Qin Rou took the cloth and went to her sister Qin Mian's house to make clothes. Qin Mian's house was in a school near the farm. The school was very dilapidated. A dilapidated teaching building plus a few small huts made up a school. .
The conditions are not comparable to their previous conditions in the Bencheng farm. Back then they lived in brick houses, but now they live in thatched huts.
There are only a few teachers and principals in the school. Many of the students are children from poor families in the nearby villages.
Qin Mian sewed small underpants for these children with worn-out rags. During the day, when the sun was high and the children had no umbrellas, they would hold coconut leaves to shade them in class, like little squirrels with leaves on their heads.
In the past, the teachers here were not well-educated, and even those who graduated from junior and senior high schools could become primary school teachers. Now that Chen Mian has come, he, a "college student", has become the most educated teacher in the whole school.
As for the father-in-law Chen Yubai who was originally a university teacher, let alone.
Chen Mian can speak fluent English, he will give foreign language classes to the children, and he also teaches Chinese and mathematics very well. The principal and other teachers respect their family very much, and Chen Yubai will occasionally help a few teachers.
Chen Yubai has read countless history books, and he has a lot of stories to tell the children. Many students like to go to him to find Grandpa Chen to listen to the stories.
The parents of the students here are not very educated, but they still respect the teachers. The small fish and shrimps on the beach are not worth a few dollars. Let the children bring them to school and eat them with the teachers.
There are a lot of wild fruits on the mountain now, the Chen family siblings took their younger brother Jing Yi and other children to pick fruits in the forest, and they ate happily every day.
Many villagers also planted some fruit trees. Of course, the fruits are not worth much. A whole tree of lychee is only 50 cents.
If you can't eat it, it can only be rotten. At this time, there are no storage and transportation conditions, and you can't transport it outside. The temperature is high and it will easily spoil. If you work hard, it can be dried or dried, but it won't be much dried.
The Chen family lives here with small fish, small shrimps and wild fruits. The conditions here are not good, but they will not go hungry. Knowing that her sister and her husband are coming, Qin Rou even sent a few boxes of leeks, lettuce and tomatoes grown on the second floor of the house to her sister. go home.
The school also allocated a vegetable field to their family, and Qin Mian is planning to do a good job like his sister's yard.
Lu Yan borrowed a transport vehicle to send Qin Rou over here, and went to pull some planks and thatch with her brother-in-law, and prepared to build two or three houses. The house where the Chen family lives is fine now, but it will not be suitable when the typhoon comes. I have to hide in the teaching building to avoid the typhoon.
The window was opened in the thatched cottage, and the light in the daytime was excellent. Sitting in front of the sewing machine, Qin Mian flipped through the floral and plaid cloth brought by her sister, and praised: "These are all good cloth, no It’s cheap, you’re just married, you really should make some new clothes, and when Sister gives you measurements, I’ll make some for you right away.”
"There is red cloth, right? My sister will make you a bright red skirt. Even if you don't wear it out, you can keep it."
For people at this time, getting married is a big event. No matter how poor or poor people are, they have to spend a lot of money when they get married, making clothes, buying cigarettes, drinking wine, and hosting banquets.
"This kind of floral and plaid ones can be made into simple double-breasted shirts or skirts. The white ones are made into tops, and the army green ones are made into trousers... I don't need to make trousers either. I used to have some military trousers that I could save on wearing... Lu I can wear Yan's old clothes, and they just issued new military uniforms... Here are some cloths, help me make two for my little nephew."
"You did it for him before. His older brothers and sisters still have some old clothes to wear. Why waste your good cloth? If there are rags, sister, I won't be polite to you. I will change them into small clothes." .”
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"Sister, how is your family living here?"
"Okay, what's wrong? You see, your brother-in-law and his father are much better..."
Qin Mian used to be a girl in the mountains, so she naturally didn't dislike such a living condition. She was afraid that her husband and father-in-law would dislike her, but the two men were also fine, and liked it here instead.
I probably like the sunshine and air here. I bid farewell to my previous life. I am surrounded by new people and treat them very kindly. Although the students are a little mischievous, they respect the teacher very much.
What I see every day is the clear blue sky and white clouds, the dazzling sunshine, greenery everywhere, lush mountains and fields, and fresh air. Even if I live in a thatched cottage, I feel open-minded.
Especially my father-in-law's health improved day by day after coming here, and he became a healthy little old man.
He sometimes rides his bicycle around and chats with the old people in the village here. He also heard that the old people here live a very long life. He also wants to be an old bastard or something...
It's not easy to tell my sister about this.
"Your father-in-law and mother-in-law gave you so much cloth, they are generous, they should be easy to get along with."
In this era, other things are not expensive, but cotton cloth is the most precious, and you can’t save many cloth tickets in a year. They are all new for three years, old for three years, and sewing for three years. Just like the people here, although they have enough to eat Stomach, but raising money to buy cloth is a big problem.
