienced female comrades that when a woman was pregnant, she would have pregnancy reactions. Liang Lanfen's situation might be caused by pregnancy.
Xue Huahua was stunned. "Pregnant? It can't be, right? "
"There was such a voice in the team, but I'm not sure whether it is true or not." After the Xiao Family left, Liang Lanfen went to work as if nothing had happened. However, she was often absent-minded, sometimes for a few minutes, sometimes for more than ten minutes. It didn't seem right. "By the way, Liang Lanfen asked for leave from the team leader. She will send a letter to the commune tomorrow!"
Xue Huahua frowned. If Liang Lanfen didn't settle down, sooner or later she would lose her life. In the evening, after work, she mentioned the matter of Liang Lanfen, so that Lu Jianguo could have some idea.
Lu Jianguo was very nervous. The next morning, he woke up early and followed Liang Lanfen, who was dressed neatly, to the commune. Liang Lanfen went to the commune's hospital first. When she came out, she was no longer anxious and dispirited. Instead, she walked with a refreshed look. Lu Jianguo felt that Xue Huahua was thinking too much. Liang Lanfen's situation was obviously good. How did it look like she was pregnant?
Before he could breathe a sigh of relief, he saw Liang Lanfen walking in the opposite direction of the production team. Lu Jianguo had a bad feeling. He ran up and wanted to chase her back. It was not easy for him to create an image of being forced and wronged in everyone's mind. But now Liang Lanfen's image would be ruined if he didn't pay attention. After two steps, he saw an aggressive woman walking not far away. Lu Jianguo hurriedly found a place to hide. He put his hands on the adobe wall, poked out half of his head, and peeped at the two people talking.
He didn't know what Liang Lanfen said, but Xiao Mu was very happy. She held her hand and spun around excitedly, which was completely different from her anger a second ago. The two people's voices were very low. Lu Jianguo couldn't hear what they said no matter how hard he tried. But he was sure that Liang Lanfen and Xiao Mu had reached an agreement shamelessly again.
Xue Huahua was right. It takes two hands to clap. Neither of them were good people!
Lu Jianguo couldn't control Liang Lanfen's actions. He took the opportunity when Liang Lanfen turned around to leave and ran away. Xiao Mu wasn't easy to deal with. Liang Lanfen would fail sooner or later if she kept contact with this kind of person. He decided to recommend Liang Lanfen to the west as soon as possible. Staying in the production team would be like a slave, making him worried.
As for what to do, he naturally had to discuss it with Xue Huahua.
"She really went to look for Xiao Cadre's wife?"
"I saw it with my own eyes. How could it be fake? You didn't see it. Xiao Cadre's wife was so angry when she saw Liang Lanfen. I don't know what Liang Lanfen said, but she was all smiles. She changed her expression faster than flipping a page of a book … "Lu Jianguo was extremely glad that Liang Lanfen wasn't his daughter. Otherwise, he would be furious." Huahua, you really have to get rid of her. You're right. If someone like her stays in the production team, she'll lead others astray sooner or later … "He had finally managed to intimidate the educated youths. He couldn't let Liang Lanfen ruin it.
"You better not worry about this. With Liang Lanfen's methods, it's only a matter of time before she leaves. Just wait and see. I reckon it won't be long before Liang Lanfen leaves." People like Liang Lanfen would never mistreat themselves.
"Will she affect my position as the leader of the advanced production team?" Lu Jianguo was worried about this.
"Don't worry, she won't." Xue Huahua's tone was firm. With how much Xiao Mu valued her grandson, Liang Lanfen would definitely leave in style.
Lu Jianguo believed Xue Huahua's words. He only hoped that Liang Lanfen would leave as soon as possible so that he could have some peace of mind. However, when the news of Liang Lanfen's departure came out, Lu Jianguo was still shocked. Liang Lanfen said that her family helped her to get a job in the factory, and it was a formal job. Who the f * ck would believe that? It was definitely the Xiao family who helped her. She sounded so righteous. Liang Lanfen was too f * cking shameless. If it was him, he would have cut ties with the Xiao family long ago. How could Liang Lanfen be so shameless …
Not to mention Lu Jianguo, the whole production team was shocked. Liang Lanfen's family background couldn't be hidden from everyone. Who would believe that she suddenly got a formal job?
Before the production team could give her a reasonable answer, Liang Lanfen showed up. She told them about her family with snot and tears. Her family regretted it very much. In order to get a formal job for her, her father went to the factory every day and cried to the leader. His eyes were almost blind. Her mother was the same. In order to beg for help, her legs were almost broken. She couldn't sleep at night because she was worried about her situation in the production team. Fortunately, God didn't disappoint the diligent. The leader pitied her parents because of their old age and agreed to let her work in the factory. She would officially start work next month.
There were working-class children in the educated youth group. They doubted Liang Lanfen's words. If they could get a formal job by crying, they wouldn't have gone to the countryside. Liang Lanfen was lying through her teeth.
