She was a typical poor person who didn't care about the children doing their homework.
When it came to exams, she would linger around.
Xue Huahua wanted to pick up the bag without saying a word.
So what if the textbook was lost? She really didn't know how to be grateful at all. If she were Xue Huahua, she wouldn't even bother to say a word. She would pick up the bag and throw it into the cesspool.
Whoever wanted it could pick it up.
Sun Guixian's disdainful gaze was too scorching.
Yu Shaofen couldn't ignore it even if she wanted to.
"Sun Guixian, why are you staring at me?"
"Nothing." Sun Guixian raised her eyelids.
She lazily leaned in front of Xue Huahua.
She reached out and hugged Dongdong, who was in her arms. She whispered, "Don't give her the bag.
Look at her. She thinks she's great just because she has a few yuan as a betrothal gift. No wonder Yingzi's younger brothers couldn't survive.
This is her retribution for committing too many sins. "
Don't see through the old ways.
Many people still believed in the theory of karma.
On the surface, it was forbidden to worship ancestors and Bodhisattva.
In private, there were still people who did it secretly.
It was just that it was hidden and no one found out.
After the children of the Lu family died, the production team members began to secretly talk about Yu Shaofen.
Her husband died early and her son was spoiled. It would be strange if she had a grandson.
The Lu family was a foreign family from Ren'an Village. It was said that Yu Shaofen's husband's house had a fire. Out of more than a dozen people, only the husband and wife survived. They lost their house and food, and there was a war. They resolutely ran away. At that time, everywhere was chaotic, and the household registration was not strict. The couple somehow managed to settle down in Ren'an Village and became members of the Yan'an Village Production Team.
According to the seniors in the production team, Yu Shaofen had been well-behaved in the past few years when she came to the village. She was quiet and very shy. Many men in the production team used her as a standard for finding a wife. Later, her husband died of illness. Several men wanted to marry her, but Yu Shaofen refused. Not long after, she abandoned her child and married a widower. For some reason, Yu Shaofen came back on her own in less than two years.
Some people said that Yu Shaofen's second husband died because of her. Her in-laws didn't want her to have an easy time, so she sneaked back when no one was paying attention.
Sun Guixian was ten years younger than Yu Shaofen. When Sun Guixian married into the family, Yu Shaofen had already returned to the village. A lot of people were talking about it. Sun Guixian was lucky to hear so much gossip. She really looked down on the Lu family. If Yu Shaofen had not come to the pig farm to find trouble, she would not have remembered them at all. She guessed that many people in the production team were like her.
Yu Shaofen listened to Sun Guixian's murmur. Her face showed a look of impatience. Her eyes fell on Xue Huahua, who was full of energy. She said a little louder, "Xue Huahua, can you hurry up? Xiaobing didn't go to school without textbooks. If you delay any longer, you will have to get two goose eggs in the final exam."
Lu Xiaobing was the only child in the family. The hope of the Lu family was all on him. If Lu Xiaobing did not fight with her because of Yingzi's marriage, she would not have been so fierce to him. She even deliberately said that he was not allowed to go to school. Now that Yingzi was married, the grandmother and grandson could not be in a deadlock. She took the schoolbag and textbooks back first and then coaxed him.
All the children in the production team went to school. If Xiaobing did not go to school, he would grow up to be illiterate. In the future, the Yan 'an Village Production Team would be laughed at.
Seeing Xue Huahua pull a long face and be indifferent, Yu Shaofen frowned. It had been many years since someone gave her a cold shoulder. She glared at her and said, "Don't think you didn't hear me. The schoolbag and textbooks are mine. Go home and get them, or I will ask Hong Bo to punish you." Yu Shaofen did not say that if Xue Huahua was her daughter-in-law, she would definitely ask Hong Bo to beat her up. If she did not take her words seriously, she must be tired of living.
