Just when everyone felt that life was extremely happy, the county suddenly arranged a working group for the Red Heart Brigade.
"What kind of working group? Didn't they only exist a few years ago?" Grandma Su asked curiously while eating.
I haven’t seen the working group come for many years, why did it suddenly appear now?
There are outsiders in the good team, I'm afraid it will be difficult.
Su Shouwen took big mouthfuls of rice and said: "This is not the waterlogging disaster last year. The meteorological department above predicted that there will be heavy rain after autumn today. The county arranged a working group to come and let us rebuild the river embankment. The county rain
We have received instructions and asked all communes along the river to pay attention, and the river commune behind our brigade has been allocated to our brigade."
"There's no need to ask the working group to come." Grandma Su still didn't understand.
"Who says it's not the case, but they came in the afternoon, seven of them in total, and the captain asked me to look at where they would stay."
Su Shouwen was actually very troubled by this.
Arranging a place to live is not easy. Every household is not short of a place to live.
Besides, not only do we have to arrange accommodation, we also have to arrange meals, so no one is suitable.
This task was assigned to the commune, and the commune assigned it to various production brigades.
After feeling distressed for a while, Su Shouwen said again: "Fortunately, people don't live and eat for free, they will provide food and money."
"Your Aunt Taohua's family has a lot of houses. Xiaomei lives on a chicken farm now. There are only two people in the family, so the conditions are pretty good." Su Laosan thought for a while and said.
"People often say that there are many disputes in front of a widow, and the working group is probably all men. It is not good to live in Taohua." Grandma Su was afraid that Su Shouwen would really arrange it like this, so she hurriedly said.
Since Li Changming was arrested, although Taohua's life has been making do, it is definitely not good. It would be great if she could get subsidies.
What a pity...
Su Taohua's family has a lot of houses, but who makes Taohua a manless person?
Even though he has a son, he is still a little kid and cannot be taken seriously. If the men from the work team are really allowed to live in the house, a lot of trouble may happen.
When Su Shouwen heard his grandma say this, he was convinced.
If some bad rumors spread, it would be a fatal blow to Aunt Taohua.
Although the people in the brigade were kind-hearted, there was always gossip, and Su Shouwen didn't want Aunt Taohua to be the center of rumors.
Forget it, let's think of another way. With so many people in the brigade, there is always a way to accommodate these people.
"How about you go back and ask your Uncle Zhuzhu. He has a small family and the house is not bad. He can arrange for a few people to live in it and get subsidies." Boss Su suggested.
"Zhuzi's house has three rooms, and we don't have a baby yet, but we can still live there." Grandpa Su also agreed very much.
Li Zhuzhu has been able to live a better life since he got married. The couple worked together and really made life at home better.
"Dad, what you said is that I will go to Uncle Zhuzhu's house after dinner!"
Su Shouwen obviously thought that this was a very good suggestion. He ate quickly and went out after eating.
It was originally a trivial matter, someone from the old Su family said it casually while eating.
Su Xiaotian thought about it for a long time, but she didn't remember that a working group came to the Heart Brigade in her previous life.
I guessed that this was a change from the previous life, but I didn't know whether this change was good or bad.
Let's take a step at a time.
Some things in this life are the same as in the previous life, but there are also some things that are completely different from the previous life.
Now, nothing happened, and Su Xiaotian was too lazy to continue thinking about it.
In Su Xiaotian's mind, if she had this time, she would still continue to study and earn money.
Her hard study every day has not been in vain. In addition to mastering a lot of knowledge, she can now earn more than two yuan and a lot of bills every day.
This is a big income, so Su Xiaotian pays more attention to the income from reading books.
If the system hadn't stipulated that she should study ten hours a day, she would have wished she could study twenty-four hours a day and make money.
In the afternoon, Su Xiaotian was playing with Chi Yiyuan in the cowshed when she heard the news that the people from the work team were still staying at Su Taohua's house.
At the same time, Grandma Su also heard the news from her grandson.
When she heard the news, Grandma Su was still very surprised and obviously disapproved of it.
She actually felt that even if the team had such an idea, Su Taohua would not agree.
"Why are you living in Taohua's house? Does your Aunt Taohua agree?"
"At Uncle Zhuzhu's house, my aunt is pregnant. She reacted violently and made a big fuss. Uncle Zhuzhu said that it's okay just to live there, but the people in the work team still need someone to help with cooking. He is a big man and can't take care of her."
Su Shouwen was writing and drawing in his notebook while answering smoothly.
"Later, the captain remembered Aunt Peach Blossom, so he asked about it, and Aunt Peach Blossom agreed."
Grandma Su sighed, forget it, it's all decided, that's it!
Taohua herself agreed, what else could she say?
While the grandfather and grandson were talking, Su Taohua came in.
"Xiaotian!" Su Taohua called Su Xiaotian directly after entering the door.
"Xiaotian went out to play. I don't know if she went up the mountain with her brothers."
As soon as Grandma Su finished speaking, Su Shouwen said hello to Su Taohua, turned around and left in a hurry.
"Taohua, why did you agree to let those people live in your yard?" Grandma Su asked with concern.
