At this time, Zhou Yinglan was still at her grandfather's house in the countryside, her grandfather's house planted a lot of corn, she and her father went to help her grandfather work every morning, and she didn't come back until the sun was big, and she only went for half a month, and people were also yellow.

Every morning, Grandma Zhou got up at six o'clock, Zhou Yinglan and they also got up very early, after half past six after dinner, grandma fed chickens, ducks and geese at home, and she went out with Zhou's father and grandfather.

Today they worked until about ten o'clock, the sun was rising very high, the leaves and dewdrops on the grass were all dry, and the family was sweating profusely.

At this time, Zhou's father had already picked up the broken corn and it was much better, and grandpa called it back, so everyone packed up the corn and went back.

After returning home, grandma called hot washing water for them to wash their faces, and the family was soaked, and Grandpa Zhou only had one son, Zhou's father.

Dad Zhou worked hard to live in the city, and Dad Zhou didn't dare to say that his wife's divorce had left, for fear that the two old men would be sad.

Grandpa Zhou is also a three-room earthen house, the house is very simple, the yard is fed with livestock, a well is dug in the yard, and a pig is raised.

Every day, the two old men rarely have time to spare, watching the seventeen-inch black-and-white television set play programs when they are idle, and sometimes going to the neighbor's house to visit the door.

Zhou Yinglan graduated from high school this year, and Zhou's father was finally relieved, and at noon, Zhou's father looked at the two gray-haired old men, and persuaded with a smile: "Parents, you will do less work in the future and pay attention to your body."

I'll give you 200 yuan a month, you buy your own food, and when Yinglan goes to college and live on campus, I'll take you to live in the city for a while, and you sell these livestock first, do you say?"

Zhou's mother smiled with a wrinkled face and said, "Son, we will plant less next year, and it will be difficult for you and your daughter-in-law to be in the city."

Now that we can do it ourselves, we can eat it ourselves, so you don't want to give money, and when we are old and can't do it, you can give it again. ”

At this time, Zhou Yinglan wanted to say that her mother had left, but as soon as she said that her mother had left, Zhou's father coughed beside her.

Zhou Yinglan immediately smiled and said, "Grandma, you can go to the city to play for a few days after selling your livestock." I went to college and rarely went home. You have to live on campus. ”

Grandpa Zhou said with a smile while eating: "Okay, we will sell it, and then we will go to the city to live for a while and enjoy the blessings." ”

After the family finished eating, they took a nap in bed and began to take off the corn kernels again, and at this time everyone's hands were already foaming, and the pain began to be numb, but they were still slowly drying.

At this time, the little girl's cry suddenly came from the neighborhood, and there were screams and scoldings every day.

Grandma sighed and said: "At this time, the daughter-in-law of the Miao family beat her eldest daughter, she gave birth to three daughters, and her mother-in-law often complained about her, and she beat her daughter out of anger. ”

After Zhou Yinglan heard this, she immediately said, "Didn't anyone persuade her?

Grandpa also sighed and said, "We persuaded it, but it was useless." Preference for sons over daughters is very high in rural areas. Good thing you're from the city. ”

Dad Zhou immediately asked, "Do the village cadres care?"

Grandpa shook his head and sighed: "I have been persuaded here, and I have been beaten and left, these children are very pitiful." ”

At this time, Zhou's father smiled and said: "Now men and women are the same, as long as they are educated well, they will be promising." ”

At this time, the neighbor heard a quarrel, as if the two husbands and wives were fighting, and Zhou's father said that I would go and see it first, and he said that he went.

Zhou Yinglan also followed, and when she looked over, it turned out that the two husbands and wives were really fighting, the three daughters were standing next to them crying, and the eldest daughter carefully pulled her father's clothes, crying and screaming to stop fighting.

Dad Zhou turned around and went back to his grandfather's house and asked for the phone number of the village cadre, and Grandpa gave it, and Dad Zhou immediately called the village chief Feng to report that someone was fighting. The village cadres said they would come soon.

Zhou Yinglan could only keep persuading them from the side, telling them not to fight, the child was crying, the two of them were crazy, they couldn't listen to it at all, and the two of them scolded while beating.

blamed the other party for not being angry, giving birth to three money-losing goods, the woman cried while beating later, and the three children next to her had already cried into tears, constantly sobbing, crying and calling Mom and Dad.

Zhou's father kept persuading them to calm down, the three children were still young, and the impact was not good, Zhou Yinglan squatted down and coaxed the three little girls, helped them wipe their tears, and hugged them.

At this time, the village chief Feng came, and when she saw their miserable situation, she was speechless with anger, and the patriarchal thinking of rural people killed people, and she didn't know how many times she persuaded them.

Broken white bowls and boiling water bottles were placed on the floor, cutting boards and knives were littered on the floor, and corn was thrown in a mess in the hall.

Clothes were thrown everywhere on the ground outside, and some of the corn that had dried had gone into the dirt.

Village Chief Feng took a few deep breaths and persuaded: "Two, there are still so many of your corn that have not been broken into grains, are you panicking?"

At this time, the woman covered her face and cried, the man sat next to him and smoked, Feng Village Chief is an eldest sister in her forties, she has long been unaccustomed to the preference for sons in the countryside, and emphasized to the villagers at many meetings that daughters can do the same good things.

She has been working in the village since graduating from university, and has been working for nearly 20 years, and she has been transferred to leave twice, but she has not left, she wants to help the villagers, and she says that she is a role model.

At first, some people in the village doubted her, but after a long time, she did a lot of good deeds, and the villagers knew that the villagers were impressed by her at this time and began to respect and trust her.

But it is this patriarchy that is difficult for her to solve, most of the people in the village have given birth, some families have two, some families have three, and some families have four.

She was the only one who was a son, and the women of the village sometimes envied her, and she took all the good things.

Some people are really poor at home, but they have to give birth to four, the staff have checked it several times, and they can't catch anyone at all.

After being born with no money, the family will be a mess, fights and quarrels are common, and the education level of the villagers is generally low, saying that men and women are the same, they don't believe it.

They had to go out to work to earn money, while their children and the elderly stayed at home. Village Chief Feng is very sympathetic to the left-behind children and pays special attention to these children every day.

At this time, the village chief Feng saw that they had calmed down, and persuaded him: "The children are still young, you have to stay up until they can earn money, before you can let go of your responsibilities, and it will be very hard during this period." At the beginning, you young students couldn't listen to it, why are you making trouble now?"

At this time, the woman raised her head, her face was red and swollen, her hair was scattered, her eyes were red and swollen, and she cried and said, "I don't want to give birth, he wants to give birth in his family, can I be blamed for this?"

I still want to work to earn money and live a good life, but he blindly blames me for giving birth to three daughters. ”

At this time, the village chief Feng persuaded the man: "You are not young anymore, you should be sensible, giving birth to a child is not up to a woman, do you have common sense? ”