Chapter 47: The Horse Widow
Widow Ma also smiled at Zhou Xiaoan, others didn't know Zhou Xiaoan, but she inquired clearly on the day they came.
When I saw me today, her eyes lit up immediately! Just such a yellow-haired girl, as thin as a chick, can she keep a man?
Widow Ma and Han Dazhuang saw each other in her mother's house, and they were not engaged or publicized, and the people in Liushugou didn't know about it.
When the second uncle saw Zhou Xiao'an looking at her, she brought her over, "Your sister-in-law Ma is a good worker among the women in our production team!" Others can spin two taels of cotton a day, but she can spin three taels and call it a day early! ”
The province is located in the North China Plain, cotton cultivation is very extensive, in the past rural women's main winter work is spinning and weaving, although now cotton is purchased by the state, spinning and weaving cloth is not as large as before liberation, but most rural women still maintain their own tradition of spinning and weaving.
Therefore, it has become an important criterion to see whether a daughter-in-law is capable and how much thread she can spin in a day.
Zhou Xiaoan pinched the corner of his clothes and shyly whispered "Sister-in-law Ma", then lowered his head and stopped talking.
Seeing the bruises on her face, the smile on the corner of her mouth became even bigger, "Sister, sit down and talk!" You city people don't have to suffer from our countryside, haven't you ever seen spinning and weaving? Let's have fun with something new! As soon as my sister-in-law saw you, she fell in love, sit down and let's chat! ”
Zhou Xiaoan looked like he wanted to sit down but didn't know whether he should or not, so he asked for help to see his second uncle.
is so unidean, no wonder I am disliked by my in-laws! Widow Ma looked at Zhou Xiaoan more pleasing to the eye, and greeted her more enthusiastically.
The production team site is a large tube house with four rooms, a large kang is nearly 20 meters long, and the kang is full of spinning wheels on and underground, Zhou Xiaoan finally sat next to the horse widow, while watching her spin thread, while lowering his head to listen to her, only occasionally looking up at her lips and smiling, which is regarded as a response.
The more I listened to Zhou Xiaoan, the happier I became, Widow Ma's mouth was too powerful! She only sat down for a while, and she changed from "sister" to "Xiao An", and "sister-in-law Ma" also became "Sister Guixiang"! Even when she was angry at her in-law's house, she let people say a few words!
is so delicate and silent, it is really suitable for the Han family. Just Mrs. Han and Han Xiaoshuang's stupid appearance of bullying the soft and afraid of the hard nest, meeting this is the nemesis!
Zhou Xiao'an sat honestly, like a timid and stupid little animal, being lured step by step by the horse widow to reveal his old bottom. The group of aunts next to them couldn't help nodding, "These two people are really in love!" ”
Even the second uncle laughed, "Not really!" Our Xiao An doesn't like to talk, thanks to the clever mouth of the Dehui family, we can talk to her! ”
Zhou Xiaoan raised her head and smiled at everyone, and then became her timid, unnoticed, and scheming little daughter-in-law.
The horse widow pinned her newly cut short hair behind her ears, revealing her fleshy earlobes, and smiled with her eyes hanging as she spun the thread, her fingers twisting the cotton, and the spinning wheel spun fast, full of confidence.
Seeing Zhou Xiao'an, her originally rested mind began to come alive again. is such a woman with a lump of wood, what can a yellow flower girl be? If you have a job and a city hukou, you are better than her?!
Just by her appearance, as long as a man is not blind, he will definitely choose her! With her skillful hands, the female workers in the textile factory in Peizhou City are also comparable!
Besides, Han Dazhuang fell in love with her first! It is this wooden lump that pries (cutting in line, a third party)! She can snatch her man, why can't she snatch it back?!
The spinning wheel in the widow's hand turned faster, and her heart was quickly calculated.
She's a widow, that's all for her life, and if she wins this bet, then turn over and go into the city to enjoy it! If it still doesn't work out in the end, then she will continue to be her little widow and go back to the countryside to marry honestly. The Han family is afraid of getting into trouble, so they will definitely not publicize it everywhere, who can know what she is doing in the city?
