Chapter 74 Section 5

In summer, there is more work in the cotton field. In addition to standing in the airtight cotton tree to weed and remove branches, the cotton insects are also active and crazy. The fleshy ones can grow a piece of cotton waist-deep with great difficulty in a week. Gnaw it bare.The work in the dry fields is heavy and tiring, and it has always been like this. From the time the seedlings grow to the time the cotton is received in the bag, there is no time to rest. Under the scorching sun, Xiuhua would spray pesticides on the cotton fields with a large medicine barrel on his back.It’s not good on cloudy days, and the spray will be useless if it catches the rain. Pesticides are also expensive, and you need to go to the market five kilometers away to buy them.The Wangjiadian is surrounded by dry fields and there is little water. A 15kg barrel of pesticide needs to be diluted in a ditch two miles away according to the instructions, and then carried back.This is tiring and dirty work, and to some extent it is dangerous. All the men in the same village do it. After finishing, they throw themselves into the waist-deep ditch to soak in the ditch. First, it is too hot to work in the cotton field This work is easy to be poisoned; the second is that the sprayed pesticides leave residues on the body, and people wear too little clothes in summer, wishing to be barebacked, so it is easy to get nausea and poisoning.

Thanks to Xiuhua's strong body, facing the pungent pesticide smell all morning, she finished three barrels with sweat and tears, grinning her teeth, her shoulders were all purple, and her arms were scratched by cotton leaves. I have rough skin and thick flesh trained in a working environment, and I don't feel much, just tired.But there’s nothing you can do if you’re tired, the first dose of medicine has to be finished by the time everyone else has finished spraying, otherwise those sensitive and evil cotton bugs will crawl over from the cotton field next door to eat on your cotton leaves.

It can be said that every plant here depends on her rough and powerful hands and bent back to nurture bit by bit from spring to summer, and she also begs that the price of cotton in autumn and winter will not drop. Every drop is like killing people. humanlike.Every penny is the accumulation of blood, sweat and thought.In comparison, her husband can earn 700 yuan a month just by going around the factory, which is nothing; moreover, he can wear clean and decent clothes, avoiding the sun exposure at noon, and his skin will look good after a long time. People also look young.Unlike her, still in hell.But for the future of the child, a lot of money is needed for schooling and education. The child will have a good future, and her old age will be guaranteed. Everything will be worth it.Of course, she is better at being an old man than her mother-in-law, at least she has winks, and she doesn't ask so much, which annoys the children.

After working hard every day in Xia Tian, ​​her body seemed to be falling apart, so she needed to go home to eat ready-made meals, and if the child could pester her immediately, let her take a breath and recover.Because of this, she needs her mother-in-law and her husband. The old lady cooks at home, washes the dishes, and washes the children's small clothes. Everything is tidied up. She is thinking about her big fat grandson who is more than one year old.In the past, the neighbors didn't have to go to their homes, and they all enjoyed the shade in the small woods. The owner, the elders, and the Xijia made a short talk, but now the entire west side of Wangjiadian is bare, and Xilin Village in Erlidi can be seen at a glance.The land where the big tree was cut down was quickly divided up by the village. If each village was unfairly divided, one village would fight with another village; The mayor called.He is no longer the person who used to sit in a car to see the biography of being admitted to a good university.Fortunately, after a period of full game, it has calmed down now. Every household has a small plot of land to grow a la carte, such as eggplant, pepper, winter melon, pumpkin, etc., which are eaten and picked immediately, which is very affordable.Now instead of the woods, there are patches of low green, full of fat and tender vegetables, and the sky is getting hotter.The neighbors gathered together to find a shaded and ventilated yard with jujube trees and talked.

She also knows how to use pesticides. A few years ago, she often carried the medicine barrels. Now that she is old, it's time for others to carry them.Nothing new happened in the cotton fields. The old lady was thinking about what she thought in the countryside. She often wore the linen trousers bought by her second wife or a jacket made of that material, and squeezed into the crowd under the jujube tree.Having just returned from the big city of Beijing, the old lady of the Beijing official, as if returning to her hometown, is of course held in high esteem by others.Maybe the previous life was too bitter, humble and ordinary. The envy of others has become a kind of great glory, like eating opium, and I hope that the aura of this kind of glory will become more and more radiant and dazzling.

