Chapter 19 Section 19

The fourth sister was lying on the kang, recuperating peacefully.She came here to heal the skin wounds scratched by her two sister-in-laws and nieces, and secondly, she wanted to lie down and rest.She was too tired, riding a bicycle in the dark, running for a whole spring and half a summer, she was really tired. Jianfeng temporarily closed the door of the electrical repair shop he opened in Sangshu Town, and returned home to serve her wholeheartedly.He served her food and poured water clumsily, sat on the edge of the kang, and spoke words of reassurance clumsily.He gave her all the money he earned from repairing electrical appliances in Mulberry Town, trying to make up for the money she was cheated by her two brothers.She smiled and shook her head, indicating that she didn't care about the losses.They are his own brothers, a brother with big tits hanging from his breasts. He has nothing to do with his two brothers who are greedy for money, and it is not good to condemn them too much for their disgraceful behavior in front of her. recover.She kept hearing his sincere reassurance: "Forget it! You have suffered enough for our family, and now you should enjoy some blessings. I repair electrical appliances in Mulberry Town, and the income is not bad, and the insurance can support you. You just follow I'm going to Mulberry Town to take care of some trivial matters, so that we don't have to run around here and there, and we can be together day and night..." Si Meizi felt very comfortable when she heard this.

A deputy county magistrate came to visit her.The county magistrate said that when he heard the news that Simeizi's chicken farm had collapsed, he was shocked and deeply regretted.This professional household that first appeared in the county was the model that the county government wanted to implement in the county at present, and unexpectedly collapsed.The county magistrate asked the reason for the downfall, and the fourth sister didn't want to sue for injustice, so she smiled indifferently and prevaricated, so that the county magistrate was finally puzzled.The county magistrate said that experience must be summed up and the stage re-opened again. The county's first professional chicken farmer must not be allowed to collapse. The impact is too bad.He asked Fourth Sister for advice on what machinery, materials, and funds he needed. He took care of everything and was responsible for giving her priority... She just smiled gratefully and said she didn't want anything.

The county magistrate looked at her puzzled, and said that because the government had just launched the work of developing professional households, so many people asked for loans, and banks at all levels were overwhelmed, but Simeizi refused all the good things that came to her door. Are you discouraged?The fourth sister still smiled, saying that she still had to live and work, but she didn't need money yet. Before leaving, the county magistrate also told her: "Whenever you have difficulties, material or money, just call me..." Reporter Xie Kan also came after hearing the news.

He was quick-tempered, but also warm-hearted. He wiped his sweat anxiously, and asked about the closure of the chicken farm.Fourth Sister still talked about it lightly, without digging into the bottom line.This made reporter Xie very anxious and even excited. He said that he could make her grievances known to the world, mobilize the powerful force of public opinion, and punish those who destroy professional households. If he needs to go to court, he can testify in court. Reporter Xie's outspoken words still didn't impress Fourth Sister's heart, she still smiled lightly.She was in a hurry when he forced her to ask her questions, and she just said: "It's nothing! Quan pretends that I didn't make any money, Quan pretended that I had fulfilled my obligations, and Quan pretended that the egg smuggling was confiscated like in the past..."

Reporter Xie fell silent, lit a cigarette and smoked, how to write this article?In the past, he was the first to discover the fourth sister of Lujiabao, and promoted her to the newspaper as a typical figure in the period of economic change. The impact of his work has improved his prestige in the newspaper office, and that newsletter is also one of the earliest influential articles on professional households in the country.In the past few years, he has written no less than ten newsletters about the development of Si Meizi.She bought the TV, and he wrote "Peasants Can Watch TV" in time.She bought a light phoenix bicycle, and he wrote an article "Phoenix flies into the homes of ordinary people".She bought the incubator, and he wrote the hilarious newsletter for The Electric Hen...etc.Now, what should he write about her?Write her broke?Not long ago, he just published a newsletter, "Three Brothers Jointly Run Chicken Farm", saying that farmers who have expanded production have a tendency to voluntarily organize joint reproduction and so on.

Xie Kan said: "If you can talk about the process of closing down the chicken farm in detail, you can sum up your experience and lessons, and I can also pull out some regular things, which are good for the emerging professional households..." The fourth sister said, "I don't want to conclude. The chicken farm is closed down. I don't like to worry about the past. I don't care about the past. I just want to do with the future?" Reporter Xie hurriedly asked: "Okay then, how about you talk about your new plans in the future?" The fourth sister smiled: "Temporary secrecy." Papa, she said a little embarrassedly, "Don't write about me anymore...I'm a rural woman...I feel uncomfortable if you write too much about me..."

