Chapter 18: Enlightenment

The factory is so far away from Cuizhuwan that it is impossible to recruit workers from Cuizhuwan, so they have to recruit in the countryside and cities near Fucheng. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info However, it's okay this way, she didn't want her brothers and sisters to work in the factory, and she didn't want her brothers and sisters to see people's faces. After all, in this era, the status of both workers and men is very low. If other people in the village go, the brothers and sisters will inevitably be unhappy or envious.

Now that everyone is gone, she has a lot less troubles.

However, in order to support those who have a good relationship with their own family, and also to let their families live a good life, so that their brothers and sisters can have their own careers and live a more fulfilling and happy life, Oriental Painting Brocade decided to open a small processing factory in Cuizhuwan to create employment opportunities and wealth opportunities for family members and those who have a good relationship.

As for making the whole village rich, she doesn't have such noble sentiments, saying that when the uncle's family bullied the five rooms, although there were not many people who openly fell into the ground, but those who stood by and watched, alienated the five rooms, secretly gossiped all kinds of people who belittled the five rooms, and looked down on the five rooms, almost accounted for more than half of them.

Some of those people are good for the older generation, but not good for the younger generation; Some are good husbands, but the wives are the echoworms of the uncle's family, even if they are not echoworms, they also look down on the five-room family openly and secretly, and from time to time they will say some strange and humiliating things behind their backs; Some people, the adults are really good, and they haven't done anything harmful to the Wufang family, but the children seduce you to look down on people, follow the children of the big house, and bully or ridicule the children of the five rooms.

All in all, the people in the entire village of Cuizhuwan, from beginning to end, no one in the family has ever bullied the Oriental Painting Brocade family, and there are only two or three out of ten. And those who are really close to her family, who have always been very concerned about her family, are sincere, and there are only five or six families, that is, the families mentioned earlier, who had to go up the mountain to find them on the day she and her brothers and sisters encountered wild boars.

There are also the patriarch and the village chief, these two families can be regarded as fair and sympathetic to the Dongfang Huajin family. Although, among these two families, there are also one or two people who respond to the diaphragm, but at least the patriarch and the village chief have always stood on the side of the Oriental Painting Brocade family, and they have always been more protective of their family.

That's enough, and when the water is clear, there are no fish.

The patriarch and the village chief are not easy to offend. For the one or two bedbugs in the two's house, Dongfang Huajin decided not to care about it on the surface. It's just that, in private, you can't just let it go. Secretly clean up those people, there are ways to do it, and there is no hurry at this time. Slowly clean up, secretly clean up, clean up well, so that these people can't talk about their suffering.

In short, on the bright side, you must not conflict with the patriarch and the people of the village chief's family, and you must give face to the patriarch and the village chief. If you want to rectify those few people, you must also be quiet, and don't leave any traces.

The eldest brother Ye Mao has a soft spot for carpentry, and he is also quite talented in this regard, as early as when he was ten years old, he often went to his father's friend Dongfang Shanfeng's house in his spare time to watch others do carpentry. Shan Feng likes Ye Mao very much and is willing to teach him a few tricks, over the years, Ye Mao has been a very good carpenter.

Oriental Painting Brocade decided to open a small furniture and rattan processing factory, and use her knowledge of furniture styles in her previous life to help her family and those who have a good relationship with her family to make a fortune together.

As soon as she told her eldest brother about this idea, the eldest brother was immediately full of joy: "Okay, eldest brother listens to you!" ”

If the third sister can really draw some novel furniture styles, this idea must be very good, and it is worth fighting. Besides, even if there is no novelty, he can figure it out for himself. As long as the craftsmanship is excellent and does not cut corners, this furniture business will be done!

"However, where does the third sister plan to build the processing plant? Are you going to the county seat? Ye Mao asked curiously.

Dongfang Huajin shook his head: "No, our processing plant is built in the village." Well, I'm going to buy all the old houses in the village, bulldoze them all, and build processing factories in these places! ”

Ye Mao frowned slightly: "I'm afraid this is not easy, there should be many people who will open their mouths and ask for a very high price." Now, our family only has a few dozen taels of silver, and you don't have much silver on hand, right? More than 30 families, each family at least 15 taels, this will cost hundreds of taels of silver! ”

Oriental Painting Brocade: "Well, there is really not much silver, I only have more than fifty taels." If not, I'll go to the mountains tomorrow and see if I can collect some precious medicinal herbs. ”

Ye Mao was shocked and categorically vetoed: "No! There are tigers in the mountains, you can't go on adventures, you can't say anything! If there is really no money, the processing plant will not be opened, and I will just do carpentry work in our house! ”

