Xiang Jinhui arrived home for a while before Xiang Nan came back with red eyes and a depressed look on his face.
"What's wrong, what is this?" Xiang Jin asked.
The little girl cried out loud, "Sister, I lost our cow. I searched many places but couldn't find it."
Seeing her getting more and more sad as she cried, Xiang Jin comforted her, "Okay, don't cry. The cow has been found and is tied up in the cowshed now."
The little girl cried hard, and it took a while before she stopped crying, "Really, really?"
Xiang Jin nodded, "Well, if you don't believe me, go and see in the cowshed."
Xiang Nan ran out in a hurry.
Soon he ran back in a gust of wind, and then promised Xiang Jin, "Sister, I will never dare to do it again. I will definitely guard the cow well."
"Well, it's good to know. This time it's like learning a lesson. Okay, go wash your face. I'll see if you look like a little cat."
After Xiang Nan left, Xiang Jin sat down and continued to peel corn. She also had about a basketful of corn cobs on her back. They must finish peeling them today.
When it was time to eat at noon, Yang Juyun pulled Xiang Jin to a corner and asked, "When we came back that time, we met a few people on the road who said that you beat up Song Xianyang and the others. Is it true?"
Xiang Jin nodded, "Ah, I beat him."
"Ah? Was he really beaten?" Yang Juyun said with a surprised look on his face.
"Why don't you pretend to fight if you don't really fight? Then Song Kaijun stole our cattle and then deliberately went to Aunt Fengying's family's rice field to eat a large piece of rice.
He herded our cows, and I went to herd their pigs. Song Xianyang and his wife saw it and wanted to beat me. Would I just stand there and let them beat me?
If I was letting myself suffer and others suffer, then I must let others suffer, so I beat them up."
Seeing her calm expression, Yang Juyun was very worried and said, "But they are adults, and their strength is much greater than that of a child like you. What if you can't win?"
?Isn’t that beating from them in vain?”
"Can't win? How is it possible? I can take care of that big guy like Hu Yulan, not to mention a few weaklings in their family? That family just has a few embroidered pillows that are useless.
Besides, it’s not like I don’t understand strategy when it comes to beating people. How can I not win?
I just want to punish them in front of everyone this time. I just want to leave a deep impression on the people in Wantou, so that people will not come to harass us every now and then and cause trouble for our family. It will be very annoying!
"
Yang Juyun said with some worry, "You will beat them hard now. What if they can't think of retaliating against us when the time comes?"
Xiang Jin comforted her and said, "Don't worry, Mom, they don't dare, and they won't. That's a family that bullies the weak and fears the strong. If they dare to retaliate, can't I take revenge and go back? Don't worry, don't worry!"
Seeing that Yang Juyun still looked worried, Xiang Jin patted the back of her hand and said, "You have taken care of it, don't they?
Ours is a daughter, and his is a son, and it’s just a single seedling. In their eyes, his son is much more valuable than your two daughters. If they dare to touch us, why can’t I touch their son?
?
And this is how I let them out, so if they don’t dare, don’t worry!”
"I'm afraid they will be unreasonable," Yang Juyun said.
"They are unreasonable, am I a vegetarian? Mom, let me tell you, in today's society, you have to be tougher. If you are soft, others will bully you and step on you.
If you are more aggressive and aggressive, others will not dare to provoke you easily. As long as you remember one thing, we do not take the initiative to cause trouble, and if others insist on provoking us, we do not need to be polite to them!"
"I know, I know," Yang Juyun nodded.
Xiang Jin said, "Okay, let's wash our hands and eat. Everyone is seated."
"Oh, good!"
However, when they were only halfway through the meal, they heard Bingchong's father shouting on the head of the bay with a radio, asking the production team members to wait for each household to bring small benches to Wangjialing for a meeting at three o'clock.
.
A straw shed was built there, so there was no need to worry about being exposed to the sun or rain. Xiang Jin's mother asked her to listen later.
To be honest, Xiang Jin is not very interested in this kind of meeting, but her mother has to go to the construction site to work after dinner. Aunt Liao probably caught a cold last night and didn't even eat lunch.
She went back to the house and lay down. It was impossible for her to attend that meeting, so she had to go to this meeting.
