Hearing that her brothers were making trouble, Xu Hong also felt a little uncomfortable eating the gnocchi. She shared the food and had confidence, "Why can Erya eat dumplings, but our family can't eat them anymore."
"What's the noise, isn't there something to eat here?" Old man Xu shouted. Things are not going well at home today, the children are still making trouble, and he has even lost the taste of smoking.
"Why are you yelling at the children? Why do you want to eat dumplings? Which child is not greedy." Mrs. Xu quit and gave Li Jing a cross-eyed look. A few catties of meat came back for the children to eat. Hmph, our old Xu’s family is in bad luck, disasters come one after another.”
"Mom, you're right, sister-in-law, if it wasn't for Erya, my mother and I wouldn't have to suffer, and our family wouldn't be unable to feed the children a meal." Zhang Cuiqin, who had been pretending to be a grandson, caught He yelled at the opportunity.
Since she pushed the old lady out at the last public trial meeting, she has been much worse in this family than before. The old lady scolded her when she saw her, and sometimes pinched her. Moreover, she had to do the work that the old lady was supposed to do. Even her husband Xu Jianhai thought she was smelly, so he shared the quilt with her.
Zhang Cuiqin's life is difficult, now that she has the opportunity, it is natural to make Li Jing's life difficult.
It was rare for the old lady to refute her this time.
"Some people are just ignorant. Having a girl made our family like this, and we don't know what's wrong." Zhang Cuiqin gloated.
Listening to her sarcasm, Li Jing's cheeks hurt from anger. It's just that Lao Xu's family didn't speak up for her, especially the old lady was still staring at her. She didn't dare to refute this sentence, and could only hate her own daughter.
If I knew it was such a thing, I should have thrown it away.
It's useless to regret now. Li Jing gritted her teeth, got up and said, "I'll go and see if there is any meat left, get some back, and let's make dumplings for dinner."
Zhang Cuiqin swallowed suddenly. The old lady also snorted coldly.
Li Jing went out feeling unhappy, Liu Qiao also stood up, "I'm going with my sister-in-law, she doesn't come back often, so don't go to the wrong place."
"What kind of flattery are you?" Zhang Cuiqin muttered behind her back.
"You don't have a place to talk, so shut up!" the old lady reprimanded with her mouth tilted. The woman thought she had turned over, and she had always remembered that she had caused herself to suffer.
Being yelled at by the old lady for no reason, Zhang Cuiqin didn't dare to fart, and stood behind the old lady with her head down.
Seeing her mother like this, Xu Hong felt a little disgusted in her heart. She also heard about her mother's matter, and felt that it was indeed her mother's fault. Grandma is so old, isn't it good that her mother takes the responsibility, and now there is one more person in the family who suffers. Besides, he offended his uncle just now, what if his uncle prefers Xu Meizi in the future.
"Sister, can you feed me if you don't want to eat?" Xu Ling who was next to her saw that Xu Hong hadn't moved her chopsticks for a long time, and asked, sucking her fingers.
Hearing this, Xu Hong stretched out her hand to push her, and started to eat with chopsticks, "Whatever you eat, I've never seen someone so greedy, just like your sister." She had to go to the city with Xu Nannan and Xu Xiaoman last time. I ate the big meat buns.
"This little girl is hungry. She can't do anything, but she still wants to eat. Like your two white-eyed wolf sisters, they are not good things."
The old lady sat on the bed and cursed. Now that she thinks about sister Xu Nannan, she gets angry. Seeing Xu Ling who looks somewhat similar to Xu Nannan's, she naturally had a bad tone.
"Go away, don't be an eyesore in front of my old lady, you'll get angry just by looking at it, you're a loser." Mrs. Xu cursed, and even stretched out her hand to hit her.
Xu Ling was so frightened that she hurried out the door. He ran out of the old Xu's compound with short legs.
At Song Guihua's house, the egg and wild vegetable dumplings had just been eaten, and the pork dumplings were cooked again.
This time I really opened my belly and ate it. Big white noodles, delicious pork, just looking at it can't help drooling. The children were half full, and they were still around the stove, pestering Grandma Chen for food.
"They're all greedy cats." Song Guihua scolded with a smile, seeing that there was no more firewood under the stove, she smiled, "If you want to eat quickly, you have to help with the work. Go get some firewood."
The three children immediately ran out to help.
Xu Nannan sat under the stove to fuel the fire, seeing Xiaoman's smiling face, he finally felt relieved. The child's personality has become more and more cheerful now, and it seems that it is better to be with the children. Well, when Xiaoman's basics are solid, I'll send her to study. Go back and discuss it with Mr. He.
