Traveling through books in the 70s: The group favors the Wang family’s little koi carp

Late at night, the two sisters Shen Huaer turned off Shuixiang and went to sleep in the next room. The people in the second room were not at home, so there were two rooms left, and the people in the big room could live in them no matter what.

Of course, why the second roommate is not at home is a story for another day.

Let’s look at the big room first.

It was rare for Shen Dahai and Zhu Xiufen to sleep in the same room alone. Even their eldest son was driven to sleep in the next room by Shen Dahai.

Zhu Xiufen was lying on the kang, like a pancake, feeling that Shen Dahai had something to say to her.

On the one hand, she was afraid that Shen Dahai would tell her some "bad news", and on the other hand, she was afraid that Shen Cao'er's lie just now could not be summed up in detail. If Shen Dahai realized something was wrong later, she didn't know how to help Shen Cao'er get through it.

No matter how angry Shen Cao'er is, Shen Cao'er is the daughter she has loved for so many years.

Now that she was kicked out of the Tang family and had nowhere to go, Zhu Xiufen selfishly didn't want her husband to know the nonsense Shen Cao'er had said.

She knew her man well. If her man heard that Shen Cao'er had said that he wanted to borrow food, let him ask her... Then Shen Cao'er would probably not survive until dawn.

As a mother, no matter how angry you are, you can't just watch your daughter die, right?

But there were so many secrets in her heart. Zhu Xiufen was really guilty. She would make blind calculations as soon as she closed her eyes. She tossed and turned and couldn't sleep at all.

"Dahai, do you have something to tell me?" Unable to hold back the torment in her heart, she finally asked.

Shen Dahai was silent for a long time: "How much food do you have at home?"

When she heard what he was going to say, Zhu Xiufen couldn't sleep anymore: "There's not much left. I, I want to give my sister-in-law some more tomorrow."

"Dahai, don't be angry yet. Listen to me. Those are my brother and sister-in-law. I can't watch them starve to death. I'm begging you."

"Those grains are considered to be borrowed from you. Starting tomorrow, I will go to the fields during the day and go up the mountains at night. I will keep them in the fields and earn ten work points. I won't go down the mountain until I dig something to eat."

"If you can't do it, you can slap me with big-eared melon seeds."

The room was quiet. The more she talked, the more unsure she was. It wasn't that she couldn't be tough in front of men, but... if it wasn't for her mother.

The family did not betray their sister-in-law Shen Niannian because of her mother's instigation, and Shen Dahai, their two brothers and their father-in-law did not go to jail because of her mother's instigation...

Then she must be very tough in front of Shen Dahai. She can be as tough as Song Dani in front of Shen Erhu. She dares to argue about how much she has sacrificed for this family and how many children she has given birth to.

If Shen Dahai dared to treat her badly, she would dare to point at Shen Dahai and scold him.

But now so many unlucky things are related to her natal family. If she dares to stand up in front of Shen Dahai, Shen Dahai will kick her back to her natal family.

Let her live with her mother in prison and her brother and sister-in-law who are about to starve to death.

So how are you living this day?It's no different than forcing her to die.

In order to prevent Shen Dahai from taking his anger out on her and asking for a divorce, Zhu Xiufen had kept herself low and petty in front of Shen Dahai since she was released from prison.

Even his speech is much gentler than before.

Shen Dahai didn't say anything. The more he didn't speak, the more uncertain Zhu Xiufen felt. She had to add one more sentence: "I won't give you more, Dahai. I will give my sister-in-law two handfuls of corn noodles tomorrow."

"No, you're watching from the side while I'm pretending. I'm sure I'm not hiding anything. I'll just lend them a few meals."

"As long as people don't starve to death, if they have something to eat and have some strength, they can go up the mountain to find food by themselves..."

Shen Dahai: "Bring me five kilograms of corn noodles."

"Hey, I'll just take five pounds, don't worry, I don't have much...what?!" Zhu Xiufen would have almost screamed if she wasn't afraid of disturbing someone!

"Dahai, what are you talking about? Are you talking nonsense?" There are only a few kilograms of corn noodles left in the house.

It is estimated that the total weight is only five kilograms. Her man said that he would give all five kilograms to her mother-in-law, so this is...

"Dahai, are you saying something sarcastic to me?" Zhu Xiufen burst into tears immediately, "Isn't it okay if I don't take it?"

