During meal time, Sun Daqin took the cooked sweet potatoes and ate them alone in the kitchen. It was not that the Sun family did not allow her to sit at the table, but she was afraid that her father would beat her again.
The Sun family ate in the main hall. Because almost all the food in their canteen had been handed over, each person could only get a bowl of porridge.
Others would go to their relatives' homes to beg for money, but because of the sweet potatoes sent by Sun Daqin, their family had never gone to beg for money.
But none of these people remembered Sun Daqin's kindness.
Sun Jianshe was angry because he didn't make his elder sister sick last night. He said in a somewhat aggressive tone, "Dad, are you really going to give me the money?"
Sun Baocai raised his eyelids and looked up at him. "How can I not give it to you? Don't you know what kind of person Granny Daqin is?"
The original body's reputation for being a fierce fighter was not only known to the Wangjia Village Production Brigade, but was also known to the Sunjia Village, which was more than ten miles away.
What’s more, the Sun family, as in-laws, saw it with their own eyes.
When Daqin got married, the original body hired two suona players to add some festive atmosphere. At first, they said they would pay 2,000 yuan for the service fee (in 1942, it was the old currency. After the founding of New China, the exchange rate between the old currency and the new currency was 1,000:1). Later, the suona only cost 1,900 yuan in their village. She learned about this from Daqin who came back home, and felt that she had suffered a great loss. She walked more than ten miles to the wedding and made a scene, insisting that the money be returned to her. She made a mess of the wedding.
As a result, the whole family also lost face.
That's how she is! She's not trying to scare people.
Shulan had no way to stop Sun Baocai from taking the money, but to make him pay two hundred yuan for nothing was more painful than digging out his heart.
But he couldn't find a good solution.
Sun Jianshe suddenly thought of someone, "Dad, why don't we ask Dafu to help lobby? After all, he is the old woman's son-in-law. Don't people say that a son-in-law is half a son?"
The Dafu that Sun Jianshe mentioned was the man of the original body's eldest daughter, named Sun Dafu, a relative of the Sun family within the fifth degree of mourning. Sun Daqin had to call him cousin.
Sun Baocai was still pondering the feasibility of this idea when he heard Lu Sancui's sneer at the side, "Forget it. Granny Daqin doesn't even care about her own daughter, so how can she care about a person from another family? Besides, Dafu wasn't very good to her. Why should we waste that money to hire someone for help?"
Sun Baocai thought about it and said, "Your mother is right. It's no use looking for Dafu."
He pulled out a pipe from his waist. There was no tobacco in it. He just smoked it to satisfy his craving. Usually, he used this method to vent his anger, but today, because he was so angry, he couldn't smoke comfortably. He simply put the pipe back on his waist and said to everyone, "After dinner, I will take my two sons to discuss it. If she says 200, we will give her 200. If it really doesn't work, we can say that Daqin's disease is incurable and compensate them 100 yuan. From now on, this engagement is over." These days, both compensation and marriage can be bargained. It has become the unspoken rule in rural areas.
Sun Jiandang and Sun Jianshe looked at each other. Although they were both unwilling, there was nothing they could do.
Sun Daqin was crying outside the door. She had just choked while eating sweet potatoes in the kitchen, and wanted to go to the main room to get some hot water, but she never expected to hear her father say such heartbreaking words. She covered her chest in pain, and her body shook like a leaf in the wind.
After dinner, the men of the Sun family drove a horse-drawn carriage to the Wangjia Village Production Brigade.
Originally, Sun Baocai wanted to take Daqin with him, but was stopped by Sun Jianshe, "Don't take her. Just say she is sick and can't leave."
Originally, he had thought of letting her freeze overnight to make her condition worse. Maybe when the old lady saw how seriously ill his sister was, she would give up the idea of going to the hospital to treat her sister.
They could also pay less money. But who would have thought that she would become more energetic.
Sun Jianshe was furious.
Wang's family sat in the main room weaving bamboo baskets, and the older children would also help.
Sometimes, Qian Shulan couldn't help but admire the precocity of people in this era. Xiaomei was just a little girl, but she was better at weaving rattan baskets than she was.
Although she has some strength in her hands, weaving wicker baskets requires more than just strength, but also dexterity.
