When Qian Shulan returned home, the meal was already cooked.
Wang Shouyi, who was repairing the canal, also came back. When he saw the wound on his mother's head, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, and he frowned, but said nothing.
Qian Shulan didn't notice his movements. She was focused on the fact that Zhou Xuemei didn't come. Could she have gone back to her parents' home? So she asked, "Why didn't the fourth daughter-in-law come?"
Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. Li Chunhua, who was sitting closest to the door, wanted to stand up and call for help. Before she could stand up, she saw Wang Shouli pulling Xiao Tao out of the side room.
Just now, when he walked to the door of the main hall, he happened to hear his mother's words and coughed awkwardly, "Mom, Xuemei's eyes are swollen from crying, and she is in the house to reduce the swelling."
In fact, Zhou Xuemei was afraid that her mother-in-law would make trouble for her at the dinner table. She was worried that she would lose control of her temper and quarrel with her mother-in-law again. By then, all the neighbors would know what stupid thing she did last night.
So, she had to stay away and not let her man be caught in the middle.
When Wang Shouli heard his wife was so thoughtful, his heart softened and he didn't call her out. He thought about leaving two sweet potatoes for Xuemei to fill her stomach later.
He just pulled his daughter's hand and suddenly found that he couldn't pull her away. He looked down and saw his daughter lowering her head with a stubborn look on her face.
When Xiaotao woke up in the morning, she heard her aunt say that her mother quarreled with her grandmother because of her. She was very scared. Her grandmother was the authority in the family and everyone in the village was afraid of her. However, her mother quarreled with her grandmother and pushed her down. Would her mother be punished by not eating? This is how Xiaohua's mother in the village punished her. She must be very hungry if she didn't eat. When she was hungry, she felt uncomfortable all over and it hurt. Now she heard that her mother really didn't eat, and she thought she had guessed it right.
Xiao Tao turned pale with fright and cried silently. She held Zhou Xuemei's hand tightly and refused to let go no matter how hard Wang Shouli pulled.
Wang Shouli and Zhou Xuemei persuaded and reasoned with her, and they talked for a long time until their mouths were dry. Finally, Xiaotao let go of Zhou Xuemei's hand and followed her father out of the house to eat.
Qian Shulan nodded, and raised her chin to the two empty seats, "Hurry up and sit down, the porridge will get cold soon."
Wang Shouli breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that his mother did not get angry. Even Xiaotao in his arms relaxed and was no longer stiff.
When Qian Shulan sat down at the seat in the center of the main hall, she glanced at everyone one by one.
Looking at the numbers on their foreheads, she felt dizzy again. She touched the wound on her forehead, but couldn't tell whether she was angry or in pain.
If she had previously complained that Wang Shouli had too few 666s, then shouldn't she have taken all these 1s and 2s out and shot them one by one? What was going on? Was this a family of the best? None of them were normal.
She took a look around and found that the one with the least filial piety was her eldest daughter-in-law, Sun Daqin, who had a filial piety score of only 1 and a right and wrong score of only 3. This score told her that Sun Daqin was a person who could not distinguish right from wrong and had no filial piety at all.
The person with the highest filial piety value is the eldest brother Wang Shouren, with 8 points.
When she saw this number, Qian Shulan's eyes lit up, and she leaned forward unconsciously, craning her neck to stare at his forehead, almost thinking that she was seeing things because of her old eyesight.
His mother's fiery eyes were staring at his forehead. Wang Shouren subconsciously touched his forehead, thinking that there was something dirty on his forehead.
Everyone noticed Qian Shulan's actions, and out of curiosity, they all looked at Wang Shouren's head.
All the eyes were cast at him, shocking Wang Shouren, who felt flattered. When had they ever looked at him like this before? This made him feel quite uncomfortable.
Especially his mother. Although he gave birth to three grandsons for her, his mother did not show any special care for him.
As the old saying goes, the eldest son is the father.
So, since his father passed away, he began to take on the role of a father, continued to be a strong laborer, and continued to listen to Qian Shulan. He always believed in his father's last words, that as long as it was what his mother said, it was right.
Later, seeing that his mother favored his family, he became even more convinced of his mother's words.
He smacked his lips, looking at the wound on his mother's head, his heart aching. He frowned and glared at the fourth child. Seeing that he lowered his head in shame, he let him go and turned around to ask with concern, "Mom, are you okay?"
Qian Shulan shook her head. She was fine. But you were the one in trouble. You had an 8-point filial piety score, but why was your right and wrong score only 1? You didn't look like someone who couldn't tell right from wrong. She couldn't understand.
The system's mellow voice sounded beside her ears, "You are so excited that it will arouse their suspicion. It is recommended that the host do not destroy the character setting and try to be consistent with the original host."
Qian Shulan was almost choked by it. If her character didn't collapse, wouldn't she be a top-notch person? Then why did she transform into a top-notch person
Ignoring the system's chatter, Qian Shulan began to distribute the food.
What was different from the past was that Qian Shulan first stirred the porridge bowl several times with a large spoon to make the porridge more even from top to bottom, and then began to distribute the rice in order.
