Lu Jianguo was also thinking about this matter,
The people in the field ran to the pig farm to take refuge in the fire. They shouted that the Zhao Chenggang brothers were crazy. They were all scared like turtles,
They hid in the pig farm and refused to go out. They were afraid that Zhao Chenggang would go crazy and hurt people everywhere,
Lu Jianguo chased the people to the field like ducks and turned back to talk to the Xue Huahua,
"Huahua,
Is there something wrong with Dewen's wife? "
There were two gossipy women who were whispering,
They were afraid that the Chao Caizhi would also infect them with her madness,
They chattered and shouted that they wanted to stay away from the Chao Caizhi,
Lu Jianguo did not want the matter to blow up, so he felt that it was better to ask the Xue Huahua.
The Xue Huahua held the broom with one hand and her eyebrows were full of doubt,
"What's wrong with her?"
"He's insane.
The captain's men said that the Zhao Chenggang brothers are not normal and are worried about Dewen's wife … "
"The Caizhi can eat, talk, and work,
How is she not normal? I think they are the ones who are crazy,
They were scared by two hotheads in broad daylight and hid in the pig farm. "The Xue Huahua could not guess why the Zhao family left in such a hurry, but to say that their brains were not normal,
It was absolutely impossible,
That day, Lu Dewen grabbed Zhao Chenggang and let him beat him,
Zhao Chenggang maintained his rationality and did not make a move,
How did he look stupid?
Lu Jianguo agreed,
"You're right, there are twenty to thirty people working in the field. They ran away like they were chased by mad dogs. It's too embarrassing. I'll go to the field and take a look. I'll help you criticize whoever dares to gossip." A good atmosphere was stirred up by two or three sh * t-stirrers. It was too bad for the reputation of the advanced production team. He had to talk to them.
For the benefit of the production team, Lu Jianguo did not beat around the bush. He caught the women who gossiped about Chao Caizhi and scolded them. After working with the Xue Huahua for a long time, Lu Jianguo learned a lot of scolding without using dirty words. He scolded them like firecrackers until the other party was ashamed. Thanks to Xue Huahua's intelligence, Lu Jianguo felt that he was in high spirits and high-spirited. It was as if there was light under his feet, and wherever he walked, it was sparkling.
The people who were gossiping about Chao Caizhi did not dare to speak anymore. Lu Jianguo sternly warned them that if they continued to whisper and make Xue Huahua angry, they deserved it. Xue Huahua could not afford to offend her, so the only way was to shut up and try not to make Xue Huahua angry. The production team next door asked them why they suddenly ran to the pig farm together. Everyone said the same thing: when the Zhao family borrowed food, they informed Xue Huahua!
This made the production team next door worship Xue Huahua very much. The status of Xue Huahua is almost catching up with that of Lu Jianguo. No, Lu Jianguo's family has a bad relative, so he did not mobilize everyone to tell him. Xue Huahua is more powerful. It should be known that when Xue Huahua brought people to the fourth production team to pick food, the leader of the fourth production team was afraid that it would take too long for Xue Huahua, so he did not let them line up. Instead, he directly asked the accountant to calculate the food that Xue Huahua and others should get. After Xue Huahua and others left with the food, the leader let them line up and follow the order.
Xue Huahua's strong status is unshakable.
Speaking of the fourth production team, the members of Renan Village have a lot of topics to talk about. Liu Huaxian dared to bring people to the fourth production team, so she is definitely not easy to deal with. When Xue Huahua and others went to the fourth production team to pick food, did Liu Huaxian not stop them? Hundreds of kilograms of food are gone just like that. Is Liu Huaxian really willing to do that?
Hearing someone's sincere question, the comrades of the fourth production team put away their sickles, sat down on the sweet potato vine, put their hands around their knees, and said loudly, "What does she dare to say? Our leader welcomed Xue Huahua respectfully. You don't know, when Xue Huahua came to our storage room, there were some people standing in line outside. Xue Huahua's face was sullen, and she asked gloomily if they were queuing here. The comrades in front of her who were full of joy were scared and shivered. They quickly made a gesture of "please" and said, "I don't want to queue, I don't want to queue, you first!" Our leader's eyes glanced at Xue Huahua, and his face turned pale. He called the accountant several times, but he didn't know what to say. When his wife reminded him, he came to his senses and immediately urged the accountant to weigh Xue Huahua's food first … "
It was not easy for them to get the food. The people who were excited all night went to the storage room before dawn to wait, happily talking about the joy of the harvest. When Xue Huahua stood there, everyone suddenly became silent, and they didn't even dare to raise their heads, for fear of being remembered by Xue Huahua. "I don't mean to say, but Xue Huahua in your team is really scary. She carried the food and disappeared before we dared to talk in a low voice."
