"My big military factory distributes that duck product during the Chinese New Year. That stuff is very expensive at the supply and marketing cooperative. You need money and tickets to buy it, so it's not easy to get it."
Miao Cuifeng was so arrogant that my daughter-in-law, who was washing clothes with Aunt Dongxiang, couldn't stand it.
"What's wrong with Lu Dajun entering the county food factory? Aunt Bai's son-in-law is a member of the county food factory's transportation team. Even Director Zheng values him. When we played the movie last time, Factory Zheng went to He Yan's house."
Unable to see Miao Cuifeng stepping on them, the little daughter-in-law said angrily: "No matter how powerful your army is, can it be compared to He Yan? Aunt Bai knows Secretary Qin and is also familiar with Factory Director Zheng."
Even if Lihua marries He Yan, she is still an outsider.
Bai Su would rather help a bastard than his own nephew, which has always been a thorn in Miao Cuifeng's heart.
The younger daughter-in-law made fun of her, and Aunt Dongxiang and the others also supported her. Miao Cuifeng was furious.
"Why can't we compare? Didn't my army just join the food factory?"
Miao Cuifeng said angrily: "When he marries a powerful wife in the county town and becomes rich in the future, some people will regret it."
"I don't know how to help my own nephew. I only know how to help outsiders. I can't tell whether I am close or distant..."
Miao Cuifeng was drooling all over the well, and Bai Su also came to the greenhouse near the road.
Today is the day when Osmanthus is on winter vacation. She had discussed it with He Yan before and asked him to get out of the car and go to school to take Osmanthus home, which would save her a trip to the county town.
Walking in the greenhouse not far from the well, there is a tall jujube tree.
Perhaps the children after their winter vacation had just finished picking up the jujubes on the tree. There were only a few unpickable bunches hanging on the high branches, swaying in the cold wind, and there were all broken branches and stems under the tree.
Bai Su rummaged under the leaves and found a broken piece of jujube.
Jujube is sour and astringent, but becomes sweet after being frosted.
This thing is not enough to fill the stomach, it is only picked by children to satisfy their cravings.
Today is the day when Osmanthus is on winter vacation. I had discussed it with He Yan before and asked him to drive back and take Osmanthus home, which would save her a trip to the county town.
She came here near the main road just to wait for Osmanthus fragrans to come back.
The skin of the piece Bai Su picked up was dried by the wind. She put it into her mouth and tasted it. It was quite sweet.
Jujube can quench thirst and relieve troubles. It also has the effects of clearing away heat and diuresis, dispelling wind and dredging collaterals, and detoxifying alcohol. Unfortunately, a tree full of them has been ruined by naughty children.
She was picking up jujubes behind a tree by the well when she heard Miao Cuifeng, who was doing laundry, talking about her in a roundabout way.
Bai Su turned out from behind the tree and stared at Miao Cuifeng who was chattering endlessly.
Just as Miao Cuifeng was talking happily, Aunt Dongxiang waved her hand and gave her a look of confusion.
"Feng, who do you think is coming?"
Aunt Dongxiang slapped her face with foam, and Miao Cuifeng was about to pinch her, but when she raised her head and saw the person standing under the tree by the well staring at her, she instantly became mute.
"Then I will wait until Lu Dajun marries a city wife and becomes prosperous. I also want to know, will I regret it?"
Forget it if she didn't hear it, Bai Su is not used to people like this who gossip behind their backs.
She looked at her with a half-smile but not a smile: "When the movie was shown in the team last time, Director Zheng said that my son-in-law He Yan was a man of trouble and wanted to promote him. When your Lu Dajun marries a wife from the city, I will
Son-in-law He Yan has already become rich."
"Besides, the girls in the city are not blind, so they may not be able to see someone like your Lu Dajun."
"Also, am I Lu Dajun's father or Lu Dajun's mother? Do I want to help him?"
"As a mother, you can't help me, so why should I help you?"
"If you can't help your own son and expect others to help raise him for you, why are you giving birth to him?"
Bai Su made Miao Cuifeng speechless, and then exposed her mercilessly: "Are you proud that Lu Dajun entered the county food factory? Did he really eat commercial grain? Director Zheng didn't mention the food factory when he came back to the Peace Brigade.
We are recruiting regular workers, and He Yan came back and said that their factory was not recruiting workers."
"Have you figured out whether Lu Dajun will be a regular worker or a temporary worker?"
Aunt Dongxiang and the others were chatting happily, but Miao Cuifeng stepped on their family members one by one, saying that it was nothing to work in a medicine shop and earn work points in a greenhouse, and they had already annoyed Miao Cuifeng to death.
She yelled that her son was eating commercial food and was superior to them.
I worked for a long time, just to be a temporary worker, not even a regular worker.
Aunt Dongxiang and her daughter-in-law, whose clothes were half washed, immediately rolled their eyes at Miao Cuifeng.
Miao Cuifeng felt that she was at a disadvantage again, inferior to her siblings in every aspect.
She frowned: "Dajun is going to do a regular job. His uncle is the workshop director of a food factory. What's the point of getting him a regular job? If you don't believe me, wait until my Dajun comes back and ask him."
"And that Zhao Zhiqing is so ungrateful that he dares to despise our army."
"Now that my army eats commercial food, they no longer look down on her!"
"My family will find a girl from the city who is more beautiful than her in the future. I will make her mad..."
While Miao Cuifeng was still showing off, trying to tell lies to earn back face in front of Bai Su, He Yan drove a small truck from the food factory, carrying Guihua and Du Changgeng, and appeared on the road to the Peace Brigade.
Seeing Bai Su standing by the well from a distance, He Yan stepped on the accelerator and parked the car next to Bai Su.
"Mom, you're here to pick us up!"
Guihua also poked her head out from the passenger seat, waved her hand and called Bai Su: "Mom, I'm here, here, my brother-in-law went to school to pick me up."
"Brother Chang Geng is also here. He will stay at our house for a few days."
Guihua shouted, and Du Changgeng, who was sitting in the back compartment, waited for the car to stop and jumped out of the car.
"Auntie, I'm shameless enough to come to your house as a guest!"
Bai Su was surprised to see Du Changgeng: "Xiao Du, you are a rare guest, why do you want to come to my aunt's house to play?"
"Isn't this what Brother He Yan saved up to buy a sewing machine in the provincial capital and wants to give it to his sister-in-law?"
Du Changgeng said sweetly: "I'm here to help my brother move the sewing machine."
I bought a sewing machine, which is a new thing.
When Mrs. Lu bought a sewing machine with the money sent by Brother Bai Su, she showed off so much that the entire brigade didn't even know about it, and even set off a semi-mounted firecracker.
All the wives on the team had heard that when Bai Su separated, they took the sewing machine away.
It was originally bought by his brother who sent him back his army allowance. Bai Su took advantage of Lu and Miao Cuifeng not being at home and got tough and moved the sewing machine away. Lu Dajun and his son did not move away either.
You already have a sewing machine at home, why don’t you buy one?
I heard that He Yan had bought a new sewing machine, a Butterfly brand. The wives and mothers at the well dropped off the half-washed clothes and came to the truck to take a look.
"This brand new sewing machine is different, it looks shiny and shiny."
"Lihua is so lucky. There is a sewing machine at home, and He Yan saved money to buy a new one."