Qian Shulan had never done such work before, and it took her a long time to learn how to weave it properly.
Li Chunhua was spinning cotton thread. The cotton was what Qian Shulan had in her space. In those days, cloth coupons were hard to come by, so she asked Li Chunhua to spin the thread and then weave it into cloth.
The spinning wheel was borrowed from the Chao team. It was a very old type of spinning wheel, a bit like the roller of a bicycle.
Li Chunhua rubbed the cotton with one hand and kept turning the handle of the spinning wheel with the other hand. The thread was wrapped around the thick hemp rope fixed on the roller, forming a big circle. Every time the handle was turned, the thread was wrapped around a circle.
This operation requires dexterity and both hands to be flexible. Qian Shulan tried it, but she couldn't control the strength well and the thread always broke.
Zhou Xuemei followed everyone in weaving bamboo baskets in the main room. She was also very fast.
Although Qian Shulan's skills in weaving bamboo baskets were not as good as theirs, she had seen many styles. She sat next to Wang Shouren and asked him to weave according to the style she said.
Wang Shouren was obedient and thought about it carefully, then he weaved the basket as his mother asked. Unexpectedly, the basket he wove was so beautiful.
Xiao Tao carried the small basket, closed the lid, and held the basket on her wrist, walking back and forth in the path in the middle of the main room like a little model.
Xiaolian and Zhengjun laughed out loud.
Others watched her twisting and turning movements and laughed along with her.
Zhou Xuemei saw it and quickly waved Xiao Tao over. She looked the basket up and down for several times, pondered the weaving method, and then said, "This basket is really beautiful. It has a lid. When visiting relatives, I can cover it with the lid so that others can't see what's inside."
In those days, because supplies were scarce, many people carried baskets home, and some of their relatives would come to look at them. If you took less, they would say you were ungrateful, that you forgot about your parents' home after you got married, and that you were too stingy.
If you take too much, they will say that you are emptying your husband's family to support your own family. In short, you are not accepted by anyone.
With this lid, things are much better. We all want to save face, and most people can't do something like lifting someone else's lid.
Li Chunhua also leaned over to look and agreed with Zhou Xuemei's words.
Qian Shulan smiled and said, "Wait for the fourth and fifth children to come back, and ask them to help take it to the county town and give it a try."
Some of their bamboo baskets are sold to the team, and some are sold on the black market, which is also a big income.
While the family was chatting and laughing, the Sun family came to visit.
Seeing them come in, the whole family put down what they were doing.
Qian Shulan asked her two daughters-in-law to take the children out, leaving only Qian Shulan and her two sons in the main room.
Qian Shulan smiled and politely invited everyone to sit down inside the house. She then asked Li Chunhua to pour some hot water.
Seeing her good attitude, the Sun family felt uneasy.
If the other person has a quick temper, they can also take advantage of her shortcomings to make her suffer.
But now, she had no temper at all, as if the two families were still relatives, which made them feel scared. Because you can't touch the other party's cards at all, you can't find her weaknesses.
Sun Baocai and Qian Shulan exchanged pleasantries for a while before explaining their purpose. "Dear relative, we came here today to discuss with you whether you can be more lenient with us on this matter. You also know that our Sunjia Village is now communist, and we handed in all our grain this year, and we didn't get a penny."
Qian Shulan put away her smile and started to cry poor, "My dear relatives, I know your difficulties. But Daqin is now the daughter-in-law of our Wang family. In order to save her, our family has taken out all the family savings we have accumulated for so many years. I believe that your family is in trouble. But when I cure Daqin, not only will our family have no family savings, but we will also owe the team. My eldest grandson is 15 years old and will be able to marry in a year or two. Am I not more anxious than you? But things don’t work that way. We have to save him if we need to. We are all family, I can’t just watch Daqin die, can I? When Zhengjun grows up and asks me for his mother in the future, what should I say?" She spread her hands, her face showing some sadness and helplessness, "I can't say it. I can't tell him that your mother was seriously ill and our family has money, but I couldn’t bear to give her treatment, so she died?"
Sun Baocai was so ashamed of what she said that he could not say the draft he had prepared in his mind.
In that era, the eloquence of country men was inherently inferior to that of women, and Sun Baocai was not a good speaker.
