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Chapter 95 Lazy people have their own survival mode
"Except for the two acres of land on the west side which are vacant and were originally intended to be used to grow sesame, the rest of the land is planted with crops. Logically speaking, since the family has been divided, the land should follow the people..."

As Yu Dejin was talking, he saw Yu Qiutang was only busy playing with the puppy, so he shouted, "Boss, stop playing with the puppy and talk about business."

Yu Qiutang didn't even raise his head and replied, "Go ahead, Dad. I'm listening."

If Yu Dejin had encountered such a thing in the past, he would have been furious, but now that the family has split up, he is the father in name but in reality they are two separate families.

He can talk to him, and his son can choose not to listen.

He didn't want to make himself bored, so he continued talking about what he had just said.

"However, this year's public grain tax still needs to be calculated based on the land. If it is distributed according to the land, the public grain tax must also be distributed. This side is not so bad, but your two acres of land are vacant, and the remaining two acres of land are planted with corn. You definitely cannot pay the public grain tax."

Wheat is required to be paid as public grain, and no other coarse grains are allowed.

When Yu Dejin said this, he was actually taking into consideration the difficulties faced by Yu Qiutang and others.

After hearing this, Yu Qiutang felt that what his father did was fair.

He actually thought that the worst way to divide the grain would be to distribute it according to the area of ​​the contracted land.

There was not a single grain of wheat in his field, and he still had to pay money or buy other people's wheat to pay the public grain tax. But who would sell grain at this time? It was a critical moment.

"I've thought about it. For our grain this year, we don't care what we grow or plant per acre. The land is roughly divided into two parts. Apart from the public grain that needs to be paid, the rest of the grain in the land will also be divided into two parts."

Seeing that Yu Qiutang did not say anything, he continued: "After you move out, your household registration will also be separately moved out, and then everyone will be responsible for their own public grain. Starting next year, we will not interfere with each other.

Boss, Chunmei, you two can think about dividing things up like this, is it feasible?"

Upon hearing this, Yu Chunmei looked directly at Yu Qiutang. She didn't pay much attention and left it all to Yu Qiutang.

The two children originally also owned two acres of land, and were considered "shareholders" and had a say, but Yu Dejin subconsciously gave the right to speak to Yu Qiutang and did not ask them.

Even though the family was separated, the two children were still not considered human beings in his eyes.

At least someone who has the right to speak.

Yu Qiutang put all the puppies in his hand back into the basket, lowered his head and thought for a moment, then looked up and said: "I have no objection to this division, but there is a problem. If they want to register their hukou, my third sister can be separated separately, but Xiaowei and Xiaoyun are still young, and the village and the police station will definitely not allow them to register.

I am just an uncle, and it is not easy to register him under my household registration. So, Dad, how about this? Although their two acres of land have been divided, when paying the public grain, we will give you the public grain from the two acres of land every year, and you can collect it and pay it. How about that?"

"Qiu Tang, how can you say such a thing?"

Chen Meidi had a bad look on her face whenever Yu Dejin was speaking. It was probably because she didn't quite agree with Yu Dejin's way of dividing the money, but she didn't dare to contradict Yu Dejin, so she was very angry.

Now when he heard Yu Qiutang speaking, he didn't care about anything and just started to attack him to show off his status.

"Oh, you guys are taking advantage of everything. The land has been divided up by you, and we have to pay the public grain... You said you would give us public grain when the time comes, but who knows if you will give it to us?
The quota for paying the public grain is in our name. When the time comes, no matter it is the production team, the brigade, or the commune, they will come to our house to urge us to pay the public grain. When they block our door, who will know where you are?"

Yu Qiutang looked at Chen Meidi calmly and asked in a playful tone, "Are you afraid that I will cheat my father or my brother?"

As he spoke, he deliberately glanced at Yu Qiushi.

Yu Qiushi was completely confused.

He had no idea what the adults were talking about. He usually never cared about these things. Food and the like had nothing to do with him. Anyway, he just wanted to eat white flour buns and fried potato shreds, and he didn't care about anything else.

"Don't tell me this, look around, aren't there many such things in Wangjia Village?
If you don’t want to talk about anything else, just talk about your Yu family…”

She was also very talkative, and she kept talking about the affairs of the Yu family. This touched Yu Dejin's sore spot, and he immediately gave her a black face.

