This was an anti-theft stamp.
Seeing that it was him,
The Xue Huahua did not stop,
There were many thorny blisters. She picked the big ones and picked the red ones,
"Xixi will like it,
Pick it and let him have a taste. "In the eyes of the villagers, wild fruits were worthless,
They were quite nutritious,
She remembered that when she was cleaning the streets, she came across a seller,
29 yuan a small box, and there were many people who bought it. She asked curiously before she found out its value.
Lu Jianxun held the leaf with two fingers,
He pointed his thumb to pick it. The Xue Huahua laughed,
"You stand at the side,
You do this,
It's the easiest to be pricked. "
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard Lu Jianxun cry out. His index finger was really pricked,
The Xue Huahua quickly told him to go away. "Go out quickly, I can't pick much,
It'll be fine soon,
By the way,
Why are you here? Is your foot better? "
"It's almost healed." Lu Jianxun shook his painful hand,
He no longer insisted,
"Mom, I'm going to pick up firewood."
In the weeds, dead branches were scattered everywhere. He did not dare to move too much. He picked them up and threw them in the direction of the basket, so as to avoid the trouble of running back and forth. He picked up three dead branches in a row and showed them to the Xue Huahua. "Mom, look at how good I am at picking firewood, right? How about I come to the mountains to pick firewood tomorrow? "
"When your foot is better, there will be time for you to work. There's no hurry now." With the example of Lu Mingwen, the Xue Huahua decided to let Lu Jianxun recover completely. If he accidentally hurt himself again, the gains would not make up for the losses.
Lu Jianxun was anxious. How could he not be anxious? A bowl of rice for lunch was water and wild vegetables. In a few days, there would probably be no wild vegetables left. He had to work, and he had to eat.
"Mom, I'm all better. The scar on my leg has already disappeared. It won't affect my work. Moreover, I'm not like second brother who works for others and suffers. I'll come to the mountains to pick firewood. Picking firewood isn't tiring." Lu Jianxun decided that he could not continue to eat at home no matter what. Before he went out, Lu Mingwen called him into the house to talk for a while. From Lu Mingwen's tone, he also wanted to work, but his condition was a little serious and he could not go out.
Afraid that the Xue Huahua would not agree, Lu Jianxun simply acted shamelessly. "Mom, if you don't let me come, I'll come secretly."
Xue Huahua couldn't help but laugh. She thought for a moment and said, "Come if you want, but pay attention to your feet. If you accidentally hurt them, you'll have to lie down like your second brother."
Lu Jianxun grinned. "I'm not as useless as him." During the fight, Lu Mingwen was so scared that he trembled. He lay on the ground and curled up, holding his head and shouting for help. He was like a good-for-nothing who did not even know how to resist. Lu Jianxun, on the other hand, was different. He did not have a hoe in his hand that day. If he had a hoe, he would have beaten everyone to the ground.
New China had been established, but they still dared to provoke them like a group of uncivilized bandits. If he really was a turtle, he would lose face for the Communist Party. He was not even afraid of the Japanese, so why would he be afraid of a few hoe-wielding farmers? Thinking of what Xue Huahua had taught him, "It's never too late for a gentleman to take revenge." He said excitedly, "Mom, just you wait. I will take revenge sooner or later."
Xue Huahua was confused and asked instinctively, "What revenge?"
"It's the revenge of Liu Huaxian bringing people to beat us. I originally wanted to go to the fourth production team to fight with her after I recovered, but then I thought it was not worth it. I am only thirteen and not as strong as her, so I continued to wait. When I am forty-one, she will be in her seventies or eighties. Let's see if she is still a match for me then."
After he lost, the scene of that day's fight kept replaying in his mind. He was too stupid to react. He should have rushed over and grabbed a hoe. Then, he should have hoed them one by one. He should have beaten them until they were looking for their teeth on the ground.
