After the meeting was adjourned, the adults got busy.
The older children who were sensible would run to help the adults, while the less sensible ones would go back to their rooms, and the younger children would run to the yard to play.
Qian Shulan's room was already filled with the food she brought back. There was barely any space to stretch her feet. It was impossible to move the food to other rooms because those rooms were even more crowded.
Qian Shulan handed her work ID to Wang Shouli, who touched it again and again with care.
Qian Shulan looked very satisfied and said to him, "Old Four, this job of yours is not easy to come by, you must cherish it. Remember not to easily conflict with others, and of course we must not be timid. If you have any problems that you cannot solve, you can come back and discuss it with mother, and mother can help you with some advice."
Wang Shouli agreed repeatedly, and at the end he looked at his mother with eyes full of gratitude, "Mom, thank you."
Qian Shulan nodded naturally, took out five dollars and a dozen food coupons from her pocket and handed them to him.
"You will report to the county in three days. The single dormitory has been arranged for you and cleaned up. You can just move in. Take these five yuan and twenty kilograms of food coupons, and you can eat in the cafeteria." At the end, he reminded, "Your fifth brother is now in the well-drilling team of the Water Conservancy Bureau. He may go to the countryside to dig wells in a few days. When he does, you can help him take care of Xiaodie. The child is too young, and I'm afraid she will be lonely and unsociable." Wang Shouzhi finally couldn't decide to send the child to the countryside. He probably thought it was better to live in the city, and Qian Shulan agreed with him.
Wang Shouli nodded repeatedly. Finally, he lowered his head in shame and said in a muffled voice, "Mom, you are so kind."
Qian Shulan secretly rolled her eyes, but her expression was extremely sentimental, "The fact that you can think this way means that your mother's love for you is not in vain."
As she spoke, she walked to the wall, bent down, untied a sack, and took out a can of something from it.
Walking to the kang and handing it to Wang Shouli, Qian Shulan sighed and said, "This was given to me by a friend of mine. She said that only rich people in the city eat this stuff, and it can nourish the body and is very good. I'm already this old, what else can I nourish? I'll give it to Xiaotao to nourish her body. That child is too weak." Qian Shulan really didn't lie. This was the malted milk that Jiang Yuying gave her. It's a good idea to reciprocate gifts, so Qian Shulan didn't refuse it. She thought about giving her some good things next time she goes to the city. However, although she accepted the things, Qian Shulan didn't plan to eat them herself, just because she didn't like sweets. So, she planned to give this can of malted milk to the weakest child in the family.
Xiaotao was not healthy from birth. She would pant after walking a few steps. She was more fragile than the heart patients she had seen before. Qian Shulan was also a little worried. With Wang Shouli doting on his child, would he collapse if he couldn't keep the child alive
Ugh! Qian Shulan felt that Wang Shouzhi had confused her. Especially when she thought about the ending of Wang Shouzhi's previous life in her dream, she felt that everyone she saw now looked like a mental patient. She thought her idea was really weird.
However, if the child is fed well and given more nourishment, it may be possible to recover. Although Qian Shulan also thinks this is self-consolation, if she is not optimistic, can she still live like this
Hearing what his mother said, Wang Shouli refused repeatedly. He was already flattered that his mother gave him a temporary job, and he knew it was not cheap just by looking at the packaging. How could he accept such an expensive thing
No matter how much he loves his children, there is no reason for him to snatch food from his mother's mouth.
Qian Shulan pushed it directly into his arms and said, "Just take it if I give it to you. This thing is not easy to get. If you want to buy it for Xiaotao in the future, you have to rely on yourself."
Wang Shouli couldn't refuse and felt even more grateful to his mother. It turned out that his mother also loved Xiaotao. He had misunderstood his mother before. At last, he said embarrassedly, "Thank you, mother."
The two talked about some other things, mostly about Xiaowu.
Apart from the fact that Li Caiying cheated on Xiaowu, Qian Shulan did not hide anything else from him.
When he came out, Wang Shouli held the malted milk in his arms and ran to his room, for fear that others would see him and cause a commotion.
Although Wang Shouli felt that doing this was a bit like stealing, his mother was right. There were only so many things, and if they were divided equally, Xiaotao would not have much left.
After dinner, Qian Shulan began to share the things she bought from the department store.
This is also a way to express the authority of the head of the family. It also indirectly tells them that although she is in the city, she is still thinking about them. Therefore, as long as they listen to her, they can live a good life.
This time everyone has one.
Qian Shulan first gave each child a handful of fruit candy without favoring any over another. Except for Sun Daqin who curled her lips, everyone else was very satisfied.
Then he praised Li Chunhua for her contribution in the past few years and expressed his satisfaction with her. He specially gave her 15 meters of cloth and asked her to make a new dress for him. Li Chunhua was flattered and almost thought she had heard it wrongly.
Next, Zhou Xuemei was praised for her contribution. The housework was usually done by Li Chunhua and Zhou Xuemei.
Although Zhou Xuemei only made her own portion, she was a hard-working person, so Qian Shulan gave her seven feet and five inches of cloth to make a top.