Xue Huahua was dissatisfied with Yu Shaofen's tone of voice. Yu Shaofen's arrogant attitude when she was asking for help. Anyone would be displeased. Xue Huahua retorted, "Fix me? I, Xue Huahua, have never been afraid of anyone in the production team. It's not that I can't go home, but my work points will be deducted if I am lazy. If you want to make up for my lost work points, I will go home and get them for you immediately. " After saying this, she turned and walked to the corridor. She showed her side profile to Yu Shaofen and sneered, "You want me to run errands for you? Who do you think you are? Even if my father crawled out of the coffin, he would not dare to ask me to do this. If you want to call your son, hurry up. I will wait for him here. If he doesn't come, he is a son of a bitch. "
At their age, they were already the Empress Dowager at home. Yu Shaofen wanted people to treat her with respect, and she also wanted people to treat her with respect. Yet, she still wanted Lu Hongbo to hit her. Xue Huahua sneered. If Yu Shaofen did not change her attitude, she would not be able to return her schoolbag and textbooks.
Not many people were not afraid of Xue Huahua when she was angry. The siblings who were revising the knowledge points all trembled. Lu Mingwen used too much force on the eraser in his hand and directly scratched the paper. Just as he picked up the eraser, he was slapped on the head. "What's wrong? Did the book offend you? If you have any temper, come at me …"
Xue Huahua had been unhappy with Lu Mingwen for a few days now. It was as if a monk had never seen a woman before. In this life, whenever he saw a woman, he couldn't move his legs. Wherever they pointed, he would go. If he really liked women, why didn't he go to a nunnery?
Lu Dewen sat at the side and trembled when he heard this. He lowered his head and gently wiped the words on the book with the eraser. He was afraid that he would be hit if he did not pay attention. His mother had been suppressing her anger for many days. Whoever bumped into her would be unlucky, and Lu Mingwen was not wronged. Lu Mingwen also felt that he was not wronged. On the contrary, he was secretly delighted. In order to get hit, he racked his brains to think of how to make a mistake to attract Xue Huahua's attention. However, Xue Huahua was not moved at all. Finally, the heavens did not disappoint the painstaking person. He had been waiting for the stars and the moon. Xue Huahua could not stand him and got angry after he scratched the book. He really wanted to plant Huahua but it did not blossom.
It was worth celebrating.
Seeing Lu Mingwen smiling foolishly, Xue Huahua was annoyed and slapped him again. "What's wrong? You can't say it, right?"
"No, no, mom. Just say it and hit me." Compared to the taciturn Xue Huahua, he preferred to yell at his mother at the top of his lungs. He patted Xue Huahua's head, signaling her to hit him again.
Xue Huahua was speechless.
Even Xixi was smarter than him. She really did not know what was in his head. Xue Huahua retracted her hand. "Hurry up and wipe it. Do your homework after you are done." Yesterday, when Xixi was flipping through the old book, Xue Huahua noticed that the color of the words on the book had become a lot darker. She wiped it gently with the eraser and the words on it fell off. She simply found the used book and erased the light color of the words and rewrote them. The dark color of the words was left in the room. She would do it again when the color became lighter.
Lu Mingwen twisted his buttocks and sat upright. He pressed the book with his left hand and held the eraser with his right. He gently brushed the childish handwriting on it. Thinking back to the situation when he wrote the words, it seemed like a long time ago. It was less than a year ago. Comparing the words in the past and now, the words in the past were crooked like scribbles. The mistakes in the questions were even more ridiculous. If he did not see it with his own eyes, he would not believe that he could not understand such simple questions.
They took the books randomly and did not deliberately look for the books that they had written. The book in Lu Mingwen's hand was not his, but Lu Jianxun's. There was a math question that could be answered verbally. However, Lu Jianxun's answer was worlds apart from the correct answer. Lu Mingwen could not help but tease him. "Jianxun, Jianxun, look at the question you wrote. Can you be any more stupid? There are brackets in the equation. Of course, the answer in the brackets should be calculated first. You can't even understand such a simple question. Let me tell you … "
"Second Brother, don't scold me. Third Sister showed it to me. You wrote 'Earth-Shattering' as' Earth-Shattering '. You are worse than me."
Xue Huahua was speechless.
An idiot laughing at an idiot. Could it be more embarrassing?
