Spring is coming very quickly, it seems like it was winter one moment and spring the next.
After sending Xiao Min to school, Qian Shulan started walking towards the chicken farm.
When I reached the entrance of the village, I heard some noisy sounds coming from there.
Qian Shulan saw the place and thought it was the Qian family's. She was not the kind of person who liked to join in the fun, so she didn't go to see it.
Qian Shulan felt that talking to Zheng Xiaohua was a waste of air. She had thought about instigating Qian Minghua to divorce her before, but later she thought that divorce might not work. That man was a dog-skin plaster, and as long as there was Qian Yuetao between them, the relationship could not be completely severed. On the contrary, the marriage relationship could still play a role when Zheng Xiaohua made a big fuss.
When she arrived at the chicken farm, soon all the aunties and grandmas who had come to watch the fun came over and discussed the situation while they were working.
"If you ask me, who can stand Zheng Xiaohua's unreasonable temper?"
"I don't think so. I heard that Yue Tao loves his wife very much. He listens to his wife in everything and never listens to Zheng Xiaohua. Oh! He really forgets his mother after marrying his wife."
Qian Shulan guessed from the fragmentary words of these people that Shen Yanhong and Zheng Xiaohua must have had an argument.
Liu Yueqin came over and whispered to her, "Third sister-in-law, don't you want to know what happened between the two of them? After all, you are Yuetao's aunt."
Qian Shulan had no interest at first, but when she heard this, she suddenly thought of Qian Minghua and immediately felt sympathy for him. She asked, "Do you know what happened?"
Liu Yueqin patted her chest and said, "Of course, our house is just one row away from theirs, so we can hear it clearly."
Qian Shulan nodded and listened attentively.
Her seriousness greatly pleased Liu Yueqin's gossiping heart. "I woke up early in the morning and heard them quarreling. They said Qian Yuetao secretly made egg water for his wife. Zheng Xiaohua caught them on the spot and scolded Shen Zhiqing. The scolding was particularly harsh. Shen Zhiqing came from a big city and had never seen such a scene before. She burst into tears on the spot. Qian Yuetao blamed his mother for meddling in other people's business. He also said that the work points he earned were enough to support his wife. He asked his mother not to bother them. In short, Zheng Xiaohua thought that her son would favor his daughter-in-law because she had something delicious. Shen Zhiqing kept crying on the side, thinking that her mother-in-law was unreasonable and made things difficult for her everywhere. It was a mess."
It turned out to be a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law problem. Qian Shulan was speechless. One was a mother-in-law with such a strong desire for control, and the other was a delicate daughter-in-law who married to avoid being lazy. Not to mention that Qian Yuetao was already dissatisfied with his mother, even if there was no such thing, he might have blamed his mother for being too stingy and too harsh on his daughter-in-law.
Since Qian Shulan knew about this, she couldn't pretend not to know. When Qian Minghua came to her for advice, she directly told him the solution she had come up with, "Why don't you build another house for your son and daughter-in-law?"
The best solution to the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law problem is to separate them. Things that are far away smell better when they are close by, but things that are far away smell worse when they are close by.
It's just that Qian Minghua's house is a bit small. When he was hiding from his mother before, Qian Yuetao always shared a room with Qian Minghua. Now it's definitely not possible for two people to come here.
Qian Minghua was a little embarrassed, "But Yuetao can't approve the homestead."
Although he was the team leader, he was also a person who followed the rules. In Qian Yuetao's case, it was impossible to approve the housing plot.
Qian Shulan looked back at his house and saw that it was indeed too small. She came up with another idea for him, "Why don't you tear it down and rebuild it?"
Qian Minghua lit a cigarette, feeling a little tempted, but he still said, "I'm going to ask Yue Tao. I need his consent."
Qian Shulan patted his shoulder and joked, "If you don't take the young couple out, unless you break Zheng Xiaohua's legs, she will definitely make trouble again. Who knows, one day when you can go back to the city, your daughter-in-law may not miss you at all and just leave."
The relationship between the two was unstable to begin with. If the man's family was not supportive, the two would definitely separate when the educated youth could return to the city.
