Having decided to go to the city to buy food, Qian Shulan began to announce this decision at the dinner table.
"I'm going to stay at Xiaowu's house for a while. Boss, please send me there."
This decision caused an uproar among the crowd, and everyone looked at the old lady sitting in the first seat with a puzzled look on their faces.
Judging from Li Caiying's appearance with her eyes on her forehead, the old lady must be very upset to have to go to the county town to suffer.
Even if the old lady likes to take advantage of others, she should know who the target is, right
Li Caiying relied on the fact that she was a city dweller and had a job. In the seven years of marriage, she only came back once in the first year. She vomited before entering the yard and did not even enter the main room.
The old lady is going to the city, so the two of them are going to have a fight?!
Wang Shouyi is usually the most dull, but he is still filial. Apart from the eldest brother, he has the highest filial piety, with a score of 6.
He grunted for a long time and finally managed to say, "Mom, we are living well at home, why do you have to go to the city to suffer?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Shouli agreed. After all, his mother was his own mother. How could he bear to let her suffer the bullying of that woman? "Yes, mother, don't think the county town looks good, but those people are proud. They especially look down on us country folks and think we are all bumpkins."
Qian Shulan put the bowl and chopsticks in her hands on the dining table and said, "I have already made up my mind about this matter. There is no need to persuade me anymore." Let's talk about it after we buy the food.
She didn't want to tell them now.
As for Li Caiying, as long as she is still the daughter-in-law of the Wang family, she has to control her temper.
Before going to bed, Qian Shulan took out the food rations for the past few days and asked Li Chunhua to keep them. She was also given the task of distributing the food, and was told to be fair and just.
Li Chunhua looked down at the sack and was so shocked that her eyes almost fell out.
Wang Shouyi was also surprised, but when he thought carefully about the characters of his eldest sister-in-law and fourth brother's wife, he realized that they would just feed the food to their own children. He then understood what his mother was thinking. His wife was an honest person and would never do such a sneaky thing. No matter how his mother asked her to divide the food, she would do it without hesitation.
The next day, before dawn, Wang Shouren drove a horse-drawn carriage borrowed from the production team to the county town.
When they met militiamen on the road, Qian Shulan asked Wang Shouren to take out the letter of introduction she had specially asked him to write to her nephew yesterday. The militiamen saw that there was only an old lady in their carriage and did not check their belongings, so they just waved and let them pass.
"Mom, these militiamen are ruthless and will not release their eagles until they see the rabbit. Why did they let us go so easily this time?" Wang Shouren was quite puzzled.
The night in April was still a little chilly. Qian Shulan sat in the back wrapped in clothes, sleepy-eyed. When she heard Wang Shouren's question, she shivered and wanted to teach him, "We are not well dressed, and we are obviously from a poor family. They know that we are going to the county town to beg for money, so they don't want to pay attention to us."
Hearing this, Wang Shouren felt very anxious. His eldest son Zhengkang is already fifteen years old this year and is in the first year of high school in the town. Every time he passes by the militia, he will be robbed. The good things he brings are often confiscated by them, wasting so many things. Zhengkang didn't dare to tell the old lady, for fear that she would feel bad, but this matter was once questioned by Sun Daqin, and he also heard it from the side, and felt very helpless at the time.
Wang Shouren hesitated for a long time before saying, "Then I will let Zhengkang wear old clothes when he goes to school, so that he won't be blackmailed every time he returns to the city."
Qian Shulan felt particularly upset when he mentioned Zhengkang. It was because that person was a real ungrateful person who cheated the original owner of his money and spent it all on the girl he liked.
She didn't want to mention that annoying grandson now. Fortunately, this person was not her target of transformation, otherwise she would go crazy.
Now that she was awake, she didn't want to sleep anymore and looked at both sides of the road.
It is now daybreak and everything is foggy.
There are large fields of wheat on both sides of the road. The wheat is growing very well. When the breeze blows, the wheat waves roll, which makes people feel relaxed and happy.
Such a bumper harvest might not be seen in the next few years. Qian Shulan felt extremely complicated when she thought about the great disaster that was about to happen.
When the two arrived at the county town, it was already bright, and there were many people on the street rushing to work. Most of them were wearing blue clothes, walking in groups, with bright smiles on their faces.
Wang Shouren seemed to be visiting the county town for the first time. He looked like a country bumpkin and found everything strange. When he saw a bicycle passing by on the street, he was envious and exclaimed.
Qian Shulan wanted to laugh, but she also thought that she should take him out to see the world more often. Ability is sometimes closely related to vision. The only way to broaden your horizons is to see more and think more.
When they arrived at the county town, Qian Shulan got off the cart. They only knew that Lao Wu worked at the Beitai Steel Factory, but they didn't know where the Beitai Steel Factory was, so the two could only ask people as they walked.
Qian Shulan wanted Wang Shouren to build up his courage, so she asked him to ask for directions.