Xu Xiaoman ran outside with Wood and Stone, but the two little brothers wouldn't let her do anything, "Stand, stand, we're men, let's come. What are you doing with a woman?"
"My sister said that a woman can hold up half the sky." Xiao Man said unconvinced.
"Hehe, you are so small, how can you hold up half the sky? If the sky falls, it will also fall on us men." Shito patted his chest and said.
Xu Xiao's flat mouth was full of anger.
Mu Mu immediately patted Shi Shi on the head, "Xiao Man is not small, and he will definitely grow taller in the future."
Shitou rubbed his head, seeing that Xiaoman was not happy, he immediately smiled and said, "Yes, Xiaoman will grow taller, when the sky falls down, Xiaoman will be smashed first."
Mu Mu couldn't help covering his head, why did he have such a stupid brother.
Xu Xiaoman also stamped his feet depressedly, and turned away from looking at him. Just turned around, and saw a small head sticking out of the door, almost jumping in fright.
After seeing the head clearly, she asked in surprise, "Five?"
The fifth girl, Xu Ling, came out from behind the door, pinched the corner of her clothes, and licked her lips, "Fourth sister, I'm hungry."
Seeing this, Stone and Wood immediately ran to the kitchen to call Xu Nannan.
When Xu Nannan ran out of the kitchen, he saw Xiao Man holding Xu Ling and crying.
Xu Nannan hadn't seen Xu Ling for a long time. Looking at the child now, he didn't seem to grow up at all, so he knew that he was also malnourished.
Seeing Xu Nannan coming, Xu Xiaoman took Xu Ling's hand, "Sister, Wu Ya didn't eat, and the family didn't give her food, and even scolded her."
Xu Xiaoman is a person who has endured hardships, and knows what it's like. Seeing his own sister like this makes him feel extremely uncomfortable. Especially just now when I saw the little Wuya poking her head out from behind the door, she looked very pitiful with that timid look.
She couldn't figure it out, her parents didn't want her and her sister anymore, why did they do the same to Wuya. They have only one child like Wuya, why doesn't it hurt
Xu Nannan walked over to wipe Xu Xiaoman's tears, and then patted Xu Ling's head, "It's okay, sister has something to eat, let Xiaoling be full."
Song Guihua also came out of the kitchen. Seeing the three sisters like this, she said, "Let Xiaoling eat here. Let's eat pork dumplings."
A child can't eat much. Also a poor kid.
Xu Ling's eyes sparkled immediately, and she swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva.
Regarding Xu Ling's arrival, Grandma Chen didn't say anything, she just asked why Xu Ling came out. Xu Ling talked about the family affairs. She is small, but her mouth is sharp, but she speaks quite clearly.
Hearing that the old lady didn't even give her gnocchi, and that Li Jing went to buy pork to make dumplings for her nephew and niece, Grandma Chen pursed her lips and shook her head.
"Sister, let's tell Wu Ya not to go back, okay?" Xu Xiaoman said suddenly.
Ever since she came out, she knew that home was not a place for people to stay. In the past, I always couldn't eat enough and was beaten and scolded. Since I came out with my sister, I can learn knowledge and still have enough to eat.
She wanted Wuya to come out too.
Xu Nannan was in a bit of trouble. She and Xu Xiaoman were able to leave the old Xu's family, half of it was her fighting, and the other half was luck. It's not easy for Xu Ling to come out now. After all, Xu Ling was the only daughter that Li Jing and Xu Jiansheng kept by their side, so whether they let her go or not is still the same thing.
She asked Xu Ling, "Xiao Ling, do you want to live with your sister?"
Xu Ling shook her head hesitantly, "I want to go to school, but my father said that when I grow up, he will send me to school."
Xu Xiaoman said, "We can also let you go to school. In the coming year, my sister will also be able to work in the field to earn work points, and I can share the money in the future."
"Then fourth sister, you don't go to school? Mom and sister Honghong said that only by studying can you be successful. Fourth sister, you also have to study. When I grow up, I want my father to send me to study. Why can the eldest sister and the others Reading, I can't read?" Xu Ling was full of dissatisfaction.
Xu Nannan didn't expect this kid to have a temper. But he didn't persuade Xu Ling to live with them.
To be honest, her life with Xiaoman on the mountain is not very good. Xu Ling didn't have any benefits except to follow them and not go hungry.
