Chapter 340: Good Son-in-Law and Being Reported
Wang Mengde sat on a chair in his living room.

While drinking tea, he smiled as he watched his wife holding a large iron spoon and using chopsticks in her other hand to pick up golden egg pieces from the spoon and put them into her daughter's mouth.

"Ya Ya, is it delicious? Is it hot?"

Ran Xiaomei asked with a concerned smile.

There is only one girl in their family, and like Wang Mengde, she is treated very preciously.

Whenever there was something good, she would be given it first, followed by the other children.

"Grandma, the eggs are so delicious, you should try some too!"

Yaya enjoyed the treatment of having food served to her mouth. The eggs fried with sesame oil were really fragrant, and she squinted her eyes in comfort.

"Grandma doesn't want to eat it, so you eat it. You won't cough after eating it."

Ran Xiaomei said happily.

Just then, Qin Huairu pushed the door open and walked in with her big butt twisted.

She was wearing a floral jacket that was covered with patches; she had never made new clothes since the cloth coupon policy was implemented.

Most of the cloth coupons saved every year were used to make clothes for her three children, and her mother-in-law, Jia Zhang, and her husband, Jia Dongxu, also competed for these things openly or secretly.

Even the labor protection clothes issued by the steel rolling mill every year, except for two sets kept for wearing during working hours, the rest were reduced in size for the gang members to wear.

Therefore, the clothes she usually wore in the courtyard were basically made of fabrics bought before 1959.

If things in this era were not relatively sturdy, she would probably be naked.

"Sister-in-law is here, please sit down."

He Shengnan turned around and saw Qin Huairu, and greeted her with a smile.

Although the two families had some unpleasantness due to some things more than ten years ago, in recent years, as Wang Mengde's status has gradually improved, the old Jia family no longer dared to get angry.

Even the most stubborn Jia Dongxu usually keeps his mouth shut.

"Auntie, Shengnan, I have something to talk to you about. Huaihua has been sick and coughing these past two days, and she wants to eat scrambled eggs.

But the weather has turned cold recently, and eggs are hard to find in grocery stores. Can you sell me a pound of eggs? "

Qin Huairu said with a somewhat embarrassed look on her face.

Although there are many more supplies on the market in recent years than in the difficult three years, some scarce supplies are still difficult to get.

The first to be affected are meat and eggs.

Especially eggs. As the weather starts to get colder in autumn, hens in rural areas gradually lay fewer eggs.

As a result, grocery stores often run out of stock, and even if you have a grocery store book, you often can't buy anything.

In this courtyard, except for Wang Mengde's family, every household does not have enough eggs. Therefore, if anyone is in urgent need of eggs, they will come to their house to borrow a few.

"Huai Ru, we don't buy and sell. This is illegal." Ran Xiaomei raised her eyebrows and said quickly, "But I can lend you a pound first. You can return it to us when you buy it."

This is no joke. If you really want to make a small profit and engage in trading, the risk is too great. If you are reported, no matter who you are, you will go to jail.

The input and output are totally disproportionate, and their family is not short of these things.

Most of the supplies Wang Mengde's family has now are donated by foreign patients. Their own ration is basically collected every month and sent to He Shengnan's parents' home or Tiangezhuang's hometown.

Every once in a while, Wang Mengde would bring home large and small bags of all kinds of good things, but he never sold them. At most, he would give some of them to his family.

"Auntie, I'm sorry, I said the wrong thing. Please lend me a pound of eggs. I'll buy them at the grocery store and send them to you."

Seeing that Ran Xiaomei's face looked strange, Qin Huairu quickly changed the subject.

She didn't have any bad intentions, she just wanted to buy more eggs.

Nowadays, each household has a limited supply of eggs every month, and people usually buy them with their food coupons.

But Wang Mengde's family is different from everyone else. The neighbors all know that he has no shortage of these things. Not to mention every day, you can smell the fragrance of eggs wafting from Lao Wang's house every few days.

So, if you can buy one kilogram with money, plus the family’s ration, you can have double the number of eggs this month.

Moreover, the price she planned to buy eggs at was the same as in the market, fifty or sixty cents per pound.

"Okay, I'll get it for you now. We don't need to weigh it. Just take ten and count as one pound."

Ran Xiaomei's expression looked a little better, then she stood up and said.

