The Li family members were all scratching their noses uncomfortably, and Wang Pingping hid behind the Li family members and dared not show up.
She, she doesn't want this to happen either.
But she couldn't have children, and she was very weak, so she naturally had no say at home. And... and white flour was really delicious, and she didn't want the whole family to eat fine grains while she was the only one eating steamed bread.
As a result, the amount of white flour kept increasing. Li Ying even gave some to her boyfriend.
The Li family had a large population, more than a dozen people in total. Every day, they could eat seven or eight kilograms of flour just to make noodles. Ever since Wang Lingling went to collect grain, the family had never eaten coarse grains again. Every day, they had noodles in the morning and evening, and wide noodles at noon. In addition to the braised meat and braised vegetables that Li Ying asked her boyfriend for, everyone's mouths were full of oil.
Generally speaking, summer is a bitter time, and people tend to lose weight when summer comes, as they eat more vegetables.
But this summer, everyone in the Li family gained weight and put on a lot of fat.
Even Wang Pingping has gained a lot of weight and is no longer as skinny as before.
Wang Pingping knew that she had let her sister down, so she hid at the back with her neck shrunk and listened to Wang Lingling's rage.
Wang Lingling was confused. She said that they had separated the family, but in fact they were still next to her husband's family. There was no wall on either side, just a fence in the middle. She had two children at home. If she brought food back, not to mention her mother-in-law and sisters-in-law, even if the two children said a word or two outside, Wang Lingling would be in trouble.
That's why she decided to keep the grain at Li's house until a month after the autumn harvest. By that time, the food in the city would definitely be in short supply, and even if it wasn't, the news of the poor harvest would have spread.
In panic, everyone will definitely rush to use their food coupons to exchange for food at the grain station. Those who used to use their food coupons to buy food at the middle or end of each month will probably have to stock up in advance. The price of food at the grain station will definitely not increase, but it will definitely be difficult to buy. By then, there will be long queues, all of which are people trying to exchange for food.
Once there is a run on the bank, food will be even more scarce, and when food is scarce, people will panic. Of course, people will turn to the black market to find a way out.
Wang Lingling was aiming for this moment.
She was ready to throw all the food out at the highest point.
Just like stock trading, Wang Lingling would feel like she was losing money if she sold at a slightly lower price.
Wang Lingling was planning to sell the flour at a higher price. No matter how hard life was, there were still families that had it easy. Moreover, there were some families with special circumstances who had to eat fine grains. Wang Lingling was planning to sell the flour at the hospital, and she would definitely get a good price.
But now!
In just over a month, more than half of the 200 kilograms of fine grain that were harvested were gone!
Wang Lingling was furious and looked as if she wanted to tear the whole family apart.
The men and women of the Li family also felt embarrassed. How could they not know that the grain was to be sold
But this is not...
I can't help it.
The sons of the Li family recalled the meals they had during that period. It was the first time in their lives that they had the feeling of eating fine grains with their stomachs open.
After all, there are many people. Now they look impressive when they stand together, but life was really hard when they were young. The family never had enough food, and the experience of hunger only gradually faded away in the past few years.
There was a warehouse full of coarse and fine grains at home. Even if it did not all belong to me, every time I scooped noodles from the side room and looked at the piles of grain filling the pits and valleys, I would feel a sense of pride in my heart.
So everyone in the Li family avoided this topic and kept adding more rice to their meals. At most, they could eat nearly ten kilograms of flour at lunch, which made the whole family full.
Everyone knows that such good days will not last long, so they are trying hard to stuff them into their stomachs.
At this moment, Wang Lingling asked about their faces. The men in the Li family coughed a few times, feeling embarrassed. The wives did not step forward, but pushed Wang Lingling instead.
After all, the only connection between the Li family and the Wang family is Wang Pingping.
If she doesn't go at this time, who will
Wang Pingping was pushed to the front by several sisters-in-law. She kept backing away, but still couldn't withstand the push from several people.
Wang Lingling was furious. She couldn't go up to the Li family men and start a fight with them, so she rushed to Wang Pingping and slapped her three times. Wang Pingping's ears were buzzing.
"You are still my sister! How dare you eat my food? Do you have any shame?"
Wang Lingling questioned loudly and raised her hand to slap him.
Wang Pingping was stunned by the slaps she received, and when she reacted, she tried to block them with her hand. She was also full of grievances. There were more than a dozen people in the family, and was she the head of the family
She plays a very small role in the family and is just a worker.
