Eating melons

Liu Aiying and Zhao Xing came in slowly at the end.

"Old Liu and Old Zhao, you two are finally here. You're the only one missing. Come over quickly. It's warmer if you squeeze in."

The people around heard it but didn't say anything and just squeezed in.

After all, Liu Aiying and Zhao Xing are the captain's wife and the accountant's wife respectively, so they would not offend them for no reason.

Also, with the cold wind blowing, it is indeed warmer to huddle together.

Wei Wei looked at the oxcart full of people wearing headscarves, then looked at Xiao Xuemu. Well, it was such a pity that he didn't wear one.

Xiao Xuemu knew what Wei Wei was thinking when he saw her expression of pity, so he whispered, "Since you regret it so much, why don't you let me give it to you? If you don't like the one I've worn before, I can give you a new one, exactly the same. If you want a prettier one, that's fine too."

Wei Wei quickly shook her head, "That's not necessary."

She didn't believe that Xiao Xuemu was prettier. Just kidding. She didn't want to be the prettiest one in the crowd. It was too social. Her face was a little small, so it was better to avoid embarrassing herself.

Zhao Xing and Liu Aiying also saw Wei Wei. When they saw the sack in front of her, they knew that she was going to send something back.

The sacks are so big and there are so many of them. No wonder they bought so many. This must be because the family is prosperous and has many people.

It's just that I feel a little strange that I didn't see Jiang Qi and the others. After all, Wei Wei and Jiang Qi are usually inseparable, so why is Wei Wei alone today?

Liu Aiying: "Wei girl, are you going to send something home? Why don't you see Jiang girl?"

Wei Wei: "Yes, it's getting cold. If I don't send it now, I'm afraid it will snow. As for Jiang Qi, she's packing at home. After all, we haven't experienced winter here, and there are still many things we haven't prepared. I can go alone with these things."

After hearing Wei Wei's words, before Liu Aiying could say anything, an aunt on the ox cart spoke up.

"You're sending all these things back! You young people just don't know how to live. You're so extravagant. How are you going to get married in the future? You're not going to empty your husband's house to support your own family! That's not the way to do it!"

This is a very vicious statement. In this day and age, if you have such a reputation, it may be difficult for you to marry into a good family. After all, no one wants to marry a daughter-in-law who drains the husband's family to supplement her own family.

Although Wei Wei doesn't care about reputation and won't get married here, it doesn't mean that others can arbitrarily label her.

Wei Wei looked up and looked over when she heard the voice. She felt that the lady looked a little familiar. After thinking about it carefully, she finally found her in the corner of her memory.

This was the woman who lifted their backpacks and quarreled with Zhao Xing when they first went to the county town. She was called Old Lady Li.

She had also heard about this old lady Li. She heard that she was not on good terms with Liu Aiying and Zhao Xing. She saw that she was close to Liu Aiying and Zhao Xing, and she took her anger out on them because she couldn't get along with them.

Wei Wei smiled and said, "Grandma, you can't say that. Although not all of this stuff is mine, half of it was sent to her by Sister Jiang Qi.

Even if I sent all the money to my parents, there is nothing to say. After all, my parents loved me and raised me, provided me with food, clothing, and shelter, and taught me to read and understand things. They hold me in their hearts.

Don’t mention that I gave such a small amount of money. Besides, I still know how to be filial to my parents.

Grandma, everyone is an independent individual, and everyone is unique.

You can't use your own descendants' behavior as a standard for me! Whether it's a person or a matter, it depends on the situation."

Of course, the parents she was talking about were her own parents, not the original owner's. As for the original owner's parents, they were not worthy.

As soon as Wei Wei finished speaking, everyone burst into laughter. Li Zhibin and Xiao Xuemu also laughed. They had been holding back their laughter since Wei Wei said "old lady". Now that everyone was laughing, they didn't have to hold it back anymore.

Wei Wei is really a talented person. This old lady Li has always been at odds with Zhao Xing and Liu Aiying, and it is no secret in the brigade.