At this time, since rural hens basically go out to find food every day and there is no so-called feed, the eggs they lay are relatively small, and it takes about ten to make up one pound.

"Thank you, Auntie. I will return it to you as soon as possible."

Qin Huairu put ten eggs in her lapel and said with a grateful look on her face.

She just observed that each of the eggs that Ran Xiaomei gave her was quite large. They must weigh more than one pound, or even about one pound and one ounce.

After Qin Huairu left, Ran Xiaomei shook her head and said with emotion:
"This woman, she still has to marry a good man. If she meets the wrong man, her life will be ruined."

She spoke from her heart. To be honest, she still recognized Qin Huairu and felt that she was not only smart but also capable.

Unfortunately, she was born into a poor family, grew up in the countryside, and married into the Jia family, which meant she was stuck in a quagmire.

Next to her, He Shengnan, who had been silent and just focused on feeding her daughter eggs, also nodded in agreement.

What the mother-in-law said was absolutely right. She was lucky to marry Wang Mengde and would enjoy a happy life now and in the future.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law talked about this topic for a few sentences, and Ran Xiaomei suddenly said:
"By the way, we received a message from Tiangezhuang the day before yesterday, saying that Jingru was found to be pregnant.

Mengde, Shengnan, when you have time, while the weather is not too cold, come with me and take a look."

"Jingru is pregnant, so if nothing happens next week, let's go back and see her and bring her some goodies.

I sorted out some of the children’s old clothes these past two days, so I have clothes for both boys and girls.”

He Shengnan said with some surprise.

During the Chinese New Year last year, she liked that cousin who looked a little innocent.

The old clothes she was talking about are good things in this era.

Not only ordinary people, but even cadres often wore old clothes.

If a family receives old clothes as gifts from others, they will jump for joy. This is not a sign of disdain, but a great help.

Nowadays in many rural areas, when winter comes, children at home cannot go out and have to lie in bed and play all day.

It’s not because of anything else, but because we didn’t have any thick clothes to wear, and we felt too cold as soon as we got out of bed.

As for warm seasons such as summer, it is not a big problem. It is very normal for children under ten years old to run around the village naked.

at this time.

In Tiange Village, Qin Jingru had a smile on her face. She was less than two months pregnant, but she had already imitated the pregnant women she had seen before and deliberately covered her belly, which was not yet visible, with one hand.

"Meng Qi, ride slowly, take good care of Jingru, and be careful.

Don’t drink at Jingru’s parents’ house at noon, and come back early in the afternoon.

Also, be careful in the village and don't let children bump into Jingru. She's just pregnant and it's quite dangerous."

Zhou Tingting hung the basket on the handlebars of the bicycle while giving instructions on every detail.

"Mom, I understand." Wang Mengqi agreed with a grin.

He is still excited now, as he is going to be a father at the age of 20, which makes him worried and expectant.

"Well, and Jingru, don't work when you go back to your mother's house this time."

Seeing that her son was listening attentively, Zhou Tingting nodded with satisfaction and then gave her daughter-in-law some instructions.

She now had every reason to say these words, after all, the basket on the bicycle handlebars was filled with goodies for her in-laws.

In addition to a pound of fatty pork, there was also a pound of sugar, two bags of snacks, two bottles of canned yellow peaches and two bottles of Erguotou.

There are so many things. If it were any other time, not to mention Qin Jingru, even she herself would not be willing to part with them.

But now it’s different. This young daughter-in-law is very hardworking and finally got pregnant after being married for more than a year, so she is willing to spend so much money.

"Mom, don't worry, I will be careful.

Qin Jingru smiled sweetly, then waved to Wang Jinghui and Wang Tianshi who were sitting against the wall basking in the sun.

"Grandpa and grandma, let's go."

Tiangezhuang is not far from Qingezhuang. It only takes about ten minutes to get there by bicycle.

After entering the village, villagers would greet them from time to time. Everyone knew that Qin Laosan's son-in-law came from a powerful family and had a talented person.

"Dad, Mom, we are back."

When she arrived at the door of her house, Qin Jingru got off her bicycle and shouted into the house.

"Oh, Jingru and Mengqi are here, come in quickly."

Qin Laosan was weaving frames with bamboo strips in the yard. When he heard his daughter's voice, he quickly stood up and spoke with a warm smile.

When he saw Wang Mengde coming in with a basket full of things, his mouth was crooked with smiles.