Why did Wang Lingling come up and beat her up? She didn't even ask why Wang Lingling insisted on being a stepmother and made her suffer a lot from her sisters-in-law! Why couldn't her sister understand the grievances she suffered at her husband's house
Both sisters were full of resentment and grievances. One hit me and I blocked her, so they immediately started fighting each other.
Wang Pingping seized the opportunity and slapped Wang Lingling twice, and both of them had blood in their noses.
Wang Lingling: "You are the elder sister? You are simply a beast. Do you know how hard it is for me to get these food? How dare you eat them? Bitch!"
Wang Pingping: "You blame me? Does this food belong to you alone? Why can't our family eat it?"
Wang Pingping spoke more and more confidently: "You only pay a small amount of money, why can't you let us eat our own food?"
Wang Lingling grabbed her hair and punched her twice: "Do you have any shame?"
Wang Pingping and her sisters-in-law exchanged glances and told the men to leave first. No one was worried that Wang Lingling would cause trouble.
What a joke! Can Wang Lingling sue them or report them? Even if they want to share the money, Wang Lingling can't get the upper hand.
This is a business that cannot be seen in the light.
The men of the Li family actually left, leaving Wang Lingling and Wang Pingping fighting behind them. Even Wang Pingping's man Li Qing left, with no intention of stepping forward to support Wang Pingping.
Wang Lingling glimpsed that all these people had left from the corner of her eye. She felt ignored and deceived, and she couldn't hide her anger.
"Bitch! I want to settle accounts with you! You are just a bunch of locusts who never get enough to eat! I don't want to partner with you anymore! Give me the portion that is due to me! I'll take it and leave!"
Wang Lingling has never been one to suffer bullying.
After her rebirth, the only people she suffered from were her two children. But that was also because the two children would have great development in the future, and she wanted to suffer first and then enjoy the sweetness.
But it is definitely not like it is now, where people don’t fight back when being bullied.
Wang Lingling made a scene and insisted that the Li family give her portion of the grain right away. She would not leave it at the Li family anymore! She wanted to take the grain back to her own home!
She finally understood that when something happened, even her own sister was no match for her. Wang Pingping actually helped her husband's family to steal and eat her food. What kind of sister is she!
Now that I think about it, Wang Pingping didn't even show up when Wang Yongshun and Li Chunjuan got into trouble. Even her own parents were like this, let alone her younger sister.
Coincidentally, Wang Pingping thought the same thing, and she had a fight with Wang Lingling. She felt aggrieved, thinking that her sister was so cold and indifferent, and didn't understand her difficulties in her husband's family at all.
How pitiful she is, she has no son and her husband is in poor health. If she doesn't work hard and curry favor with her sister-in-law's son, will she be kicked out when her husband dies or she gets old
What will she do then
Yes, my younger sister married a man in the army. Although she is a stepmother, her life is not bad. I heard that they have separated and still have money every month. She is not worried about her life, but she does not understand the hardship of being a sister.
Speaking of which, my parents had an accident some time ago. I was in town, far away, but my sister must have heard about it. She didn't even go back to see my parents off.
Haha, he is just an ungrateful person who can never be warmed up.
Both sisters thought so, but in the eyes of others, they were equally divided.
Wang Pingping's sisters-in-law watched coldly. Although they were also greedy, they were not as stupid as the two sisters. Not only were they stupid, but they were also naturally cold-hearted.
Then again, the entire Wang family is like this.
The story of Wang Yongshun spread widely, and Wang Pingping's sisters-in-law had all heard about it.
The father went up the mountain to hide from the villagers who came to ask for justice, but he fell down. The mother saw her husband and son being taken away, so she went back to her parents' home without waiting for any more news and remarried without saying a word.
The sons were even worse. If they were not given food at home, they would steal. They would also join others in tomb robbing and end up in jail.
Wang Pingping and Wang Lingling, sisters, don’t help each other, but instead turn their anger against each other when something happens. When something happens at home, neither of them goes back to see the family…
It seems like this family is not right from the beginning.
However, the sisters-in-law were still undecided about breaking up the partnership as Wang Lingling suggested.
This partnership was initiated by Old Lady Li, and none of them had a say in it.
It so happened that Mrs. Li was not at home at the moment, and she went to the state-owned restaurant with Li Ying.
Wang Lingling went into the side room and moved the food out by herself. She was so angry that her teeth were itching, and she really didn't want to get involved with the Li family anymore.
