Qian Shulan wanted Wang Danzhi to stay at home and not go back to Sunjia Village.
But Wang Danzhi refused to agree. After Qian Shulan repeatedly asked her the reason, she stammered and told her concerns, "Mom, I know you love me. But I am married after all. There is no extra room for me at home. Little Donkey is not surnamed Wang, and my grain and oil supply is not in the team. If I stay at my mother's house, people will definitely gossip about me." She said angrily, "Besides, I don't want the house I got with great difficulty to be given to outsiders."
Qian Shulan felt that Wang Danzhi's idea did make sense. The little donkey was already twelve years old, and in a few years he would have to be given a house and a wife. The policy of closing the mountains for afforestation would take at least ten years to be gradually relaxed. Who would marry the little donkey if he had no house
No matter what era it is, a house is the most basic equipment for a family. Therefore, they must not give up their house now.
But if Wang Danzhi went back like this, she would inevitably have to endure all those rumors.
Because of the commune's commendation, others did not dare to express disdain for Wang Danzhi's divorce. But that does not mean that other parties would not express disdain.
Since ancient times, widows have always been surrounded by gossip. For a single divorced woman like Wang Danzhi, as long as she gets a little closer to the opposite sex, people will spread rumors about her.
But Wang Danzhi's personality is so soft, and she might be blocked at the door and beaten.
Therefore, she had to keep Wang Danzhi at home, at least until the little donkey grew up.
Qian Shulan frowned and asked, "If you go back like this, what will you do when others talk about you?"
Wang Danzhi's face turned pale, and he lowered his head and said, "I lock the door every day and never go anywhere."
This method is too low-level! When encountering difficulties, instead of facing them directly, you only know how to escape! Qian Shulan's face darkened, and she asked, "What about the little donkey? Are you going to let him bear the rumors outside alone? Are you still a mother? Why are you so selfish? Do you still want him to fight with others for you?"
Wang Danzhi was so scared that tears flowed directly from her eyes. Her lips kept shaking, and she was obviously terrified. Then she desperately grabbed Qian Shulan's arm and shook her head, "Mom, no! The little donkey can't fight anymore! But what should I do?"
What she least wanted to do was hurt the little donkey. If she went out, people would gossip about it, and if she didn't go out, the little donkey would be hurt again.
She thought for a long time, and suddenly an idea came to her mind and she looked up, "Then the little donkey will stay with me at home." Her eyes were terribly red and swollen, and she looked very pitiful.
Qian Shulan was almost laughing at her! A tortoise? He would retreat into his shell when faced with difficulties! Her eyes were full of warnings, and her words were sharp, "Does locking up the little donkey at home every day help him grow? Do you want to turn him into a cowardly and incompetent person like you?"
Wang Danzhi didn't expect that her best of both worlds solution would make her mother even angrier. She was at a loss and didn't know what to do.
She obviously didn't want to cause trouble for her family. Otherwise, her sisters-in-law would have a problem with her. But her mother was right. The donkey was still so young, how could it be locked up at home all day long
Seeing her serious expression, Qian Shulan said slowly, "You are a mother. Not only do you have to protect Little Donkey, you also have to train him. I think Little Donkey is a good kid. I heard that his grades in school are also good. Maybe he can get into a technical secondary school and become a worker in the future. If you lock him up at home, how can he become a useful person?"
Wang Danzhi has been a person without a mindset since she was young, otherwise she would not have been sold by her mother and would not have felt resentment. She is like the women who were used to being oppressed in the old times, who do not know how to resist, do not know how to resolve the situation, and can only escape.
Qian Shulan also knew that she couldn't change her bad habits in a short time.
So she stood up from the kang and said to Wang Danzhi, "I'll take you to the Sunjia Village Production Brigade first. You just need to follow my instructions and do what I tell you to do. If I tell you to cry, you can cry. If I tell you to faint, you can faint. Don't let me down."
Wang Danzhi nodded hurriedly.
Qian Shulan immediately called Wang Shouren and Wang Shouyi over and asked them to accompany her to the Sunjia Village Production Brigade.