Compared with Xue Huahua, Liu Huaxian was nothing.
The comrades of the Yan'an Village Production Team replied, "Not to mention you, the whole production team is afraid of her. Her whole family is good at eliminating illiteracy, and everyone is very good at it. However, Xue Huahua is not an unreasonable person. If you don't offend her, she basically won't get angry, so don't scare yourself." Xue Huahua was a smart person in the production team. Those who were beaten and scolded by her deserved it.
The two production teams were connected to each other. When talking about the production teams, no one was in the mood to work, so they simply sat in the fields, talking about their production teams, and talking about their production teams, exchanging information, and sharing resources.
Of course, the content of their conversation would be passed to Xue Huahua through different people. Xue Huahua did not care about what others thought of her. Her mind was focused on the studies of Lu Dewen and the others. There was less work in the fields, so the whole family devoted themselves to studying again. The Lu Family was preparing to separate. Li Xuemei could not spare time, so Luo Mengying replaced Li Xuemei and taught Lu Dewen and the others the textbooks of Grade Two. They taught Chinese in the morning and Math in the afternoon. The learning time was not long, but Lu Dewen and the others worked hard in private, so they were obviously much faster than when they were busy with farming.
In the next exam, there were a lot more questions than before. The siblings did not dare to be careless, so they kept their heads down and concentrated on doing the questions. Xue Huahua was cooking in the kitchen, while Luo Mengying was supervising the exam in the yard. There were a few female comrades of the educated youth next to them. They looked at the questions on the ground with disdain. If it were them, it would only take them ten minutes to finish the questions. The siblings racked their brains to think for a long time, but they could not come up with an answer. Math was fine, but they could not write many words in Chinese, so they could only write Pinyin clumsily. It made people want to laugh. After a while, the male educated youth who were curious also came. They were attracted by the dense questions on the ground. They all squatted down and looked at the questions carefully. Different from the ridicule of the female educated youth, the male educated youth were thinking about the answers silently. Zhou Xu looked down at the question and said, "Comrade Dewen, you made a mistake on this question …"
Lu Dewen, who was squatting on the ground, raised his head in surprise and looked at the place where Zhou Xu was pointing. He carefully glanced at the kitchen and saw that Xue Huahua was looking at him. He quickly waved his hand at Zhou Xu and said, "It's wrong. Just do it right next time." It did not matter if he could not eat rice this time, as long as he did not lose his porridge.
"If I tell you, then hurry up and change it." Zhou Xu did not understand what Lu Dewen was thinking. It was the school's final exam, and he could not wait for someone to help him calculate the answers. That was why he told Lu Dewen about it, but Lu Dewen did not appreciate it.
Lu Dewen looked down and moved back a little, continuing to do the questions. The Math questions were difficult, and it was easier to go from difficult to easy, so he started with the Math questions. After listening to Zhou Xu's words, he was a little annoyed that Zhou Xu was being a busybody. He would go back and check after he was done. Now that Zhou Xu had pointed out his mistakes loudly, should he correct them or not? If Zhou Xu did not tell him which question was wrong, he might be able to check it himself. Now that Zhou Xu had reminded him, it did not feel like he was cheating if he corrected it himself.
The educated youths just watched the fun and left. The siblings still had to rely on their results to make a living.
Luo Mengying also reminded Zhou Xu not to disturb them and affect their performance.
Zhou Xu was not happy, but he knew that Luo Mengying was speaking the truth. The worst thing to do in an exam was to be distracted. He said to Lu Dewen, "You guys do it, I'll just watch and won't disturb you."
It was not a secret that Lu Dewen and the others were illiterate, but it was the first time they heard about an exam. If it was not for Luo Mengying asking them to stay for dinner, she might have come back later. The educated youths did not know that Lu Dewen and the others had exams after studying. Someone said that they should go and take a look, and everyone came. It had to be said that for them, who had left primary school for so many years, this kind of exam made them miss it. Compared to the concentration of Lu Dewen and the others, they were more excited and happy.
