Chapter 8: The Child Is Gone

Since the people of the village listened to the words of the rich and noble and signed the responsibility system and divided the public fields one by one, each family hurriedly led their own family members before dawn, and went straight to their own homes to distribute the contracted land together.

After a dozen land distribution contracts, the production enthusiasm of the village people has increased, and everyone is willing to use all the strength in their own bodies to the land they have contracted.

Time passed day by day, and the crops in the fields also grew lush and tall, and sometimes people from other villages who passed by the village would be a little envious when they saw it, and from time to time they would mutter: "Is this the land planted in Zhangjia Village?" Why is it growing so well! ”

When the people in the village heard this, they only smiled slightly, but they didn't dare to talk nonsense with them.

In the golden autumn season, the crops in the fields are golden one by one, and the fruitful rice grains bend the ears of wheat and present them in front of the villagers, but the villagers are so happy that they show their white teeth and smile from ear to ear.

Zhang Fugui's daughter-in-law Li Jianmei's belly was as big as a watermelon at this time, and it didn't take long for the child to give birth, Zhang Fugui looked at his daughter-in-law's belly as big as a watermelon, and then looked at the golden fruit rice grains on the land he contracted, and smiled from his mouth from time to time.

Zhang Youcai was even more energetic and sat on the stone ridge outside his house with Erlang's legs crossed and smoked his cigarette pouch, the smoke was swirling in the air, and the remaining smoke rose and drifted away, looking more comfortable.

The villagers looked at the crops growing luxuriantly in the fields, and happily took farm tools to harvest the golden grains of rice.

All the ears of wheat that have been cut are put into sacks and pulled back by horse-drawn carts, and then they are sifted to become grains of rice, and people weigh the rice placed in front of them basket by basket, and after weighing, they take out the grain that each family needs to hand over to the government, and then put part of the surplus grain in the village for emergency use, and the rest is their own possession.

This year's Zhangjia Village is really a bumper harvest, in addition to the public and village grain, the surplus grain of each family is several times that of previous years, this family looks at the crystal clear rice grains in front of them and looks very comfortable, and then thinks that these things in front of them are their own, then they are even happier.

Zhang Tianming, who was idle in Zhangjia Village, was a little unhappy when he saw that this family had received so much food, and he thought of some conspiracies, which Zhang Tianming pretended to be a congratulatory to visit Zhang Youcai's house, Zhang Tianming had not yet walked into the door of Zhang Youcai's house, so he shouted outside the door: "Talented brother!" Congratulations, congratulations! ”

Zhang Youcai thought that Zhang Tianming was congratulating himself on becoming a grandfather, so he also said thank you, who knew that this Zhang Tianming was talking about the basket of rice grains in his Zhang Youcai's house, which was to congratulate him on the bumper harvest!

Zhang Tianming continued: "Talented brother, you see that every household in our village is a big abundance, but I am the only one who doesn't, so ...... So I thought......

Zhang Youcai didn't bother to take care of him, just looked at him with squinted eyes and said, "If you want rice grains, you have to grow them yourself!" If you're too lazy to eat all day, it's hard to sit and wait for pie to fall from the sky for you."

Zhang Tianming's face sank suddenly after hearing this, and he secretly said in his heart: "As for your rice grains, I'm not rare!" If you dare to divide the grain grown on the land of the public, even if you give me food, I will not eat it, and when I go to the town to sue you, so that you will not be able to eat and walk around, I see how energetic you are."

Zhang Tianming stood aside and watched Zhang Youcai smoke his cigarette pouch by himself, without even looking at him, and left angrily.

Zhang Tianming scolded in his mouth as he walked: "You counter-revolutionaries, you dare to divide the land of the public family to grow food, you see that I will not go to the town to sue you to death, and you will be told that you will not be able to eat and walk around."

As he spoke, Zhang Tianming ran straight out of the village alone, planning to go to the town to sue the people in the village for privately dividing the public land, and said secretly in his heart: "I let you avoid it last time, it was your luck, this time everyone got all the stolen goods, see what you say."

Zhang Fugui's daughter-in-law Li Jianmei was about to pick up rice grains at home when she suddenly felt a pain in her stomach, and the whole person sat on the ground at once, holding her stomach and saying that it hurt, Zhang Youcai looked at her daughter-in-law and knew that she was about to give birth, so she shouted to the house: "Fugui...... Rich...... Your daughter-in-law Jianmei is about to give birth, ...... Fast...... Go find the midwife, Aunt Liu."

Zhang Fugui ran out of the house all of a sudden, and saw his daughter-in-law lying on the ground, holding her stomach, shouting pain in her mouth, so she helped Jianmei up in a panic, and then listened to her father Zhang Youcai's hurried and kept running, and went to the east of the village to call the midwife Aunt Liu.

Aunt Liu is a recognized midwife in Zhangjia Village, although she has not studied any medicine, but the villagers in these ten miles and eight townships will always call Aunt Liu to help their daughter-in-law or daughter-in-law deliver the baby, this daughter-in-law Li Jianmei is about to give birth to a baby, but it is indispensable to ask Aunt Liu to help.

