"How is it, is anyone here today?"
Yesterday Dong Jiahui said that someone would come to ask her to make clothes, today Zhang Qiaoer asked Dong Jiahui when she came back from the field.
"Here, I'm doing it for her. I charged three yuan, two yuan for the clothes, and one yuan for the trousers. The money has already been given to me. Mom, why don't you keep the money."
Dong Jiahui dared to say this because she was sure that Zhang Qiaoer would not take it back. The reason why she said this "pretentiously" was because she was living with her mother-in-law now. This is how the family tradition in the countryside is. Don't accept it, this attitude Dong Jiahui must give.
Sure enough, Zhang Qiaoer was in a good mood when she heard what Dong Jiahui said. She smiled and said, "You earned the money yourself, and you keep it for yourself. Don't you usually spend money to buy needles and threads?"
Including going to the town to buy fabrics and cotton this time, although the eldest daughter-in-law didn't say anything, Zhang Qiaoer also knew that she had advanced the money, and the ones she gave couldn't buy so many things.
What's more, in addition to cloth and cotton, Dong Jiahui also weighed food for several children.
"Thank you mom, then I will make more clothes and save money to buy meat for mom."
Everyone loves to hear nice words, and Zhang Qiaoer's eyes almost narrowed into slits when she smiled.
"Sure, then I'll wait for you to buy me meat."
"Mom, there is one more thing. I want to make a small quilt for Yingbao and Heidan. Where can we play the cotton?"
The cotton Dong Jiahui bought was only used to line the clothes and make cotton-padded clothes. Ten catties of cotton was not enough to make a small quilt for Yingbao Heidan, and the cotton wool had to be played by a special person. Although the supply and marketing cooperatives also sold cotton wool, one was It is too expensive, and the second is that they are sold in large sizes, which are not suitable for children to cover.
"There's a family on the team next door. I'll take you there tomorrow."
"Hey, okay."
*****
Zhao Donglin was paid on the 25th of every month. The team planted wheat two days ago, and Zhang Qiaoer didn't have time to collect it. This morning, he went out after breakfast.
Zheng Yuefen saw that her mother-in-law was going to get her salary, and knowing that her eldest brother's salary was still in her mother-in-law's hands, she felt relieved.
Eldest brother is sixty-two yuan a month, if it was given to that woman Dong Jiahui, Zheng Yuefen would not be so heartbroken.
At this time, she was glad that the two brothers of the Zhao family did not separate, and it was good that the three of them followed suit.
Zhang Qiaoer came back with the money, and spent two yuan at the meat stall at the entrance of the village to weigh about three catties of pork.
"Did you get paid today?"
The owner of the meat stall also knows Zhang Qiaoer's rules, and buys meat when he is paid.
"Usually it's the 25th, but this month is too late."
"Isn't the team busy a few days ago, how can I have that time."
"That's right, well, it's not bad, I'll cut another piece for you."
"Okay, thanks."
"By the way, do you still have bones?"
"Yes, I just picked it off, and you have to give me fifty cents to take it away."
Zhang Qiaoer saw that there were quite a lot of bones, but there was not much meat left. She remembered the first time she went to Dong's house to see her relatives. There was bone soup on the table at Dong's house. At that time, Jiahui also said that it was nutritious for children to drink bone soup.
"Okay, give it all to me. I'll take it back and give it to my daughter-in-law. She's handy and can cook."
"Your old family's or your second's?"
"Everyone's."
"Oh, isn't it the one who just got married a while ago?"
"Yes, it hasn't been half a month since I entered the door."
"That's still a new daughter-in-law. Seeing you like this, I'm very satisfied with this new daughter-in-law."
"No, she is very obedient, can cook and make clothes, takes care of the children well, and respects the elderly. Hey, the blessing of a daughter-in-law in my life is all on her."
Zhang Qiaoer bought meat at the entrance of the village on the front foot, and the words of her exaggerating her daughter-in-law spread to the team. Everyone knew that Zhang Qiaoer was very satisfied with the new daughter-in-law. In other words, she was naturally very dissatisfied with Zheng Yuefen.
At noon, Zhang Qiaoer gave Jiahui ten yuan.
