Quick Wear: Men Farming and Women Weaving

After two months, the vegetables in the field were ready to be harvested. They were very green, and there were a lot of cabbages and small greens. Because the small greens were very tender and did not last long, I picked them all and filled several baskets. I gave a lot of small greens to the village chief and the elders who spoke for him before.

I carried all the vegetables back on my shoulder, and in the evening I sent half a basket of green vegetables to my parents. Although the family has separated, I still need to show my filial piety.

Old man He and his wife were relieved that their son did not become distant with them because of the separation of the family, and they would send him some gifts as a token of filial piety on weekdays.

He Erniu fried a dish of vegetables and scrambled eggs with green peppers, and ate a big bowl of rice.

It was still light outside, so I rinsed the remaining vegetables and washed them with water. Dried vegetables can last for a long time. There were several large baskets of vegetables, but only a small basket was left. After drying, they shrank even more. After soaking, they became a large pot of vegetables.

In the remaining few days, I cut all the cabbages from half an acre of land and brought them home, stacking them neatly in several rows.

I went to the county grocery store to buy several large jars to make spicy cabbage. I also bought a lot of seasonings and chili powder at the grocery store. I also bought a lot of coarse salt and refined salt.

While strolling around the county and buying something, I suddenly seemed to see a familiar person passing by outside a house.

I didn't want to continue shopping because of what was on my mind. I hid in the corner and stared at the house. After two incense sticks of time, the door opened a crack and a person came out.

He Erniu looked at the person in front of him in shock. It was his sister-in-law who looked like she was four or five months pregnant. Her belly shouldn't be this big in three months. How did she come to this house?

The neighbors nearby heard that this house was occupied by a loafer who usually wandered around and caused trouble. He was often not seen and was said to have a secret relationship with the widow.

When I returned home, I didn't even care about the cabbages I had just harvested. I felt confused and didn't know whether I should tell my eldest brother that the baby in my sister-in-law's belly might not be his.

The next day, I saw my parents working in the fields. There was no one else around, so I turned around hesitantly and walked towards them.

"Mom, there is something I don't know whether to tell you or not. I'm afraid you will be shocked."

The old couple looked at their second son saying strange things and just told him what to say.

"Yesterday I went to the county to buy something and ran into my sister-in-law. She didn't see me, but went to a house."

Mrs. He was so nervous and trembling all over that she spoke to He Erniu.

"Have you heard who lives in that house?"

"I heard that there's a second-rate guy living there, who's idle and wandering around outside all day."

Old Man He supported the old woman and said angrily, "We must find out whose child she is pregnant with. We can't let the eldest brother suffer in silence."

The two of them hurriedly supported each other back home and told their two sons to call the eldest son back. They were also displeased with the daughter-in-law in the wing room, who usually did not work, not even housework, and even had to be fed.

That night, there was a huge tremor in my parents' home, and the sound of quarrels and cursing could be heard from far away. The sound of their daughter-in-law crying and making a fuss was also heard by the neighbors nearby. They were also very curious, but they could not take the initiative to go to their house at night to inquire.

Until dawn, everyone went to work. Some villagers nearby, uncles and aunts, asked curiously in a low voice what happened in your family last night, but the old couple kept making excuses and didn't say a word.

Last night, after the eldest brother confirmed, we found out that he was drunk and confused when they had sex that day. We don’t know what happened that night, and we don’t know if the child is his. We only know that he hugged her naked the next day, and there was blood on the bed sheet. The eldest brother listened to his parents and his wife went to the county to meet someone else without his knowledge, and went directly to someone else’s house. The one with a bad temper wanted to hit her and shouted at her whether the child was his?

He Hua looked at He Daniu with fear in her heart, not knowing how to answer him. She met the idler in the town when she went to buy needlework before, and they got along well after a while. What should have happened had already happened. She chose He Daniu because she was afraid of being discovered that she had lost her virginity before marriage.

The baby in her belly was already four months old, but she concealed it from He Daniu's family and said she was only three months pregnant.

Now, He Daniu took her to the county clinic to check her pulse, and confirmed that she was four months pregnant and that the baby was not his. He looked at her belly with mixed feelings. Thinking that he was usually so smart, he didn't expect that he would be cuckolded for no reason and raise a son for someone else. This was the first time he got into such a bad situation.

At noon, He Daniu returned home, took He Hua back to the yard and slapped her.

Snap… Snap… Snap… Snap… Snap… Snap…

The continuous slaps made her dizzy, her mouth was broken, her gums were bleeding, and she fell to the ground with her hair disheveled.

No one around tried to stop him and just let him fight.

And he went directly to the village chief that day and explained the situation to the elders.

A large group of people went to the next village and found He Hua's house. As soon as they entered the house, they started to rob and smash things. They directly told He Hua's parents that they wanted to get the betrothal money back. He Daniu pushed He Hua in front of them and explained to them that she had cheated on him and the child in her belly was not his.

When the village chief of the neighboring village heard that something big had happened, he rushed to Hehua's house, learned what had happened, apologized to them, scolded Hehua's family, and asked them to return the betrothal gift voluntarily.

The Hehua family had already spent all the three taels of silver, and they had no choice but to give them some important things in the house, such as food, away.

I heard that the Hehua family started looking for the man in the county the next day and asked him to take responsibility. The man was also a scoundrel. He said he could take responsibility, but he didn't have the money. There was really no other way. After all, their daughter was pregnant. If they didn't get rid of her, it would affect the marriages of several sons in the family. They left their daughter at the man's house and left.

He ignored the gossip in the village and told everyone that he did not have such a daughter.

After returning from the next village, He Daniu has been lying at home listlessly.

This made Old Man He and his friends very worried, so they decided to find a matchmaker to introduce a good girl nearby.

After hearing that the matter had been handled, He Erniu no longer got involved in their family affairs.

I started making kimchi in the yard, and I made three big jars of kimchi. There were still so many cabbages left, so I thought about selling them in the county for some copper coins. I also bought some rice and brought it home to make some porridge in the morning.

Take out the rather worn-out wooden wheelbarrow in the living room and repair it.