Before we knew it, spring has arrived. The grass on the roadside has turned green, the branches on the trees have sprouted, and the wild flowers and forsythia are blooming brilliantly all over the mountains and fields.
The weeping willows by the lake have sprouted new buds, swaying gently in the spring breeze like a charming young girl singing and dancing.
Qian Shulan took Xiao Min to the chicken farm to check the chicks that everyone had hatched.
Xiao Min held a furry little chicken in her two small hands and ran over happily. Her two big eyes blinked as she looked at Qian Shulan pitifully.
"Grandma, let's raise a chicken too."
Qian Shulan was counting and said softly, "Wait a moment."
Xiao Min looked up and saw that her grandmother was busy, so she sat quietly beside her, staring at the chick in her hand without blinking.
The tender yellow chick pecked at the palm of her hand, tickling her and making her giggle.
Qian Shulan counted the chicks and wrote down the number, then told the person next to her to notify the people from Linjia Village to come and get them.
After everyone left, Qian Shulan turned around to look at Xiao Min. Seeing that she was talking to Xiao Ji with a pouty mouth, she hugged her in her arms and asked, "Do you like Xiao Ji so much?"
Xiao Min's eyes sparkled as she said in a baby voice, "Chickens are so cute. Let's raise one too."
Although Qian Shulan is the director of a chicken farm, she does not raise chickens at home.
Although the capitalist tail is being cut off now, every household can still raise three.
But she spent most of her time at the chicken farm and didn't have the time to clean the yard every day, so she didn't raise any chickens.
Qian Shulan pretended to be distressed and pointed to the yard of the chicken farm. "Raising chickens is very dirty. Look how dirty this yard is."
Chicken manure is a very good fertilizer, so the chicken farmer would shovel it out every hour. The yard was full of chicken manure, like a skin disease.
The chicken shit that had just been shoveled away is now extremely dirty again.
Xiao Min was a little distressed, but suddenly her eyes lit up, "Then I'll do the shoveling. I'll use a small shovel."
Children are only interested for a short time. It is estimated that she will soon get tired of chicken shit and her interest in raising chickens will gradually decrease, and her sense of responsibility will decrease, which is very bad. Qian Shulan thought for a while and said, "I heard that your aunt's rabbit gave birth to a baby. Do you want to raise one? Rabbits are much cuter than chickens, and their whole bodies are snow-white." The most important thing is that rabbits will not poop everywhere, so just build a circle for them.
Xiao Min had never seen a rabbit, but she had heard her grandmother tell the story of the rabbit and the tortoise racing, and she remembered that rabbits ran very fast. When she heard her grandmother's words, her eyes lit up immediately, "Okay, let's go and see it."
As he said this, he took Qian Shulan's hand and walked out.
Qian Shulan stood up and took her to Wang Shouquan's house.
He Cuilan is here too. The two rabbits their family received were a return gift from their eldest daughter-in-law's family during the Chinese New Year.
What they sent over was a rooster, which they bought directly from the team.
I received two rabbits, one male and one female. They had just given birth to a litter of six rabbits a while ago.
When He Cuilan heard Qian Shulan say she wanted to come over to catch a rabbit, she immediately took her to the rabbit pen to choose one.
Six little rabbits were lying in the rabbit pen, looking at everyone with their big black eyes.
Xiao Min was immediately attracted by the rabbits. She pointed at a snow-white little rabbit and shouted happily to He Cuilan, "Aunt, I want that one."
He Cuilan touched her little face and quickly hugged her.
He held the little rabbit in his hands and placed it in a small flower basket filled with straw, then covered it with a rag, leaving only the little head exposed.
Then she handed the small flower basket to Xiao Min. Xiao Min looked up and said to He Cuilan crisply, "Thank you, auntie."
He Cuilan touched her head and said to Qian Shulan, "You taught this child to be really polite!"
Qian Shulan smiled modestly and gave her the money.
He Cuilan glared at him, "You are embarrassing me. I will give this little rabbit to Xiaomin to play with."
