The bus from the city back to Huangshan Village broke down on the way. It was getting dark and the car hadn't been repaired yet. Jiang Ning had no choice but to get off the bus and walk back to the village.

Jiang Ning walked all the way with big bags and small bags, and her clothes were soaked in sweat. This amount of exercise can definitely keep up with her running around the village a few times.

When we approached Huangshan Village, it was completely dark.

But today's weather is not good, the night sky is covered with dark clouds, not to mention the moon, not even a single star.

Not long after it got dark, it was pitch black all around. She could barely see the direction, and walked back along the road back to the village.

Seeing that we were about to reach the entrance of Huangshan Village, a beam of warm yellow flashlights shone over.

She immediately stopped and raised her eyes to look in the direction of the light.

She saw Shen Heping walking quickly with a flashlight, and shouted as she walked, "Jiang Ning, is that you?"

"Shen Heping?" Jiang Ning asked tentatively.

"Well, it's me."

"You finally came to pick me up, my legs are almost broken."

Without saying a word, Shen Heping walked up to her, handed her the flashlight, and took the big and small bags in her hand casually.

"What's the matter with you?"

Jiang Ning sighed helplessly, and told him the fact that the bus broke down halfway.

After listening to Shen Heping, he just comforted him: "It's okay, let's go home!"

"Ah."

Seeing Shen Heping following behind him, Jiang Ning immediately felt much more at ease.

There are many wild dogs in the countryside at night, and she encountered many wild dogs along the way. Fortunately, after experiencing the rhubarb incident, she is not as afraid of dogs as before, and she has also summed up some experience in dealing with dogs.

Otherwise, she would be scared to tears by these wild dogs if she was the previous one.

She can't be blamed for being useless, everyone has something to fear, and dogs were once her nightmare.

Shen Heping walked in front with his things, and looked back at her from time to time, reminding: "There is a big pothole on the road here, be careful when you come here."

"Ah."

Shen Heping still doesn't talk much, only when the road conditions are bad, he will slow down and turn around to talk to her.

Jiang Ning quietly followed behind him, and suddenly felt that the distance from the village entrance to home was very long.

They walked for a long time, but they still haven't arrived home.

Halfway there, Jiang Ning suddenly thought of her prize for answering the question, and asked, "Shen Heping, has my washing machine arrived yet?"

"Well, what's the matter with this washing machine?"

When he was cleaning the courtyard dam in the afternoon, he saw someone brought a washing machine and said it was for Jiang Ning.

Washing machines are a rare item in the countryside in this era. No household in the huge Huangshan Village has a washing machine. Jiang Ning just went to the county and got a washing machine back?

He asked a few questions curiously, and the person who moved the washing machine didn't know what was going on, but was just in charge of moving it.

A smug smile appeared on the corner of Jiang Ning's mouth, hehe laughed out loud, and then told Shen Heping that she won a washing machine by answering questions in the store.

After Shen Heping finished listening, he stopped and looked back at her in doubt, "Are you still able to answer questions?"

Jiang Ning nodded and explained, "I'm just lucky."

"What questions did you answer?"

"It's all luck, I don't remember what the question was."

Shen Heping didn't speak, but the way he looked at her became different from before.

Seeing this, Jiang Ning quickly changed the subject and continued to ask the washing machine, "Have you checked the washing machine? Are there any quality problems?"

"No."

"That's good, let's go home and try."

After finishing speaking, Jiang Ning passed Shen Heping and rushed home in front of him.

Jiang Ning walked in front, put the flashlight behind her back, and showed Shen Heping the way.

Shen Heping: "You don't have to worry about me, just take a picture for yourself!"

"Oh, okay!"

Jiang Ning didn't want to be polite with Shen Heping, so she really took a picture of herself.

The two continued to walk home.

Thinking of meeting Sun Qiang in the county, Jiang Ning casually muttered, "Do you know who opened this store?"

"Who?"

"The last time Aning was hospitalized, the man we met in the hospital.

As soon as that man saw me, he called my sister-in-law. He was very polite to me, and he kept praising you. I was able to answer the questions and win a washing machine this time, and you also deserve credit. "

Shen Heping hummed lightly and continued walking forward.

Seeing that Shen Heping stopped talking, Jiang Ning simply stopped talking.