"Come, come, come. Let me show you Third Sister's book. Third Sister's mistakes are so funny." Lu Dewen pushed Lu Hongying's book in front of the two brothers. He pointed at the wrong Chinese characters and laughed.
Xue Huahua was speechless.
The siblings were happy, but Yu Shaofen, who was standing in the yard, was in a bad mood. Especially when she glanced at Lu Hongying's back, her eyes flashed with viciousness. "Xue Huahua, since you are here, I have something to settle with you. My Yingzi has been an obedient child since she was young. Your Hongying encouraged her to do bad things every day. She stole peanuts from other people's fields. Her father almost beat her to death. Because of this, Yingzi has always had a knot in her heart with her father. She didn't even say two words to her father when she got married in the morning. You guys not only provoked the relationship between Yingzi and her family, but also wanted to hurt Lil Bing. How can you be so vicious?"
Yingzi was well-behaved and sensible when she was a child. She never complained when she took care of her younger brothers. After playing with Lu Hongying for a few years, she became wild. She secretly instilled messy ideas into Lil Bing and tried to alienate him from her. From Yu Shaofen's point of view, it was all taught by Lu Hongying.
Lu Hongying and Chao Caizhi were talking about Lu Mingwen's homework. Hearing Yu Shaofen's words, her back instantly stiffened, and the teasing expression on her face suddenly froze. Chao Caizhi patted her, "Don't listen to her nonsense. Let's continue to do our own things. Mom will punish her."
Chao Caizhi was very glad that she was lucky enough to get her own homework. Otherwise, she would be laughed at by Lu Dewen and the others. She was much worse than the four siblings in her studies. During this period, she wanted to give up many times, but Xue Huahua kept encouraging her to persevere. She broadened the content of the exam to the extent that she could understand. There were right and wrong answers, so that she would not be discouraged by the full exam.
Xue Huahua really put in a lot of effort for her to study.
"Sister-in-law, I'm fine. Yingzi is married, and she will not be in contact with the Lu family often in the future." Yingzi said that she would never come back after leaving the production team. Whatever Yu Shaofen said was meaningless. As for right and wrong, she just needed to make it clear to Yingzi. She didn't care what others thought. Slowly, she relaxed and continued to show Chao Caizhi the mistakes that Lu Mingwen had written.
The exam questions in primary school were simple, and some mistakes made people couldn't help but laugh. The siblings did not do anything serious. They put down the eraser and laughed at each other.
They were not affected by Yu Shaofen at all.
Yu Shaofen was furious. Her arms trembled and she wanted to hit someone. Sun Guixian snorted coldly and carried Dong Dong to the kitchen to get a machete for Xue Huahua. Just when she reached the door, she saw Xixi holding the machete with both hands and shouting as if he was asking for credit, "Grandma, grandma, the machete …"
Sun Guixian was envious. Look at how filial the child was. He was afraid that his grandma would be taken advantage of. Sun Guixian moved aside to let Xixi hold the machete and go out. She said to Liu Yunfang who was playing with her grandson, "Huahua didn't dote on him for nothing. She knows how to help."
Xixi held the machete and walked very solemnly. He came to Xue Huahua and handed the machete to her. He pointed at Yu Shaofen and shouted, "Grandma, hit her. She's disobedient."
Yu Shaofen was so angry that her nostrils were about to emit smoke. She just wanted to watch the show. Sun Guixian kept cheering for Xue Huahua. "Huahua, teach her a lesson. She values boys more than girls and doesn't treat her granddaughter as a human being. She has the cheek to blame others. She is thicker than the city wall. Don't give her face when you meet her."
Xue Huahua held the machete and waved it in the air under Xixi's expectant gaze. Yu Shaofen's chest tightened. Thinking of Xue Huahua's shrewish character, she shivered and stuttered, "What, what do you want to do? Murder is against the law. If you kill me, you will also go to jail."
She was so angry that she forgot the most important thing: What kind of person was Xue Huahua? She was the woman who should not be provoked in the production team. Why did she quarrel with her so carelessly?
She looked down and saw that Xue Huahua was very skilled in wielding the machete. It was said that she had good knife skills and could use her palm as a chopping board with her eyes closed. If she rushed over and fought with her, Yu Shaofen couldn't imagine how she would be chopped into pieces.
