Wang Yongshun's family has become marginalized in the team recently because of the chicken stealing incident. Wang Yaozong has completely lost his previous arrogance that looked down on everyone.
In fact, Wang Yaozong’s current situation is such that anyone who sees him would spit at him.
The stigma of a thief was engraved deeply on his face, and his reputation quickly spread to several surrounding brigades.
Compared with people like Wang Yaozong who stole more than a dozen chickens in one breath, people from other brigades actually began to look favorably upon the second-rate guys in their own brigades.
Even though he is not a good person, at least he is not as cruel and ruthless as Wang Yaozong.
Tian Youfu sent Wang Yongshun and Wang Yaozong to pick up manure. It happened that Lao Gou's time for picking up manure had not yet ended, so the three of them worked together.
But carrying manure is not the same as carrying dung. Lao Gou is a less serious worker, so he usually digs manure in the orchard. There are not many trees in the orchard, so it is not too tiring to go through all of them. Lao Gou can also chat with people, and no one rolls their eyes at him.
When it came to the Wang family father and son, life was not so good. Tian Youfu threw all the excrement collecting work this year to them.
Li Chunjuan felt sorry for her son and offered to help him remove excrement.
Tian Youfu had always thought that Wang Yaozong’s chicken theft was due to his parents, so he looked down on them even more.
If you still protect him even after this, he will get into trouble sooner or later!
In a fit of anger, Tian Youfu didn't care anymore. Anyway, there were only two people in the team to dig out manure, so you three in your family should decide among yourselves who will be the one to do it.
Li Chunjuan swiftly took over the responsibility of her son and replaced Wang Yaozong.
It was the spring plowing season, and the manure that had been stored in the brigade for the whole winter was waiting to be dug out, and the fields also needed to be fertilized. As time went by, the days passed until March.
Having some free time in March, Li Chunjuan hurriedly got herself ready to go look for Wang Lingling.
Li Chunjuan put on her best clothes and sniffed the smell on her sleeves. She had been carrying manure these days, and the smell was so strong that people in the team now avoided her.
"Dad, can you smell me to see if I still have any smell?"
Wang Yongshun said nothing. He was so numb that he couldn't smell anything.
Seeing that he didn't respond, Li Chunjuan didn't bother to argue with him anymore and started talking about other things instead.
"Fortunately, we didn't go to look for Lingling before. If we had gone, she would have been kicked out nine out of ten times. Now it's just right. She has also separated from the family, so she can't do without the support of her parents."
The reason why she waited until now to look for Wang Lingling was that when Li Chunjuan went to the next brigade last time, she heard that Wang Lingling was making a fuss about splitting up the family before she even entered the village.
Wang Lingling had a very ugly quarrel with her husband's family over the division of the family property. The old woman in the Zhao family was unreasonable, and both sides started fighting.
When Li Chunjuan arrived there, Wang Lingling's division of the property had not yet been clearly determined. Li Chunjuan hesitated for a moment, and felt that she was not in a position to think straight. She had to ask Wang Yongshun for help, so she went home first.
Wang Yongshun really came up with an idea. He said, "Lingling hasn't figured out the division of the family yet. If we go to her rashly, her mother-in-law will bring things back to us before she says anything. It's better to wait until she has figured out the division. By then, she will be alone with two children. After all, you are her mother. If you lend her a hand, won't she consider her family more?"
It was only after Wang Yongshun separated from Wang Ying that he realized how much advantage his family had enjoyed in terms of status.
Let’s not talk about the pigs that were assigned to the task group. Let’s take this incident as an example. If Wang Ying could stand up and say a few words, Wang Yaozong’s chicken theft would not have made such a big fuss! Even if he was taken to the Revolutionary Committee, Wang Ying’s identity could have brought him some benefits. Maybe he wouldn’t have to endure this humiliation and wouldn’t have to carry manure.
In the final analysis, it was because he had a falling out with Wang Ying that others could bully him.
Wang Yongshun felt that it was impossible to win Wang Ying back, and the only person who could help him was Wang Lingling.
Wang Lingling is a military wife. Although her son-in-law is a second marriage, he is also a small leader in the army.
Wang Yongshun began to regret it now. If he had known that an identity was so important, he should have taken the initiative to facilitate Wang Lingling's marriage to Zhao Jun, which would have won Wang Lingling over.
Although Wang Yongshun was not close to Wang Lingling over the years, he had a very accurate understanding of Wang Lingling.
This girl has no brains!
Just like her mother.
Wang Yongshun always has a way to deal with stupid people.
He did not allow Li Chunjuan to interfere in Wang Lingling's family division. One reason was that his family was small and he would not be involved. Wang Lingling's mother-in-law had given birth to several sons and he was afraid of being beaten. The other reason was that Wang Yongshun knew that Wang Lingling would be at a disadvantage in this family division.
