Reborn back to 1984

Chapter 67

Since it was getting late and the two of them had to catch the train, Zhang Xiuqing brought out the food and urged them to eat quickly.

Shao Han and Ma Tao knew that Zhang Lingen would not go home for dinner, and wanted to wait for Shen Heying to come back to eat together, but they were trained by Zhang Xiuqing: "Don't blame me for not reminding you, there are no street lights in the countryside, and the dirt road is narrow and dirty. In the ditch, I don't care."

Zhang Xiuhong said: "My mother won't be home until eight o'clock, don't wait for her, eat first, I've already set aside part of the food."

The two gave up.

Since the Zhang family paid off their debts, they no longer used the rustic method of repelling mosquitoes. Zhang Xiuhong lit a plate of mosquito coils under the table, and the four of them sat down to eat.Shao Han and Ma Tao were sweating profusely. Zhang Xiuhong hurriedly handed them two cattail fans. Zhang Xiuqing decided to go to the county seat tomorrow to buy a fan.

She had just made a decision in her heart, only to hear Shao Han say: "I'll help you bring back the electric fan tomorrow!"

Since someone is willing to do free labor, Zhang Xiuqing naturally has no objection and thanks with a smile.

Thanking him and expressing his disapproval, Shao Han's face darkened, and he reprimanded Ma Tao: "Why are you eating so slowly? Hurry up!"

Ma Tao: "The surname is Shao, I'm not a punching bucket!"

"I know you're not an outlet!" Shao Han said calmly, before Ma Tao was happy, he added: "You're an outlet!"

The Zhang sisters all laughed.

After the two left, the two sisters went to their parents' room first, took down the old linen curtain, and hung up a new nylon curtain.After hanging it, I went back to my room and replaced the old curtain.

Zhang Xiuqing was sweating profusely from the heat, took a towel, and went to the well platform to wash her face.But Zhang Xiuhong got into the tent, felt around and looked around, happy as if in a dream.

A little after eight o'clock, Shen Heying and Zhang Xiaofeng returned home. The mother and son were too tired to walk.Zhang Xiuqing felt sorry for her mother, and now that her debts were paid off and she had money, she didn't need to work as hard as before, so she suggested: "Mom, snail snails are physical labor, and it's rare to snail snails for a few days. If you snails often, your health will definitely I can’t bear it, it’s not good if I’m exhausted, why don’t we ask my uncle to help! Of course it’s not for nothing, we give him two yuan a day, and take care of the lunch, what do you think?”

Shen Heying was washing her face on the well platform, she paused when she heard this, but she didn't say yes or no.

Zhang Xiuqing secretly breathed a sigh of relief. She had figured out her mother's temperament, so she raised her relatives so as not to avoid suspicion, and proposed to ask her uncle from a very poor family to help, otherwise, according to Shen Heying's money-loving temperament, she would definitely be scolded .

Zhang Xiuhong brought out the food, and Zhang Xiaofeng was so happy to see so many meat dishes, he immediately picked up chopsticks and ate them fiercely.However, Shen Heying felt very distressed, and immediately put on a straight face, not waiting for her to get angry, Zhang Xiuhong explained: "These are the cooked dishes that Brother Shao Han and Brother Ma Tao brought from the restaurant, they originally wanted to wait for you to come back together Food, but they still have to catch the train, my sister was afraid of delaying time, so she asked them to eat first..."

"Xiuqing, have they returned yet?" Shen Heying was both surprised and delighted: "Then did they tell you how much money they earned from this business?"

Zhang Xiuqing said, "I asked, and I earned more than 600 yuan."

Shen Heying thought that the three of them earned a total of more than 600, and Zhang Xiuqing could get more than 800. It was another surprise: "Then did they give you the money?"

Zhang Xiuqing had long expected that her mother would ask this question: "Yes!"

Shen Heying immediately reached out to ask for money: "Give me 800 yuan, and you can keep the rest for yourself!"

Zhang Xiuqing was stunned for five seconds before realizing that her mother had misunderstood it. She thought it was fine, so she got up and went back to the house to get the money.

Shen Heying got 800 yuan, Zhang Xiuhong got a big unity card, Zhang Xiaofeng got five yuan, and the whole family was very happy.

Zhang Xiuhong went back to the house to put the money, and when she came out, she said, "Mom, brother Shao Han and brother Ma Tao brought a lot of food and ten nylon tents. Elder sister and I have already taken all the old tents at home. Replaced..."