Whenever Wei Wei saw Liu Aiying and Zhao Xing, she would always sweetly call them "Auntie". This old lady Li was of the same generation as Liu Aiying and Zhao Xing, and about the same age, so she called them "Grandma".

Although she was respectfully addressing them as a generation above Liu Aiying and Zhao Xing, Wei Wei's tone clearly meant that they were old.

It depends on the situation. In her family, the father is kind and the son is filial. In Li's family, the father is not kind and the son is not filial!

Old Lady Li looked unhappy. "How can you talk like that? What old lady?"

As for what Wei Wei said later, Old Lady Li didn't understand it at all. Only a few people present understood it, but no one reminded her, for fear that she would attack Wei Wei after they said it.

Zhao Xing was a straightforward person. She had been unhappy with Old Lady Li for a long time, and said to Wei Wei.

"Wei Zhiqing, it's not wrong to call her grandson. Aren't your eldest grandson and the little girl about the same age? What's wrong with calling you grandma?" As for the other things, she didn't say much. Those who understand will understand. If parents are not kind, children will be unfilial!

Old Lady Li: “You…”

"Yes! Old Lady Li, Wei Zhiqing wasn't wrong to call you that!"

"That's right. Your eldest grandson will be able to discuss marriage in two years."

Everyone was talking at once, which made Old Lady Li very angry, but she couldn't refute anything and could only glare at Wei Wei.

Wei Wei shrugged. A glare was nothing. Who knew if she was glaring at her? Who knew if she was even squinting?

The cold wind was blowing early in the morning, but it couldn't stop everyone from gossiping. Soon, everyone let go of Old Lady Li and started chatting about new gossip.

Wei Wei felt a little emotional watching them like this. She didn't expect that this ox cart was the intelligence center for these educated youth.

There is no way. The educated youth generally don’t like to join the team members, and this group of educated youth is even more so.

Wu Mei spent her days working hard to earn and save money. Liu Jiaojiao spent her days either pestering Wu Mei or Yu Xi, occasionally visiting the brigade to listen to gossip, but usually going up to see Zhao Xing.

As for Yu Xi, he wanted to have a good relationship with Li Zhibin and Xiao Xuemu at the beginning, but Xiao Xuemu was always lukewarm. Li Zhibin also looked friendly to him on the surface, but was actually full of alienation.

So he gave up. He was a child of destiny and it was impossible for him to keep trying to please others.

He wanted to have a good relationship with Jiang Qi, but everyone could see that Jiang Qi was avoiding him.

So Yu Xi either acts with Liu Jiaojiao and Wu Mei, or goes up the mountain alone. Recently, he has also made several trips to the black market in town and is very busy.

Xiao Xuemu and Li Zhibin were even busier. They had to go to the black markets in the county and town, but most of the work was done by Li Zhibin, and Xiao Xuemu provided the goods.

But Xiao Xuemu has more things to do. In addition to farming and breeding, he also has to go hunting in the mountains to enrich the species in the space.

Wei Wei and Jiang Qi were completely obsessed with money. Every day they were either making money or staying at home making food. They had no free time to go out and chat.

So there was really not much contact between this group of educated youth and the team members.

The person who exchanges the most information is Liu Jiaojiao, because she occasionally goes out to eat melons when she is bored.

However, if we talk about who knows the brigade and its people best, the first is Xiao Xuemu, followed by Li Zhibin, and then Yu Xi.

The three of them had some understanding of the general situation of the team, while the others only went out to eat melons when there was a big news, and they didn't know much else.

At this time, people on the ox cart were chatting about the hottest topic recently, which was the Wu family and the cowshed. To be more precise, it was about the Wu family, Wu Yan and Gao Yi.

"Did you see the food Wu Yougen and his men carried to the cowshed that day? It was over 180 kilograms, almost 200 kilograms. It was pure robbery!"

"It's been less than half a year! Life in the cowshed was already tough, and now they've taken so much. If they keep stealing, the people in the cowshed might starve to death this winter."

