The cannon fodder female supporting role stirs up trouble in period literature

Zhou Damao's words were not just a casual remark. Last year, the village sold strawberries, peaches, and later sold pigs and sheep. Although a lot was spent in a year, tens of thousands of yuan were earned. The village kept some of it, and the rest was distributed according to the number of work points. As long as they worked, the family with the least work points earned only 80 yuan. Families with many strong laborers and more work points could get more than 1,000 yuan.

Zhou Damao has five sons who can earn work points, and three daughters-in-law. His grandchildren can earn two work points a day by picking grass for pigs after school. In total, he earns more than 800 work points a year, so he no longer has to worry about finding wives for his two younger sons.

Last autumn, their brigade married several wives. Now girls from all over the country are asking if there are any good young men in their brigade.

He knew very well that all these were brought to them by Erhua, and he just didn't know how to thank her. Now that he knew she was getting married, of course he wanted to thank her properly.

Even though the two neighboring villages did not get as much money as their village, each household still earned a lot more than in previous years, which made other brigades in the commune envious. Everyone was thinking of Erhua's good deeds.

Grandma Zhou and Grandpa Zhou were also waiting at the entrance of the village, and they came over at this time. There happened to be two seats left on the bus, so the old couple got in.

People outside the car were saying that the old couple was so lucky, they just took the car. Someone said, "What's the big deal about taking a car? The old couple still live in a courtyard in Beijing. It's a big courtyard in Beijing, much more luxurious than ours. They don't have to work in the fields every day, and they eat better. Look at their complexion, it's different from before."

Many people have noticed the changes in the old couple. It is not an exaggeration to say that they look 20 years younger. Otherwise, why would they want to be city dwellers? They live a more comfortable life than those who work hard in the countryside.

Some people are envious, some are jealous, and some people mention Zhou Laicai's family, saying that he did not marry a good wife, otherwise his parents would have followed his second brother to enjoy a good life, so why were they left behind?

Or maybe Zhang Yun was too ignorant and offended his entire family. Otherwise, they could have gone to Beijing to enjoy a good life now. Why would they still have to live in the village digging for food?

When they returned to Zhou's house, Fang Yanhong was busy in the kitchen. Zhang Yun took the initiative to help her, which was a rare occurrence. But seeing her grabbing a handful here and a handful there, and not doing anything for a long time, it was clear that she was just pretending to be nice to others.

Seeing the family enter the house, Fang Yanhong greeted them and continued to work, but Zhang Yun immediately went to pour some sugar water and brought it over. He first glanced at Xia Yu who was talking to Zhou Laifu, then turned around and talked to Zhou Laiying.

"Laiying, you haven't been back to your parents' home for a long time. Your sister-in-law really misses you."

Zhou Laiying was too lazy to argue with her. Anyway, her parents would return to Beijing after the New Year, and she wouldn't have much interaction with her sister-in-law in the future. There was no need to make the New Year unhappy.

He laughed and said, "I am busy. I don't stay at home like before. I only have one day off a week. I have to wash and clean. I am really busy."

"Don't you have a washing machine at home? I heard that the city now has electricity, so buying a washing machine will save a lot of trouble."

Speaking of washing and rinsing, Zhang Yun became excited. Ever since Xia Yu left Taohuawan Brigade, all his belongings had been moved to Zhou's house.

After the old couple and the people from the second house went to Beijing, Zhang Yun moved all those things to her room.

Not to mention the pots and pans, Zhang Yun is really proud of things like washing machines and bicycles. Although there is no electricity in the village yet, the washing machine is just a decoration at home, but it looks good, doesn't it?

If electricity is available in the village one day, her family will be the first to use a washing machine.

Zhou Laiying said, "How can I not buy one? We all have washing machines and televisions at home, but they still need people to put them in, right? In our county, water is only available in the morning and evening. When the tap water stops during the day, we have to pump water out of a large vat to wash clothes, and then hang them up after washing. Besides, after I have a washing machine, I love to wash clothes when I have nothing to do. It's just something I can do for myself."

Zhang Yun wanted to curl his lips when he heard this, thinking: It’s still a TV, you’ll be so proud of it!

After talking about this and that for a long time, Zhang Yun asked, "Laiying, you see our parents and my second brother's family have all gone to Beijing, why didn't your family go with them?"

Zhou Laiying said strangely: "We all have jobs, and our monthly salary is just over 200 yuan. Why would we follow you to do this?"

The words "an increase of more than 1.200 yuan in salary" made Zhang Yun jealous. When the money was distributed this year, she went to collect the work points for the old couple and her second brother's family. After she collected them, no one asked her for more. She suddenly had more than 500 yuan more in her hands.

A few days ago, the old couple divided up their home, leaving all the food and the house to them. The old couple had more than 400 yuan in their hands, 200 yuan each for their family and Zhou Laifu's family, and the rest was kept by the old couple for themselves.

Adding the money she had saved over the years, she suddenly had more than a thousand in her hands. With this money, she was no longer jealous of the old couple and the second son's family going to Beijing to live a good life.

I made new cotton-padded jackets for everyone in my family before the New Year, and I am full of hope for life.

But now, Zhou Laiying told me that other people can earn more than 200 yuan a month, and the 1,000 yuan that she was so proud of is not even enough for others' half-year salary.

God, why are you so unfair? Why do others live better than their family?

Just as he was feeling angry, the voice of his eldest daughter Zhou Meihua came from outside, "Dad, Mom, we're back." As soon as she finished speaking, she had already entered the house.

When Zhang Yun saw the family of three wearing patched clothes visiting during the New Year, his eyelids twitched and he said unhappily, "It's New Year's Day, and your mother-in-law didn't even give you money to buy you new clothes?"

Zhou Meihua was furious when she mentioned this. "Don't mention it. We had agreed to buy new clothes for the New Year this year, but the second son wanted to get married, and he married an educated youth from the city, and he asked for 200 yuan as a gift. Our brigade is not like Taohuawan, which made a lot of money thanks to my cousin. The 200 yuan emptied the old couple's savings and they still had to go hungry in the end."

The more she talked, the angrier she got. Zhou Meihua saw that the man next to her was also a bitch. He relied on the fact that he was at her parents' house today and had her family's support. He pointed at her husband holding the child and cursed, "Peng Jun, I was blind to marry into your family. Why did I only get 20 yuan as a betrothal gift when I married into your family, but your brother only got 200 yuan when he married his wife?"

Peng Jun has been very angry these days because his wife has been talking about his second brother's betrothal gift all the time. It was obvious that the family that was interfered with by Zhou Meihua only asked for 200 yuan, but now she is questioning him in front of the Zhou family, as if their Peng family had treated Zhou Meihua unfairly.

But in the Zhou family, he still had to hold back his temper and put on a smile. "I only gave you 20 yuan as a betrothal gift, but I also bought you a sewing machine and a bicycle, didn't I? Isn't that more than 200 yuan? But my second brother's girlfriend is an educated youth from the city, and she didn't ask for anything else but 200 yuan. Why are you so angry?"

After hearing what Peng Jun said, the old couple and Zhou Lai Fu's family felt that Zhou Meihua was indeed a bit unreasonable, but Zhou Laicai's family was unhappy.