flstandardbreds Chapter 135 Zhoujiawan is always her root
Chapter 135 Zhoujiawan is always her root
Zhou Rong brought gifts to wish Zhou Chuanyi and Zhou Chuanjing a happy new year, and they were both quite surprised.
The postman would deliver newspapers to the village regularly. Zhou Chuanyi and Zhou Chuanjing both saw the reports of Zhou Rong receiving government commendations and speaking on behalf of the masses. They were very surprised at the time and did not expect a woman to achieve such success.
After confirming the authenticity of the news with Zhou Chuanyu, the two convened a village meeting to tell everyone about Zhou Rong's meritorious service and joining the party, and posted the relevant reports on the honor wall of the ancestral hall.
At the beginning, everyone was proud of Zhou Rong and kept praising him. However, when it came to distributing dividends at the end of the year, no one got any money because the fields were damaged by disasters. Many families with insufficient labor even owed food rations to the village.
Probably in order to find psychological balance and vent their emotions, some gossips began to spread rumors, saying that Zhou Rong's divorce destroyed the village's feng shui, which brought about the natural disaster.
After the rumors spread, they became more and more outrageous. Some people said that she was the reincarnation of a disaster star, and as long as she was there, Zhoujiawan would have no life.
Zhou's father and mother and their brothers, nephews and nephews often quarreled with people who gossiped, and even got into physical fights several times.
After Zhou Chuanyi and Zhou Chuanjing scolded them and made them kneel in the ancestral hall as punishment, the situation improved.
At the end of the year, Zhou's father came back from Jiangcheng with a load of new clothes. Zhou Jiahua, Zhou Jiashun and others also earned money in the city. Everyone's opinion of Zhou Rong really changed.
From previous confusion and complaints to envy.
When Zhou Jiaguang was playing with the children, he told them that his brothers and sisters were all flood-fighting heroes, who joined the Party and the Youth League and were commended by the government. The villagers then had even more admiration for the Zhou family.
On the first day of the new year, Zhou's father and mother wore new clothes and deliberately walked around the village, telling everyone they met that the clothes were bought by their three daughters, who all had stable jobs in the city and were living a very comfortable life.
Everyone's admiration for Zhou Rong and envy of the Zhou family reached its peak...
When chatting about family matters, Zhou Chuanyi and Zhou Chuanjing both hinted at one thing, that they would manage the villagers well and prevent them from gossiping about them.
Zhoujiawan has always been Zhou Rong's root. If she becomes successful outside, she will bring more people to the village and make Zhoujiawan have more promising descendants.
If Zhou Rong is bullied outside, Zhoujiawan will be her support.
As long as she came back and shouted, the men, women, young and old in the village would come to support her.
Zhou Rong did not give the two a clear promise, saying that she was just a weak woman with limited abilities.
If she does well in the future, and the new policy of the organization allows it, and the villagers are still as enthusiastic as they are now, and do not reject her, and treat her like a family member, she will lead everyone to make money within her ability...
Zhou's father gave two packs of his "Xinhua" cigarettes to Zhou Jiahua, and asked him to take two bottles of Fenjiu and a bag of candy to his mother-in-law's house.
Nowadays, most people in rural areas roll their own dry tobacco. When Zhou Jiahua distributed cigarettes to everyone, he attracted a lot of attention. Many people asked him where he got such good cigarettes.
Zhou Jiahua: "My eldest sister bought it in the provincial capital, 2600 per bag!"
The person who had just lit the cigarette regretted it after hearing the price. This puff could buy several taels of rice!
"Your elder sister is really willing to spend such expensive cigarettes. Does her husband's family have no objection?"
Zhou Jiahua: "My eldest sister is the most filial. As long as my father likes something, she will buy it even if it costs 2600 yuan!
My eldest sister also works in the city. She has her own income and can buy whatever she wants without having to look at other people’s faces. She introduced me to this job. She is amazing!”
Zhou Jiahua didn't dare to tell anyone about Zhou Rong's divorce, fearing that people in Xiejia Village would gossip about her, and also worried that she would be beaten by her elder sister and parents when she returned...
The son-in-law is promising, and the father-in-law is also proud. Old man Xie, who usually doesn't like to chat with others, straightened his back today, squeezed into the crowd and said: "It's true that the eldest sister of the Zhou family is amazing, and our Jiahua is not bad either.
He is not only a worker now, but also served as a member of the Party during last year's flood rescue team. This is a great honor for our family. There is no Party member in Xiejia Village yet!"
Upon hearing this, everyone immediately looked up to Zhou Jiahua. While congratulating him, they also tried to get close to him, hoping that he would help them find a job in the city.
Zhou Jiahua didn't dare to agree, and left quickly, saying that he had to pee urgently...
Xie Cuilian has two older brothers, a younger sister and a younger brother.
My brothers are all married. My sister found her husband two years ago and will get married at the end of this year. My younger brother is attending junior high school in the county.
Although the eldest and second brothers of the Xie family did not explicitly ask Zhou Jiahua to take them to the city to find jobs, they were implicitly talking about how hard life in the countryside was, how little money they could make, and how poor their family was.
Before returning to Xiejia Village, Zhou's mother specifically told Xie Cuilian that it was difficult to find a job in the city, and anyone who dared to make a promise to others should find a job on their own and not bother her daughter.
Xie Cuilian always remembered what her mother-in-law said, and she didn’t want to upset her elder sister-in-law, so she said to her two brothers: “Isn’t life in the countryside like this?
Today's society is different. There is no longer oppression from landlords and gentry. We can be masters of our own destiny, and the food in the fields is enough to fill our stomachs.
The employers have the final say in all units in the city. They decide how much the monthly salary is, and everyone has to work until a certain time every day.
If you don't obey, your wages will be deducted. If you are unhappy one day, you might be fired. There is no protection at all.
My eldest sister-in-law said that drinking water in the city costs money, a bucket of water costs hundreds of dollars! Not to mention buying rice and vegetables, everything requires money.
Working in the city, you may get a salary every month, but after paying for various expenses, you may not have much left. If you are unlucky and lose your job, you may have to starve.
Unlike in the village, even if the harvest is not good, you can still dig some wild vegetables and hunt some game in the mountains, so you won’t starve. In my opinion, the countryside is better than the city.”
The Xie brothers listened to Xie Cuilian's words and thought they made sense, so they stopped talking about finding a job...
The Xie family treated Zhou Jiahua to fine wine and food. After returning home, he boasted in front of Zhou Jiafu, saying how his father-in-law praised him and even toasted him.
Advise Zhou Jiafu to get married quickly and find a father-in-law as good as him.
Every time Zhou's mother saw her three sons, she felt powerless. It seemed that no matter how she taught them, they would not be able to learn and they had not inherited any of her good qualities.
Fortunately, I have three smart daughters, otherwise this family would be ruined sooner or later.
According to national policy, the iron factory only has three days of Spring Festival holidays. Zhou Jiafu used to have one day off a week, but he didn't take much of it. All of it was adjusted to the Chinese New Year. However, he had to go back to work on the seventh day at the latest.
Zhou Jiahua’s construction site started work on the tenth day of the first lunar month.
So the two brothers are going to the city together tomorrow.
Zhou's mother looked at the two people who were talking more and more excitedly and said, "You can talk about such a trivial matter for an entire afternoon. We have to leave early tomorrow morning, why don't you go pack your luggage?!"
The two smiled at Zhou's mother, ran into their room quickly, and packed their clothes...