Oriental Painting Brocade: "This is not good, it is inconvenient to do wood work at home!" You don't have anything by yourself, and if everyone else comes to the house to do woodwork, it's definitely not suitable! The sister-in-law is about to give birth, and the house must be quiet, and people come and go! Besides, I plan to open a furniture store in the county seat, and if the business is good, I plan to open one in Fucheng too! So, now that the work has started, there are a few more people to do it together! ”

Ye Mao insisted: "Then you can't go into the mountains alone, anyway, if I don't agree, it's a big deal that this carpenter's workshop won't open!" Now our family also has ten acres of good land, and I cut some firewood to sell on weekdays, and my life can go on! ”

Ten acres of good land refers to the land reclaimed in the backyard. Dongfang Huajin secretly sprinkled the spiritual spring water on the ground, which greatly improved the quality of the soil, and the crops that were originally very barren and planted for several months were almost the same as the medium land.

And these ten acres of good land are planted with soybeans and mung beans, and the Oriental Painting Brocade uses the excuse of planting soybeans and mung beans to fertilize the fields. Moreover, before planting, I did apply fertilizer to the Dongfang Painting Brocade according to the proposal of Oriental Painting. And this fertilizer includes the humus dug from the mountains, and the pond mud that no one wants, as well as the fertilizer and plant ash.

In the past, the people of Tsui Chuk Wan had never done this. In this way, the barren land has changed so much, although the family is a little incredulous, but they do not doubt anything too much, but happily accept it.

In this way, it has provided cover for Oriental Painting Brocade. However, she also told her family not to shout everywhere, but to keep a low profile, so as not to be seen by others. You know, you don't have to pay taxes to grow crops in this garden. At that time, it was bought in the name of a homestead.

Dongfang Huajin sighed: "Okay, I don't go to the deep mountains, just on the edge of the deep mountains, let's shoot some pheasants and hares, and pick some ordinary herbs!" I can tann furs, and my eldest brother can go to a nearby village and buy some furs, and we can make our own tanning and sell them, and we should be able to make a lot of money. When we have enough money, we'll buy those old mansions!" ”

Ye Mao's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Do you know how to tann fur?" Really? That's great! Uncle Shanfeng has been doing carpentry work everywhere over the years, and everyone in this radius of ten miles basically knows each other. He and Shanxi both knew very well which village had hunters, and what character was probably there. Tomorrow, I'll let the mountain stream take me to buy furs! ”

Dongfang Huajin hurriedly stopped: "Don't worry, this tanning fur, you have to prepare something." Tomorrow, you go to the city to help me buy some miscanthus and come back, and then talk about the rest when you buy it! By the way, this thing is in the pharmacy, maybe you can buy it. ”

Tanning fur is actually not complicated, but most people don't know the method. A very easy way for Dongfang Huajin to understand is to take bamboo or razor blades, clean the meat and fat, put it in a ventilated place to dry, and then soak it in clean water for a day. Next, add soaphorn water, clean it, dry it until it is 60% dry, soak it in the water of miscanthus nitrate, turn it once a day, soak it for about 20 days, take it out and clean it, and then dry it. Then, apply the plaster and use the blade to shovel away the impurities, wipe it clean, let it dry overnight, and then apply the plaster shovel again. That's it, basically.

Ye Mao nodded: "Okay, I've heard of this thing, and you can buy it in pharmacies and grocery stores!" Tomorrow, I'll go to the county seat and buy some back! ”

Dongfang Huajin gave him a silver ticket of ten taels: "Since you have gone, you will buy more and come back, and you will also buy two horses of fine muslin, brown sugar and fine grain, and you will also buy some back." ”

Ye Mao hurriedly said: "I still have silver money on me, I only spent a little bit of what you gave last time." Keep your money, save it for yourself, find a good family in the future, and buy yourself a little more dowry! ”

When he mentioned this, he was very sad and guilty. As the eldest brother, he did not protect the third sister well and did not fulfill his responsibility as a big brother. This matter is that he is sorry for the third sister, so that the third sister has suffered so many sins at a young age, and even has to bear and leave the stigma of a woman.

Looking at the third sister's still immature face, facing her slightly vicissitudes of life, Ye Mao only felt that his heart was like a pinprick, and the pain was unbearable. At this moment, the guilt swept over him like a frenzy, and it was about to drown him.

Dongfang Huajin shook his head funny: "Big brother, I'm not yet thirteen years old, and I'm still very young." In fact, if a woman marries too early, she is prone to dystocia. The children born are not as healthy as the children born after the age of eighteen, so I am not in a hurry. Let's put it this way, when you turn sixteen, it's not too late to think about the issue of marriage! Besides, I gave you money to buy some muslin for my nephews and nieces. As an aunt, the babies were born, and I had to buy some gifts. ”

After a pause, he remembered something, and took out a silver ticket of ten taels from his purse: "By the way, add two more pairs of silver anklets, which are also my gifts to the child!" ”

Why two pairs? Because the doctor said that there may be two children in the sister-in-law's womb.

