Early the next morning, Meng Chuntao rode a bicycle borrowed from the village chief's house, and the whole journey was enjoyable, her feet were like motors, pedaling the bicycle pedals.

The fish bucket was tied to a large bar in front of the seat by two ropes, and miscellaneous items such as scales were placed in the net pocket of the faucet.

Gathering a total of dozens of catties of things, Meng Chuntao rode without the slightest sense of burden.

The only thing that makes Meng Chuntao feel inadequate is that this is a men's bicycle, which is not as light as the bicycles of later generations, and it is slightly difficult to ride.

Fortunately, she has long legs and can overcome this problem.

The main purpose of the bicycle in this year is to pull goods, and the quality of the bike is excellent.

The roads of today are dirt roads that will not be visible to future generations. The potholes, the soil is soft, and the cart is inconvenient to drive, and this is when the purpose of the bicycle comes out.

Usually, Meng Chuntao has to walk for more than three hours to get to the county seat with a cart, but today it only took an hour.

When Meng Chuntao arrived at the gate of the family courtyard of the sock factory, Xia Yumei rarely came out.

Probably because she saved time on the road by riding a car, so she couldn't see Xia Yumei, and it is estimated that she will be able to see it in a while.

This thought crossed my mind just now, and I saw Xia Yumei walking over from the family courtyard with her head down.

Although it has just passed the Dragon Boat Festival, the weather has gradually become hotter.

Most of the pedestrians on the road are wearing short sleeves, and the elderly are also carrying a pu fan, and there is no match to fan themselves to enjoy the cool.

Only Xia Yumei's outfit is particularly unusual in this group of people.

Xia Yumei was wearing a long coat and trousers, and even covered most of her face with a large gray cloth on her head, leaving only a pair of eyes and a nose that could breathe.

"Aren't you hot? Wear it so tightly? ”

When Meng Chuntao was riding the car, the wind kept whistling beside him, and he only felt extremely cool.

But once it stopped, the wind disappeared without a trace, and there was a thin layer of sweat on the body, which was wet and uncomfortable.

"It's not hot, I'm fine, you don't have to worry about me."

Xia Yumei avoided Meng Chuntao's gaze, and there was a hint of nasality in her words.

Meng Chuntao frowned, and there was an indescribable awkwardness in her heart, which made her inexplicably irritable.

Taking advantage of the moment when Xia Yumei lowered her head, Meng Chuntao reached out and pulled Xia Yumei's headscarf.

By the time Xia Yumei noticed that something was wrong, she couldn't dodge Meng Chuntao's outstretched hand.

The eyes were dazzled, and then the bandana fell off, and it took only 0.01 seconds.

Xia Yumei was stunned for a second, looked around in fear, and saw passers-by gathered on her, covering her face with helpless hands, and slowly squatted down.

Between the fingers, a whimpering cry slowly overflowed, intermittently, as if suppressing great pain.

Suddenly, Meng Chuntao squeezed the scale pole in his hand and said in a cold voice: "Who did this?" ”

Although Xia Yumei covered her face, Meng Chuntao could still see it clearly, the black bruises on her face, and the corners of her mouth were swollen, which looked quite scary.

While Xia Yumei was crying, Meng Chuntao rolled up her sleeves again. The bruises and bruises on the skinny arms came into view, and the wounds were both new and old, densely packed.

Everyone sighed, and their eyes were full of sympathy when they looked at Xia Yumei.

How many beatings was this?

"Comrade, are you so badly injured? Which beast did it? Why didn't you report it to the police? ”

The eldest sister couldn't look past it and couldn't help but speak.

Xia Yumei was still whimpering and crying, and did not respond.

Meng Chuntao was hurt by Xia Yumei's crying brain, and she dragged the person up with a cold face, "Who is it?" Was it your husband who hit him? ”

Meng Chuntao's gaze was characterized by a unique calm and cold solemnity, Xia Yumei gradually stopped crying and nodded slowly.

Since remarrying, Xia Yumei has lived in the family courtyard of the sock factory, and her husband Dong Dahan works in the sock factory.

Usually, Xia Yumei takes care of everything in the family, including supporting Dong Dahan's parents, and giving birth to children during this period.

In the eyes of outsiders, a family like theirs, with children and daughters, can be regarded as complete.

Only Xia Yumei knows in her heart that the premise of all this is that Dong Dahan does not drink.

Once he drank the wine and was slightly unsatisfactory, Dong Da Khan's fist would fall on Xia Yumei's body.

She is proud by nature, and even if she suffers more secretly, she doesn't want others to see it.

is obviously only thirty-eight years old, with high cheekbones, dark yellow and wrinkled skin, coupled with wearing white and patchy clothes all day long, which directly makes Xia Yumei's whole person look more than ten years old.

She has countless jobs every day when she wakes up, leading the coal stove to boil water and cooking, doing laundry, cleaning and grocery shopping, and having to be busy pasting paper shells.

The family has a large population, and only Dong Dahan is at work alone.

My father-in-law is a retired worker in a sock factory and has a pension every month, but the money is in the hands of the old couple and refuses to take it out.

It is equivalent to Dong Dahan supporting a family of seven with one person's salary, and life is stretched, Xia Yumei has to find a way to make money.

And she has no education, so she can only do this kind of work with no technical content.

One paper shell is two cents, and five are one penny.

In addition to being busy with family work, Xia Yumei is either busy pasting paper shells, and it is three or four dimes a day.

It's muddy, and I can't see the future clearly.

If she hadn't met her eldest daughter Meng Chuntao, Xia Yumei thought that she might have lived her life like this.

Facing Meng Chuntao, Xia Yumei felt guilty in her heart.

Xia Yumei didn't know how to compensate, so she could only help out when she was busy.

For several days, Xia Yumei got up early and went out after finishing the housework, helping Meng Chuntao sell things.

Unexpectedly, Meng Chuntao wanted to pay her salary, no matter how Xia Yumei pushed back, she couldn't make Meng Chuntao change her mind.

For this reason, what Xia Yumei can do is to help her eldest daughter more attentively.

For the pasting paper shell work, naturally I am not so concerned.

And Xia Yumei's changes naturally can't be hidden from Dong Dahan's parents who live together.

After a little provocation, Dong Dahan couldn't help his temper and wanted to beat someone.

It happened that the neighbor Jiang Aihua came to the door, and her husband was the team leader in the factory and the boss of Dong Dahan.

Jiang Aihua wanted Xia Yumei to connect and introduce his son to Meng Chuntao.

These days, Meng Chuntao is also well-known for doing business, and is nicknamed "Yu Xi Shi".

We all know that at the gate of the family courtyard of the socks factory, there is a "Yu Xi Shi" selling fish, the price is affordable, there is no shortage of catties and shortages, and the key person is also beautiful and can speak.

Many people in the county town who have unmarried young people in their families have put on Meng Chuntao's idea.

Some people like Aunt Ge will take the initiative to mention it to Meng Chuntao. There are also people like Jiang Aihua who hit Xia Yumei with the idea and asked her to help lead the conversation.

For such a thing, Xia Yumei has always been vague and refused to agree, and let him go to Meng Chuntao by himself.

Xia Yumei's purpose in doing this was mainly for fear of hurting her and Meng Chuntao's mother-daughter relationship, which was as thin as a piece of paper.

Meng Chuntao has always been assertive, and Xia Yumei is unwilling to add trouble to her.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Aihua was not good at stubble, and not only told his in-laws about it, but also announced his personal vendetta and made Dong Dahan suffer a loss at work.

encountered something unsatisfactory, and in the end, it was naturally double to find it back on Xia Yumei.