Chapter 37: Let's Go Back to the Village
Sister-in-law Bai said: "Now that fruit shop is ours, will we have to rely on you more in the future?" She smiled and gave me the two keys. One is here, and the other is the key to the white sister-in-law's bungalow.
I nodded, and put the key away, I was a little excited, thinking that I was going to make money in the city soon.
The house was empty, with only a few waste paper shells, plastic paper containing fruits, and dust everywhere, and a few tables and chairs were very worn, covered with dust.
My sister-in-law and I swept the floor, cleaned the floor, and found two nails to repair tables and chairs, neither of which we were very good at, so we worked all afternoon.
Sister-in-law Bai squatted on the ground and laboriously wrung the water of the mop, and suddenly looked up and said, "By the way, Qiaozhen, I just saw people from our village who came to the market, and they said that Du Cheng had a wedding the day before yesterday." β
I was wiping the glass with a piece of newspaper, and when I heard what she said, I couldn't help but pause for a moment and continue to wipe the glass. Although this person has nothing to do with me now, I am still a little shocked to hear about his marriage, after all, I have been with him for several years, and I have sincerely looked forward to marrying him.
Sister-in-law Bai told me that last time at Liu Cui's wedding, Du Cheng got drunk and fought with Song Dong, and beat Yuan Fang, which was too ugly, so his mother was bent on getting face back at the wedding.
"Yuan Fang also borrowed several cars from relatives in the city to decorate the faΓ§ade, and the whole village was a sensation, it doesn't matter if you don't go to me, you see the prickly heart."
I smiled and said, "I didn't care about that for a long time. β
Sister-in-law Bai sneered: "Actually, I have helped you inquire clearly, Yuan Fang's family arranged for Du Cheng to work as a worker in a cotton spinning factory." The probationary period is forty-two dollars a month. If you turn positive, it will be sixty or seventy. But it's still not okay to make Du Cheng's mother happy, everyone says that he dumped you, otherwise it would be impossible to come to work in the city, I think this family is very unauthentic. β
I didn't speak, but I said in my heart, the cotton mill is very prosperous now, but it will close down in five or six years, and all the workers here will be laid off, and there are few who have a good life. In my previous life, I gave him a few dollars to spend from time to time, but I won't tell Du Cheng about this matter, the path he chose by himself, and if he goes on his own, what does it matter to me.
"Qiao'er, what do you want?" Sister-in-law Bai smiled: "Why are you smiling on your face, could it be that you have thought of something good?" β
I hurriedly said, "I'm thinking about my family, and I don't know if my eldest brother is back?" β
"I don't know, but your mother couldn't find you anywhere, so she said that you were deceived by someone, and eloped with others, and said that she raised you for nothing, an unfilial daughter or something."
The village is not a big place, and if something happens a little, everyone must know about it, and the white sister-in-law will know it as soon as she asks.
I snorted, "My mom is still thinking about selling me for a good price." β
"When you're done, go home and have a look, you're about to start doing business, and you won't be able to go back to the village then."
"Well, I want to wait for my eldest brother to come back, and I'll go back." It would be very troublesome for me to go back by myself, but my eldest brother and Lin Cailian are both by my side, and it is impossible for them to bully me.
I cleaned up the house with her and went to a nearby state-run canteen for a little food.
A scrambled egg with a sharp pepper, plus a bowl of tomato and egg soup, two pieces of tofu and two bowls of rice, a total of less than three yuan, very delicious.
Sister-in-law Bai kept picking up dishes for me: "Look at you, just the two of us, what are you reluctant to eat?" When I see you, you're just eating over there, and you're not willing to eat any food. β
Because I'm always the least valued one at home, and all the good dishes are the second brother's, and I've long been used to it, so now that I have a dish, it's still like this, and I can't change it.
The two of us were eating, and suddenly someone tapped me on the shoulder from behind, and the voice was full of surprise; "Qiaozhen, why are you here! Sister-in-law Bai, you're here too! β
It was Sun Hong's voice, and I looked back in surprise.
Sure enough, it was her, wearing a pink shirt and black pants, and her hair was tied in a ponytail. After a few days of not seeing her, she looked like she was a little fatter and her skin was supple.
"You can also come here to eat, let's eat together!" The white sister-in-law asked her to sit down.
But she pointed to the seat in front of her embarrassedly: "The two of us came together, we have reconciled." β
A man was sitting with his back to us, and I knew it was Gao Hu at a glance.
Sun Hong called Gao Hu over, but he didn't move, just nodded at us, his face was embarrassed, and I felt very embarrassed when I saw him thinking about what was going on in the woods.
I was a little scared in my heart, but fortunately I listened to Lin Cailian's persuasion at the time and didn't keep pushing them to break up, otherwise, she wouldn't have this attitude towards me now, and she must hate me to death.