"Who says it isn't?"

"I heard that's because Wu Yan stole almost 200 kilograms of food from home in less than six months."

"Yeah! I heard about it too, and Wu Yan secretly ate it all!"

"What? She built it all by herself?"

"That's right, she did it all secretly. The Wu family is really evil, spoiling such a bastard."

At this time, a low voice was whispered, "But the little girl of the Wu family was not like this before. Although she was a little spoiled, she would never steal or be so shameless."

Everyone was stunned when they heard this and thought about Wu Yan's previous appearance. Although they didn't know Wu Yan that well, they had watched her grow up. Wu Yan really seemed like a different person since she fell into the water.

At this moment, the ox cart became strangely quiet.

Liu Aiying, the captain's wife, quickly stepped out to stop the topic and liven up the atmosphere. "Don't talk about this anymore. It's creepy."

After all, if we continue talking about it, we will end up talking about ghosts and gods, which is feudal superstition and should not be tolerated.

"Let's not talk about this anymore. Let's not talk about this anymore. By the way, how is the Wu family doing now?"

"What else can I do? I even smelled the aroma of meat yesterday! Looks like I'm going to make some good nourishment during the winter."

After I have recovered my health, I will work hard to open up new land tomorrow. This is indeed the right thing to do. Since I am going to open up new land anyway, I might as well work hard. At least I can earn a lot of money.

"Is that so? Judging from the situation, the Wu family should have the highest work points next year."

Hearing this, someone chuckled and said, "That's not necessarily true, there's also a Wu Yan in the Wu family!

The team leader said that if Wu Yan doesn't carry manure properly next year, his work points will be deducted, and after all the work points are deducted, they will be deducted from Wu Yougen and Mrs. Wu.

Look at how Wu Yan worked yesterday. She worked hard all day but only earned three work points, and all of them were deducted. It was a day of wasted work.

If Wu Yan continues to act like this, both Wu Yougen and Old Lady Wu will be dragged down by her.

Now they can’t stand the land reclamation. If you ask them to pick up manure, it would be more unbearable for these young girls to do this than to kill them.

I just don’t know if Wu Yougen and Mrs. Wu’s work points will be enough for her to deduct next year.”

"That's right. Look at her yesterday. Was she clearing the land?"

"Yes! Although Wu Yougen and his wife dote on their daughter, Wu Yan is no pushover. She also works in the fields. Look at her now. Does she look like she can work? It's only the autumn harvest! How could she have forgotten?"

"If you ask me, the Wu family should marry Wu Yan off right away. The youngest son of the Wu family hasn't even gotten married yet! If Wu Yan continues to stay in the Wu family, she'll be implicated sooner or later."

"Look, who's willing to marry Wu Yan now? Everyone in the Wu family is avoiding her."

It's the right time. Wu Yan running after a man is one thing, but the most important thing is that although feudal superstitions are being broken now, everyone is still afraid.

"We can marry Wu Yan off quickly before the rumors spread too far away."

"The head of the Wu family said it yesterday. Later, Wu Mei took out a kitchen knife and said that she would die with anyone who forced her to marry."

"Alas! The Wu family is in great misfortune."

"The Wu family suffered a huge loss this time! I heard they even lost twenty yuan!"

"That's right! It's a sin!"

"That's what he deserved. How could he not know that his family had stolen something? He didn't even investigate and just went and smashed the house."

"Yeah! I heard that the second daughter-in-law of the Wu family found a lot of new clothes at Wu Yan's place."

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The cold wind could not stop the aunties' enthusiasm for gossip. They chatted all the way. Li Zhibin, Xiao Xue and Wei Wei were forced to listen all the way, but it was not that they were forced, after all, the three of them listened with great interest.

If there was no reasonable source of melon seeds at present, she would have wanted to listen while eating melon seeds. She didn't expect that there were so many melons in a small village.

Wei Wei still felt a little unsatisfied even when she arrived at the county town.