Although Xu Ling was wronged in the village, after returning to the city, Xu Jiansheng would not treat the only remaining girl badly. At least not like treating her and Xiao Man.
On the other side, Old Xu's family also started making dumplings.
Li Jing became cruel this time, and cut off two catties of meat in one go, and used almost all the money on her body. Fortunately, Mrs. Xu was very satisfied this time, and she didn't sneer anymore when she came back.
Mrs. Xu even got out of bed and chopped stuffing to make dumplings.
Only half of the meat was used, and the other half was rubbed with salt by Mrs. Xu and hung up. Save it for bacon. Li Jing looked at the hanging meat and regretted buying too much. They are obviously for making dumplings, so why keep them for bacon. When she goes back to the city, won't she be able to eat it
Seeing Mrs. Xu like this, she felt that what Liu Qiao said to her earlier made sense.
A scorer, otherwise this will be a bottomless pit in the future.
After working for most of the noon, the dumplings finally came out of the pan.
The old lady took the spoon herself and made a big bowl for old man Xu, his two sons and grandson. Half a bowl for the two granddaughters, and another half bowl for myself and Liu Qiao. Li Jing was about to fill half a bowl, but was stopped by the old lady.
"You can eat a lot in the city, why are you still grabbing it with the children, it's ugly or not. There are still gnocchi in the pot, and it's not uneaten."
Li Jing suppressed the anger in her heart, and smiled apologetically, "Mom, isn't there a lot left in the pot?"
"Do you have to finish it in one meal? It's not hot today, so I can save it for tomorrow? I know that you are a vicious person, and you will lose everything, just like your mourning daughter."
The old lady pointed at her nose and cursed, then went out with dumplings.
Liu Qiao glanced at her, didn't say anything, and went out with the old lady with a bowl.
The old Xu's family gathered around the table to eat pork dumplings. The children were whirring as they ate, and no one remembered that there was another child who hadn't come back.
Zhang Cuiqin was also holding a bowl full of mush, pulling one out of the bowls of her two children from time to time. Now she doesn't even have the qualifications to enter the kitchen, and if the old lady doesn't give her, she can't eat.
Li Jing sat on the side, looking at the mushy bowl she was holding, and at the bustle of the family, endured it a few times, and suppressed the anger for a while.
She didn't put down her chopsticks until everyone had finished eating.
"While everyone is here today, I want to discuss something with my family."
"Is there anything to talk about." Mrs. Xu pursed her lips and said unhappily. She feels uncomfortable seeing Li Jing now. The old Xu's family did not treat this daughter-in-law badly, but in the end two small disasters were born.
Li Jing pursed her lips and said with a smile, "Mom, I can't do anything about it. The situation at home is now the same. I'm going to do a farm-to-non-farm transfer recently. When the time comes when people transfer their household registration, they can see the status of our family. .It will definitely be affected at that time. I am thinking about whether to separate the accounts, so that it will be easier to handle."
"What, you want to separate?" Mrs. Xu's eyes widened immediately.
The others also looked at Li Jing. Especially the old man Xu, with his eyes squinted and his face expressionless.
Li Jing swallowed nervously, "Mom and Dad, I'm not doing this for me alone. After all, if I can turn from farming to non-farming, the children's hope of going to the city will be even greater. Didn't Jiansheng also write Got a letter of guarantee? Let my nephews and nieces enter the city, I have been worrying a lot about this matter. Several children know how I treat my children these years, and I am really doing it for their own good. "
"You can't separate your family like this, why do you want to separate your family?"
It is absolutely impossible for Mrs. Xu to separate the family.
The only thing she has confidence in now is to manage the family. All the food at home is in her hands. As long as the family is not separated, the daughter-in-law has to obey her. Whoever she wants to have a hard time will have a hard time.
"Mom, it's not a separation, it's a separation of the household registration. Didn't Jiansheng also transfer the household registration to the city? Our family's composition..."
"Bah, you're ashamed to say about our family's status. No matter how poor our family's status is, it's better than your family's servants. Your parents ran away with that landlord. Why don't you say that your own status is poor?"
After Li Jing got married, she severed ties with her family. Later I heard that the lady from the landlord's house came back from outside and took Li Jing's parents away.
Because of this incident, Li Jing couldn't lift her head up. Now the old lady said this again, which made her feel extremely embarrassed. I can't help but resent my parents for not thinking about her.
Li Jing clenched her fist so tightly that her nails pierced her palm.
"How do you want to divide?" Old man Xu suddenly asked.
"Old man, what do you mean, you really want them to divide the account?" Old lady Xu shouted.
