allonlinenovel Chapter 310
Chapter 310
The old man didn't care what Lin Shu was thinking, and said to himself: "Seriously speaking, Weimin didn't marry the right wife. He married a troublemaker and brought home no peace at home."
The "Weimin" he mentioned is the name of Jie Chunlei's father.
"My daughter-in-law is pregnant. Isn't the baby in her belly more important than the work points? You forced Chunlei's wife to work in the fields to earn work points. As a result, the ridge was slippery and the baby fell and was lost. If there hadn't been a miscarriage, Chunlei's wife wouldn't have returned to her parents' home in anger, and she wouldn't have been abducted by human traffickers because she went to the provincial capital to find you."
In Lao Gaotou's opinion, if Wei Min's wife hadn't done anything naughty, there would not have been a series of subsequent events.
"Uncle, there is one thing you just said that I don't agree with. What do you mean by asking her to go to the provincial capital to find me? I didn't agree to her going to the provincial capital."
It sounded as if she was also jointly responsible for Lin Mei's abduction.
Lin Shu is not to blame for this.
Old Gaotou: "......I'm not looking for you, I'm going to the provincial capital to relax."
What does it mean to relax? This old man is deliberately putting the blame on her, making her feel depressed.
Lin Shu was not happy: "Old man, if you talk like that, I don't want to chat with you here."
If she hadn't met Lao Gaotou here, she might have collected dozens more dollars' worth of herbs.
"Okay, okay, let's not talk about his wife, let's talk about this kid Jie Chunlei." Old Gaotou was also an old man who could read people's expressions. Seeing Lin Shu's face change, he quickly stopped the topic.
"He works at the township supply and marketing cooperative, which is a stable job, much better than us who live in uncertainty. How come you say that it means he is not doing well?"
Although Lin Shu didn't want to pay attention to Jie Chunlei's current situation, she would not refuse to listen to some gossip.
But he didn't expect that the old man sneered disdainfully: "He is a temporary worker in the supply and marketing cooperative. How can it be considered a stable job? There are many more individual shops on the streets of the county now. Even the country allows individual business. Can their supply and marketing cooperative's business be prosperous for a hundred days?"
"The quality of the products in the stores opened by individual business owners varies, and they still cannot be compared with those in the supply and marketing cooperatives."
What Lin Shu said was the truth. The quality of individual business owners varies greatly. Some people blindly pursue profits, while others pay more attention to quality.
This leads to a huge difference in the quality of products sold in individual stores. For some ordinary people who are accustomed to shopping in supply and marketing cooperatives, they trust the products of supply and marketing cooperatives more.
Of course, the supply and marketing cooperatives cannot continue to thrive and will gradually decline, but they will persist until the late 1980s and early 1990s when they will be replaced by individual stores.
Old Gao shook his head: "Staying in the supply and marketing cooperative is not a long-term solution after all. As a man, if you don't go out and try your luck while you're still young, will you still have the courage to go out and try your luck after you get married and have a career?"
Lin Shu laughed and said, "Uncle Gao, you are not his family's elder, so you are worrying too much, aren't you? He himself is not worried, but you are worrying about him first."
The old man was slightly stunned, then he immediately laughed, "You're right, I don't care about that."
In fact, there are some situations that Lao Gaotou has not mentioned. For example, after Xie Chunlei and Lin Mei divorced, many relatives helped him to get together, but most of them backed off once the women fully understood his situation.
The conditions of the few girls who agreed to get along were not satisfactory to the Jie family, so this marriage was delayed.
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Xie Chunlei returned to the village on vacation from the supply and marketing cooperative. He heard about the cultivation of medicinal herbs in Xiaohe Village and only then did he know that Lin Shu had been back.
However, even if he knew that Lin Shu had returned before she left, he would not have the face or reason to look for her.
Almost every household in Xiaohe Village signed a planting contract with Lin Dashan. Many villagers in Jiejia Village who got the news also went to Xiaohe Village to find the team leader to sign the contract on their behalf.
Xie's mother also coveted the profits from growing medicinal herbs. After waiting for a long time for Xie Chunlei to come home, she insisted that Xie Chunlei go to Xiaohe Village and sign a contract with the Lin family.
"You said you didn't even help with cooking when you came back from vacation. Why did you have to wait for me to come back from work to cook?"
When Jie's mother came home carrying a hoe, she saw Jie Chunlei sitting in front of the door smoking and she became angry.
Faced with his mother's complaints, Xie Chunlei just ignored them and said nothing.
Jie's mother also knew that her son had a dull personality. If he didn't want to pay attention to you, he wouldn't say a word no matter how much you told him.
Then she put down her hoe, fetched a basin of water to wash her hands, glanced at the dejected figure and asked, "Did you like any of the two girls I saw this time?"
Xie Chunlei blew out a puff of smoke and said helplessly, "Now it's not about whether I like the girl or not, but the girl is choosing me."
"What kind of bullshit are you talking about? After all, you have a job and are a good-looking guy. Why would they look down on you?"
Like every other mother, Jie's mother probably doesn't want others to dislike her son.
You can dislike your own son, but you cannot dislike outsiders.
After realizing it belatedly, Jie's mother asked, "Neither of the two girls liked you this time?"
"No."
Xie Chunlei let out the anger in his heart. He was no longer a big man. At most, he was a second-married man.
Jie's mother couldn't help but frown, "They don't like you because they have no taste. They don't like such an excellent man. I think they are also picky and incompetent. They won't be at ease living with you after marrying you home."
"Since you don't like him, let's put this matter aside for now. The guy from the next village is back, and I heard that the people who grow medicinal herbs in their village made a lot of money this year. Since you are on vacation and going home, you can go to Xiaohe Village tomorrow to inquire about the news and see if people from other villages like us can cooperate with them, apart from their village?"
Xie Chunlei threw the cigarette butt in his hand to the ground, crushed it with his foot, and said, "I heard about this. Many people in our village have signed contracts with them. Since these people can sign, you and the villagers go together, I believe they will also sign with you. I won't go, I don't know anything about growing medicinal herbs."
Jie's mother glared at him: "Don't you understand that there is a conflict with signing the contract? Don't forget that you are the man of the family now, you can represent our whole family!"
"Mom! Do you really want to embarrass me so much?"
As the door slammed shut, Jie's mother could only stare at the closed door.
"You said raising a son is useless? He knows how to hide when encountering problems. I am already a grandmother, and I have to take care of everything at home. What's the use of you?"
At the end, Jie's mother was still not satisfied, so she poured the water in the basin used to wash her hands into the yard, turned her waist and went into the kitchen.
My son's temper has become more and more strange since his wife and child passed away. What can I do as a mother?
I still have to endure it and cook and serve them every day.
Whether Jie's mother regrets it or not, only she knows it. Who is to blame for the current state of the family?