Although Wang Shouren was a little nervous, he didn't dare to refute his mother's words. He parked the cart on the side of the road, rubbed his hands, looked a little stiff, and moved towards the crowd, looking back every few steps. With the encouragement of Qian Shulan, he finally mustered up the courage and walked towards a young man. Seeing that he looked timid and unpresentable, the man ignored him and walked away.
Wang Shouren's face turned red as he was obviously being ignored. He was about to back out, but when he turned around, he saw his mother encouraging him, so he immediately retracted his legs.
After a long time, he finally mustered up the courage to ask an older sister who didn't look so serious.
The other party did not dislike his conversation and politely gave him directions. Wang Shouren was afraid that he would have to ask questions later, so he listened very carefully and repeated it to his elder sister until she nodded, then he thanked her.
After asking for directions, Wang Shouren ran back happily and repeated the route to his mother. Qian Shulan praised him at the right time, "Our Ah Ren is really amazing. Mother was a little timid when she first came to the city. If it weren't for you, we wouldn't even be able to find your fifth brother's house."
Wang Shouren was praised and kept scratching his head and grinning. His mother said he was awesome, he was awesome, hehehe…
When the two arrived at the Beitai Iron and Steel Plant, Wang Shouren volunteered to go and call people without waiting for Qian Shulan's instructions.
Qian Shulan nodded to Wang Shouren with satisfaction and praised him, "Aren is so brave!"
Wang Shouren was furious when he heard this, and he ran towards the guard room with a glare on his face, "Master, I... I want to find someone."
The old man looked at him and knew he was a country boy, but he didn't say anything, let alone look down on him. "What's the name of the person you're looking for? What's your relationship with him?"
Wang Shouren was a little nervous when he first came in, but now that he saw that the old man didn't seem to look down on him because he was from the countryside, his anxiety disappeared, and he grinned and quickly replied, "My name is Wang Shouren, and I'm here to look for my fifth brother, Wang Shouzhi."
The old man said "Oh", put on his reading glasses on the table, flipped through a thick book, searched for a while, found a line, checked it carefully, and said, "Yes, there is this person. Wait, I will go and call him."
Wang Shouren immediately bowed to him and grinned, "Thank you, old man."
Seeing that he was quite honest, the old man smiled and said, "You're welcome."
After saying that, he went straight in to look for someone.
After a while, Wang Shouzhi followed the old man over.
When he saw Wang Shouren, he was a little surprised, thinking that something had happened at home. When he saw his mother standing by the gate, he was more certain of his guess. Otherwise, his mother would not have run so far without caring about her own health.
After the two brothers said goodbye to the old man, they walked to the cart. There were some things on the cart, which were specially brought to them. "Mom, why are you here?"
Qian Shulan looked at the numbers on his head. Filial piety was worth 3 points, right and wrong was worth 6 points, and career was worth 10 points. She suddenly had a bad feeling in her heart. She felt that she was affected by the memory of her original body. Maybe Wang Shouzhi didn't go home for so many years, not all because of Li Caiying. Maybe Wang Shouzhi himself didn't want to go home. Mothers don't want to believe that the son they raised with their own hands would be unfilial to her. They all think that it was instigated by their daughters-in-law.
Qian Shulan felt a little confused. If even her own son didn't welcome her to the city, how could she continue to live in the county town
Thinking that visiting relatives might not work, he decided to resort to the strategy of self-torture. He immediately took off the straw hat on his head.
Wang Shouzhi then saw that there was a big swelling on his mother's forehead. He couldn't help but exclaimed, "Mom, how did you get this?"
Qian Shulan didn't want to tell him about her embarrassing experience. "I got up to go to the toilet at night and accidentally slipped. I hit the door sill."
Wang Shouzhi frowned, "Mom, you should be careful too."
Seeing that he didn't seem to care about her, Qian Shulan frowned slightly, her heart sank, and she pretended to be weak, "Xiaowu, after this fall, I felt that I was really old, so I wanted to come and see you and cook for you for a few days. When you were a child, you loved the food I cooked."
When Wang Shouzhi heard that his mother actually wanted to live in his house, he felt a little reluctant and subconsciously turned his gaze to his elder brother.
Qian Shulan saw his action and glared at him, she got angry. What kind of son did the original body raise? She immediately stopped pretending to be weak, gritted her teeth and stamped her feet, shooting a cold gaze at him, and said in a cold voice, "Xiao Wu, you are not unwelcoming an old man like me, are you?"
Seeing his mother's expression, Wang Shouzhi's forehead suddenly jumped. Was his mother going to get mad at the door? That would be so embarrassing!
He hurried forward to support her and said flatteringly, "Mom, look at what you said, am I that kind of person? I'm so happy that you can come."
Qian Shulan pretended not to see his livid face and patted the back of his hand with satisfaction, "Xiaowu, you are an honest child. When you begged me to study, you said that you would let me eat and wear good clothes when you have money in the future. I have remembered it all these years." You are an ungrateful person! You want to dump me now that you have money? No way.
Wang Shouzhi felt a little guilty when he heard his mother mention the past. He just said these words casually at the time, and his main purpose was to go to school.
There are six children in his family. If he doesn't learn to please and be nice, will his mother care about him