TATVW- Chapter 12

 

   In the Qiaoxin Village production team of Qinghe Brigade, the last production leader did not do much work and did not do well in planning production, but whether the production leader did a good job or bad job it greatly affected the production team's harvest at the end of the year .

 

    At that time, the working days of their production team were low. Even if they worked ten times a day, it was only 30 to 40 cents a day. At the end of the year, when the dividends were distributed, some families did not get much money.

 

    After Liu Zhaoqiang was elected as the production team leader, he followed the cadres of the company to visit the commendation village in the next province. They had done a good job in production- they ran mills, fish ponds, and farms , The production team had also engaged in various side jobs, bought tractors, fuel engines... The life of the members was good, ten work points can be equal to 1 yuan and 50 cents a day, and by the end of the year, some families with a lot of labor can  get even get a dividend of 100 yuan. All the girls in the surrounding villages wanted to marry into their production team.

 

 

    Seeing that the work-day value of others had exceeded one yuan a day, Liu Zhaoqiang was enthusiastic, and also wanted to quickly start production, engage in side jobs, facilitate the members, and raise the income of the production team.

 

 

    He wanted to quickly engage in production.  But because he was short of people and money, he had applied for another batch of educated youth to come over.

 

    "What uncle did is a good thing!"

 

    Liu Shufeng patted her shoulder, "Work hard, I will arrange an easy job for you."

 

    Liu Shufeng knows that her daughter is afraid of suffering, and she too does not expect her to become a capable labor force. So even if she does some light work and earns a few work points, it can be regarded as a contribution to the production team.

 

      It's enough for her to help.

 

    "I will go to work in the future, and I will go to my uncle's house tomorrow."

 

If she wanted to live well, she had to join the production team.

 

    First of all, she wants to improve her reputation in the village!

 

    She wants to help her uncle to do production together and increase the income of their production team. Although Su Xiaoman can't work in the fields, she will definitely be able to make a contribution in the sideline business. Activists in production might even be able to become women cadres in the future.

 

 

    This is a multi-pronged approach.(E/N:she has multiple reasons to approach this). Only when the income of the production team increases, can she and her parents' living standards improve, and the villagers can also live better together.

 

    If she contributes to the expansion of income, the members will receive more dividends at the end of the year, which will improve her reputation in the village.

 

    The higher the reputation, the easier it is to do things.

 

    Now she is married to Xie Mingtu in name, but like the third brother Su said, they have not yet issued a certificate, so they are not necessarily counted in law.

 

    She can maintain a superficial marriage with Xie Mingtu for the time being, and they even look good with each other. She will not be forced into another marriage. It will be more convenient to work and do things as a married woman.

 

    This poor little Xie Mingtu has a good temper, and he is quite pleasant to get along with, so they should be able to cooperate well.

 

 

      At that time, the two will follow the trend and of  getting married and divorced, so they don't get much attention. At that time, they will only be in their twenties, and there should be no problem in remarrying. Read only on fluffyedits.blogspot.com.

 

   She just doesn’t know if Xie Mingtu will agree…

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    Su Xiaoman left from Su's house, Liu Shufeng had packed her some dried sweet potatoes, a small bag of flour and two liang of oil for her to take back.

 

    The clothes made by sister-in-law Yang Yingzi for her nephew were also taken back by her. Su Xiaoman promised to help her sister-in-law make clothes and give them to her in a few days.

 

   The dried sweet potato made by Liu Shufeng were very delicious. She took a piece and bit it in her mouth, she still wanted to eat.

 

    As soon as she arrived at the door of Xie's house carrying something, she found that the second sister-in-law Xie was guarding in the yard with Xie Yaozu. Xie Yaozu was still looking around, and when he saw Su Xiaoman, he took his mother’s hand.

 

    It can be guessed that Sun Mei asked her to guard in the yard to see what Su Xiaoman brought back.

 

    They especially brought Xie Yaozu,  because if children are greedy and take something to eat, can adults still blame?

 

    “fifth sister-in-law, you come back? What good things are there in the basket?"

 

    "Let the second sister-in-law see."

 

    Xie Yaozu cooperated with his mother’s words, rushed up and circled around Su Xiaoman, and stretched one hand into the bamboo basket.

 

    Su Xiaoman pushed his hand away,whithout any care.

 

 

    Xie Yaozu retracted his hand in pain and scolded her loudly: "A woman with a spontaneity, a bastard, shameless..."

 

    Xie Yaozu didn't know what he meant by scolding. He just picked it up and learned from what the adults said. Read only on fluffyedits.blogspot.com. Repot if found anywhere else.

 

    "A person who wants to rob someone else’s things shouldn’t be talking about face."

 

    "Second sister-in-law, educate your children well, tell him to not stretch out his hands."

