Surprise! The rough husband is the hidden boss of the period literature

Chapter 99 Partnering up
Xu Qinghuan has always known that Yu Xiaomin has a lot of mental burdens, and she doesn't want to make her best friend feel so uncomfortable all the time.

"Now it's time to plant cabbages and white radishes. We'll have to rely on them for the entire winter, so we need to plant more around the house. Xinyu and I don't know how to farm."

Yu Xiaomin arrived quickly. "I know how to do it. I asked the aunties and grandmas in the village for advice today. Aunt Zaohua even said that she would come and teach me how to plant the crops after we level the land. I can leave this to you now."

Xu Qinghuan had just that in mind. "Before the cabbages and radishes are harvested, we need to eat vegetables. I've talked to Comrade Jiang next door about this. I'll give him one yuan a month and we can pick our vegetables from his place. I think his vegetables are growing very well."

Zheng Siqi said hurriedly, "Let the three of us pay for this dollar. We've been eating here for a long time, and we need to eat our own food. Each time, you can pick a little extra and we can eat it together or share it."

There are six of them in total, and they have to eat about 100 to 200 kilograms of vegetables in a month.

Yu Xiaomin felt very embarrassed, and Dai Yifeng noticed it. He said, "Yu Zhiqing, since you're partnering with us, we're all friends. You don't like to take advantage of others, so don't feel any burden."

Chen Dewen said, "Yes, so if that's the case, do we still have to do what the educated youth camp did, where everyone takes turns cooking and takes out their allotted rations each time? We originally just wanted to be free, and your cooking happens to be delicious, so we're just joining in and taking some. Doesn't that mean we're taking advantage of you?"

Yu Xiaomin's eyes were red, and she waved her hands quickly, "No, no, I just feel, I feel, why do you treat me better than my parents, my brothers and sisters?"

As she spoke, tears suddenly fell and she burst into tears. She was very sad and made people feel very sympathetic.

Fortunately, she quickly stopped and wiped away her tears, "I'm sorry, I couldn't help it."

Xu Qinghuan asked her, "What happened today?"

Everyone looked at her, and although no one said anything, their encouragement was obvious.

Yu Xiaomin said, "The postman came to the production team today. I received a letter from my parents asking me to send some food back to them."

She wanted to laugh, but it was uglier than crying. "When I came here, they didn't give me a penny. If I hadn't been collecting trash since I was a child and saved some money, I might not have even a penny in my hand."

She became more and more excited as she spoke. "You know, I used to have a job, so I didn't have to go to the countryside. I accidentally saved a child, and the child's parents found me a job, but my mother forced me to give the job to my sister-in-law who was not married yet.

They agreed to send me ten yuan a month when I went to the countryside, but now the money hasn't arrived, so they said my brother is getting married and the family is in financial difficulty, so they asked me to save some food and send it back to them."

How disheartening!
Qiao Xinyu was filled with righteous indignation. "So what are you going to do? Are you really going to send it back to them?"

Yu Xiaomin shook her head. "No, I gave them that job as a way of repaying their kindness in giving me life. As for their kindness in raising me, I have been doing all the work at home since I was little. The little food I eat is earned by working like a slave."

From now on, I will cut all ties with them!"

After she finished speaking, she looked at her companions cautiously. In their eyes, she saw admiration, support, and sympathy, but no contempt or disdain.

This made her both moved and grateful.

Xu Qinghuan patted her hand gently. "You are hardworking, brave, and independent-minded. As long as no one holds you back, you will definitely live a good life. The future is promising, so don't be afraid!"

Yu Xiaomin hugged Xu Qinghuan, "Thank you, Huanhuan!" She turned around and hugged Qiao Xinyu, "Thank you, Xiaoyu!"

At this moment, she really regarded Xu Qinghuan and Qiao Xinyu as her best friends.

Qiao Xinyu said bluntly, "Xiaomin, you don't have to thank us. If you want to thank someone, you should thank yourself! To be honest, we definitely don't approve of you sacrificing yourself to support your parents and brothers.

However, we can't say this to you, after all, distance doesn't separate family. But if you can figure it out and stand up for yourself, we will certainly support you."

Yu Xiaomin asked, "Don't you think I'm ungrateful and unfilial?"

Dai Yifeng and the other two shook their heads in unison, while Xu Qinghuan and Qiao Xinyu looked at her in disbelief.

The three of them laughed.

Chen Dewen said, "Yu Zhiqing, repaying evil with kindness, how can you repay kindness? Of course, this saying may not be appropriate here, but it is inevitable that a father is unkind and a son is unfilial. The closer the family, the more we should not let the other party give blindly, or even let the other party disregard their life."

Didn’t Yu Xiaomin’s family not care about her life?
She came here with no money and had only worked for a few days. The only food she had was the subsidy from the production team. If she sent this little food to her parents, what would she eat?
Wouldn't she just starve to death?
Yu Xiaomin's eyes flashed with determination. "My mother also said that our family is in financial difficulty now and I should think more about them. When my brother gets married and my sister-in-law gets married in the future, they will definitely send money to support me. Even if I get married in the future, I will still have to rely on my parents' family.

Can I rely on them? I am in the most difficult time now. When I left, I asked my mother for money, but she only gave me two yuan. My brother even made sarcastic remarks, saying that I came to the countryside to earn money and food, and that I brought money from home. Am I going to starve them to death?

Xu Qinghuan patted her shoulder and said, "Don't think about it. In this life, you can only rely on yourself. It's not that there are no parents in this world that we can rely on, but obviously, we can't meet them. Standing on your own feet is more important than anything else."

"Yes, that's it!" Zheng Siqi looked at Xu Qinghuan with admiration. She had a positive, independent and self-reliant spirit that was really admirable!

After dinner, Chen Dewen and the other two rushed to clear the dishes, but Yu Xiaomin shooed them away. "If you still have energy, go and turn the fields over. Many families in the village have already planted their cabbages and radishes."

The three of them were worried that they would have no cabbage and radishes to eat this year, so they hurried to plow the soil, first in the front yard and then in the back yard. The combined area was not small. If there was a good harvest of cabbages and radishes, they would not have to worry about having no vegetables to eat this winter.

It's not impossible to allocate private plots of land for the three of them to farm, but with so many people, just look at the vegetables grown by the old educated youth and you'll know that no one is planting them carefully. But if the three of them planted well, unless they counted how many cabbages there were every day, otherwise, they would probably be secretly pulled out.

Xu Qinghuan and Qiao Xinyu were boiling water in another pot for a bath. Xu Qinghuan had something else to do, so he took a bath first.

She didn't take a shower in the bathroom. After entering, she went straight into the space and swam in the hot spring inside. Her hair and body were clean. After coming out, she washed her clothes with the bath water, making a splashing sound to cover up her tracks.

Xu Qinghuan wore a twill shirt and a pair of blue pants, but her hair was still wet. She wiped it half dry with a towel, tied her hair behind her head with a hairband, and went out.

Jiang Xingye picked two baskets of vegetables for Luo Jinhao, who continued to chatter, "Brother Ye, not only are your vegetables growing well, they don't wilt easily. I didn't use up all the vegetables from the day before yesterday. This morning I went to the state-owned restaurant, and the vegetables there were even fresher than those picked right from the fields."

Jiang Xingye saw Xu Qinghuan coming over, his eyes softened, and he chased Luo Jinhao away, "We've finished picking the vegetables, hurry up and leave!"

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