"What nonsense are you talking about? Let's talk business. Why are you talking about these nonsense? The Yu family has nothing to do with you. Your Chen family is fine. Your mother is lying on the kang and being shit on..."

He suddenly remembered that this was not a couple arguing at home, and the children were watching them. He then stopped talking and said unhappily, "If you have something nice to say, just say it. If you have something useless to say, just shut up. No one will say you are dumb if you don't say anything."

Chen Meidi felt aggrieved when her husband scolded her in front of the children and mentioned her parents' home. She thought to herself, I haven't given you enough face, you really don't leave me any dignity at all.

"Okay, okay, since everyone in your courtyard is surnamed Yu, and I'm the only outsider, right? Go ahead and bully me. You big and small, unite and bully me to death. Anyway, no matter what I, Chen Meidi, do, in the eyes of you, Boss Yu, I'm still an outsider."

“You…!”

Seeing his wife throwing a tantrum, Yu Dejin also felt a headache, so he had no choice but to say, "Wait a minute, no one will say anything wrong with you. We are discussing business, and we want to solve the problem, not to say who is right or wrong. Why are you making trouble?"

"Oh, you guys are just discussing things, and I'm just causing trouble. Are you mistaken, Boss Yu? I'm your legally married wife, and you didn't manage this family by yourself, right?
What do you mean now? When you were working hard, you treated me like a man, and when you were doing the housework, I was your wife. But now that we are discussing serious matters, I have no right to speak, right?"

"I didn't say that... Hey, stop bothering me, what nonsense are you talking about..."

Yu Dejin usually has absolute "suppressive power" over Chen Meidi, but this is the normal way local men and women get along with each other. Chen Meidi was also educated in this way since she was a child and does not have too many objections.

But today, it happened in front of Yu Qiutang. She felt that Yu Qiutang's indifferent expression also seemed to carry some sarcasm, as if he was laughing at her, so she couldn't swallow this breath and wanted to get back at him no matter what.

"I……"

"Okay, if you two want to quarrel, wait until you get back to your cave and do it slowly. We are still busy. Can we still continue to discuss this matter?"

Yu Qiutang was annoyed by the quarrel between the two people.

Although Chen Meidi and his father were arguing, he felt a vague sense of satisfaction deep in his heart, and he hoped that the two of them would make a bigger quarrel so that he could see the fun of it.

But on another level, he felt bored.

not interesting.

Can we really tell right from wrong in these trivial family matters?

It's difficult, right?

The only right thing to do is to move out as soon as possible, as he has already decided, so as not to see them all day long.

The "battle" between Yu Dejin and Chen Meidi was interrupted, so they temporarily ceased fire. However, Chen Meidi didn't want to continue listening, so she turned around and went into the cave.

Now that her mother was gone, there was no point for Wang Chunlan to stay outside.

She was just there to watch the fun. Whether the land was divided or not, whether the grain was divided or not, it had nothing to do with her. In the words of her mother Chen Meidi, she was just someone who stayed at the Yu family and ate free meals. It was like raising a pig and it could grunt, and raising a dog and it could guard the door. Besides eating, the only function of raising her was to be a manure-producing machine.

Wang Chunlan was quite open-minded.

Lazy people have their own survival mode. You say I'm lazy, so I'm lazy. Anyway, I don't have any shame. As long as I don't feel ashamed, you can't do anything to me.

As the most primitive kind of parasite, she was sure that her mother would not really kick her out of the house, and Yu Dejin, her stepfather, had to consider the opinions of the village neighbors and would never treat her, his stepdaughter, badly to anyone else.

It's a good mix like this.

As for what my mother said about finding another partner, it depends on the situation. We can see from her marriage to her stepfather that there is no point in starting a family. Not only is it hard work, but the children born are useless. It's good enough if they don't make people angry.

It would be fine if she gave birth to someone like Yu Qiutang, at least he knew how to make money. But if they were like her and her younger brother Qiushi, wouldn't it kill her as a mother?

Many people think that lazy people have no self-awareness, but in fact, she is more open-minded than anyone else. No matter what happens at home, she basically just watches the joke, avoiding it if she can, and keeping silent if she can't.

Since no one asked for her opinion, she was happy and relaxed.

Yu Qiushi saw that his mother and sister had left, leaving only him and his father. His father had a serious face, so he suddenly felt very lonely and wanted to sneak away.

"Second brother, you stay here quietly. Where are you hiding? You should listen to the division of the family. What I have said to you in person, even if I die in the future, you brothers must remember it and don't turn your brothers against each other."

