Lu Jianguo frowned and thought about it,
"That's true, but I'm afraid that I'll be careless,
If I can't reach the level required by the leader, I'll be a disgrace to our commune … "He was not promising. Although he was good at bluffing the commune members in the team, it was because he was familiar with the ground,
When he changed to an unfamiliar environment,
He was as cowardly as a good-for-nothing,
Ever since he was in elementary school, he had never spoken a complete sentence in front of a teacher.
So the teachers and classmates at school thought that he was a stutterer.
This kind of problem,
Took many years to recover,
He was afraid that he would repeat his old problem in front of the leader,
When the time came, he would not know anything,
The leader would question his identity as the leader of the advanced production team.
It was better to take precautions,
It was right to look for Xue Huahua for advice first.
"What's there to be ashamed of? The leader likes honest and steady comrades. No matter what the leader asks, don't give the answer like a fly firing a cannon,
Slow down your speech,
Just give me a clear answer. "Xue Huahua bent down.
Picked up the sweet potato vine and turned it over. She said in a relaxed tone, "You're going to receive the commendation,
Cheer up,
Just show the spirit of us farmers,
Don't make Huahua green to attract people's attention. "
She heard from Sun Guixian that Lu Jianguo had already chosen two or three sets of clothes for the county commendation ceremony. He was afraid that he would be disliked by people if he wore rustic clothes. He did not think that the circulation of goods in the city was fast. No matter how fashionable he was, he could not compare to others. Why should he make himself look like a nobody?
Lu Jianguo accepted the suggestion humbly and thought about the questions that the leader might ask with Xue Huahua. Half an hour later, he went home refreshed to prepare.
When the people in the team knew that Lu Jianguo was going to the county, they were extremely envious. When they heard that things in the county were cheap, they all asked Lu Jianguo for help to buy things. This family wanted to buy soy sauce, and that family wanted to buy salt. These were all necessities, and Fenggu Village Supply and Marketing Cooperative could buy them. Lu Jianguo scolded them for causing trouble. He was going to the county to do something important, how could he have the mood to shop? Moreover, he had to use a basket to buy things. If he carried the basket to the county, it would spoil the mood during the meeting.
As expected, Lu Jianguo rejected all the requests of the members. The next morning, he shook his hands and went to the commune in high spirits with Luo Mengying.
Of course, before going to the commune, Lu Jianguo went to the pig farm as usual. When he saw Lu Dewen coming out of the toilet in a daze, Lu Jianguo looked around and asked if Lu Dewen needed anything from his family. He rejected everyone except for Lu Dewen's family. He had no choice. He was able to enter the production team because of Xue Huahua's contribution in raising pigs. He was willing to help.
Lu Dewen rubbed his eyes and looked at the energetic Lu Jianguo. He shook his head blankly. Last night, it was his and Lu Mingwen's turn to keep watch. The two brothers dawdled and went to bed very late. They were still in a daze. When they returned to the kitchen, he nudged Lu Mingwen, who was sleeping like a dead pig. "Brother, wake up."
He had been helping Lu Ming build the house and digging sweet potatoes for the past few days. He was exhausted. Seeing that Lu Mingwen was not moving, Lu Dewen bent his legs and sat down. His head tilted to one side and fell down. He yawned comfortably and opened his eyes to stare at the wooden beams in a daze.
After an unknown amount of time, a muffled voice came from outside. Lu Dewen crossed his legs and immediately sat up. His dazed face instantly became clear. He pushed Lu Mingwen, who was beside him, with all his might. "Mingwen, Mingwen, hurry up. Mom is here. We haven't memorized the text yet." Before he finished, Lu Mingwen jumped up and opened his mouth: One piece, two pieces, three pieces, four pieces, five pieces, six pieces, seven pieces, eight pieces … …
Lu Dewen pushed him: "Put away the bed board first."
Four fat pigs with big ears. The men in the queue of Lu Jianguan took turns to keep watch at night. There were no special rooms, so they made two bed boards, padded with some straw, and spread the mats to sleep. The weather in this season was a little cold. At night, the two brothers hugged each other to keep warm as they slept.
Lu Mingwen looked down and shook his head. He gradually woke up. The two of them worked together to put away the bed board. Just as they put it against the wall, the yard was filled with the sound of children reading. "Thoughts on a Quiet Night, Li Bai, the moonlight in front of the bed …" Xixi had a unique way of opening. No matter what ancient poem he was reciting, he would always start with Thoughts on a Quiet Night.
Xue Huahua hugged him, followed by Li Xuemei. Lu Dewen and Lu Mingwen called her mom and told her about Lu Jianguo's visit. Xue Huahua didn't say anything. She let go of Xixi's hand and walked to the pigsty. The four pigs were still asleep. Their fat bellies were moving up and down. Xue Huahua asked Lu Dewen and the rest to wash their faces and rest for a while before going to work in the field.