Yu Shaofen stood there, trembling with fear. She looked at Xue Huahua with a terrified expression. It took her more than ten seconds to regain her consciousness. She turned around and ran as if there was a ghost chasing after her.
Sun Guixian spat. "How dare she complain about others? Go home and look at yourself in the mirror. You are already so old. Don't you know what kind of person you are?" She still wanted to give Xue Huahua a hard time. She thought that everyone was her daughter-in-law who could be bullied by her. She overestimated herself.
Xue Huahua waved the machete and asked Xixi why he wanted to give her a machete.
"It's because you were being bullied. I don't mean to say anything, but Xixi is a sensible and smart boy. He will definitely be successful when he grows up. He saw that the situation was not good, so he gave you a machete." Sun Guixian was used to flattering Lu Hongbo, but then she was slapped in the face by Xixi. Xixi pointed to the kitchen. "Third Grandma asked me to give a machete to beat up the bad guys."
The matters of the Lu family had been talked about by others in the past few years. They had heard too much about it, and those who were slightly older in the production team were tired of hearing it. So they gathered together and seldom talked about the Lu family. Every production team had new things happening every day. Who would want to hear about Lu Hongbo beating up his wife and daughter?
As for Yu Shaofen, they were not interested.
To what extent were they not interested? Even someone like Xue Huahua, who stood in the center of public opinion, did not bring up the topic of Yu Shaofen. When they heard Sun Guixian say that Yu Shaofen caused trouble for Xue Huahua and was scared away by Xue Huahua, everyone said perfunctorily, "She deserved it."
Then there was nothing else.
It was not until Lu Hongbo's wife ran away with her son in the middle of the night that the Lu family suddenly became a hot topic in the production team. How many years had it been since something like this happened in the production team? The villagers never thought that such a thing would happen to the honest Hongbo's wife. It was unbelievable.
It was Yu Shaofen who first discovered that they were missing. After Yingzi got married, her family became rich. She went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy half a kilo of pork for a sumptuous meal. She said it was for a sumptuous meal, but only she, Lu Hongbo and Lil 'Bing could eat it. Yu Shaofen was reluctant to eat all of it, so she deliberately left a few pieces of meat for later.
The meat was placed in the cupboard in the kitchen. She was sure that no one had eaten it, so she did not lock the cupboard. Unexpectedly, when she went to the kitchen to check the next morning, the few pieces of meat were gone. There were only four people in the house. Without thinking, she knew that Hongbo's wife had eaten it. How dare she eat it behind her back? Yu Shaofen was furious. She kicked the door open and wanted to fight with Hongbo's wife.
However, except for Lu Hongbo who was sleeping on the bed, there was no trace of the mother and son. For some reason, Yu Shaofen's mind suddenly became very clear. She opened her mouth and called Lu Hongbo, "Hongbo, Hongbo, your wife ran away. Lil 'Bing, Lil' Bing was taken away by her …"
Lil 'Bing was her sweetheart. What could she do without him? Yu Shaofen sat on the ground and looked at the messy room in a daze. Her body leaned forward and she fainted.
By the time Lu Hongbo put on his clothes and got up, it was already noon. He was in a daze. He seemed to have heard his mother saying something, but he also seemed to be dreaming. He didn't wake up until he found his mother lying unconscious on the ground and the house was turned upside down. Then, he woke up as if he had just woken up from a dream and thought that a thief had broken in. In an instant, he panicked and ran out with only a shoe on, shouting to catch the thief.
Before the villagers arrived, his mother woke up. With tears in her eyes, she pounded the ground and screamed that there was no thief. His wife and son were gone. Lu Hongbo did not believe it. He looked around and found that his wife and son's clothes were all gone. Even their straw sandals were taken away.
As if struck by lightning, he lifted his leg and kicked the wardrobe to vent his anger. He gritted his teeth and said, "Run, run for me. When I catch them, I will break their legs."
Thinking that there was a thief in the team, the villagers came very quickly. After learning that Hongbo's wife and son had run away with someone, the way they looked at Lu Hongbo became a little subtle. No one would give up a good life and run away, unless they really could not live anymore.