"Aunt, I know what you are worried about. This is not our brigade and there is no other place to arrange it."
The people in the Red Heart Brigade are not rich, and the houses of every family are very tight. Not to mention other things, even the old Su family still has seven or eight grandchildren crowded on the same kang.
"Why did you agree? Aren't you afraid that others will pick on you behind your back?" Grandma Su said worriedly.
"I have thought about it. I will live in a chicken farm these days and let Xiaogang live at home."
The captain also agreed to this condition, otherwise, she would not have dared to rashly agree to let several men live in her house.
Su Taohua found a small stool by herself and sat down under the tree in the yard, feeling as comfortable as at home.
"Xiao Gang lives with a baby, aren't you worried?"
Grandma Su still frowned. She always felt that it was not very comfortable for someone to live in her home.
"It's okay. I asked Xiaogang, and Xiaogang said it was okay. He is not naughty anymore and is much more sensible." When Su Taohua said this, her tone was a bit sad.
After all, Xiaogang used to be a casual child, but now, he was forced to grow up.
"The team leader told me that they would only stay for a month and would be given five yuan. If I helped cook, they would give me another five yuan and some food stamps."
Su Taohua thought very clearly. Ten yuan and food stamps were not a small sum.
Anyway, she is not asked to do anything but clean the house and cook for them every day.
This kind of work is not a problem for country women!
But ten yuan is very important to his family.
She made up her mind that if she wanted her two children to study more, she would have to save money.
"That's what you said."
"If it weren't for the fact that there are so many people in other people's homes, I wouldn't be able to grab this job." Su Taohua said with a smile.
There was a bit of self-deprecation in these words. Grandma Su understood, but she could only pretend not to understand.
"You kid..." Grandma Su said angrily, "I don't know what the character of these people here is."
If it hadn't been good, there would have been uneasiness in the brigade.
Su Xiaoqin worked hard. A group of people would come to the brigade every few days, making the whole brigade restless.
Especially in the cowshed, not even an extra bite of food can be left.
"It doesn't matter whether it's good or not. If you can deal with me, just say a few words more. If you can't deal with me, just say a few words less."
Su Taohua was very open-minded. Anyway, those people in their Heart Team did not dare to bully her.
Grandma Su thought about it and realized that it was really the case. As long as Taohua didn't live in the same yard, it would be fine.
"Taohua, why did you call me Xiaotian when you came in?" Grandma Su asked, remembering the name Su Taohua called Su Xiaotian when she came in.
"You kept asking me and you forgot about it. I just made a pair of shoes for Xiaotian when I was idle."
Su Taohua said, and actually took out a pair of shoes from the cloth bag she carried with her. They had red velvet uppers and black edges. The workmanship was very exquisite, and the shoes were also very small and cute.
"Oh, the color of this red velvet is really bright. I have rarely seen such a handsome color in the past two years."
"Auntie, what you are talking about is, I think, these are old items from many years ago. It seems that I also made a pair of shoes like this for Xiaomei when she was young."
"You have such a good thing, it would be great to make shoes for Xiaomei. Xiaomei's baby is getting older, and it's time to get married in the next two years." Grandma Su immediately complained.
With this color, it would be nice to make a pair of shoes when Xiaomei gets married. It would be a waste to make them for a little kid like Xiaotian.
"I was thinking about making shoes for Xiaomei, but with just such a small amount of shoe uppers, even after many gestures, it wasn't enough to make shoes for Xiaomei. I thought about it and made a pair for Xiaotian." Su Taohua is also a person who repays kindness.
people.
She knew very well that her son was able to join the army, thanks to the old Su family, Xiaomei was able to work in the chicken farm, and it was also the old Su family who spoke to the captain.
Xiaomei recently said that when she was studying, the children of the old Su family helped her a lot.
Their mother had a hard time in the past few years, and it is really a credit to the old Su family that she has made it this far.
She is not a poor, weak and reasonable person, so she just wants to try her best to repay her, so as to make herself feel better.
After hearing this, Grandma Su didn't refuse. Whenever she had a chance, she would just help Taohua a little.
The two of them talked for a few words, and Su Taohua said she was going back and tidying up the house.
Grandma Su said hurriedly: "Just in time, Manxiu had someone send some food to you a few days ago. I was planning to send it to you. When you come, please bring it with you."
Su Taohua hurriedly waved her hand and said: "No, Auntie, you have taken good care of me. I'm sorry. Besides, life is not unbearable now. Manxiu brought it, and you, the old man, saved it to make up for it."
In the end, she also confiscated the candy and eggs that Grandma Su gave her. Su Taohua still had a headache about having to entertain so many outsiders at home.
What should we do if those people are picky?
Although they are given food and money, what should they do if they are too picky and the family cannot give them anything good to eat, and they start to make trouble?
"Mom, don't worry. Whatever the conditions of our family are like, we can give them whatever they want to eat. I heard from my aunt that the captain arranged to subsidize five eggs for the working group every day." Su Xiaomei helped clean up the house.
, while comforting.
Su Taohua was relieved to hear that she could have five eggs every day.
