Framed at the beginning: Female educated youth forced to marry disabled military officer

The old house was at the foot of the hill behind the village, with no neighbors around it. It had thatched huts and loess walls. It was only because of his mental illness that he would live in that ghost house instead of the big blue brick house.

Father Xiao glanced at Xiao Xiangbei, who was timid. This second brother was too shrewd. "I'll give you the homestead. Do you have the money to build a house? If you have the money to build a house, just go to the branch secretary and apply for a homestead." There is not much wasteland next to the village."

The Qinghe brigade has a small population, but there is a lot of wasteland, and building a house is a costly and laborious task. Many families may not be able to build a house even if they save money for a lifetime. Most of them have large families crowded together. Therefore, there are many people in the village. There are many idle homestead sites that are relatively easy to apply for.

At this moment, Xiao Xiangbei also felt that he had been impulsive, and said with a smile: "Dad, look at what you said, how can I have that ability? I'm just asking casually, just asking."

Father Xiao ignored him and continued: "After the house is divided, what is left is a few money from the family. I spent part of it to find a wife for my fourth son. Your sister is not married yet, so you have to leave part of it for her dowry. Also, Yes, your mother and I are getting old, and we still need to save some money for retirement. After all this, there is not much money left at home. The eldest and the second have worked for the family for so many years, and we have children. To raise the child, each family will receive ten yuan. The third and fourth children have a smaller burden, and each family will receive five yuan. What do you think?"

"We have no problem." Xiao Xiangnan said first, "It's just that, Dad, Mom, it's okay to separate the family, but can we not separate the stove? This family is so big, how can there be room to separate several stoves, and this pot is not big enough." Good buy."

An iron pot costs not only a few yuan, but also industrial coupons.

"That's right, Mom and Dad, we were already exhausted from work, and we still have to cook when we come back. All our time is wasted on cooking. It's too troublesome." Zhou Xinghua said.

Xiao's mother said: "Since you said so, then separate the families and eat the food together."

Zhou Xinghua: "That's good. We can take turns cooking as before. It saves trouble."

"One more thing, the house and money will be divided between you. From now on, your mother and I will also have to decide on how to provide for you in old age." Father Xiao looked at his sons and said, "We don't want too much food. We will just follow the village's regulations." As for the money for filial piety, it shouldn’t be too much. Just give us five yuan a year for the four of you.”

Father Xiao's request is not outrageous, and Xiao Xiangdong and Meng Xiaoman have no objections. Although my sister-in-law Liu Zhi'er thinks that five yuan a year is a bit high, she can manage the money allocated to the team by herself from now on without having to hand it over, so she doesn't have much objection. As for Xiao Xiangnan, he felt that honoring his parents was the right thing to do, and he had no objection to it.

Xiao Xiangbei and Zhou Xinghua, on the other hand, were a little reluctant, "Mom and Dad, I think it's a bit unfair for each family to contribute five yuan. You see, we, the eldest brother, and the fourth brother are all taking care of you, and there is no merit in this." There is also hard work. The third brother and his wife don't have to worry about anything, but they pay the same as us. Isn't it a bit unfair?"

Xiao's mother glanced at Zhou Xinghua who was speaking. The last time she went to beg for money, she didn't see her so eloquent. Now her mind was spinning quickly, "Then what do you think is fair?"

"I think the three of us who accompany you every day should get less money. The third brother should get more money. What do you think?"

As soon as Zhou Xinghua said this, everyone looked at Xiao Xiangdong.

Xiao Xiangdong said calmly: "I don't care how much you pay, I will only take the money I should get, the filial piety money of five yuan a year, and the filial piety grain that should be given. I will write down the specific contents one by one. Come down and sign as proof."

Seeing what Xiao Xiangdong said, Zhou Xinghua turned to Xiao's father and Xiao's mother, "Mom and Dad, what do you think?"

Father Xiao and mother Xiao knew that Xiao Xiangdong and Meng Xiaoman were both soft-spoken and did not want to get entangled in front of the party secretary and captain, so they said directly: "What the second family said makes sense, then you three families, just The filial piety money is four yuan a year. If anyone moves out and no longer pays filial piety to us, it will be changed to five yuan."

Zhou Xinghua felt that four yuan was not much less than five yuan. She wanted to negotiate the price again, but was stopped by Father Xiao's cold eyes and shut her mouth.

Witnessed by the branch secretary and the team leader, the Xiao family was officially divided.

The next day, Xiao Xiangdong went to the commune to pull out his and Meng Xiaoman's household registration.

Xiao Xiangdong's legs are getting better day by day. In order to help him recover as soon as possible, Meng Xiaoman asked him to swallow a fitness pill midway. Now, except that he can't run, jump or do heavy work, he can walk normally without any problem.

Meng Xiaoman did not let him go to work, but arranged for him to go up the mountain to collect fungi.

Now is the time when porcini, jiaochengqing and matsutake are growing. Meng Xiaoman has to go to work and has no time to pick them, but wants to eat them, so he asks Xiao Xiangdong to pick them.

Xiao Xiangdong, who was standing and walking again, wished he could walk all over the mountain immediately. He was very happy with this job. Not only could he carry back several baskets of mushrooms every day, but he could also hunt two or three pheasants or hares.

Meng Xiaoman went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy ten pounds of salt and pickled the pheasants and rabbits.

"How about giving it to Liu Zhiyuan and asking him to help sell it?" The family has already stocked up on fifteen or six pheasants and hares. Not counting those in Meng Xiaoman’s space.

"No, let's keep it for ourselves. The family is not short of money for the time being."

When there is a severe drought in June or July, it will be difficult to hunt in the mountains and forests, and all the wild animals have fled to the mountains.

Meng Xiaoman had experienced an apocalypse and was deeply afraid of the lack of food and water.

"By the way, can we collect some eggs and duck eggs from the village? I want to get some boiled eggs and salted duck eggs." She had no egg stamps in her hand and could not go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy them.

During the disaster period, when everyone tightens their belts and lives, they can't just open the fire and eat meat every day, so they can get by with some boiled eggs, salted duck eggs and pickled vegetables.

"Okay, I'll make an appointment with Mrs. Tian. By the way, we have separate households. According to the regulations, we can raise five chickens and three ducks. I have already made an appointment with her for five chickens and three ducks. She will bring it to us in a few days." When the chickens and ducks grow up and lay eggs, there is no need to buy any more eggs.

After packing up the prey, Xiao Xiangdong washed a basin of red fruits and put them in front of Meng Xiaoman: "When I went to the mountain, I saw the cherries and wild strawberries were ripe. I picked some and brought them back. You can try them."

Meng Xiaoman pinched one and ate it in her mouth. Well, it was sweet yet sour, very appetizing.

"Speaking of which, I haven't been to the mountains for a long time. Where did you pick these cherries and wild strawberries?" Meng Xiaoman wanted to transplant some into her own space.