Chapter 257: Partial Mother 7
Chapter 257: Partial Mother 7
In the past, the girls from the second branch of the Wang family were not valued. When Erya and her friends went out to play, they could not eat or use the same things as the girls from other families.
Don’t underestimate children because they are young. Their likes and dislikes are more obvious, and they have their own “hierarchy”.
Girls who are favored, generous, or beautiful in the family often occupy a dominant position among children.
People like Erya have always been at the bottom of the group of children and are often followers of other girls.
But who would have thought that Erya, who had always been looked down upon by other children, actually had a red hairband that none of them had.
Chen Niuhua is the eldest granddaughter of the old Chen family at the east end of the village. She is tender and pretty, and is loved by the old Chen couple. She always has a handful of melon seeds or peanuts in her pocket, so she has always been the envy of the girls in the village.
After seeing Erya’s red hairband, Chen Niuhua wanted to go back and act coquettishly with her grandparents.
But Chen Niuhua's grandfather was in a bad mood that day and had no intention of coaxing his granddaughter. Chen Niuhua's unreasonable behavior just hit the target and he was scolded by Old Chen.
Not getting the red hairband she wanted and being scolded, Chen Niuhua was unhappy. When she saw the red hairband on Erya's head again, she had bad thoughts.
She also knew Xiaoqiang, so she deliberately said in front of Xiaoqiang: "Didn't you say that your grandma loves you the most? Erya has a red hairband, but how come you don't have anything? You are bragging!"
Children are the most vulnerable to provocation, let alone Xiaoqiang, who is at an age where he starts to care about his reputation.
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. So, while Erya was not at home, he sneaked into the second wife's room and stole all the red hairbands from Erya and Sanya.
If Daya hadn’t hidden her red hairband well, hers would have been taken away by Xiaoqiang as well.
The proud Xiaoqiang took the red hairband to Chen Niuhua to show off, pretending that Yang Lianhua bought it for him.
He didn't even think about it. He was a boy, so how could Yang Lianhua buy him a red hairband?
Chen Niuhua pretended to be envious and exchanged the peanuts in her pocket with Xiaoqiang for two red hairbands.
Erya couldn't find her red hairband, but she saw it on Chen Niuhua's head. She immediately realized something was wrong, grabbed Chen Niuhua's hair and asked her where the red hairband came from.
Chen Niuhua was no match for Erya, who had to do rough work at such a young age, so she sold Xiaoqiang while crying.
Then, Erya, who was about to explode with anger, came to cause trouble for Xiaoqiang.
After hearing about this lawsuit, Yang Lianhua was really angry and wanted to laugh.
She poked Xiaoqiang's head with her finger and cursed, "You're such a jerk! Erya is your sister, and instead of helping her, you steal her things. You bastard!"
She brought Xiaoqiang and Erya into the house, asked Erya to beat Xiaoqiang to vent her anger, and then took the two children to Chen's house to settle the score.
After hearing what Yang Lianhua said, the Chen family was dumbfounded and immediately called Chen Niuhua to confront her.
Chen Niuhua is really smart. After getting the red hairband, she hid it outside and only showed it off in front of her friends. She never wore it in front of her family.
Therefore, the Chen family really didn’t know about this.
After Erya found her, Chen Niuhua immediately threw the red hairband into the fire to "destroy all traces".
At first, Chen Niuhua pretended to be stupid, but no matter how smart she was, she was just a little girl, and Yang Lianhua tricked her into knowing what had happened in just a few words.
The Chen family was embarrassed and panicked, and kept apologizing to Yang Lianhua and others, and promised to compensate Erya and Sanya with two red hairbands.
Yang Lianhua refused after asking Erya for her opinion.
Although Chen Niuhua was the one who instigated this incident, it was the silly boy Xiaoqiang who did it. Both parties were wrong.
After returning home, Yang Lianhua bought new red hairbands for Erya and Sanya, and then beat Wang Zhi again.
"Mom, Xiaoqiang made a mistake, why did you hit me?" Wang Zhi cried.
Yang Lianhua scolded, "It's all because of you who set such a bad example. Who else should I hit if not you?"
Hearing Yang Lianhua's words, Wang Zhi wilted.
He didn't take his own petty thefts seriously, but that didn't mean he wanted to see his own children being such dishonest bastards.
So when Yang Lianhua said that, he lowered his head and kept silent.
Xiaoqiang's incident also served as a wake-up call for Yang Lianhua. In the days that followed, she paid close attention to the ideological problems of several children, personally educating them and striving to cultivate them into good children with all-round development in morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics and labor.
Time flies, and it’s the end of the year in a blink of an eye.
Yang Lianhua took the money she earned from work points, carried a basket of pheasant eggs, and took Wang Yong to the town to buy things for the New Year.
After selling the pheasant eggs in a small alley, Yang Lianhua and Wang Yong went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy things.
While waiting in line, she heard someone behind her talking about the educated youth returning to the city.
"My relative works at the Youth Educated Office. He said if the higher-ups take drastic action, all those educated youth might have to go back!"
"real or fake?"
"pretty close."
"What if I start a family here? I can't go back, right?"
"I don't know about that. It depends on what the policy says."
"Hey, several families in our team have married into the educated youth camp. I don't know what will happen in the future!"
"..."
Yang Lianhua thought of Fang Wenye.
Fang Wenye didn't care about Wang Zhi stealing the watch, but Yang Lianhua couldn't bully an honest man, so she would send the children at home to give Fang Wenye something every now and then.
When outsiders asked about it, they all said in unison that Fang Wenye had done their Wang family a great favor.
Now that Yang Lianhua has received this news, she feels that she should tell Fang Wenye.
Fang Wenye was indeed very excited when he heard this. He immediately called home and asked the Fang family to help find out.
Soon, the policy for educated youth to return home came out, but it had to be done in batches.
Fang Wenye, who received the news in advance, was among the first group of educated youth to sign up. After receiving the notice to return home, he brought some things to the Wang family to express his gratitude.
"Auntie Yang, it's all thanks to you, otherwise I don't know when it would be my turn!" Fang Wenye said to Yang Lianhua with a smile.
Yang Lianhua looked at Wang Zhi, who had hunched his neck and remained silent since Fang Wenye arrived, and said to Fang Wenye, "I, an old woman, only heard this from hearsay. It would be great if I could help you!"
Fang Wenye was among the first group to leave. In the following year, more and more educated youth returned to their hometowns. Of course, there were some messy things among them, but they had little to do with Yang Lianhua.
She was now sitting in the team room with others, listening to the team leader convey the policies of his superiors.
The wind of change finally blew to S City, and Baihe Brigade was changed back to Baihe Village. From now on, the era of the big pot meal ended, and the country was about to usher in a brand new development outlook.
"What did you say? You're going south?"
Wang Dagen, who always kept his head down and looked docile, rarely opened his eyes wide and looked at Yang Lianhua with an incredible look.
Yang Lianhua glanced at him: "Why, do you have any objections?"
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