Quick Wear: Men Farming and Women Weaving

When I returned to the space again, my mind was filled with him. I felt uncomfortable and unaccustomed without him. I felt tired in my soul. I just wanted to have a good rest and sleep, and I fell asleep on the sofa in the living room without realizing it.

Time passed quickly, and I didn't know how long it had been. When I woke up again, my whole body was relaxed, and I no longer had any emotions from my previous life, only faint memories. Then it disappeared.

"Cuiying wake up, we are almost in the city." A girl next to me pushed my arm. I remember telling her that the person was called Hehua, and we met halfway. My name is Wu Cuiying. Because of the constant raids, all my family members died and I was the only one left. I could only flee to the north. During this time, I kept wandering around looking for food. I met Hehua, a rural girl from the nearby countryside, because of a wild vegetable. I met her while digging wild vegetables in the nearby gullies. Now we are riding a bullock cart to Beiping City to send her there.

Wu Cuiying opened her eyes, looked at Hehua and said thank you for letting her take the ox cart to get here, as it would take a whole day for her to walk. Hehua said it was convenient, as every once in a while the villagers would also take ox carts to the city to buy and sell things.

The bullock cart stopped at the city gate, and Wu Cuiying watched them get off and disperse to the city. She wanted to clean up in a hidden place nearby before leaving. She found a wilderness with lush vegetation a mile outside the city and flashed into the space. She felt safe looking at the full supplies and went to the bathroom to take a shower and wash her hair. She went to the bedroom to find a clean set of clothes, found a piece of cloth to pack a set of clothes, and put 10 silver dollars, and four or five black steamed buns wrapped in kraft paper.

The streets were full of poor people struggling to make a living, including some women and children, all in rags and skinny. Wu Cuiying felt very lucky, because even though she was the only one left in her family, she could live well just by relying on the supplies in the space.

Now he was trying to find a place to live. He didn't dare to go to any of the better places that were introduced by the pimps in the south city. He was afraid of being bullied by some hooligans because he was alone here. He chose to live in the alley where civilians lived. The buildings there were crowded and dilapidated. Yazi took him to a small courtyard on the edge. There was a small house and a kitchen. There was a five-square-meter wall in front of the open space. The room could be reached in a few steps. The walls around were also very low, so he could only see what was going on inside. Not far in front, there was a public well in the middle where he could get water.

After choosing this small courtyard, I paid the rent and deposit of five silver dollars, and cleaned up the room first. I took out some mattresses and quilts from the space and spread them on the small wooden bed. There was only a small table and a chair around. There was nothing in the kitchen, just a stove. I put out all the kitchen utensils that had been discarded in the previous life. I took a bucket to the front to fetch water and clean up. Zhongniu only ate some steamed buns and some cold boiled water. Because there was no firewood, I could only find it outside the city gate. The countryside is backed by mountains, far away from the city, and it is troublesome to chop firewood. Wu Cuiying knew that some villagers gathered at a market to sell crops and firewood here. Over there, I watched the old farmers and men carrying carts of firewood scattered on the side. I called two carts of firewood to be delivered to the house and put them in the corner of the kitchen.

Every day's meals are prepared in the space, and after eating, they just boil some water outside and leave it there so that others can see that there is a fire. When it is time for dinner, the residents nearby can guess what each person has cooked and what everyone has eaten. In order to avoid suspicion, they only boil water on the stove.

In order to find a job and stay in the city to earn money, I have been looking for jobs in private factories or various restaurants these days. There are very few jobs for women, only a small number of kitchen and logistics jobs.

The idle men living nearby all knew that a new girl had moved in and was alone at home. Every day, they would see someone walking around outside or staring at something. At night, someone would stand at the corner of the courtyard wall, watching what was happening in the courtyard. Wu Cuiying was also frightened and didn't dare to stay outside at night. She could only sleep inside. She didn't want to stay here for long and wanted to move out in the near future.

I heard that the courtyard house at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang was rented out. It was mainly rented out by Lou Bancheng and Lou Guangchang to workers in the steel factory. Wu Cuiying had no choice but to stay there at night. It was getting more and more unsafe. The next morning, when it was light, I saw the footprints at the door and walked to the street office anxiously. The people there handled trivial matters for the people and took care of everything.

"Hello, I'm looking for the leader here." Wu Cuiying explained her purpose to the guard, and he indicated the direction for Wu Cuiying to go in directly.

Entering the building from the first floor entrance, there are several rows of desks, all busy. I saw someone coming in, so I asked what was going on.

"Leader, I just moved into this city. Since I'm alone, I'm always being watched by idlers and scoundrels outside. I know the street office is introducing people to potential partners," Wu Cuiying said in a low voice, "I want to find someone who lives an honest life."

Sister Li, who was in charge of this area, took over the matter. She knew some information about the unmarried men in the neighborhood. Some of them took the initiative to find matchmakers for blind dates, while others asked the street office to help them find blind dates.

"Girl, here are the information of some unmarried men. Take a look first and pick out the ones you think are suitable. We will meet them one by one." Sister Li took out a booklet from the cabinet nearby and gave it to her.

Looking at the family members and jobs in these books, they are all large families, one person's job supports more than ten people and life is very tight. Various street restaurants, factory apprentices, or low-level factory workers, and various families with bad families. In this era, this is already considered very good in the eyes of others.

After turning over many pages, I saw that one of the men was not in good condition either. He was the only one left in the family. He worked as a first-class worker in the workshop of the steel plant and rented a house in the courtyard at No. 15 Nanluoguxiang. This man was the future Uncle Yi Zhonghai. In the eyes of many people, he had no family to help him and his life was very hard. For Li Cuiying, she had no parents-in-law and could be the master of her own house without the criticism of others. Moreover, she was familiar with Yi Zhonghai, who had tried every possible way to provide for his retirement. As long as his body was fine, she could have children. In the future, she could live well in the courtyard with his salary alone, and she would not drag He Yuzhu to help the Jia family. This alone was better than many others. I told Sister Li to just look at this one. Sister Li, as soon as I saw Yi Zhonghai's name on the information, I said that he had no parents to help him and would rely on himself in the future. I asked her to think it over.

Wu Cuiying said firmly that she chose him. She asked Sister Li to arrange a blind date. They agreed to meet at his home tomorrow at noon. It happened to be a weekend holiday there. If the blind date was successful, they would go to get the marriage certificate the next day.

Yi Zhonghai had just come back from get off work in the factory, and he was exhausted. He brought with him a few steamed breads packed from the canteen to eat. Sister Li happened to come to the backyard and call Yi Zhonghai. When he walked in, Yi Zhonghai came out to greet him and asked what he was doing here. After explaining it clearly, he asked him to pack up for the blind date at noon tomorrow. He also told her the woman's conditions. She came here from another place, and she was also alone, without family, and was looking for a man to support her family. She was also quite decent. If she was satisfied tomorrow, she would settle down, and if she was not satisfied, she would refuse.

Yi Zhonghai said that he would take care of the housework and that it would be enough for him to have a hot meal when he came back, and he didn't have any big demands on the woman.

After arranging everything, Sister Li left. In fact, Yi Zhonghai had one more thing to say, which was not to be ugly.