"To go to Donglin's salary today, you can take the ten yuan."
"Mom, if you think it's appropriate, then I'll accept it."
"Take it, as long as you don't think it's too little."
"Quite a lot. Ten yuan can already do a lot of things. Others don't want it."
Zhang Qiaoer smiled and said, "It's good for you to be content with yourself. You said how much money I can spend. I have saved a sum of money every month. I will take it out when the family needs it. This money is for you to keep." .”
Dong Jiahui is not a fool, so of course she doesn't believe such words, but it is not easy for Zhang Qiaoer to give her ten yuan, and judging from her current life, she will not ask for more.
*****
It took Dong Jiahui three days to complete Heart’s clothes, and the work of the custodian was also very handy. When she first started working on the team, there were indeed some people who had open or secret opinions. Later, I saw that she was very handy, and she was kind and polite, regardless of what others said It doesn't matter whether it's ugly or flirtatious, she always smiles at each other, which makes others seem boring.
Coupled with the face of captain Ding Huaishan and Zhang Qiaoer, few people would stand up and make trouble, after all, her husband is the party secretary of the village.
After finishing making Heart's clothes that day, Dong Jiahui thought that she hadn't returned to her natal family for several days. She missed her natal family a lot, so she wanted to send the clothes back to have a look, and told her mother-in-law about it early in the morning.
"Okay, then you go after lunch."
"okay."
Dong Jiahui was happy to be able to go back to her natal home. It happened that Zhao Donghe caught a pheasant when he went up the mountain to cut branches, so Jiahui showed her skills and made a meal of ground pot chicken.
The iron pot of the farmhouse, the meat is cooked in the pot, and the pan is pasted with pancakes. During the stewing process, the pancakes are cooked, and the aroma of the chicken will also jump to the pancakes, making the pancakes more delicious.
In addition to chicken, potatoes, carrots, and frozen tofu were added to the pot, which filled a large pot.
"Whatever delicious food your family eats today, you can smell it from afar."
When Zheng Yuefen was playing outside the yard with the stones, Zhang Yulan came over to chat.
"Donghe caught a chicken and is stewing it at home."
"Who is cooking, your sister-in-law?"
"No, although she's quite annoying, she's really good at cooking. I've gained weight recently."
Zheng Yuefen touched the circle of flesh around her waist.
"It's true that I have gained weight, and my face is a bit round."
Zhang Yulan leaned closer and asked, "Your sister-in-law's cooking is really so delicious?"
Although unwilling to admit it, Zheng Yuefen still nodded.
"Hey, let me tell you something, don't be angry when you hear it."
"What are you talking about?"
"Your mother-in-law went to the village yesterday to get your uncle's salary, do you know that?"
"I know, what's the matter?"
"Did you weigh the meat by the entrance of the village when you came back?"
"yes."
"Guess what your mother-in-law said?"
"What? Hey, sister-in-law, don't tease me. If you have anything to say, hurry up and say it."
"Your mother-in-law said that she is most satisfied with the new daughter-in-law, and praised that your new sister-in-law is better than you in everything."
Zhang Yulan looked at Zheng Yuefen's face while talking, sure enough, before she finished speaking, Zheng Yuefen's face became ugly.
Then Dong Jiahui is younger than herself, has a fairer skin than herself, has a more enchanting figure than herself, and has a sweeter mouth than herself. Based on this, Dong Jiahui will never be able to compare with herself in her life.
She didn't understand why her mother-in-law was so confused, she would rather be nice to Dong Jiahui than to be nice to herself.
"Hmph, so what if you like it, but it's just a hen that doesn't lay eggs."
Zhang Yulan smiled secretly but pretended to persuade her, "Hey, you can't talk nonsense about this, your elder brother will be upset when he hears it."
Zheng Yuefen snorted and said in disdain, "Why are you upset, isn't what I said the truth!"
"You're just too honest. You can't think and talk like this when you live. The reason why your sister-in-law is liked by her mother-in-law is not because she knows how to do things and how to behave."
Zheng Yuefen thought of making clothes a few days ago, and the resentment that had cooled down came out from the bottom of her heart again.
