Zhu Xiuya is also willing to bear the burden of the family. But since Bao Yumei entered the Fang family, she was deprived of her Fang family's economic power within a few months, not to mention, she also disliked Zhu Xiuya's old woman, and what was even more hateful was that Bao Yumei never treated her as her own elder. Bao Yumei never wanted to call her "mother or mother-in-law", this Zhu Xiuya endured it, her grandson can speak and call people, Zhu Xiuya is so happy, finally has her own grandson can call her "grandma". It's a pity that she was even deprived of this 'blessing right', and Bao Yumei just didn't want to educate her children to call her 'grandma'.

Zhu Xiuya's old woman has been losing her teeth in the past few years, so every time she eats, she seems to be very slow. When Bao Yumei sees it at home in a good mood, she will complain to her mother-in-law a few times, and when she is in a bad mood, she will accuse loudly: "Can you eat faster, such a grind, when you eat, if you don't want to go out to work, just be simple, don't always use this method to resist me." ”

Zhu Xiuya's old woman is rebellious and lost in her heart, which can be completely seen from her "yang and yin" to her daughter-in-law. In fact, Bao Yumei's extreme disrespect for her mother-in-law Zhu Xiuya also reflected Fang Benquan's cowardly and incompetent character traits on the other side.

Zhu Xiuya was a poor woman from other places, and she lost her skills because she couldn't read words and couldn't speak Mandarin. plus wrapped in a pair of small feet, and has not changed its native accent for half a century. Perhaps this is one of the reasons why Bao Yumei didn't like her mother-in-law from the beginning. Fang Benquan could have carried out ideological, political and moral education for his wife, and he was able to play the role of a communication 'bridge' between their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. But Fang Benquan completely lost the dignity of a man in front of Bao Yumei. He only thinks that his wife is "the head of the horse", he does not dare to say half a wrong word in front of Bao Yumei, and he is "accustomed to his daughter-in-law's insulting behavior of his mother". And when the mother was slightly dissatisfied with her daughter-in-law, he blamed the mother and even scolded her loudly. Over time, Mrs. Zhu Xiuya no longer expects her son's fairness and justice, and she is too lazy to fight. She silently went out to work early in the morning during the day, and in the afternoon the sun had gone down for a long time before returning home. Except that she doesn't forget to put a pair of white socks on her little feet, she can be ambiguous and sloppy about other things. Zhu Xiuya is now a few old women in the village, and she is lucky to be alive.

On this day, Liang Yong won the branch election with a majority of votes in the general election of Shanghu Village and became the secretary of the next village party branch.

That night, Bao Yumei carefully prepared a gift, and quietly rushed to Fang Caiyu's house while the neighbors in the compound were eating at home, knocked on her door and flashed into Fang Caiyu's house. Fang Caiyu saw that it was Bao Yumei who gave her a gift, and hurriedly reproached her: "Sister-in-law Yumei, we are all a family, it's not good for you to see you like this, you have to take things back later." My Liang Yong has not yet established his prestige, and it is difficult to say how much ability he has. ”

Bao Yumei smiled and said, "Brother Liang's ability is there, how can everyone turn a blind eye?" I'll just say, iron still needs its own hardness, Brother Liang has been training in the army for four years, the army is a melting pot, these four years of forging is different, it has already been refined into steel. ”

Fang Caiyu moved her body over and said: "Sister-in-law Yumei, don't pick and choose good things to say, my Liang Yong, just ascended to the position, the pressure is great, you also know, so many pairs of eyes are staring at him, our village is not compared to other villages, the geographical location is remote, not to mention the road traffic blockage, and the members are conservative in their thinking, all of which are a lot of problems, whether we can get things done well and satisfy everyone is still difficult to say, our village officials are not easy to do."

Bao Yumei said with a smile: "It's man-made, I believe in Brother Liang's ability, and our village will change greatly in a few years."

Liang Yong drank hot tea, his heart was warm, and he also warmed his heart when he heard Yumei's words, so he said: "Don't talk far, my sister-in-law is one of the most virtuous and capable people in our Fang family, and with capable people like you in our village to take the lead, I believe everyone's life will be better soon."

Bao Yumei's heart blossomed, but on the surface she said with a humble and inquiring look: "Secretary Liang, don't praise me like this, I am a woman, shallow knowledge, not as ambitious, organized, and confident as Secretary Liang, as the saying goes, if you want to run fast, it all depends on the headband, you are now the locomotive of the village, and everyone is counting on you to guide the way."