They dug up the remaining sweet potatoes and sowed the wheat seeds. The work was done.
The morning wind was cool and a little cold. Xue Huahua was afraid that they would catch a cold from the cold, so she specially boiled some water before heating up the pig food. Lu Dewen and Lu Mingwen sat on the stool with Xixi in their arms. They asked Lu Jianxun and Lu Hongying if they learned anything new last night and if they were better than them. They had no choice. They were afraid that Lu Jianxun and Lu Hongying would be far ahead of them if they were not at home. They had to ask Xixi about it.
Knowing that the two were just revising the previous content, Lu Dewen and Lu Mingwen were relieved. Hearing Xue Huahua say that the water was hot, they carried the bucket in, wiped their faces and went to work in the field.
Because of building the house, Lu Dewen was tired. Xue Huahua asked Lu Jianguo to arrange a job of digging sweet potatoes. Lu Dewen and Lu Mingwen were in charge of digging, and Lu Jianxun was in charge of wiping the sweet potatoes. After wiping them clean and throwing them into the basket, the three brothers gathered together and the learning atmosphere was high. Lu Jianxun was not used to Lu Dewen's questions, so he quarreled with Lu Dewen twice. After a deep reflection, Lu Dewen finally stopped following their words. However, the questions he asked still made people speechless.
For example, when Lu Jianxun asked how to write the word 'hai' for the sea, when it was Lu Dewen's turn, he would ask how to write the word 'mei' for the plum blossom. Some words have different pronunciations, while some have the same pronunciation. When Lu Mingwen asked how to write the word 'river' for the river, Lu Dewen would ask how to write the word 'he' for the breath. This caused Lu Mingwen and Lu Jianxun to be at a loss. Many times, they would confuse each other. Naturally, they would quarrel with each other again. Moreover, Lu Dewen was one against two. If he couldn't win, he would just give up. "There are so many words with the same pronunciation. Of course, I have to know how to write all of them.
Who's to blame? "Lu Mingwen and Lu Jianxun were so angry that they clenched their teeth and kept quiet. When they answered Lu Dewen's questions again, they didn't dare to answer as they pleased. They would almost always read the words twice in their hearts to make sure that they were correct before writing them out. Even so, there were still many words that were confused.
Xue Huahua would go to the private plot to dig sweet potatoes after she was done with the piggery. Every time she heard the three brothers quarrel until their faces turned red, she would feel a headache coming on. She said to Lu Hongying, who was beside her, "Dewen and Jianxun used to study together before, right?" It was either Lu Mingwen and Lu Jianxun, or Lu Dewen and Lu Mingwen. It seemed that the three brothers rarely studied together.
"No, I heard from Second Brother that Eldest Brother didn't ask his questions carefully. I guess he angered Fourth Brother." Lu Hongying put Dong Dong in the slanted basket and wrote the text from memory with a branch in her hand. She didn't quite understand the reason why the three brothers quarreled. Everyone had their own reasons, so it wasn't good to judge. After writing the text from memory, she took out the questions after class to practice. If Dong Dong cried in the basket, she would shake the basket or ask Xixi to help her shake it.
The weather was cool, and there were people working everywhere in the sweet potato field. Unlike the harvest season, people were much more relaxed. They chatted while working. After the autumn harvest, several families would have happy events. Daughters would get married, daughters-in-law would get married, and the next spring would be the most exciting time. During this time, there were many people introducing partners to others, especially girls and boys who were of the right age. They were the focus of people's discussion.
Naturally, Lu Mingwen didn't escape people's discussion. Now that his family's conditions were better, there should be many people who wanted to introduce partners to Lu Mingwen. However, although people were discussing, they didn't dare to ask Xue Huahua for her opinion. Looking at the momentum of Xue Huahua's family eliminating illiteracy, a simple family might not be able to enter Xue Huahua's eyes. If it was successful, it would be fine. If not, they couldn't afford to lose face.
As for Lu Mingwen, many people had a wait-and-see attitude.
Xue Huahua didn't understand their thoughts. Sweet potatoes were good, and they could be piled up with a hoe. They were not small. Xue Huahua estimated the food at home and thought that after two days, they should start a fire at home for breakfast. In the past, they were poor. Everyone had two meals, and they had to work as soon as they woke up. They only had meals at noon and at night. The textbooks for Grade Two were about to end. When Grade Three started, it would be more and more difficult. They couldn't keep up with the nutrition, and their brains couldn't work, so they got tired easily. It was fine when the farm was idle, but it was a bit difficult when the farm was busy.