Most likely, they were scared by Lu Hongbo.
When such a thing happened in the team, as the captain, Lu Jianguo could not stand by and do nothing. He asked a few young men who ran fast to help find them. He had already advised Lu Hongbo not to beat his wife and daughter, but Lu Hongbo did not listen. Now he regretted it?
"Hongbo's wife is so pitiful. After she married into the family, she gave birth to a lot of sons. None of them grew up. It was not easy to raise a daughter, but she was abused by her mother-in-law and husband every day. No one would want to continue living like this."
"Lil Bing is seven years old. I remember that Hongbo's eldest son died at the age of seven …" Realizing that this topic was a little sensitive, he quickly changed the topic. "Look at what Yingzi is wearing. She is wearing a pair of straw sandals in the winter, and it is from a few years ago. Anyway, it is a lump of flesh that fell from her body. Which mother would not feel sorry for her?"
"Lu Hongbo also said that he would break her legs if he caught her. In my opinion, he won't be able to catch her. Didn't the captain ask people to go out to chase them? There are countless crossroads in the country. Who knows where they went?"
"Yes, since she wants to run, she must have run to a place where no one can find her. In my opinion, she didn't run before because she couldn't bear to leave the two children. Not to mention Lil Bing, she is going to leave. How pitiful is Yingzi. If she falls into Lu Hongbo's hands, she will be beaten to death. I remember last winter when I was washing clothes by the pond, I met the mother and daughter. Hongbo's wife's hands were full of frostbite. The densely packed wounds were all festering. Yingzi was washing clothes next to her. The mother and daughter were crying while washing clothes.
I couldn't bear to see them. "If Hongbo's wife did not run away, they would not remember these things at all. Now that she was gone, when they recalled the past, most of them were about the things that they could not live on. Every one of them was painful and moving. Yu Shaofen and her son were so despicable.
"Hongbo's wife did not have an easy life. I remember that when she gave birth to her third son, she was in the corn field. After giving birth, she got up and continued to work. Even so, Yu Shaofen still said that she was wrong …"
"How many sons did Hongbo's wife have?"
"Six or seven? I forgot. It's been so many years. How can I remember clearly? Go to the foot of the back mountain and have a look. I heard that several children are buried there."
"With so many sons, it would be a great thing for any family, but Hongbo and her son … Sigh … Yingzi probably doesn't know what happened at home. Since childhood, Yingzi has been protecting her mother. Lil Bing listens to Yingzi more than to his mother. Do you think they went to find Yingzi?"
Lil Bing was brought up by Yingzi. He carried Yingzi everywhere he went until he was 5 years old. Lil Bing was especially obedient to Yingzi. Let's talk about Yingzi's marriage. At first, Yingzi did not agree and was beaten. Lil Bing threw away his schoolbag and textbook without saying anything. He said he did not want to study and did not want Yingzi to marry an old man.
With Lil Bing's character, he would definitely go to find Yingzi after leaving the Lu family.
"Do you think Lu Hongbo will go to Yingzi's husband's house to find him?" If they really found them, the two of them would end up in a terrible situation. The two of them naturally did not include Lil Bing. Lil Bing was Lu Hongbo's only son. Lu Hongbo could not bear to beat him. They were talking about Yingzi and her mother.
At this point, the atmosphere was a little heavy. For a moment, no one spoke. It was so quiet that people were not used to it. Sun Guixian leaned against the door frame of the kitchen and sighed. "Huahua, do you think Lu Hongbo can find them?" Even if she had nothing to do with Hongbo's wife, she could not help but feel sad for her. Women were bitter. Their lives were ruined when they met a husband like Lu Hongbo.
In comparison, Old Man Liu was old to her. At least she had been famous for decades, hadn't she?
"I don't know." Xue Huahua lowered her head and seemed to be thinking about something. Her voice was very low. Although she said she didn't know, she already had the answer in her heart: Lu Hongbo could not find them.