Just by looking at the fact that this family could turn 200 kilograms of fine grains into dozens of kilograms, she knew that when it came time to sell the grain, the more than 1,000 kilograms of grain that they had originally stored might end up with not even 1,000 kilograms left!
Greedy!
Wang Lingling threatened the men of the Li family who were blocking the door: "This is my own food, why can't I take it away? If you try to stop me again today, I will risk my life and let's all die together! I will report you for maliciously hoarding food!"
Wang Lingling not only said this, she really dared to do it. She always did things with a sense of life and death.
When the people of the Li family heard this, they were so frightened that their legs went limp and their voices trembled
The eldest daughter-in-law of the Li family reluctantly said, "Do you dare? You took all the grain back. If you tell anyone, you will not end up well. You might even be divorced."
Wang Lingling: "Oh, if I get divorced, you will lose your jobs! Who is afraid of who?"
In fact, what Wang Lingling didn't say was that if the Li family didn't give her food, it would be difficult for her to bite back after she reported the Li family. After all, the food was all in the Li family, and her own family didn't have any, so who would be able to explain themselves at that time
Several people from the Li family obviously understood what was going on, and their faces instantly turned sour.
When Wang Pingping saw that her sister had caused her such a disaster again, she panicked and said, "Wang Lingling, if you dare to do this, I will no longer recognize you as my sister! You want our whole family to die! Your brother-in-law has a very difficult job and he is not in good health... You can't do this!"
Wang Lingling hated Wang Pingping the most. The Li family had nothing to do with her. If it weren't for Wang Pingping, she wouldn't have sought a partnership with the Li family and told the Li family about such a lucrative business.
As a result, her sister, a thief, actually helped the Li family steal her.
"Bah! Who do you think you are? How dare you act like a sister in front of me? Remember this, Wang Pingping. Don't call me sister from now on. I won't acknowledge you as my sister!"
Wang Pingping was furious and was about to fight again, but she heard the voice of Old Lady Li coming from outside. It turned out that Li Qing saw that the situation was not good, and he was a person who only listened to his mother in everything, so he simply rushed to the state-owned restaurant to find Old Lady Li.
When Mrs. Li, who was discussing marriage with Xie Yuejin in a state-owned restaurant, heard about the incident at home, she could only walk back while cursing.
The old lady was very shameless and tried to fool people as soon as she entered the door: "Girl Ling, are you here? I didn't tell you in advance that eating the food was not a good thing, but we are doing business together. When we sell the food later, we can deduct this part, right? Why are you so angry?"
Wang Lingling didn't believe it. She sneered and said, "Old lady, stop pretending. I came here today to ask for an explanation, but your family refused to give it to me. I'm afraid you won't be able to explain yourself when you make money."
Wang Lingling's IQ, which had been washed away by anger, briefly returned.
She was also deeply irritated by the attitude of several people from the Li family who did not take her seriously. The Li family was sure that she could not cause any trouble.
Wang Lingling felt annoyed. If she had known earlier, she would rather run a smaller stall on her own than to form a partnership with the Li family.
The Li family has many men. When the grain is sold and the money is divided, the other party will force me. It will be hard to explain. It was agreed that the profit would be divided 30% and 70%, so I guess I would be lucky if I could get 30%.
Anyway, if the food is gone, no one can find any evidence. The black-hearted old lady Li will definitely embezzle the food.
The more Wang Lingling thought about it, the more she felt that it was not going to work. She was going to break up with the Li family right now!
Old Lady Li did have this plan. Her narrowed eyes revealed a gleam of brilliance: "Didn't we agree on this? We'll sell grain together and we'll work it out when the time comes. How can you withdraw from the partnership now?"
She had originally planned to keep all the money from selling the grain for herself, so Wang Lingling, that little sissy, was just going to give her ten or twenty yuan as a fee for running errands.
Coincidentally, Wang Lingling had thought the same before. She was planning to use the fact that Li Qing was a eunuch to control Old Lady Li and finally ask for a 50-50 split.
In comparison, Mrs. Li was shameless enough. She had no intention of sharing the money with Wang Lingling.
Wang Lingling didn't want to and she wanted to break up now.
"If you don't tell me, I'll go out and sue you now!"
Mrs. Li wanted to argue again, but Wang Lingling had already used her ultimate weapon: "Do you want me to tell you about your Li Qing?"
Mrs. Li was horrified!
Li Qing’s story!
Her eyes were like a poisonous knife, slashing across Wang Lingling's face.
After a long while, he exhaled a breath of turbid air: "Okay, then let's split up."
