Chapter 28 The last wishes of the unfortunate father and daughter in the 60s 7
The Shen family was the one that had the smoothest division of property in the brigade, and it was completed in less than two hours.
Unlike other families, when the family splits up, the brothers still quarrel over the issue of retirement support.
Some families would even argue over who gets the extra stool or bowl. They would start dividing the family property in the morning but still not finish dividing it by the afternoon.
Shen Laosi was kicked out of the house but he didn’t make a fuss?
This makes the spectators feel that they are enjoying the food. If you make some noise, they will help you!
Gu Laoliu looked at their expressions that said "you should show some courage and make some noise", why do they think they are so cute?
He reluctantly explained: "Although we have severed our relationship, after all, they gave birth to me and raised me. I won't have to take care of them in my old age. There is no need for me to share the Shen family's property. If we have to cut off our relationship, let's do it cleanly."
It's true for the spectators to think about it. Don't divide the property now, as it will be very annoying if they use this as an excuse later.
Why didn't anyone in the team think that there was anything wrong with Shen Laosi severing ties with the Shen family?
The main reason is that Old Madam Shen is partial to her. Everyone can see it. Just now, Old Madam Shen also said that this son is not a big deal.
They themselves don't want their own son, what else can they say?
They just watch.
Old Man Shen and Old Lady Shen were so anxious that they were sweating profusely, but they couldn't express their true thoughts.
How could they completely get rid of the fourth child if they didn't agree with the written agreement of severing the relationship? Even if he didn't support them in their old age, they would have to pay for their old age.
The restriction that Gu Laoliu set for the two elders will be automatically lifted after 24 hours. That will be tomorrow's matter. They have already left the Shen family.
The team leader felt sorry for the two men who had been kicked out of their home and had no place to live, so he said, "I'll lend you that small yard at the west end of the village to live in first."
"Thank you, Captain," Gu Laoliu said with a silly grin.
Oh my! ! ! The captain was laughing like a skeleton, and his expression was so ugly that everyone laughed.
"Okay, since everyone is here, I have something to announce. From today on, you don't have to go to work. There will be no work points but no food to be distributed to you. You should all find a way to survive."
After searching for so long without finding any other water source, he gave up. There was still enough water for daily drinking.
The team members have no food at home. Going out to work will only consume their energy and make them die faster. It would be better to let them lie down at home.
Everyone responded lazily, "I know," and then went home listlessly.
Gu Laoliu and Chang'an returned to the room and saw that there was nothing to clean up. They had never been so poor before. Even if mice came, they had to leave two grains of rice for them.
"Let's go, girl"
"Wait, take the rags of the original owner's father and daughter with you," Chang'an pulled out the clothes of the father and daughter from the torn box, rolled them into a ball and wrapped them in a patched jacket.
"Girl, what do you need these clothes for? Aren't there cloths in the space? Can't we make new ones?"
"We were kicked out of the house, how are you going to explain to others where your new clothes came from? Besides, you have no food to eat, how can you afford new clothes? You think you're living too comfortably, right?"
"What's there to explain? We'll let Da Yi come back in a couple of days to recognize his relatives. Doesn't that make sense?"
Changan thought about it and picked out two sets of clothes for temporary change and discarded the others.
Gu Laoliu took the small package she had repacked, took Chang'an's hand and left the Shen family without looking back.
The three brothers of the Shen family watched the father and son leave silently, and no one spoke a word.
The happiest ones were Boss Shen and Shen Mingbao. One thought that there was one more empty room, which would be just enough for each of his three sons.
The other was thinking that this awful family had finally left and they wouldn’t have to be drained of their blood anymore.
Only Old Man Shen and Old Lady Shen are really autistic. They don't want to talk at all now. Whenever they open their mouths, they say things against their will, which makes them afraid to speak.
He was afraid that he would drive out his other three sons as well.
It is five minutes' walk from Old Shen's house to the west end of the village, where there are two courtyards. The big courtyard has four rooms, and the adjacent small courtyard has only two rooms.
After the production brigade was established, the empty houses in the village were taken back by the brigade and became the brigade’s public property.
The captain lent Gu Laoliu and Chang'an a small courtyard with only two rooms, which was about fifty or sixty meters apart.
The houses in the west end of the village are not concentrated, and each household is far away from each other, with one family living in the east and one family living in the west. Most of the people living in the west end of the village have moved to the east end.
It’s over there where old Shen lives. The houses there are more concentrated, and it’s more crowded and lively.
The courtyard has been uninhabited for a long time, and the roof needs to be re-repaired. Otherwise, if it rains heavily outside, it will only rain lightly inside.
The job of repairing the roof was given to Gu Laoliu, and Changan would take care of the house's hygiene, which could be done with a cleaning talisman.
The two side-by-side rooms are bedrooms, and the collapsed wooden shed outside should be the kitchen and dining room.
This shows that the original owner of the house had a simple family.
The team leader gave them two old clay pots and two sweet potatoes, saying, "There are no extra pots at home. These two clay pots are clean and can be used to cook food."
He took out the sweet potato a little embarrassedly and said, "This is all I have. Don't despise it. Eat some to fill your stomach."
Then he took out fifty cents from his pocket and gave it to Gu Laoliu, "My ability is limited and I can't help you much. This money is a loan to you. Please return it to me when the year is better."
"Thank you, Captain," Gu Laoliu accepted his kindness.
Seeing him leaving in a hurry, he quickly grabbed him and whispered: "Captain, a few days ago I overheard someone in the town say that grain will be released on the black market tonight."
Chang'an saw the captain's silent eyes burst into bright light.
He held Gu Laoliu's arm and asked tremblingly, "Really?"
"Really, you can try your luck, but you still have to be careful."
"Okay, okay," he thought that life had become like this, and he had to either tighten his belt and get through it, or starve to death in this famine.
He was not worried about the price. He knew the people there and none of them were cruel people. The price would fluctuate and increase by one or two cents from the original basis.
The grain station sold rice at 1 cents a pound and flour at 6 cents a pound, both of which required grain coupons, but the grain station had no grain to sell.
In the black market in the town, rice was 3 cents, flour was 6 cents, and cornmeal was 3 cents, all without a ticket. Sweet potatoes and potatoes were both 8 cents a pound.
Compared with the price of three or four yuan per pound in the black market in the county, he suspected that those people selling grain on the black market in the town were doing good deeds.
Now, even if you are willing to pay a high price in the county town, you still can't buy food. Occasionally, there are potatoes and sweet potatoes for sale, but they are not sold by pound, but at one yuan each.
How could the poor people afford to eat? Knowing that there was food on the black market in the town, he hurried to inform the team members that even one of the straw sandals was missing.