Qian Shulan carried a bamboo basket and walked eastward according to her original memory.
On the way, I saw many villages weeding wheat fields. Some teams scored by time, but the team members would slack off. Those who scored by the amount of work would be very active. It was really easy to tell.
After about an hour, Qian Shulan finally reached Changshan Village.
Although it was only ten miles, her body was really too weak. She had suffered from hunger when she was young. Her foundation was not very good, so she had to rest after walking for a while.
When she arrived at Changshan Village, she found that this village was really different from other villages. There were idle people everywhere. Especially some young-looking women who stayed at home instead of working in the fields. It was conceivable how little land there was in this village.
She found an aunt on the roadside and asked who had fresh prey.
In this weather, the game we hunted that day must be sold, otherwise it will go bad.
Hearing her words, the aunt enthusiastically led her the way.
Qian Shulan followed the aunt to a thatched hut at the back of the village.
This family was very poor. Although most houses in those days were thatched houses, this one didn't even have a yard. The walls of the house were full of cracks, which were more numerous than the wrinkles on her face.
No one takes care of the private plots in front of and behind the houses, and weeds grow wildly.
What made her feel even more strange was that the door of this family was very low. To enter, one had to lower his head.
The aunt stood by the door, bent over, and leaned inside to shout, "Third wife, are you home? Someone wants to trade prey."
It seemed that people nearby often came to exchange prey, so the aunt did not ask about her background.
Qian Shulan waited outside the door until a voice came from inside, "Come in."
The aunt then invited her to go in.
After going in, Qian Shulan realized that it would be better to go outside, at least it was brighter.
The light in this room is too dim.
The auntie seemed to have noticed it, and hurriedly shouted, "Third wife, let's talk outside. This auntie is here to exchange wild animals. It's so dark in your room that she can't see clearly."
The third wife said 'hmm' and called to the right, "Dad, I'm going to go out for a while."
Qian Shulan had now gotten used to the darkness in the room, and she looked in the direction the man was shouting.
There was a bed under the east window, and a gray-haired old man was lying on it. He seemed to have difficulty walking, and his voice was nasal, old and weak. "Okay."
No wonder this family is so poor.
No matter what era, illness can bring down a family.
Qian Shulan regained her composure and was about to follow the aunt out when she was suddenly tripped by something.
She looked down and saw a child about three years old squatting beside the table. He must have just crawled out from under the table.
The little boy's big black and white eyes met Qian Shulan's somewhat angry eyes and he shrank slightly.
Qian Shulan slapped her forehead in annoyance. He was just a child. Why should she be angry with him? Besides, he didn't mean it.
Qian Shulan immediately bent down and touched his head, whispering, "Be careful next time."
Seeing the smile on her face, the little boy relaxed his guard slightly.
Qian Shulan stuffed a candy into his hand and left the room.
The little boy looked at the candy in his hand, a trace of confusion flashed in his eyes.
When she got outside, Qian Shulan discovered that there was one more person.
This person seemed to be the hostess of the house, following the middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man just took out some prey from the kitchen.
There was a very fat hare, two very thin pheasants, and a big roe deer weighing over 100 pounds.
The man leaned over to look at Qian Shulan, "Auntie, what do you want?"
Qian Shulan squatted down and picked up the prey on the ground. The blood was still fresh, so it must have been caught today. She asked the man, "What's the price?"
The man was a little nervous. He rubbed his fingers, looked up a little embarrassedly, and said softly, "70 cents a pound."
Qian Shulan's eyes flickered slightly. This was the price sold by the supply and marketing cooperative. If he sold it to the food station, he would probably only get 40 cents per pound. He could only sell it to the villagers at this price. No wonder he was too embarrassed to look at her.
The aunt seemed surprised for a moment, and then felt a little embarrassed. She was the one who brought this person here, but the third wife actually cheated him.
Qian Shulan didn't know whether she should be taken advantage of.
She is rich and this family is very poor. If she helps them once, she will definitely be ripped off again next time. This doesn't seem like a good idea.
