On the surface, Liu Yun appears to be a warm-hearted person who doesn't care about anything. In fact, he is petty-minded, full of bad intentions and extremely selfish.
He could only dig holes for Qin Yu behind his back, and often complained to Chen Haiyan, saying that Qin Yu often said bad things to her, but he was actually very dissatisfied with this mother-in-law.
If things go on like this, how could Chen Haiyan be so fond of Qin Yu? In this way, she is the one who benefits.
When she really faced Ji Huai, she gave up and pretended that she was being bullied so pitifully, "If you say that, I can't help it. Your brother is not at home. If you hit me, I can't." .”
What an innocent thing to say.
"So I have wronged you? Then we have to talk about this matter today." Ji Huai didn't intend to let it go. He looked at her and asked, "My wife told you this. When did you say it?" Yes, where did you say that?”
"It's in the courtyard. She told me that I couldn't bring Ji Jun to my mother and had to take it myself. How could I carry it myself? I was also very surprised. After she said these things, why did she still bring Ji Jun to my mother?" Liu Yun said. There are hints inside and outside the words.
Chen Haiyan was angry again. He didn't like her, so why did he let her take care of him? His face turned darker again, and he glared at Qin Yu several times.
"When did you say that?" Ji Huai asked.
There was no such thing at all. How could Liu Yun know when he said it? After thinking about it carefully, "It seems to have happened two years ago. It has been so long that I have forgotten that we were chatting in the courtyard in the afternoon."
"Why are you talking about this?" Ji Huai asked again with a smile.
"I was just talking casually, and then she told me that. I was quite surprised." Liu Yun said vaguely.
"Just talking casually and teaching you how to raise a child?" Ji Huai nodded and looked at Qin Yu, "Wife, tell her when she said this."
His belief gave Qin Yu a lot of confidence, and he followed his words: "Sister-in-law may have forgotten, but it was when Xiaojun was one month and one day old. She came to the house to borrow scissors, and then asked me not to cut the scissors. I brought the child to my mother and said that Jicheng caused many problems to her mother."
She has a good memory and has a deep impression on this matter, so she remembers it very clearly.
Liu Yun didn't expect that she could explain it in such detail, so he could only insist on denying it and defending, "It's impossible, please stop wronging me. How could I say mom?"
After saying that, she looked at Chen Haiyan and said, "Mom, I really have nothing to say. I am very grateful that you help me take care of my two children. I really have nothing to say."
Chen Haiyan was actually partial to Qin Yu just now because the other party spoke in too detail and she still had a little understanding of the eldest daughter-in-law's personality, but she was pulled back when she saw Liu Yun's assurance.
The eldest daughter-in-law was pretty good to me, and it was probably the second daughter-in-law who said so. She didn't have any brains anyway, so she would hit wherever they asked her to.
"Then have you ever said that Mom is selfish and difficult to get along with?" Ji Huai asked again.
Liu Yun was helpless: "I didn't say anything."
He continued: "Then did you say that my mother deserved to die from her husband? If not, her husband would have been oppressed by you now. Now I can only rely on you and my eldest brother?"
"Impossible, this is too much." Liu Yun quickly denied, "Your eldest brother and I just want to honor our mother, how could we say this to our mother? It's so heartless."
"Aren't you and your brother still complaining that your mother gave you a small gift and didn't support your mother's family in building a house..."
"I never complained." Liu Yun responded quickly and abruptly interrupted Ji Huai's words, answering more firmly every time.
Ji Huai changed the topic and looked at Chen Haiyan, "Mom, look, my sister-in-law doesn't recognize anything now. When I was at the entrance of the village, I heard her say that you are difficult to get along with. If dad is still here, your tail It’s all gone up to the sky, it’s better now that I don’t even recognize it anymore.”
Chen Haiyan's taboo was Ji's father. She became a widow before she was fifty and was looked down upon by others. For a moment, her face turned pale and she stared at Liu Yun fiercely, "Is that really what you said?"
She didn't have to trust Qin Yu when comparing Liu Yun to Qin Yu, but of course she couldn't compare Liu Yun to her biological son.
"Mom, I definitely never said that. If I had, I..."
