Li Minghua’s voice took a turn, "I heard his man flew into a great rage, warning them not to visit anymore, otherwise he said he’ll go to Li Cuixia’s parents’ house and smash things up."
It seems in this era, having many children is seen as a blessing.
Everyone hopes to have more children.
This pregnancy took a toll on Li Cuixia’s health, and it might be quite difficult for her to conceive again.
It’s only natural for the in-laws to make a fuss about it.
"Has the connection really been severed?"
Li Minghua curled her lip, "It’s probably not that simple, how could Li Laosan just watch as his wealthy son-in-law truly cuts ties with their family?"
In the past, Li Laosan seemed like an honest person.
But over this past year, it became apparent that he was the type of person who would sell his daughter for honor.
Her voice shifted, "Educated Youth Yun, it’s been several years since Xiao Bao was born, aren’t you planning on giving Da Bao and Xiao Bao a little sister?"
Plus, having a child, through pregnancy, childbirth, and raising them, is especially exhausting.
"I might not be destined to have a daughter; having Da Bao and Xiao Bao is good enough."
Li Minghua also knew that Da Bao and Xiao Bao were very polite; even without schooling, they knew quite a few characters.
It seemed Educated Youth Yun had had enough of raising children.
That was true; she had raised both Da Bao and Xiao Bao by herself.
"Educated Youth Yun, the corn harvest isn’t looking good this year for several brigades around us, only our brigade has had a bountiful harvest. Even my parental home’s brigade harvested less but still fared much better compared to the others."
If her parental home had a poor harvest, she could get some grain from her in-laws for them, but if it was too much, her in-laws would definitely have complaints about her.
Although this year’s corn harvest wasn’t as good as last year’s, at least there wouldn’t be hunger—that’s a good thing.
Their two brigades were adjacent, and there were quite a few intermarriages between them.
"The members’ demands are actually quite simple; having enough to eat is enough."
Li Minghua nodded, "Yes, having enough to eat is enough, nowadays the brigade doesn’t care about how many chickens are raised. Quite a few aunties are taking their eggs to sell at the town Cooperative."
She then mentioned Zhao Tianlei often coming to their nearby homes to buy eggs and chickens.
"Third Brother, when are we going to the mountains?"
Previously during the spring plowing and farming, and later Third Brother was busy with the entrance exams, he didn’t want to bother Third Brother. Now that the corn had been harvested and it wasn’t too busy, they were just waiting for the autumn harvest, and he was really craving meat.
"We’ll go up to the mountains tomorrow to have a look."
Zhao Tianhe was nearly jumping with excitement.
His voice shifted again, discussing another matter, "Because of the seed grain, several brigades had a very poor corn harvest this time. If the rice harvest is also bad, I’m afraid people will starve to death."
When it came to seed grain, Zhao Tianlei thought of the cadre director at the town, who seemed to have been demoted. But what of it? Insufficient seed grain affected the entire year’s harvest.
"Right, Third Brother, I’ve heard about the land distribution; when is our brigade going to divide the land?"
"We need to ask around and see..."
Zhao Tianhe spoke with some awkwardness, "Third Brother, I’m going to see someone the day after tomorrow, but I don’t have any meat tickets, so I can only go into the mountains to hunt some wild game."
"How is it going with Da Li’s matchmaking?"
"I heard the Cao Family has their eye on someone, and Da Li hasn’t objected," Zhao Tianhe and Cao Dali were like brothers in adversity; previously because of poverty, but now they could earn full work points and even some money.
"My mother said, after I get married, we’ll separate the household." His nieces and nephews were all in school, but he was not yet married.
Zhao Tianhe actually knew his parents were also influenced by seeing his eldest uncle’s family dividing up, with his sister-in-law often bringing food to his uncle’s family, delivering quite a lot and not having to take care of children anymore.