Her hesitation was obviously noticed by everyone. They were not fools. This old lady was not an innocent girl. She had been dealing with daily necessities for many years. How could she not know the prices outside
The woman next to the man, who was wearing gray and white clothes, explained to Qian Shulan embarrassedly, "The elderly at home need money for medical treatment. Auntie, we have no other choice."
Qian Shulan could naturally guess it.
When the man heard what his wife said, his face flushed red. He raised his head and said to Qian Shulan awkwardly, "Aunt, if you want it, it's 40 cents a pound."
Qian Shulan nodded and nodded to the man, "Weigh them, I want them all."
The man, who had no psychological burden, stood up immediately and took out a hook scale from the house with quick movements. He hooked the ropes of the three preys and started weighing them.
"The total is 132 kilograms." He quickly calculated, "The total is 52.80 yuan."
Qian Shulan loosened the bamboo basket on her back, put the prey into the basket, and then took out the money.
The man took the money she handed over and counted it. He was slightly surprised and blushed as he reminded her, "Auntie, there is too much money."
Qian Shulan stuffed the money into his pocket expressionlessly and said, "Consider this fifty yuan as a loan to you. I live in Wangjia Village, near Wang Shouren's home. If you have prey, you can send it to my house."
The man was shaking slightly as he held the money in his hand. The woman standing next to him kept bowing to her, "Auntie, thank you so much."
The aunt also smiled and flattered, "Aunt is such a kind-hearted person." The villagers all had a good impression of San Tai, a filial son, and almost every family lent him money. However, San Tai's father's illness was so serious that it dragged on for five or six years. The money he spent was more and more, but his illness became more and more serious.
I heard that he was sent to the county hospital a few days ago, and the doctor said he only has half a year to live.
The third wife's family is very poor, and they have to spend money to prepare for the funeral.
Coffins and funeral clothes are quite a lot of expenses.
But unfortunately, their family doesn't have a penny. It's all because of poverty.
Qian Shulan carried the prey on her back and waved goodbye to the three men. Although the man wanted to send her back, Qian Shulan refused him.
She was going to put all these prey into the space, so how could she take them all out at once
It won’t last long in such a hot day.
Marinate it into jerky? She doesn't like it, meat is still more delicious when it is tender.
When they got on the road, Qian Shulan put the prey in the bamboo basket into the space.
When they arrived at the village entrance, they picked up two pheasants and put them in a bamboo basket.
When she got home, she saw all the children playing skipping rope in the yard, and she breathed a sigh of relief.
When the children saw Qian Shulan come in, they all gathered around her. The rabbit meat they had eaten yesterday was really delicious.
Qian Shulan unloaded the bamboo basket, and the children leaned on the edge of the basket to look inside. The people behind couldn't see, so they lay on the backs of the people in front and stretched their necks to look inside.
Qian Shulan asked Xiaohe to boil some hot water.
The little girl's eyes lit up and she ran to the kitchen happily.
Qian Shulan asked Zhengjun to go outside to pick some green onions. The little guy ran over happily.
Qian Shulan saw that there was no water in the water tank, so she told the two remaining little kids to watch the pheasant and make sure no one could snatch it away.
The two little guys thought this task was very difficult. They patted their chests solemnly and promised to complete the task. Then they squatted beside the pheasant and stared at it closely.
Seeing their serious looks, Qian Shulan smiled knowingly and walked towards the center of the village carrying the bucket and shoulder pole.
Nowadays, there are almost no families in the village who have a well.
They all fetch water from the old well in the middle of the village.
Qian Shulan thought that Wang Shouzhi was currently working in a well-drilling team, and she wondered if he could abuse his power for personal gain and come to the village to help them dig a few wells.
Otherwise, in this remote and poor area, it is estimated that after all other villages have finished fighting, it may not be their turn.
Qian Shulan carried a bucket of water and walked home unsteadily.
Alas, she hasn't done this kind of physical work for a long time. Besides, her body is old, so she has to rest after walking for a while.
I thought about carrying two buckets to cook first.