After more than ten minutes, the two finally returned home.

As soon as Jiang Ning walked into the courtyard, Rhubarb enthusiastically surrounded her, and the chickens in the cage also chirped, as if they were all welcoming Jiang Ning back.

Jiang Ning touched Rhubarb's head, "Did Rhubarb miss me?"

Rhubarb stuck out his tongue and licked her fingers, and lay on her body affectionately.

"Go to bed obediently, I'm so tired, I don't have time to accompany you today."

Rhubarb seemed to understand her words, and really obediently returned to the kennel under his roof.

Jiang Ning and Shen Heping stepped into the threshold of the main room, and Shen An and Shen Ning also came over.

Seeing Jiang Ning, Shen An asked, "Why did you come back so late?"

Jiang Ning looked at Shen An with a smile, and asked, "What's wrong? Are you worried about me?"

"I'm not worried about you, I just feel sorry for my dad who didn't eat dinner, so I went to find you."

Hearing this, Jiang Ning looked back at Shen Heping, "Have you had dinner yet?"

"There's no rush for dinner."

Does that mean you are more anxious to pick yourself up?
Thinking that he didn't eat dinner in order to pick her up, Jiang Ning felt a little sorry, "Okay, everyone is back, you can go to dinner at ease!"

"What about you?"

"I don't eat, lose weight."

Shen Heping stared at her and moved his lips, but finally went into the kitchen without saying anything.

Jiang Ning took out the new clothes bought for Shen An and Shen Ning, and happily handed them to the two, "I bought new clothes for you, come and try them on."

Just as Shen Ning was about to go there, Shen An dragged him back and said coldly, "We don't want it."

Jiang Ning clearly saw longing in Shen Ning's eyes, "You don't want it, Ah Ning wants it, don't stop Ah Ning."

"Ah Ning doesn't want it either."

"You're not Aning, how do you know that Aning doesn't want it?" Jiang Ning asked back.

"I said Ah Ning doesn't want it, but Ah Ning doesn't want it."

After Shen An finished speaking angrily, he took Shen Ning's hand and went back to the room.

Jiang Ning sighed helplessly at their closed door, after thinking about it, she still took the new clothes and pushed open the door of Shen An's room, and threw the new clothes in.

"Do you want to love it or not? I'll throw it away tomorrow."

After speaking, she closed the door and exited.

Seeing that the door was closed again, Shen Ning looked curiously at the new clothes on the ground by the light of the room, then at Shen An, and tugged at the corner of Shen An's clothes eagerly.

Shen An snorted coldly at the new clothes on the ground, and persuaded in a low voice: "Sister, we can't be fooled by Jiang Ning, haven't you noticed that she has learned to be smart recently? She must have some bad idea again, we can't trust her."

Shen Ning did not go along with Shen An, but looked at Shen An with confused eyes.

"You have to trust brother, in order for us not to be beaten in the future, we still have to divorce them."

Shen Ning's mind was not on Shen An's words at all, she directly let go of Shen An's clothes, walked to the pile of new clothes, and opened the bag.

Girls love beautiful new clothes.

When Shen Ning saw the pink dress in the bag, he happily took it out and compared it to Shen An on himself.

It was also the first time for Shen An to see a skirt with such a beautiful color, and he opened his eyes wide and looked at the skirt.

"I didn't expect her eyesight to be good, and the dress she picked was pretty good."

Shen Ning nodded quickly.

Shen An: Just now I said that for a long time, you didn't respond, but now I said that the skirt is beautiful, you have a reaction?Are you still my sister?

After looking at her pink skirt, Shen Ning found Shen An's T-shirt and shorts from the bag and showed it to Shen An.

The clothes of this era do not have fancy patterns, and the colors and styles are relatively simple, but the fabrics and workmanship are good, and the pure cotton fabrics are comfortable to wear.

Shen An took his new clothes and touched them, the comfortable feel made the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

The two of them closed the door and quietly tried on clothes in the room.

Jiang Ning has been hiding outside the door, through the crack of the door to see the two happily put on the new clothes she bought, she is also very happy.

Although Shen An is always on guard against her and always argues with her, he still cares about her occasionally.

The last time her finger was bitten by the sick Shen Ning, it was Shen An who found medicine for her.