Bao Yumei came out of Fang Caiyu's house, although tonight was the first time to present some decent things of her own, Fang Caiyu also symbolically excused herself and said: "Sister-in-law Yumei, they are all family, it is not appropriate for you to send these things over, hurry up and bring them back to me, and if you can use Liang Yong's place in the future, you just have to come and say it."

Liang Yong also criticized her and said: "Sister-in-law, don't worry about what I have, if you come to my house to sit and chat, you will already support my work, you really shouldn't send things, you can take them back, don't do this in the future."

Bao Yumei hurriedly stopped the gift handed back by Fang Caiyu and said: "Auntie, this thing is not valuable, you don't think you treat me as your own family, and besides, I just entered your house when there were few people in the yard, you let me take it back at this time, the doors of each house are already open, and it is not good to see it under the eyes of everyone.".

Fang Caiyu had no choice but to put the things back on the table, and said with a neck: "Sister-in-law Yumei, you are not allowed to send me anything in the future, now my family lacks nothing."

Bao Yumei replied to her with a smile: "I know this, my aunt's family is one of the best beautiful families in our village, and I will come to your house to borrow more from you in the future, and I will be more motivated."

Here, Fang Caihe saw Bao Yumei secretly carrying things to the opposite side of the courtyard, and knew that she went to the cadre's house to give gifts at night, and she said to her mother who was sitting at the table eating: "Mom, my sycophant sister-in-law went to give gifts to other people's houses again."

Zhang Xueyun said angrily: "What does it matter to me that she gives gifts?" I don't want to talk to people, it's her ability to give gifts. ”

Fang Caihe was dissatisfied with her mother's indifferent attitude, so she said, "Mom, why are you indifferent to this? When will we learn from her, Yumei is not stupid, and the relationship with the village cadres is good, and the benefits are still great. ”

Zhang Xueyun didn't care, and continued to eat her meal, Fang Caihe knew that it would be boring to talk to her mother, so she walked out of the kitchen, and saw Bao Yumei's figure flashing into Fang Caiyu's house from a distance, Fang Caihe said to herself angrily: "Sycophant, I expected that this time I would definitely go to Caiyu's house, and it was true."

Bao Yumei walked back in the dark along the corridor of the original compound, and when she passed by Fang Caihe's door, suddenly Fang Caihe spoke: "Sister-in-law, where are you coming back?" This scared Bao Yumei. Bao Yumei said to Fang Caihe dissatisfiedly: "Sister-in-law, can't you stand in an obvious place and talk to me?" It scared me. ”

Fang Caihe did not apologize, and said: "This is my door, it is my business where I like to stand, I greeted you out of politeness, and I didn't expect it to scare you?"

Bao Yumei didn't want to continue talking with Fang Caihe, so she walked forward, her house and Caihe's home were next to each other, and she walked a few more steps to arrive.

Being able to scare Bao Yumei, Fang Caihe got a trace of happiness in his heart, looking at the figure of Bao Yumei who walked into the house, Fang Caihe quickly closed the door.

In Shanghu Village, after the other foot-bound old ladies passed away one after another, Mrs. Zhu Xiuya was still alive and healthy without disasters and diseases, although her back had begun to rise slightly, but her body was still very tough. Mrs. Zhu Xiuya never took off her socks and washed her feet in front of others, and she almost made her wash her feet every night, she scooped the boiled warm water into the wooden bucket one by one, and carried it to her room in the wooden building, Zhu Xiuya washed her feet and put on the white socks before going downstairs to pour water. Zhu Xiuya's ten fingers on her hands are rough and cracked all the year round, and you can witness the years and frosts she has experienced from her hands. When someone asks her if it hurts? She always said that the pain was not very painful, but it was ugly and sad. She speaks the local dialect of Ningbo, and now the neighbors in the yard can understand her words. Zhang Xueyun, who lives next door, is two or three years younger than her, but Zhang Xueyun does not participate in agricultural labor all year round, and eats white and fat, pink and tender, compared with Zhu Xiuya, she can almost be called 'mother and daughter'. Zhu Xiuya's head is full of silver threads, and Zhang Xueyun's black hair is like a waterfall and impermeable.