Quick Wear: Men Farming and Women Weaving

I felt my soul was light and fluttery, and I couldn't open my eyes. It seemed that after a long time, I had a solid and heavy feeling.

There was a noise and I found myself lying on a kang. Memories came to my mind. The girl in the story was called Qin Jingru and she was a cousin of Qin Huairu in the Love in the Courtyard. I didn't remember much. I usually worked and cleaned the house. Now the situation is not good. There is famine everywhere. The bark, wild vegetables and weeds in the mountains and the surrounding areas have all been plundered by the villagers. I dare not go into the deep mountains. The wild beasts are also short of food and may run to the surrounding areas or the village at any time.

Now, the family goes out every morning to dig grass roots to fill their stomachs. Today, they fainted from hunger at noon. Parents can’t do anything. The whole village is the same. The eldest and second brothers also ran to a farther place to find food and came back exhausted. The family in the next yard is the eldest uncle’s daughter in the city. She sent a letter to ask her cousin to go on a blind date. It is also a way to survive. It is best to stay in the city and have something to eat.

After hearing this, Qin Jingru understood why Qin Jingru in the TV series was willing to get involved with Xu Damao in order to stay in the city. She knew that he had a wife, but she still wanted to marry him. She was originally going on a blind date with Sha Zhu, but because her cousin was entangled with him and Xu Damao was saying bad things behind her back, she got involved with him. Because she couldn't go back, she would have no way to survive. She also understood that she could only stay in the city by finding a job. She couldn't cover for them between her cousin and Sha Zhu, and she didn't want to marry Xu Damao who couldn't have children. In order to give an explanation to her cousin, she had to deal with them.

Mother brought her a bowl of wild vegetable soup and said that her cousin was thinking about her and wanted her to go to the courtyard to find a date. She wanted to eat enough. Tomorrow, she should pack her clothes and stay at her sister's place for a few days to see if she can get used to it. If the conditions are good, she can stay there. She doesn't need to stay here and starve.

Qin Jingru said silently, "My sister has always said that it is very good. I can't cause trouble for them if I go there. I will try to find a job and stay there in the next few days."

The old lady was silent for a while. It was hard to find a job in the city now. There was only one job for each person, not to mention leaving it for rural people. She said she would take care of it herself, and said that there was nothing to eat at home, and it would be good to have something to eat in the city. She also tried not to cause trouble to her cousin and her mother-in-law was there.

The next morning, they packed up some tattered clothes and sat at the table, looking at the wild vegetable soup with faces reflected in the bowl. After drinking, Old Man Qin took out his only two dollars and a letter of introduction and gave it to her, saying, "Be careful over there, and take care of your sister's children."

After packing up my things, I walked to the small road. The fields on both sides were dry, without a trace of green. There were many men, women, and children looking for plants. I met a villager and greeted him. I asked where he was going. When I heard that I was going to the city to stay for a few days at my cousin's place for a blind date, I was relieved to say that there was also a way to make a living there.

It was more than ten miles from the city and could only be reached slowly. Halfway through the journey, seeing that there was no one around, I hid in the jungle by the roadside. I went into the space with myself and took a big white steamed bun from the kitchen and started to eat it. I was so hungry that I poured a glass of water into a thermos. I ate three in a row and couldn't eat anymore. I rested for a while on the sofa in the living room, then went to the bathroom and looked at my current appearance in the mirror on the washstand. I looked beautiful and fair, with two pigtails on both sides. I felt a bit like Qin Huairu. Because my family loved me and I had two older brothers who didn't need to work in the fields, my skin was white and tender, and I was better off without working in the fields. My figure was thin because I had been hungry for half a year during the famine this year. I was about the same height, 1.65 meters, and my basic conditions were very good. I needed to take care of myself later. Looking at the tattered clothes on my body, the conditions in the countryside have been bad in recent years, and they are all patched up. I haven't bought clothes for three years. In addition, I can only buy clothes with cloth coupons. Every time the supply and marketing cooperative has cloth, it is first bought internally, and the rest is basically not very popular. I walked into the bedroom and found the clothes I had left behind in the closet. I thought that they might be useful in the future. I had saved a lot of clothes for men, women, young and old, and even saved more than ten pieces of cloth. I found a white shirt, black pants and a black jacket, and some cloth of similar colors, cut a few pieces and sewed them on the clothes. After all, there were no complete clothes in the countryside. I also found a pair of cloth shoes. I found a piece of coarse cloth and packed a few clothes for changing. After changing clothes, I saw that the two braids on my hair looked a bit ugly. When I opened my hair, it was a little curled and could not be straightened, so I could only braid it into a braid. I left some bangs on my forehead and found a red rope in the closet to tie it up.

I walked for a long time on the rural road, and my calves were sore. The cloth shoes I bought online were not made of 1000-layer soles. They were old black Beijing cloth shoes. The quality was not very good. But they were much better than the worn-out shoes. By the afternoon, I had reached the city gate and there were more people. It was basically time to get off work. I found an old lady nearby and asked for directions. I went straight to the Nanluoguxiang Hutong, which was the same as the location in the previous life. I also adapted to the different lives in the past and present lives. I felt that I was far away from her in the previous life, and some feelings and memories gradually faded.

