Chapter 9 The dust has settled
Author: Shen Hu
Chapter 9 The dust has settled
Mrs. Li, this old cunning woman, wished she could just kick Chen Xiuyun, mother and daughter out of the house.
Speaking of the feud between Mrs. Li and Chen Xiuyun, it has been almost twenty years.
She can't have a boy, and having three losers is one thing; Jiang Jianmin has a daughter-in-law and forgets about his mother, and he has to protect his own small family. The benefits that Chen Xiuyun brought to Lao Jiang's family also made Mrs. Li dare not easily let Chen Xiuyun suffer.
After being frustrated for so many years, wouldn’t Old Mrs. Li explode once Jiang Jianmin disappeared? She wished she could just throw Chen Xiuyun and the two losers out of the house. The house belonged to her Lao Jiang family, so what did it have to do with these people with foreign surnames?
When Chen Xiuyun heard that Mrs. Li said that her family still owed money to the production team, she sneered in her heart and said: "This year has been good, and last year's debt has been paid off long ago. The secretary and team leader are both here. If you continue to talk nonsense, let the team accountant Get the ledger."
It is now January 1976. According to the Gregorian calendar, the New Year has not yet been celebrated. The year Chen Xiuyun mentioned is actually 1975 last year.
The grooves on Mrs. Li's cheeks became a little deeper because she was stretched.
Chen Xiuyun was too lazy to continue arguing with Mrs. Li, and simply said: "I know that your parents don't want to see our third mother. If you want to drive us out quickly, it won't be in your eyes. The house where our third brother lives is for our third mother. , give me another 60 yuan of money, and give me the little pig, too, and the food you share is enough for four people, including bowls and basins, just take our share."
In Mrs. Li's opinion, Chen Xiuyun is like a lion. Why doesn't she grab sixty yuan?
Not to mention Mrs. Li, Wang Fengmei and Ma Meili were not willing either.
The house is easy to talk about. After all, Chen Xiuyun just suggested adding a fence to create a separate yard. But for sixty yuan, the sister-in-law really dares to open her mouth.
"Sister-in-law, sixty yuan, why do you open your mouth?" Zhang Fengmei looked unhappy.
Chen Xiuyun said: "When my Zhenzhen got married, my parents were very cruel and asked for 150 yuan. I also had money to pay to the public school every month, so how much did it cost 60 yuan? We have two big pigs at home, one is a New Year pig, and the remaining one is worth How much do you want me to calculate for you in detail?"
When Jiang Zhenzhen got engaged, what Mrs. Li originally wanted was five hundred. It was so outrageous that Chen Xiuyun was doubting her life. Finally, she settled on one hundred and fifty. Jiang Zhenzhen's husband's face was also very ugly. Privately, she would definitely say that the Jiang family was selling out. My daughter, the money didn't fall into her and Jiang Jianmin's hands. Now that she wants the money, she also wants to send it back to Jiang Zhenzhen.
Last year was a good year, and the harvest in the fields was good. The Jiang family still owed money to the brigade the year before last. After paying off last year, there was still a surplus. The Jiang family all knew that the brigade gave the family nearly 100 yuan.
Chen Xiuyun looked at Old Man Jiang and said, "Dad, what do you want me to say? If you don't agree, I can only ask Director Wu to accompany me to the commune to find the director of the Women's Federation of the commune. As soon as my man dies, you will bully me." My daughter, I wanted to sell my daughter to the Yao family before, otherwise my husband would not die. They say women hold up half the sky, and arranged marriages are rubbish..."
The more Mrs. Li listened, the angrier she became. She raised her hand to slap Chen Xiuyun, but the big man Chen Gang pinched her arm. At this time, the flesh on his face showed a bit of anger, "You dare to give it a try!"
Before Jiang Youfu and Jiang Guisheng were about to speak, Chen Gang let go of Old Mrs. Li's hand, and Old Mrs. Li staggered.