The three brothers had male educated youths standing beside them. When they saw that they had written wrong, they would remind them softly. Their fingers pressed on the wrong word, and their voices could not be any softer. "This, this word is wrong, hurry up and change it."
Lu Jianxun fixed his eyes on it, and when no one was paying attention, he pursed his lips and asked, "How do I write it? I forgot. Write it for me …"
The male educated youth hurriedly gestured on the ground. Lu Jianxun's eyes lit up, and he quickly crossed out the wrong word and wrote the correct one. He was afraid that the result was not good enough. "Help me look again. Tell me if there are any mistakes." He was afraid that his voice would be heard, so his tongue and lips did not move at all.
The male educated youth understood and started to check from the first question. He used his fingernails to mark the mistakes.
The situation was the same for Lu Mingwen. "Comrade Mingwen, your question is wrong too. Hurry up and change it." For the examinees, the happiest thing was to peek at the answers of their deskmates. He understood Lu Mingwen's feelings too well. Almost every step that Lu Mingwen took, he followed Lu Mingwen like a shadow that could write and calculate. Once Lu Mingwen made a mistake, he would remind him with a small gesture.
The final result was imaginable. Lu Mingwen and Lu Jianxun tied for first place with double scores. Lu Dewen and Lu Hongying both made mistakes in Chinese and Math. Luo Mengying told the results to Xue Huahua. Xue Huahua's face was expressionless. After stuffing firewood into the stove, she walked out and sincerely thanked Luo Mengying for setting the questions for the four siblings. Once again, she asked Luo Mengying to stay for dinner.
"Auntie, don't be too polite. I just wanted something new. The educated youth's room is already cooking. If there's nothing else, we'll leave first." It was getting dark. Luo Mengying asked the educated youths to leave. She didn't mean anything else by setting the questions for Lu Dewen and the others. She just wanted to experience the pleasure of being the teacher who set the questions. Perhaps every educated person had dreamed that their questions could baffle everyone.
No matter what Xue Huahua said, Luo Mengying refused to stay. She left with a few female educated youths, chatting and laughing. Among the siblings in the courtyard, Lu Mingwen and Lu Jianxun got the highest scores. They stood in the examination area like primary school students waiting to be praised. However, after waiting for a long time, Xue Huahua didn't say anything, nor did she express her opinion on the exam. Lu Mingwen was not confident. He looked up secretly and saw his mother looking at him with a gloomy face. Lu Mingwen shivered. "Mom, what's wrong?"
"What's wrong? You know what you did. Do you think I don't know how much you and Fourth Brother are worth? 100 points? Who are you trying to fool? You don't work hard and only think about cheating in exams. You even eat rice and eggs? Aren't you ashamed? " Xue Huahua kept a straight face and didn't smile. Lu Mingwen's heart was beating fast. Xue Huahua said again, "Go back to your room and reflect on yourself. Come out when I tell you to, in case you lose your appetite."
After that, Xue Huahua went into the kitchen. It was Lu Dewen's turn to scoop water to wash his hands and eat. She ignored Lu Mingwen and Lu Jianxun. The two brothers went back to their room dejectedly. Thinking that their little tricks were seen through by Xue Huahua, their faces were burning. The room was a little dark, and the moonlight shone through the window. The two brothers stood against the wall and didn't say a word.
Outside the door came the fragrance of rice. It was this year's new rice. The steamed white rice was glutinous and fragrant. There were also eggs. Yesterday, Xue Huahua told them that if they did well in the exam, they didn't eat boiled eggs. Instead, they should spread the eggs into pancakes and cover the rice. The pancakes were golden, like the golden ears of rice in the rice field. There were also sour jujube buns … Thinking of what they missed, the two brothers' faces almost turned into mud.
"Second Brother, how many questions did the young man tell you?" Lu Jianxun lowered his head and asked Lu Mingwen listlessly. If he knew this was the result, he would rather lose his tail than do it now. His appetite was halved, which meant that he could only eat half a bowl of porridge and half a steamed bun …
Lu Mingwen shook his head. He thought that the young man would give the correct answers, so he didn't pay much attention to writing the answers. Anyway, the young man would tell him if he made a mistake, so he didn't pay much attention when answering the questions.
Lu Jianxun sighed dejectedly. His situation was similar to Lu Mingwen's. It was rare for him to give the young man a wink, but he didn't pay much attention himself. "Second Brother, do you think Big Brother and the others will finish eating soon? Will they finish all the sour jujube buns? " Yesterday, his mother excitedly told them that everyone would eat a big steamed bun today, but it turned out to be like this.