Old man Xu tilted the table with his cigarette stick.
Hearing old man Xu's words, Li Jing regained her spirits and immediately replied, "I thought it would be useless for me to move out alone. It's better to let Lao San's family move out as well. My household registration is temporarily the same as Lao San's." The family is together. When I move out in the future, the children can also move out together. After all, Cuiqin's status is also problematic now."
When Zhang Cuiqin heard it, she immediately shouted, "What do you mean by that? I'm not all caused by your good girl. I won't let my child have the same household registration as you."
When dealing with Zhang Cuiqin, Li Jing has always been at ease, "Cuiqin, do you mean that you don't want Honghong and Leizi to transfer their household registrations to the city in the future? If they want to enter the city in the future, they must also have their household registrations with me." .”
"Auntie, I am willing to transfer out."
Xu Hong immediately said.
Xu Lei grabbed Zhang Cuiqin's arm and yelled, "I want to be a city person too, Mom, why don't you let me be a city person?"
"I agree to let Leizi and Honghong's accounts be transferred out." Xu Jianhai said out loud.
Zhang Cuiqin couldn't believe it when she saw that her children and her husband had all 'betrayed'. I was so angry that I couldn't speak for a long time. In the end, he couldn't help but sat down on the ground and howled.
"Why are you crying? I haven't agreed yet." Mrs. Xu patted the table and said.
"I agree to this matter." Old man Xu said calmly after taking a sip of his cigarette. "Sooner or later, the hukou has to be transferred, and sooner or later it's the same. Transfer early so that you can enter the city later."
"Old man, how can you agree?" Mrs. Xu became anxious immediately.
"Do you still think that your grandchildren will stay with you to clean the toilet? My old Xu family can't afford to lose such a person. If the grandchildren have no future, I won't have the face to meet the ancestors of the old Xu family."
This sentence was so froze that Mrs. Xu couldn't reply.
After a while, he said again, "Then Liu Qiao and Jianping can't leave, it's like the children turning around."
Li Jing did not refute this time. Anyway, all she wanted was the kids. Others don't go just fine.
Liu Qiao smiled, "Mom, Jianping and I didn't think too much about it, it's the same everywhere anyway. But this year our family has less food than usual. I'm worried that next year the village will use the matter of mother and second sister-in-law as an excuse , when the time comes, the food for our whole family will be reduced. Jianping and I will share it equally, so it will be safer. Mom, how about Jianping and me, don’t you know?”
As he spoke, he secretly kicked Xu Jianping. Xu Jianping also quickly said, "Yes, Mom, Qiao and I must be filial to you."
"Part, all points." Old man Xu stood up, left a word, and walked out.
He knew that the old Xu's family had begun to lose heart.
The separation of the old Xu's family also caused a little excitement in the village. Instead, it gave the village another source of conversation. Xu Nannan just listened to it as a joke.
After the autumn grain was distributed, the village was not as busy as before. Only Xu Nannan's side is a little bit busy, and the pigs on her side are about to be handed in.
However, although Xu Nannan was busy, He Qiusheng still didn't let her be free. As long as she had a rest, he would give her lessons and check her knowledge randomly. The thought of making Xu Nannan a little exhausted. I wonder if Uncle He is addicted to being a teacher, and he will be too busy if he doesn't give lectures for a day.
Of course He Qiusheng is not idle. As a labor reformer, even if the work in the mountains is over, there is still a lot of work waiting for him in the village.
It's just that Xu Nannan is going to the city soon, the child doesn't know it himself, so of course he is not in a hurry. But as a teacher, he had to be anxious. This child is smart, if he teaches a little more, the child may walk farther in the future.
In the midst of busy work, Li Chengwen's letter finally arrived in the village. ,
The letter was sent directly to the captain Xu Gensheng, recruiting workers in the name of the mine, and Xu Nannan was recruited to work as a worker in the canteen of the mine. Of course, only temporary workers.
Now, the whole Xujia Village became lively.
As long as you are from Nanjiang, there is no one who does not know about Nanjiang Iron Mine. At the beginning, Xu Jiansheng went to the mine to work as a cadre, but how many people were red-eyed.
Go to the Nanjiang Iron Mine, that is the iron rice bowl. In the future, he will become a serious urbanite, earning a salary from the state, eating and supplying food, and I heard that he will be given a house.
What a blessing this is.
So when they heard that Xu Nannan was recruited to the iron mine, everyone was shocked.
Although it was only a temporary worker, it was the Nanjiang Iron Mine, and it was still the fat job in the cafeteria with a lot of oil and water. Such a good thing, why was it knocked down by this child.