Warming Shen'an is just around the corner.

She looked outside the two children's doors for a long time, and when she turned around, she saw Shen Heping standing behind her, and she was taken aback.

Patting his violently heaving chest, he was still in shock and complained, "What are you doing? You're scaring me to death."

"What are you looking at?"

"It's nothing."

After speaking, Jiang Ning returned to her room to sleep with a smile on her face.

...

The next day, Jiang Ning hugged a pile of dirty clothes to try a new washing machine.

It was the first time for Shen An and Shen Ning to see a washing machine, and they were full of curiosity about this new thing, so they surrounded Jiang Ning and kept looking at the washing machine.

Jiang Ning installed the washing machine according to the instructions, then put in the dirty clothes, added washing powder, added water, and plugged in the plug.

The washing machine started spinning.

Shen An and Shen Ning opened their eyes wide and looked around the washing machine curiously.

Shen An couldn't help asking: "What is this?"

"This thing is called a washing machine. With it, we don't have to wash clothes by ourselves in the future."

"Really?" Shen An asked in surprise.

"Ah."

Jiang Ning brought several buckets of water, and she changed the washing machine once after washing it.

After repeating it several times, the first bucket of clothes was finally washed.

Although changing the water is a bit more troublesome, it's like squatting by the river to wash clothes with a pile of dirty clothes. Her body shape makes her back ache every time she washes them.

Wait for her to take out the clothes from the washing machine and dry them on the bamboo poles.

Shen An exclaimed: "Wow! It can really be washed clean, so amazing!"

Jiang Ning crossed her arms in satisfaction and said, "I will buy you more good things in the future."

"Hey! I've started to use the washing machine, how much electricity does it cost?"

Duan Lihua's yin and yang voice came, and Jiang Ning and the two children looked back at the path in front of their house at the same time.

Duan Lihua went straight to their courtyard, stared at the washing machine for a long time with envy and hatred, and said sourly.

"The third child is out of work, and you still bought a washing machine that consumes electricity. Can't you, a living person with hands and feet, wash clothes by yourself?"

Jiang Ning was in a good mood and didn't want to quarrel with Duan Lihua. She deliberately smiled and said, "It doesn't cost your electricity, so what are you worried about?"

"you……"

Duan Lihua glanced at the washing machine again, becoming more and more angry.

She is also the daughter-in-law of the old Shen family. She has worked so hard for this family all day long. Jiang Ning doesn't have to do anything, and now she bought a washing machine and came back.

Why is Jiang Ning?

She put her hands on her hips and stared at Jiang Ning coldly, "Let's not talk about the washing machine, the planting season is coming soon, and it's time for our family to buy seeds, fertilizers, etc., take the money!"

The land of the Shen family was not divided, and the three sons farmed the land together. After the harvest was paid to the agricultural tax, the three families shared it equally.

In the past, Shen Heping spent few days at home, and most of the work in the field was done by Shen Boss and Shen Lao Er.

Shen Heping did not contribute, but contributed money.

The seed money and fertilizer money in the field were all paid by Shen Heping.

The money for seeds and fertilizers is what Shen Heping should give, and Jiang Ning is not an unreasonable person, so naturally he will give it.

"how much is it?"

"400 yuan!"

400?

If Jiang Ning remembers correctly, their family has a total of 10 mu of land, Zhou Chunmei has 1 mu of land, and the remaining three sons have 3 mu of land each.

Now is the time to grow wheat and rice, and other miscellaneous legumes.

With only a few catties of seeds per acre of land and not much fertilizer, how could Duan Lihua charge 400 yuan per bite?If you really think you are stupid and don't understand, how can you be so easy to deceive?

She looked at Duan Lihua seriously, and asked, "Excuse me, sister-in-law, how much did we pay in the past?"

"Previous years are previous years. This year, the prices of seeds and fertilizers have increased. Of course, you have to give more."

Duan Lihua made it up with her eyes open. Anyway, Jiang Ning has never been in the field, and she doesn't know the market in the field.

"Then I'll go to someone to ask first, and then I'll give it to my sister-in-law after I find out how much it has increased."

"What are you asking? I'll say as much as you want. If you delay buying seeds in the field to sow, Mom won't let you go."