His own daughter is lucky. Huairu, his brother's daughter, married into the city more than ten years ago and often showed off in front of him.

Now it seems that marrying into the city does not necessarily mean a good life.

My daughter went to the city a while ago, and when she came back she told them that her brother's son-in-law and his family of six lived in one room, and they mostly ate cornmeal for dinner.

Moreover, in all these years, I have never seen my brother's son-in-law come back, and he never took anything with him.

Compared with his son-in-law, he is not even a little bit inferior.

Now all the neighbors in the brigade know that Qin Laosan has a good son-in-law and has turned his life around.

Whenever there is a wedding or funeral in someone's family, they will think of him and ask him to sit at the main table.

"Meng Qi, why did you bring so many things? Don't bring so many things next time. Keep them for yourselves."

Qin Laosan shouted loudly in the yard.

His voice was so loud that all the neighbors who were not deaf could hear it clearly.

"Dad, we have some more at home. These are given by Jingru and I as a gift to you."

Wang Mengqi naturally knew what his father-in-law was thinking, so he quickly acted as the supporting actor and spoke loudly.

After saying a few words, Qin Laosan contentedly invited his son-in-law to sit in the main room.

Then he asked his son to serve tea and water, and asked his wife to prepare lunch.

Now is not the busy farming season, and according to their usual habits, their family only eats two meals of half-dry and half-liquid rice, morning and evening.

After all, there had been instructions from above: eat dry food during the busy farming season, eat liquid food during the slack farming season, and eat half dry food and half liquid food when the season is neither busy nor idle.

Only when the son-in-law and daughter come over will their family have a rare lunch, and the meal is very rich.

A week later on Sunday.

Wang Mengde accompanied his mother, daughter-in-law and children back to Tiangezhuang.

I haven't seen Qin Jingru for many days. She has obviously gained a lot of weight. It seems that she has been eating very well recently. She almost has a double chin.

This is a very rare situation. In the vast rural areas nowadays, you can hardly see fat people, not even those with a little extra flesh.

Due to the hard work throughout the year, coupled with long-term undereating and malnutrition, most people are thin and weak, with a pale face.

The old man and his family were very grateful for the big bag of their children's old clothes they took back.

Although Wang Mengde would send some new cloth back from time to time, it was only enough for each person to make one set of clothes every year.

Now that we have these, not only will the children have enough to wear in the future, but adults can also benefit from them. By taking these things apart and mending them, they can also be used to make clothes for the adults.

At the same time, Wang Mengde was in a very happy mood.

There is no major problem with grandpa and grandma's health.

Since taking his secret pills, the two old people rarely get sick and are usually in good spirits.

When the weather is good, the two of them can't even sit still and will help with some work.

Judging from the current situation, Wang Jinghui and Wang Tianshi will be fine in the next three to five years.

This made him feel relieved!

After returning from Tiangezhuang, Wang Mengde quickly got back to work.

this day.

Braving the howling northwest wind, Wang Mengde rode his bicycle to the Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine. As soon as he arrived at the office, he was visited by several people.

"Comrade Wang Mengde, there is something that requires your time. Please cooperate with us to investigate some things first."

Xu Shuangxi said expressionlessly.

His job is quite special and he usually looks very serious.

"Oh, then I have to report to our dean before I can go with you."

Seeing the temperament of these people, Wang Mengde guessed in his mind that they must be people from the domestic discipline enforcement department.

He had nothing to hide and did not look panicked.

However, if I want to go with the people in front of me, I must at least let Dean Lu know.

Once President Lu knows about it, his superiors will naturally know about it soon, and the higher-ups will also be able to get the information in a timely manner.

"Comrade Wang Mengde, you can follow these comrades without any worries and will actively cooperate with them.

Don't worry, the country will not wrongly accuse a good person, especially one who has made so many great contributions to the country."

Dean Lu's voice came from outside the door.

Seeing Dean Lu and several other hospital leaders rushing over as soon as they got the news, Wang Mengde felt relieved and stood up briskly to walk out with them.

In a conference room.

Wang Mengde sat on a chair, Xu Shuangxi and two other people sat opposite him, then smiled and said:
"Comrade Wang Mengde, I'm sorry, we have also received many letters of complaint, so we asked you to come and cooperate with our investigation."

It turns out that I was reported!

(End of this chapter)