Seeing his indignation, Xue Huahua was amused and annoyed at the same time. If he really waited until he was 41 years old, his state of mind would have undergone an earth-shattering change. How would he remember this matter? She pursed her lips and said, "Alright, if you still hold a grudge when you reach that age, you can go to the production team to look for her. If mom is still alive, mom will go with you."
She knew a lot about what would happen decades later, but she was curious about this incident.
"Mom, where can you go if you are not around? I will carry the hoe. Remember to stand far away and watch how I teach her a lesson. " Lu Jianxun gritted his teeth as he spoke, and his young face was full of indignation. Xue Huahua laughed even more happily. "Okay, then you're not allowed to look for her until you're forty-one."
Lu Jianxun patted his chest. "Of course. She beat me up when she was forty-one, so I will beat her up when I am forty-one." He was not going to take advantage of her.
Lu Jianxun's thoughts were the embodiment of a child's anger. Xue Huahua did not say that he was wrong, but wanted to guide him. Thirteen to forty-one was enough for him to understand a lot of things, so there was no need to pour cold water on him.
Xue Huahua took out two of her pockets and put the firewood that Lu Jianxun collected into the basket. She told him to go back first for today. Later, she would have to cut the pigweed, so she was busy.
There were a lot of dead branches in the basket. Lu Jianxun smiled proudly. "Mom, I will go back with you. You go cut the pigweed, and I will carry the basket alone." An empty basket was light, so he had no problem with it. "When the basket is full, I will call Big Brother and let him carry it."
Working made people happy, and he loved working.
Xue Huahua did not discourage his enthusiasm. She only reminded him, "Be careful when you walk. Use a stick to pat the grass where it is deep. Be careful of snakes."
"Isn't it just a snake? I am not afraid of it. If it really dares to show itself, I will definitely stew it." Lu Jianxun was not bragging. When he was eight years old, he had caught a snake and stewed it. Even an adult like him was not afraid of snakes and could not wait to catch one.
The corner of Xue Huahua's mouth twitched, then she raised her eyebrows and glared at Lu Jianxun sternly. "Stay away from me. If I bite you, you won't even know how you died. Do you hear me?" It was fine if it was a snake without poison. But if it was a venomous snake, he would not be able to catch it even if he came to the village. She was afraid that Lu Jianxun would not take it seriously, so she slapped his shoulder and said sternly, "Do you hear me?"
Lu Jianxun felt the pain and nodded hurriedly. "Yes, I hear you. Even if I see it, I will not catch it."
When they got home, Xue Huahua poured out the firewood in the basket and spread it out to dry. Lu Jianxun carried the empty basket and left in high spirits. Xue Huahua reminded him again that there were snakes in the grass. After drying the firewood, she went to the kitchen to get some water. Just when she walked to the porch, Lu Hongying came out of the central room with red eyes. The corners of her eyes were wet and the tears on her face had not dried. Xue Huahua was surprised. "Third Sister, why are you crying?"
When she asked, Lu Hongying's tears burst out like a flood. She shook her head at Xue Huahua, picked up the basin on the ground and walked out. She walked quickly and hurriedly as if she was angry with someone. Xue Huahua did not understand and called out to her Third Sister twice. Lu Hongying ignored her. Chao Caizhi, who was carrying the child, came out of the room. She waited for Lu Hongying to disappear before whispering to Xue Huahua, "Third Sister and the people from the educated youth group quarreled. They said that Third Sister stole something …"
Lu Dewen said a few words and went to work. Chao Caizhi did not know the specifics. "I asked Third Sister, but Third Sister refused to tell me. Mom, you go and ask her."
Their family was poor, but Lu Hongying had never complained. She was quiet and attentive. After the incident at home, Lu Hongying almost never went out to play. Every day, she brought Xixi with her to help her with work. During this period, the water in the water tank was all carried by Lu Hongying. She was small and weak, so it took her seven or eight times to fill the tank with water.
Chao Caizhi did not believe that Lu Hongying would do such a thing.
Xue Huahua also didn't believe it. "Caizhi, you go inside the house and rest. Don't get exposed to the wind. We'll talk about this matter when I come back from work." At this time, the sun was already in the west. If she didn't show up, there would be people in the village gossiping.
