Chapter 9 Every family has a hard-to-read scripture
The production team leader still has a relatively large responsibility.
Wu Huiping is not only busy cultivating his own fields, but also dealing with a series of conflicts, large and small, that occur in the team.
Just now, Shuanzi in the team disliked that his family's field was covered by a tree planted by Tiezhu's family next door, which affected farming.
He maliciously cut down a tree in his house, which was known to Tie Zhu.
The two had a big fight over this and almost got into a fight.
As a result, Wu Huiping stopped doing his own work and went to start a fight. He was exhausted both physically and mentally.
It's already annoying enough, but when you get home and have to endure the tigress's nagging, how can you not get angry?
"Well, you damn ghost, my son doesn't care, so you're going to make me angry too?"
Li Wencui immediately realized that his nose was not a nose and his eyes were not eyes, "Do you have the ability to let our family join us for a meal?"
"You bitch, why are you talking nonsense and making trouble for a long time just because you can't get along with me?" Wu Huiping said sternly, but after thinking about the endless things to deal with every day, his energy was a little slack, and he continued, "Now,
Who can afford meat? Many people can’t even eat corn buns!”
"Who said that!" Li Wencui choked, then stood up and pointed at the wall next door, "Didn't you smell such a strong smell of meat?"
"You mean, my brother Huiliang's place?" Wu Huiping looked a little plain, then waved his hands and smiled, "Impossible, absolutely impossible, haven't you seen how skinny the children in his family are? Not to mention eating meat, they even look decent.
Not even the body-covering clothes can be seen.”
Although the two families have been separated for a long time, the two elders of the family still think of the family ties and secretly go over to visit a few times, and occasionally bring some food from home.
Sometimes I know, but I will turn a blind eye, and occasionally I will ask.
Therefore, he knew very well what the situation of that family was like.
But having said that, Li Wencui still had some doubts: "Then where does this meaty smell come from?"
"Maybe it came from somewhere else." Wu Huiping said, walking into the kitchen without being as knowledgeable as this woman.
Seeing that the second elder had heated up some leftovers, he picked up a shovel and filled a bowl with it, and ate it by the threshold.
Most people who come from rural areas are not very particular. Under the influence of hungry stomach, this bowl of food will be eaten quickly.
Wu Huiping didn't mind being sloppy. He walked to a locust tree in the courtyard and blew his nose. After that, he wiped his nose on it and washed his hands. He said again: "I said, there is a lot of work in the fields these days, and you, my mother-in-law, are too busy."
Don't be idle all day, don't care about other people's homes, it's your job to take good care of your own home. Next time you come back, remember to cook."
"I know, the starving ghost is reincarnated." Li Wencui rolled his eyes and walked into the back room.
Thinking about the situation in that family, it was impossible to afford meat, and I felt much more mentally balanced.
At the same time, the two elders each came out with a bowl of rice. When they saw Wu Huiping, they called him aside.
Behind Li Wencui's back, he asked, "What's going on? Did you two quarrel again?"
"The main thing is that I'm too busy to pay attention to her." Wu Huiping lit a cigarette and said to the side.
He was quite filial to his two elders. After they separated, he not only shared the same pot to eat, but also specially made a room for them to live in. He was much better than that wandering ghost.
"Couples will inevitably quarrel. Listen to dad and go over to calm them down."
"Your father and I will eat less as we get older, so we can still work for a few more years. If your wife dislikes it, we will move to the fields and build another house."
The two old men persuaded me with sincerity and sincerity.
Of course, it's no wonder they are.
Once a person gets older, his life is no longer up to him, and he can live one day at a time.
I just hope that I can do more work in my limited life and create a good situation for future generations.
"Whatever you say, it's not okay. No matter how bad my life is, I can't imitate that wandering ghost and act like an unfilial son." Wu Huiping stood up after smoking a cigarette and said, "Don't say such things again in the future.
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With that said, he turned back to the back room.
"Sigh." The second elder saw that he was living a miserable life and felt helpless. He also thought of his eldest son's family situation and sighed immediately.
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The next day.
Wu Huiliang got up early and poured the leftover rice from yesterday with cold water.
Then he dug out some dry sticks from the firewood pile outside the courtyard and returned to the kitchen to boil water.
After the water boils, pour the rice in and start cooking the porridge.
In fact, most people in this era are reluctant to eat a bite of rice.
It’s good for every household to stock up on half a bag of rice at most, and they won’t eat it until the Chinese New Year or the holidays.
When I usually cook, I just add a little salt.
Not to mention luxuries like eggs and sesame oil.
But Wu Huiliang once vowed to let them eat and drink well every day.
Yesterday's pork cheek has been eaten, and only one pound of artificial meat is left.
Because it was prepared freshly, he also saved a lot of time. Before the rice porridge was cooked, he picked out half a kilogram of artificial meat and poured it in.
Add some soy sauce seasoning, and in just five minutes, most of the fragrant rice porridge will be ready.
Wu Huiliang filled out two bowls in advance and let them cool down slowly. After the little girl and Xu Li woke up, they ate the ready-made ones directly.
He scooped out more than half of the bowl, put his lips to the surface of the bowl, and took a few sips. When he saw that only the soup base was left, he ate it all in one go.
Although the taste is not as good as the preserved egg and lean meat often eaten by later generations, at least it can be topped with half a steamed bun, so you don't have to go hungry when you work.
Only the empty bowl was left, which he washed and prepared to leave.
But at this moment, Xu Li opened the door curtain with her children and walked out slowly.
The little girl didn't seem to wake up yet, her eyes were blurred and she was yawning.
But Xu Li looked at Wu Huiliang prematurely, as if she was no longer so indifferent after a night.
Seeing that he was in a hurry to go out early in the morning and was wearing the shoes that were torn when he came back from the mountain that day, he was ready to say something.
Unexpectedly, Wu Huiliang mistakenly thought that she was worried about her wandering around, and said first: "Are you awake? Breakfast is already prepared. It will be cold later, so hurry up and eat."
"I'm going to go up the mountain again and pick some vegetation..."
Sure enough, he had completely changed.
In the past, whether it was clothes or shoes, they were thrown away once they were worn out.
But now, in order to run this family, he disregards his image and acts like a farmer.
Xu Li felt very relieved immediately and asked the little girl to wash her face. She looked at the shoes on his feet and said, "Shoes like that will definitely hurt your feet. You'd better take them off and let me sew them up."
Only then did Wu Huiliang react. He lowered his head and saw that the front of the shoe had been glued open, and the toes of his two toes were exposed.
He covered the back of his head and said with a smile: "Look at my memory, how could I forget this? You are busy with your business, I know how to do needlework."
As he spoke, he raised his right foot, took off his shoes, and rummaged for threads from the only cabinet next to the sofa.
However, he could never do such a delicate thing as needlework. When it came to threading the needle, he fiddled with it several times without success.
As a wife, Xu Lidu laughed beside her, but when working to earn money, one has to pay attention to the hours. The weather is hot now, so she has to go out early. It is too late, and the sun will burn her.
No matter how wrong Wu Huiliang was in the past, he was still her husband. Now that he has made changes, she should do something for him.
She stopped smiling in an instant, took the needle and thread with one hand, straightened the thread up to her mouth, pointed it at the needle hole, and pierced it in one go, achieving success in one go.
Immediately afterwards, he took the shoes from his hand expressionlessly and began to mend them meticulously.