Seeing that she didn't want to take the money, Qian Shulan took out a handful of red dates from her bag and stuffed them into her pocket, "This is for your grandson."
He Cuilan did not refuse. She thought the red dates were from the date tree behind Qian Shulan's house.
When we were picking dates, a basket was specially delivered.
But they were all fresh and couldn't be kept. So they were eaten up within a day.
I didn't expect that she still had some dried ones. It seemed that they were specially left for Xiao Min to eat.
She pinched a red date and put it in her mouth. It still had that familiar sweet taste. She smiled and said to Qian Shulan, "You, I've never seen anyone in the entire production team love their granddaughter more than you."
People of this era tend to favor boys over girls.
No one can understand why Qian Shulan would rather take care of her granddaughter than her twin grandsons.
There was a woman who liked to gossip and didn't mind making trouble, so she deliberately embarrassed Zhou Xuemei, saying that her mother-in-law was not satisfied with her and refused to help take care of the twins after she gave birth.
Zhou Xuemei never took it seriously. Her mother-in-law was the director of a chicken farm and she was not idle. Taking care of a child was already a big deal.
If she takes care of these two children, she will not be able to handle it. If she makes her mother-in-law sick, the other families will eat her up.
Moreover, children are close to whoever takes care of them. For example, the grandson of my eldest sister-in-law's family has been taken care of by my eldest sister-in-law since he was a child. The little kid calls "Grandma, Grandma" every day, which is very lovable, but he is very unfamiliar with Liu Fangming, his biological mother.
Qian Shulan never explains to anyone that everyone has preferences.
Although she did not help take care of the twins, she usually gave them a lot of food.
What Xiaomin has, they also have. Zhou Xuemei is already very satisfied.
After saying goodbye to He Cuilan, Qian Shulan took Xiaomin's hand and walked towards her home.
Now that I have a little rabbit, I have to go back and build a nest for it.
The two men had just reached the main road and were about to turn right towards their home.
Xiao Min pointed in the direction of the village entrance and whispered, "Grandma, my uncle is here!"
Qian Shulan turned around and saw Qian Weihan riding a bicycle coming towards her from another road.
Qian Weihan spoke before he arrived, and shouted from a distance, "Little sister, I have a letter from Shanghai!"
Qian Shulan paused, and when he came up to her, she was a little surprised, "Are you talking about the letter from Shanghai?"
"Yes!" Qian Weihan stopped his bicycle, took out a letter from his pocket and handed it to Qian Shulan.
A letter from Shanghai? It was about the twins. Qian Shulan was anxious to get news about them, so she had long ago paid Qian Weihan to find someone to help keep an eye on them.
Don't let her die before she can transform.
After receiving the letter, Qian Shulan quickly read it through, and then patted her chest, saying, "It's okay, it's okay!"
The letter said that at the end of last year, a riot broke out in Shanghai, and Deng's father was captured by the rebels as a hostage, and they demanded the Red Guards to surrender, but he was just a small director, and his weight was not enough. The Red Guards did not take them seriously at all, so Deng's father was beaten to death by the rebels. But it is gratifying that Deng Xingming was intact and not hurt at all.
However, Shanghai had been occupied by rebels, and the Deng siblings had lost their jobs and were even in danger of losing their lives, so they had no choice but to go to the countryside to work as sentees.
Qian Shulan closed the letter and asked Qian Weihan, "When can they go to the countryside?"
Qian Weihan counted the days and said, "It should be in these few days. This letter was sent a month ago."
Qian Shulan nodded and said to Qian Weihan, "Tell Qian Minghua to rebuild a house for them."
Qian Weihan laughed a little and shook his head helplessly, "Where can our production team get bricks to build houses for them? We have to weed after next month. It will be too late to build houses. I think they will most likely be arranged to live in the canteen."
Since the big canteen was disbanded, the two canteens of the Wangjia Village production team were used, one for meetings or basket weaving, and the other was completely abandoned.
If they go to the countryside, they can only think of things there.
"That's it!" After thinking for a while, Qian Shulan said, "Brother, when the people come, don't tell them that I am their biological mother."