This damn girl is such an idiot, and she only has two children. How can she be better than her mother-in-law and sisters-in-law
But at the same time, Wang Yongshun also felt that Wang Lingling’s wish would eventually be achieved.
Wang Lingling couldn't point to anyone, but her son-in-law was definitely the one who could make the final decision.
If her son-in-law hadn't spoken, how could Wang Lingling dare to make such a fuss about splitting up the family business
However, the son-in-law would definitely wait until Wang Lingling made a big fuss before he would come out to smooth things over, and both sides would take a step back and divide the family property.
As they were all men, Wang Yongshun figured out the key without any effort.
Now that he heard that Wang Lingling had divided the family, Wang Yongshun also felt that it was time for his family to step forward.
The Zhao family split up, but Old Lady Zhao was not someone who would let it go. Wang Lingling had some money in her hands, and Old Lady Zhao would not let her go.
If my family steps in now, no matter how stupid Wang Lingling is, she will accept this benefit.
Wang Yongshun told Li Chunjuan: "Don't mention family matters when you get there. Just help her with some work and win over the two children."
Wang Lingling is a bit stubborn and will only respond to soft words and not hard ones. It would be better to coax her for a while before asking her to help her brother solve his problem.
Wang Yongshun did not give up, and his hope now was to get Wang Yaozong back to school and get his high school diploma. He would then slowly plan how to remove the stain and give Wang Yaozong a good future.
Li Chunjuan prepared everything and was about to go out.
Wang Yongshun suddenly asked, "Where is Yaozong?"
Since he no longer had to carry manure, Wang Yaozong also lost the right to go to school. He did not even bother to work, but just stayed at home all day. He became increasingly gloomy, and usually ignored everyone at home.
Wang Yongshun: "Why didn't I see Yaozong today?"
Li Chunjuan felt distressed when she thought of her son: "He was in a bad mood, so I gave him two yuan and asked him to go out and find friends to relax."
Since the family's financial situation became scarce, Wang Yongshun no longer kept the remaining twenty yuan in the family, but let the money be in Li Chunjuan's hands.
Li Chunjuan lived frugally and the family managed to make ends meet.
But that's my son!
Li Chunjuan would rather die than make her son suffer.
Wang Yongshun opened his mouth but said nothing in the end.
Li Chunjuan didn't notice the strange look on the man's face and hurried out.
After Wang Ying came out of the hospital, she did not rush back to the team, but went to a state-owned restaurant first.
When Chen Dong saw her, he happily gave her some melon seeds: "Girl Ying, you're in town. What's up?"
Wang Ying took the melon seeds and pointed to the basket next to the back seat of the bicycle outside: "Xu Shuang asked me to bring you something."
Chen Dong walked to the side of the bicycle and lifted the cloth covering it, and saw bundles of wild vegetables underneath.
"Oh, not bad, not bad, are these shepherd's purse and Chinese toon?"
Wang Ying nodded: "There are still some hollyhocks and dandelions down there. I was thinking of getting some locust flowers, but the locust flowers on the mountain were picked before they were fully bloomed. It's not good to send any left here."
Chen Dong was tempted when he saw Chinese toon and said eagerly, "It's just right. I'm not busy now. I'll make you some scrambled eggs with Chinese toon."
Wang Ying did not expose the fact that he also wanted to eat, and said with a smile: "Okay, Master, please make me some chili oil, take a steamed bun with egg and Chinese toon, and put some chili oil..."
Chen Dong said so much that her mouth was almost watering: "Okay!"
Chen Dong picked up a small bundle of Chinese toon and went to the kitchen. Wang Ying, on the other hand, sat down safely outside and found a seat by the window to eat melon seeds.
The melon seeds fried by Chen Dong taste good, with a five-spice flavor, and they are very fragrant when you chew them.
Wang Ying was eating melon seeds leisurely, and soon a waiter came over.
The other party spoke to Wang Ying casually: "Hello, comrade, my name is Yao Shunjuan."
Wang Ying also shook hands with her openly: "Hello, my name is Wang Ying."
Yao Shunjuan has a round square face and round eyes. Although she is a little fat, she is in line with the current aesthetic. This kind of appearance and figure is called blessing.
She looked to be not much older than Wang Ying, and there was still some childish innocence in her voice.
"It's like this. I heard from Master Chen Dong that you are a barefoot doctor, right? I want to ask if you can help me find some medicinal herbs?"
Wang Ying didn't understand: "Doesn't the county hospital have medicinal materials?"
Yao Shunjuan sighed: "It's not so lucky to come across these types in the county hospital. I'm just trying my luck."
Wang Ying found out that Yao Shunjuan had an older sister who had a severe hemorrhage during childbirth a few years ago and almost died. She managed to save her life, but her body was still badly damaged.
The family asked many people for help and finally found an old Chinese doctor with a good reputation to take a look.