Ye Mao was very moved, and hurriedly waved his hand to refuse: "No, what anklets to buy, I think it's good to buy a muslin cloth!" What kind of anklets do children bring! You are not rich, so keep your money! ”

Oriental painting brocade is a fortress for him.

Ye Mao dodged left and right, and couldn't help but be embarrassed, he couldn't resist in the end, so he had to nod: "Okay, I'll take the ten taels of silver before, you can take back the ten taels of silver!" ”

He made up his mind that he would just buy the child a pair of copper anklets for 200 yuan.

Dongfang Huajin didn't understand what he meant, so he had to sigh: "Alas, tomorrow morning, I'll go to the county seat with you!" ”

When giving gifts, you must give good gifts, especially gifts for your family, whether it is food or use, it can't be bad. Of course, this must be within the scope of ability, and you can't slap a swollen face and become fat.

A pair of silver anklets worth five taels, she can still afford it.

"Okay, let's go together!" Seeing the third sister's determined expression, Ye Mao knew that he couldn't fight, so he had to reluctantly agree.

Dongfang Huajin immediately returned to his bedroom, clicked on the deposit, and couldn't help but be very helpless: there were only fifty-one taels of silver in total, just such a small amount of silver, and it seemed that tomorrow he would only buy muslin, anklets, and brown sugar. My sister-in-law is going to have a baby, and as a younger sister, should she buy something for my sister-in-law?

By the way, let's ask my sister-in-law to see what she lacks.

walked out of the bedroom and came to the first courtyard, just in time to see the sister-in-law bending down to dry clothes. This scene stimulated her nerves at once, she suddenly rushed over, and helped her sister-in-law to sit on the chair beside her: "Sister-in-law, you sit down and rest, and let me help you do this kind of work in the future!" When I'm not at home, let the eldest sister and the second sister help me! ”

The sister-in-law couldn't help blushing a little: "Third sister, it's just a drying of clothes, I can do it." Which woman in the village didn't give birth today and was still working in the fields yesterday? ”

A cousin of my mother's family, who gave birth to a baby today, went up the mountain to cut thatch yesterday! 100 pounds of thatch, you have to pick it home, don't you have nothing? Compared to that cousin, she is much happier, since the separation, she has never done heavy work, and can eat at least one egg a day.

Especially after the third sister came back from the barracks, she also consulted the doctor and got her a set of nutritious meals. Three meals a day, each meal has a meat dish, two greens, and a soup. In addition, in the middle of the afternoon, I will give her a bowl of steamed eggs and a few pastries. Fruits, that is what you want to eat, the third sister will go to the city or county seat every once in a while, and buy her red and big apples, as well as other fruits, which are very delicious.

In fact, those fruits were taken out of the space by Oriental Painting Brocade.

The third sister was so good to her, and even took her to Jishitang in the county seat, and invited an old doctor with good character and medical skills to help her carefully check and prescribe good fetal drugs. This old doctor is still a gynecological saint, and the third sister even gave the old doctor a deposit of twenty taels of silver, asking the old doctor to come to Cuizhuwan on the day she gave birth, just in case.

After all, this is most likely twins, and the likelihood of dystocia will be a little greater. Of course, the third sister didn't let her know this, but her sister-in-law and mother reminded her that it would be good for her not to eat too much on weekdays, lest her belly be too big and it would be difficult to give birth at that time.

In terms of diet, the third sister seems to have put a lot of effort into letting her eat well, but also controlling her appetite and not letting her eat violently. The third sister also said that eating too much, eating too well, is not conducive to childbirth.

The third sister's words, she is convinced. Especially, even if her mother said so, she naturally wouldn't doubt it. Whether the third sister is sincere to her or not, she can still judge, it can be said that the third sister is simply the best sister-in-law in the world!

Dongfang Huajin opened his mouth and shouted: "Yunjin, come here, pour a cup of tea for my sister-in-law, and get some snacks and fruits!" ”

"Hey, got it." Yun Jin's voice was crisp and pleasant, very good, but it was unpleasant to hide. Just now, she saw her sister-in-law struggling to dry her clothes, but she was still angry in her heart, so she pretended not to see it.

At this moment, Yunjin is watering flowers and trees.