"Sister-in-law, please don't swear. What if lightning strikes us?" Ji Huai interrupted directly, adding fuel to the fire, "You said you never complained about the lack of betrothal gifts your mother gave you during the Chinese New Year. Didn't you make a fuss once? You even asked your eldest brother to ask someone to buy a bicycle for your mother's family. Which statement is true and which statement is false? "
He did not hear Liu Yun say the first two, but according to the other party's urine, he must have said it. The third one was to dig a hole for her, because Liu Yun only made a small fuss during the Chinese New Year, but it didn't cause any trouble.
There is no need to give face to this kind of person, he is more likely to tell lies than she is.
She denied all three of them, but the third one did exist. What would Chen Haiyan think
Of course she didn't believe it. Chen Haiyan had convicted Liu Yun in her heart. She pointed at Liu Yun and started to complain, "If his father were here, do you think you could enter our house? If you are pregnant out of wedlock, does his father like you? I My son is a teacher, who are you? You didn’t even go to the first grade of elementary school! You can’t even write your name! I can fall in love with you, that’s a blessing you’ve earned in eight lifetimes!”
Liu Yun and Chen Haiyan have always gotten along well on the surface. She is very good at coaxing the other person to do work for her. Being scolded like this is completely insulting and embarrassing. Her hands are trembling and her breathing is short and choked. It seemed like he could roll his eyes and fall back at any moment.
"Isn't this what my sister-in-law is like? One day she will talk nonsense and tomorrow she will gossip. My father is a teacher and a role model. My eldest brother is also a teacher. Our family is also considered a scholarly family." Ji Huai said seriously, and after promoting the Ji family, he Help Liu Yun admit it, "How disgusting and disgusting is the behavior of sister-in-law? It's not that my wife doesn't want to take care of mom. I think it's because someone doesn't like mom."
The Ji family has a lot of land. In the past, Ji's father received a salary, which was a solid iron rice bowl. Liu Yun was a village girl. She was fat and could not read a single Chinese character. Chen Haiyan always looked at people with her chin raised. Ji Huai was so As soon as she said it, she became even more angry, and became furious when she saw Liu Yun.
What's the use of Liu Yun's sophistry? Moreover, she is good at playing tricks behind her back. She is a good person, but she really can't stand it, and she almost vomits blood.
Chen Haiyan cursed at the same time, looking down upon her both inside and outside, and Liu Yun couldn't explain it nicely.
When Ji Huai took Qin Yu away, there was still a fierce noise outside.
Chen Haiyan attacked her personally, and Liu Yun cried and shouted, but Chen Haiyan didn't believe her at all. She tore off all the clothes she washed for their family and threw them to the side of the doghouse, "You are still acting like a monster in front of me, my child. Just bring it yourself! Don’t expect me to do any work for you!”
On the other side, the two people entered the room, and Qin Yu couldn't help but ask, "Did sister-in-law really say that?"
Ji Huai: "No."
"and you… "
"I'm talking nonsense." He disagreed. "She's talking nonsense. Why can't I talk nonsense? If she doesn't want to live comfortably, then she shouldn't be comfortable."
Qin Yu was silent. Although it was a bit immoral, his behavior of standing up for her without asking any more questions touched her heart. She thought about it before speaking, "What if it's really what I said?"
"You said no, that means no." Ji Huai turned to look at her, "Even if something happens, I will definitely help my wife."
In the past few days, he had been drinking with his friends. The two of them had been arguing and their anger had not subsided. Qin Yu now felt that he was still a little better.
She also felt that she was worthless. Ji Huai had disappointed her so many times, but as long as he didn't do anything inappropriate, she would always have illusions about him.
What woman doesn’t want her husband to feel pain
At night, the two slept in bed. The Ji family lived in a tile-roofed house. There were three houses in total. The lights in the room were dim, but it was much better than the families in the village who still lived in earthen houses.
Through the light, Ji Huai saw a scratch on her foot, frowned and asked, "How did it get hurt?"
Qin Yu then looked at his feet. There was a particularly obvious scar on his fair thigh, and the blood had solidified.
It's impossible to see her hands and legs together now. Because she often wears long sleeves to work, her legs are still fair, but her hands are much darker and have a lot of calluses on them.
"When I was carrying water today, I fell." She said that her neck felt uncomfortable.