When eating at noon, Zheng Yuefen's expression was unhappy, and she buried her head in her meal, not caring about the stone that wanted to eat meat. Zhang Qiaoer saw that the second daughter-in-law had a face that others owed her hundreds of dollars, and couldn't help it. Sighing in my heart, I took a spoonful of broth by myself, mixed it with rice and fed it to the stone one bite at a time.
Although she couldn't see the past and wanted to teach the second family a lesson, she didn't want the house to be noisy all day long, and she was afraid of affecting the feelings of her son and daughter-in-law, so she had to endure some fatigue by herself.
When feeding Shitou for dinner, seeing the elders not forgetting to take care of Yingbao while eating, his liver hurts from being so angry with Zhang Qiaoer.
*****
"I'll take you there in the afternoon."
In the room, Dong Jiahui was collecting things, Zhao Donglin came in and said he was going to send her off, Dong Jiahui turned around in surprise and asked, "Aren't you going to the village?"
"I'll take you there first and then turn back, there's still time."
Dong Jiahui pursed her lips and smiled, and her movements of packing things became brisk.
"Okay then, will you pick me up tonight?"
Zhao Donglin smiled and said, "Okay, I'll pick you up after work."
Dong Jiahui smiled and winked.
"Then I'll take the black egg Yingbao with me."
Ying Bao plays with Tian Niu, and Hei Dan can also play with Xiao Man. With Hei Dan's personality, playing with children often helps him to be cheerful.
After eating and picking up her things, Dong Jiahui dragged her family back to her natal home.
The wheat has been planted, and the village has entered the slack season. Chen Guixiang was at home today. When she saw her daughter and son-in-law come back, she was squatting on the ground turning vegetables for drying. She immediately stood up in surprise.
"mom."
"Hey, why are you back today? Have you eaten yet?"
Chen Guixiang took Yingbao from Jiahui, patted Heidan's head, and kept calling her son-in-law Zhao Donglin.
"Here, Heart asked me to make clothes for her. I'll send it back when I'm ready."
Chen Guixiang knew that this was because the daughter wanted to go back to her mother's house. If it was just for a piece of clothing, there was no need to come back specially.
"Then I'll go first, and I'll pick you up later."
Dong Jiahui nodded, Chen Guixiang frowned and said, "It's so urgent, drink some water before leaving."
Zhao Donglin declined with a smile.
"There are still things in the village, and I can't eat. I'll pick them up when I'm done."
Chen Guixiang let out a hey, sent Zhao Donglin to the door, and watched him ride away.
Dong Jiahui came back with a small basket of eggs, and Chen Guixiang said angrily, "Why did you bring something again? Last time, I asked Heart to bring some food. Let me tell you, don't bring anything with you when you come back next time. Are you still afraid?" What's the matter with returning your two bites empty-handed?"
The sisters-in-law also echoed, "That's right, even if you are married, you are still our aunt. We welcome you when you come back."
"Yingbao, go and play with Sister Tianniu."
"Heidan, go play with brother Xiaoman."
Xiaoman is about the same age as Heidan, but with a younger birthday than Heidan. Chen Guixiang heard that Heidan called her daughter instead of mother and aunt. After Heidan left, she asked in a low voice, "Why do you call your aunt? Who taught you?"
The stepmother is also a mother, so if you don't call mother or aunt, it makes people feel uncomfortable.
"No, I said it. He is different from Yingbao. He has memories of his mother. Before he got married, he was instigated a few words. He thought I was a bad woman who robbed his father. He was a little against me, so I said Tell him, if he wants his mother, he should study hard and go to the city to find his mother in the future, as for me, just call him aunt."
"Why, what did Dong Lin say?"
"Donglin wants him to change it. I think it is still necessary to respect the child's opinion. Let's talk about it when he wants to change his words that day."
Chen Guixiang sighed, knowing that her daughter has always been this kind of soft-tempered, and she is too kind to others.
"How is it at your in-law's house? Do you get along well with your mother-in-law and sister-in-law?"
"Mother-in-law is pretty good, sister-in-law is not so good, but it doesn't get in the way, it won't affect me."
"It's hard to say anything about me. If you want to talk about family separation, your brother and the three brothers get along pretty well, and I don't want to talk too much about your in-law's family. But with such a sister-in-law, you will have to bear it in the future."
