Chapter 025 The army's doubts
Peach Blossom was coughed for a while by the smoke, and then she started to cry bitterly, using the topic as "woo woo woo".
Aunt Liu, the mother-in-law, didn't know what Tao Hua was thinking. She thought she was frightened by the fire or was burned by the fire, so she hurriedly stepped forward to inquire and asked comfortingly: "What's wrong? Let me see if she is burned."
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My father-in-law also asked loudly in the room: "Is it permed? We also have red plum paste at home, just apply it."
Sure enough, Taohua's hands were red from the smoke, thus covering up the cause of what happened just now. Her mother-in-law was only concerned about her daughter-in-law's injury and did not notice the change in Taohua's expression at all, let alone
Do you know what is going on in her heart?
Taohua cried heartily, and her mother-in-law quickly got ointment to apply on the red and swollen back of her hand without bandaging.
After a while, Taohua stopped crying, and her mother-in-law asked: "How is it? Does it still hurt?"
She wiped her tears and said, "It's okay. It hurt just now, but now it doesn't hurt at all."
My mother-in-law said, "You go and have a rest. I can just cook this little meal by myself."
Taohua said: "How can I be so squeamish? I will go pick up the firewood to light the fire. Mom, just make the noodles."
Taohua quickly grabbed some dry firewood and relit the stove fire. After a while, the pot was hot, and she said to her mother-in-law: "It's time to make pancakes."
Liu Qiaoxian picked up the rolled out large dough cake and put it in the pot. Taohua said, "Mom, go ahead and roll it out. I'll just watch and turn it over."
Liu Qiaoxian worriedly warned: "Be careful not to burn it again. You don't need a big fire, just a small fire."
"I know." Taohua continued what she just said and asked her mother-in-law: "What did you ask me to guess just now?"
When Aunt Liu heard Taohua's question, she burst into laughter and said, "I mean, if Cuihua, your classmate, can really become a family with Naughty, she will definitely be able to give Naughty two big fat boys."
Taohua asked: "How does mother know that she will definitely give birth to a boy?"
Liu Qiaoxian gestured and said, "I took a closer look at Cuihua. She has a big body and a big butt. She is born to have children. She will definitely be able to give birth to a lot of children."
Taohua laughed loudly when she heard this. She said: "Mom, you are so funny. Nowadays, in our rural areas, no matter how hard it is to have a child, you can only have a second child. The family planning policy is so strict, who dares to have more children? What a punishment?"
Don’t talk about money, I might even start a denouncement meeting to criticize you.”
"Hey, I've forgotten about this. But I'm not saying that I really want her to have so many children. I mean that she can definitely have children. If Cuihua and Naughty'er really get married, the Liu family will also
I just hope that Naughty and the others can continue their good relationship." Aunt Liu only focused on being emotional and lyrical, but did not take into account Peach Blossom's feelings.
The mother-in-law's words deeply hurt Taohua's heart. She remembered that Naughty had just spoken to her. Although she did not agree to Naughty's unreasonable request at that time, when her mother-in-law mentioned that she wanted to introduce Cuihua
Giving it to him, a sour jealousy suddenly surged into my heart, making me feel uncomfortable.
She couldn't explain clearly why she felt this way. She asked herself in her heart: Does Naughty have anything to do with your peach blossom? What is the relationship between you two? She wants to marry you if she wants to be with you, but you don't want to.
You have a daughter-in-law, but how jealous are you?
What's more, she and Da Jun have been married for almost a year, and she still hasn't been able to conceive a son and a half daughter for the Liu family. Her mother-in-law is eager to beg her grandson, thinking of all her efforts to continue the Liu family's legacy, and even wants her own son to be born.
The daughter-in-law went to borrow seed to have a child. Of course, the premise was that she could only have a child with Liu Haitao, which meant that if she had a child, she would also be borrowing blood and seed from the Liu family.
Taohua thought: It is not her fault whether she has a child or not. Fortunately, it is like this. Otherwise, her mother-in-law might blame me Taohua.