Among her sons, Li Qing is not important, but she cannot let the news that her son is a eunuch spread.
She didn't care about Wang Pingping as her daughter-in-law, mainly because there were many sons in the family and Li Qing was a eunuch, so the other sons would definitely be affected by rumors.
Wang Pingping continued to ask: "Mom, we can't let her take away the food like this! Li Qing and I are not afraid of what she will say, so let her say it!"
Wang Lingling glanced at her sister sneerfully. She had originally planned to tell her sister privately about Li Qing being a eunuch after she had a falling out with the Li family.
Now it seems unnecessary.
Wang Pingping, she deserves it!
Wang Lingling thought maliciously that when Li Qing died, Wang Pingping would probably have to repeat what happened in her previous life.
Should!
Who told her to be a useless sister
Old Lady Li was forced to divide the grain, and Wang Lingling was given more than 200 kilograms of coarse grains and the remaining fine grains.
Wang Lingling ignored the Li family, ran out, found a wooden board, put the food on it, and then dragged the food away.
As soon as the Li family closed the door, their sons started to panic.
"Mom, how can you promise her?"
If we divide the grain now, what should we do with it later to sell it
It’s impossible for the brothers to go into the city to sell it, right
Old Lady Li slammed the table loudly: "You blame me? Do you blame me for this? The food is for the whole family to eat. If you don't share it with her, and you wait for that little bitch to report you, you won't have any jobs anymore!"
Old Lady Li: "Old man, why did she come today? Isn't it time to sell the grain yet?"
The eldest daughter-in-law said: "It is said that the grain harvest in her husband's brigade was poor, and Wang Lingling came to take some grain back for emergency."
Yes, the brigade where Wang Lingling was located also suffered a poor harvest.
Wang Lingling was also caught off guard. In her previous life, she had never paid much attention to this matter. She only knew that the Seventh Brigade had no shortage of food. But she didn't know that the Fifth Brigade of Hongqi Commune was short of food. And the shortage was quite large.
Wang Lingling came today not just to see the food, but to take 20 kilograms of food back to eat.
When the results came, this happened.
Old Mrs. Li laughed and said, "Wang Lingling is a big idiot."
If she only took a few dozen kilograms of food today, it would be fine for her to go back.
This time, she brought back nearly 300 kilograms of food, and she lived next to several people from her husband's family...
Old Mrs. Li's anger subsided a lot. As long as Wang Lingling was more unlucky than herself, she would feel better.
Old Lady Li arranged: "We only have this little food at home. It will probably take only a few days to sell it in the city. You can ask for leave from the factory, and at most your salary will be deducted. If you give us all the food at home, we will have money later."
No one agreed to Mrs. Li's arrangement, so the second son of the Li family bravely said, "Mom, it's not that we don't want to go, it's just... it's too risky."
If it was Wang Lingling who came forward, they would be happy to earn the money, but if it was them, they would not be happy.
The eldest son of the Li family chimed in: "Yes, mother, we have proper jobs. If we go there and some co-worker finds out by mistake, we won't be able to live like this in the future."
Several sons expressed their displeasure.
Old Mrs. Li went to arrange for her daughters-in-law again, but except Wang Pingping, none of them were stupid.
Several daughters-in-law are from the town, and no one wants to get involved in muddy water.
Old Mrs. Li wanted to ask Wang Pingping to go alone, but as a female comrade, she couldn't carry a bag, and she couldn't be relied on if anything happened.
Old Mrs. Li is in a bit of a dilemma.
Suddenly, the eldest son's daughter-in-law said, "Can't we not go into the city? That guy, my sister's boyfriend, isn't he working in a state-owned restaurant? He must know someone, let him set us up, and have him come and take the food away directly. It's easy, just exchange money for goods."
Mrs. Li thought about it and realized that it was indeed the case. It just so happened that her daughter and Xie Yuejin had already decided on a date for the wedding, which was around the Mid-Autumn Festival. That was just right. She didn't care about Xie Yuejin's request for a gift, but asked Xie Yuejin to help her family find a connection. Wasn't that just right
"What the eldest brother's wife said is right. Yuejin works in a restaurant. How can he not handle the food? He must know someone."
The second son of the Li family chimed in: "Then let my younger sister talk to her boyfriend. It would be best if she could ask him to negotiate a higher price, which would save us a lot of trouble."
Li Ying's voice came: "Negotiate a higher price? What do you mean by higher? What do you want me to say to Yuejin?"
She didn't walk in front of Old Lady Li, but had another bowl of noodles at Xie Yuejin's place before returning. She just arrived home now.