It is difficult to make money. Abalone, sea cucumber and lobster are not worth much. A few cents can buy a catty of pork, but you can buy 30 to 40 catties of skinned fish. As for other small seafood, no one wants to throw them on the road.
Shrimp like pippi are also thrown into the latrine for retting.
"I haven't met his parents yet, so I don't know how to get along well. I just said a few words on the phone."
When receiving so much cloth, Qin Rou was indeed taken aback. The output of cotton cloth is small at the moment, and it is not easy to buy cloth. Even if you have money, you can't buy it, and you have to ask for a cloth ticket. There are indeed not many tickets, so they can only be used on a tight schedule. If there are children in the family, whoever is not the eldest wears the second, and the second wears the third.
However, green uniforms and blue uniforms are popular at this time. If you have the military uniforms issued after serving as a soldier, you can save a lot of cloth tickets.
Immediately in 1972, the problem of wearing clothes has not been solved. In the past two years, it has just been necessary to introduce foreign advanced petrochemical equipment, and to open up more chemical fiber production lines. circulated.
When she was in Guangcheng, Qin Rou also saw Zhenliang's clothes. These came from Hong Kong Island. At this time, there is a train connecting Hong Kong Island and the mainland every day, and there is also a steel bridge. People come here to visit relatives, come in new clothes in the morning, and go back in ragged clothes at night, leaving the good clothes for the family members on the other side.
"When I meet his parents later, we should take good care of them..." Qin Mian is an experienced person, and told him about his previous experience with his in-laws, "Sister's conditions were not good at that time, how much better you are now, my sister-in-law I was admitted to be an announcer again, how excellent it is.”
"There is a radio in our school. I can still hear your voice at noon. Everyone likes to hear your voice. I didn't tell the other teachers that this announcer is my own sister. If they know, they must be envious kill me."
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The two sisters were laughing and chatting. After a while, two women came outside uninvited. One had a mole on his forehead, and the other was wearing a sea soul shirt and green military trousers. They walked into the room together.
They held a piece of clothing in their hands, and they came to ask Qin Mian to mend it.
"Qin Mian, I'm here to see you again." The woman with the big mole on her forehead smiled. Her name is Sun Mingfang. She used to live in the same village as Qin Mian. They used to play together when they were young. Neither salty nor bland.
The woman beside her is her younger sister Sun Mingli.
Sun Mingfang looked at the thatched cottage where Qin Mian was living now, and the complacency and joy in his eyes became even stronger.
She didn't expect to be able to "meet an old acquaintance" on this small island, and the person she met was Qin Mian.
What made her even more secretly happy was that Qin Mian was in such a desperate state now.
Back then, Qin Mian, a mountain girl who was as poor as them, could climb up to a cultured "elegant scholar" like Chen Mian. Many people secretly scolded Qin Mian for being thick-skinned and often entangled with men. She married an elegant scholar. Went to Liao Province, it was like a dream for their girls in the mountains, Qin Mian flew to a branch and turned into a phoenix, and became the wife of a scholar.
Sun Mingfang married a soldier, and after he was discharged from the army, he caught up with the wind and came to this island with the educated youths to work on the farm.
Life was not bad, and she even called her sister over, trying to find her a military husband here. There are many navies in the military port here.
Seeing the desolate Qin Mian now, Sun Mingfang's heart immediately felt relieved. She used to envy this girl who flew up the branches and turned into a phoenix, but now the phoenix has turned back into a grass chicken, living in this dilapidated hut, her husband who is a college student Well, it's ridiculous to be teaching in this crappy school, not as good as the man she married.
This is probably a turn of events.
Sun Mingfang couldn't help but look at Qin Mian these days, and she felt comfortable seeing him now.
Now she trampled the wild girl under her feet.
"Qin Mian, help my sister mend some clothes. You have to be careful not to damage my sister's. My sister is different from before. She married an officer and is a naval officer..." Sun Ming Fang blatantly bragged to Qin Mian that her sister was indeed getting married, but she was not an officer, but a soldier, but this did not prevent her from showing off in front of Qin Mian.
What else could Qin Mian know, other than listening to her bragging, in fact, Sun Mingfang herself didn't quite know the difference.
Anyway, she thinks that her brother-in-law is very powerful, and she is by the side of some chief of staff.
"Really? That's pretty good." Qin Mian also knew that Sun Mingfang's small thoughts were just to show herself in front of her, so she just obeyed her and just listened.
When she was going to marry and go to Liao Province, Sun Mingfang was very jealous. Seeing her like this now, she is not very proud.
Qin Mian only listened to her, but didn't talk to her. The two sisters didn't want to have too much contact with their hometown.
Now on the island, I can't get in touch with my hometown.
