A 1970s mom raises a cute baby, and a crazy boss spoils her

When Xu Huaiyu heard this, he thought it was a great idea. If he could really get a sewing machine for just a hundred yuan, he could save several dozen or a hundred yuan.

I just don’t know if what this person said is true, and what the quality of the sewing machine is.

Strike while the iron is hot, the scammer continued: "How about you come with me to my house first? Anyway, you won't lose anything by just taking a look. It's up to you whether you want to buy or not."

Xu Huaiyu thought to himself, this is great, he would just take a look at it first, if it is really bad then he would just not buy it.

So Xu Huaiyu followed the swindler into a dark alley. At that time, he had not yet realized the seriousness of the matter. He chatted with the swindler in a casual manner, looking forward to getting the sewing machine soon.

As a result, when he walked into a deserted dark alley, someone turned around and knocked him down with a stick.

The swindler searched his entire person and took away the three hundred dollars he was going to use to buy a sewing machine and a radio.

Fortunately, when he went out, he felt it was troublesome to carry too much money, so he only put three hundred in his pocket, so he was not robbed.

The scammer also took away his thick cotton jacket and trousers. These were new thickened cotton jackets and trousers specially made for him by Liu Guifang this year. They were very warm.

The man was also an experienced veteran. After stripping him of his clothes, he carried him to a busy road, dumped him on the side of the street and ran away.

He was afraid that someone would freeze to death in this cold weather and something terrible would happen.

It's okay to cheat a little money, but if you kill someone, you will go to jail or labor camp.

Sure enough, after a while someone passed by and found Xu Huaiyu. Several enthusiastic people sent him to a nearby clinic for treatment, and he was saved and did not freeze to death on the street.

Although he did not freeze to death, he was severely frozen. He started to have a fever in the middle of the night and became seriously ill.

When he woke up, he found out that his money had been robbed, and he had nothing left, not even his clothes or pants. He pounded on the bed in grief. That was three hundred yuan! If he didn't eat or drink, he would have to earn more than a year's salary to save it.

He didn't want Yan Lijun to know about his predicament, so he asked someone to go to the factory and invite his elder brother over.

Xu Huaizhi looked at his annoying brother with a feeling of disappointment. He wanted to not care about him, but after all, they were brothers from the same mother. He paid for his medical treatment and took him back to his residence.

Xu Huaiyu had been ill for a few days. When Xu Huaizhi was taking care of him, he also learned about his experience. He felt angry but also a little pleased. This kid was so ignorant that he must have hit a wall!

Xu Huaiyu asked him to help with the remaining two gifts.

Seeing how pitiful he looked, Xu Huaizhi had no choice but to agree.

"This is the last time. I'll go ask for you. You're married now, so don't expect me to help you again. I don't owe you anything!"

"Brother, I... I'm sorry. I really didn't know that day. If I had known that my sister-in-law was pregnant, I would never have kicked her like that." Until now, Xu Huaiyu is still trying to shirk responsibility in his words and deeds.

"Even if your sister-in-law is not pregnant, you shouldn't kick her. She has been married to our family for so many years and has served you and Meiling a lot. This is how you repay us? Your conscience has been worn out! Anyway, this is the last time. You'd better take care of yourself in the future." Xu Huaizhi became more and more angry as he spoke.

Xu Huaiyu curled up in the quilt like a quail. It seemed that his brother was really angry this time.

Xu Huaizhi had good relationships with people, so after asking around in the factory, he actually found someone who wanted to sell a radio. Although it wasn't brand new, it was 99% good and the price was right.

People in this era treasure things, and large items like this are worshipped like Buddhas, so there is no chance of them getting damaged.

As for the sewing machine, I found out that the seller said it was his wife's dowry. The person passed away unexpectedly, and the sewing machine was still new.

Because it belonged to a deceased person and was somewhat unlucky, people offered a low price for it and sold it for eighty yuan.

When Xu Huaizhi went back and told Xu Huaiyu about it, he agreed without even thinking about it. Eighty yuan, anyone who didn't buy it was such a cheap price, so what was bad luck? He had no respect for these things at all.

Besides, he had just lost three hundred yuan, and his wallet was seriously depleted, so he had to save every penny he could.

But he concealed this matter and did not tell Yan Lijun for fear that she would be angry.

He spent more than four hundred yuan on the three-turn and one-ring instrument, and three hundred yuan was robbed from him. Now he only has six hundred yuan left in his pocket.

On the Yan family's side, the future daughter-in-law who was pregnant was also anxious. If they didn't get married soon, her belly would burst. Fortunately, people had little oil and water these days and didn't gain weight, otherwise her belly would have burst long ago.

After Xu Huaiyu had settled the three turns and one ring, he hurried to the Yan family with the betrothal gifts and went to propose marriage. Both families were afraid that the situation might change and wanted to settle it as soon as possible. After some discussion, the wedding date was set three days later.

We have all the dishes at home, we just need some meat to prepare the banquet.

At this time, Xu Huaiyu remembered how good his second brother was. When his second brother was at home, their family never lacked meat in the winter. Every year when the village went hunting in winter, his second brother was the first to go and he always brought back a lot of prey.

I remember when he was younger, one winter, heavy snow blocked the mountains. The wild boars had no food, so they ran down the mountains and destroyed the crops.

His second brother brought a group of young men and directly surrounded and killed eighteen wild boars. It became a big news in the whole commune. Ten wild boars were handed over to the commune, and eight were left in the village to be shared by everyone. That year, his family directly got half a wild boar and ate it for the whole year. It was wonderful just to think about it.

Now that he is not here, the village has captured two wild boars, a dozen pheasants, and twenty wild rabbits during this winter hunting.