"Mom, I know."
Xue Huahua went to the Lu Family to call Li Xuemei. Liu Yunfang was sitting on a stone stool outside the yard. It was rare that she did not shout at others. When she saw her, her eyes were very unfriendly. Liu Yunfang stood up and pulled the corner of her clothes into the shed next to the yard. "I say, Xue Huahua, what are you doing? When did you start work? Do you want my Xuemei to be scolded for being lazy? Why are you so evil?"
She lowered her voice and said in an exasperated tone, "Xue Huahua, raising pigs is so easy. Can you cherish it? My Xuemei is now tied to you. Can you not be a burden …"
After lunch, Li Xuemei stayed to help her wash the dishes. She felt strange. Everyone else was rushing to work. Why was she so free? After asking, she found out that Xue Huahua asked her to wait at home after lunch. Liu Yunfang immediately became anxious. There were so many eyes in the village. How could Xue Huahua be lazy in public? However, she could not ask Li Xuemei to go first. Because if Li Xuemei went first, Xue Huahua's laziness would be a fact. Xue Huahua had helped Li Xuemei before. She could not let Li Xuemei stab her in the back.
As a result, when the sun was about to go down, Xue Huahua came slowly. She was so anxious.
Hearing her saying "my Xuemei", Xue Huahua bent her lips and smiled, "Yunfang, I know what to do. The sun is hot at noon, and the grass will go bad quickly after being cut. Besides, it is not good for pigs to eat it. Now the grass is just right. You can rest assured that the deputy captain knows this. He will not say that we are lazy."
When the deputy captain said that she seemed to be good at raising pigs, she roughly said a few words, including when the pigweed was the freshest and the longest storage time.
The deputy captain would not think that she was lazy.
Liu Yunfang looked suspicious, "Really?" In order to fight for this job for Li Xuemei, she had spent a lot of effort. If it failed, she would be angry.
"Really, Yunfang, if you don't believe me, just wait and see whether the deputy captain will scold us or not."
Liu Yunfang was still not very relieved. She called Li Xuemei to come out of the house. When they left, she locked the door and hurriedly followed them to the field.
The path was wet after the rain. Xue Huahua tiptoed on the grass on both sides of the path on her injured left foot to go home. Compared with her nervousness, Chao Caizhi was much calmer. She methodically packed the baby's small blanket and put the leftover wild vegetable porridge on the table for her son to eat when he was hungry.
The time of childbirth varied. She went to the commune and did not know when she would come back.
Xue Huahua threw away the basket and glanced at Lu Mingwen's room. Someone was cowering behind the door. She frowned and shouted, "Second daughter-in-law, what are you doing?"
After a while, a timid woman in a gray-blue coat came out. Her facial features were immature, which was different from the skinny rural people. Her cheeks were slightly rounder. She angrily called her mother.
Xue Huahua wanted to say something. Behind her, Lu Dewen came back, followed by two energetic women in their forties. There was no health center in the village. People went to the commune hospital to give birth. Experienced elderly people in the village would go with them to help. Childbirth was a happy event. The team did not deduct work points, and the neighbors were happy to help.
It was Auntie Cui and Sun Guixian. Seeing Xue Huahua staring at the woman at the door, the latter hurried forward and said, "Huahua, where is Dewen's daughter-in-law? You have to go to the commune hospital as soon as possible..."
Xue Huahua retracted her gaze and looked at Sun Baoqin. She vaguely felt that something was wrong, but childbirth was more important. She asked Sun Guixian to wait for a while and went into the room. Her room was big. Besides the bed, there was a big cabinet. There were two big jars next to the big cabinet. There was a straw mat at the mouth of the jar, and there was a stone on the mat. She carried the stone down and took off the straw mat. She squatted down and put her hand into the jar. After feeling for a long time, she took out a black stone. She patted the dust on it and walked out quickly. She passed the stone to the thinner woman. "Auntie Cui, I'll have to trouble you with Caizhi. I'm worried about giving the money to Dewen. Please hold it for him."
