Rebirth 1979: Marrying a poor girl at the beginning

Chen Ma Hu's neighbor aunt said helplessly: "Alas, Ma Hu's family is in financial difficulty and has no meat to buy. This morning, my family was cooking oil in the frying pan, and his second son Chen Ergou came to play at my house and looked at me eagerly. I felt sorry for the child, so I brought him half a bowl of crispy meat. The child was sensible and didn't eat alone, so he took it home for his brothers and sisters to eat. Unexpectedly, Ma Hu saw it. Ma Hu has had a bad temper since his leg injury, and he is a face-saving person. He thought it was shameful for his son to do this, so he beat him up for ten minutes! I should have stopped meddling earlier, and Ergou got beaten up!"

Lin Zhengjun frowned and shouted, "Chen Ma Hu, open the door for me! I, Lin Zhengjun!"

"Zhengjun, no, Director Xiaolin, why are you here?"

The beating stopped and hurried footsteps were heard. With a creak, the door was opened. Chen Mahu, with a thin face, looked at Lin Zhengjun in surprise, and then looked at everyone.

Lin Zhengjun walked into the yard and saw Chen Ergou kneeling on the ground with his pants taken off. His buttocks were covered with bruises and reds.

There are three children in his family, Chen Ergou is the second child, about ten years old. He has an older brother and a five-year-old sister.

At this time, the brother and sister were huddled in the main room, not daring to come out, for fear of bringing bad luck to their father.

"stand up!"

Lin Zhengjun picked up Chen Ergou.

"No, I can't get up without my dad telling me to!"

Chen Ergou didn't dare to get up and was about to kneel again.

Lin Zhengjun said: "Ma Hu, let him get up. It's right to discipline the child, but you let him take off his pants. It's freezing cold. If he catches a bad cold, it could be fatal!"

Chen Ma Hu said angrily: "Er Gou, get up!"

Chen Ma Hu limped into the room and said, "Director Lin, all of you come in and sit down!"

Everyone walked into the house and sat down. There were only three chairs in his house, and the house was small. There was a bed in the main room, so some people could only sit on it.

Lin Zhengjun looked around. Chen Mahu's family was in great poverty. They were penniless.

Not only was there no bricks on the ground, but it was also full of potholes. It was estimated that Chen Ma Hu would have difficulty moving, and he couldn't even pick up some loess to pave it.

On the back wall of the main hall hangs a portrait of the leader, and then there are awards all over the wall, all of which were won by Chen Ergou.

"Everyone, have some water!" Chen Mahu poured hot water for everyone. There were no teacups at home, just a few bowls with cracked rims.

Lin Zhengjun took the tea and took a sip, then asked, "Where's your wife?"

"Divorced, two months ago!"

Chen Ma Hu smiled bleakly and said, "My legs and feet are in trouble and I can't work. She has found a good matchmaker and her family conditions are better. I won't delay her!"

Lin Zhengjun was stunned.

He had never heard of this matter, so this was like rubbing salt into someone's wounds and he shouldn't have asked at all.

Lin Zhengjun calmed down and said, "Ma Hu, don't hit the child. Er Gou also has good intentions. He could have eaten it secretly, but he brought it back to his brothers and sisters. Maybe he even wanted to give it to you!"

Outside the door, tears suddenly welled up in Chen Ergou's eyes.

Chen Ma Hu's eyes also turned red, but he still insisted: "He has good intentions, but we can't indulge his bad habits. If he does it once or twice, it will become a habit. He might end up being a beggar in the future!"

Lin Zhengjun sighed helplessly and said, "It's enough that he knows he's wrong. You can't hit him so hard in the future, or something bad will happen!"

Lin Bingde said: "Yes, the child is still young, and he is not a bad child. It is normal to have some minor problems!"

Chen Ma Hu nodded.

Lin Zhengjun asked, "Is there any oil pan in your house?"

Chen Ma Hu said: "I steamed ten buns. It's better than usual. It can be considered as the New Year."

At this time, Wei Shuangxi, Zhao Zhongkai and Zou Chunfang went out, carrying flour, cooking oil, pork and other gifts and placed them on the table.

Chen Ma Hu was stunned and said, "Director Xiao Lin, what are you doing? I can't afford it."

"What do you mean? The team is going to force a deal with you?"

Lin Zhengjun almost laughed and said, "This is a gift from the brigade. I hope you and the children have a good New Year!"

"This, is this appropriate? I, I'm not good at work, and I'm hindering the brigade's grain production. How can I take things from the brigade for free?" Chen Mahu was stunned and couldn't believe it.

In the past, it was the impression that brigade cadres like Wei Shanhu were the ones who took advantage of others by scheming and robbing others. They would never give anything for free to members' homes.

"What do you mean by holding back? What you said is wrong!"

Lin Zhengjun said: "Life is long, who can guarantee that there will be no disasters in the future?"

"You used to be very active in production, much better than a second-rate person like me. But later you injured your leg, there was nothing you could do about it. You also wanted to do well!"

"Thank you, thank you, Zhengjun, and thank you leaders!"

Chen Ma Hu was so moved that his eyes filled with tears. He didn't know what to say. He just felt that Lin Zhengjun's words were like the warm sun that dispelled the winter chill and warmed his whole body.

The three children also looked at Lin Zhengjun with gratitude. However, they were all shy and did not dare to come forward to speak. But their eyes said it all.

"You're welcome, Ma Hu! Let's get through this difficult time together, and things will get better and better..." Lin Zhengjun comforted and encouraged him with a few words, and prepared to go to the next house.

When he reached the entrance of the main hall, he suddenly glanced at the award certificate on the wall and said, "Ergou, you should be in the fifth grade of elementary school now, right?"

Chen Ergou lowered his head in shame, tears welling up in his eyes.

Chen Ma Hu sighed, "Alas, after my leg became lame, I couldn't work anymore, so her mother ran away early, and she and her brother dropped out of school to earn work points!"

Lin Zhengjun frowned and said, "It's too early to drop out of school now. You have to go back to school!"

"I have such poor legs that I could not earn many work points before the land was distributed. If they did not drop out of school to earn work points, our family would starve to death."

Chen Ma Hu said: "The eldest is naughty and doesn't like to study, but the second one has good grades and has always been the first!"

Lin Zhengjun took out five yuan, stuffed it into Chen Ergou's pocket, and said, "After the New Year, go to school and use this money to pay your tuition!"

Chen Ergou's eyes lit up, but he didn't dare to answer. He glanced at his father and said, "Director Lin, I can't go to school. I have to work!"

Lin Zhengjun thought for a moment and said, "Chen Ma Hu, after the Chinese New Year, go to work at the Food Cooperative and you'll get 30 yuan a month!"

Chen Ma Hu's face lit up, but he immediately shook his head and said firmly, "No! Zhengjun, no, I know you are helping me, but my legs and feet can't do heavy work! If you let me take so much money, what will I become? I will become a burden to you!"

Lin Zhengjun said: "Don't worry, the cooperative is not all hard work! For example, security guards, cleaners, just cleaning!"

"That job is so easy, how can you get so much money?" Chen Ma Hu said: "You, you are clearly helping me!"

"I'm helping you, but it's reasonable for you to take so much money!"

Lin Zhengjun said: "Security work is extremely important. Just like in our food factory, if there is a mistake, someone sabotages or poisons the food, and kills a bunch of people, what should we do?"

"Let me tell you, let's not talk about the distant ones, let's talk about the nearby ones. The Beibingyang Factory that sold us the equipment has a factory protection team, and they are equipped with guns! It makes sense for us to set up a gate guard!"