During the lunch break, he asked his sons to carry back two buckets each.
Unexpectedly, she met Qian Minghua and Wang Shouquan who were going to the town for a meeting early in the morning.
Qian Minghua saw the old lady trembling as she carried two buckets of water, and hurried forward to help, "Aunt, let me do it."
Qian Shulan looked at his tall and strong appearance and quickly gave it to him.
Qian Minghua easily carried the water. Qian Shulan asked curiously, "Why didn't you go to the fields?"
Although Qian Minghua was a brigade cadre, he also had to take the lead in working in the fields. He was much better than the village cadres she had seen in her previous life.
Qian Minghua smiled and replied, "I just came back from a meeting in the county."
Qian Shulan wanted to know about the satellite launch, so she asked tentatively, "Did they receive new instructions from above?"
Qian Minghua had a bitter face and sighed at her, "The higher-ups said that we must produce 1,000 kilograms per mu next year. I'm worried about that."
Wang Shouquan standing by also sighed.
Qian Shulan frowned. Wasn't the satellite supposed to be launched this year? Why next year
There's a whole year difference in time
Along the way, Qian Shulan was thinking about this matter. She thought she had remembered it wrong.
When they got home, Qian Shulan hurriedly gave Qian Minghua a pheasant she had bought, but he refused to take it.
Qian Shulan insisted that he take it, "It's not for you, it's for your father. He's too thin, give him some nourishment."
As for Wang Shouquan, should we forget about it? The two families were related by blood, but not by friendship. It would not be appropriate for her to give him anything rashly.
Only after hearing what his aunt said did Qian Minghua take over.
The children saw their grandmother giving a pheasant away like this, and they all stared at the pheasant eagerly. Children are the least likely to hide their eyes, and Qian Minghua held the pheasant in his hand as if it were a hot potato.
Qian Shulan stood in front of the children, blocking their view, and said to Qian Minghua, "Go back quickly, your father will be off work soon."
Qian Weihan had to work in the fields even at his age. Although it was not heavy work, it was hard work even just pulling weeds in such hot weather.
After Qian Minghua thanked Qian Shulan, he left.
After he walked out of the yard, Qian Shulan turned around and called out Xiaohe who was making a fire.
Four little rascals stand in a row in order of height.
Qian Shulan said with a straight face, "What did grandma tell you? You should respect your elders. Is your cousin an elder to you? Why didn't you even want to respect him with a pheasant just now?"
Zhengjun lowered his head and twisted his fingers, then bravely said to Qian Shulan, "Grandma, we only have two pheasants in our family. If you give them to my uncle, we will have one less."
Qian Shulan was afraid that her words would sound pathetic, but she shook her head in disappointment, "Hasn't your uncle ever sent us anything? Did your uncle send us the celery and cucumber we had this morning? Why don't you think of returning the food you eat from other people's homes? Do you like to take advantage of them for free? Is this what grandma taught you?"
Xiao He was the oldest and remembered the past very clearly. When she heard this, she opened her big round eyes and asked curiously, "Grandma, didn't you say that everything in Uncle Grandpa's house belongs to us? If we eat it, we won't have to give it to those outsiders."
Hearing this, Qian Shulan had a headache. How could the original body teach a child like this? Even if this child was not the best, she could have taught him to be the best.
Qian Shulan swallowed her saliva and said to the four little kids, "Grandma was wrong before. Now we have to change. Your cousin's things belong to him, and our things belong to us. If your cousin gives us something, we have to return the favor, so that we can reciprocate. People who take advantage of others will be disliked. Do you remember this?"
Xiao He frowned, looking distressed and conflicted.
On the contrary, the three little ones, because they had not been poisoned by the original body, accepted it quickly and said one by one, "Grandma, I remember it."
The three little ones all said it, so Xiao He naturally didn't bother to figure out which one was right, and nodded immediately, "Grandma, I remember it too."
Qian Shulan nodded immediately with a smile. She took out a few peanut candies from her pocket and stuffed one into each of them. "You are all good children who correct their mistakes. This is a reward for you. You must continue to work hard in the future." After a pause, she continued, "When your cousin comes, you must call him. He is the elder and you are the younger generation. You must be polite."