 

    "As a child he stretches out his hand, and later when he grows up, he would stretch his hands to take things from the public. When that time comes, he might be shot. Not to mention Yaozu, even the ancestors of the Xie family will be ashamed to death."

 

    Seiing herself being ridiculed, the second sister-in-law Xie was angry: "Su Xiaoman, what are you talking about?!"

 

    Su Xiaoman ignored her and walked straight forward.

 

    Sun Mei came out of the room at this time, "What's the trouble? What’s happening?"

 

    Second Sister-in-law Xie complained: "Mom, Su Xiaoman said that Yaozu will be shot when he grows up."

 

    "What?!" When it comes to her favorite grandson, Sun Mei is also angry, "Su Xiaoman, I'm going to tear your mouth, how do you speak?"

 

    At this time, the dispute in Xie's yard also attracted the attention of one or two villagers.

“Old Xie's, what's the matter, who’s going to be shot?"

 

    Sun Mei took a breath. She is a person who cares about face, and she doesn't like outsiders to use words such as shooting on her favorite grandson. When she heard the old woman's words, she came to her senses.

 

    She went back and scolded second sister-in-law Xie, "Second daughter-in-law, don't talk nonsense."

 

    "You must have heard wrong."

 

    "No shooting, just these idiots talking were nonsense."

 

    Sun Mei sent away the old woman who was watching the fun, and was going to trouble Su Xiaoman, but Su Xiaoman had already closed the door. She originally wanted to kick the door and go in and beat her a few times, but then she remembered Su Xiaoman's family.

 

    If their family dares to fight Su Xiaoman, Su Xiaoman's family will dare to fight theirs.

 

    Sun Mei spit angrily on the ground, and cursed a few times outside the house.

 

    "I'm so angry that I can't even eat." Back in her room, Sun Mei kept beating her chest.

 

    Old man Xie who was smoking raised his eyebrows.

 

    "How did I bring back such a daughter-in-law."

 

    Xie Mingtu married Su Xiaoman by taking advantage of the accident. Although she didn't spend a dime, this Su Xiaoman's family is so good, it's like an ancestor who come back.

 

    Before, her eldest daughter-in-law and third daughter-in-law had always bowed their heads in front of her, which made her feel comfortable, and made her think that her fifth daughter-in-law would also listen to her like this, so she just thought about not spending money on the old fifth’s wife.

 

    "Stand on the scourge of Su Xiaoman!!"

 

    Old man Xie let go of the cigarette , "Weren't you proud before, what did you say in front of your grandson? A beautiful daughter-in-law who was brought  without spending a dime?"

 

    "I can't wait for the fifth to drive her back."

 

    It is easier to be said than done, the old man Xie wondered how the Su family could let the Xie family bully their precious daughter.

 

    "If you knew she's a disaster, why did you get Mingtu married to her." Read only on fluffyedits.blogspot.com. Report if found anywhere else.

 

    Sun Mei had a guilty conscience and plans to take advantage of Su Xiaoman less in the future, she said angrily: "Let the second wife take care of it."

 

    She gritted her teeth: "I can always teach her a lesson in the future."

 

    At night, Su Xiaoman borrowed the kitchen, pulled some leeks, beat two eggs, and made some triangular leeks boxes with oil and flour brought from home.

 

     The aroma of eggs came out domineeringly, tempting the gluttons in other’s's stomachs.

 

    Sun Mei had been making a fuss about not eating at night, but when she smelled this fragrance, she sat at the dining table.

 

    "It smells so good, what are you making today?!"

 

    "The fifth’s wife did it?"

 

    "She went home today, maybe she brought back some things."

 

     They all heard that Su Xiaoman quarreled with the second sister-in-law and Sun Mei as soon as she came back, when they smelled delicious food now, so they didn't want to care much about the previous things.

 

    "When will we get to eat?"

 

    Su Xiaoman brought out the leek box. She made two kinds of leek boxes, one is bigger, the other is smaller , "There is not much flour, it is made according to the people, one per person, since the children are growing, the child eats the big one, and the adult eats the smaller one."

 

    Su Xiaoman didn't plan to get into trouble with everyone in the Xie family. Sun Mei and the second sister-in-law were looking for trouble with her, but they didn't deal with her, but old man Xie, eldest sister-in-law, and sister-in-law three could be won over.

 

    According to plot, the eldest sister-in-law and the third sister-in-law had a deep resentment towards Sun Mei for a long time, and they will be the main force behind the separation. Read only on fluffyedits.blogspot.com. Report if found anywhere else.

 

    She divided the leek boxes at once, one in each person's bowl, with the large ones in the children's bowl. The elder sister-in-law's three children got three large leek boxes; the third sister-in-law's family had two daughters, Chunjuan and Xiajuan, they got two. It was the first time for the children to get to eat this kind of fragrant and oily food. The food was full of oil, and the whole room was full of tempting aroma.

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