Wang Shouren immediately went to borrow a carriage from Qian Minghua, and then asked for a day off from patrol.
The four of them drove the horse-drawn carriage to Sunjia Village. Along the way, they met no one else except a few people who looked like brigade cadres and an agricultural technician who were checking the spring plowing conditions.
When they arrived at Sunjia Village, Qian Shulan directly asked Wang Shouyi to call Sun Baogui to attend a meeting in the Sunjia Village Production Brigade Office.
Unlike the Wangjia Village Production Brigade, the office of the Sunjia Village Production Brigade is very grand.
There are four spacious mud and thatched houses, and the wood on the beams is all new, showing that they were built only a few years ago.
There were several tables and chairs in the office, and each table was occupied. The old man was lying on the chair, squinting his eyes and humming a little tune, with his legs stretched out and curled up on the table, shaking non-stop, eating and drinking like a big boss.
After Qian Shulan came in, she slammed one of the tables hard, scaring everyone in the room back to their senses.
One of them was so frightened that he fell to the ground. The pain made him almost cry. He rubbed his waist and looked at her fiercely, "Who are you?"
Qian Shulan glanced at the faces of several people and said, "Where is your brigade secretary? I have something to ask him!"
Seeing how aggressive she was, several men came over to take a look, only to find out that this old lady was the one who had caused trouble at Old Sun's house before.
Some people were so scared that they stepped back. This old lady was not a good person. Even the brigade secretary was afraid of her.
One of them ran off to look for someone.
After a while, the brigade cadres, Sun Baogui and his two sons came over.
Sun Baogui came in and glared at her angrily, "How dare you come here? You sent my son to a labor camp..."
Before he finished speaking, Qian Shulan raised her hand to interrupt him, "Sun Baogui, your idea is wrong. Sun Dafu is a bad element identified by the commune leaders. Based on what you just said, can I assume that you have objections to the commune's judgment?"
Sun Baogui was so frightened that his face turned pale. He pointed at her with trembling fingers. He almost couldn't catch his breath and was about to faint. His body was shaking like a building that was about to collapse.
On the day of the commune meeting, not only did Wang Danzhi break off relations with Sun Dafu and divorce him, but even Sun Baogui and his two sons broke off relations with him. Otherwise, they would be considered to be in league with bad elements and would be subject to re-education.
Sun Baogui, who was already old, naturally did not want to suffer. He had no choice but to go on stage and criticize his son with others.
After returning to the village, Sun Baogui fell seriously ill. He wanted to go to Qian Shulan's house to settle the score, but she came to him on her own.
And he was pushed back with just one sentence.
Sun Baogui's two sons quickly helped him sit on a chair. They didn't bother to settle accounts with Qian Shulan, and they just wanted to calm Sun Baogui down.
Qian Shulan ignored them and said to the brigade secretary, "Although Sun Dafu is a bad element, Little Donkey is Sun Dafu's son after all. As a son inherits his father's business, Little Donkey has the right to inherit Sun Dafu's house, right?"
The brigade secretary was not so excited and replied naturally, "Of course."
Qian Shulan said to him, "Then change the name of your current homestead to Little Donkey."
Seeing that she didn't show any reaction and acted so bossy, the brigade secretary felt angry and didn't want to do it for her. However, seeing her eager eyes, he was afraid of her, so he waved his hand and asked his men to get paper and pen.
To change the name, a new registration form was used. After the brigade secretary filled it out, Wang Shouyi also brought the little donkey over.
When the little donkey saw Qian Shulan and his mother, he was a little excited and ran over to hug his grandmother's waist.
Qian Shulan pointed at the signature on the registration form and said to the donkey, "Sign your name and make a pledge!"
The little donkey immediately let go of Qian Shulan's hand and was about to take the pen when suddenly a big hand covered the registration form and everyone looked over.
It turned out to be Sun Baogui! He covered his chest, his face pale, and he shouted that he disagreed, "I don't agree! My son is not dead yet. Why do you want to change his name?"