Qian Weihan was surprised, "Why? Don't you want to recognize the two children?"
Qian Shulan shook her head helplessly, "I want to wait until the time is right before I tell you. If I tell you now, I'm worried that they will stay away from me."
Qian Shulan made this decision after careful consideration.
It was relatively easy for her to reform the boss and his friends, and both the filial piety value and career value could be improved quickly. But the non-value thing was not possible.
Influenced by the social environment, she couldn't even teach them to help others.
If helping others would bring disaster upon yourself, would you be willing to do so
Not to mention that they were unwilling, even Qian Shulan herself could not agree. So she had not taught ideological education classes for a long time.
I thought of educating them after these ten years are over, so that at least when they help others, they won’t die before I teach them.
When she first met Deng Xingming, his non-compliance score was seven, which was neither high nor low.
But once she told him that she was his biological mother, he might feel resentful.
How could I still be willing to listen to her teachings
It would be better to let him suffer a little in the Wangjia Village Production Team. She approached him as a stranger. Most people would be grateful for the kindness shown by an old man who had no relatives or friends with him.
Once she has maxed out Deng Xingming's right and wrong value, she can reveal her identity, which will be much easier.
Qian Weihan naturally didn't know what she was thinking. But for this sister, Qian Weihan always responded to her requests, and whatever she said was fine.
Within two days, Wang Shouquan brought three people back from the commune.
This time his expression wasn't as grim as before.
These three people are so young and look very healthy. Even if they can't do heavy work, they can help raise chickens.
But even so, there was no smile on his face.
Qian Shulan could guess it just by thinking about it. These people came from the city, and although they could help the team raise chickens to earn work points, they still had to get paid from their production team.
One more person means more money, there is no way he will be happy.
He led them to the cafeteria, pointed at the two newly built mud and thatched houses, and said indifferently, "That's where you will live. Remember to come find us if you need anything."
After saying this, without waiting for their answer, he turned around and stretched out his arms to drive out all the villagers who were watching the fun.
Maybe it was the first time they saw people coming from a big city, so many adults and children in the team ran over to watch.
Among them was Qian Shulan.
She stood on tiptoe and craned her neck to look inside, looking uneasy.
Wang Shouquan was speechless when he saw his third aunt trying to get in like those gossiping women. He tried to persuade her kindly, "Third aunt, please stop looking. Children from the city are shy. They will feel embarrassed if you look at them like that."
Qian Shulan's mouth twitched. Embarrassed? Is it possible?! She did not answer Wang Shouquan's question, but walked back with a dazed look on her face!
She wanted to curse in her heart! Damn! What was going on
Why is Chen Xuanxuan here? Hasn't the Chen family been destroyed by Guo Zhengliang? Shouldn't she be in a labor camp for reform? Why is she here
Qian Shulan thought of what Yuying said, that Guo Zhengliang had defeated the Chen family. This meant that Chen Xuanxuan must have severed ties with her parents just like Li Caiying to save herself! It's not impossible, after all, Chen
Xuanxuan is too old to be exposed to those important matters. If the Chen family's parents wanted to keep their only daughter, they might have picked her out! Damn! The ghost is still there!
She was so angry that her heart, liver, spleen, stomach and lungs all hurt. The strength of her hands also increased unconsciously. Xiao Min's face was wrinkled in pain and she kept yelling, "Grandma, my hand hurts!"
This cry brought Qian Shulan back to her senses. She quickly let go of her hand and looked down at Xiaomin's hand. Seeing that the red mark had disappeared, she hurriedly asked, "Does it still hurt?"
Xiao Min shook her head, "Grandma, it doesn't hurt anymore!" Then she lowered her head and ate the red dates in her hand.
Qian Shulan touched her head, thought for a long time, and decided to wait for Wang Shouquan.
She stood on the side of the road and watched the members go home after seeing the kids from big cities.
About half an hour later, Wang Shouquan came out of the cafeteria, his face full of helplessness and fatigue!
The author has something to say: I feel a little sorry for the heroine