The more Taohua thought about it, the more aggrieved she felt, and secretly shed tears again.
"What's wrong, Peach Blossom? Why are you crying again?" When my mother-in-law turned her face, she found that she was silently wiping her tears.
She quickly covered up her defense and said, "It's nothing, I just narrowed my eyes due to the smoke being sprayed out."
Looking at the sun, it was already noon. Jun also returned home with an empty cart. He put down the cart and asked, "Have you cooked rice? I'm drunk and hungry."
After Jun entered the house, he stretched out his hand to scoop up a ladle of cold water and wanted to drink it. When Aunt Liu saw it, she hurriedly snatched the ladle from his hand and said with a tut: "Oh, my little ancestor, you can't drink cold water. There is cold water in the room, and you can't drink it."
It's gentle, you can pour it yourself."
"Hey, I'm so thirsty." Dajun grinned and went into the back room.
Aunt Liu asked Da Jun: "You are back by yourself, where is Naughty? Why doesn't he come over to eat together?"
"Oh, he has been back a long time ago. After he left, I helped Lijuan's family load the car before rushing back. He said he would come over immediately after taking the sweet potato home. Why don't Taohua go call him."
Taohua excused herself and said, "I'm lighting the fire. You can call him after a while."
Liu Qiaoxian knew why Taohua was reluctant to call Naughty. She said, "Forget it, we'll talk about it later. If Naughty doesn't come, it won't be too late to call him."
It just happened that Liu Haitao was really good at timing, and he came just after lunch was made.
The whole family put the dishes on the table, and Taohua went to serve her father-in-law for dinner, but was stopped by Aunt Liu. While serving her husband the rice and vegetables, Aunt Liu said: "You guys eat yours together, I'll do it."
There were only three of them sitting around the dining table in the outer room. Naughty boy and Taohua both deliberately avoided each other's eyes. It was very embarrassing for a while.
I just heard Liu Haitao say: "By the way, Auntie, I just met our captain. He asked me to tell you that in the afternoon, a representative from each household will go to the production team for a meeting."
"Meeting?" the family asked in unison.
Aunt Liu came out of the back room and asked, "Do you know what the meeting is?"
Liu Haitao said: "I heard that we are going to allocate land to each household. We are having a meeting later today, and it may be about allocating land for our production team."
"I'm going to open it now, so you don't have to worry about it." Aunt Liu said thoughtfully: "No wonder people are talking about the land allocation these days. Are we going to do it alone? From now on, we will do it individually.
?Oh my God.”
Aunt Liu bent down and took out a large patterned watermelon from the water tank, and said to Taohua: "Wash and cut it, and everyone will eat pieces."
Da Jun asked quickly: "Mom, where did you get the watermelon? Did you buy it?"
Aunt Liu smiled and said, "Uncle Sun and Li Qiang grew this by themselves. They both say that the watermelons in their land are delicious and refreshing. Now they can make money."
Sure enough, everyone ate the watermelon and praised it repeatedly. Da Jun said: "If the land is equally divided, we can also plant an acre of watermelon like this, and we are guaranteed to make money."
"Who knows whether they can be distinguished or not? Anyway, people are shouting like this." Liu Haitao explained.
At this time, Liu Laocun said loudly from the room: "There have been rumors about this matter for a long time. This kind of news has been broadcast from the box all day long. No, after the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee, they talked about 'rectifying chaos' and 'reforming'
"Opening up" and so on, I was thinking in my heart that the national policy is going to change again, and the people can't stand this policy change."
"Hey, my dad is also very literate, and his speech is very formal." Da Jun asked with a sarcastic tone: "Why does dad seem to be talking to a high official as soon as he speaks? When did you learn to give reports?"
Upon hearing this, Liu Laocun scolded: "Don't fucking laugh at me. I actually made a report at the county town hall. Don't be dissatisfied. If you don't believe me, ask your mother if this is true?"
"No, this is not a lie." Aunt Liu said with a smile: "Your father and I met at the conference that day. At that time, your father was an activist in the county."