Before Qian Shulan could answer, the brigade secretary got angry and pulled Sun Baogui to the side. "Brother, she is not being exchanged for someone else. She is being exchanged for your grandson. Isn't it the same to give it to him? Is it necessary for you to argue with her about this? You can't win the argument!"
Sun Baogui certainly knew that he could not win the argument with her, but he just couldn't accept that his son's homestead should be exchanged for his grandson's, and that this old woman had to make the decision.
Over there, Qian Shulan had already asked the little donkey to sign and put its thumbprint on it.
The brigade secretary didn't bother to persuade Sun Baogui, and directly stamped her with the seal. He wanted to get the job done as soon as possible and send the person away as soon as possible. He couldn't afford to offend this lady.
Sun Baogui was so angry that his face turned blue. His two sons stood there motionless. They were really impressed by the beating they had received before.
Just now when they were at home, they heard that the old lady had come again. The two daughters-in-law were so scared that their faces turned pale and they refused to come no matter what.
Qian Shulan said to the brigade secretary, "This homestead belongs to Little Donkey. No one else is eligible to live in it, right?"
The brigade secretary glanced at Sun Baogui and nodded awkwardly.
Qian Shulan ignored his expression and said to the brigade secretary, "It's like this. Since my daughter and Sun Dafu have divorced, she can't stay in the Sunjia Village Production Brigade forever. Isn't this causing trouble for you? I heard that your production brigade is not well-off. In order to save food for you, I thought it would be better to transfer my daughter's grain and oil relationship back to our production brigade. Do you agree?"
The brigade secretary subconsciously wanted to nod. He had to agree. Why not agree to such a good thing? One less person means one less portion of food. Others can eat more.
But Sun Baogui didn't believe that the old lady could be so kind. She transferred Wang Danzhi's grain and oil relationship back, and there must be other uses for it. Suddenly, he couldn't think of it, his face turned green again, and his voice was frighteningly high, "Are you trying to get your daughter to remarry?"
The scream was so loud that it startled everyone. Qian Shulan covered her ears and frowned at him, "Hey, my daughter has already drawn a clear line between herself and your son. Can't she find someone else?"
Sun Baogui was so angry at her self-righteous tone that he almost threw himself at her. He stamped his feet and said, "How could you do this! Your daughter is married to my son. She should be a good wife!"
Qian Shulan sneered, "That's enough, you're still acting like a woman! I think the commune should also bring you up on the stage for a fight. Your mind is full of those decadent and conservative ideas, and you don't follow the party's principles at all."
Everyone was terrified when she started to exaggerate. Sun Baogui's two sons started to have headaches when they thought of Sun Dafu being criticized and struggled against. They felt as if they had been fished out of ice and were so scared that they could not move.
The grain and oil relationship has improved. Qian Shulan said to Sun Baogui, "Little Donkey will live in my house first. He will come back to live here after he finishes school. You can't occupy the house. Otherwise, I will ask you, the brigade secretary, to do justice."
After saying that, he took his two sons, Wang Danzhi and the little donkey to pack up.
Sun Baogui watched the group of people leave, and punched the door in anger, "I dare say she must have been the one who told the secret."
The brigade secretary glanced at him and said, "Even if she was the one who reported it, what can you do to her? She is a candidate for model worker." He paused, as if he had thought of something, and smiled sarcastically, "Maybe it was that woman's misconduct that caused the trouble."
Sun Baogui didn't believe it. If it was really Widow Liu who caused the trouble, then why did the commune know about it just after Wang Danzhi returned to her parents' home
Isn't this timing too coincidental
But no one believed him. Even Sun Baogui's two sons no longer believed that it was the Wang family who did it. What a joke! Even if it was really her, what could they do to her? She said all sorts of things. It was exactly the same as what the leaders said on the stage that day. They didn't want to end up like Sun Dafu. So, they would rather believe that it was the widow who caused it, as the brigade secretary said.
All of a sudden, there were many versions.
At first everyone guessed that it was the Wang family who caused the trouble, but now more people are suspected.
She looked like everyone, but she looked like no one at all. In the end, the matter could only be left unresolved.
The author has something to say: Because some plots cannot be written, they have to be deleted and revised, which took up some time, I’m sorry!