Chapter Twenty-Five: A Bunch of Cunning Women
Getting Ye Xiang's promise to get enough cotton and linen poles for her own use made Cuilian feel very good, even if she was itchy all over her body by the plush rod of the cotton and linen forest, it didn't affect her mood. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
The cotton and linen forest in Qinghegou Village has three or four acres of land, and because of the abundant rain this year, the growth is very good, and it is more abundant than last year. But for the women of the village, such a good harvest will not make them happy. Every year, every family has to divide a large pile, knead it into a cotton rope, in addition to the soles of the shoes, or twist it into a thin thread to sew clothes, which is also used as a rope. But who has so much cloth at home to make shoes, and the process of this thing from harvesting to rolling into rope is still quite laborious, not to mention delaying labor, it is not very useful, so the enthusiasm of this group of women is not high at all.
When it took two days to harvest and happily pile up in the drying field, I am afraid that only Cuilian and Ye Xiang, the two women who have other purposes, have their eyes shining, and everyone else is disdainful.
"It's really ignorant, I can drool over these broken poles, I really don't know what the poor family was like before." It may be that Cuilian's expression is indeed exaggerated, so Lin Guihua, who loves her the most, is sneering again.
"We haven't seen so many broken poles in Shangliang Village, but it's not uncommon for 'city people' to find this thing. Sister-in-law of the roots, Lin Guihua's share will give me this uninformed one in a while. "Cuilian doesn't know like that woman, and I'm happy you don't want it.
"Osmanthus, don't you really want it? If you really don't want it, I'll give you your share. She has a new daughter-in-law, and she must use more hemp rope. There are also other of yours, if you don't want it, give it to Cuilian, the new daughter-in-law. Ye Xiang, who was standing next to Cuilian, lost no time in taking over the conversation, and also took this opportunity to ask who didn't want it, and let Cuilian transport it home together for a while.
"Ye Xiang, don't think that if you are the secretary's daughter-in-law, you can really be the master of this village. Even if I don't want it, why should I give Zhao Cuilian this woman? As far as her new daughter-in-law uses it a lot, what does that matter to me. If she wants it, will we give it for free? It took a lot of effort for us to cut it, too. Lin Guihua, who didn't care, didn't agree as soon as she heard Ye Xiang's words, why should she be cheap Zhao Cuilian for nothing, even if she wrapped the cotton and linen poles back to dry them and burned the fire, it was better than giving them to her.
"Didn't you get your work out of it? You don't want others to help you clean up, why are you not happy? "For Lin Guihua, the widow, Ye Xiang also has a headache. She is simply a stone in a thatched pit where the women of Qinghegou Village work, and she always likes to find trouble when she has nothing to do.
"That's what I deserve to count the work, and I deserve this broken pole, so what's wrong with me not being happy to give it to her? There's no one who says I'm not happy. Do you all think that's the truth? ”
"Lin Guihua, do you want to destroy women's unity? Do you want to rebel? Seeing that Lin Guihua was getting worse and worse the more she spoke, Ye Xiang felt that if she didn't come up with the women's director's style, Lin Guihua would ride on her head to spread wild.
"Hmph, Ye Xiang, you don't use these to scare people. Tell you, I'm not scared, my family is a middle peasant. I'm just telling the truth, this day is the day of the Communist Party, and Chairman Mao's old man can say, we working people are the masters of the country, and there is nothing wrong with me being the masters of our own affairs. Seeing that Ye Xiang was using a big hat to suppress people, Lin Guihua was not a vegetarian, and she pulled out a lot of words with a crackling mouth. She knows Ye Xiang very well, if it weren't for Zhao Cuilian, a shameless woman, who befriended her, Ye Xiang would have helped Zhao Cuilian ask for something like this?
"You, you quibble. Lin Guihua, don't forget how you settled in Qinghegou Village, if you want to destroy the unity of our village, our village has the right to cancel your qualification to settle down. Ye Xiang has always known the cunning of Lin Guihua, a woman, otherwise she would not have been able to marry into the county seat as a rural person with some grace and live a good life, if it weren't for the man's accidental death, and she didn't give birth to a son for the man to inherit the lineage, where would this woman be willing to return to Qinghegou Village.
"What? Ye Xiang, this Qinghegou Village is really your master, you have the final say? Do you still talk about democracy, and don't let the people speak? Ye Xiang's poor words made Lin Guihua proud, so she never put Ye Xiang, the daughter-in-law, in her eyes.