You can't lose money on this deal! Blocked!
Zhou Xiaoan saw that the widow didn't speak, and she didn't take the initiative to speak. Doing things with smart people, point to point, do too much and say too much, but add to the snake.
They don't need your prompting or pushing, let them think about it by themselves, and the more they think of themselves, the more intelligent people only trust their own judgment.
Zhou Xiaoan has always known her weaknesses, and let her be clever enough to make eye to people, then she definitely can't. So I never do this kind of thing that I can't do on my own.
Fortunately, she performed honestly and honestly, and the nervousness and discomfort revealed from time to time were more credible.
Everyone was working in full swing, and the women's director of the brigade came to do routine publicity.
This kind of propaganda has never stopped from the field to the big house of the production team throughout the year, and everyone is accustomed to it.
At present, the state advocates the improvement of women's status and encourages women to go out of the house to participate in labor, from urban to rural areas, men and women are equal, and equal pay for equal work, and women's ability to hold up half the sky has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Zhou Xiaoan listened to it for a while, and felt that there was a sentence that was particularly interesting, "Eat men, wear men, call over, scold the past, and can't be angry for the rest of your life."
It really speaks to the hearts of all the poor women in the old society.
Zhou Xiaoan sat in the team headquarters for two days, and his honest and shy image was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and his relationship with the horse widow improved by leaps and bounds.
"Sister, tomorrow it's my turn to help cook in the cafeteria, I'll be fine after making breakfast, you go to my sister's house and sit down!" It can be regarded as a recognition of the door, and our sisters will come and go often in the future! ”
Zhou Xiaoan touched the missing piece of hair, and nodded happily and shyly.
She will be back in two days, and if the horse widow doesn't move, she will have to find a way to enter the house.
Widow Ma's family lived at the entrance of the village, two low thatched houses, with no furniture in the house, but they were very clean and neat, and the mud floor was even plastered flat with yellow mud, which was completely different from the potholed ground of many houses in the village.
Pulling Zhou Xiaoan to the kang, the two sat cross-legged on the kang, and the widow Ma told her about herself while rolling dry cigarettes.
She married Ma Dehui at the age of sixteen, and within three years, the man died without even a child. Her mother's father and mother can't afford to be her brother and sister-in-law's home, and she can't go back, a widow's family, who has no relatives in Liushugou, doesn't know how many tongues she has recruited......
Speaking of sadness, Widow Ma pulled Zhou Xiaoan to cry.
Zhou Xiao'an's scalp was numb by her bitter drama, and she didn't need to be induced anymore, so she quickly talked about her sadness, her mother-in-law was mean, her sister-in-law was arrogant, and men couldn't look down on her, "But my mother said that the Han family eats well, Da Zhuang earns a lot of money and has a good temper, let me coax him well." Sister Guixiang, I don't know what to coax ......."
"Silly girl! Men can't coax! You've got to hang him! Just go back to the village! Hang him for two months, and don't bother with him when you go back! Then he'll run after you! You listen to my sister, don't be tempted to rush to him! ”
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The sisters talked for a long time, let each other see their suffering, and their feelings became closer.
Seeing that the sun was coming, Zhou Xiaoan found an excuse to go home, and the horse widow sent her out of the yard, "Sister, you have to remember what my sister told you!" You're young, and there are a lot of things you don't understand! Sister is from here, you are right to listen to sister! ”
Zhou Xiaoan was convinced, "Sister, I listen to you!" I want to live a good life with Da Zhuang, but I'm stupid, I can't coax Da Zhuang, and I won't get along with my mother-in-law and sister-in-law, what will you teach me in the future! ”
Widow Ma smiled more intimately, took Zhou Xiaoan's hand and just wanted to say a few more words, but suddenly looked at her behind her and stiffened.
Zhou Xiaoan turned around, blinked his eyes twice, and stammered, "Little, uncle?" ”
Author's Note:
I especially want to confirm, Mingjin, you are really not the editor of the adult's trumpet?
Konishi just notified that it will be on the shelves on July 1st, and you will soon find out the truth!
Right! Your prophecy has come true! Time Pretty July 1st on the shelves! Applaud!!
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