Could it be that Xu Jiansheng operated it
Even the members of the old Xu's family, after hearing the news, immediately reacted that Xu Jiansheng had arranged for it. So the old lady asked her two sons to go to the city to question Xu Jiansheng overnight.
Only Xu Nannan knew that this matter had nothing to do with Xu Jiansheng.
"Uncle He, did you arrange this? You entrusted Mine Manager Li to arrange the work for me?" Xu Nannan asked with mixed feelings.
He Qiusheng was working, when he heard this, he stopped and looked at her, "What's the matter, do you think this job is not good?"
"Uncle He, don't say this on purpose. Everyone knows that this job is good. I just know that this job is good, so...so I'm quite surprised. I think this kindness is too great. "
Xu Nannan lowered his head, not knowing how to face He Qiusheng.
When she heard the news, her first reaction was surprise, she felt that a big pie had fallen from the sky, and suddenly her dream came true, and she was able to enter the city.
But after reacting, she felt heavy in her heart. This matter must have been arranged by Uncle He, otherwise Li Chengwen would be fine, so why would he help her, an inconspicuous little girl in the countryside.
That's why she feels heavy. She couldn't figure out why Uncle He wanted to help her so much. After all, she wasn't very kind to Uncle He. Except for bringing him food when he was sick, basically he didn't do anything good for Uncle He, and even Uncle He taught her and Xiaoman all secretly.
He Qiusheng smiled and said, "Why, I'm afraid I won't be able to repay this kindness in the future?"
Xu Nannan nodded, "Yes. Uncle He, you have changed the fate of me and Xiaoman. But I can't change your fate."
It's not that Xu Nannan didn't think about passing the recruitment exam and going to the city to become a formal worker. But she also knew that it was too difficult. So many people are staring at a position, she has nothing, not even a degree, how can she fight for it. Even if it can be earned, it must be a very long process.
"Nannan, you are a very cautious child, and you think a lot about things. This is good and bad. You think too much, so you put too much pressure on yourself. Sometimes, you need to be more free and easy, calm It is enough to accept what others give, and when you have a chance in the future, you can also help those around you who need help. There is no need to make a clear account. The debt is not clear, and it will not be paid off. And Xiao Man, let's go to the city together, try to live a good life, and if you have achievements in the future, come back and tell me, let me know that this matter is not in vain."
After He Qiusheng finished speaking earnestly, he suddenly said with a straight face, "Also, you are only a temporary worker now, don't think that Li Chengwen will help you become a full-time worker, you have to take the exam by yourself. There is a recruitment exam in the beginning of the year. You have to work hard to get in, don't embarrass me, and make me ashamed to see Li Chengwen as a student in the future."
Xu Nannan couldn't help the soreness in his eyes, and nodded with his lips tightly pursed, "Yeah", his voice choked up, "I'm sure I'll pass the exam, and I'll come back to celebrate with you." Then he bowed deeply to He Qiusheng, " Uncle He, I will always remember your words, and when I am capable, I will help those around me who need help."
He Qiusheng nodded with a smile. There was some relief in his eyes.
Because Xu Nannan was going to the city, Song Guihua proposed to celebrate together, which was also a practice for Xu Nannan, and let her go to the city smoothly.
The author has something to say: ok.
A relative said that he didn't understand why He Qiusheng was so nice to sister Xu Nannan. Maybe everyone thinks that Xu Nannan's entry into the city is simply a big deal, why would He Qiusheng do this for her
Let's take a look at He Qiusheng's previous identity first. The professor of the provincial capital university, and the ability to save students like Li Chengwen and others who have caused troubles, shows that he is a somewhat decent person. Even if such a person falls into the later situation, he still thinks that going to the city is not a big deal in his bones . So in He Qiusheng's eyes, this is really not a big deal. Some people may say, what if there is no Li Chengwen? As a university teacher, He Qiusheng has taught for many years, if only Li Chengwen is such a good student, wouldn't it be too bad.
It's not that he was kind to Nannan and the others for no reason. I basically had no contact with Nannan and the others before. Why treat Nan Nan well, that is, he fell ill later, and his mind and body were all hopeless. When he was lying on the bed and couldn't get out of bed, Nan Nan had a bowl of millet porridge every day. Millet porridge was nothing, but it was precisely because of a bowl of millet porridge that He Qiusheng saw a little hope. Of course, there are also characteristics displayed by Xu Nannan and Xu Xiaomansuo that he appreciates.