Chapter 23: The Laying of the Foundation

Wu Gui, who had already become the president of the Furao County Bank, divided a big house and took his parents over. The second sister-in-law is a woman who observes words and feelings, can speak well, and is at ease, regardless of superiors and subordinates, inside and outside the agency, left and right, good at maneuvering, and it is very comfortable to do things in the county. After the fourth brother and the fifth brother were demobilized in the army, the fourth brother Wu Shi was arranged by the second sister-in-law to drive in the county community, and the fifth brother was arranged to be a custodian in a construction company, and they all got married and settled down one after another. The return and assistance of the second brother and sister-in-law enabled the whole family to achieve complete liberation, which not only made the parents feel at ease in their old age, but also relieved the worries of the younger brothers and sisters.

Originally, as early as a year ago, Wu Gui had a very strong idea of picking up his parents. Wu Wei, who studied in the provincial capital, returned home during the summer vacation and went to the big elm village more than ten miles away to beat the reeds to make firewood for the family, and at 1 o'clock in the middle of the night after the beating, Wu Wei went to bundle the grass at 1 o'clock in the middle of the night, Wu Laomo drove the carriage to pull the grass according to the appointed time, and the two went home after loading the car in the morning, and were intercepted by Lao Huang in the reed field of the commune halfway, seeing that Lao Wu had no status and said mercilessly to unload the car, Lao Wu did not distinguish and threw down the bales, Wu Wei, who was standing on the side, felt very uncomfortable, and complained in his heart that his father did not plead, I watched helplessly as the fruits of my illegal labor were confiscated like that. Later, when Wu Gui in the county heard about it, he decided to take his parents away, and it happened that the unit arranged a new house. The night before moving, Wu Gui brought a unit truck back, seeing that there were too many old goods at home, and the old man was reluctant to throw them away, he had made an appointment with Wu Shi that he would also drive back, but for the sake of safety, he asked his father to talk to the unit in advance if he could send a car. Wu Laomo and Lao Tong, the leader of the supply and marketing cooperative, said that he wanted to use a car to move, but he was refused. In the evening, Wu Wei led Wu Gui to Lao Tong's house to talk about the car, and this Lao Tong couldn't say whether it was out of jealousy or the most embarrassing thing to give Lao Wu and his family an embarrassment, no matter what, he didn't give the car, and Wu Gui and Wu Wei were very embarrassed, so they had to leave. Fortunately, Wu Shi, who was anxiously waiting for the car after loading the car the next day, not only drove an extended Dake but also brought one, and the relatives and friends who were waiting to help load the car cheered, and even the firewood and grass that were not needed in the county were loaded, and the three big trucks also drove out of Hebian Town. At this time, Wu Liang had already worked in a construction company in Nenshui City, and his family had moved into the city, and he had also divided a new building.

The liberation of Wu Laomo's family was a dream of the rural people, and all the family members left the countryside and went to the towns, where they were given red grain. Wu Shuang was first arranged by the second brother to work as an administrator in the canteen of the county hospital. According to the policy, Wu Model Worker can arrange a child to take over after retirement, Wu Gui is the master of letting Wu Shuang take over, and arrange to work in animal husbandry and industry, and help find a partner in the county to become a family, so Wu Model Worker's children have become regular workers or state cadres in state-owned enterprises, and some have been promoted to become unit leaders because of their excellent work, and they have a decent scenery. It's not just the people in the village who know the roots, but also the people in the city who talk about such things, ask if there are still people in the countryside, and when they hear all the answers, they all admire and envy them, which is really not simple. It's just that Wu Laomo was unwilling to be lonely, and found a flat pole to carry two earthen baskets all over the county to pick up the rags, so that the children working in the county, especially Wu Gui and his wife, felt very ashamed, and quarreled many times, and even hid the earthen basket and the flat basket, but he still couldn't stop Lao Wu. I didn't expect Lao Wu to be interested, and the money from selling tatters really came in handy, subsidizing the family, buying a few catties of fat pork that he particularly loved from time to time, and often buying some pocket food for his little grandchildren, and Wu Gui was not disgusted with gossip like his wife, what to do and eat, life was simple, Wu Gui's daughter-in-law also took care of the elderly, and was willing to make some fat slices that the old man liked to eat.

