Dreaming of Lion Rock: Recipe in Hand

Before Chunni had finished cleaning up, the old lady came with Wang Lamei.

She glanced at Chunxian and said to Chunni with a little sympathy: "Chunxian just didn't meet a good time. She encountered this situation when she gave birth to a child. Oh! Back then, when we were young, the country encouraged everyone to have children. A woman who didn't give birth to five or six children was ashamed to see people. Back then, my mother gave birth to eleven children. But because of the war, the people suffered, and only five of them survived. Oh!"

Wang Lamei was helping Chunni clean up while listening to her mother-in-law talking. When she heard this, she interrupted and said, "Hey! Scarcity makes things valuable. We were short of people before, but now we are not short of people."

She wiped the furniture carefully with a towel and asked Chunni mysteriously: "Do you know who the director of the Family Planning Office is?"

Chunni heard the hidden meaning in Wang Lamei's words, and quickly thought of possible candidates in her mind, then shook her head: "I don't know!"

Wang Lamei twisted her handkerchief hard, as if she mistook the director of the family planning office for a towel, and spoke with great anger. "That bastard who wants to end the family lineage, uses chicken feathers as a token of authority, wandering around all day long, and interrogating pregnant women when he sees them. Once he confirms that it's the second child, he will force the pregnant woman to have an abortion! I heard from my mother that there was a pregnant woman in their village who was eight months pregnant, but she aborted the baby. Eight months! If the baby was born normally, it could have been raised. But she took that injection, and the baby died at birth."

The old lady agreed, "Nonsense, as the old saying goes, seven lives and eight lives. Even if she is born, she can't be raised."

Chunni's hands paused as she was tidying up her clothes, and she couldn't help but shudder!

"I've only been gone for half a month, how come the world has changed so much?" she said.

Wang Lamei couldn't help but lower her voice, "You are busy with work every day. How would you know these things?"

He acted as if he was saying, "I have some big news, but you don't want to hear it."

Chunni became even more curious and asked, "We started family planning a few years ago. The situation wasn't that serious!? How could it be like this all of a sudden?"

In recent years, Yang Bangming has developed well in Yangcheng and made a lot of money. Except for the vegetable garden, all the land in the family was rented out to fellow tribesmen, so Wang Lamei had nothing to do. She wandered around the village and of course knew a lot of news!

"Who knows what's going on! In the past few years, when people gave birth to two or three children, the family planning office turned a blind eye. But last month, some evil wind blew from nowhere, and they suddenly became strict. The family planning office is as unreasonable as the Red Guards back then. They come to the door to interrogate pregnant women when they see them. Even if it's the first child, they make the woman suffer, treat her with good food and drink, and even take some away! Not to mention those families who have given birth before, not only do they beat and scold them, but they also force the pregnant women to have abortions! The people are angry but dare not speak out!"

The old lady sighed.

Mrs. Chu walked in at this time and asked, "Who dares to be angry but not to speak?"

The old lady hurriedly called out "Auntie" and repeated what she had just said.

Old Mrs. Chu had experienced a lot of ups and downs, so she just shook her head and didn't express any opinion.

Wang Lamei said again: "My sister-in-law from my mother's village almost lost her life. What a sin! I heard that some people gave the injection of oxytocin to the vital parts of the baby and the baby died after birth. But some injections were given to the buttocks and the baby survived. Is it true?!"

Although Wang Lamei was talking to Chunni, her eyes were fixed on Old Madam Chu.

Old Madam Chu nodded in agreement and said, "That's the principle. But no matter whether it's July or August, it's premature, and the baby won't be well developed, so it's even harder to raise. Alas! Those who survive are lucky!"

Everyone fell into silence.

Wang Lamei took the initiative to break the deadlock. She said: "Chun Ni, the new director of the Family Planning Office is named Luo. He was the former deputy director of Shengli Commune. You should have met him!"

Chunni suddenly realized: "It turned out to be him!"

Speaking of this person, Wang Lamei gritted her teeth and said, "Oh my, it's the guy named Luo! I heard from the people in his village that when Shizishan Township was established, he was the one with the greatest hope of becoming the township chief. He boasted in their village that he would treat everyone to a banquet when he became the township chief. Unexpectedly, in the end, the old man got the reward. Do you understand?!" She also winked at Chunni.

Chunni understood immediately that the man surnamed Luo had done a lot of immoral things to climb to the position of deputy director. The landlords and rich people in their village, whether good or bad, old or young, were all stepping stones for him to climb to a higher position! He had a perverse personality and would never let go of any grudge.

Chunni felt that there was a high chance that Luo hated Yang Anzhang! She didn't understand and asked: "Didn't he say he went to the county? Why did he come back..."

Before she finished speaking, Chunni slapped her forehead hard, "I'm so stupid. Pregnancy really makes people stupid for three years! Isn't he transferred to the county family planning office?"

Wang Lamei clapped her hands vigorously, "Yes! It's the Family Planning Office!"

Mrs. Chu was puzzled and asked: "How could he, a mere deputy director of the production team, be promoted to director of the Family Planning Office all of a sudden? This doesn't make sense!"

Wang Lamei whispered, "I heard that our county changed its head. Ahem, that person felt that the work done by the Family Planning Office was not serious and responsible enough. Then that Luo squeezed out the job based on his performance. In the past two days, the new official has made three major changes! I guess this first change may burn our Lion Mountain!"

Unexpectedly, Wang Lamei has the potential to become a fortune teller, and her words came true!