Sun Daqin was unhappy at first. She looked at her nieces who were treated the same as her own son and rolled her eyes, "Mom, there is only this bowl of porridge today. Xiaokang and the others will be hungry if they only eat this much.
When Qian Shulan heard her talking about her grandson, she rolled her eyes at her and said, "With your 3 points of sense of right and wrong, I'm lucky enough to be able to give you a stutter."
Before she could open her mouth, Wang Shouren glared at her with anger on his face. "How could Xiaokang and the others be hungry with such thick porridge? If you dare to make trouble again, you will starve. It's up to our mother to divide it. If you say another word, go back to your mother's house!"
Qian Shulan was shocked by this. No wonder her right and wrong value was only 1 point. She got angry when she disagreed with something. Isn't that not being able to distinguish right from wrong? However, she had no good feelings towards Sun Daqin. Although she didn't know her great-grandmother's name, she could guess that Sun Daqin was the only one who gave birth to three sons in this family. Her grandmother had three brothers, which just happened to match.
Seeing Sun Daqin being humiliated, Qian Shulan felt an inexplicable sense of satisfaction.
"Boss is right. Anyone who is not satisfied with my way of distributing food can just go hungry!"
As she spoke, she glanced at everyone's face. Except for Sun Daqin who was a little angry, everyone else's face was full of joy. Who would object to having enough food? That's stupid!
Qian Shulan even saw the filial piety points on their foreheads increasing.
Look, if she doesn't break her character, can she increase her filial piety? Listen to the system, even if she dies, she may not be able to complete the task.
So, you can’t just study blindly, you still need to use your brain at critical moments.
The "brainless system" reminded her in her ear: "You have changed so much, aren't you afraid that they will be suspicious?"
Qian Shulan looked indifferent and replied in her heart, "What do you know! This era is the time to break feudal superstitions. They definitely don't dare to think about weird and supernatural things. Besides, it makes sense to say that my brain was hit and I suddenly woke up." If she can't even change the way of distributing rice, how can she transform the best.
The system was speechless: "As long as you are happy!"
After dinner, Qian Shulan asked Wang Shouli to call Zhou Xuemei over as she wanted to hold a brief family meeting.
Wang Shouli was a little nervous. He looked carefully at his mother's face and found that she didn't seem to be angry. He felt a little relieved. Thinking that this matter had to be resolved, he didn't say anything.
After a while, Zhou Xuemei followed Wang Shouli in. When Xiaotao saw her mother coming, she quickly stood up from the stool, ran over, and hugged Zhou Xuemei's legs and refused to let go.
Zhou Xuemei, who was a little embarrassed at first, suddenly forgot her previous discomfort when she saw her daughter's affectionate gaze and hurriedly picked her up.
Wang Shouli asked her to sit on his own bench and moved another stool over to sit on.
Sun Daqin wanted to scold him, but Qian Shulan coughed lightly and interrupted her, "I have no other purpose in holding this meeting today except to say one thing. You all know how much food we have. In order to prevent everyone from starving to death. From today on, both adults and children must go to the fields." In the countryside, children are also a great labor force. They can pick wheat ears in the fields and earn work points. The points are not high, which is just right for half-grown children like Zhengjun and Xiaohe.
Famine is about to come. Only if the whole family works in the fields can they earn more work points, get more food in the middle of the year, and survive the coming famine.
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone was in an uproar, with Sun Daqin shouting the loudest.
In the past, she relied on the fact that she had given birth to three grandsons for the Yang family, and she never went to the fields, and she avoided housework whenever possible.
She was about to open her mouth to refute, but Qian Shulan continued, "For everyone's sake, when we distribute dividends at the end of the year, we will give you half of the money in proportion to the work points of each room."
Afraid that they didn't understand, she explained, "For example, last year, the whole family was divided into 300 yuan. According to the proportion, the eldest child can get 25, the third and fourth children can get 50, and the fifth child can get 25. This money is your private money. It will not be counted into the public treasury. In the future, if you think the food at home is not good, you can use your private money to subsidize your own children, and I, an old woman, will not interfere."
After saying this, the whole family focused their attention on Zhou Xuemei's face. Although she looked pale, she was very happy.
If this were true, her daughter would not be so weak. She earned 10 work points, and the man also earned 10 work points. Although she could only keep half, she could still get more than 70 yuan a year, which was enough to support her daughter.
Compared to Zhou Xuemei's good mood, Sun Daqin was so angry that her teeth ached. What kind of crazy thing was this old lady doing
She hasn't been to the fields for more than ten years. Asking her to go to the fields now would be like asking her to die!
When she thought about returning to the hard life before marriage, she began to feel pain all over.
Sun Daqin wanted to object, but when she met her man's sinister gaze, she backed down and kept her mouth shut.
"If you want to have more pocket money, then work hard. Of course, if you don't want to have pocket money, just ignore what I said."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone started whispering and discussing.
Qian Shulan let them digest the news on their own and she went back to her room to think.
She really couldn't figure out what was going on with Zhou Xuemei's scores, why her filial piety score was 6 points, and her right and wrong score and career score were both 8 points. This score was simply abnormal.