As soon as Zhang Xiaofeng heard it, he immediately picked up his job and rushed into the house, and after a while, he yelled: "Mom, come and see that, this tent is the same as Uncle's house, it's all blue , thin, soft and airy, very comfortable to the touch..."

Shen Heying was worried that he would spill the food, and shouted: "Be careful, don't drop the food on the ground, it will attract ants. And your hands are not clean? Don't touch them... Mosquitoes are flying into the house Go, come out to eat quickly, you can watch it again when you sleep at night."

Zhang Xiaofeng came out with his job bowl in hand, smiled and leaned into Zhang Xiaoqing's ear, and said, "Mom must feel distressed again when she sees me turning on the light in the room!"

Zhang Xiuqing couldn't help reaching out, and tapped a chestnut on his forehead, but the corners of his mouth turned up, and he said with crooked eyes, "Hurry up and eat!"

Zhang Xiaofeng grinned.

After eating a full stomach, Shen Heying put down the bowls and chopsticks, and sighed: "Our family's life is getting better and better. Every day, there are white rice and meat dishes every meal, but your uncle's family is still drinking porridge and swallowing pickles. I heard that in order to build a house, I borrowed a lot of debt from relatives. Your aunt thought the family was poor, and quarreled with your grandpa and grandma every day... Our family was poorer than theirs before, and we couldn’t help if we wanted to. Now I can help, but I still have a younger brother, if you only help the older ones and not the younger ones, your little aunt will definitely quarrel with me."

Zhang Xiuqing had been waiting for her mother to say this for a long time. As soon as Shen Heying finished speaking, she interjected: "Either you help them all, or you don't help them. If you only help one, there will definitely be disagreements. How about this? He is light, and he is more eloquent. He goes to the county to deliver goods, and his wages are the same as that of my uncle, two yuan a day, plus two meals. Let him collect the money on his behalf, and give it to us when he comes back in the evening."

Instead of worrying about scarcity but inequality, Shen Heying was very thoughtful and said: "It's not good, one person takes care of one meal, and the other takes care of two meals. After a long time, the one who suffers must have an opinion."

Zhang Xiuqing: "It's easy to handle. You should make it clear to them in advance that the two people's jobs will be swapped every month after they've been done, so that there will be no fairness or unfairness."

"Give up all these jobs, what will I do with your dad?" Shen Heying hesitated.

Zhang Xiuqing knew that her mother couldn't be idle, so she had already thought about it: "Snails need two people, you can help uncle. I guess I have to go to Shanghai often in recent months, and Dad wants to go with me, and won't stay all day At home."

Shen Heying was moved because it was her brother who helped her. She decided to wait for Zhang Lingen to come back. After the husband and wife discussed it, she went back to her natal home to tell her elder brother and younger brother the good news.

Although Zhang Lingen is the master of the Zhang family, as long as Shen Heying agrees to this matter, he will not object.

Zhang Xiuqing was overjoyed that her parents had worked hard all their lives, and finally they were not so tired.

Due to Shen Heying's impulsive temper, if she knew that Wang Fengzhu had come to extort medical expenses, she would rush to Zhang's house to quarrel regardless.In order to prevent her mother from suffering, Zhang Xiuqing took care of Zhang Xiuhong in advance, and the two sisters held their temper and did not reveal a word.

A little after nine o'clock, Zhang Lingen returned home, Zhang Xiuhong brought tea and water to his father, and shook a fan to repel mosquitoes. Encouraged by the three children, Shen Heying shared Zhang Xiuqing's suggestion.Sure enough, as she expected, Zhang Lingen agreed without thinking.

Since it was late, Shen Heying decided to tell them tomorrow morning.

Seeing that her parents were about to wash up, Zhang Xiuhong hurriedly filed a complaint: "Father, mother, let me tell you something. This morning, Wang Fengzhu came to our house and asked my sister to pay 200 yuan for medical expenses... If my sister refused to pay, she was in the hospital. The village speaks ill of Sister..."

Both the husband and wife were furious, Zhang Lingen didn't say a word, turned around and went to the stove and took out a shiny kitchen knife. Zhang Xiuqing was startled, and before she could utter her words of dissuasion, she saw her mother running like a gust of wind. After entering the house, she ran out after a while, with iron scissors in her left hand and an iron hammer in her right hand, she looked like a female bandit.