Thinking of nutrition, Xue Huahua had an idea. She put down the hoe, stomped the mud on her feet, and walked to the sweet potato field next to her. Liu Yunfang and Li Xuemei were also digging sweet potatoes. After separating from the family, the land was also divided. Liu Yunfang was worried that Li Xuemei was pregnant and couldn't work, so she borrowed the hoe to help Li Xuemei dig sweet potatoes. The old man said that life was easy after separating from the family, but Liu Yunfang didn't feel anything. On the contrary, she felt that there were more things to do. She was afraid that her eldest son couldn't afford to pay for his grandson's tuition. Her third son and two daughters still didn't have a son, her fourth daughter-in-law was pregnant, and her fifth daughter-in-law hadn't given birth yet. It seemed that there were endless things to do from morning to night.
Seeing Xue Huahua coming over, she put down the hoe and rubbed the calluses on her palms. "Huahua, what's the matter?"
"Third Sister-in-law, you know a lot of people. Can you help me ask if anyone has chickens and ducks? I want to raise a chicken and a duck." There were rules for raising chickens and ducks. You can't raise too many chickens, or it would be considered as stealing from the socialist society. You will be criticized by the commune cadres. She was thinking of killing the old hen during the Lunar New Year and raising two more chickens and a duck.
Liu Yunfang frowned. "Don't you have chickens at home?" Raising chickens and ducks is very troublesome. People don't even have enough to eat. Where is the food to raise chickens? If the chickens are not raised well, they won't lay eggs. It's better not to raise them at all.
"Yes. These days, they haven't laid eggs and are very thin. There won't be any meat left until the Lunar New Year. I was thinking of killing them!"
There are not many people in the team who raise chickens, and there are not many chickens that lay eggs. This year's harvest is good. These days, several families have asked about the chickens. She also asked her sons to raise chickens, especially Li Xuemei. She will give birth after the Lunar New Year. If they don't raise chickens, where will they get eggs? Without eggs, what will they eat during the confinement period?
"You asked at the right time. I also asked about it. I heard that someone in Sun Village has more than a dozen chickens, but I haven't asked about the ducks. I will help you ask in a few days." Raising chickens and ducks is free. Two eggs for a chicken. Liu Yunfang asked Xue Huahua if there are eggs at home. She lent two to Li Xuemei and will return them to her when the chickens lay eggs next year.
Although Liu Yunfang scolds Li Xuemei, she is not hesitant when it's time to do something good for her.
Lu Hongying, who is in the field, is very puzzled when she hears Xue Huahua's words. The chickens at home are still laying eggs, and they are not thin. Why does Xue Huahua want to kill them? However, she is not like Lu Dewen and the others, who will make a fuss over small things. Xue Huahua naturally has her reasons for saying so. She doesn't expose Xue Huahua, nor does she ask directly. At noon, when there is no one around, she asks Xue Huahua, "Mom, our chickens are fine. Is it a pity to kill them?"
Many families in the team have raised chickens for two years. They are reluctant to kill them to eat when the crops are not good, not to mention this year when the conditions are much better.
Xue Huahua holds Xixi in her arms and says a little softly, "Kill the chickens to nourish your bodies. Keep them for the time being, and kill them when the chicks are back." The lard at home is used up in the last exam. In the future, she has to find ways to eat something with oil. She has no money to buy lard, but she can borrow money from others. She doesn't want to be in debt. It is not easy to save money this year, and she will try not to spend money if she can.
Xue Huahua doesn't hide the matter of killing the chickens from Lu Dewen and the others. Different from Lu Hongying's disappointment, the three brothers are very excited. The first thing they think of is to eat chicken. They haven't eaten meat after the New Year, so they can't remember the taste of meat at all. The three brothers stand outside the chicken cage and look at the hens laying eggs in the coop with shining eyes. When Lu Mingwen and Lu Jianxun are counting which piece of meat tastes the best, Lu Dewen thinks differently, "Second brother, the exam is coming soon. Do you think mom will ask me to write the word 'chicken'? I don't know how to write it."
This kind of words spoils the atmosphere, but it is not without reason. There are unfamiliar questions in the monthly exams, and it is normal to write the word 'chicken'. Lu Jianxun is stunned for a moment, and then he rushes into the central room, "Where's mom, where's mom …"
Xue Huahua, who is feeding Xixi water, almost drops the bowl. She raises her head and stares at Lu Jianxun with a gloomy face. "What are you doing? Can't you change your bad habits?" Why is he making a fuss? No matter how many times she scolds him, he won't listen. Is he going to slap a mosquito?
Lu Jianxun comes to his senses. He bends his waist and walks to Xue Huahua's side like a dog paddling. He lowers his throat and asks softly, "Mom, how do I write the word 'chicken'?" Not only must he learn how to write the word 'chicken', but he must also learn the words' duck ',' pig ', and' dog 'so that the meat in his mouth doesn't fly away.