Each family was given a few pounds, which was not a lot. Moreover, when the family was divided, it was divided into three parts. Even if the parents' share was included, they only had half a chicken, half a rabbit, and two pounds of pork. It would not be enough to hold his wedding with only this little stuff.

Not only did his second brother not help him with his marriage, but even his eldest brother has been ignoring him since he helped him get the bride price.

Before Xu Meiling got married, her second brother contributed a pheasant and her eldest brother also brought a bucket of fish.

But now that he is married, all those things that he used to despise have become luxuries.

After the family split up, the meat coupons issued by the eldest brother's factory naturally could no longer be used to provide food and drink for the whole family, but he shamelessly asked Xu Huaizhi to borrow a pound of meat coupons and promised to return it in the future.

Xu Huaizhi knew that this pound of meat ticket was like throwing meat buns at a dog and would never come back, so he simply told him not to return it and regarded it as a gift from his elder brother.

Xu Huaiyu went to Xu Meiling's house again to "borrow" money from her because he knew that his brother-in-law Chen Jianghe would send him things from home every month.

Xu Meiling's belly was getting bigger and bigger now, and it was the season for delicious food, so there was no way she could give him any. She sent him away with a few words and only gave him half a pound of fruit candy.

This was bought by Chen Jianghe to sweeten her mouth.

His legs are now healed enough to do some simple work.

Because Xu Meiling took such good care of him during his illness, he couldn't help but treat her better. After all, the child was his own.

After all the counting, there were only three pounds of meat, which was still not enough. After all, there were more than ten tables of people from the village who came to the banquet, and there was not enough to share.

Xu Huaiyu was very conceited and didn't want his wedding to be shabby. He felt that if his second brother could do it, he could do it too.

On the eve of the wedding, she ran to the woods to catch pheasants to add to the food, but she didn't catch any pheasants and her ankle was scratched by the trap set by Ji Linhai.

The screams echoed throughout the forest.

Ji Linhai at the foot of the mountain secretly cried out inwardly that something was wrong, and ran up to take a look. He saw a man caught in the claws, and it turned out to be Xu Mingshan’s third son.

Well, you must not admit that the clamp is yours, otherwise it will be a big deal.

Ji Linhai pretended to hear the noise and came to rescue him, and managed to free him from the clamps. The bite was quite deep, leaving two bloody holes on his ankle, which was horrifying to see.

Ji Linhai somehow carried him down the mountain and returned him to Lao Xu's family. Along the way, he told others that he saved the guy because he lived at the foot of the mountain and heard someone screaming in the mountains, so he tried to distance himself from the matter.

He sent Xu Huaiyu back to the Xu family, and made Xu Mingshan, the old fox, owe him a favor, and then went back leisurely.

Xu Mingshan invited a barefoot doctor to treat Xu Huaiyu. The barefoot doctor simply disinfected the wound with alcohol, then applied some herbal medicine and wrapped it up.

Xu Huaiyu's feet were so swollen that he lay on the bed screaming in pain.

This happened just before the wedding, which was really upsetting. Liu Guifang even wondered if Yan Lijun's fate was too strong and was bringing bad luck to her son.

Ever since the marriage proposal, nothing has gone smoothly at home. First, Xu Huaiyu was robbed of three hundred yuan and fell ill.

Then this incident happened again. The wedding was the day after tomorrow, and the groom had a foot injury, so it would be a hassle to pick up the bride.

The more Liu Guifang thought about it, the angrier she became. She kept cursing at home, first cursing the person who set the traps in the middle of winter, then cursing God for being blind.

Even the new daughter-in-law Yan Lijun said a few unpleasant words to him. Lin Xiaomeng sneered when she heard it. This is just the beginning. Xu Huaiyu, he had to bear it well. Without good luck, his life will be full of obstacles and nothing good will happen.

She originally wanted to take away the good fortune of the old couple of the Xu family, but she was worried about their old limbs and if anything happened to them, she would be the one to suffer in the end. She didn't want to implicate Xu Huaizhi and make him unable to go to work.

So she endured it. Now it seems that punishing Xu Huaiyu was painful enough for them, so this was not bad.

In order to save face, Xu Mingshan took an ice-cutting tool that had not been used for many years, went to dig holes in the ice to catch fish, and came back with a full bucket of fish, which was enough to barely get by.

However, the selection of the chef became a difficult issue. When Xu Meiling got married, it was Chef Lin Xiaomeng who arranged the wedding. She had good cooking skills and could cook delicious dishes with simple ingredients. Everyone was satisfied with the food.

This time, Xu Huaiyu had just offended someone, so he asked him to help cook, which seemed a bit inappropriate.

They completely forgot that Lin Xiaomeng was currently in confinement after giving birth and was not feeling well, so it was impossible for her to do much.

Liu Guifang gave Lin Xiaomeng an order as if giving alms: "Your third brother is getting married the day after tomorrow, and you will still be the head chef. List the menu for me first."

Lin Xiaomeng looked at her like she was a fool: "I won't do it. I'm in the period of confinement after giving birth. The doctor said I can't overwork myself. You should find someone else."

"Lin Xiaomeng, don't be so shameless. I gave birth to a child in the morning and went to work in the afternoon. You haven't even laid an egg yet, why are you being so pretentious?"

"I'm just being pretentious, so what? Your son kicked me and made me have a miscarriage, so I have to rush to help him. I'm not a cheapskate.

You'd better not count on me, otherwise I don't know what I will do to embarrass him at the wedding." Lin Xiaomeng said half sarcastically and half threateningly.

"You! You are such a jinx. How could I have been so blind to let our Dazhi marry you?"

Liu Guifang couldn't do anything about her, so she could only go back to the village and find a woman who was good at cooking to be the chef, so as to get the matter settled.

As for the Yan family, they had already taken the three gongs and one bell sent by Xu Huaiyu to propose marriage to their son.