Dajun asked: "Is this happening? Why have you never mentioned it? Mom, can you tell us about it?"
"Okay. It was during the "Three Red Flags" campaign. Your father gave away all his livestock, farm tools, and fields to join the "People's Commune". For this,
Your grandfather and your father have been angry at each other for half a year, but
This matter was known to the county. In order to set an example and stimulate people's enthusiasm to join the society, the county judged him to be an activist. They praised him at county meetings and small meetings, brought red flowers and gave reports. This was quite a trend in those days.
A glorious thing."
"Hehe, so mommy is attracted to daddy, right?" Dajun asked with a smile.
"Go away!" Liu Qiaoxian cursed, and then said: "Well, the craziest thing at that time was the 'launching of satellites', exaggeration, etc., saying that the yield per mu was ten thousand catties, one hundred million catties, isn't that nonsense? You
Don't tell me, people will believe lies when they open their eyes..."
"What do you believe? It's because you are riding a tiger and it's hard to get off." Liu Laocun said loudly: "The most noisy village in those days was Taohua Village. Qin Dachuan in that village was really a lunatic. That guy was really a 'noisy' guy. He was so bold.
Dare to say and do..."
Taohua responded: "He is my uncle and uncle. Even now in the village, county, and even at home, he is quite domineering. No one dares to mess with him."
"I've heard all about it," Liu Laocun continued: "Then I realized, isn't this terrible? I told the truth, and then I was removed as an activist."
Liu Qiaoxian said: "Because of such nonsense, God was angry, and there were floods and famines. The whole country encountered a catastrophe. During the three-year difficult period, do you know how hungry people were? Let's put it this way, pigs can
The people who ate were all eaten, and the people who couldn’t eat pigs were also eaten. I don’t know how many people starved to death just like this?”
Liu Haitao said: "My mother died of hunger that year."
Taohua asked: "So many people are starving to death, and the authorities don't care?"
"Manage? The whole country is in trouble, can we manage it?" Old man Liu said with emotion: "Let me see, it is right to follow the path of people's communes. The mistake is that some people below are messing around all day long.
The large-scale movement has caused chaos in people's hearts. Alas, after so many years of collective work, it is about to change again, and it will go back and tell people to work separately. I don't know what the higher-ups are thinking?"
Upon hearing this, Da Jun quickly corrected himself and said: "This is called the joint production contract responsibility system, and it cannot be called going it alone. When we were dividing the sweet potatoes in the field today, everyone started talking about it."
Taohua interjected: "Aren't they all the same? I think they just changed the noun. Isn't it that the 'three characters, one package, four freedoms' are back? The countryside will change again in the future."
"Don't talk nonsense outside. I don't mind you getting into trouble." Dajun reminded Taohua.
Liu Haitao said: "Actually, Taohua is right. In the future, there will be no production teams in the countryside. I heard people say that in the future, all rural land will be divided into various households. After one year, how much public grain will be paid to the country per mu, and how much grain will each household pay to the country?"
As much land as there is in the country, we must pay as much land as we need to the country..."
"What is 'Ti Liu'?" Aunt Liu asked.
Dajun was the first to answer: "It's the money paid to the country for farming."
Liu Qiaoxian asked again: "Is this the 'paying rent' we talked about in the past?"
"Actually, it's the same, but you can't call it that, or you'll get into trouble." Taohua imitated Da Jun's angry kiss and explained jokingly.
Liu Qiaoxian sighed: "Oh, it's really worrying. If we don't have labor to work in the future, I'm afraid I won't even be able to eat."
Aunt Liu's worry was not unreasonable. She considered the current situation at home. Her wife had a broken leg and could not even get up from the bed. How could he go to work in the fields? Look at the army again. Just because of this tuberculosis, people can't see it.
Up there I was as skinny as a stick, this year
A person who is just over 20 years old is like an old man in his 40s who is out of breath after walking for a long time, let alone expect him to work in the fields. Look at the peach blossoms... Well, is it called
Chapter completed!