"How would I know?" Xue Huahua doesn't know what is wrong with him. She gives him a sideways glance, feeds Xixi water, and goes to tidy up the sweet potatoes that she dug. All the grains are piled in her room, and the sweet potatoes are no exception. They are piled up into a small hill along the big jar. The unwashed sweet potatoes have been stored for a long time, so there is no fear of them spoiling. When she comes out of the room, she doesn't see the three brothers. She asks Chao Caizhi. Chao Caizhi looks outside. "I'm not sure. Fourth Brother seems to be in a hurry. He ran away in a hurry, and Dewen and Second Brother chased after him."
"I think they are itching for a beating again. Let's ignore them and eat first." Lu Hongying cooked two bowls of sweet potato porridge for each of them. They didn't wait for the three brothers to return home. After the meal, they went to busy themselves with their own work. On the way to the pig farm, they didn't meet the three brothers. Xue Huahua didn't ask. She first went to the pig farm to feed the pigs, turned over the sweet potato vines, and went to the private plot to dig sweet potatoes.
When she arrived, the three brothers were already in the field, holding a branch and writing on the ground. Their faces were full of excitement. For the whole afternoon, the three brothers didn't quarrel, and the atmosphere was quite harmonious. From Chinese to Mathematics, and then to Chinese, they were immersed in their studies as if there was no one else around. This made Liu Yunfang envious. "Huahua, Dewen and the others are so promising. My brats can't even be moved by a whip."
She said that her son and daughter-in-law wouldn't listen to her after they were separated, but the old man didn't believe her. Now he saw it.
"What are they? I'll be thankful if they don't cause trouble for me. "
Liu Yunfang felt that Xue Huahua was too humble. The three brothers worked in the field every day. How would they have the time to cause trouble? Xue Huahua thought too much.
Xue Huahua, who was feeding Xixi water, almost dropped the bowl. She raised her head and glared at Lu Jianxun with a gloomy face. "What are you doing? Can't you change your bad habits?" Why was he making a fuss? No matter how many times she scolded him, he wouldn't listen. Was he trying to slap a mosquito?
Lu Jianxun came back to his senses. He bent his waist and walked to Xue Huahua's side. He lowered his throat and asked softly, "Mom, how do I write chicken?" Not only did he have to learn how to write chicken, but he also had to learn duck, pig, and dog characters to prevent the meat from flying away.
"How would I know?" Xue Huahua didn't know what was wrong with him. She glanced at him and fed Xixi water. Then, she went to tidy up the sweet potatoes. All the grain was piled up in her room, and the sweet potatoes were no exception. They were piled up into a small hill along the big jar. The unwashed sweet potatoes had been stored for a long time, so there was no fear of them spoiling. When she came out, she didn't see the three brothers. She asked Chao Caizhi. Chao Caizhi looked outside. "I'm not sure. Fourth Brother seemed to be in a hurry. He ran away in a hurry. Dewen and Second Brother chased after him."
"I think their skin is itching again. Let's not care about them. Let's eat first." Lu Hongying cooked two bowls of sweet potato porridge. They didn't wait for the three brothers to return home. After the meal, they went to busy themselves. She didn't see the three brothers on the way to the pig farm. Xue Huahua didn't ask. She first went to the pig farm to feed the pigs. After turning the sweet potato vines, she went to the private plot to dig sweet potatoes.
When she arrived, the three brothers were already in the field. They were holding a branch and writing on the ground. Their faces were full of excitement. The three brothers didn't quarrel for the whole afternoon. The atmosphere was quite harmonious. From Chinese to Mathematics, to Chinese, they were immersed in their studies as if there was no one else around. This made Liu Yunfang envious. "Huahua, Dewen and the others are so promising. My brats can't even be moved by a whip."
She had said that her son and daughter-in-law wouldn't listen to her after they were separated. The old man didn't believe her. Now he saw it.
"What are they? I'll be thankful if they don't cause trouble for me. "
Liu Yunfang felt that Xue Huahua was too modest. The three brothers worked in the field every day. How would they have the time to cause trouble? Xue Huahua thought too much.
After a few days, Liu Yunfang came back with a small cage. There were nine chickens and a duck. Xue Huahua had two chickens and a duck. The rest were the production team's. The chickens were put in the cage. Xue Huahua asked Lu Dewen to kill the old hen. She didn't want others to talk about it. Moreover, the exam was coming soon. It was a good time for everyone to have a sumptuous meal.
Lu Dewen had never butchered a chicken before, so he didn't know what to do with the struggling chicken. Lu Jianxun couldn't stand it anymore, so he grabbed the kitchen knife, twisted his arm, and swung it down. The chicken blood splattered on the ground.
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