Wu Xiulian said: "Uncle Jiang, we are all a family, why do you have to make such an ugly scene? Jianmin doesn't want to see you make such a fuss. The grandchildren are old, and the family should have been divided long ago. Even if the family is divided, it won't be
We live so close, what’s the big deal?”
"Yes, Uncle Jiang. When there are many people, there will be some stumbling. In the future, although each family will live in different families, they will all be surnamed Jiang, and they are like-minded. There is no need to make it so ugly to separate the families." It was Li who spoke.
team leader.
The three brigade cadres accepted the smoked fish sent by Chen Gang, and naturally wanted to help Chen Xiuyun. They all knew that Old Mrs. Li was a shameless person, so they directly persuaded Old Man Jiang.
"This hen that doesn't lay eggs hasn't even left any roots for Jianmin. If these two losers get married, they won't be from my Jiang family. How can I give my Jiang family's things to three of them with other surnames in the future!" Mr. Li
He thinks he is too polite, has a sharp voice and is full of confidence.
Wu Xiulian lowered her face and said, "Aunt Li, your ideological consciousness is not good enough. If you continue to mess around, go to the commune to study. Mrs. Qiu from Dahe Village forced her daughter-in-law to death. I think you and she are quite similar, ideologically.
progress."
Mrs. Li wanted to continue shouting, but she was also afraid that Wu Xiulian would really take her to the commune.
Although I don’t know how she will be treated if she is taken away, even if Wu Xiulian claims that she has made progress in her thinking, she has been in a great deal of trouble in the past few years and is still not completely settled yet.
The frightened Mrs. Li had no choice but to hold back her anger and keep silent.
After Wu Xiulian taught Mrs. Li a lesson, Jiang Laogen said: "The third son's house is for the old man's family to live in, and the pig boy is for you, but the money can only be divided into fifty yuan."
Chen Xiuyun stopped talking and agreed.
If you tear it apart too thin, Old Mrs. Li will act like a monster again. In the small yard of the third family, if you don’t patch up the mud wall, you just need to patch up a door, and it becomes a courtyard of its own, with an extra room and a pigsty in it.
It saved her the trouble.
Of course Zhang Fengmei and Ma Meili disagreed. They objected. As soon as they said a few words, Old Man Jiang said with a face: "You are the ones who own this house!" which made San San shut up.
"You take some of the grain, but you will give me and the old lady a total of eight kilograms of grain in the next month."
Chen Xiuyun readily agreed to this condition.
As long as the family can be separated, giving some food is nothing! Although life may be difficult, if you become your own family in the future, your life will only be comfortable. When Chen Xiuyun just thought this, she thought of Jiang Jianmin and wanted to cry again.
After Old Jiang spoke up, Wu Xiulian frightened Old Mrs. Li again, and the subsequent separation process was very easy.
From now on, the elder couple will nominally live with the second elder Jiang Youfu, and the third elder's family will also be given eight kilograms of grain every month, and each family will share fifty yuan.
Both Zhang Fengmei and Ma Meili have a good plan. Tomorrow they will build a fence in the courtyard to separate the courtyard. Each family will live in their own house. They will no longer have to crowd together to grab food and build a stove.
The two of them had a beautiful plan. Old Man Jiang didn't want to split the big courtyard into two. Although nominally he lived with the second family, he didn't plan to separate the courtyard and the family. Considering this, he acted like
He generously gave up the courtyard of his three-bedroom house to Chen Xiuyun, his mother and daughter.
Then, Chen Xiuyun took out a piece of paper and wrote three letters about the ownership of the house and the support of the two elderly people. She asked Old Man Jiang to sign it. After she signed it herself, she asked the three secretaries who came to serve as witnesses to sign it.
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Made it in triplicate and asked the brigade secretary to keep one copy.
After the wrangling was over and the dust settled, Jiang Xinyu breathed a sigh of relief.
Chapter completed!