After lunch, Xiang Jin shucked the corn for a while, and finally she finished shucking the corn completely. Then she went back to the house and took another lunch break before taking the small bench and going to the meeting.
When she got there, she found that Yan Chen was there, so she walked over and propped the small stool next to him, "Why are you here too?"
Yan Chen said, "The sun is shining brightly, so I'll come and open it for my grandma and the others."
Xiang Jin nodded, "You are so filial."
Yan Chen raised the corners of his lips slightly, and Xiang Jin asked again, "What theme?" It was actually chosen to be held at this time. People around him were complaining about it, saying that things must be held at this hot time.
, walked up, covered in sweat.
Yan Chen shook his head, "I don't know, I just arrived."
Xiang Jin said lightly "Oh" and fanned the wind with his hands.
Yan Chen stood up, and then Xiang Jin saw that he had gone to the roadside not far away to pick a few big mulberry leaves and came back. Then he strung a small stick into the shape of a fan and handed it to himself, "Use this
, it must be more effective than your slap."
"For me?" Xiang Jin was surprised.
"certainly!"
"What about you?"
"I'm not hot!"
"Really? In fact, I can make one myself."
Yan Chen smiled, "Is nature true?"
Xiang Jin looked at him seriously and saw that there was not a single Han Zhu on his forehead. Then he said, "I'm so envious. Unlike me, I don't feel hot at all. My face will turn red even if I'm exposed to the sun a little bit."
Hot."
"Know!"
"I'll make the fan bigger, and you can take the second blow," and then she started fanning "bang bang bang".
"Then let me do it," Yan Chen was about to take the fan made of several mulberry leaves from her hand.
"No, I'll just slap you," Xiang Jin refused.
After a while, people from both sides of the bay were almost there, and then the meeting officially began. There were actually only three topics for the meeting.
One is about the amount of the agricultural tax that is about to be paid, the other is about the registration of autumn silkworm breeding, and the other is about the collective planting of fruit trees. Each household has three to five pear saplings that can be planted, and each plant costs three yuan.
If necessary, they will be registered. When the time comes, the production team leader will report to the brigade, and the brigade cadres will report to the township government, and finally the township government will make unified purchases.
When Xiang Jin and the others were registered, Bingchong's father asked, "Xiang Jin, is your family going to raise autumn silkworms this year?"
Many people looked at Xiang Jin, and Xiang Jin shook his head, "We don't have a house to support. Our house hasn't been built yet. One of them doesn't have time to raise a family, and the other doesn't have a place to raise it, so
, our family doesn’t support them.”
Bingchong's father nodded and then asked, "Do you want to plant pear trees at your home?"
Xiang Jin shook his head again, "We won't plant for the time being. The place hasn't been vacated yet. We'll plant after our house is built and the surrounding area is tidied up."
Dad Bingchong nodded again, and then looked at Yan Chen for a moment, as if hesitating whether to ask or not, but Yan Chen said, "Our family doesn't raise silkworms or plant fruit trees."
Bingchong's father said, "I guess your grandparents are not allowed to raise silkworms either."
Yan Chen nodded slightly, and then Bingchong's father asked the next person to register.
About an hour later, the meeting ended and everyone went home with their small benches. On the road, Xiang Jin asked, "Well, I remember last time I heard Grandpa Zeng say that they seemed to want to plant some fruit saplings in the yard.
Wow, why did you say no just now?"
Yan Chen said, "My grandpa and the others want to plant some pomegranate trees and orange trees."
"Oh, is that so?" Xiang Jin said.
Yan Chen nodded and asked her, "What about you? Isn't there an open space next to your house soon? You can definitely plant, why are you denied?"
Xiang Jin said, “Because now is not the best time to plant trees, and the survival rate of planting trees now will not be very high.
It is best to plant trees in winter and early spring, because the trees are in a state of hibernation at the beginning of winter. In early spring, the sun is not very strong and the weather is relatively mild, so the flowers, plants and trees are just right.
Waking up is a good time for growth.
Another thing is that I don’t like pears very much.”
“Because it’s a homophone for “Li”?
"That's not true. I think pears won't have as long a shelf life as apples if they're not stored properly. When our house is repaired, I'll find some apple trees to plant."
"So it's for economical benefits?" Yan Chen joked.