Farmer's Struggle

Chapter 13 Difficult
It is said that it is to follow the children, but after all, the life of a family is more important.

After New Year's Day, Ju Wenqi went to the county seat and brought back a walking tractor, but did not buy a TV.

The three Ju Min sisters were very disappointed but they didn't show it, because they knew that compared with the TV, the family must need agricultural vehicles more.

Zhang Yongmei looked at the brand-new tractor with a smile and complained: "Didn't you say to buy a TV, how can you buy a tractor and come back? I told my three children that our family is going to buy a TV, and they were so happy. Look at you." What did you do?"

Ju Wenqi crouched honestly by the car, smoking a cigarette and replied: "Today I ran into our second son in the county town, and he went to buy a color TV. I thought it would be better to buy back the black and white TV that was eliminated by his family, so as to save money."

Whether it is a first-hand color TV or a second-hand black and white TV, the three sisters are very happy to have a TV at home.

On the first night when the black-and-white TV was moved to the house, a family of six sat in front of the TV with great interest and watched TV. After watching for a while, the TV picture became more and more blurred, and finally nothing could be seen except snowflakes.

Ju Wenqi stubbed out the cigarette and jumped off the kang, saying, "I'll go and turn the antenna around, and let me know when it's done."

In order to watch TV, a long pole was specially set up at home to receive signals. If the wind blows on the pole, the TV will be blurred. You have to turn the pole to find the right angle.

After finally getting a little clearer, the TV buzzed again.The so-called flowering refers to a sudden black screen, but it is not quiet and completely black. There will be a bright light in the middle of the screen, and the whole TV will make a buzzing sound, as if it could explode at any time, which is very scary.

"I know what to do, and I watch other people's TV the same way." The courageous Ju Jing jumped off the kang, jumped to the front of the TV, and slapped the TV hard.

Just as Zhang Yongmei was about to stop it, she was surprised to find that the TV turned on!
Throughout the winter, the Ju family performed this miraculous scene almost every day.

Although the TV is not very good, it can only receive one channel and there are always problems, but the Ju family is very satisfied, especially when the family gathers together on New Year's Eve to make dumplings and watch the Spring Festival Gala.

Happiness has always been very simple, as long as you are not greedy, you can be very happy even with simple food.

In the new year, apart from the health of the whole family, Ju Wenqi and his wife also have another wish, which is to make more money and give their children a better life.

It's a pity that people's wishes were not fulfilled, and the happy and relaxed days of the Ju family did not last long!

Ju Wenqi and his wife bought another cow, thinking that it would be a good income to raise cows and sell them for money.Other people's cattle are raised outside. When they have no farm work, they have to do carpentry work. They have no time to herd cattle, and they don't worry about their three children going to herd cattle, so they came up with a good way.

Every now and then, they would drive to the big river to cut a load of grass and pull it back, crush it and mix it with hay to feed the cows. The cows fed in this way were even fatter than the cows that went out to graze every day.

On this day, Ju Wenqi and his wife drove out to mow the grass early in the morning, thinking that they could go to carpentry in the afternoon after mowing a load of grass in the morning, but they didn't expect the tractor to turn over not long after it was driven out!

Zhang Yongmei reacted quickly and jumped out of the car with only minor scratches, while Ju Wenqi was directly pressed by the front of the car, and the situation was very dangerous.

Ju Wenqi was sent to the county hospital first, and then transferred to the city hospital because the medical level of the county hospital was not enough.After rescue, Ju Wenqi's life was saved, but one kidney was removed, and one leg was also disabled.

Since then, Ju Wenqi can no longer engage in heavy physical labor.Thanks to his skills, he can do carpentry work to make money.

It was a really tough time.

Not long after the family's foreign debts were repaid, Zhang Yongmei went from house to house to borrow money in a low voice to pay for Ju Wenqi's medical expenses.

Borrowing money this time is more difficult than Ju Wenqi's earlier borrowing, because everyone who knows him knows that Ju Wenqi can't do heavy work, and the Ju family loses a heavy laborer, and the money borrowed may never come back.

No one's money comes from strong winds. Farming in rural areas depends on the sky for food. It is not easy to save a little money. Of course, you should be more cautious when borrowing money.

Zhang Yongmei also knew what other people were worried about. If they couldn't borrow money, they would sell things.Everything that can be sold in the family is sold. Although it has not yet reached the point of selling iron, almost none of the family's previous large items and livestock are left.

In times of crisis, it is often not outsiders who fall into trouble, but their own relatives.

After Ju Wenqi's accident, Ju Wenlin did another very disgusting thing.

The Ju family has a piece of wasteland, which is a paddy field. In the early years, Ju Laosan and Zhang Yongmei dug it out with a pickaxe. The soil quality is good, and the harvest is guaranteed in drought and flood.

In order to raise money, Zhang Yongmei planned to sell the land.Originally, we had a good talk with the old Zhao’s family in the village, but when they went to get the money the next day, they suddenly regretted it, saying that Ju Wenlin had let go, and that his family had taken a fancy to Ju’s third paddy field to open up wasteland. Buying is doing right against him, Ju Wenlin.

Ju Wenlin still has status in the village, and his two sons and one son-in-law can do it, and everyone in the village sells him some face. Since he opened his mouth, Ju Wenqi is still his own brother, and outsiders will naturally not touch the idea of ​​that land.

Zhang Yongmei was so angry that she went home and cried bitterly.

The three sisters were also very angry when they found out about the incident. That night, under the leadership of Ju Min, they quietly ran to Ju Wenlin's vegetable field to pull out all the peppers from his house. The next day, Cai Meiyu sat on her field and scolded them all morning.

The three sisters of the Ju family were not happy to see Cai Meiyu, who was out of shape with anger, because they sold their paddy field to Ju Wenlin for land reclamation, at a price that was much lower than the bids from fellow villagers.

When Ju Wenqi was discharged from the hospital and returned home, seeing the empty house, the always strong old man couldn't help crying.

When he cried, Zhang Yongmei didn't hold back, and the result was that the family of six hugged and cried together.

At that time, the three sisters of the Ju family suddenly understood a truth: happiness is very simple when they are safe and healthy, as long as the family is together.But it is impossible for me and the people I care about to be safe and healthy all the time in my life. Therefore, to protect my happiness, I must have the ability and money!

The next few years were really difficult for the Ju family.

Both the tractor and the cattle were sold, and Zhang Yongmei, who harvested the crops in autumn, used a cart with two shoulders to transport the crops home one after another. The three sisters followed suit, crying even when they were tired, and never complaining.

In spring, Zhang Yongmei pulled the plow with his shoulders to plow the land bit by bit, and planed bait one by one, so that he did not miss the best time for spring planting.

Ju Jing can go to elementary school at the age of seven, but in order to save money, she refuses to go to school.

For this reason, Zhang Yongmei beat the child for the first time, crying while beating, and finally cried louder than Ju Jing.

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