Chapter 37: Being a Stepmother 4
Huang Lamei cried out in pain: "You stupid girl, you threw things when I asked you to do something, what do you want to do!"
Ye Zhiqiu squeezed out two tears: "You didn't mean it."
"Second brother, come and take a look. I can't handle it, you take care of it." Huang Lamei didn't want to figure out whether she did it on purpose or not, so she directly handed the problem over to Ye Erniu.
Ye Erniu was an obedient and filial son. Seeing the bowls scattered all over the floor, he wanted to beat Ye Zhiqiu again. Fortunately, he remembered that he didn't get the upper hand when he started fighting just now, so he could only hold his anger and tell Ye Zhiqiu to work hard. If he didn't work, he would have no food to eat.
Ye Zhiqiu chuckled twice. As long as she was not afraid of falling, she didn't mind working. She picked up the bowls on the ground. It was a pity that none of them were broken, because these bowls were enamel bowls.
If she really broke the bowl, Huang Lamei didn't need to say anything, the others in the family would not be able to bear it. Before the family was divided, the family property belonged to everyone, and no one had the right to waste things.
Ye Zhiqiu washed the dishes with a bang, and when no one was paying attention, he sneaked out of the house. After eating and drinking, he returned to the room of the three sisters.
When Ye Zhidong was in the house, he was trying to please his cousin Zhuzhu, hoping to borrow a red head flower from her. When she came back, the two sisters looked at each other and didn't want to talk, but finally Ye Zhidong couldn't help but speak.
"Sister, don't you like the Gu family's marriage?" Ye Zhidong didn't understand why she didn't want to. My parents said that the Gu family was from the city, and if it weren't for the introduction by my uncle, how could they find a daughter-in-law in the countryside.
Ye Zhiqiu sneered: "If you like it, do you want it?"
What city person? She was treated as an ignorant country girl. She didn't have a city hukou, so when she got married and had children, she could only follow her hukou. It would be a big problem for her children to go to school in the future.
If a city dweller has the means, who would want to marry a rural wife? Who knows what problems the Gu family may have waiting to explode? Anyway, she doesn't dare to marry, and doesn't want to marry. She will marry whoever arranges the marriage.
Ye Zhidong said she was envious, but when she saw Ye Zhiqiu was going to give up the marriage, she shook her head and said, "I'm still young, there's no rush to get married." She was not stupid. If it was really a good marriage, her uncle would have left it to her cousin.
Seeing that she was unable to dodge, Ye Zhiqiu turned around and asked Zhuzhu: "I'll give it to you, do you want it?"
Zhuzhu shook her head more vigorously than Ye Zhidong. She wanted to go to school and didn't want to get married. Her parents told her to coax her grandmother and ask her uncle to find her a job after graduation. She could marry someone in the city and she wouldn't have to farm anymore.
Ye Zhiqiu sneered. The whole family was smart. Could it be that the original owner was the only one who was stupid? "Go to sleep. Grandma said we should save kerosene." After saying that, she blew out the kerosene lamp in one breath. She had to get up early tomorrow to go to the city to inquire about the situation of the Gu family. She didn't care whether the other two sisters in the house were asleep or not.
Zhuzhu felt uncomfortable, but she held back and didn't say anything, not because she was afraid of Ye Zhiqiu, but because she didn't want to quarrel with her. The family always used kerosene sparingly, and if she used it to study, no one would gossip about her. If she lit a lamp while doing nothing, she would definitely make a fuss.
Ye Zhidong didn't dare to say anything, she also had never been to school, and she could guess what her grandmother would scold her for lighting a lamp at night.
After a good night's sleep, Ye Zhiqiu woke up at dawn the next day from the system's morning call service. She turned over and slept for another ten minutes before trying to open her eyes.
The house was quiet. She washed herself with cold water in the moonlight, picked a few vegetables with dew in the vegetable field with a basket, and then set out for the city. On the way, she took out buns and eggs from the space, ate them, and continued on her way.
There is no bus from the village to the city, so you have to walk everywhere. Fortunately, it is not far from the city, only about ten miles away, and you can get there in more than an hour if you walk fast.
The first thing she did after entering the city was of course to inquire about the situation of the Gu family. However, she did not rush to find Ye Daniu. Instead, she used makeup to change her appearance and ran to the family building.
"Auntie, I have some vegetables and eggs that I just picked from the fields. Do you want any?"
The eyes of several middle-aged women who were enjoying the cool under the shade of the trees lit up. The vegetables in the baskets were good, but they liked eggs more. Each egg was big and white, and it was obvious that they were top-quality eggs. The most important thing was that they didn't require tickets.
"We've taken them all, is there anything else?" Several middle-aged women complained that it was too little. The little girl was still ignorant, and she didn't bring more things when she went to the city so rarely.
Ye Zhiqiu shook his head: "No, I'm afraid of being caught."
"What are you afraid of? We are exchanging things with you. As long as you don't pay, who can arrest you?" The aunties dared to buy eggs outside openly, and they were naturally confident. The policy only said that they could not do business, but it did not say that workers could not exchange what they had with farmers.
Ye Zhiqiu was stunned for a moment. It turned out that there was a policy from the top and a countermeasure from the bottom. It seemed that she was ignorant, or maybe the management in their area was not strict, which was a good thing.
But right now, it was most important to find out about the Gu family. She deliberately questioned the aunts, "Really? A man named Gu from our neighboring village went to the city to visit relatives and brought a few fish, but they were all confiscated. I heard that his brother is also in your factory."
"Impossible." Several aunts said in unison.
"What's impossible?"
"There are three families with the surname Gu in our factory, but none of them have relatives in the nearby villages. One of them moved here from another place, one is an only child, and the other one is not an only child, but his brothers and cousins all work in the machinery factory next door. He is the only one who came to our textile factory because of his weak health."
"The villagers wouldn't lie to me. They also said that his brother asked her to find a daughter-in-law in the countryside. I heard that in addition to a pair of leather shoes, there was also a red envelope of fifty yuan as a thank-you gift. Many people are vying to marry her and live a good life in the city." Ye Zhiqiu showed just the right amount of shyness.
"Looking for a daughter-in-law? I know which family it is."
"I know whose family it is."
"Humph, you are so smart. Everyone knows that it is Gu Dapeng's family. Apart from his family, who else would go to the countryside to find a daughter-in-law?"
Several middle-aged ladies were talking to each other, completely ignoring Ye Zhiqiu's existence.
"What a sin! How can this be called finding a daughter-in-law?" One of the middle-aged ladies slapped her thigh and cursed the Gu family for being bad people.
Another auntie couldn't stand it either, and kindly reminded Ye Zhiqiu: "Enjoy happiness? I think it's more like suffering."
"Auntie, why do you say that? What's the point?" Ye Zhiqiu showed his curiosity.
The aunties all shook their heads. They felt guilty for giving a reminder, and they couldn't say more. Living in the same factory, gossiping about others behind their backs would not sound good if it got out.
Ye Zhiqiu didn't believe that the aunties could control their mouths, so she came straight to the point: "Auntie, I'm giving you this basket of eggs and vegetables as a thank you gift. Please, tell me, okay?"
There were at least 30 eggs in the basket. There were six of them in total, so each of them could get at least 5 eggs, and the whole family could enjoy them at home. If you miss such a good thing, who knows if there will be a next time. The aunties didn't even remember the friendship between the same factory workers at this time.