Sun Hong said: "The two of us are also going to get married." No, I just went to the supply and marketing cooperatives to buy some things for happy events. β
I laughed with my sister-in-law, "Congratulations!" When is the occasion held? β
Sun Hong smiled: "What my mother means, just invite everyone to have a meal, because Brother Gao Hu has no one in his family, and he doesn't have enough money, so he will hold a big event when the full moon wine is due." β
Sister-in-law Bai lowered her head and ate a few chopsticks dishes, and then said with a smile: "It's really strange that your mother's temper can agree to the marriage of the two of you so easily." β
"Well, she's just a little more vicious, but it's still for me." She lowered her head and fiddled with the corners of her clothes as she spoke, not daring to look us in the eye.
She can hide it from others, but she can't hide it from me.
Duan Qiuyue originally found Sun Hong a blind date with a city person with good conditions. But because she was pregnant with a child, she was determined to marry Gao Hu, so she couldn't live or die, and then she couldn't help it, so she simply told her mother all about it.
Duan Qiuyue suddenly fell ill in anger, her proud daughter actually had a child with a second-rate son!
There was that thing before marriage, and she also got a child, which was a very serious matter in the countryside at that time, so even if she didn't want her daughter to marry Gao Hu, there was no room for maneuver.
I can only swallow my anger and marry my daughter to this bastard.
Gao Hu is so poor that he is a scumbag, not to mention preparing a house and bride price, and he doesn't even have a decent piece of clothing. Everything is for Sun Hong to take out the money and post it upside down.
Duan Qiuyue originally prepared a lot of money for her daughter's marriage, but when she saw that Gao Hu was so panicked, she simply broke the jar and let them make trouble by themselves.
But Sun Hong was still too happy, because she could finally be with her sweetheart.
Duan Qiuyue is usually very arrogant, and she opens her mouth and closes her mouth to say how my daughter is in the city, and she will never marry back to the village, but now, she can only marry her daughter to the most unsuccessful second-rate son, and the phoenix has directly become a soup chicken, which is made fun of by many village women.
The most ridiculous thing is naturally my mother, I was divorced at the time, she screamed the most, and now her daughter has done something even more embarrassing, of course, I have to say it.
Seeing the embarrassed look on Sun Hong's face, he knew that everything in his previous life was repeated again.
I took her hand: "I hope you don't hate me because of our mother's discord." β
"I know! My mom is sorry for you too. Sun Hong choked up and said, "If she knew how good you were to me, she wouldn't be like this." β
"Don't cry, be a bride with joy."
Sun Hong agreed, chatted with us again, and went back with Gao Hu with his things.
Sister-in-law Bai said in a low voice: "The girl in our village, why do I look stupid? One by one, all of them were deceived by men, some were deceived for a while, and some were deceived for a lifetime. β
I nodded and smiled, but didn't speak.
After eating, my sister-in-law led me to the small bungalow, which was not very large, and the previous tenants were not very particular, and there was a mess everywhere, but this house was very sturdy, and it was located on the side of the road, and it was located in a fairly good area, and I lived here temporarily during the period of work.
My hand carefully stroked the yellow striped floor leather on the kang and the snow-white walls, thinking to myself, how nice it would be if I had such a house? And if I have this bungalow, and then wait until it is upgraded and then sell it and change the building, it will be easier.
Sister-in-law Bai suddenly smiled and said, "Do you want to buy this house?" β
I nodded embarrassedly, I really couldn't hide anything from her.
Sister-in-law Bai smiled: "That's it, if someone else buys this house, I won't sell it for less than 1,003, if you want, I'll sell it to you for 1,000 yuan." I'm not in a hurry to sell, when will you make up enough, when will I give it to you. β
"Really?" I was pleasantly surprised.
The white sister-in-law took out a cigarette again and smoked: "Of course! I don't really want the houses here, I want to sell them all slowly, and then go to the provincial capital to buy a few more stores, and I will definitely make money in the future. But don't tell anyone about this, I don't like to let the people in the village take care of me to borrow money. β
I nodded, Sister-in-law Bai really has a vision, her heart is very big, and it is not at all something that such a small city can put down.
For the next two days, I stayed at my sister-in-law's place, and everything was almost cleaned up.
My sister-in-law gave me a complete set of bedding and some furniture, and I bought some pots and pans for myself and put them in the bungalow. Just wait until you go to the vegetable station to load the goods, and you can officially open for business.
Sister-in-law Bai gave me a day off and asked me to go home: "Talk to your family and come over." I'm in a hurry here. β
I thought it was time for the eldest brother and Lin Cailian to come back, so I agreed.
Before leaving, my sister-in-law turned out some of the half-worn and unwanted clothes she had worn in her storeroom and gave them to me.