Xie Kan is not without regret, not without frustration, there is really no way. The fourth sister lay quietly for three days, the pain disappeared, and her physical strength also recovered, so she couldn't lie down anymore.For three days, Jianfeng circled around her, showing a kind of clumsy but sincere concern.She waved to him.He came obediently.She pointed to the side of the Kang.He sat down obediently.She whimpered and acted like a baby to him.He hugged her and kissed her. She said, "Jianfeng, don't you hate me for causing trouble?" He smiled honestly and hugged her even tighter.

She said: "I think of my suffering since I was a child. I came to Guanzhong from northern Shaanxi. I... really want to cry, but... I can't cry." He heard her whispering on his chest, and he was the first to shed tears. At this moment, a cough sounded in the yard. It was the old man who greeted them, and the old shopkeeper was about to enter the house of the younger generation.She broke free from his embrace, and the two sat upright. The old man walked into the mansion, sat on the wooden chair, was silent for a while, and then asked, "Is it better?" She said, "Okay."

The old man said, "Oh! It's all good!" Fourth Sister was suddenly moved.This is the first time since I stepped into the Lu family's threshold for several years, I heard my husband's words of love and coldness. Usually, my husband puts on an unattainable majestic posture of the elders of the family, and is so stingy that he never says a word of greetings to his daughter-in-law. It was the mother-in-law who conveyed his care, and the old father-in-law finally walked into her bedroom to greet her illness.She suddenly thought of her biological father, the one who was poorer than her husband but much kinder!

"Don't think about the past." The old man said, "It's all my fault..." "I don't blame you at all, Dad." The fourth sister hurriedly said, "I haven't thought about it for a long time. I haven't thought about it since the distribution was over that night, whether it's a disadvantage or an advantage, it's just this time. I don't want it anymore .” "Don't think about it!" said the old man. "However, life is better than before." "Dad!" Fourth Sister called, "I want to discuss something with you."

The old man Lu Kejian raised his head, looking forward to it. "I want to contract the orchard of the brigade." Si Meizi said, "I need a reliable man who is a gatekeeper..." Jianfeng stared: "You still don't give up, ah! I'm afraid you'll be sad! You've been lying on the kang for the past few days thinking about this..." The fourth sister said: "I've been thinking about it for three days. The 100-acre orchard, where the apples, pears and grapes have just been fruited, is not well managed by the team, and now it has to be contracted out, not to mention the existing fruit trees, just use this area. Raise chickens, bees, and cows on the ground, think about how big things will happen!" The old man Lu Kejian was stunned and was speechless for a long time.For three days, he was immersed in an unspeakable pain, feeling bad for his third daughter-in-law and fourth sister. Unexpectedly, she was not sad and hurt, but was planning to contract the hundred-acre orchard in the brigade.Oh yeah!This woman from northern Shaanxi is really amazing! "This time—" Si Meizi said, "I want to hire workers in a serious manner and pay monthly wages. Before the fruits are in the market, the wages are temporarily owed. Once the fruits are in the market, they will be paid on a monthly basis. I want..." "Can insurance make money?" The old man Lu Kejian was worried, "The brigade decided to contract the orchard for half a month, and no one dared to accept it. I heard that people are afraid of bad packages..." "It's all up to me!" said the fourth sister. "I've been spending a lot of money these days, no matter what I do. Dad! As long as you promise to show me the gate, you don't have to worry about other things." In the evening of summer, the setting sun is painted with gold. The fourth sister was walking on the wide asphalt road, and her man Jianfeng was walking beside her. The two of them turned off the road and walked on the Shangshi road leading to the orchard.He was worried about her recovering and going out, so he walked with her. The corn seedlings are all over the ground, the canal water is flowing happily, the tall poplars on both sides of the road are dancing in the wind, the blue sky is painted with a gorgeous sunset glow, and a few white clouds are also dyed red. "Are you still reluctant to part with the electrical repair department?" "Of course, you are also reluctant to part with the orchard!" "Okay, let's do our own thing!" "Oh! You always don't get along with me!" On both sides of the earth-rock road, weeds, verbena, camp grass, trigonum, and fragrant beard grow crowded and crowded on the side of the road, but the plantain actually grows in the middle of the road, allowing cars to run over and horses to step on it. , Prostrate on the ground, continuing his tenacious life. The fourth sister pulled up a plantain plant and said to Jianfeng, "What's the name of this plant?" "Plantain, you don't recognize it either?" Jianfeng said disdainfully. "This grass—" Simeizi said, "It's called Simeizi!" Jianfeng blinked, as if he understood something, and didn't speak. The fourth sister walked to the gate of the wooden fence in the orchard, and suddenly remembered the painful scene of her mother digging out shit for her, those creepy and terrible chaff pancakes! She glanced back at Jianfeng, walked into the orchard, and saw the invisible apple trees, pear trees and grape vines... She opened her arms and shouted loudly: "The fourth sister who can't be smashed, broke into the world again..." August-9, 1986 Changed from grass to White Deer Park