Upon hearing this, Yu Qiushi had no choice but to sit on the doorstep again.

"Oh, I get it, Dad."

He was sitting down, but his attention was not focused on what everyone was talking about. Instead, he was staring at the basket in Yu Qiutang's hand. Just now he heard a few barkings of puppies.

He has always wanted to have a dog. Most of his friends have dogs at home. When he sees others go out with dogs following them, he thinks it is very impressive and quite interesting.

But dogs need food, and as soon as he vaguely proposed this idea to his father, it was ruthlessly rejected. The reason was simple: the family did not have enough food, so how could they feed the dog?

Of course, you can't feed the dogs with leftovers. Chickens can make them crow and lay eggs if you feed them. What can dogs do if you feed them? Just guard the house. This family is so poor, what is there worth stealing?

Yu Qiushi's plan to raise a dog was stillborn.

He stared at Yu Qiutang in his hand, thinking about how comfortable it would be to stroke the puppy's furry back. He also wanted to have this experience.

I am so envious.

"Well, what do you think of me? My idea is to wait until Xiaowei becomes an adult in two years, or wait until he's a little older, and see if we can find a way to register his household registration. Then we can separate completely. We can keep it like this for the next two years."

Yu Dejin took a long puff of his cigarette and exhaled. At that moment, a thin layer of clouds temporarily covered the moon and the sky and the earth turned into twilight, making the smoke he exhaled particularly clear, as if it was the mist that had just evaporated after the rain in the mountains and the sun had just risen.

His face seemed a little blurry in the mist of smoke.

Yu Qiutang was not in a hurry. Since his father didn't say anything, he just waited quietly.

The atmosphere fell silent.

Everyone felt very depressed. Yu Xiaowei was writing in the moonlight. He couldn't see the book clearly, so he had to stop for a while.

He rubbed his eyes and found that no one spoke. He didn't know what was going on for a moment. He looked at this person and that person and found that everyone's expressions were very complicated, just like the hazy moonlight. He couldn't tell what they were thinking.

This period of time is actually not that long.

But to everyone, it seemed like a very long time had passed. Finally, Yu Dejin took a deep puff of the pipe and found that the tobacco inside had already burned out and he could no longer inhale any smoke. He then knocked the ashes off the ground and sighed.

"Okay, what you said makes sense. For now, we will help you pay the bills, and you just need to give me the food every year."

After saying this, he sighed again.

I don’t know what I thought of.

"Okay, let's do this. The autumn harvest is coming soon. Since we are not separated for this year's harvest, let's work together. Dad, when do you want to start? Just tell me directly. I will bring my two children with me."

"It's just about these few days. I'll tell you when the time comes."

"That's fine."

Yu Qiutang agreed.

Come to think of it, it seems that the purpose of tonight's family meeting has been achieved and it's time to adjourn.

But Yu Dejin was silent for a moment, then said, "Boss, now that you have separated from the family, you will have to shoulder responsibilities in the future. When you look for a partner in a few years, I will save up some gift money for you, and you can figure out the rest on your own..."

After a slight pause, he continued, "I'm going to take this opportunity tonight to finally talk to you about this. I used to be strict with you because I wanted you to have a promising future when you grow up..."

"Dad, there's no need to talk about this anymore. I don't think there's anything wrong with you hitting me."

Yu Qiutang interrupted his father.

He didn't want to hear it.

He felt a little complicated. Part of his reason told him that fathers of this era were all so rude. They were basically like emperors at home. No matter whether it was his wife or children, they had to obey his leadership and management. If they were not careful, they might be beaten.

But they also fulfilled the responsibilities of fathering.

The father's hard work and contributions seem to provide a fig leaf for their mistakes, making it difficult to completely deny them. Otherwise, the father may not feel guilty, but the children will first feel guilty and curse their father as soon as they put down their bowls and chopsticks.

can.

This is the truth, but he still finds it hard to let it go.

He is now in a state where he can remain calm in the situation with his father and communicate completely like an adult.

But deep down, I was drawing a line between myself and my father, and at the same time I told myself that no one is perfect, and it would be unfair to my father to impose the values ​​of decades later on him from that barbaric era.

Even when he was lying on the kang, the lights went out, and the smell of kerosene from the kerosene lamps filled the room, he was still trying to establish his own stable values.

(End of this chapter)