Qian Shulan sighed heavily, "My dear relatives, let me digress. Your Daqin married into our Wang family. Apart from giving birth to three grandchildren, she really made no contribution to our Wang family. But why should I save her?"
When this was mentioned, not only the Sun family was curious, but the two brothers Wang Shouren and Wang Shouyi were also very curious and all listened with their ears pricked up.
Given the old lady's personality, this choice is truly shocking.
Wang Shouyi still thinks his mother is just acting and doesn't really want to save Daqin. Wang Shouren believes his mother really wants to save Daqin, but he just thinks it's because she is too kind.
But the Sun family thought that the old lady was crazy, so they wanted to save Daqin.
Qian Shulan also knew that this time, her character was a bit broken. Although her original body valued Sun Daqin as her daughter-in-law, she would never lose all her family assets for Sun Daqin.
Many people couldn't understand or comprehend the choice she made, so Qian Shulan had to find a reasonable reason to tell everyone.
"Because I am also a mother." Her face was miserable and her eyes were wet. She looked at her two sons with helplessness and sadness. "I often wonder, if one day I also get seriously ill, will my sons be willing to sell everything they have to save me? Or will they let me lie on the kang and wait to die?"
These words startled everyone, and they all began to think from the other person's perspective.
Sun Baocai is already 51 years old this year, and his physical strength is far less than before. He asks himself if he is devoted to his two sons. But how do his two sons treat him
They usually yell at him. They have filial piety, but it is very limited. If he gets sick, let alone asking them to sell everything they have, even asking them to spend half of their wealth would be more painful than taking away their flesh.
Wang Shouyi was a little surprised. He didn't expect his mother to think this way.
When Wang Shouren heard his mother's words, he immediately became anxious and squatted down to hold his mother's hand tightly, "Mom, I will definitely save you."
Qian Shulan patted his hands with a look of relief, "Mom believes in you."
The trusted Wang Shouren stood up somewhat shyly.
When Wang Shouyi saw this scene, he was somehow speechless.
It's not that he didn't want to say he would save her like his elder brother did, but he knew he couldn't do it. He lowered his head in shame.
Qian Shulan saw Sun Baocai was in a daze, looking exhausted, and sighed, "My dear brothers," she paused, looking around at everyone, "We are all parents, why do we have children? Isn't it so that they can take care of us when we are old? If we are sick, they are unwilling to save us? Is this still filial piety?"
Everyone fell silent again.
Qian Shulan wiped her tears and said, "I don't want anything else. I just do it for the children to see. Even if your Daqin is wrong, I will educate her, but as long as she is still a member of our Wang family, I will not give up on her." These words are sonorous and powerful, which makes people admire her. After speaking, she added, "There are thousands of ways to make children filial, but the most effective one is to set an example yourself."
These words successfully left Sun Baocai speechless.
Seeing his expression relax, Qian Shulan suddenly changed the subject, her tone frighteningly cold and hard, "My dear relatives, don't bargain with me. If Daqin wasn't sick, I would definitely bring my sons to your house to settle the accounts. But now that Daqin is sick, I don't have that much free time. If your family doesn't compensate me 200 yuan, I will send you the divorce papers tomorrow. I'm not trying to scare you."
Sun Baocai saw that she was ready to fight to the death. After holding it in for a long time, he finally couldn't bear it anymore and took out a hundred yuan from his pocket. His old face was red with embarrassment, as if it had been burned by fire. "My dear, I only brought a hundred yuan today. Tomorrow, I will ask my two sons to return Daqin. By the way, I will give you the money."
The reason why they only brought a hundred yuan was because they were afraid that the Wang family would fight with them or forcibly search them.
But they didn't do anything at all.
The brothers Sun Jianshe and Sun Jiandang were anxious. Nothing had happened yet, so why did their father give the money to others
Sun Jianshe and Sun Jiandang were still young, and their son was only in his teens. He had always been dependent on them for support, so he was very obedient and never rebellious.
Therefore, like Wang Shouyi, the two of them did not have much understanding of Qian Shulan's words.
They have never experienced the unfilial behavior of unfilial sons, and they have never felt the confusion and sense of old age that they would experience when they are old.
When you are old, what you want most is your children's filial piety.
But when you are in your prime, you think you are very capable and you can rely on yourself.