As for what the truth was, they didn't know.
Of course, the people in the production team were simple. They didn't know what was going on in the factory. It was said that all parents cared about their children. No parents would not feel sorry for their children when they saw them suffer. However, many people valued sons more than daughters. In their eyes, daughters were far less important than sons. Liang Lanfen's parents were really good parents for doing so much for Liang Lanfen. Everyone sent Liang Lanfen off with their hearts full of blessings. As the saying goes, the road to happiness is strewn with setbacks. They didn't expect that Liang Lanfen would still be the first to go back to the city.
The people in the production team sighed. Xue Huahua didn't feel anything. She still worked in the pig farm during the day and taught Lu Dewen and the others at night. After they mastered multiplication, they entered a new round of study. Math began to use addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. In Chinese, they moved from long sentences to pictures. They looked at the pictures in the textbook, guessed what they were doing, and tried their best to write a story.
They had to use as many words as possible to clearly express the point that they wanted to express. It had to be said that this was the first time they had done this kind of question. They surrounded the textbook and looked at it over and over again. Their eyes shone with excitement. Lu Dewen asked, "Mom, are we writing an essay?"
It was raining a few days ago, so Li Xuemei didn't go to the pig farm. It was Luo Mengying who took some time to teach them. Luo Mengying talked a lot about school, and she talked about writing a composition. Luo Mengying was lazy and didn't want to write a composition, so she took out her brother's old homework and copied it. However, she forgot to change the names of the people in the composition. The teacher found out that she copied it, and she was punished to write two compositions.
Xue Huahua asked them to write the composition that Luo Mengying mentioned, right?
"Mom, don't we need to know a lot of words before we can write a composition? Aren't we too early? "They didn't even know a lot of words!
"If I tell you to do it, then do it. Since it's a question after class, it's definitely something you can do. Take a few glances and start. Don't dawdle. After you finish this question, there are more questions after that." The second grade textbook involved more in-depth content, and the learning time was much longer.
A few minutes later, the siblings wrote different versions of a picture of a farmer working hard. Lu Dewen's first part was: Don't be lazy, rain or shine. If you are lazy, you will starve to death … The whole part was about the consequences of being lazy, and Xue Huahua didn't want to say anything.
Lu Mingwen's main idea was: Work hard if you want to eat. He wrote a total of seventy words about eating, and half of them were pinyin.
Lu Jianxun wrote very briefly: Four men and five women working. He does his work, and she does hers. Don't talk, roll up your sleeves and work hard.
Lu Hongying wrote a harvest scene: The paddy is yellow, and the men and women are working hard. The harvest means that the day of food distribution is not far away. Once the food is distributed, the whole family will have food to eat …
When it was Chao Caizhi's turn, her writing method was similar to Lu Jianxun's. Four men holding sickles, and five women holding paddy …
Looking at their essays, the point was quite clear. It was either to persuade everyone not to be lazy, to eat, or to distribute food. It couldn't be said that the writing was not good. Xue Huahua picked up Xixi and pointed at the picture in the textbook. She asked softly, "Xixi, look at what everyone is doing."
"Work, work!" Xixi pointed at the man in the picture and answered firmly.
Lu Dewen gave him a thumbs up. As expected of his seed. Two words hit the nail on the head, and he had potential.
Xue Huahua didn't know how to comment on their essays. When they were working the next day, she asked Li Xuemei whether it was good or bad. She didn't know much herself, but from the textbook she had memorized, it seemed that the words and sentences were not full enough.
"It's a bit wordy at the beginning, but it will be better when your vocabulary is rich." In Li Xuemei's opinion, Lu Dewen and the others were hardworking. Learning was a slow process. Xue Huahua might not have noticed that Lu Dewen and the others could write more than three hundred Chinese characters since they started. They were making rapid progress.
"Is there any way to increase your vocabulary?"
Li Xuemei nodded. "If you increase the amount of reading, your vocabulary will gradually be rich. Dewen and the others are writing more now. They can read by themselves without Pinyin. At that time, they can read two essays a day …"
Xue Huahua thought it made sense. She just needed to concentrate on learning Chinese characters. She just needed to know how to write, understand the meaning, and make sentences. Moreover, Xue Huahua had set a strict standard. She needed to learn 30 Chinese characters every day, 30 derived words and sentences. She would dictate the Chinese characters and words she learned every two days.
The siblings did not feel that it was hard. Instead, they were full of energy and began their days of counting strokes. After the rice was harvested, Lu Mingwen and Lu Jianxun were in charge of cutting the corn stalks. The two brothers stood shoulder to shoulder and tested each other on Chinese characters. The two brothers had a special characteristic. They liked to test each other on difficult characters. They could often write complicated characters but couldn't remember the simpler ones.