At the gate, the third uncle Yan Bugui was cleaning a used car. He walked in and asked where his cousin was. The third uncle heard the voice and asked who he was looking for. After hearing the purpose of the visit, he understood what Sha Zhu had said in the yard before. Qin Huairu introduced his cousin and was so proud of it. He took her to the Jia family in the backyard. And he shouted loudly there, Sister Jia, your family has relatives. The wing room on the left heard the voice and opened the door. Qin Huairu said that when she saw her cousin, she was shocked. She hadn't seen her for a few years. In addition, this year's famine, she didn't expect that she was still so beautiful and her skin was so white. Thinking of the love of her uncle's family for their daughter, they never went to the fields to do farm work and only cleaned up at home. She was not exposed to the wind and sun, so she felt jealous. No matter what the daughter is like in her family, she has to work, especially when the population is large and food is more important. She has to go to the fields when the busy farming season comes. My skin is not that white, it is yellowish and rough. Or because she married in the city, she doesn't need to work in the fields. She was also worried that Sha Zhu would fall in love with her and she would no longer be able to help with lunch boxes, food or money. A family of five depended on her alone from working, and the 30 yuan she earned was not enough for their monthly expenses, and her mother-in-law had to give her pension money.

"Jingru, I'm glad you're here. I didn't know when you would come, and we didn't prepare any food at home," Qin Huairu said gently, holding her cousin's hand and walking towards the door, and thanked the third uncle. Jia Zhang sat on the chair and looked at them with squinted eyes and said that there was no food at home, and now it was a famine, and the family didn't have enough to eat, so there would be one more freeloader. Banggeng next to them was noisy and asked the freeloader to leave the house. The two little girls next to them didn't say anything and lowered their heads. Qin Huairu's cousin, who had an embarrassed expression, said that it was difficult for her to go to work and earn money alone in the family, and asked her not to mind.

I stood there feeling very uncomfortable, and was scolded for living under someone else's roof. My cousin didn't mention the food problem, but just said that the family was in financial difficulty. "I'll only stay for a few days, and I won't eat your food, so find a way to solve it yourself." I didn't eat with them, and tried to get some money to buy food in the cafeteria outside.

When Jia Zhang heard this, she said happily that it was the best, then she got up and left and went back to her bedroom.

Before it got dark, people were coming and going in the courtyard. When they heard that a new girl was coming, Sha Zhu was so excited that he walked around in the room and even ran to the backyard to peek. He was seen by Xu Damao. The two saw that Qin Huairu's cousin was very beautiful, even better than her sister.

Xu Damao was also very jealous that Sha Zhu could have a blind date with this girl, so he came up with an idea.

The Jia family only had one house with two rooms, a kitchen, a living room and a bedroom. Jia Zhang lived in the back, and Qin Huairu and the three children slept together in the back, which was very crowded. If Qin Jingru lived there, she could only sleep on the ground, so she had to sleep on the floor in the front.

The next day, at dawn, people in the courtyard were off work for the weekend, so Qin Jingru went to the courtyard with her cousin to meet some neighbors and introduced a few uncles and aunts who were in charge. They all knew that she was here for a blind date, and they spoke to her in a gentle manner.

Sha Zhu even got up before daybreak to go to the market to buy things, and came back with a lot of bags. The 30-year-old man with a 40-year-old face came back very happy, and even ignored Xu Damao when he met him. Xu Damao was annoyed by his appearance and wanted to ruin his blind date.

At noon, Sha Zhu agreed with Qin Huairu to have lunch together and bring her cousin. Qin Huairu was torn. She had a spare tire who could get lunch boxes, a cook who had enough food, and occasionally meat. If they really got married, she would not be able to get it in the future, so she could only take things one step at a time. In addition, the cousin was also a relative, so she couldn't do anything too extreme, otherwise it would spread to her hometown.

There was a delicious aroma coming from Shazhu in the middle courtyard. There were four dishes, braised pork, meat and vegetables, two cold dishes, and eight steamed buns made of white flour. People in the courtyard said that Shazhu was going on a blind date today. The old man also heard about it and felt uncomfortable. If Shazhu got married, what would he do in the future when he was old? What if he married a wife who was not virtuous and was unwilling to take care of them while she lay in bed?

"Sister Qin, come here, sit down quickly. Everything is ready. Sister Jingru, eat quickly." Sha Zhu set the table and looked at the two sisters, feeling extremely excited.

Qin Huairu looked at the delicious food in front of her, with both meat and vegetables. She thought she would eat first, as Sha Zhu had invested a lot of money, and if she didn't make up for it, she would not be able to eat it later.

Qin Jingru looked at the table full of dishes and was full of admiration for Sha Zhu. To be able to buy these dishes in such an environment, only a chef had the connections to buy them.

After dinner, Qin Huairu was so virtuous that she took the initiative to clean up the dishes and wipe the table. She wiped here and there in the room, saying that men like Shazhu don't know how to do housework. Occasionally, I come to help with the cleaning. Then I went to the back room and saw a few dirty and greasy clothes and pants at the end of the bed. I took them and walked outside and said to Shazhu, "I'll help you wash your clothes. They are so dirty." As she said that, she picked up the washbasin next to her and put it in, and took it to the sink outside to wash it in front of my cousin. Shazhu smiled beside her and didn't stop her, and said that Sister Qin had worked hard.

Qin Jingru knew what her cousin meant as soon as she saw her cousin's actions. This could easily lead to misunderstandings. No wonder Sha Zhu's blind dates had never been successful. Anyway, she didn't like him, so she came here to give her cousin an explanation. She walked to the pool and told her cousin to go outside and take a look.