His wife had a plan to leave, and she had made thorough preparations. Now that she had finally escaped, how could she let him find her so easily? She understood Hongbo's wife's thoughts. There was a time when the idea of divorce and escape had popped up in her mind. She had thought of a route and a purpose. She was just waiting to pack up and leave.
In the end, she gave up because she was reluctant to part with the child.
A woman's biggest concern was the child. Hongbo's wife could endure for so many years because she couldn't bear to part with the child. Now that Yingzi was married, she had no worries. Of course, she would run as far as she could.
What moved Xue Huahua was that Hongbo's wife left with her son. When she had the idea of divorce, she never thought of leaving with her son …
Compared with her, Hongbo's wife was more courageous and brave.
Sun Guixian sighed again and remembered that Xue Huahua was still holding Xiao Bing's schoolbag. "Huahua, hurry up and return the schoolbag and textbooks to the Lu family. Lu Hongbo may go crazy after this. Be careful of his revenge."
Lu Hongbo was a person who loved to beat people. Without his son, wouldn't he bite people everywhere like a mad dog?
"What am I afraid of? I can't wait for him to pounce on me. It's fine if he doesn't fall into my hands. If he falls into my hands, I will kill him." Probably because Lu Hongbo evoked the past in the bottom of her heart, Xue Huahua's tone was very light when she spoke. There was no anger on her face. It didn't seem to be harsh words, but more like a whisper.
Somehow, Sun Guixian trembled when she heard it. She had no doubt that Lu Hongbo would lose a layer of skin if he fell into the hands of Xue Huahua. Because the moment Xue Huahua raised her head, her eyes flashed with monstrous anger. The anger was inexplicably frightening.
Sun Guixian worried too much. Lu Hongbo's mind was full of his son. How could he think of the schoolbag? He first went to his father-in-law's house to find Yingzi. Before he reached the yard, he was kicked out of the production team by the relatives there. They threatened that if he dared to go again, they would break his legs. Lu Hongbo had no choice but to ask Lu Jianguo to help him ask a few people to go with him to Yingzi's mother-in-law's house.
To be honest, he also suspected that people went to find Yingzi. His wife had no one to rely on except Yingzi. Yingzi's mother-in-law's house was far away. She thought that she would not go there if she couldn't find the way.
"Hongbo, let me be frank with you. I'm afraid it's impossible to find people in the production team to help. Yingzi's mother-in-law's house is far away. Even you can't find the way. What if they go out with you and get lost? Even if they don't get lost, what if they come back with a cold? I can't ask them to go. Even if I can, I can't ask them to go there. The New Year is coming. If something happens, how can I explain it to their families? " Lu Jianguo straightforwardly refused Lu Hongbo and asked him to find a way himself. On the day of the accident, he had asked people to help find Yingzi. He had done his best. As for the rest, he was unable to help.
"Captain, I don't care if my wife ran away, but I have to find Xiaobing. My mother cries every day. If I don't find him, my mother won't be able to live. Captain, Xiaobing is my only son. What can I do without him?" After looking for Yingzi for a few days, Lu Hongbo's beard was unshaven and he was in a mess. He was so arrogant that if he didn't catch someone, he would break their legs. His face was full of exhaustion.
"What can you do? I told you not to hit your wife and be nice to Yingzi, but you didn't listen. Now you know there's no other way." Lu Jianguo didn't like Lu Hongbo. If he wasn't the captain, he wouldn't even want to talk to Lu Hongbo. He had to bear the consequences of his own actions. Lu Hongbo deserved it.
Lu Jianguo didn't sympathize with this kind of person at all. Not only him, but many people in the team were also unwilling to help find Yingzi. The pigs were going to be slaughtered tomorrow. Every family was looking forward to it. How could they be in the mood to care about the Lu family's troubles? He patted his butt and went to the pig farm happily.
After Lu Hongbo's wife ran away, the atmosphere in the production team became a little restless. Whether it was men or women, their moods were different from before. The women loved to say things like, "Do you believe that I will also learn from Hongbo's wife and run away? I can't be bothered to care about your grandpa's children." The men, on the other hand, scolded Lu Hongbo for being a disgrace to men. It was already not easy for him to marry a wife. Instead of living a good life, he beat his wife every day. If he really had a backbone, he should just stop looking for his wife and live his own life.