For example, when Lu Mingwen tested Lu Jianxun on the corn rice, Lu Jianxun couldn't remember it no matter how hard he tried. Not only did he not know how to write it, he had no impression of it at all. He remembered that when they were learning the words yesterday, Xue Huahua said, "This is the rice we eat. If you can't even write this, you might as well starve to death."
He had forgotten how to write it. After a while, he asked Lu Mingwen, "Alright, I don't know how to write it. You tell me."
Lu Mingwen was overjoyed. "I won?" He had also won the previous round of Mathematics. If he won the Chinese round, he would have won two rounds in a row. Thinking of this, he smiled even more happily.
"You won. You won. Tell me how to write it."
Lu Mingwen's index finger paused in the air for a while and then scribbled a few strokes randomly. When he was done, he looked at Lu Jianxun. "Do you know how to write it?"
Lu Jianxun shook his head. His face was full of suspicion. "Second Brother, do you not know how to write either? Why do I feel like you're writing something wrong when you try to count the strokes with me?" The two of them had been studying for two to three months. How could he not know Lu Mingwen? If Lu Mingwen knew how to write, he would definitely say proudly, "Look, I'm starting to write. One horizontal, two vertical, blah blah blah blah blah …" Suddenly scribbling in the air, there was definitely something fishy going on.
Lu Mingwen's expression stiffened. His tone became serious. "You didn't look carefully and you're blaming me for scribbling? I don't care what you write, I win anyway. "
Lu Mingwen was angry. He threw the chopped corn stalk away and walked away. Lu Jianxun quickly pulled him back. "Second Brother, where are you going?"
"Didn't you say that I wrote it wrong? Luo Zhiqing is over there. Let's ask her. Look carefully. Don't tell her that she's also scribbling. " Lu Mingwen was very angry. He strode towards Luo Mengying, who was bundling the wheat stalks. "Luo Zhiqing, can I ask you how to write the rice in corn?"
Luo Mengying opened her hand and scribbled a word on her left palm. Before Lu Jianxun could react, Lu Mingwen jumped up. "Jianxun, look. Didn't Luo Zhiqing write the same thing as me? I wrote it like this too … "Afraid that Lu Jianxun would deny it, he raised his hand and made bold gestures in the air. His speed was fast and urgent. When he was done, he looked at Lu Jianxun." Did I write it like this? "
To be honest, Lu Jianxun was sure that Lu Mingwen didn't write it like this the first time. But he knew that no matter what he said, Lu Mingwen would not admit it. What a scam. He shouldn't have given Lu Mingwen the chance to ask Luo Zhiqing. At least he should have asked him to write it on the ground. Now that there was no evidence, what else could he do other than admit defeat?
"Alright, you win." Lu Jianxun squeezed the words out of his mouth unhappily. He turned around and walked away. "Come, come, come. Let's go again." After suffering in silence, he would never let something like this happen again.
"What do you mean I win? I obviously won."
"Alright, alright, alright. You win, alright?" Lu Jianxun began to recall the Chinese characters he had learned yesterday. How could he make a comeback? Just as the two of them squatted down to chop down the corn stalks, a sweet female voice came from the path, "Comrade Mingwen, Comrade Mingwen, I have something to talk to you about."
The two brothers turned around and saw a cheerful Liang Lanfen. Lu Jianxun's mood instantly turned sour. He nudged Lu Mingwen and said, "Second Brother, you haven't forgotten that Mom hit you, right?"
His mother couldn't tolerate sand in her eyes, especially a big sand like Liang Lanfen. She was a thorn in his flesh. Afraid that he would be implicated, Lu Jianxun put away his sickle and walked to the side. He refused to stay with Lu Mingwen.
As soon as he left, Lu Mingwen quickly chased after him. He had nothing to say to Liang Lanfen, so he had to let Lu Jianxun be his witness. "Jianxun, Jianxun, don't run away."
"Comrade Mingwen." Liang Lanfen wiped the soles of her feet and stepped on the sweet potato vines into the field. Her voice was soft and not as sharp as before. "I'm here to thank you. Thank you for taking care of me after I entered the village …"
Lu Mingwen was stunned. He waved his hand in embarrassment. "Liang Zhiqing, don't say that. It's what I should do." The past was in the past. Don't bring it up again. Otherwise, he would be waiting for another beating when he returned home.
Liang Lanfen's lips curved into a smile. She guessed that they would be leaving soon. She thought about a lot of things that happened in the production team, and the person she thought about the most was Lu Mingwen. He was simple and honest, and he worked hard without any complaints. She had done so many hurtful things to him, but he did not even get angry and quarrel with her.
Suppressing the unrealistic thoughts in her mind, Liang Lanfen said slowly, "I'm leaving tomorrow. I came here to tell you something. There are still a few days before the distribution of food. I've told the captain that the food I get this year will be counted as yours. You've helped me a lot in the past, but I've never treated you to a meal …"
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