The original owner of the body had painstakingly saved up the money. She was reluctant to take it out even when Lu Mingwen got married. She wanted to use it when Chao Caizhi gave birth. Xue Huahua counted it, and it was not much. It was only enough for one child.
Sister-in-law Cui lowered her head in surprise. "You're not going?"
In the village, when a daughter-in-law gave birth, the mother-in-law would go and watch over the newborn. They were afraid that the daughter-in-law would sell the newborn grandchild. In this era, boys were treasures. They were always fighting for someone to raise them. There were always people loitering outside the commune hospital. The family was so poor that they had no choice but to sell the boy.
After the founding of the People's Republic, selling a child was punishable by imprisonment. However, the two families did it secretly. They did not say that they were selling the child, but they said that they could not raise the child.
However, the villagers knew the truth. They just did not say it out loud.
Sister-in-law Cui did not expect Xue Huahua to refuse to go. She tried to persuade her, "If it's fast, it'll be back at night. If you can't walk, you can ask Dewen to carry you."
"No need, no need. I won't go. Second and Third Brother are still lying in bed. Xixi can't leave us. I'll stay at home. Thank you for your trouble." Xue Huahua gave the baby steps to Sister-in-law Cui and gave Lu Dewen a warning glance. Lu Dewen did not dare to say no. He nodded his head vigorously.
Sister-in-law Cui did not say anything more. They could take care of the children. She turned to ask Chao Caizhi if she could leave. After getting a nod, she walked away calmly.
Xue Huahua went back to the house and carried Xixi. She asked him if he was afraid. Xixi shook his head. A two-year-old child did not know how to speak. Other than calling his mother, father and grandmother, he could only say the word 'work' clearly. Xixi's age could not keep up with his nutrition. When she died, he would have started kindergarten.
Xue Huahua touched his head and took him to the village to borrow eggs. There were not many people in the village who raised chickens. How could they have the food to raise chickens? She borrowed only 20 pens. Four of them were broken. She put them to her ear and shook them. She did not dislike them and took them all.
When it was getting dark, she took Xixi back home. There was half a bowl of wild vegetable porridge on the table. Xixi pointed at the bowl and called her grandmother.
Xue Huahua shook her head at him. She put him on the firewood in the kitchen and began to cook.
She did not know when Chao Caizhi and the others would come back, so she cooked more. She went back to her room and took out a small bag of sugar. She sprinkled some into Xixi's bowl. Xixi's eyes bulged and he could not close his mouth. Xue Huahua smiled and pinched his face. She scooped a bowl of porridge and stirred it with chopsticks. She carried him to the central room and slowly fed him.
When the small bowl of porridge was half left, Lu Mingwen walked in with his hands against the wall. He said embarrassedly, "Mom, it's time to eat."
Xue Huahua's face was cold. "Where is your wife?"
Sun Baoqin never worked after she married. It was the original owner and Chao Caizhi who served her. She could not tolerate a daughter-in-law who was lazy.
Lu Mingwen lowered his head and said softly, "She went back to the Sun Family Village. Mom …"
Lu Mingwen walked over slowly and sat down at the square table. The empty bowl on the table was taken away. The light was dim and he could only see the outline of the table. When he heard Chao Caizhi and Xixi talking in the room, he felt hungry. Sun Baoqin scolded him for being a good-for-nothing. He did not even dare to eat leftovers. Why did she fall for him in the first place?
He was so angry that he ate the food.
It was not that he did not eat secretly in the past. His brother took the opportunity when they were working in the field to sneak home with the key and eat all the leftovers in the kitchen. When his mother came back, she sat in the kitchen and secretly wiped her tears. After crying, the matter was over.
