The daily struggles of divorced women in ancient times

Early the next morning, Xia Mianwan changed into a goose yellow dress, wore a silver hairpin on her head and went to take the ox cart.

The north is dry, and the faces of the village women here are all wrinkled, and few can afford facial cream. Xia Mianwan uses the skin care products in the space every day to take care of her skin, so she looks extra young.

At this time, there were already several women from the village sitting on the ox cart.

They all felt a little embarrassed when they saw Xia Mianwan getting on the bus. Zhang Qingqing was there too. Seeing Xia Mianwan dressed so delicately today, she couldn't help but feel a little ashamed. She said, "Huh, a woman dressed like this to go out. She's a widow!"

Xia Mianwan didn't want to pay attention to her, but Zhang Qingqing kept looking for trouble with her, so she was not someone to be trifled with.

"What's wrong with being a woman? Don't you dress up before going out? This is etiquette. If you don't understand, forget it, but don't pretend to know and talk nonsense here."

Zhang Qingqing has seen a little bit of the world since following her man, but she only has a superficial understanding and doesn't know whether what Xia Mianwan said is true or false.

Seeing this, Mrs. Zhang next to her pulled Zhang Qingqing's sleeve and said, "Qingqing, stop talking."

Zhang Qingqing gave Xia Mianwan a cold look and turned her head away without paying any attention to him.

"Mianwan, what are you going to do?" Aunt Zhou who was sitting next to them asked curiously.

Xia Mianwan thought about it and told everyone, "I want to open a shop in town. The shop will both buy and sell things. If you sisters-in-law, aunts, and aunts have things to sell at home and my shop needs them, you can bring them to my house for my mother to take a look. If you want to buy anything, you can also come to my shop to look around."

"What, you, a woman, want to open a shop in town?" Zhang Qingqing widened her eyes. Doesn't this put her below her?

"So what if she's a woman?" Xia Mianwan looked at Zhang Qingqing with cold eyes, which made Zhang Qingqing dare not look at her directly.

"Mianwan, what kind of shop do you want to open? What kind of things do you need?" The other women in the village were very interested in this.

"Any mountain products or food you have in your hands will be fine. When the store opens, I'll let my mother tell everyone." Xia Mianwan said with a smile.

"Okay, okay..."

After arriving in town, Xia Mianwan went to the shop. She first went to the backyard to clean up her living space while waiting for the carpenter to come.

The shop in front doesn't need any renovation, just put up shelves. Xia Mianwan has already given the drawings to the carpenter, so I believe it shouldn't be difficult to do.

After the carpenter came, Xia Mianwan gave the key to the carpenter and left.

……

Five days later, the decoration of the shop was completed. After Xia Mianwan paid the money, he prepared to move to the town.

Zhu wanted to go with them, but was persuaded by Xia Mianwan. There was still a lot of work to do in the shop. Zhu had caught a cold these days and was taking medicine.

"Mother, we will miss you." Chen Ge'er held Xia Mianwan's hand reluctantly.

The little boy was full of childishness. Xia Mianwan touched Chen Ge'er's head and said, "Chen Ge'er, be good and listen to grandma. When mother has sorted out the things on her hands, I will take you and your sister to live in the town, okay?"

Brother Chen lowered his head and nodded.

"Mother, you have to be good too and take care of yourself!" After being raised for a while, Yu Jie'er came back and tilted her head to look at Xia Mianwan, which melted Xia Mianwan's heart.

"Okay, mother makes a pinky promise with you."

After explaining almost everything that needed to be explained, Xia Mianwan and Zheng Lingwan set off in a donkey cart as the Zheng family watched them.

After arriving at the shop, Zheng Xiaocheng took all the luggage to the backyard and left. These days, the family was reclaiming wasteland, and Zheng Xiaocheng and Zheng Xiaoqi were learning to farm with Zhou Dayong and his brother.

"Ling Wan, choose a room for yourself."

"it is good!"

Zheng Lingwan was curious about everything here and couldn't wait to choose a room.

Seeing that it was still early, Xia Mianwan went to clean the kitchen.

The kitchen was not big, and the cabinets and other things had been built by the carpenter. All that was needed was to get some water and clean it. But there was a lack of firewood, a water tank, and bowls and chopsticks.

While Xia Mianwan was cleaning, she secretly made note of what was missing and planned to buy them during dinner.

At this time, someone knocked on the side door in the backyard. After Xia Mianwan opened the door, she found a little boy about ten years old.

"Is there anything I can do for you?" Xia Mianwan asked.

The little boy's ears turned red and he asked shyly, "Excuse me, do you need firewood? Twenty cents for a load, I can deliver it to your home."

"Who are you and where are your parents?" Xia Mianwan asked.

The little boy shook his head and said, "I live next door. My parents are gone, and my grandmother lives with me and my sister. My name is Zhou Chengze."

Seeing Xia Mianwan hesitate, Zhou Chengze said again: "I am very strong, don't worry, I will definitely put it in full."

Xia Mianwan nodded and agreed, "Okay, bring me two loads of firewood first."

Zhou Chengze was very happy to see Xia Mianwan agreed, "I will go home and bring you the firewood now."

……

Seeing that it was getting late, Xia Mianwan planned to take Zheng Lingwan out to eat something.

"Sister-in-law, should we eat at home?" Zheng Lingwan was really worried about her livelihood. Before going out, her mother told her not to spend money indiscriminately.

Xia Mianwan shook her head and said, "It's too hard. Let's go out to eat. It's also good to experience the life of the city, right?"

Zheng Lingwan nodded and agreed with a smile.