Zhang Fugui ran to the door of Aunt Liu's house in the east of the village and saw Aunt Liu doing needlework, and before he could speak, he pulled Aunt Liu in the mouth and said, "I...... I...... I... Daughter-in-law... Woman... Jianmei... I'm going to give birth", although Aunt Liu didn't hear what he said, but when she thought that Fugui's daughter-in-law Li Jianmei was already pregnant, she also knew the general situation, and kept running with Fugui.

After all, Aunt Liu is old, her legs and feet are not good, and she can't run away from Fugui, so Fugui hurriedly picked up Aunt Liu and hurried home.

When Fugui rushed to the door with Aunt Liu on his back, he put down Aunt Liu, and Aunt Liu heard Li Jianmei yelling in the house, so she hurriedly asked Fugui to boil water, and went straight to the house where Li Jianmei was yelling.

After Aunt Liu went in, she saw that Li Jianmei was already soaked with sweat, her hand was tightly gripping the bed quilt, and her mouth made an oooh sound in pain, Aunt Liu touched Li Jianmei's belly with her hand and said to her, "Jianmei, hurry up...... Fast...... Hurry up...... Exhale slowly...... Suck ...... slowly

Zhang Youcai stood outside the door and walked back and forth anxiously with a cigarette pouch, looking at the movement in the house from time to time, Fugui listened to Aunt Liu's words and hurriedly made a fire to boil water, the tired Fugui was sweating all over his body, and beads of sweat rolled down his forehead from time to time.

Aunt Liu delivered the baby in the house, she touched Jianmei's belly with her hand from time to time, and shouted "Hurry... Fast...... Hurry up...... But the child couldn't get out, which also frightened her, after all, she had been delivering babies for most of her life, but it was the first time she had encountered this situation.

Aunt Liu lowered her head and looked, it turned out that this was an abnormal fetal position, Aunt Liu was surprised with beads of sweat on her forehead, and muttered in her mouth: "What can I do about this!" Then he shouted outside the house, "Rich...... Rich...... Your daughter-in-law's fetal position is not correct, you should quickly make up your mind, whether you want to keep it big or small."

Zhang Youcai's whole body softened all of a sudden, and he sat on the ground, although Zhang Fugui was also very anxious, but at this moment when every second counted, he couldn't afford to think about it for a while, after all, Jianmei was his daughter-in-law who had hard-won, and Jianmei was also very filial since she married him, in order to let Li Jianmei survive, he cried and shouted in the house: "Aunt Liu, protect the big ...... I want to keep the big and I want Jianmei to survive...... Don't have children...... Don't have children......

After Aunt Liu heard this, she carried out the midwife's means, and after a while, Aunt Liu walked out with bloody hands and said to Fugui: "Jianmei is fine...... Jianmei is fine...... You can rest assured! There is still a chance for children to have in the future! ”

After Aunt Liu washed the blood on her hands, she didn't linger for a moment, and hurried home, after all, the current mental state of the rich family is not very good, in case all this is counted on her, it will be ......

Zhang Fugui hurriedly walked into the house, and saw Li Jianmei lying on the bed, the quilt on the bed was stained with blood-red blood, Zhang Fugui's legs and feet trembled a little, and his lips shivered from time to time, he walked to Jianmei's side and held Jianmei's hand tightly and half-squatted down, just looking at Jianmei quietly.

Zhang Youcai knew that his grandson was gone, so he collapsed outside the door all of a sudden, muttering from time to time: "The grandson is gone...... The grandson is gone...... What kind of sin did my old Zhang family create......

When Li Jianmei, who was lying on the bed, woke up, her body was a little weak and speechless, and she looked at her husband Fugui holding her hands tightly, and tears flowed from time to time in her eyes.

For a woman, only when she gives birth to a man and a half girl for her husband can she be worthy of her husband and become a real woman, but what Li Jianmei didn't expect was that her first doll was gone, which made her heartbroken, and she didn't have the face to face her husband Zhang Fugui and father Zhang Youcai anymore, because the villagers all recognized this death.

On this momentum of mixed joy and sorrow, Zhang Renyi, who lived at the entrance of the village, saw a group of people walking not far from the village, led by Captain Wu Yuanwu who came to the village last time, followed by several Red Guards, and the village chief's uncompetitive younger brother Zhang Tianming.

Zhang Renyi knew that the big thing was not good at first glance, so he kept running into the village, and kept shouting: "Zhang Tianming has come back from the town again......... Zhang Tianming has returned from the town again......

As soon as the people in the village heard the words "Zhang Tianming has returned from the town again" shouted from Zhang Renyi's mouth, they all knew that something must be happening again, and they estimated in their hearts that it must be related to the responsibility system, so they hurriedly picked up the rice grains that their family had worked hard to harvest for a year and hid them tightly under their beds or chimneys, and there was no trace at all.

Zhang Tianming walked into the village with Captain Wu and the Red Guards, and Zhang Tianming said to Zhang Renyi: "What are you shouting...... What to shout...... It's not that you are a thief and want to ventilate the news."

Zhang Renyi deliberately pretended not to know anything and said to Zhang Tianming: "What did you hear me shouting...... Which ear did you hear me shouting......

"You...... You...... Don't quibble...... You're clearly ...... It's just a thief's heart", Zhang Tianming said a little angrily.