inspire-indiana Chapter 335 Repeating the same trick
Chapter 335 Repeating the same trick
Thinking of this, Lan Xin couldn't help but shook her head.
They really deserve to be the male and female protagonists. Look at their life experiences, so wonderful, full of ups and downs, and eye-catching. Unlike her, her ordinary daily life would not be read even if it was written into a book.
Auntie Fat was still grumbling, "That old lady Gu has been making such a fuss, and it's been a while since she's been trying to get more pork."
They were all used to her shameless behavior.
When Gu Yankai and his family were admitted to university and left, Lanjia Village was still the Lanshan Brigade, and they lived off work points. The pigs raised throughout the year were task pigs, and even if there were one or two extra pigs to be distributed to team members, they had to be exchanged for work points.
Gu Yankai and his colleagues had no work points, so naturally they got no points, and Old Mrs. Gu had nothing to make a fuss about.
Two years later, in 80, Lanjia Village abolished the collective sharing system. But at that time, every household in Lanjia Village was very poor and could not afford to eat meat all year round. The village cadres decided to continue raising two pigs for the New Year.
The whole village provides provision together, and then shares it out at the end of the year so that everyone can have a bite of meat and fill their stomachs with some fat.
When the meat was distributed at the end of the year, Old Mrs. Gu came out and said that she wanted to get Gu Yankai's share of pork. Gu Yankai was from Lanjia Village, so of course he had a share of the meat.
Led by Old Lady Gu, many of the starving villagers began to have evil thoughts. They muttered a few names, saying that they were all from the same village and should have a share of the meat, and they wanted to get an extra portion to fill their stomachs.
With one more person to share, the village naturally had one less piece of meat. The other villagers were of course not happy about this, and they even had a fight over it.
If it weren't for the fact that Uncle Lan and his gang of village cadres still had their authority, constantly mediating, reasoning, and pointing fingers at people and scolding them, this matter would have lasted a long time.
After being scolded in public this time, and the village cadres insisting that no more should be given, and the other villagers also watching with concern, most people were too embarrassed to continue making a fuss about this impossible matter of cotton thread.
But Old Lady Gu is different. She is shameless. Even if something has no result, she can still make some sense of it. She makes a fuss and even rolls around in the office. In the end, those cadres were scared and hid themselves away, not daring to confront her.
Otherwise, what can we do with these unreasonable people who won’t listen to anything we say?
Old Mrs. Gu's husband is very good at pretending to be deaf and dumb. He just hides in the house and doesn't see anyone. It's no use talking to him.
The eldest son, Gu Yankai, and his family were admitted to university and left Lanjia Village. Not only have they not returned for several years, but even when they wanted to write to him, their family couldn't find his address. The second son, taking advantage of Gu Yankai's previous connections, married into a wealthy family in the city and has not returned all year round.
The younger son was a reckless person. After Su Tiantian told him a lot of bad things, he just tore off his fake face and ignored everything. Not to mention trying to reason with his old mother, he might have been the one who caused Mrs. Gu to run away and make a fuss.
If they fulfilled Old Lady Gu's wish and gave her some meat and some benefits, within ten minutes, a large number of people would appear at the door of their office and beg for things. Uncle Lan and his men did not dare to test human nature and could only avoid them.
"After failing for two years, she came again this year. I guess she felt that the villagers had become richer and no longer valued the meat. She really thought too much. Even if she didn't value the meat, she couldn't give it away for free."
Aunt Fat curled her lips and said, I have to say, she was telling the truth.
Seeing so many people borrow money from the bank to build a vegetable greenhouse, and making a fortune in just a few months, Mrs. Gu was jealous. When the village talked about loans, her family also borrowed 1,000 yuan, but the money was taken by her youngest son to gamble. He has not returned home yet, and no one knows how much money he has left.
Anyway, in the eyes of Old Lady Gu, she could not pay back the money, but seeing others living so comfortably, she felt unhappy. So, she wanted to use the same old trick to ask for meat, and now she is still rolling around in the open space.
A group of children gathered around to watch the fun, whispering "shame, shame, shame".
Aunt Fat kept talking about Old Lady Gu's bizarre actions, which opened Lan Xin's eyes. She laughed continuously, but when she raised her eyes, she bumped into Ma Cuihua who was avoiding her gaze.
Seeing Lan Xin, Ma Cuihua no longer hid. She walked over with a nervous smile: "Lan Xin."
"Hey, Sister Cuihua, the ancestral hall is distributing pork, you should go and pick out a good piece." The moment Lan Xin saw Ma Cuihua, she immediately remembered some things that she had forgotten.
Business has been good these days, and Ma Cuihua has been working overtime to cook tea eggs. She always takes time to eat lunch in the educated youth courtyard. Lan Xin opens the door to her two children and husband and lets Yingying and Yueyue watch TV with them.
There are other older children around, so at least there is no need to worry about their safety. But at the same time, Ma Cuihua is the only one who is in charge of the family. Now she has to work overtime, and no one comes to claim the pork when it is distributed. If her mother-in-law or sisters-in-law come to claim it, they can take the meat home directly.
No wonder Ma Cuihua shivered when she met Lan Xin. She just took turns with other people during working hours. She hurried to line up to get the pork. If she was late, the good meat would have been cut off.
Lan Xin pushed Ma Cuihua up and asked her to jog along: "Hurry up and go over to divide the items. There aren't many people here now, so you can still pick some."
Having said that, Lan Xin stopped chatting with Aunt Pang. She had to go back to the Youth League Institute to work and share the task.
"Okay, okay, we can talk about this slowly when we have time. You just go back and get busy." Aunt Pang said very considerately. Although she was talking excitedly, Lan Xin was not like her who was idle.
Oh, that’s not right. Today is New Year’s Day. Well, she is not free either. She has to go home to prepare the New Year’s Eve dinner.
"Oh, I don't know if we can prepare the New Year's Eve dinner in time." Aunt Fat trotted all the way home.
Aunt Pang couldn't help but mutter in her heart. In previous years, they were busy preparing the New Year's Eve dinner and New Year's matters before dawn, but now they were so nervous so early in the morning, afraid that things would not be done well, and kept complaining.
This year, most of the adults in the family have been out busy making money. Now that they have stopped for a rare time, I don’t want to go home to prepare the New Year’s Eve dinner. Instead, I pull Lan Xin to chat. I don’t feel any sense of urgency at all.
After Lan Xin put the meat back to the Lan family, she trotted to the educated youth center with the things she bought for Ma Cuihua. This originally dilapidated little courtyard was now bustling with activity.
Three large pots in the kitchen were boiling tea eggs, and the rich aroma of tea eggs wafted through the entire hillside.
The freshly harvested eggs were placed in the yard and had not been cleaned up yet. Under the straw shed, the women were washing the eggs and cracking the eggshells. There were also several coal stoves nearby, cooking eggs.