Chapter 386: Housewives in the 1970s (17)

  But you still have to say a few words:

“Dad, Mom, you do your best, take a rest if you are really tired, filter...”

"Aren't you tired?" Xu Laosan was afraid that she would take the filtered cigarette back, so he hurriedly expressed his position, "This is nothing! Tomorrow, my father will talk to the team leader. I will go to the hoeing group and try to get ten points. Let me show you my work points!”

Chen Huilan put the cream into the drawer and locked it carefully. She hid the key for a long time before hiding it, and then said:

“Mom, you’re not tired, why don’t you just pull some weeds? Next time I’ll go fertilize. That job will get more points.”

In this way, the couple earned long-term work points by hanging carrots in front of their respective noses.

Every time I feel tired and groan, want to give up, want to be lazy, want to lie down, the meat dishes cooked by my daughter, the grilled knives, filters, new clothes, and cream will make my eyes go straight and my head become hairy. Hun, Xu Yin took the initiative to run to the ground without needing to say anything.

The villagers were surprised:

 “Hey! Xu Laosan and his wife have really changed their lives recently? They work so hard!”

"Not only the couple, but also their second daughter? One person has at least robbed the work of three big men."

“What’s going on with this family? I’m afraid of hunger, so I’m working hard to earn work points. Do you want to get more food at the end of the year?”

"I don't know about anything else. Xu Laosan is definitely not doing it for food, but for filtered cigarettes. The first one showed off to me, saying that his second daughter bought him a pack of red plum blossoms, tsk! It smells bad when it is stuck in his ears all day long. It took me three days to show off."

 “Where did his second daughter get the money?”

"I heard that I earned it from pasting matchboxes and bought meat for my family. Didn't you notice when I went to work that afternoon? Mr. Xu and his wife had a greasy mouth. Before dinner, I also saw his second daughter delivering it to the old house. The bowl of soybean and pig's trotter soup was so delicious that I took the opportunity to run home and eat a bowl of sweet potato rice."

“Why are you saying it now? If you had said it earlier, I would rush over and take a whiff, so I could save a few bites of food when I go home.”

　　　…”

 Xu Laosan’s family became famous.

　　From Xu Laosan showing off her filter, Xu Yin delivering pig's trotter soup to her old house, and Chen Huilan chatting with other fellow women after applying it fragrantly...

If there were hot searches these days, a family of three might dominate the Seven Stars team rankings one after another.

 But even if it wasn’t there, no one in the brigade knew about it.

 Xu Laoer's wife became jealous after hearing this.

Thinking that the good life of the third child's family depended on the matchbox business organized by the old man, he encouraged the second child Xu to go to the old house to cause trouble.

"My eldest brother took over my father's job. The third brother's family has matchboxes, so why don't we have matchboxes? Are you going? If not, I will go back to my parents' house!" Li Chunxiang said in a loud voice.

Xu Laoer was not happy: "The third child has no son and will be raised by his daughter in the future, so my father gave the matchbox to the third child's family to support him. This was all agreed upon. Isn't it a good idea to regret it now?"

　　"Okay! You guys have a deep love for each other as brothers. Why don't you blame me, an outsider, for talking too much? I'll go back to my parents' home right now!"

Li Chunxiang beat and packed up her baggage, and kept complaining:

"You three brothers, you are the most stupid! I married you when I was blind!"

Xu Laoer originally wanted to coax his wife, but when he heard this, he became angry:

 “Okay! I’m stupid! I’m a coward! Then find someone who can do it!”

 The two elders heard the commotion and came over to break up the fight.

Li Chunxiang took advantage of the situation and said: "Dad! Mom! Why are we quarreling? It's not that you two are doing unfairly. The old man's family has workers' establishment, the third brother's family has matchboxes to make a living, but our family has nothing!"

"The boss has taken over your father's job. Didn't we already agree to raise a child for you two?" Mrs. Xu persuaded her.

"What about the matchbox? Why only give it to the third family? Aren't we also foraging in the fields? Don't we need this extra money?" "This..." Mrs. Xu turned to look at the old man.

The matchbox was obtained by my wife when she saw that Yin Yatou was unwilling to work in the fields at her age and asked someone to get it. This matter was originally hidden from the second son's family. But paper cannot contain the fire. How could a village not know this after a long time?

　It's better now, the brothers are at odds with each other.

Old man Xu knocked the cigarette **** and said, "What use is that matchbox? The time and energy it takes to go to the city to deliver goods every few days is not as good as going to the ground to earn full work points, and everything is returned!"

"That's not what they said." Li Chunxiang said unwillingly, "No matter how many brothers there are, the brothers must have a bowl of water to keep them balanced, right? Why does the third child's family have ours? Isn't the second child your son?"

　　　…”

 Old man Xu glanced at his second son: "Second son, do you think so too?"

“Dad, of course I don’t think so.” Xu Laoer shook his head.

　　After a pause, he added calmly: "But the third child smoked a filter and ate braised pork because the girl made a matchbox by baking it. I..."

 Old man Xu nodded: "Okay, I've got it figured out."

　　　…”

  What are there to count?

 What is there to count?

 Xu Laoer is a little confused.

Li Chunxiang was secretly happy for a while, thinking that the two elders had enlightened and wanted to get a batch of matchboxes for their family to paste.

Unexpectedly, a few days later, let alone the matchbox she had been waiting for, I heard that the matchboxes from the third family were also gone. It was said that the matchboxes from the match factory would be given priority to the families of employees in the future, and would not be mixed by outsiders.

 Li Chunxiang: “…”

How many days have you been waiting? What a waste of time?

"Grandpa, thank you for this." Seeing the old man coming to the door, Xu Yin made him a pot of wild mountain tea, "otherwise my second uncle would have made trouble."

　　When she was delivering pig's trotter soup to the old house a few days ago, she mentioned it to the old man and said that she planned to earn full work points from now on, so she gave the matchbox job to her eldest sister.

 The old man nodded at that time.

Sang Yatou's life is indeed poor. After marriage, she lives separately from her parents-in-law and lives an independent life. She is comfortable, but she has no elders to help her, and she still owes food. This year's new food has not been harvested yet, and half of the debt must be paid off first. It would be a good idea for Sang Yatou to paste matchboxes to help with household expenses.

Unexpectedly, the second daughter-in-law would quarrel over the matchbox. The grandfather and grandson met again, and after discussion they decided to agree on the same thing - to tell the outside world that the job of matchbox was gone.

As for the future, even if Li Chunxiang finds Xu Sang gluing matchboxes, can't Xu Sang's man entrust someone to collect it? What's the matter with Lao Xu's family!

As soon as this happened, Xu Yin seriously criticized Comrade Xu Laosan: "Dad, please stop talking about what our family eats and drinks. You almost started a family revolution, you know, right?"

Xu Laosan had a sly expression on his face. This matter was indeed caused by his big mouth.

"But you can't blame me alone. Didn't your mother go out to show off too?"

Chen Huilan pinched him, why did she drag her into the water! Isn’t that enough for my daughter to be angry?

Xu Yin earnestly advised the couple: "In short, whatever good things our family has in the future are not allowed to be told to outsiders! Have you ever heard of the saying that you will make a fortune in silence? Our family will make a fortune in the future, but where is it now? Where? If there is something wrong, just tell others. People are thinking about you even before you get rich. Will the wealth still stay in our family? It scares me away. "

Upon hearing this, the couple looked at each other with great surprise: "Can our family really get rich in the future?"

 Xu Yin: “…”

 Is this the point?

 (End of this chapter)