After hearing this, Qian Minghua seemed to be thinking about something.
A few days later, Wangjia Village became busy again, and Qian Shulan was busy with the work at hand in an orderly manner.
The aunties and grandmas at the chicken farm are all concentrating on feeding their chicks in the area they are responsible for.
A truck loaded with eggs was slowly driving out from the edge of the field. A little girl in coarse clothes ran past the truck, but because the road was a little narrow, she almost fell into the mud.
She didn't care about the mud she stepped on and continued running forward.
"Third Grandma, Third Grandma, something happened."
Qian Shulan was instructing the accountant to register the accounts. When she heard someone calling her, she immediately looked up.
Seeing that it was Liu Yueqin's granddaughter, Qian Shulan asked, "Lanlan, what's wrong?"
Lan Lan supported her knees and panted as she said, "Third Grandma, my grandma asked me to tell you to go to the brigade warehouse quickly. Something big has happened."
The brigade warehouse? Could something have happened to Deng Xingming
Qian Shulan immediately ran out like a gust of wind and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
When the others heard Lanlan's voice, they turned around and saw this scene.
One educated youth said with envy, "I wish I could be as strong as this when I'm this age."
Others had long been used to it. Some nosy aunties quickened their hands and asked the older ladies next to them, "Shall we go and see what's going on?"
A few of them were really tempted. They threw the earthworms in their hands into the trough, wiped their aprons and walked out.
Qian Shulan ran out without stopping, and when she reached the warehouse door, she found that it was surrounded by people.
The leader was Guo Sansheng, and Wang Shouquan and Qian Minghua stood in the middle of the crowd and seemed to be talking to him. However, there were too many people watching and it was so noisy that she couldn't hear clearly what was going on.
Qian Shulan squeezed through the crowd and walked inside. She looked around and found that although Deng Xingming was standing in the circle, it was obvious that Guo Sansheng's focus was not on him, but Qian Yuetao. At this time, he was explaining to Guo Sansheng with a red face. Shen Yanhong next to him leaned in Kong Qiuyun's arms. Her eyes were red, obviously stimulated.
Qian Shulan was slightly startled and walked towards Guo Sansheng, "Comrade Guo, what are you doing?"
Guo Sansheng naturally knew his brother-in-law's attitude towards the old lady, so he hurriedly pulled her into the house. After they were away from the crowd, he handed her the letter of complaint in his hand, "Aunt Qian, my brother-in-law received this letter of complaint and he really had to deal with it."
Qian Shulan took the letter and opened it. Unlike the previous ones, this was not an anonymous letter, but a real-name letter. The writer was Wu Lijun.
She reported that Qian Yuetao had used the quota for the Workers and Peasants University as bait to bully her.
She also provided the love poems Qian Yuetao wrote to her and keepsakes. The love poems were not original, but copied from famous people.
But the handwriting was indeed Qian Yuetao's. Qian Shulan had seen Qian Yuetao's account more than once, so she was very familiar with his handwriting.
As for the keepsakes, they were considered to be relatively valuable items in that era, including a few dark-colored hair ornaments and pencils.
Qian Shulan pointed at the love poem and said, "There is no specific time written on it. Qian Yuetao did date Wu Lijun before. This letter might have been written at that time. It cannot be used as evidence."
Guo Sansheng was slightly startled, and felt that what she said made sense. He pointed at these keepsakes and said, "But these hair ornaments are all new and have not been used, especially the pencils."
Qian Shulan frowned, "These are only Wu Lijun's one-sided statements. Who knows if she bought these things herself?"
These were all very common things and the educated youth could easily buy them from the supply and marketing cooperatives.
Guo Sansheng was slightly startled, with a confused look on his face, "But it doesn't prove that these things were not sent by Qian Yuetao."
Suddenly, a militiaman with a rifle on his back walked in, holding a letter in his hand, "Captain, the Qian family has been searched. This is the letter Wu Lijun wrote to reject Qian Yuetao, which he put in his book."