Zhang Lingen asked the three children to stay at home, Zhang Xiuqing shook her head, picked up the hoe and followed behind her mother.Immediately, Zhang Xiuhong and Zhang Xiaofeng's faces flashed with excitement, each of them grabbed a pole and went out the door first.

When Zhang Xiuqing saw something was wrong, she quickly stopped them and told them: "We just need to scare them. Don't be serious. If we are injured or disabled, we will become unreasonable, and we will be arrested and sued... So, Don't be impulsive, our good days are yet to come!"

These words are not so much an exhortation to my sister and younger brother, but rather an exhortation to my father and mother.The husband and wife heard the implication, and both nodded.

Shen Heying locked the door, and the family walked towards Zhang Liumao's house in a murderous manner.

On the way, I met villagers enjoying the shade and asked them what they were doing. Shen Heying replied: "Wang Fengzhu came to my house today to extort money. She spread rumors everywhere without asking for money. I cut off her tongue to see how she talks. Cut off Zhang Liumao again." The thief's hands and feet, let's see how he steals next time..."

Some people followed behind to watch the excitement, while others ran all the way to tip off the news.When the five members of Zhang's family arrived at Zhang Liumao's house, a large group of people followed, some yelling for beating and that one for killing. Just take care of him alone.

The doors and windows of Zhang's house were closed tightly, and the room was very dark. It was unknown if he was asleep or pretending to be a turtle.

In the morning, the old lady who helped Wang Fengzhu perjure herself heard the sound and opened the door to check. Seeing the battle, she sat down on the ground in fright.

For the sake of the old lady's age, Zhang Lingen didn't bother with her, but just gave her a hard look.The old lady was so startled that she scrambled to her feet, then closed the door and turned off the lights.

A young daughter-in-law came out and said that Zhang Liumao and his wife must not be asleep because the lights in the house were still on just now.

Shen Heying was furious, knocking on the door with a hammer, and cursing at the same time.Many women joined the ranks of cursing, scolding Zhang Liumao and his wife until their heads were bloody and their bodies were bruised.

Wang Fengzhu replied a few words at first, but she didn't have the ability to verbalize a group of women, so she was quickly scolded speechless.

Zhang Lingen walked to the window, pressed his face against the glass window, held up the kitchen knife in his hand, and said in a gloomy voice, "Wang Fengzhu, I have sent you money, quickly open the door and get it... Zhang Liumao, I will also To treat snake bites, I brought a knife today, and I will treat you for free..."

This couple of thieves was scared to death, one blamed the other for bad ideas, and the other complained that the other didn't do things well and caused trouble instead of asking for money.

Under the hard persuasion of the village chief, after a quarrel, everyone stopped talking and prepared to go home and go to sleep.Only Zhang and his wife refused to leave and insisted on giving the couple a lesson.

The village head had no choice but to ask Zhang Liumao and his wife to apologize.

The two were afraid that Zhang Lingen would smash the door in, but they didn't dare to open the door to come out, so they had to hide in the house, scolding themselves, and at the request of the village chief, they made a lot of guarantees and swore a lot of poisonous oaths.

If the swearing was useful, the thief couple would have gone to the [-]th floor of hell. The Zhang couple didn't believe their words, nor did they believe that they would change their past.After returning home, Zhang Lingen took care of the three children to be careful when going in and out, and try not to leave orders, so as not to be retaliated against.

As the saying goes, you are not afraid of thieves stealing, but you are afraid of thieves thinking about it. Shen Heying immediately became nervous and asked Zhang Lingen to do two things well tomorrow, that is, change the lock of the house and deposit the money in the bank!
In the early morning of the next day, Shen Heying took a watermelon to her natal home. After meeting her two brothers, she explained her intentions, and they agreed wholeheartedly.

Zhang Xiuqing went to the county with his father, and the father and daughter each opened an account in the bank.

At noon, Zhang Xiuqing returned home and heard the exciting news that Wang Fengzhu was arrested by the police station.Zhang Liumao escaped the catastrophe because of the lingering poison, unhealed foot injury, and his old mother kneeling on the ground begging.

In the evening, Shao Han and Ma Tao arrived at Zhang's house by boat. Zhang Xiuqing looked at the cabin full of things and couldn't help being dumbfounded. It took a while to recover: "How much did you buy?"

Shao Han stood on the bow of the boat and smiled at her: "Not many, about [-] hairpins can be made!"

(End of this chapter)