Lu Mingwen swallowed twice. "Do you want to go out and have a look?"
"No, Mom said that we can only go out when she calls us. If we go out now, half a bowl of porridge will be gone." Lu Jianxun wouldn't fall for Lu Mingwen's trick. Whatever Xue Huahua said, he would do. He couldn't do the opposite. "Second Brother, tell me more about the questions in the exam. I want to see how many points I can get." Lu Dewen and Lu Hongying didn't score high. If he could beat them with his ability … he would die of nausea …
Lu Mingwen started from the language questions, and Lu Jianxun answered them one by one. When the language and math questions were done, Lu Jianxun roughly calculated his score. He felt weak and sweaty … Lu Dewen scored 96 in language and 95 in math, while Lu Hongying scored 97 in language and 93 in math. According to Lu Mingwen, his score was higher than the other two.
Lu Jianxun held his forehead. He had a terrible headache. Why couldn't he put his hopes on the educated youth? He could have won. He regretted it so much that his intestines turned green.
"Second Brother!" Lu Jianxun was about to cry. "Why did I ask the young man for help? I could have won. The rice and eggs are supposed to be mine!" Lu Jianxun leaned against the wall. The more he said, the sadder he felt. Tears rolled down his cheeks.
Lu Mingwen didn't cry, but he didn't look good either. He did all the questions again. His score was better than Lu Dewen's. He was the one who should have eaten the rice. Why did he get possessed and shot himself in the foot?
Lu Dewen, who was passing by, heard the sobbing in the room. He carried the bowl of soup and walked into the living room. "Mom, mom …" Before he could get down to business, he noticed that his mom was staring at him. Lu Dewen's body trembled slightly. He lowered his voice and said, "Mom, Second Brother and Fourth Brother are crying in the room. I think they have reflected on their mistakes. Should we call them out for dinner?"
Lu Dewen felt that he would be at the bottom of the class when he was doing the questions. Lu Mingwen and Lu Jianxun encouraged each other and learned from each other. They improved the most, especially in Mathematics. Both of them had quick reflexes. Whether it was addition or subtraction, they only needed a few seconds to come up with the answer. Hence, he placed his focus on Language. He wanted to ensure the accuracy of the Language questions to improve his overall score. He didn't expect that Lu Mingwen and Lu Jianxun would fail miserably.
Xue Huahua frowned. "Are you the one in charge or am I the one in charge? Put down your chopsticks if you don't want to eat." Xue Huahua grabbed the bowl of soup and fed Xixi with a bamboo spoon. Lu Dewen sat down resentfully. He didn't mention anything about calling Lu Mingwen and the rest for dinner. Thinking about it later, he was glad that he was lucky. He didn't listen to Zhou Xu and changed his answer. Otherwise, he wouldn't even have a share of this meal.
Under his mother's watchful eyes, he couldn't count on luck. No demon or ghost could hide from her. His mother's eyes were on him.
The absence of the two of them didn't affect the atmosphere at all. Xixi ate an egg and drank some soup. He took half a steamed bun and ate it with relish. When he was in high spirits, he pointed at the words on the wall. After a few random words, he started to recite poems. He was very happy. After dinner, Xue Huahua let Lu Hongying carry Xixi. She cleaned the bowls and chopsticks before coming out with two bowls of porridge. She shouted into the room, "Lao Er, Lao Si, come out for dinner."
The smell of scrambled eggs still lingered in the central room. Lu Mingwen and Lu Jianxun were eating a steamed bun with sour dates. It tasted the same as last time, but the two brothers couldn't taste it. They were dejected.
People really couldn't be lazy, whether it was working, studying or taking exams.
After the two brothers finished dinner, Xue Huahua let them wash the bowls themselves. The whole family sat around the table and talked about the exams. Xue Huahua's expression was very solemn. "Everyone knows how Second and Lao Si got their results. The educated youth can tell you the answer today, next month, and the month after that. But what about next year and the year after that? Can they make you rely on them for the rest of your lives? The exams are just to test the effect of your previous studies. They're to find out what you missed and make up for it. You're to relearn the things you don't understand. You need to learn how to consolidate your memory. Is there any meaning in what you're doing? If you think the exams are troublesome, why don't you just cancel them … "
Lu Mingwen and Lu Jianxun panicked. They said anxiously, "Mom, don't cancel the exams. We like exams." If they didn't take exams, where would they get rice and eggs to eat? They liked exams from the bottom of their hearts.
