Seventy-year-old book: The villain Zaizai’s best mother

Xia Mingshuang: "..."

She praised herself: "My feet slipped."

She gathered her strength and stood up again. She staggered and almost tilted, and quickly squatted down holding the pole.

so awkward.

Zhao Juying: "..."

This motherfucker is really a useless snack.

In the past, you relied on your good looks to marry a rich man and enjoy happiness as his wife, but now you can't make money from it.

Zhao Juying laughed secretly, but she took the pole over with a face and said, "Let's start driving."

She put the pole directly on her shoulder, easily picked up a load of water, twisted her waist and swung her hips, and headed outside.

There is a skill involved in carrying water. You have to follow the rhythm and swing range of the pole and bucket. You will not feel tired if you go with the force. If you go against the force, you will not only get tired but may also fall.

Xia Mingshuang: "!"

The third lady is so powerful that I feel tired.

She quickly followed and said with a smile: "Thank you, aunt, you are so awesome."

Zhao Juying sneered repeatedly, "It's not time to scold me behind my back, Sangmen Xing Kefu Kezi. I'm such a fool, don't you know that you guys are chewing your tongue?"

The little Zaizai was sitting on the threshold. When he heard the noise, he stood up and looked at the third grandma helping his mother to carry water, his eyes widened.

Xia Mingshuang hurriedly took Zaizai's hand and followed Zhao Juying to his home.

When passing by the door of the Gu family's house, an eight or nine-year-old girl happened to run out. When she saw Xia Mingshuang was about to speak, and then saw Zhao Juying helping her carry water, her eyes widened in shock.

Xia Mingshuang recognized that it was Gu Yunshan's niece. Because she had to carry water and had no time, she led her little Zaizai and chased Zhao Juying straight over.

Gu Daman: "Auntie, my grandma asked you to come over."

Xia Mingshuang: "I'm carrying water, we'll talk about it later."

If you ask me to come over, I will go over? Are you big-faced? I'm not happy yet.

Across the yard, she could hear Gu Yulian's crying and the loud voices of the Leizi family. Oh, it seemed like something was really going on.

She sneered, let Gu Yulian have a taste of having her reputation ruined.

She followed her home and led Zhao Juying to help pour water into the water tank in the main room.

The water tank is medium in size and can hold three loads of water.

She smiled quickly and thanked her.

Zhao Juying looked at the water tank and saw that it had bottomed out. She was really a lazy woman!

Seeing that Xia Mingshuang had no intention of doing anything, she had to put down the bucket, use a broom to clean the water tank and scoop out the dirty water, and then pour the clean well water into it.

Huh, if it weren't for Yunshan's sake, he wouldn't bother to serve this lazy woman.

Xia Mingshuang thanked her hurriedly, but said sheepishly: "Auntie, you see, my family doesn't have as much food, eggs, and vegetables as yours, so there's no point in giving this. How about I give you a few cents?"

Zhao Juying said sarcastically: "Well, I know your Yunshan family makes more money than anyone else."

Show off your shit, you prodigal bitch!

Xia Mingshuang was determined to make this deal with the third aunt shamelessly.

Since the third lady is very strong, fetching water is just like playing, but I really can’t do it, so it’s better to buy it with money.

She discussed with the third lady that she would give three loads of water every day. She could give it... She didn't know how much it would be.

A load of water is at least ten cents, right?

Zhao Juying looked at Xia Mingshuang and said, "In this case, I will send you three loads of water a day, and you give me six cents."

A bucket of water only costs a penny? This labor is too cheap.

Xia Mingshuang is sorry, the third aunt is also in her 50s.

She hurriedly said: "A bucket of water should cost at least two cents."

Zhao Juying: "It's just a two-step journey, what's the use of two cents? One cent is a lot!"

If it were given to another man, I'd probably have to pick up three loads of water for five cents. After all, it's only a few steps away.

But this money is a lot for country people, a box of matches only costs two cents!

For a family with no cash income, every penny is worth a lot. This prodigal bitch doesn't know that her man works hard to make money.

If it were anyone else, Zhao Juying would have asked for two cents a bucket without mercy, but she didn't want to do this at Gu Yunshan's house. Besides, the two families were not far away, and she would deliver a load of water in the blink of an eye. Where could she spend four cents?

Of course, no one else wants to spend this unjust money, and no one is the one who is being taken advantage of.

Xia Mingshuang didn't care about the dime or two cents. What she wanted was convenience. Not only did she need to carry water, but there was also a shortage of firewood at home, and she also had a big head of labor - grinding!

Although you can borrow the donkeys of the production team to grind the mill, a production team only has one donkey to grind the mill, and dozens of households take turns, so they don’t know when it will be their turn. Once it's your turn, you have to grind out all the grain quickly even if you don't sleep at night, or else the next family will rush you.

If you don't use a donkey and grind manually, you will get dizzy after a while like a donkey. Xia Mingshuang feels that he must not be able to do it.

This matter was so important that she felt that if Gu Yulian was willing to help her, she could really forgive him for his scheme.

How nice it would be to spend some money to ask Zhao Juying for help now.

Zhao Juying is a family member of a martyr. Although the pension was a one-time payment back then, the brigade still took care of her in her daily life.

For example, the proportion of basic rations is higher, more firewood is distributed, and the basic work points for working are higher, so as to ensure the life of her, her grandson, and her adopted daughter.

Zhao Juying, on the other hand, is very strong. Even though she is already 55 years old, she still works in the fields to earn work points. She has no worries about food and drink at home, but... she doesn't have much cash.

She wants to save money for her grandson to marry him later.

Gu Yunshan made a lot of money, and Xia Mingshuang was rich, so she felt that she and Zhao Juying would be mutually beneficial.

In the end, the two bargained over the price. Zhao Juying would send her three loads of water a day, and as long as the weather was good, she would let her children send her another bundle of firewood. She is a martyr, and the donkey has priority, but she can do it by herself without taking advantage of the production team.

Xia Mingshuang gave her a dime to carry water and firewood like this.

Three yuan a month, prodigal mother-in-law! But I really need these three dollars!

If you push the grinder, you can get [-] cents a month. If you don't push the grindstone, you won't get paid.

There is only so much ration for a month. If you push it once, the time will be longer. If you push it two or three times, the time will be shorter each time.

If it were someone else, Xia Mingshuang would not dare to exchange easily for fear of being reported as a landlord and capitalist. Secondly, she would not be so generous. She would have to give less, but to an elder like Zhao Juying, she would rather give more, and she has the third wife. Although it seems difficult to get along with him, in reality he is not advantageous at all.

She asked Zhao Juying to keep it secret and not let anyone know that it was a money transaction.

Zhao Juying: "Don't worry. My old lady is strong enough to help anyone she wants. No one dares to ask me."

She was also helpful when she was young, and she often helped people in need carry water and millstones. But now that her old man and son are gone, few people come to help her, and some are even jealous of her enjoyment of martyred family members. What about treatment?

Zhao Juying didn't feel that Xia Mingshuang asked her to fetch water and grind mills, but felt that Xia Mingshuang was kind-hearted and wanted to help her with money. Anyway, to her, fetching water and grinding mills was not a big job, and it was a great thing for her to make money.

She became more pleased with Xia Ming.