"The man my sister married is great. They got married and divided the house in the family courtyard, but the beautiful house is built with bricks and has two floors..."
"Look at the suit and white shoes on my sister, aren't they good?"
The less Qin Mian wanted to talk to her, the more excited Sun Mingfang was, and she wanted to tell her more: "I'll tell you in secret, don't tell others, the man my sister married is a chief of staff, His name is Lu Yan, Lu is Lu Yan of the army, he is a king plus two fires, his family is well-educated, so they gave him this name—"
"Cough cough cough..." Qin Rou, who was drinking water, almost choked on the water.
Is it such a coincidence that I can still hear a familiar name after listening to people bragging? There are other army chiefs of staff
Qin Mian: "..."
Sun Mingfang had already noticed the person sitting beside Qin Mian, "Is this your sister?"
"It's my younger sister. She is very good now and has been admitted as an announcer."
"Really? She even passed the exam as an announcer." Sun Mingfang didn't expect Qin Mian to have a younger sister who was admitted as an announcer. She thought this beautiful woman was a new educated youth from Guangdong Province on the farm, but she didn't expect her It turned out to be Qin Mian's own sister.
These eyes are indeed her little vixen sister who has been beautiful and seductive since she was a child.
She even passed the exam as an announcer? ! ! Announcer is a good job.
But no matter how powerful her sister is, she can't compare to her own sister.
"This woman, the most important thing is to marry well. You have to choose a good man. I think it's good to marry a soldier. My sister is now a military wife. Do you want my sister to introduce someone to your sister? "
"My sister recognizes a clerk and hasn't talked to anyone yet."
Qin Rou said: "no need, I'm married, and my lover is also working on the boat."
"Is that so? Is it the steamer? The sailor? I heard from my brother-in-law, he said that it's hard work to do the job..."
"Daughter-in-law, take a look at this, what do you want with this window..." Lu Yan from outside came in, holding a design drawing in his hand. The thatched cottage to be built at this moment was discussed by Qin Rou and his wife. Drawing sketches.
Sun Mingfang looked at the tall and handsome man who came in, hesitating, daughter-in-law? This is Qin Mian's brother-in-law.
She took a closer look at the man. Although he was very handsome with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and his exposed arms were even stronger, he was wearing an old military uniform with sweat on his forehead, and there were several black patches on his handsome face. of mud.
- He is a rough and handsome man.
Qin Mian's younger sister married this man
She looks handsome, but this face is not for food, and it can't compare to the "brother-in-law" she calls.
The smile on Sun Mingfang's face was a bit forced. Although this man's qualifications were not good, he was also a sailor with a very good figure. He was able to wear this broken military uniform in a tough and good-looking way, which made people's eyes shine. He was really handsome man.
Sun Mingfang smiled stiffly, while her younger sister Sun Mingli's face turned pale, she was almost dumbfounded on the spot.
She said tremblingly: "... Chief of Staff Lu."
Thinking of what her sister said just now, Sun Mingli's face seemed to be congested with blood, she couldn't stay any longer, she was so ashamed, she pulled her sister who couldn't tell the situation and left quickly.
Her sister was still unwilling to leave, and Sun Mingli didn't care about Sun Mingfang anymore, and ran away.
Sun Mingfang chased after her: "You don't want any clothes, are you sick?"
"What did you just say?"
"Sister, let's go, it's too embarrassing, that is Chief of Staff Lu." Sun Mingli regretted it very much, she shouldn't have mentioned these things in front of her sister Sun Mingfang,
Sun Mingli met Lu Yan with her partner Xiao Wu, and she was very impressed with this army officer, so she asked Xiao Wu a few more questions, and Xiao Wu told her about Chief of Staff Lu.
Sun Mingli chatted with her sister in private, saying that it would be great if she could marry a man like Chief of Staff Lu. Because Lu Yan's name is special, she also specially emphasized that one king plus two fires, it is difficult to say but easy to remember. The elder sister, Sun Mingfang, also remembered this name. Sun Mingfang didn't know other officers, but only this one, and she was talking nonsense in front of Qin Mian today.
Who knew that when he was talking nonsense, he would meet the righteous master.
"What did you say? The young man who came in just now is the Chief of Staff Lu? Qin Mian, her brother-in-law?" Sun Mingfang still refused to believe this, "He is too young."
"He is wearing a ragged military uniform, how could he be the chief of staff, don't you admit it wrong?"
Shouldn't you be dressed in style when you're long
"That's Chief of Staff Lu. I saw it with my own eyes when I went to see Xiao Wu. How could I admit my mistake with such an appearance..."
"Oh my god! How could he be Qin Mian's brother-in-law, the husband of her vixen sister?"
Qin Mian's sister married a naval officer, or some kind of chief of staff? ? ? Still so young and handsome? ? !
The two sisters of the Qin family are really better at hooking up men than the other.