The old Chinese doctor was not vague and wrote out several prescriptions for the patient to take continuously.
There were some hard-to-find ingredients in the prescription, and the county hospital couldn't provide all of them. So the whole family was in a state of worry during this period.
Today, she happened to see Wang Ying delivering something to Chen Dong, so Yao Shunjuan tried to mention it to Wang Ying.
Yao Shunjuan lowered her voice and said, "I know you are near the mountains, and there are many things in the mountains. If you can prepare all these herbs, the price will be negotiable."
Most people in the hotel were well aware of Chen Dong's twists and turns.
But no one would say it out loud, after all, who hasn't bought something on the black market? That's how it is in the city, there's not a complete range of food and drinks, so you have to think of some way.
Many of them also exchanged things with Chen Dong. For example, as for the basket of wild vegetables that Wang Ying sent, someone had already gone to the kitchen to find Master Chen. It was estimated that they would be able to take half of it before the end of get off work today.
Wang Ying did not agree immediately, but asked: "Where's the recipe? Let me see it first."
If some medicinal herbs are not produced locally, there is nothing she can do.
Seeing that she had given in, Yao Shunjuan quickly took out the note from her pocket and handed it to Wang Ying.
Wang Ying: "Wild ginseng, wild gastrodia, codonopsis..."
It is hard to find, especially wild ginseng, and I was also asked what kind of ginseng I wanted.
Wang Ying hesitated for a moment: "What are you still missing?"
Yao Shunjuan: "We are still short of wild ginseng and gastrodia elata."
Wang Ying agreed immediately: "I can find Gastrodia elata, but it depends on luck to find wild ginseng, especially since you want so much wild ginseng."
Yao Shunjuan also knew this, and agreed immediately: "We will charge you for the ginseng based on its quality."
The hospital has a rule table for collecting wild ginseng, but it is still classified by grade. Yao Shunjuan started by saying it was based on age: "It must be at least 25 years old, and I'll charge you 300 yuan. If you add another year, I'll charge you 30 yuan."
As soon as the price was announced, Wang Ying was very willing.
If you take it to a hospital, the price won't be that high. Even if you find a buyer yourself, you have to spend a lot of effort and may not be able to get such a high price.
"Okay, I'll find it as soon as possible."
Wang Ying has made up her mind that she must get this windfall!
At worst, we can spend two or three days walking deep into the mountains.
Three hundred yuan, that’s probably Xu Shuang’s annual salary!
Yao Shunjuan left her home address and turned away. Wang Ying put the piece of paper in her pocket.
At this time, Chen Dong had also prepared the scrambled eggs with Chinese toon. He gave half of it to Wang Ying and also gave her two steamed buns.
The steamed bun is broken in the middle, and the tender toon sprouts paired with the yellow scrambled eggs are fragrant and have a unique aroma.
Wang Ying ate one of the steamed buns, and made the other one with chili peppers, which tasted different.
He ate two steamed buns and a plate of fried eggs with Chinese toon cleanly.
Chen Dong stuffed a handful of tickets into Wang Ying's hand and said, "Here, take these tickets and go see what's on sale."
Calculating money between Xu Shuang and Chen Dong is one thing. Sometimes when Chen Dong sells things to people in the store, he doesn't charge them, but instead exchanges them for various receipts.
He had limited money to spend from the bills he had, so he gave most of it to Xu Shuang.
Wang Ying did not refuse. She took it and looked at it. There were not only cloth coupons, grain coupons, and oil coupons, but also a soap coupon.
Wang Ying was very surprised. Now that it was spring, she felt no pressure to share the housework. The only thing that was uncomfortable was that she had to use soap or alkaline noodles when washing clothes.
She really couldn't get used to it. She had to go to the river to wash clothes, and every time she came back she felt like the clothes were not clean.
I was thinking about how to get some soap, and if that didn't work, I would just make it myself. Fortunately, I now have soap tickets, so I can finally free myself.
Wang Ying went to the supply and marketing cooperative and bought three bars of khaki soap with a ticket, as well as half a pound of oil and a pound of sugar.
After stuffing all the things she bought into the backpack on the back of her bicycle, Wang Ying rode back to the team.
When she arrived at the brigade, Wang Ying went to the state-owned restaurant first as usual.
The waiters at the state-owned restaurant no longer have the same enthusiasm they had last year when they see Wang Ying now.
But Wang Ying didn't care.
Instead, there was a young girl sitting in the store, cracking melon seeds and spitting the shells on the ground.
But the waiter acted as if he didn't see it and was extremely friendly.
"Sister Ying, are you thirsty?"
Wang Ying looked up. Isn't this a coincidence? The other party is also called Sister Ying
Li Ying was indeed a little thirsty after eating melon seeds for a long time, but she didn't want to drink water. Instead, she shouted to the waiter, "Ask your chef Xie to make me some winter melon meatball soup. I'm really thirsty."