Seeing that Jiang Ning refused to give money, Duan Lihua moved out Zhou Chunmei to pressure Jiang Ning.

Jiang Ning understood her intentions, and continued: "You also said just now that Heping is out of work now, and every penny of our family must be calculated carefully, and we can't give it away casually."

"You bought a washing machine, and you can't afford to pay us 400 yuan for seed fertilizer?" Duan Lihua pointed at the washing machine.

"The money for washing machines and seed fertilizers is worth one yard. I still need to know how much I gave last year."

Duan Lihua put her hands on her hips and shouted loudly: "Jiang Ning, you used the third child's money to subsidize your natal family in previous years. Our old Shen's family didn't say anything. This year, if you are asked to take the money for seeds and fertilizers, you have something to say. Have you lost your conscience?"

Duan Lihua's voice was very loud, and soon attracted people from the neighborhood of Jiang Ning's house.

Everyone came to Jiang Ning's family yard one after another and asked them curiously.

"Boss Shen's daughter-in-law, what's wrong with your sister-in-law?"

Seeing someone coming, Duan Lihua seemed to see a savior, she blinked, squeezed out a tear, and said while wiping away the tears.

"Girls, you all know that the money for seeds and fertilizers in our family has always been paid by the third child. This year I came to Jiang Ning to ask for money for seeds and fertilizers, but she just refused.

You see, she has money to buy a washing machine, but she has no money to buy us seeds and fertilizers.

The third child’s family didn’t go to the field very often. Our eldest child and the second child finished all the work in the field, and they procrastinated in paying for some seeds and fertilizers. It was really too much. "

Everyone in the village knew about the situation of the Shen family, and also knew about their family's assignment of work.

After hearing Duan Lihua's words, everyone pointed at Jiang Ning, and some older women even started to criticize Jiang Ning.

"Hey! This is really a washing machine? I heard that this thing consumes a lot of electricity. Why are you buying this thing? Can't you do your own laundry?"

"That's right, every woman in our village does laundry by herself, you're just so lazy."

"In previous years, your family paid for the seeds and fertilizers, but this year it would be too much."

"It's just..."

Facing everyone's unexplained accusations, Shen An and Shen Ning, who had been standing behind Jiang Ning, were frightened, and neither of them dared to speak.

Jiang Ning looked back at the two, "An An, bring Aning into the house."

"Oh."

It was rare for Shen An not to talk back to her, and obediently led Shen Ning into the house.

Jiang Ning raised her eyes to look at everyone, and explained seriously: "I won the washing machine, I didn't spend any money, and I didn't say that I wouldn't pay for the seeds and fertilizers, but I just wanted to ask how much I paid in previous years.

Can't you say you want 400, I just give 400 with my eyes closed?I'm not being fooled. "

400! ?
The women who accused Jiang Ning just now listened, looked at each other, and no one spoke.

For a normal family in the village, the annual cost of seeds and fertilizer is only about 300 yuan, because everyone is used to using their own farmyard manure, which can save a lot of money.

Besides seeds, every household will use their own seeds to sow every year, and they need to buy only wheat and rice.

400 is indeed a bit much.

Seeing that everyone stopped helping her, Duan Lihua pointed to the washing machine and said, "You are lazy all day long, you don't even want to wash clothes, and you even use money to subsidize your mother's family.

Our two families have been exhausted all day long, what's the matter with getting more money? "

The women present were all standard hard-working rural women, who could not see lazy people, and still had some complaints about Jiang Ning's purchase of a washing machine.

Seeing this, Duan Lihua continued: "The third child is out of work, and you still burn money with a washing machine that consumes electricity. The third child begged for a daughter-in-law like you, it's really bad luck.

Besides, the money I asked for from you is handed over to my mother-in-law if I can't use it up. You still give the money to your natal mother, what's wrong with giving more to your mother-in-law? "

Duan Lihua spoke with confidence, and she didn't feel that there was anything wrong with her.

Jiang Ning rolled up her sleeves, and just about to have a good reasoning with her, she heard someone say, "Shen Heping is back."

Hearing this, everyone turned their heads to look at the path.

After the hands and feet were removed, Shen Heping was no different from a normal person except that he could not lift heavy objects and exercise vigorously.

At this time, Shen Heping was wearing army green trousers and a white shirt, walking towards them with steady steps.