Everyone was so shocked that they all looked at Qian Shulan as if they had seen a ghost.
She cleared her throat. "Well, after a trip to the city, I realized that the daughters-in-law that I am most satisfied with in this family are Chunhua and Xuemei. Chunhua is diligent and capable, and although Xuemei has a bad temper, she is very honest. They are both good daughters-in-law in our Wang family."
When she was moved, she couldn't help shedding tears, which moved the usually timid Li Chunhua so much that she burst into tears.
Zhou Xuemei was more surprised than delighted. She was so nervous that she thought her mother-in-law had been stimulated in the city. Could she have been hit in the head and become stupid? She quickly nudged the man sitting next to her with her leg.
Wang Shouli was holding Xiaotao. The child was too young and he was afraid that she would scream and make her mother angry again, so he let her sit on his lap and held her in his arms with both hands.
Xiao Tao had just received a handful of fruit candies and was peeling the candy wrappers curiously. She felt someone push her thighs under her buttocks, so she stopped what she was doing and looked back.
Seeing her mother blinking at her father, Xiao Tao asked in a baby voice, "Mom, what's wrong with your eyes? Did a bug fly into them?"
Sun Daqin, who had been holding her breath, could no longer suppress her anger after hearing what Xiao Tao said. She said to Zhou Xuemei in a sarcastic tone, "You only gave birth to a girl. What a contribution!"
Before Qian Shulan could reply, Wang Shouli was the first to get upset and said, "Sister-in-law, please be more polite. You don't need to complain about Xuemei. I'm going to make this clear today. From now on, even if I find a son-in-law for Xiaotao, I will never bother my nephews to throw pots and tiles at me!"
Seeing that the fourth child was so disrespectful to her, Sun Daqin opened her mouth to fight back, but Wang Shouren grabbed her and glared at her, "Shut up!" The fourth child was suffering enough without a son, and this old woman was still talking nonsense! This was just poking at people's hearts. Why does this woman like to make trouble so much!
Originally, Sun Daqin was already unhappy because her mother-in-law didn't want to release the news to her, but instead released it to the other two sisters-in-law who didn't give birth to a son. She didn't dare to confront her mother-in-law, so she took the opportunity to make Zhou Xuemei uncomfortable.
But who would have thought that her own man would scold her in front of so many people, and for a moment she forgot how afraid she was of her own man. She felt a surge of heat in her heart, her butt slid down the stool to the ground, and she began to slap her legs with both hands, and she started to act like a spoiled child, "Oh my God, I gave birth to three sons for the Wang family, so I am a great contributor to the Wang family. Even if you don't give me a piece of cloth, you should at least give me a piece of candy. Who would have thought that I can't get anything. This heart is so biased..." She didn't dare to say anything about Qian Shulan blatantly, but everyone could hear the indirect criticism in her words.
Qian Shulan hated Sun Daqin, even more than Li Caiying. Even if Li Caiying was bad, she was not bad to her, but Sun Daqin was different. Just because Sun Daqin had done such a thing to her grandmother, she would never treat Sun Daqin well. She used the warm and spring-like method to reform others, but she had to do the opposite to Sun Daqin.
Seeing Wang Shouren's fist about to swing down, Qian Shulan hurriedly said, "Boss, stop it, lock her up in your room. She won't be allowed to eat tomorrow!" Qian Shulan hated beating women. It reminded her of her grandmother's experience, so she was determined not to allow such a thing to happen.
Hearing his mother's words, Wang Shouren immediately stretched out his clenched fists, bent down and picked up Sun Daqin, who was still throwing a tantrum.
Sun Daqin, who was hanging in the air, was frightened. After she came to her senses, she started to pull the man's hair with her two claws. Wang Shouren immediately grimaced in pain.
Qian Shulan frowned and glanced at Wang Shouyi and Wang Shouli.
Wang Shouyi didn't understand what his mother meant by looking at him, and was a little slow to react. But Wang Shouli was smart, and he got it instantly, and directly stuffed Xiaotao into Zhou Xuemei's arms. He strode over to help Wang Shouren.
The two brothers dragged Sun Daqin into the east room.
Sun Daqin was still in the east room, banging on the door and yelling, but no one paid any attention to her.
In the main room, Qian Shulan continued to hold a family meeting.
She also distributed some floral fabrics to Li Chunhua and Zhou Xuemei according to the body shapes of each child, but she could not grasp the size of the children, so she did not cut the fabrics. "If there is any extra, make a vest. It will be cooler in summer."
Li Chunhua and Zhou Xuemei nodded heavily. They looked at each other, and surprise flashed in their eyes.
Wang Shouren came back from the east room and looked at the flowered cloth, looking very worried. Qian Shulan knew that he must have some thoughts.
After all, what she does now is completely different from what she did before.
However, seeing that his filial piety had not changed, he should still trust her as a mother. She smiled and said, "Zhengkang and the others have new clothes every year. This year it will be Xiaomei and the others' turn."