Regardless of their standpoint, they were restless. This restlessness was not only reflected in their conversations, but also in their literacy studies. In the past, when the educated youth was teaching, everyone was quiet. But these few days, it was as if they couldn't shut down their chatterboxes. When the educated youth was teaching, they would talk.
The whole pig farm was noisy and restless.
When Lu Jianguo stepped into the yard, he heard people whispering to each other. He raised his eyebrows and roared, "You all learned it, didn't you?"
He walked in with a serious expression. "If you all learned it, why are you still sitting? Bring a stool home …"
The yard was silent. He turned to look at Lu Jianguo, feeling embarrassed. The news that Lu Hongbo had been kicked out of his father-in-law's house had just spread. Everyone was talking about it.
Lu Hongbo's wife and son could not be found. In the future, it would be just the two of them. When they got old, they would not even have someone to carry a pail of urine for them. Hard times were still ahead.
Lu Jianguo's face darkened. Seeing that no one was talking, he walked to the place where the educated youth was teaching. He looked at the people sitting below and said in an unprecedentedly serious tone, "I know why everyone is restless. The women think that they have found a role model, but there are some women who keep threatening others about running away from home. Think about it. Is running away from home better than staying in the production team? If it's so good, why don't you just run away? Why get married? "
Lu Jianguo's words struck a chord in many of the men's hearts. They were unhappy to hear so many threats. Their residence was in the production team, and their work was recorded. If they ran away from home, where would they find work for them? Where would they find work points for them? Even if they wanted food, they did not have it.
Lu Jianguo could guess what the men were thinking. He changed the topic and targeted the men. "Don't think that all of you are good. I've warned the men in the team who love to hit their wives many times. When you get married, you should talk things through. You should never hit a woman. As a man, what's the point of hitting a woman? If you really have the ability to go to the frontlines to fight and defend the country, I can still praise you. But if you stay at home and vent your anger on your wife and children, don't you think you're a coward? If anyone dares to hit their wife in the future, I will scold them every time I catch them. If they don't vent their anger, I will ask the accountant to deduct their work points. "
Work points were related to food, and everyone valued it. Lu Jianguo glared at the men who usually hit their wives. The men were so scared that they curled up into a ball. Lu Jianguo snorted. "If you don't restrain yourself after your work points are deducted, you will be sent to the commune. You all know what will happen to you."
Lu Jianguo warned both the women and the men. When he saw that everyone was afraid, his tone softened. "Since you are married, you should be considerate of each other and live a good life. Be filial to your parents and raise your children. When you are free, chat with your neighbors and relatives about the latest news in the team. When you are in trouble, you should help each other to overcome difficulties. When the atmosphere in the production team is good, you will be more motivated to work. When you are motivated, you will earn more work points. With more work points, you will naturally have more food. Think about it, don't you agree?"
Everyone said in unison, "Yes."
"If you agree, then adjust your mentality and happily prepare for the New Year. Tomorrow, we will kill the pig and divide the pork. It will still be 8 am in the morning, in the bamboo forest outside the storage room. Bring the shau kettle and line up …" Lu Jianguo raised his head and said firmly.
Sun Guixian was overjoyed. She muttered to Xue Huahua beside her, "I have known Lu Jianguo for so many years, but this is the first time I feel that what he said makes sense." In the past, Lu Jianguo spoke in a domineering tone. It was rare for him to sound so amiable like today. "Huahua, I think he is so good because of you."
"He is the leader of the advanced production team and has received high praise from the leaders of the city and county. If he is not capable, will the leaders praise him?" Xue Huahua's gaze fell on Lu Mingwen, who was doing his homework in the yard. Over the past few days, the girl beside Lu Mingwen seemed to show signs of revival. She began to chatter endlessly, trying to find something to talk to Lu Mingwen about.
Sun Guixian followed her gaze and saw three girls squatting on both sides of Lu Mingwen. Their heads were buried and their mouths were opening and closing. She sighed, "Your Mingwen is really … popular with girls." They were almost frozen. Why didn't they feel cold? They came to watch over Lu Mingwen doing his homework every day. If it were her, she would rather sleep under the blanket than go out.