She had to carry two buckets of water from the bottom of the mountain up the mountain. It was a long distance back and forth. After carrying it a few times, she was almost exhausted. She slipped and went to protect the bucket, and then she was scratched.
"I'll go with you tomorrow." Ji Huai said, taking the ointment on the bedside and applying it on her.
This kind of ointment is rare. His uncle is an overseas Chinese and sent it back from abroad. Ordinary people don't have it.
"If you go and don't help me carry him, you can watch your son at home. Mom must still be angry." She answered.
It's harder than ever to get him to do some work, unless it's harvest time and you can secretly exchange money for various bills, then he'll be active.
"Take him with you. How long will you carry him?" Ji Huai frowned, "I didn't let you plant those peppers in the first place. You planted them instead and made yourself miserable. Are you going to keep them for the rest of your life?"
Qin Yu didn't want to hear his big words. One moment she was going to do business, and the next she was going to live in the city. She hadn't heard of anyone doing business at all. Why would she go to the city and wait to starve to death
"Listen to me." Ji Huai came over and reached out to hug her.
"I'm going to bed." She looked at him and said patiently, "I have to get up at seven o'clock tomorrow to water the water. Otherwise, if it's too dry, I'll have to pinch off the flowers that bloomed this year and let the peppers bloom and bear fruit next year. There will be income.”
She planted 300 peppers on the mountain. This is the second year of planting. In the third year, the pepper will grow and the yield will increase. Before that, if it cannot bear fruit, it will affect its growth.
"Dad, it's time to go to bed." Ji Jun also said excitedly, "Take me with you tomorrow and wake me up if you want."
The conversation did not continue, and the family huddled together on the same bed to sleep.
The second day.
The atmosphere in Ji's family is still a bit depressing. Liu Yun may have had a hard time last night, and he woke up listless today.
Without Chen Haiyan to help her look after her children, she wouldn't be able to work in the mountains at all.
When she saw Ji Huai, her eyes were clearly full of resentment and unwillingness, and she tried her best to hide it. She was very sad, "You can hate me or disrespect me as much as you want, but I am your eldest brother's wife and your sister-in-law. How could you say that about mom? You really can’t talk nonsense.”
Ji Huai watched her performance, he was better at acting than she was, and sighed, "Sister-in-law, there is no way I could wrong you. I don't have the same understanding as you, a woman. We are all a family. What's the matter? Just be patient and it will pass, it’s not too much, just turn a blind eye.”
"But this time, you really went too far."
Liu Yun looked at Chen Haiyan behind Ji Huai. He originally wanted Ji Huai to tell the "truth", but he almost made himself vomit blood.
Chen Haiyan snorted loudly, turned around and walked back with a sullen expression, with a look that made her want to chop Liu Yun into big pieces.
Ji Huai looked surprised and turned his head, looking at Chen Haiyan's back and then at Liu Yun, a little helpless, "You have made mom very angry. If brother knew, this matter would not be easy to handle."
As he said that, he also walked to the utility room nearby, took out the bucket and knife, and also took a hoe.
Liu Yun could no longer maintain his expression, gritted his teeth and said, "If your eldest brother comes back, he will definitely settle the score with you!"
She was confident that Ji Hao would help her, and Chen Haiyan would definitely believe him if he explained!
Thinking about it, she felt a lot more relaxed in her heart. When she saw Qin Yu walking out, she felt very disdainful in her heart.
She looked down on Qin Yu at all. Ji Hao was working as a teacher and Ji Huai was just a freeloader. She had grown more things than Qin Yu and had two older children. Qin Yu was just a hard worker.
Chen Haiyan helped her before, but he looked down on Qin Yu even more.
Ji Huai ignored her at all and said in a ruffian voice, "Am I afraid of him? I'll just settle the score."
Liu Yun couldn't say anything at all and went back to the room angrily.
When Qin Yu came out with his son in his arms, the family walked out.
The mountain is about three kilometers away from the village, and you have to walk all the way there. During the process, you have to pass a small forest and several acres of rice fields.
Ji Jun came here simply out of curiosity. After walking for a kilometer with his parents, his legs got sore. Ji Huai picked him up directly, carrying a hoe on his other shoulder, and two buckets hanging behind the hoe.