Even if you have a ticket, you may not be able to buy anything good at this place.
"Our family's food is not enough for seven people to eat. I think I will talk to the team leader later about whether we should subsidize some fine grain for the people in the working group." Su Taohua thought of this important issue again.
"The captain said it would be nice if they could subsidize eggs, but fine grains are probably not available."
The captain of the team has said that whatever the villagers eat will be given to the people in the work team, so as not to cause trouble for just one bite.
He also said that since members of the working group went to the countryside, they should eat the same meals as the villagers and share the joys and sorrows with the members of the brigade.
The two of them were talking and tidying up. Su Taohua was usually a hard-working person and her house was pretty clean. After tidying up, she really made the house look bright and bright.
"Mom, our house is quite big." Su Xiaomei said with a smile: "Just these two big Kangs can sleep a lot of people."
"Are you still thinking that there will always be people coming to live in our house?" Su Taohua glared at her and said.
If life hadn't been really difficult, she would have been reluctant to have unrelated people living in her home.
The family's house was built when her father got married. It had a thatched roof at first. Later, when the family's conditions got better, it took some repairs to get what it looks like now.
Later, she hired a wife and has been living here ever since.
Thinking of these past events, Su Taohua couldn't help but think of the love her parents had for her when they were still alive.
There are no sons in the family, but my parents have a good relationship and are very good to their three daughters.
It can be said that this room contains her most profound memories of her parents.
It might be better for her if there were no traces of Li Changming's life in this family.
But she couldn't say that in front of her daughter.
But she had already thought about it, she must keep the house that her parents left for her and keep the roots.
Just as we were finishing up here, we heard the captain's voice coming into the yard.
The two ladies went out as they were busy, and sure enough they saw the captain and Su Shouwen standing in the yard with a few strangers.
"Taohua, these are the comrades of the working group, this is Comrade Li, this is Comrade Ma, this is Comrade Zhao, this is Comrade Zhang, this is Comrade Xiao Zhang, this is Comrade Luo, and this is Comrade Qian.
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Su Taohua has a good memory. She only listened to it once and remembered all the names of these people. She smiled and greeted the people in the work group.
The youngest member of the working group is Comrade Xiao Zhang. He is a young man in his twenties with a baby face and a smile on his face. He looks very pleasant.
Even Su Taohua couldn't help but like this young man a little more.
But she did not pay too much attention to this young man, but looked at Comrade Li.
She guessed that Comrade Li, who was first introduced by the brigade captain, was the person in charge of this working group.
In other words, in the future, she might need to deal with Comrade Li for many things in the future. She didn't know if this person was difficult to deal with. She thought to herself that she couldn't help but take another look.
This man was in his forties, fair-skinned, and wore glasses. He was different from the rough guys in the countryside.
He was wearing a straight cadre uniform with four pockets and a golden pen in his pocket. He looked elegant.
When Su Taohua looked at him, he was also looking at this home with a scrutinizing gaze, his brows slightly furrowed, and he didn't know if he didn't like this place.
For some reason, Su Taohua felt that although the person in front of her looked harmless, he looked uncomfortable.
Those eyes are different from those of the members in their brigade.
"Comrades, please take a rest first, and I'll boil some water for you to drink. Captain, please help greet these comrades first. These two rooms have been vacated for these comrades, and the kangs have been tidied up."
Su Taohua refers to the main house.
She used to live here, and it was the biggest and best room in the family. This time, it was vacated to accommodate the people in the work team.
"This is the main room, why has it been vacated for us?" Comrade Li asked strangely.
"In order to make the comrades' stay more comfortable, I will go somewhere else to squeeze in during these days."
Comrade Xiao Zhang said sheepishly: "What's so embarrassing about this? We're going to stay for a few days and we have to ask the host to move the house."
“The main room is large and has good lighting, which is suitable for comrades to work in.”
After Su Taohua said this, she didn't want to talk to a few people anymore, so she pulled Su Xiaomei and motioned for her to follow her to boil water.
Su Xiaomei was attracted by Comrade Xiao Zhang.
The sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl was in the prime of her life. She was used to seeing rough guys in the brigade. Suddenly, such a young and handsome young man appeared in front of her. Her heart was attracted unconsciously.
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Su Taohua also urged her daughter to leave because she saw that she kept looking at Comrade Xiao Zhang.
Comrade Xiao Zhang was completely unaware that the little girl with two big pigtails in front of him had been peeking at him.
He put his luggage on the ground, stretched and said, "It's not easy to walk this way. I'm exhausted!"
"It's just the beginning. It's okay for you to collapse!" Someone urged Comrade Zhang.
"No, you are the youngest among us, so you can't say you are broken first!"
A few people chatted casually, and the atmosphere became much more harmonious, not as depressing as before.
But it can be seen that they are actually tired.
Su Jiujiu was not a cold-blooded person. He hurriedly greeted him and said, "Comrades, you have worked hard along the way. You need to settle down first, tidy up your bedding, and take a sip of hot water later."
Su Changjiu opened his mouth to greet a few people, but thought in his heart that Taohua was a nice place, but it was inconvenient if there was no man to greet him.