Chen Guixiang was mainly worried that her daughter would suffer. After all, her daughter was too good-tempered and soft-hearted. She was afraid that her daughter would not be able to please Zheng Yuefen.
She had met Zheng Yuefen before, and she was not a good match by looking at his face.
"Mom, don't worry, I won't be as stupid as before. What's the matter, I will definitely mention it to Dong Lin. Isn't there no big conflict now? Dong Lin and her mother-in-law don't particularly want to separate. I can't just get married. Just push this."
The other one is Dong Jiahui who is preparing to take the college entrance examination. In two more years, she believes that she will be able to enter the university. As a top student with a high degree of education and experience in the college entrance examination and postgraduate entrance examination, is it possible that she can't even resume the college entrance examination
Not only herself, but she will also actively encourage Meixiang and Donglin to participate together. If the three of them are admitted to university, let Zheng Yuefen stay at her hometown in the countryside for the rest of her life.
Thinking about it this way, life is not so difficult, not to mention, her mother-in-law never favors Zheng Yuefen, but secretly favors herself. This is the main reason why Dong Jiahui has not made up her mind to separate the family.
After talking with Chen Guixiang, Dong Jiahui took the clothes and went to Hongtao's house. Hongtao married the second child in the family. After marriage, the family separated and did not live with her mother-in-law. The two young daughters-in-law are chatting at her house.
"Oh, you sent me home, thank you so much."
"Sister, try it. If it doesn't fit, I'll take it back and change it."
Several sister-in-laws also gathered around to let Hongtao try it on. Hongtao took off the jacket and put it on, buttoned it up, looked down, and stretched out her arms. The size was right, and there was room for a cotton jacket inside.
"Well, it's good, this color suits you."
"This style looks youthful, and the waist does not show the flesh."
In the village, many daughter-in-laws who have given birth inevitably suffer from big belly and fat waist, and they no longer have the slender figure they had when they were girls.
Seeing everyone saying that, Heart happily entered the room to look in the mirror, and came out with a happy face.
"Great, it fits really well, I'm so happy with it."
"Jiahui, why don't you help me make one of this style, too. Heart looks very energetic in it. I'm about the same size as her, so it's definitely suitable."
Heart is also hearty, and immediately took off her clothes for the other party to try on.
"You wear it and see it, and make one if it fits. Let's wear it together during the Chinese New Year."
These days, there is no fear of bumping into clothes. People all over the country wear only a few styles of clothes, and sometimes they feel kinder when they see others wearing the same clothes as themselves.
The other party was also polite, and changed into the clothes after receiving them. She was stronger than Hearts, and Hearts had plenty to wear, so she wore them just right.
"You look good when you wear it, it looks like you are taller."
"This pattern is really good, how about I have one too?"
"Get one if you want, it's not too much to make a new dress for yourself all year long."
"That's right, we women can't treat ourselves badly. We have to eat and wear clothes to make ourselves happy."
In this way, Dong Jiahui took a few more orders while delivering a piece of clothing, and when she turned around, she held a few pieces of fabric in her hand, and there were some that were out of fabric for the time being, so she agreed to buy the fabric and send it to Dong Jiahui.
Everyone also paid a deposit first, and they got five yuan, and the rest will be paid when the clothes are ready.
"You make money very fast. Let me ask you, do you manage the money yourself or who else?"
It's a good thing for a daughter to earn money, but if the money she earns doesn't fall into her pocket, it will be cheaper, and Chen Guixiang will not be so happy.
She still remembered that after her daughter got married to Lu Chengyuan, she didn't have any money with her, even the 80 yuan she gave her was stolen by Mrs. Lu. She was really afraid that her daughter would go the same way as before.
As soon as Chen Guixiang opened her mouth, Dong Jiahui understood what she meant, and explained, "I manage the money myself, and my mother-in-law gives me ten yuan a month. Although she has Donglin's salary, she is not the kind .”
After finishing speaking, Dong Jiahui also told Chen Guixiang what Zhang Qiaoer said to her.