"Huahua, don't worry. I think Mingwen is ignoring them."
Xue Huahua looked away. "What am I worried about? He wouldn't dare to mess around even if he had ten guts."
Sun Guixian wanted to say that Lu Mingwen had no resistance to women. Take Sun Baoqin for example. Why did Lu Mingwen marry Sun Baoqin in a hurry? It was because they had done something embarrassing. Sun Guixian only remembered that Sun Baoqin was her niece. It would hurt their relationship to talk about this.
"It's better for you to keep an eye on him." In the past, Sun Guixian felt that Lu Mingwen was not worthy of Sun Baoqin. In the past six months, she suspected that she had misjudged him. If Lu Mingwen and Sun Baoqin had not divorced, Sun Baoqin would be living a better life.
Unlike now, where she had to carry a child.
Xue Huahua didn't take it to heart. Lu Mingwen also didn't take it to heart. The exam was coming soon. If he didn't study hard, he would miss the chance to eat meat. His mother said that those who did well in the exam could eat two more pieces of meat. In addition, there would be rice and eggs. In other words, this exam was the best reward. He couldn't miss this exam even if he didn't do well in the previous years. Therefore, no matter what the people around him said, he didn't respond. It was not that he didn't have time, but he didn't hear what they said. He was immersed in his own thoughts and didn't know anything about the outside world.
After finishing his homework, the educated youth were still in class. Lu Mingwen ran into the kitchen. "Lu Zhiqing, I finished my homework. Can I do a few more questions as a reward?"
Lu Mingwen believed that doing the questions was the key to finding and filling in the gaps. He wanted to practice more questions to prepare for tomorrow's exam.
Of course, Luo Mengying wouldn't refuse. She asked a few more questions according to the textbook. She was afraid that Lu Mingwen would forget the previous knowledge, so she asked a few questions that she had learned before.
After reading the questions, Luo Mengying went back to the kitchen and sat down. Before the stool was warm, Lu Mingwen came again. "Luo Zhiqing, I finished the questions. Can you do a few more questions on geography?"
Among the four subjects, except for mathematics and geography, language and history were all memorized. Comparatively speaking, the questions were more rigid and didn't have many forms.
Luo Mengying did as he asked. She flipped to the knowledge that she had learned before and randomly asked a few questions that even she didn't know the correct answers to. After giving Lu Mingwen the questions, Lu Dewen and Lu Hongying raised their heads and looked at her with an expression that said, "Give me more questions." Luo Mengying couldn't stand it, so she had to start reading the questions from the beginning.
Soon, Lu Mingwen finished writing again. His eager gaze made Luo Mengying's throat hurt. She went back to the kitchen and drank some water. Then she continued to read the questions for Lu Mingwen. Ten questions, twenty questions, thirty questions …
They had to stop when they couldn't write any more questions in half of the courtyard.
The literacy class wasn't over yet. The siblings looked at Luo Mengying pitifully. "Luo Zhiqing, can you give us some more questions? Let's go to the kitchen."
Their eyes revealed a strong desire.
Luo Mengying swallowed her saliva. Her throat was so dry that it was uncomfortable. She drank all the water in the enamel jar and went to the toilet several times. She was worried that the literacy workers didn't notice her and thought that she had diarrhea, just like Sun Guixian last time.
"Alright, the courtyard is full. Let's exchange the homework first. If it's not right, let's discuss it. Luo Zhiqing is dizzy because of your noise." Xue Huahua stood by the side and looked at the densely packed questions in the courtyard with the corner of her mouth slightly twitching. She only went into the kitchen to talk with Li Xuemei about their studies during the New Year. When she came out, the courtyard was full of questions.
"Auntie, it's fine. It's a good thing that they like to do questions." She remembered that doing homework was like killing her. She used to ask her brother to do it for her. Why did Lu Dewen and the others like to do homework so much? Was it because they had too little homework and wanted to maintain the novelty of doing homework every day?
It didn't make sense.
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