Qin Yu brought water and knives, fearing that his son would be hungry, and also took two packs of biscuits.
There were many mosquitoes on the mountain. Several people wore long clothes and long sleeves. Ji Jun was sweating all over. He wanted to lift up his clothes, but Qin Yu didn't let him, saying that mosquitoes would bite, but he was obedient.
My legs felt a little sore after walking up the mountain.
Ji's father bought half a mountain, and each of the two brothers could grow three hundred peppers. At this time, the peppers planted by Qin Yu had grown one meter high, and some of them had bloomed. However, they could not let them bear fruit this year and had to pinch them all. .
Next to it is the one planted by Liu Yun. It was only planted last year and it is not very tall yet. It will take two years before it can be picked.
The land here is not very fertile and has been dry for many years, so the peppers are not growing well and there are more and more grasses. Some time ago, Qin Yu even removed the grass around the top rows of peppers.
It's a huge project to water and weed. Some of the trees are as big as your thumb and you have to cut them with a knife, not to mention how laborious it is.
There were too many mosquitoes in the pepper garden. Qin Yu did not let his son stay in it. He wanted him to stay in a cleaner place, but he was afraid of snakes, so he could only let him stay not far away.
Ji Jun was wearing long sleeves, trousers and shoes, and his head was surrounded by his mother, exposing his little eyes. But he was very happy with his parents. Ji Huai found some wild fruit shells somewhere and let him stay. Play on the side.
He could also sit still. Qin Yu asked him not to run around, but he stopped running. He just sat and played with stones and wild fruit shells, and drank water when he was thirsty.
His parents won't scold him, his grandma will scold him for being aggressive, and his brothers won't play with him, so he will play alone.
"I'm going to fetch water." Ji Huai put a bucket in front of him, and another bucket in the back, and carried it down the mountain.
Qin Yu couldn't help but warn, "The road is a bit slippery, so be careful."
"You can do it, why can't I? It's all a trivial matter." He quickly went down the mountain, much faster than she did, and he was halfway down the mountain in a short time.
Carrying water is a hard job. Qin Yu looked at his back, his eyebrows relaxed, and he started to weed with a knife.
Tall grass and small trees need to be cut down, and those close to the pepper need to be removed with a hoe.
She moved quickly and struck again and again. Ji Huai quickly picked up two buckets of water. After pouring them, he went down the mountain to pick them up.
Ji Jun got tired of playing and followed his mother. He thought it was fun to pick pepper flowers. Qin Yu didn't stop him. Instead, he told him to pick them off. He picked them more enthusiastically. If it weren't for his height, he could really help a lot.
Ji Huai kept lifting the water up, moving very quickly. If Qin Yu had carried it by himself, he would have been tired after three or four lifts. He carried it seven or eight times without slowing down.
In this way, the work speed is much faster.
Ji Huai could finish the work that took her two days to do in one morning, and the pepper was half poured in no time.
"Mom's clothes are wet." Ji Jun looked at Qin Yu and reached out to wipe the sweat from her face. "My hair is also wet."
His fleshy little hand stretched out, Qin Yu's heart softened, and she felt that no matter how tired she was, she was no longer tired.
"Mom's hand is injured." Ji Jun took Qin Yu's hand again, frowned, looked at Ji Huai and said anxiously, "Dad, mom's hand is injured."
Ji Huai also stood up and walked over, taking her hand over.
"It's not a big deal." Qin Yu was a little shy and pulled his hand back.
The blisters on the palm of your hand are just broken. You have to use a lot of force to chop down a tree with a knife. After a while, blisters will appear on your palm, and then the blisters will burst. You have to continue working. Then switch to one hand, and both hands will be broken. If the skin is gone, continue to replace it.
She was used to it. She used to have thin calluses on her palms and it was not easy to get blisters, but she had to work too much today, so it happened again.
"It'll be okay if you do it slowly. If the skin is broken and bleeding, you have to cut it." Ji Huai looked at her other hand again, "Will you carry the water this afternoon? I'll chop it down. I see that some of the trees behind have grown quite tall. Effortless.”
"Anything is fine." Qin Yu had no objection, cut off his hand, and suddenly said, "I'll do more if you come, and I'll go back later."
"Why?" He handed her the kettle.