Guo Sansheng quickly took the letter, unfolded it, and glanced at it. Then he gave Qian Shulan a bitter smile and said, "Aunt Qian, I'm afraid this matter can't be resolved peacefully."
The evidence is all there. If Qian Yuetao really had nothing to do with Wu Lijun, why would he keep her letter
When Guo Sansheng heard what the militia said, his face turned pale and he kept shaking his head, "I didn't! I didn't receive that letter."
Wu Lijun, who had been playing the role of a weakling, looked at him with her red eyes, "I asked your mother to bring you the letter. It was right at the entrance of the educated youth center, and many people saw it."
After saying that, she mentioned the names of several educated youth, and they all said that they had indeed seen Wu Lijun give the letter to Zheng Xiaohua.
When Guo Sansheng heard that there was a new witness, he immediately asked his men to call Zheng Xiaohua.
Then he turned his head and asked Wu Lijun, "When?"
Wu Lijun wiped her tears and sobbed, "It's been three days."
Three days, that's really tricky.
Qian Yuetao felt as if the sky was falling and the earth was collapsing. Although he knew that he was innocent, if this matter was really related to his mother, it was most likely that his mother had been deceived.
When Shen Yanhong saw him, she felt as if she was struck by lightning. She secretly wondered if he really had any relationship with Wu Lijun.
Zheng Xiaohua was brought there quickly. Although her son was in trouble, she was not a good person and everyone was at work, so naturally no one went to inform her.
When the militia was called, she knew nothing.
In front of everyone, Guo Sansheng pointed at the letter in his hand and said, "Just now Wu Junli said that she asked you to pass this letter to your son. Is that true?"
It was the first time that Zheng Xiaohua saw so many militiamen. She shrank back and said, "Yes."
Qian Yuetao pounced on Zheng Xiaohua, his eyes glowing red. He grabbed her arm and yelled at her with all his strength, "What have I done to you that you want to cheat me like this? Am I still your son?"
Zheng Xiaohua was stunned by her son's appearance. It took her a long time to come back to her senses. She stammered, "Yuetao, what's wrong with you?"
Qian Yuetao blinked away the tears in his eyes, but they soon disappeared again. He loosened his hand, "You still ask me what's wrong?" He pointed at the letter in Guo Sansheng's hand, and then at Wu Lijun, "You and Wu Lijun teamed up to trick me and put unfounded charges on me. You still ask me what's wrong?"
Zheng Xiaohua was almost scared to death and shook her head quickly, "I didn't! Lijun asked me to bring that letter to you, saying that after you read it, you will forgive me!"
Qian Yuetao gnashed his teeth in hatred, "Then why didn't you show it to me? It's been three days! I have never seen this letter!"
Zheng Xiaohua had a ferocious face, "That's because you and your wife are inseparable all day long. I wanted to talk to you alone for a while, but you didn't have time to talk to me."
Qian Yuetao was furious. The production team had been so busy lately that he was dizzy. Every time his mother came to him, she would tell him not to spoil his wife too much and to be a man to discipline her, but he would never listen to her.
Guo Sansheng sensed something was wrong and looked at Zheng Xiaohua, "You mean this letter was written by Wu Lijun to help you and Qian Yuetao ease the relationship."
Zheng Xiaohua nodded blankly, "Yes." She paused, "After all, he and Wu Lijun are on good terms. When my son and I had a conflict, Wu Lijun offered to write a letter for me to mediate. I thought that they were both educated people and should be able to reason with each other, so I agreed. Wu Lijun also said that my daughter-in-law must not know about this, otherwise she would misunderstand. That's why I wanted to give the letter to my son alone."
Wow! What a great show! Qian Shulan couldn't help but admire Wu Lijun's cleverness.
"Do you have any evidence?" The testimonies were obviously different, and Guo Sansheng was overwhelmed.
Zheng Xiaohua didn't have any witnesses. She didn't have a good relationship with anyone. If Wu Lijun didn't want to use her, she wouldn't even have anyone to talk to.
The problem is quite tricky! Qian Minghua really regrets it. If his son had refused him to move in, and he had been able to break Zheng Xiaohua's legs, would this have never happened