Chapter 62 You can't use your daughter as you wish
"Since you said that, I certainly can't open the door. We all know whether what I said is true or not. Lu Zhenping has been in the army for so many years. He sends his allowance to his family every month. From the one or two yuan at the beginning, to more than ten yuan later, and now, he has not sent it for just one or two months, nor for one or two years. Country people live on meat every day, so how much money can they spend? Mother, if you really calculate it clearly, you can't afford it. You should go back!"
Shen Meng folded her arms, stood behind the door and shouted outside. She looked through the crack in the door and saw a group of people standing around watching!
She wouldn't go out at this time, otherwise there would be another round of arguments.
"You, you are really outrageous. You dare to frame me like this. You bully me to death every day. When will you come back, old man? Can I, a poor person, see you again for a year? My dear, my mother~ah!"
Liu Sanjin sat down on the ground and began to sing and cry, the ups and downs of his voice made Shen Meng laugh.
She had only seen scenes like this in short videos before, but this was the first time she had seen such a real and close-up scene.
"Dad, Mom, why did you leave so early, leaving me alone to suffer in this world~ My dear Mom~!"
She sat on the ground, kicking her legs back and forth, and slapping her thighs with her hands.
Shen Meng was amazed by the sight. She must have put so much effort that her thighs must have turned red.
She cried with tears and snot, and the villagers around her who were going to work couldn't help but give her some advice.
But she was crying so hard, and the advice from others made her even more unbridled.
"Don't try to persuade me. I'm so miserable. I have to deal with such a spendthrift. In all these years, when have I ever lost my temper with anyone? When she married me, I treated her like my own daughter, but she treated me like this. I've been here for a long time, and she didn't even open the door for me. Oh my God, when will this miserable life end~!"
"I didn't let you get in because you wanted to beat me to death. You said you treated me like your own daughter. How can I hold a grudge against my own mother? Besides, it's just straw from our private plot. You can't use your own daughter however you want. You're here, both alive and dead. What on earth are you trying to do?"
"You...I...this..." Liu Sanjin did not expect Shen Meng to suddenly open the door. She was stuck after a few words and didn't know what to say.
Looking at Liu Sanjin's flushed face, Shen Meng wiped the dry corners of her eyes aggrievedly.
"Mom, what are you doing? I don't understand. You don't have a good life. Why are you making such a fuss? Your sons and daughters-in-law are filial to you, your father-in-law can still go out to work, and Zhenping still gives you pension money. There is no old lady in the surrounding villages who lives a better life than you. Why are you so unsatisfied? You have to take advantage of our eldest family. Can you please be kind and let us go?"
After these words were spoken, the villagers who had just tried to persuade them felt uncomfortable. The older ones left with their hoes on their shoulders. They worked so hard to earn work points just to have a full meal for themselves and their children.
Old Mrs. Lu lives a very carefree life. If she had been listened to by Zhenping's wife, who knows how much money she has hidden away!
When the family property was divided, Mrs. Lu gave more than 60 yuan to the eldest wife. Some families may not be able to earn so much money in a year, but she just raised her hand and gave it out. At that time, people just thought she was being fair.
Heh! What a bullshit! I'm afraid it's just to fool Shen Meng, this silly bear.
He also advised her that she was extremely poor and it would be better for her to earn some work points and add some food to the family instead of wasting time.
The people who were surrounding them left one after another. Even the person who was supporting Liu Sanjin looked disdainful, clapped his hands, and walked away.
Seeing that most people had left, Shen Meng stopped arguing with her, rolled her eyes, and turned back home. Liu Sanjin sat on the ground, not knowing whether to cry or leave, feeling extremely embarrassed.
When Shen Meng returned to the room, Lu Mingkai was still sleeping. She hurried back to the kitchen, put a big pot of pig's trotters stewed with kelp and soybeans in the pot, and put cornmeal steamed buns and some cabbage and vermicelli dishes on the steamer. Lu Mingyang had mentioned it several times, but she didn't find a chance to take it from the space.
As soon as she put the lid on the pot, she saw Lu Mingkai standing at the door with bare legs and cloth shoes.
Shen Meng: “.”
"Mom, what delicious food did you make? I just saw something put into the pot. Is it ready to eat?"
".We have to wait a while, the baby is still born. Mommy, take Xiaokai back and put on clothes first. It's cold this day, don't let him get cold."
Shen Meng wiped her hands on the apron around her waist, walked out quickly, and rushed into the house with Lu Mingkai in her arms. The little guy was still lying on her shoulder and asked,
"Mom, I can put it on myself, just watch me light the fire!"
What's the fire? I didn't light it at all!!!
After dressing Lu Mingkai, she went back to the kitchen, looked at him with a faint smile and said, "Oh, look, the fire is out. Hehe, wait a moment. When your brothers and sisters get home from school, I'll light the fire and heat it up. I'm going to make some pig's trotter soup. I've also added some old kelp. It's the best for nourishing the body. Eat more at night, Xiaokai."
Lu Mingkai shrugged his nose, bared his milk teeth and nodded vigorously. He loved the food his mother cooked the most, it was so delicious that he wanted to swallow it with his tongue.
It was a busy day today and Shen Meng didn't have time to give Uncle Guai the money for driving the ox cart, nor did she thank him for helping her with the work. She simply hugged Lu Mingkai, put a handful of fruit candies in her pocket, locked the door, and went straight to Uncle Guai's house.
Uncle Guai's house was not far from hers. When she arrived, Uncle Guai's wife was pounding sesame seeds with a mortar at the door. The fried sesame seeds were so fragrant that people drooled at the smell.
"Aunt, are you busy?"
Zhu Juying glanced at her and asked, "What? Didn't you see it?"
His tone was very aggressive. Shen Meng guessed that he must have known that Uncle Guai was helping him with the work. He could earn five work points in a morning. One work point was 20 cents, which was one dollar in a morning. One dollar of work points in the countryside was not just labor bonus, but also included vegetables, fruits, cloth coupons, grain, sugar coupons, kerosene coupons, etc. All of these came from the work points.
A family of laborers may work hard for a whole year and still not be able to have a few full meals. Some families do not eat at all at night and lie down in the house to sleep as soon as it gets dark. When they fall asleep, they are not hungry.
Wouldn't it be infuriating if people worked for a whole morning in vain and there was no response at all?
"Aunt, thanks to Uncle Guai's help this morning, we were able to harvest the straw from our family's private plot so quickly. You don't know, the roof of my mother's adobe house has several big holes, and my father is sick. It has been cloudy these few days, and I'm really afraid that if it really rains heavily, my father will ask Uncle Guai about my work and roll up his sleeves to help. He is such a kind-hearted person. I feel bad for wasting Uncle Guai's time for the whole morning. This is for the children at home, so please don't be polite, aunt. And this is for Uncle Guai. He helped my family today and delayed the work of the team. I didn't think too much about it, so please don't hold it against me!"
In addition to giving Zhu Juying a handful of fruit candies, Shen Meng also gave her one dollar and fifty cents as Uncle Guai's wages, as well as a ticket for eight kilograms of cotton.
Zhu Juying's hands were shaking when she held it.
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