These are two different psychological feelings. Therefore, Sun Baocai deeply understands Qian Shulan's words. But the two brothers can't listen to them.
But it doesn’t matter, since the one who makes the decision is the old man from the Sun family.
As soon as they walked out of Old Wang's house, the two brothers started to curse their father.
Sun Jianshe was the first to get angry, "Dad, why did you give them the money? We agreed to have a fight with them!"
Sun Jiandang followed closely, "Yes, Dad, even if we can't win the argument, we can still fight them. There are three of us, and they are only two men. They definitely can't beat us." In the countryside, sometimes fists are more useful than mouths.
Sun Baocai turned around and glared at his two sons, "You idiots! This is Wangjia Village. You beat someone up on someone else's territory. What were you thinking?"
Sun Jiandang slapped his forehead and suddenly realized, "Yes, how could I have forgotten this."
Sun Jianshe felt that this was not the reason. He always felt that his father was brainwashed by the old lady. "Dad, even if that's the case, they haven't asked you for money yet, why did you pay it?"
By this time, they had already left Wangjia Village. Sun Baocai stopped the carriage by the roadside, turned around to look at the two people, and sighed heavily, "How can I not give it? They have clearly stated two options: either give money or divorce. It's useless for you to blame me. We can only accept this matter."
Sun Jianshe pounded the carriage with his fist and was so angry that tears came to his eyes.
Sun Jiandang is not very smart, he always follows orders, so he just sighs along.
But no matter how reluctant they were, this was the only way to go in the end.
When he got home, Sun Baocai looked at Sun Daqin in front of him. He was pale and thin, with a layer of crust on his mouth, dry skin, red and swollen eyes, and he was not as energetic as a normal person.
"Daqin, your mother and I paid two hundred yuan to save you. You must not forget our kindness." He took out ten big black ten bills from his pocket and handed them to her. "At noon, I gave your mother-in-law a hundred yuan. Take this hundred yuan. This is the life-saving money for you. You must keep it well."
Normally, Sun Daqin would be moved to tears when she heard this. Not to mention two hundred yuan, even two yuan would make her excited. But now, she was not moved at all. If her mother-in-law had not threatened to divorce her, would they agree to pay for her medical treatment? At this time, they are still lying to her! Do they still think she is as stupid as before? Didn’t they not take her home in the morning because they were afraid that her mother-in-law would turn against them
Sun Baocai looked at his daughter who kept lowering her head, and sighed in his heart. This child resented him. However, he did not expect this girl to help the family, but just some things. Just because of the character of the in-laws, even if they saved Daqin, they would keep a close eye on her. If he wanted her to subsidize her parents' home like before, she probably couldn't do it anymore, so he could just complain.
After all, she is an extrovert. No matter how you teach her, it's useless because her elbows have been bent outward since she was born.
He waved his hand, somewhat frustrated, "You can get out."
Sun Daqin clenched the money in her hand and walked out with her head down.
The next day, the weather was fine and the sun was shining brightly. Sun Daqin raised her hand to block the glaring sunlight and felt that her mind was clearer than ever before.
When she was about to get on the carriage, her mother held her hand and cried. When she saw this scene before, Sun Daqin always felt sorry for her mother. Her father had a bad temper and often scolded her mother.
But ever since she knew that her mother would abandon her and would not care about her life or death, she felt that her mother's tears were extremely cheap and fake.
People are all flesh and blood, but when you really need them, they completely forget that you helped them in the past.
She sat in the carriage, looking at the short and shabby mud and thatched house. She had lived there for more than ten years, but now she could no longer feel any warmth.
Ignoring Sun Jianshe's indirect attempts to get her to compromise, Sun Daqin clutched the hundred yuan in her shirt pocket. All she wanted now was to leave this place, leave Sunjia Village, and return to her own home.
Originally, Sun Jianshe wanted Sun Daqin to walk back by herself. But his father said, if Daqin lost the money, what if the old woman cheated? Our family depends on this hundred yuan to survive.
Hearing this, Sun Jianshe immediately shut up.
Only after he dropped people off at the entrance of Wangjia Village Production Brigade did he let Sun Daqin get off the car. He himself didn't even want to go into Wangjia Village, so he turned around and left.
Sun Daqin lowered her head and returned to Wang's house with a heavy heart.
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