Wang Shouren blushed when he heard this and felt ashamed of his previous guess.
After the announcement, it was already dark and everyone went back to sleep.
The next morning, Qian Shulan washed up and began to look around the house. Although she had memories of her original body, looking at this yard gave her a familiar yet strange feeling.
Because Liuguan County is located in the north, everyone in the house uses kangs, and the houses are also small farmhouse courtyards unique to the north.
There are three adobe houses. The one facing the sun is the main room. The one on the left is where the fourth brother's family lives, and the one on the right is where the third brother's family (except Xiaomei) lives. A small house was built in front of this house, which is her room.
The east room is divided into three rooms. The left side is where the eldest brother's family lives, the smaller middle one is where Wang Danna and Xiaomei live together, and the right side is a storage room where furniture is stored.
The adobe house in the front room is relatively small, with a passage in the middle, a kitchen on the left, and Wang Shouzhi's room on the right. However, since he moved to the county town, this house has been used to store things.
Because there are houses on three sides, the western side was turned into a vegetable garden, where green vegetables grow very well.
In addition to the three rooms, the toilet is located in the corner between the east room and the main room.
The angle between the east room and the front room is the pigsty.
The corner between the vegetable garden and the front house is the chicken coop.
In the middle is the yard, which is about 50 square meters. Because it was crushed by stones when the house was built, it is as hard as a cobblestone road.
During the busy farming season, grain produced from private plots would be dried in the yard.
Qian Shulan swept around the three adobe houses and found that the thatched roofs were rotten. In her original memory, this kind of roof had to be repaired almost every two years, which was very troublesome.
Once it rains, the rain hits the mud walls and the house becomes soaked. The room is filled with dampness, and for several days the house will smell musty.
She had rarely seen this kind of house in her previous life.
It’s really crowded to think about all these families squeezing into the same house.
Moreover, the eldest grandson is already fifteen years old. According to the customs here in the countryside, he will have to get married soon.
It is necessary to build a separate house for him.
Thinking that the nationwide steel-making campaign would begin in the second half of the year, Qian Shulan felt that approving two residential plots and building a few houses was the most urgent matter.
After approving the residential land, we will also approve the timber to prevent the trees on the slope from being destroyed by steelmaking in the future.
Then for many years they would do something like planting trees and not allow people to cut down trees.
Just do it when you want to do it. This is the real way to think ahead of others.
Although this captain is my nephew, I can't go empty-handed.
After her son and daughter-in-law had finished washing up, Qian Shulan finally implemented the change she had always wanted to make, which was to divide the housework equally. Feeding the pigs, cooking, raising chickens, and cleaning were all done by the same family, taking turns.
As for the dirty clothes you take off, wash your own.
Sun Daqin was scolded several times by her husband last night. She didn't dare to oppose her mother-in-law's decision at all! She wanted to quarrel, but her husband didn't stand on her side. It was useless for her to quarrel. In the end, she could only start working in frustration.
Because of her work, there was no one to take care of her young grandson, so Sun Daqin had to hand him over to her mother-in-law.
So Qian Shulan took a pound of fruit candies and a pound of biscuits she bought from the city, and took the six-year-old Zhengjun out of the yard.
The child was just feeling greedy, and when he saw his grandmother holding some fruit candies in her hand, he started drooling and kept making trouble for Qian Shulan.
Qian Shulan felt that the child was still young and had not developed many bad habits yet. He had no sense of right and wrong, and was a blank slate. She wanted to teach him, so no matter how much Zhengjun wanted, she would not give him anything.
"Want candy? Sure! When we get to my uncle's house later, as long as you remember to help grandma keep an eye on your cousins and don't let them eavesdrop on grandma's conversation, grandma will give you candy."
Zhengjun looked at the fruit candies in his grandmother's hand and agreed repeatedly.
Qian Shulan took out two pieces of candy and said, "I'll give you two first, and then I'll give you four after you finish! If you don't complete the task that grandma gave you just now, then the four pieces of candy will be gone."
Zhengjun took the candy and nodded to Qian Shulan to assure her, "I will definitely be able to look after my cousins."
Qian Shulan nodded with a smile, "Grandma also believes in Zhengjun!"
Zhengjun straightened his chest unconsciously at the praise.
The author has something to say: I read in the comments that I wrote the original old lady badly, but I was a little confused because I didn't feel that there was anything wrong with it.
The original old lady's setting is: she favors sons over daughters, despises the poor and loves the rich, loves to take advantage of others, and talks about others' right and wrong. She is very hard on the daughter-in-law who has not given birth to a son, and flatters the daughter-in-law from the city. Her greatest advantage is that she loves her sons and grandsons very much. However, she has a loving mother's heart, but she can't teach her children.
That's why she made a deal with the Extreme Transformation System. With her personality, she would definitely choose her grandson first, but she failed. When it was the girl's turn, the system helped her choose. The system chooses people based on data. Unlike the original old lady, it was based on blood relationship.
Please help me check if it is really written wrong? Thank you everyone, if you point out the mistakes, there will be red envelopes, muah