The four children all took the candy with joy. They couldn't wait to peel off the candy coating and stuff it into their mouths. They murmured, "Grandma, I know, we should call him uncle."
In the afternoon, Qian Shulan made a pot of chicken stewed with plum beans, and also fried spicy and sour potato shreds, vinegar-fried cabbage, cold cucumber salad, tofu with green onions, stir-fried bean sprouts, mushrooms and vegetables, and tomato and egg soup.
Qian Shulan set up two tables in the yard. One table was occupied by the strong laborers in the village who helped them with the work, and the other table was for their own family.
Qian Shulan met everyone's eager eyes and sighed, "You are all tired after a day's work, today's meal will be enough for you."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone smiled and rushed to put their hands into the basket.
This corn tortilla was just taken out of the pan and was still steaming. It burned my fingers so much that I couldn't stop shaking my hands and refused to let go.
Looking at everyone's funny actions, Qian Shulan's old face was full of smiles.
She picked up a piece of chicken with chopsticks and passed it to Xiao Tao's bowl, then glanced at everyone and said, "Eat quickly."
Zhou Xuemei raised her eyebrows in surprise. Wang Shouli looked at this scene with a smile as bright as a flower.
When the others heard her mother say that it was time to eat, they all picked up their chopsticks and started picking up food.
One by one, they reached for the bowl of pheasant stewed with plum beans.
Sun Daqin picked up the food very quickly, but she mostly put it into her own bowl.
The eldest son was only thinking about his three sons and didn't put any food in his own bowl.
The third child was only concerned about himself, so Li Chunhua put the chicken that she had finally picked up into the bowl of the eldest daughter, Xiaomei.
The second daughter, Xiao He, grabbed a chopstick of chicken for herself, but when she saw an extra chopstick of chicken in her elder sister's bowl, she pouted and looked a little unhappy.
The third daughter, Xiaolian, didn't get the chicken and stared at her eldest sister's bowl. Xiaomei blushed when she saw her and gave her a piece of chicken.
Xiaolian got the chicken and stuffed it into her mouth happily, while Xiaohe ate it with her eyes fixed on her elder sister. Xiaomei didn't give her any and ate the remaining piece of chicken directly.
The meat that Lao Si and Zhou Xuemei picked up was put into Xiao Tao's bowl, and her bowl had the most chicken.
Wang Danna only got a piece of chicken neck, and she was a little unhappy, pouting her lips. But she found that no one paid any attention to her, so she could only hold her breath and continue to search in the bowl of chicken stewed with plum beans.
During this meal, Qian Shulan got a good idea of everyone's character.
Wang Shouren and Sun Daqin are two extremes. Wang Shouren loves his children too much like the original body, while Sun Daqin is completely selfish. However, the tragedy is that the two older sons are like Sun Daqin. Zhengjun is only six years old and has not been influenced by Sun Daqin too much, but he has learned to act like a spoiled child from the original body or Sun Daqin.
Wang Shouyi is a bit dull, but also a bit selfish. Li Chunhua loves her eldest daughter very much. Qian Shulan guessed that it might be because Xiaomei is her first child, so she loves her more. She is essentially a son-loving person.
Xiaomei is kind, but also principled, not a saint. Xiaohe is a little jealous. Xiaolian loves gossip and is a bit greedy.
Wang Shouli and Zhou Xuemei dote on Xiaotao. Wang Danna is a little clever, but her character is OK and she doesn't have any bad habits.
By this calculation, the eldest couple are the most difficult to reform.
Qian Shulan decided to reform the fourth and third couple first, then the eldest and third couple, and finally the eldest and third couple.
Start with the easy and then move on to the difficult, step by step. Every person who is successfully transformed will be on her side. By then, the number of people will be enough to suppress the disobedient side.
Qian Shulan looked at Zhou Xuemei and her husband, and her eyes finally settled on Xiaotao. This child was the key figure in her transformation of the couple.
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