When he saw Xue Huahua's expressionless face, he felt scared. "Mom …" Lu Mingwen pursed his lips. "I ate the porridge. I was so hungry that I couldn't help it when I saw the porridge in the bowl …"
Xue Huahua glanced at him indifferently and did not say a word. When Xixi was full, she picked up the bowl next to her and ate. She ate very slowly, occasionally putting down her chopsticks to look at Lu Mingwen before continuing to eat. Lu Mingwen was scared by her gaze. He trembled and said, "Mom, I … I won't dare to do it again."
The house was silent.
The moon was hanging in the sky that night. It was not bright, just enough for him to see Xue Huahua's eyes clearly. That pair of eyes that were as empty as a dead pond had become much deeper, as though it was accumulating a vigorous energy. Lu Mingwen trembled and did not dare to look at her.
After a long while, Xue Huahua said coldly, "Since you've eaten, go back to the house and sleep. I'll wake you up tomorrow morning." Xue Huahua said again.
Lu Mingwen frowned. "Mom, I'm not full …"
Xue Huahua threw her chopsticks. She did not look happy.
"You're not full? I'm not full yet. You guys don't work all year round and want me to feed you for the rest of your lives? You want to be full, right? Go to work tomorrow and earn some work before we talk. "
If not for the fact that she was afraid of scaring the child, she would have given Lu Mingwen a beating. If he ate leftovers today, would he have to go out and steal food tomorrow? It was easy to learn good but hard to learn bad.
Lu Mingwen trembled when he was scolded. He nodded in a panic. "Okay."
Xue Huahua only scooped a bowl of porridge for Lu Jianxun after she finished eating. Out of the three sons, Lu Jianxun was the youngest and the most impulsive. Liu Huaxian brought people to scare them. Based on the original owner's character, he did not fight back and let others bully him. However, Lu Jianxun was different. He shouted that political power came from the barrel of a gun and rushed forward to fight.
This angered Liu Huaxian. She waved her hoe and fell. Lu Jianxun's injury was the most serious. When he was sent to the commune hospital, the doctor said that there was no hope for him. He could not resist Lu Jianguo's persuasion before he agreed to have a check-up. Fortunately, he was more scared than hurt. Other than his leg injury, everything else was fine. There were 5 stitches on his forehead, 12 stitches on his arms and 8 stitches on his legs.
She did not know if it was because of his good foundation, but Lu Jianxun recovered the best out of the three brothers. Xue Huahua took into account his young age and let him lie at home until he was better before going out.
At this time, people's thoughts were not so complicated. Whatever the elders said, no matter how unreasonable or shrewd you were, you had to listen to your own parents.
Xue Huahua watched Lu Jianxun finish his meal and washed the dishes under the moonlight. Just when she was about to go back to the room with Xixi in her arms to sleep, there was a fire not far away. Xue Huahua was happy. She weighed the drowsy Xixi in her arms. "Xixi, your mother and others are back. I wonder if they gave birth to a younger brother or sister for you."
After putting Xixi on the bed, she hurriedly went to the kitchen to boil water to cook poached eggs. The fire went out outside the yard, and Mrs. Cui's laughter sounded. "Huahua, your Caizhi made you proud. She gave birth to a boy again."
Before they arrived at the yard, they saw the shadow of fire in the kitchen. Needless to say, Xue Huahua must have seen them coming back and was making food in the kitchen. Many people in the village did not have enough to eat, but they never forgot to do favors. For example, they came back with poached eggs. She asked Lu Dewen to help Chao Caizhi into the room to lie down, and she carried the child into the kitchen to let Xue Huahua take care of him.
Seeing the eggs and sugar on the stove, Mrs. Cui smiled from ear to ear. "Come and see your grandson. I will light the fire for you."
As soon as she finished speaking, Sun Guixian had already sat down on the stool. "Let me do it. Huahua, go and see your grandson." She did not mention that Sun Baoqin came back and left.
Xue Huahua was too lazy to ask. Her mind was on her grandson. The newborn had a wrinkled face like an old man. Moreover, the light was dim, so she could not see his face clearly. But she still teased him and asked about Lu Dewen's performance in the commune.
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