"Since you like it, why are you doing this? Don't be afraid that I'll be unhappy. Tell me honestly how you feel. If you don't like it, we won't take exams next month. "Xue Huahua pulled a long face. Her eyes were full of seriousness.
"Mom, we're not lying. We really like exams." Lu Jianxun crossed his hands and looked like he was about to cry again.
Xue Huahua looked at Lu Mingwen. The latter nodded hurriedly and said in a straightforward tone, "Mom, it's true. We really like exams. We won't let anyone tell us the answer in the future. Really, Mom, give us one more chance." Canceling the exams meant that there would be no rice and eggs. What was there to look forward to in the future? Lu Mingwen repeatedly expressed his determination to take exams honestly and answer honestly in the future.
Lu Dewen also expressed his determination. "Mom, Second and Fourth Brothers are not lying. We all like exams. If it's possible, we don't mind taking exams every day."
Xue Huahua glared at him fiercely. "You're the smart one, aren't you? Taking exams every day? Are you trying to show off because you know a few more words? Fine. Bring me the language textbook. Let me see if you know how to write the words you learned. "Taking exams every day? You just want to eat rice and eggs every day. You make it sound like you're a proactive person.
Lu Dewen had a bitter face. There were so many words in the textbook. There must be a few that he couldn't write. You can write everywhere?
Fortunately, Xue Huahua didn't force him. Lu Dewen was relieved.
After this incident, none of the siblings dared to have the mentality of cheating. Even when the educated youth winked at them during the exams, they tried their best not to raise their heads. If there was no other way, they would call for Xue Huahua in the kitchen. Xue Huahua swept her eyes across the yard, and no matter who it was, they had to step aside obediently.
Of course, this is a story for another time.
After the exams, the siblings went to work and cut the weeds. In October, there was nothing to do in the fields, but there was a lot of work at home. The leaves all over the mountains were yellow, and the plants were withered. Every family was rushing to cut the weeds, collect the firewood, and bring it home. Lu Dewen and the rest also joined the team to collect the firewood. Lu Dewen borrowed the bamboo from the storage room to chop the withered bamboos. Lu Mingwen and Chao Caizhi cut the weeds on the hillside. Lu Jianxun tied a straw around his waist and followed behind them to tie the weeds into bundles to prevent others from stealing them. The three of them cooperated well and worked while memorizing the text. When they encountered something they couldn't explain, they would find a twig to write on the ground and clarify the problem before continuing.
It was not a government job, so they were not afraid of being accused of being lazy. The three of them were not in a hurry and were very comfortable.
Chao Caizhi couldn't keep up with the progress of her studies. She couldn't answer most of the questions from Lu Mingwen and the rest. The two brothers were not impatient at all. They patiently explained all the questions written on the ground to Chao Caizhi. Chao Caizhi couldn't beat them not because she was stupid, but because her memory had deteriorated after giving birth. If it were them, they might not even be as good as Chao Caizhi.
The two brothers firmly believed in Xue Huahua's words, so they didn't mind Chao Caizhi slowing them down.
The scene of the three of them talking and laughing became a beautiful scene in the production team, especially in Liu Yunfang's eyes, it was especially heart-wrenching. After they separated from the family, the old man didn't want his sons to support them. The two of them lived alone, and their sons just needed to provide them with money and food every year. The usually bustling central room suddenly became much emptier. Liu Yunfang's heart was filled with all kinds of feelings. Looking at Lu Mingwen writing on the ground with a thick stem of a vegetable, she slowly moved closer. "Mingwen ah, you're studying again. You guys are learning pretty fast …"
She told the old man about eliminating illiteracy, and the old man didn't object. After they separated from the family, whoever wanted to eliminate illiteracy could go to the pig farm to learn from Li Xuemei. He didn't think about it. After they separated from the family, who would listen to her? They couldn't wait to make more time to work, so how would they have the time to eliminate illiteracy?
Looking up and seeing that it was Liu Yunfang, Lu Mingwen called out to Third Aunt Liu and said modestly, "We're slow learners. We've been studying for a long time and still haven't finished the second grade textbook. Third Aunt Liu, are you cutting the grass?"
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