Eating melons and raising children in the period literature

Yang Qingqing gave the cornmeal she needed to Ma. She went to the fields to pick the vegetables she needed and brought them home.

She had to use the Ma family's wheelbarrow to move the vegetables three times before she could finish transporting them.

The last pile of food in the main hall was almost full, so she started washing and cleaning and began to prepare

Later, with the help of Aunt Ma, Zhao Xiaohua, and Wen Jing, we finally got what we wanted done.

In the end, there were seven jars, six of which were used, leaving only one small jar. Because there were too many cabbages, I could only pickle one more jar of sauerkraut.

Finally, Yang Qingqing felt a great sense of accomplishment when she looked at her day's results.

In order to thank Aunt Ma for her help, Yang Qingqing decided to stew a chicken in the evening to thank her.

Finally, Aunt Ma said that there was an old man at home who needed to be fed. No matter how Yang Qingqing tried to persuade her to stay, Aunt Ma went home.

Yang Qingqing thought she would thank him later, there was no rush anyway.

When my second brother and his wife came back, Yang Qingqing had already prepared the meal, and she and the children had already eaten.

Yang Qingqing took out six or seven pieces of cloth from the space. Each piece was not big, but it was enough to make a set of clothes for an adult or two sets of clothes for children. She was going to make new cotton-padded clothes for herself and her children.

The weather is getting much cooler now, so I believe we will have to wear cotton-padded clothes soon. Yang Qingqing and her friends' cotton-padded clothes are OK, but the children grow up quickly, so they need to be replaced with larger ones.

So Yang Qingqing didn't plan to make all new ones. She mixed the old ones with the new ones and changed what could be changed. The main reason was that she was no longer in the supply and marketing cooperative, so she had to keep a low profile.

As for the second brother's family, Yang Qingqing was not going to give them any cloth. She was going to give them a few kilograms of new cotton and let them do whatever they wanted.

Yang Qingqing planned to take some time to go to the county town, pretend that Yao Hongxia had left it for her, and then take it back.

So she took out some cloth first, and asked her second sister-in-law to choose some, giving her some buffer.

She was afraid that if she took it out all at once, she would scare them.

So when Yang Qinghe and his friends were having dinner, Yang Qingqing came over with a bunch of cloth.

"Second sister-in-law, take a look, do you like anything? Pick two with the patterns and colors you like. I'm planning to make a cotton coat, and judging by the weather, I should be able to wear it soon."

Before Ma Liyue could say anything, Yang Qinghe couldn't help but teach Yang Qingqing a lesson.

"Where did you get it? I told you not to go anywhere you shouldn't go, why didn't you listen?"

"Brother, I didn't go to a place I shouldn't go. These are all my good sisters in the supply and marketing cooperative. They asked my colleagues in my unit to bring them to me. I bought them all. These are their internal benefits, and they all have some flaws.

I'm telling you, my new friend's family is well off. The key is that his uncle is my former boss, the director of the supply and marketing cooperative.

Basically no one will mess with her. She will pick the good things first before others do.

Look at my luck, it's just as good as it seems, there's nothing I can do about it, this is fate!"

Yang Qingqing's output was just to make Yang Qinghe shut up, and also to find a reliable channel for what she would bring out later.

This is really easy to do because of someone in the underworld. Anyway, the second brother and his wife would not confront Yao Hongxia, so she just made it up.

"Really? That's great! Your two months of classes have not been in vain! If our family needs anything in the future, we will have to ask her for help. Of course, if our village can solve it, we won't bother her.

You have to maintain this interpersonal relationship. When you have time to go to the county town in the future, don’t forget to treat her to a meal, or bring her some things that our village has that the city doesn’t have.”

"Okay, I remember! Thank you, second sister-in-law. I gave him all the money, but I didn't need a receipt. I also asked a colleague to bring her two kilograms of pine nuts. I also gave a kilogram of pine nuts to the colleague who delivered the gift."

"Okay, do you have any more at home? I didn't get any from here. I have some given by my mom and my older brother. There's quite a lot! I really like it."

When Ma Liyue heard what Yang Qingqing said, she immediately took out a big bag of pine nuts and 30 yuan from the kitchen and stuffed them into Yang Qingqing's hands. She felt that their family still got the upper hand.

After all, pine nuts picked from the mountains in autumn are free, and every household in the village can harvest a lot of them, but cloth is a rare commodity.

Now everyone has a fixed amount of daily necessities coupons, but they are not enough. Even if you save hard for three years, you may not be able to buy two sets of clothes.

But the sister-in-law brought a bunch of them over at once and let people choose. This was the first time in so many years.

So as a sister-in-law, she couldn't be stingy. 30 yuan was definitely enough to buy all the fabrics. She was going to give them all to Yang Qingqing. This was almost half a month's salary for her.

"Second sister-in-law, take it back. I have money!"

Seeing that Yang Qingqing didn't answer, Yang Qinghe spoke.

"Alright, stop pushing it around. Qingqing, this is given to you by your sister-in-law, just take it. We have benefited a lot from you since you came here, so there is no need to be embarrassed. Just take it."

"Okay, then I won't be polite. My sister also said that a new batch of cotton will arrive in a few days. If I want it, she should keep some for me. I happen to have money now, so I will just ask for a few more pounds."

Yang Qingqing didn't want to push it around, but she found that it wouldn't work without this.

She could then go with the flow and buy more cotton.

"Really? A lot of cotton in our village is grown by ourselves. We can't get it from the supply and marketing cooperatives. There is not enough every year. It would be great if you could buy it."

Ma Liyue felt that it was a good thing that her sister-in-law came. She used to think that she was a burden, but in the past few months since she came, not only did the family have better food, but they also had snacks for the children. The family suddenly spent less money.

She had never thought that her sister-in-law was so capable. They only went to pick up one person, and she did everything else by herself. She rarely needed them.

Not only did the living standard improve, but the children also had less worries, and even the mother's family benefited to some extent.

I feel that even without the two of them, my sister-in-law can still live a good life with Wen Qian and her children.

"It's just so-so! Hahaha... maybe I was the only one in the supply and marketing cooperative who was about her age at that time. Let alone anything else, which one do you choose, sister-in-law? I thought I'd make the pattern first when I have time, and then I can pack the cotton once it arrives."

"Okay, then I'll take these two. The pink one with small floral patterns will be made into clothes for Wendan and Wenran, the blue one will be made for Wenjie, and I'll make one for your second brother to wear everyday. What do you think?"

"There's nothing wrong with the pattern, but sister-in-law, even if a woman gets married, she can't forget herself. You've been choosing for a long time, but in the end they're all other people's. What about your own? Why don't you choose another piece to make your own clothes?"

Yang Qingqing felt that although her second sister-in-law was a little narrow-minded sometimes, she had nothing to say about her second brother and his family. What was good about them? The first one was definitely not her own, and it was either given to her children or to her husband.

Many times she obviously likes it, but it is never her first choice.

For example, every time she eats, she always takes care of every child and waits until they have finished eating before she starts eating, sometimes even if the food is cold.

If it was not enough, my second sister-in-law would rather go hungry or drink water to make sure her children and husband were full.

Because once Yang Qingqing misjudged everyone's appetite, which resulted in not enough food in the end. Ma Liyue didn't eat enough, and Yang Qingqing finally found out when she heard her stomach growling. So Yang Qingqing blamed herself all night and left a deep impression on her.

Later, Yang Qingqing deliberately made more every time, even if it was a little wasteful, she didn't want to guard the space and let her family go hungry.