"Well... Mom, what are we having for lunch?"
Chen Chunhua's tongue rolled twice in her mouth before she uttered the word "Mom". Wang the butcher's mother walked to the square table with a cold face, squatted down, then rummaged through a pile of bags and took out some sweet potatoes and a bowl of millet.
"We'll have sweet potato rice for lunch. There are eggs on the table, and a bowl of steamed egg cake for the two children. There's also half a pound of pork in the cupboard outside. I bought it specially to celebrate your wedding today."
Chen Chunhua was feeling depressed. Her newly married mother-in-law prepared half a pound of pork and said it was to celebrate the wedding. This was really fooling her, but as she was new there, Chen Chunhua didn't dare to say much.
"The pool is on the first floor. Take this with you."
The butcher's wife handed a rice washing basket and a small wooden basin to Chen Chunhua. Chen Chunhua nodded. When she entered the tube building, she saw a long sink in the middle of the first floor and seven or eight faucets.
She walked to the sink, turned on the faucet, and the tap water flowed out. Only then did Chen Chunhua feel that the conditions in the county town were good. To use water, one only had to turn on the tap.
Also, she just went to the public toilet in the tube-shaped building. She didn't have to worry about the toilet being smelly when she defecated or urinated. Moreover, she only had to pull the rope with her hand, and the feces and urine would be flushed away by the water. It was so convenient.
Chen Chunhua's mood gradually improved. Just for this reason, it was worth it for her to marry Wang Tuzi. No wonder Wang Tuzi and his mother would rather live in this small house that was full of stench from farts than go back to the countryside. It was really too convenient.
The coal stove was not extinguished. The weather was getting cooler, and Wang Tuzi's mother needed to have hot water at home, so she just had to open the stove door, add some coal briquettes and she could cook.
Chen Chunhua's first meal was burnt. She couldn't control the size of the fire perfectly. Seeing that the millet and sweet potato rice had become raw on the top, cooked in the middle and mushy on the bottom, Wang the butcher's mother's face fell.
"Snap"
Wang Butzi slapped him without hesitation. He had been angry since morning and had no idea where to vent his anger. He was grateful to this idiot for giving him a good excuse to take action.
"You are not a rich girl from a big city. You are a country girl who can't even cook. Do you eat shit at home?"
"I… "
Chen Chunhua covered the right half of her burning face with her hands, her eyes filled with tears. She really regretted not listening to her mother at her parents' home. She should have learned how to use the coal stove.
When Wang the butcher saw tears in Chen Chunhua's eyes, he finally became aroused after years of not being impulsive. He glanced at his mother and pushed Chen Chunhua into the inner room.
Hearing the sound of the door being locked, Wang the butcher's mother curled her lips and prepared to reprocess the burnt sweet potato rice that Chen Chunhua had cooked. Her dissatisfaction with the new daughter-in-law deepened.
Chen Chunhua was pushed down on the bed by Wang Tuzi. When she saw Wang Tuzi reaching out to untie her clothes, she was so scared that her heart almost jumped out of her chest. Why did this man act completely differently from what she thought
Wang Butcher saw Chen Chunhua looking at him stupidly with confusion in her eyes, and his brows frowned again. Could it be that this attempted murderer was still thinking about Li Huan
"Chen Chunhua, I'm going to ask you one last time, do you want to go back? Otherwise, you won't have the final say when the time comes."
Chen Chunhua quickly shook her head. She had just left the house this morning and was sent back home in the afternoon. It would be better to give her a rope to hang herself. Besides, she had no money to return the betrothal gift.
Wang Tuzi nodded and did not show any mercy, he touched the places that should be touched and the places that should not be touched. But Li Huan said that this woman was not a good person and her methods were very cruel.
Today he finally saw clearly what Li Huan's wife looked like. She was truly a beauty. Li Huan fell in love with this woman because she was prettier than him, and he actually wanted to kill her. He was so cruel.
"Brother Wang... you... be gentle, it hurts."
Chen Chunhua felt so much pain all over her body from being tortured by Wang the butcher, but she didn't dare to scream out. There were two children sitting on stools outside waiting for their meals, so she could only beg in a low voice.
Butcher Wang rolled his eyes and hit her harder. It hurts. It's good that you know it hurts. Otherwise, how can I conquer you in the future? When Chunhua's chrysanthemums bloomed, screams were finally heard in the room.
"It's time to eat."
Wang the butcher's mother knocked on the door fiercely. She had originally intended to put some pressure on the new daughter-in-law, but she didn't expect that she would end up going into the kitchen herself. She was so angry that she died.
But when she saw Chen Chunhua coming out with disheveled hair and a red and swollen face, all her unhappiness disappeared, and there was even a hint of pity in her eyes as she looked at Chen Chunhua.
"Mom, when I go to work tomorrow, go ask the kiln factory if they need any help. I can't support so many people at home by myself."
Wang Tuzi's mother understood her son's thoughts. He had given away the hundred yuan and the bicycle with great reluctance, and he was determined to get them back from Chen Chunhua.
Chen Chunhua had no idea that she had been clearly arranged by Wang Tuzi. She felt pain all over her body as if it was falling apart, and she had no appetite at all.
"Go get some sleep. You don't have to cook dinner. Go to work this afternoon, son."
Wang Tuzi nodded. He was getting married for the second time, but he didn’t have any marriage leave. Although he had taken a day off, he would still go to work in the afternoon if he could, and he could save half a day’s salary.
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Cheng Qiao came to the supply and marketing cooperative. When Qiu Min saw her, she quickly greeted the people around her and pulled Cheng Qiao out of the supply and marketing cooperative.
"Cheng Qiao, there is something I don't know whether I should say or not, your man..."
"I know everything. You and Shouhou are good friends, right? Shouhou is actually a really good person. You might consider him."
Qiu Min couldn't continue speaking. Actually, she kind of liked this quick-witted skinny guy, but his family conditions were not very good, and he had many children.
"Cheng Qiao, I actually... Well, let's talk about it later."
"Do you want to make money?"
Cheng Qiao asked in a low voice into Qiu Min's ear.
Qiu Min was shocked, but nodded honestly. She was a regular employee of the supply and marketing cooperative, earning 20 yuan a month, but this job cost her family 500 yuan.
So, except for one dollar she kept for herself, she gave all her monthly salary to her parents to pay off their debts. But she was also a girl, so it was inevitable that she would have desires when she saw something beautiful and delicious.
"I have milk powder, cigarettes, liquor, rice, millet, cornmeal, and pork here. The prices are cheaper than the black market, and no tickets are required. As long as you bring in customers, I will give you a commission."
"You...you...you are so brave."
"I'm timid, otherwise I'd just go to the black market and squat, and you wouldn't have anything to do with me."
Qiu Min remained silent. It was true that a woman follows her husband wherever he goes. Such a good girl actually became a trader. Should she do it or not? Qiu Min closed her eyes.