Chen Guixiang felt relieved now, she was quite satisfied with what her in-laws did. After all, in the Dong family, Chen Guixiang was in charge of the family's income as well.
"It's okay. Back then, I brought you the dowry money. Your mother-in-law gave you ten yuan a month, and you earned money by making clothes. If you work hard, you can save some money in a year."
After all, the daughter doesn't care about the family's expenses and has nothing to spend. It's already very good to be able to do this. Compared with the Lu family before, it's a world away.
What Dong Jiahui didn't say was that after marriage, Zhao Donglin gave her three hundred yuan, which was a subsidy for veterans from the army. The total was more than five hundred yuan. Keep the flowers for yourself.
Calculated, Dong Jiahui has nearly 400 saved in her body now. Although this money is not too much, it is more than enough. At least it will not be impossible to spend a penny when encountering a place where money is needed.
"Let me tell you something."
"What's the matter?"
Seeing Chen Guixiang's mysterious words, Jiahui knew it must be a big gossip, and her curiosity was aroused.
"Just a few days ago, the new daughter-in-law of the Lu family was caught and raped."
"ah?"
Is that what she meant? What about Caifeng, who fell in love with another man
"Hiding in a dilapidated house in their village. When someone found him naked, that man was still Lu Chengyuan's child, but he grew up together. Mrs. Lu fainted out of anger."
The Lu family kept this matter a secret. Fortunately, there were not many people who saw that scene at that time, only two, and Lu Yougen was the vice-captain. It's real, one word spreads to ten, ten spreads to hundreds, and within two days someone reached Chen Guixiang's ears.
After Chen Guixiang knew about it, she felt at ease. Ever since she knew about Lu Chengyuan's problems, she hated the Lu family for harming her daughter. Wall, I really answered that sentence, it's not that I won't report, the day has not yet come.
"Yeah, that's really exciting."
It's a pity that there are no cameras or mobile phones in this era. If such a bloody scene is recorded, it will definitely make headlines.
Dong Jiahui has no interest in Lu's family, whether their lives are good or bad, they can't arouse her emotions.
Zhao Donglin came to pick up Dong Jiahui after work, and Chen Guixiang, the mother-in-law, naturally couldn't let her son-in-law go home on an empty stomach, so she made dinner in the evening, and waited for Zhao Donglin to come and eat dinner quickly, so that the family of four could finish eating and go back earlier. Not in the dark.
On the way back, Dong Jiahui smiled and asked Heidan, "Heidan, did you have a good time today?"
In the afternoon, I saw Xiaoman running around with Heidan's house. The two children of the same age had a common language, and they quickly became close. Seeing Heidan's heartfelt smile, Dong Jiahui was very relieved. Heidan Finally, like a four-year-old child.
At this time, Heidan still had the joy of playing with Xiaoman in his heart, he nodded vigorously, his eyes were extraordinarily bright in the dusk.
Dong Jiahui touched the top of his hairy hair, and it seemed that she made the right decision to bring Heidan here. Heidan was not born with autism, but was stimulated by the departure of his mother, and his personality was caused by changes in the living environment. To change, such a child should approach him a little bit, warm him a little bit, and not make him feel left out, and at the same time, he must not act too hastily.
"What about us Yingbao, did you enjoy playing with Sister Tiantian today?"
When Dong Jiahui was talking to Chen Guixiang, Zhou Yindi took Tianniu and Yingbao to the village to escape. Although the two girls were half a year apart in age, the difference in stature was not much, and they had the same thin and white appearance, with big eyes. , small mouth, standing together is like a pair of twins, it is very painful, I brought back a lot of food alone, peanuts, candies, home-baked pancakes, my mouth never stops, I don’t even need to eat dinner up.
Yingbao snuggled into Jiahui's arms, hummed lightly, and Jiahui smiled and kissed her little cheek.
The sky was half dark, and a crescent moon was hanging in the sky. She was sitting on the back seat of the bicycle, with a soft little Yingbao in her arms. This tranquility and beauty made Jiahui suddenly interested in singing. Hummed a song "Country Road".
"Walking on the small road in the country, the old cow returning home at night is my companion, the blue sky with a sunset on my chest, and the colorful clouds are the clothes of the sunset..."