Seeing Shen Heping coming, Duan Lihua hurried forward to complain, "Third brother, I came to your house to get money for seeds and fertilizers, but Jiang Ning refused to give it to me.

You can see how lazy she doesn't do laundry. She can use such a power-hungry washing machine, but she doesn't want to give me money for seeds and fertilizers. It's too much. "

Seeing that Shen He's plane sank, everyone gloated and waited to see Shen Heping fix Jiang Ning.

Shen Heping approached Jiang Ning, looked at the washing machine, and then at her, "Have you used the washing machine?"

"En." Jiang Ning nodded.

Duan Lihua looked at Jiang Ning triumphantly, and before Shen Heping opened her mouth to train Jiang Ning, she had already imagined that Shen Heping trained Jiang Ning severely in front of so many people, and then kicked Jiang Ning Drama.

She answered the phone in a sly voice, "The washing machine consumes too much electricity, and washing clothes by the river can exercise your body and save electricity."

Shen Heping looked back at Duan Lihua, "Sister-in-law likes to exercise, and if she likes to save electricity and money, she can do the laundry by herself, and we don't have to."

What do you mean?
Duan Lihua didn't seem to understand.

Shen Heping was obviously upset just now, why didn't he teach Jiang Ning a lesson?
When Duan Lihua was puzzled, Shen Heping suddenly looked at Jiang Ning and asked, "Is the washing machine easy to use?"

Jiang Ning nodded to Shen Heping with a smile all over her face.

"That's good."

Everyone present was confused.

You must know that people in the village can't earn much money, and they can save everything if they can.

Now that Shen Heping has no job, it stands to reason that he should save money. He feels that he has no reaction to Jiang Ning's return of a washing machine that consumes electricity!

Duan Lihua thought she had heard it wrong, and looked at Shen Heping and said again, "Third son, you are out of work now, and Jiang Ning even brought back a washing machine that consumes electricity, isn't it a waste of money?

And I came to her to get money for seeds and fertilizers, but she didn't want to give it either, she just..."

Shen Heping interrupted Duan Lihua coldly, "Sister-in-law, I've made it very clear just now, Jiang Ning can use the washing machine if she wants, I don't think it's a waste of electricity.

There are also money for seeds and fertilizers. I believe that Jiang Ning did not refuse to give them on purpose. There must be other reasons for this. "

Everyone saw Shen Heping's protection of Jiang Ning in their eyes, and everyone stopped talking.

And Duan Lihua originally prepared a lot of complaints, but after hearing Shen Heping's words, she could only swallow them abruptly.

Jiang Ning looked at Duan Lihua expressionlessly, and said, "In the past, I gave 300 yuan for seeds and fertilizers, but this year you want 400 yuan. You really think I'm stupid. I'll give you as much as you want? Treat it as our family's money." Is it from the wind?"

Hearing this, Shen Heping answered, "Sister-in-law, I have already agreed with my mother, elder brother and second brother, 300 yuan per year for seeds and fertilizers, why do you suddenly want to add 100 yuan this year?"

"me……"

Duan Lihua hesitated a few times with guilt, then straightened her neck and said confidently: "She has already used the washing machine, why did you all give 100 yuan?"

Jiang Ning laughed angrily.

Duan Lihua is a typical mentality that if you have money, you should pay more.

There are quite a few people like this in any age.

Jiang Ning approached Duan Lihua coldly, and nodded to Duan Lihua with a face of approval, "Sister-in-law is right."

Hearing this, Duan Lihua thought that Jiang Ning had nothing to refute her, and planned to compromise and give the money, the corners of Duan Lihua's mouth curled up triumphantly.

"My sister-in-law is capable, and she can do all the work at home and outside the house. How about starting from today, my sister-in-law finishes her own work and then does my home's work together?"

"Why?" Duan Lihua immediately asked back.

"If you know how to work, you should do more. You taught me the truth!"

"you……"

After hearing Jiang Ning's words, everyone couldn't find anything to refute. At the same time, they felt in their hearts that Jiang Ning's words were too powerful.

Don't offend Jiang Ning in the future.

The corners of Shen Heping's mouth ticked slightly, and he chimed in, "Why isn't sister-in-law talking anymore?"

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