"Sister-in-law, forget it, don't help me earn it. We are now a socialist country, and we pay attention to democracy in doing things, since Sister Guihua is unwilling, then forget it. If it really destroys the unity of our Qinghegou Village, it will not be good for anyone. There are so many things left, enough for me to use. Moreover, this thing belongs to collective property, where can it be said who owns whom, isn't that digging a corner of socialism? Seeing that the two were in a posture of continuing to quarrel, Cuilian hurriedly came out to interrupt. Of course, she didn't like Lin Guihua very much in her heart, so she was talking about Ye Xiang openly, but secretly pointed out that Lin Guihua wanted to dig the corner of socialism, which was much higher than the hat Ye Xiang had brought before.
"Zhao Cuilian, what did you say about this shameless woman? Who dug the corner of socialism? Don't think you're the village chief's daughter-in-law. "Zhao Cuilian will help Ye Xiang speak, that is what Lin Guihua expected, the reason why she has so much to do with Ye Xiang is that she wants to bring out Zhao Cuilian this woman. She held back her resentment in her heart, and she didn't want to vent it, she was about to be tortured to death. Especially when she met Wang Jianguo on the road yesterday, she just wanted to say a few more words to him, but the man avoided himself like a plague, and he was angry with her. It's all because of Zhao Cuilian, a woman, if it weren't for her, how would Wang Jianguo treat himself like this?
"Sister Osmanthus, I didn't say who or what, let's just talk about things. It's not early now, sister-in-law, let's hurry up, I have to go back to cooking, this old man has several mouths waiting. "Cuilian really doesn't want to deal with Lin Guihua, she can't be polite when she talks to Xiao Xiang's man, and don't leave any face, otherwise the other party will be like a dog skin plaster, and it will stick to it and disgusting. Therefore, as long as Wang Jianguo can handle it well, she will choose to ignore the existence of this woman.
"yes, it's all late. Village chief's daughter-in-law, if you want, I'll give you my share, but can you give me a few lumps, my dog loves to eat there, and by the way, I'll help you deal with that rod together. At this time, a woman who had been standing next to the play stood up and said.
This woman Cuilian knows, is the accountant's daughter-in-law, her son went to the house with Tie Dan'er to get green potatoes, she still remembers that this woman came to the door the next day to thank her, she is a shrewd woman who does not suffer.
"Thank you, thank you. But there are not many gnocchi at home, and a few days ago, I brought some to Uncle Tiedan'er's family to try them, do you see the two of you? Cuilian said politely. She didn't know if the woman was intentional or unintentional, and many people in the village knew that she had a kind of lump of dirt, but they didn't say it directly. If she wants to use that rod to change, she can say it in private, this person has a lot of things to say, if everyone wants to change it, the iron egg has nothing to eat, and she can't hate her as a stepmother.
"Okay, why not, I'll let the dog get it in a while. However, the village chief's daughter-in-law, you have to get this cotton and linen pole back to clean up by yourself, and I have a lot of things to do in my family waiting for me to go home and clean up. "It's not bad to have two, save some food, and you can eat it as kimchi for many days. Anyway, she can't use the cotton and linen poles, and there are a lot of hemp ropes that haven't been used.
"It's okay, it's okay, you're busy, I can clean it up myself." For this overly shrewd woman, Cuilian didn't want to ask the other party to help with it at all.
"And such a good thing? I've heard that the lump made by the village chief's daughter-in-law tastes like pickled radish when it comes out, and we haven't eaten kimchi in a few years, so it's good to be able to exchange this pile of useless things for some food. Listening to Cuilian's words, several women who were close to her also moved their minds, anyway, the work of cutting cotton and linen poles was also earned, and it would be good if they also exchanged cotton and linen poles for something to eat.
"The village chief's daughter-in-law, can we exchange with you? Not much, I'll just want one, taste it. ”
"That's it, the village chief's daughter-in-law, I'll also change it with you. Mine is not as much as theirs, you can give me half of it. ”
"Mine for you."
There are one and two, and when the dog mother successfully exchanged, others also asked for the exchange. Who said that rural people are simple and pure, if it weren't for Cuilian gritting her teeth and resolutely saying that there are not so many, today I am afraid that for these cotton and linen stalks, she can lose all the green potatoes in the half jar to this group of cunning women.
"Virtue! Bah. Seeing Zhao Cuilian surrounded by women, Lin Guihua snorted fiercely, picked up her hemp pole and went home.