"My daughter-in-law can't do it. What can Chuanzhi and I say if we add a girl? A girl is a girl. Anyway, there will be no more. The big cities are tightly controlled. If there is more than one, the house will be ransacked if you lose your job!" Neighbors all said "oh". "I'm angry, why do I have to wait and take care of a daughter? My son and daughter-in-law are pulling, and I say I won't live with your family! Chuanzhi bought me another building. Do you know how high it is? , You have to use an elevator to go up and down, and you go up in a swish... Someone who has seen through the matter shouted ahead of time: "Chuan Zhiniang, you are going to enjoy the blessings of your second son, and your son and daughter-in-law are fawning on you, an old mother. let's go!"

People around agree. The old lady was very happy, and then demoted the city of Beijing. There are too many people, and it is inconvenient to find a place to talk; the food in the supermarket is too expensive, and the money for food makes my back hurt from hunger; Three or four yuan...the crowd listened straight to their eyes, thinking it was a fantasy. The high-profile was singing that day, and the second ship of her natal family came to see her and brought a lot of things.Generally, a married girl needs to bring things to her natal home, food and drink, and cannot take care of the house like a son. She has to make up for it when she walks around, otherwise it would be ridiculous to go back to her natal home empty-handed.There has always been a shortage of supplies in the countryside. The most important proof of filial piety, courtesy and the establishment of intimate relationships is how many gifts you bring and how many useful things you give to others.

Now that even her natal sister-in-law has come to see her so politely, Mrs. Wang has a lot of satisfaction in her heart, and her face is completely supported at her natal home.The second sister-in-law babbled a lot and returned to the main topic: "Sister, I have a niece who has graduated from college for a year, but has not found a decent job, and can't do strenuous work at home. She is now in school. My child has been in the city for a few years, who would value farming! Besides, what’s the point of planting two acres of land? Sister, you’ve been in Beijing for so long, can you ask Chuanzhi to find you a job? Do it first, don't worry, my niece is not a lazy person, if she has a better job, do it first, she can support herself, and if there is a suitable one in the future, she can find a husband's family there, a girl, for the rest of her life It’s settled.” Then he took out two artistic photos of the girl.

The old lady looked at it, hazy, really handsome, the same as in the painting, plus the principle of being close to each other, she immediately thought of the son of her in-laws, if the boy is not married, it can be considered as a close relationship. But the second sister-in-law didn't finish her sentence, "My niece's mother is Hui nationality. Hui nationality is good, the college entrance examination will give you extra points, and you can have a second child. My niece follows her mother and is Hui nationality. Her father is my elder brother. Han nationality." The old lady immediately called her son, happily telling her about Xiaofeng, the second daughter of her natal second sister-in-law's niece, the eldest brother of Chuanzhi's second uncle's wife's eldest brother.Chuanzhi was a little impatient, "It's not like there are jobs everywhere in Beijing, how can it be so easy to find?"

The mother reminded again, "What kind of family? My daughter is handsome and graduated from college." "Who? My colleague's unmarried eyes are high..." "He Chong!" When Chuanzhi was about to stumble, his mother continued to add: "Isn't He Chong's child unmarried? Let's talk about it first, and if it works, I can count it as helping your second concubine..." "Mother, you are so old and confused, do you know what kind of person He Chong is? Why do you think of him!" The old lady was suspicious: "I glanced at him across the table a few times before you got married. He looks quite attractive, but his body is a little thinner. He is young, so he can be raised. What's the matter, what happened to him? ?”

Chuanzhi felt that his mother and himself were people in two worlds, so he didn't want to say more, "One more thing is worse than one less thing. Don't worry about it. It's possible to offend others. I don't even know He Chong. I'm asking for trouble. Save it!" When the phone was hung up, the old lady was a little puzzled, why did she speak so aggressively when her son was not in front of her eyes?