"I have no intention of moving all the money to my parents' house. If you don't like it, I won't give it to my sister-in-law."

"No, you take it." Shen Dahai's voice was calm, and his attitude could not be discerned.

Zhu Xiufen shook her head like a rattle: "If I don't take it, do you also want to say that this is compensation food for me?"

Shen Dahai: "What kind of compensation food?"

"Just divorce me and give me five kilograms of food as compensation. From now on, we will have nothing to do. Are you going to drive me away?"

She felt sad: "I know my mother made a mistake, and your father hasn't come back because of it. It's right for you to be angry with me."

"But Dahai, how come we have been husband and wife for so many years, why are you so heartless towards me? Just like your second brother..."

Not knowing why his second brother was involved again, Shen Dahai wiped his face and discovered for the first time that his wife was also quite good at making calculations.

Afraid of waking up the children in the room next to her, Shen Dahai lowered his voice: "Okay, stop howling. I don't want to divorce you. I don't want you to go back to your parents' house with the last food."

"When I said I would give your sister-in-law five kilograms of corn noodles, I didn't say it out of anger. I just have some at home, so just give them to me."

"You can't bear to see your brother and his wife starve to death, but I can't bear it? Is Shen Dahai like this to you?"

"I think when the family was separated, all the food was taken away by Jin Yatou. There was no food left at home. Your brother and sister-in-law also brought five kilograms of food to our family."

Now he asked Zhu Xiufen to pay back five kilograms, which can be regarded as tit-for-tat.

Somehow, Shen Dahai now particularly believes in the theory of retribution. He always wonders if the brothers had not done so cruelly to the fourth child.

Isn’t it possible that every family will be broken up now... people will not die.

But there is always a truth, it seems to be retribution. They had bad intentions and did bad things, and now every family has ended up in this situation.

Not knowing what her man was up to, Zhu Xiufen just felt that her man was crazy. He was not speaking sarcastically, nor was he planning to divorce her to compensate her.

Instead, he seriously stated that he would give her mother's family five kilograms of grain.

Isn't this crazy?

When the family was separated and there was no food, her mother's family gave her five kilograms. Now that they have returned it, they can still keep in touch.

But the problem is, if they have all these five kilograms at home, how can they survive?

Let’s tighten our belts and starve to death together?

Zhu Xiufen's voice was trembling as she spoke: "Dahai, don't scare me. Do you not want to live anymore?"

Shen Dahai let out a long sigh. He was really afraid of Zhu Xiufen's mind, just for a moment and a few words.

She thought about everything from divorce to death, and she didn't think about good things. She only thought about bad things.

"Okay, stop wondering. I mean we have food at home now. It's not the five kilograms of food you think. It's because we borrowed new food."

"What?!" Zhu Xiufen didn't even bother to cry and sat up suddenly, "Dahai, are you kidding me?"

How is it possible to borrow food? To put it bluntly, my own daughter won’t even borrow food.

Her family now has such a reputation in the village. Not to mention asking people in the village to borrow food, even if they talk to each other on the sidewalk, they won't pay attention to her.

Her natal family is now even poorer than hers, not to mention Shen Dahai's two remaining brothers.

Shen Erhu was even worse, and Shen Sanhe was fine, but now that he was in Sifang's lap, he was eager to cut ties with them, and it was impossible to lend them food.

and so……

"Da Dahai, where did the new food come from? You didn't steal it, did you?" Her voice was very soft, for fear of being reported again.

Shen Dahai didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "No, don't think about it, it was given by Zhao Di."

"Zhao Di... gave it to me?" Zhu Xiufen shook her head and unexpectedly raised her hand to give herself a slap in the face!

Shen Dahai was shocked: "What are you doing?"

"Let's see if I'm dreaming. Zhaodi, why would Zhaodi send us food? She doesn't even recognize us."

Speaking of Shen Zhaodi, Shen Dahai wanted to sigh again. He told Zhu Xiufen that he saw Shen Zhaodi feeding the dog today, but after a while Shen Zhaodi knocked on the door and handed him a bag of food.

Shen Dahai: "I didn't expect that she could give us food. You don't even know that my hands were shaking when I took the food."

It's funny to say, when has Shen Dahai been so cowardly?

But for some reason, he just felt that the bag of grain he received was too heavy for a grown man like him to carry.

It wasn't that the food was heavy, but that his heart was so heavy that he didn't even know how to face Zhao Di.