As soon as Gui Fang was idle, he also thought about making cotton pants for Wu Wei, who was not married, and usually sat on the kang to play poker and play the game of Najiu. Gui Fang has always had a big temper, and she has no family burden in the past, she taught her children not to be powerful inside the cave door, but now she often has some incidents, but fortunately, the second daughter-in-law is the person on the scene and does not care, let her go, and let her say whatever she wants. The sons are also very sensible, and they just listen to their mother's chatter and don't tell right and wrong. Wu Shuang knows that there are second and third brothers in the family, and she positions herself as a frequent visitor to her parents. She also knew that her mother had a big temper, not to mention her daughter-in-law, and even she was often scolded, but after her mother scolded herself, she still wanted the girl, saying, mother and daughter are not separated, the girl is the meat that fell from her mother's body, a heart, how can there be a grudge. Wu Shuang was angry every time she was scolded and didn't come to see her for several days, seeing that she came again, she didn't come, you dare, I'm not dead yet. What to eat is good to worry about the girl, eat dumplings for the New Year, Wu Gui saw that his mother wanted the girl, so he sent his little girl Wu Li, the fifth girl Wu Jie to find the sister-in-law, to the sister-in-law's old woman's house to see that she was cooking, Wu Shuang listened to the little niece's intention, very embarrassed, told them that they couldn't leave, the meal was also ready to start eating, several brothers-in-law said that the sister-in-law cooked too hard and began to toast the sister-in-law's wine, then Wu Liang came again, Wu Shuang said, I will go when I finish eating. Wu Liang said, come with me now, if you don't go, your mother won't eat dumplings. Wu Shuang had no choice but to put down the dishes and chopsticks and followed.

Gui Fang responded to the old saying to her daughter-in-law, as if she had encountered a natural enemy, in her mind, her daughter-in-law was the enemy who competed with her for the relationship between mother and son.

This morning Gui Fang called her little granddaughter Wu Li to take the grate, Wu Li was only five or six years old and was playing on the head, picked up the grate and ran to the grandmother's east house to throw it back to the kang to play, did not want the grate to throw to the kang edge and fell to the ground, Gui Fang was angry when she saw this, picked up the grate from the ground and walked to the west house where her son and daughter-in-law lived, pushed open the door and threw it on the ground, scolding, children are not good to be taught by adults. went back to his room and sat on the kang and scolded, saying that he didn't live here and wanted to move out. Seeing this, Wu Gui hurriedly asked Xiao Wu Li, Xiao Wu Li was also scared, and cried, I was in a hurry to play, and I didn't know that the grate fell to the ground, so I went to tell my grandmother. Wu Gui said angrily, say something, get out of me!

Coincidentally, Wu Shuang came, and as soon as she entered the door, she felt that the atmosphere was not right, and immediately opened the door of her mother's house, and heard Gui Fang scolding ugly, and kept saying that she wanted to move out. Wu Shuang immediately persuaded and explained, you have such a good daughter-in-law who should burn high incense, what does that little granddaughter know? It's just that you're in a hurry to play with your hairy hands, and you deserve to be so angry. Gui Fang insisted that she couldn't live here, and she couldn't stand it. Wu Shuang also said that Sister Han from our county hospital said that she had a daughter-in-law in her original unit, and she couldn't get angry when she rode the old woman, so she cut the old woman with an axe and sent her to the hospital for 16 stitches. Wu Laomo didn't believe it and asked, is it true? Wu Shuang said, why is it not true? Later, the daughter-in-law was fired from the unit. Helplessly, Gui Fang just didn't listen. Wu Shuang persuaded again, you see my second brother, he is busy in the unit, and he cooks when he gets home and enters the house, he is also a very stubborn person, but when did he make you angry? Forbearance is respectful and precious, can you consider forbearance for your son when you encounter something? Gui Fang still insisted on leaving. Wu Shuang said angrily, if you want to lose your temper again, I will ignore you. After saying that, he left. When Wu Hua heard about it, he hurriedly took his parents to live with him first. Seeing that Wu Shuang didn't come to see her, Gui Fang began to scold her girl again, and after a few days, Wu Shuang Gu Nian still came, as soon as Gui Fang saw that her girl was happy again, Wu Shuang muttered dissatisfiedly, come and scold and think, look at you happy. The fifth sister-in-law said, you don't come to scold you. Wu Shuang asked with a smile, how to scold? The fifth sister-in-law said, scolding you like scolding me, but after scolding, you look at you and look at you, but I don't have a smiling face. Gui Fang scolded Wu Shuang again, a heartless person. Lao Wu said beside him, my girl is a knife-mouthed tofu heart, and her heart is hot. Wu Shuang prescribed medicine to her mother again. Wu Shuang's salary is very low, and she lives with her grandparents, gives birth to two sons, and thinks about her family, saves money under the insoles of cotton shoes and steals it, often buys some snacks for her mother that she likes to eat, and uses the relationship of the hospital to prescribe medicine in the name of some patients. With Wu Shuang's cold and hot maintenance, Gui Fang's life in her later years was worry-free, and she was very happy mentally.