The Snail Spirit Travels to the 1970s

She picked up the oil paper, opened it and saw that it was filled with money and bills. Tian Tian counted the money and bills, calculated in her mind how many wild vegetables she could exchange for them, then put the money and bills in her pocket and went home.

Old Mrs. Tian has already brought the eggs back home and is setting up a place for the chickens to brood on the nest. In a corner of the hut, there is a bucket with a chicken coop on top of the bucket. She puts all the eggs in the coop, puts the hens outside into the hut and closes the door, and the chickens will run up to brood on the nest by themselves.

After Old Mrs. Tian closed the door of the hut, she told Tian Tian not to go into the hut unless necessary and not to scare the hens.

Then Tian Tian saw Old Lady Tian go to the chicken coop to catch chickens. Tian Tian's eyes widened, "Grandma! Are we going to kill chickens for dinner today?"

"What are you eating?" Old Mrs. Tian replied as usual, "This chicken is for Wang Cui. She is going to give birth this month. When I went to your grandmother to ask for eggs this morning, Wang Cui's mother was there too. When she heard me say that we were going to give this chicken away, she asked for it from us."

"Oh? Is Wang Cui going to give birth?" Tian Tian only then realized that Wang Cui was going to be a mother not long after getting married.

But when I think about it carefully, Wang Cui got married in July last year, and it seems that she got pregnant in August, so it was definitely around these two days.

Old Mrs. Tian grabbed a chicken, tied its wings, and put it in a basket. She then put the basket on her shoulder and said, "I'm going to take the chicken to them. You stay at home and look after the house."

Tian Tian nodded slightly. After Old Lady Tian left, she still felt something was not real. She felt like Wang Cui was only one or two years older than her, but now Wang Cui was about to become a mother, while she was still silly and knew nothing and was preparing to go to school.

It took Old Mrs. Tian quite a long time to deliver the chickens. It was obvious that she was chatting with Wang Cui's mother.

Before, Lao Wang’s family conditions were not very good. Everyone in the family was busy making a living and was exhausted all day long. They had no energy to chat with others.

But now the conditions of Old Wang's family seem to have improved inexplicably. The thin and dark mother of Wang Cui also seems to have relaxed. It seems that Wang Cui is living a good life in the county town, otherwise her mother would not be willing to buy her a chicken.

Old Mrs. Tian stayed outside for the entire afternoon and only came back in the evening when Tian Tian was ready to cook.

Hearing the noise, Tian Tian poked her head out of the kitchen and said, "Grandma! Why did you come back just now?"

"Chat with your Aunt Wang! It's already this late." Old Mrs. Tian washed her hands in the basin and came over to help Tian Tian cook.

"Sister Wang Cui, you are so lucky! I heard that her boyfriend, a guy named Chu or Chu Yan, gave his job in the county town to you, Sister Wang Cui. He stays at home every day to light the fire, cook, and do housework."

"Ah?" Tian Tian opened her mouth in surprise. "Then Sister Wang Cui is working in the factory while pregnant? What factory? Can she handle it?"

"It's a pretty good factory. It's not one of those factories where you have to work really hard, but it's a non-staple food factory. The work is pretty easy, and I can take a lot of broken biscuits home." Old Mrs. Tian was very emotional when she talked about Wang Cui.

"When Wang Cui and Zhou Ni got married, everyone said that Zhou Ni married well. They looked down on Wang Cui's boyfriend, saying that he was thin and had no parents or brothers. What do you think now? Wang Cui is now a city dweller, she gets food every month, and she is a factory worker, so she can earn money."

"Look at Zhou Nier again. It seems that she married a good man. The old lady is also very kind, and her husband is good-tempered. But you wait and see. I think her husband is a man without his own opinion and responsibility. When he came to say a word to Zhou Nier, he only looked at his husband's face. How could he be a man who stands tall and upright? He is so timid that he is not even as good as a woman. It's really pitiful for that good girl Zhou Ni."

Old Mrs. Tian chopped the vegetables skillfully and put them all into the basin. She continued to mutter to Tian Tian, ​​"When you look for a partner in the future, you must open your eyes. You must find someone who can take on responsibilities, has a good temper, and has a bedside table. Don't just look at whether the person is handsome or not. Handsomeness can't make you eat."

Tian Tian nodded in agreement, "But you girls don't know how to judge people. People in the city say love is free, so just date. If you really have a date, remember to bring your date here so we can check. After all, we have lived for so many years, we have seen more people than you have eaten, and our eyes are sharper than yours, so you won't be fooled again."

Tian Tian didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Grandma! Don't worry! I will definitely listen to you in the future! If you agree to my marriage, I will marry. If you don't agree to my marriage, then I will stay away from him."

In Tian Tian's opinion, her parents are indeed better at judging people than she is, and if she really falls in love with that person, she might be blinded by love and not notice anything wrong with that person.

But if her parents took a step back and looked at the situation, they would definitely see it more clearly than she did.

The main reason is that Tian Tian has never had a formal relationship, and no one knows what it feels like to really like someone.

"Don't say that!" Old Mrs. Tian stopped Tian Tian immediately. "Don't blame us when you are unhappy. We don't owe you anything. Anyway, we have said everything we need to say. If you are willing to listen, then listen. If you don't want to listen, we won't force you, but just don't come to us to complain in the future."

"Grandma! Don't worry! I definitely don't think that way. If I really don't live well, I will definitely divorce that person! I just don't know if you will recognize me as your granddaughter when the time comes."

"Divorce? What is divorce?" Old Mrs. Tian had never heard of this new word and didn't know what it meant.

"I just don't live like a man anymore! I'm breaking up with that man and going back to my parents' home!" Tian Tian said.

"That won't do! You've already married! How can you not live with him? If he bullies you, you bully him back! But don't we just live our lives one by one? How can we stop living together just because of a quarrel?" Old Mrs. Tian refused outright.

"Besides, won't other people in the village laugh at you when you come back? We are fine, we are so old, half buried in the ground. But you can't! You are still young, so how are you going to live in the future?"

After hearing what Old Lady Tian said, Tian Tian lowered her head and kept silent. In fact, she had expected Old Lady Tian to say this, after all, it was due to the limitations of the times.

Moreover, Old Mrs. Tian was just an ordinary rural woman. Her ideas were not as modern as those of modern people. She must have been closed-minded and backward in some ways.

Divorce from a man is something that Mrs. Tian has never encountered before, and it is still quite shocking to her.

But before asking, Tian Tian still had a bit of unrealistic fantasy in her heart. She also wanted to have a family that would unconditionally support her in any decision she made.

Although she was a little sad, Tian Tian didn't say anything.