When Mrs. Li saw her daughter, it was like seeing a golden baby, and her face was full of love.
"Come, let me tell you something. If you do it, not only will we not ask for a dowry, I'll also give you a quilt."
…
Regardless of what the Li family planned to do, Wang Lingling was dragging the food, but she couldn't get far. She panted and asked a passerby for help. She also took someone else's cart to pull the food back. She carried it on her back, in her arms and on her shoulders, and finally got the food back home.
She was seen as soon as she entered the team, but no one came up to ask her who she was. Everyone had a bad impression of Wang Lingling.
One is that she insisted on marrying Zhao Jun at her own expense, the second is that her family has a bad reputation, and the third is that Wang Lingling's mother-in-law and sisters-in-law often say bad things about her in public.
But it’s not a bad thing. He’s been asking for separation just half a year after he got married.
This behavior was enough to make those old ladies with bound feet nag at her to death.
Wang Lingling didn't care either. Her only focus now was on her two children, so she didn't care about all these things.
It’s just right that the people in these villages don’t have a good relationship with her. When Zhao Jun becomes rich, it’s best for these aunts and uncles, and people with the same surname and village not to get close to her!
Wang Lingling felt her arms aching and her legs didn't feel like her own, so she went in and drank from a jar of buffalo water.
Zhao Dong and Zhao Xi are not at home. They are probably playing outside.
She didn't care, and stuffed the food in the house into the kang hole, hid it in the cabinet, and moved it to the cellar. Wang Lingling hid all 300 kilograms of food, and decided to go to the city to sell it when the price of food went up.
Zhao Dong rushed into the house like a cannonball. He had been playing for a long time and was already hungry. He jumped up and down and shouted, "Stepmother! Hurry up and cook! Why are you still drinking water? You are such a lazy donkey!"
He didn't know that this sentence was inappropriate here, he just followed the adults and said it.
He looked at Wang Lingling with contempt. Wang Lingling's hair was messy from transporting grain, her clothes were torn in several places, her face was covered with sweat, and after it dried, it was a string of black streaks. There were also wounds on her head from the fight with Wang Pingping. She looked very embarrassed.
Zhao Dong usually listened to what his grandmother said, and he also felt that Wang Lingling was marrying above her station by marrying his father.
The little person spoke very viciously: "Stepmother, you are not tired to death, why don't you hurry up and cook? I am starving. If you starve me to death, I will definitely complain to my dad and ask him to whip you!"
Wang Lingling didn't take his previous words to heart. What the child said was irrelevant and he was just picking up things. She wouldn't take it seriously.
But the following sentence really made Wang Lingling unable to hold back.
She stared at Zhao Dong blankly.
Zhao Dong saw that she was frightened by his words, and he became even more proud: "My father said that you are here to take care of me and my sister. If my sister and I are bullied, he told me to call him secretly. Look, my father even wrote down their phone number for me! If you don't cook for me, I will ask my father to come back and beat you!"
Wang Lingling felt like she was struck by lightning.
After marriage, she treated Zhao Dong and Zhao Xi with all her heart and soul, although she couldn't be said to be completely obedient.
She thought that others didn't understand what she did, but Zhao Jun must have understood it.
After all, she married him without asking for anything for him, and broke off relations with her family. She even took the initiative to tell Zhao Jun that she would have children later for the sake of her two children.
The result? The other party warned the two children behind her back, fearing that she would treat them harshly.
Zhao Dong was still calling his stepmother "hungry" and shouting that he was hungry, and Wang Lingling saw stars.
Suddenly he roared, "Shut up!"
Zhao Dong was so scared that he dared not say a word. It was not that he could not read people's faces. He treated Wang Lingling badly because he thought Wang Lingling was easy to bully. Now that he saw that Wang Lingling was different from usual, he immediately shut up.
He is such a small kid, and if Wang Lingling gets angry, she can beat him.
The children in the village all said that stepmothers would beat their children. Even if they didn’t beat them now, they would beat them in the future. Not only would they beat them, but they would also deprive them of food.
Zhao Dong was scared, so he ran away when Wang Lingling wasn't paying attention. Before leaving, he called her stepmother again.
Humph, she's showing her true colors, right? Stepmothers are not good people. He's going to complain to grandma now, and he'll complain to dad in a few days. Tell dad to come back and beat up stepmother!
Zhao Dong went out, but Wang Lingling seemed to have lost her soul. She sat in front of the table in a daze, not saying a word for a long time.