Qin Yu took it and handed it to his son. Ji Jun asked his mother to drink first. She smiled and touched her son, looked at him and said truthfully, "There are cemeteries here. I don't dare to go back too late, so I can do more." Just a little.”
Hearing this, Ji Huai pondered for a while and said, "Whether it's weeding or carrying water, it's a very tiring job, and picking pepper will be even more tiring after that."
"What can I do? If you don't do it, who will do it if I don't do it? What will we eat?" Qin Yu replied to him to see what explanation he could give.
He said, "You can't do this."
"What's that okay? What do you want to do? What can you do?" She couldn't help it, pushed back, and then said, "I don't ask you to make any money, can you just work hard with me? ? Our family will have enough pepper next year, and now it costs three yuan and a pound. If you can pick one pepper for a few pounds, won’t our family be rich?"
Ji Huai looked at a piece of pepper. The green pepper was wrapped around a stone pillar. He made a calculation, "A stone pillar is seven and a half yuan. Dad bought this piece of land for five thousand yuan. Now it can be sold." Six thousand dollars.”
Qin Yu didn't understand what he meant, so he just heard him say, "Now the good land in the city can be bought for 7 yuan and 51 square meters, and the worse land is less than 1 yuan and 1 square meter."
"What can we do with the land in the city? One pepper can produce three or four kilograms a year, several kilograms if it is good. After drying, at least half will be left, which is three yuan and two kilograms. The pepper tree can grow for decades." She had no idea. Don't know what he is talking about.
In this way, they can earn at best a few hundred yuan a year. With income, they will not go hungry.
Ji Huai understands her thoughts. There are no roads now and there are no jobs in the city. Going to the city means starving to death. These crops are the lifeblood of farmers.
With land and these "assets", it is easier for boys to ask for wives. Nowadays, land in the city is worthless. Land is easy to buy, but it costs thousands of yuan to build a house. You can only live in it. Even if you live in What can be done in the city? Nowadays, the jobs are taken over by the retired sons of fathers, and farmers cannot find jobs in the city.
The money bought land on the mountain, which can be used to grow pepper. It will take a few years at most to repay the money, and the food and clothing for future generations will also be solved.
"Staying here, there will always be endless grass, water, and rice. Can we go to the city?" Ji Huai said, looking at her seriously, " I have asked about it, and now I can buy a walking tractor. When the time comes, I can make money by hauling goods. I can earn a few yuan for a trip. Excluding the gas money, I can earn more than ten yuan a day, or even a year. With this kind of income, you can’t make money by farming like this, and it’s very tiring.”
"When the time comes, you take care of your son and I'll go to work."
Qin Yu thought he was joking, "You don't know how to drive?"
"I can learn. If I buy a car, I can go to the agricultural machinery station and learn. It only takes a month. By then I can pull tiles, cement, and bricks. I will definitely have a job."
"So you want to sell these?" Her heart sank slowly, holding back tears as she looked at him, "I have worked so hard to plant them one by one, and now you want to Is it sold? Have you considered my feelings?"
"Ji Huai, you can't be so cruel."
She still liked him and couldn't let go, but he still had to worry about this, which really chilled his heart.
"Xiaoyu..."
"If you sell it, what will happen to your son? How will he get a wife in the future? How will he make a living? How will he live?" Qin Yu was very excited, even a little out of control, and kept asking, "How can he make a living? The eldest brother has retired. From now on, the position will be reserved for his son. Your son has nothing! This is all he has left!"
Ji Huai didn't feel guilty and stretched out his hand to wipe her tears. Qin Yu wouldn't let him wipe her tears. He grabbed her hand and looked at her with tears in his eyes. "What I want is to sell half of it and then buy the car." Now, I’m going to make money. Food that depends on the weather is unreliable. Now everyone is growing it, so maybe it won’t be sold.”
The price is not always so good, it will soon go into a downturn, and it may even be worthless.
"I'm just discussing with you, because it's hard to buy a car, and many people can't buy it. My uncle said he can buy it for us. If we miss this opportunity, we won't be able to buy it ourselves."
Nowadays, the domestic production of this kind of car cannot keep up, and the demand in the city is also huge. If you really want to buy one, you will have to go through a lot of effort.