At the age of nine, she is still a little playful, and her temperament is still a little naughty. Like the Oriental Painting Brocade in his previous life when he was twelve years old, he didn't really understand the hardships of pregnant women, and he was not very considerate of his pregnant sister-in-law.

In the previous life, when Dongfang Huajin was twelve years old, her sister-in-law was pregnant. After five months of pregnancy, the belly is big, and it is definitely inconvenient at times. For example, bending down to pick up things that have fallen on the floor, bending down to do laundry, etc. At this time, originally Dongfang Huajin, as a sister-in-law, should take the initiative to help her sister-in-law.

However, at that time, Oriental Painting Brocade, because of the annoyance that the eldest brother was bent on protecting the sister-in-law, was much more neglected by her as a younger sister. Moreover, every time she had a little friction with her sister-in-law, her father and mother sharply accused her, indiscriminately, and stood on her sister-in-law's side. In fact, many times, it is not that she is wrong, or that the sister-in-law is wrong. Instead, someone deliberately instigated it, which caused the two to have a misunderstanding.

Speaking of which, the twelve-year-old girl Oriental Painting Brocade is actually very aggrieved. As a result, it is inevitable that I will be unhappy in my heart, so I often turn a blind eye to my sister-in-law's various difficulties. Unless the sister-in-law takes the initiative to ask for help, or she really can't see it, otherwise, she will often pretend not to see it.

Now that I think about it, Dongfang Huajin's heart is very sour, and I only feel that I was so naΓ―ve, so cautious, and so ridiculous. Everything, if she could start over, she would definitely be a little more tolerant, a little more loving, and a little more considerate of her sister-in-law in her previous life.

Her sister-in-law in her previous life, although she also had various small shortcomings, she definitely did not be "as close as a sister" to her. and her mother, there are often such and such conflicts, but compared to the sisters-in-law of those around her, she is actually a very good sister-in-law. At least, it can score eighty points, she really thinks so.

No one is perfect, after all, she is not a relative of flesh and blood, and the sister-in-law in her previous life can do that, which is really good. You must know that the sister-in-law of relatives and friends has a lot of things to do, but there is no bottom line. In such a bad environment, there is really nothing to say that the sister-in-law can still maintain that kind of morality.

It's just that I didn't understand this at the beginning.

Looking at today's Yunjin, Oriental Painting Brocade seems to see itself in the previous life. In her previous life, she left regrets, but now she has to help Yunjin, and she can't let her leave such regrets.

"Sister-in-law, you are very heavy now, don't do any work. From today on, my eldest sister and second sister Yunjin will take turns guarding you. If you need anything, just let us know! After drying the clothes, Dongfang Huajin put the wooden barrel in the utility room, moved a chair, and sat in front of the sister-in-law.

Yun Jin pursed his lips, obviously not very agreeing.

Dongfang Huajin raised his eyes and glared at her sharply.

"Third sister, thank you!" There were tears in the eyes of the sister-in-law, and her impression and gratitude to this third sister were raised to a higher level.

The eldest brother came back, and Dongfang Huajin took Yunjin and left.

Back in the courtyard of Erjin, the Oriental Painting Brocade pulled the cloud brocade and sat on the stone slab under the osmanthus tree in the middle of the courtyard, posing for a long talk.

Yun Jin was a little weak-hearted, and his eyes didn't dare to look at her.

Alas, it seems that her target for her sister-in-law was discovered by the third sister.

"Third sister, I just can't get used to seeing my sister-in-law's appearance, as soon as I get married to my eldest brother, I firmly pinch my eldest brother in the palm of my hand. Before my eldest brother got married, he was kind to me, and every time he went to the mountains to cut wood, he would pick some wild fruits and come back for me to eat. After getting married, I was snubbed a lot, what delicious wild fruits are there, and the first person to pick them back is my sister-in-law, not me! ”

Little girl's heart. Full of anger and grievances, and incomprehension.

Such a good big brother, how did he get married and change?

Dongfang Huajin was a little crying and laughing: "Yunjin, you have a misunderstanding of the eldest brother, the eldest brother is still very good to you!" As for what you said, Naye Guo was the first to give it to the sister-in-law, and that was because the sister-in-law was the wife of the eldest brother. When my sister-in-law first married my eldest brother, in our Cuizhuwan, she was an outsider, she was unfamiliar with her life, and she didn't even have an acquaintance. The closest person is the eldest brother, if the eldest brother doesn't protect her, she will be so pitiful! ”

Hearing this, Yun Jin's face softened a little.

Oh, so that's the case, the eldest brother didn't take her sister seriously if he had a sister-in-law. In this way, the little girl's heart finally felt a little better. However, the eldest brother is really, a little dumbfounded. For so long, she was angry with him, and he didn't even notice it.

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