"Comrade Wang, thank you for your help." Song Guoliang handed a pack of cigarettes to the tractor driver.
"Comrade Song, you're welcome." The driver, Xiao Wang, took the cigarette cheerfully. "Nothing else, I'll just head back."
Du Xiaoying and Liu Dajiao pushed a cart into the yard, looked at the three men busy working in the backyard, and hurriedly took the thermos to make several bowls of sugar water.
The two women drank some water, quickly unloaded half of the firewood, and Liu Da Jiao pushed the cart out.
"Xiaoying, I'll ask my Douya to bring Wuya back later."
"Um."
Strength lies in numbers. The three men finished all the coal in a short while. Their faces were covered with a layer of black coal dust, and their hands were even blacker.
Du Xiaoying hurriedly mixed some warm water and helped the men wash their hands in the yard. "Shuanzi and Erniu, come into the house and drink some hot water to warm yourself up."
"Guoliang's wife, you have so much coal at home. Can you exchange some for mine? You know we have elderly people at home, and I want to make their lives easier." The woman rubbed her hands, her wrinkled face full of anticipation.
"You have so many at home, so a little bit won't make a difference."
Du Xiaoying frowned and interrupted coldly, "No!"
"Why? You have so much at home, and I don't want it for free. I'll trade it with you."
"No! Don't you understand what I'm saying?!" Du Xiaoying's face turned cold. She slammed the gate shut, looked at Shuanzi and Erniu who were looking at each other in bewilderment behind her, and glanced at the tall and straight man.
Song Guoliang immediately spoke up, "I listen to my wife!"
Shuanzi Erniu, "....."
Song Guoliang coughed lightly and said, "Your sister-in-law means that once this hole is opened, everyone in the brigade will come to exchange coal."
"Sister-in-law is right! If you don't give anything, no one will be offended."
"That's right. We all got by like this before there was coal."
....
"Mom and Dad, we have coal this year!"
“We won’t be freezing this year!”
Looking at the children squatting on the black coal with silly smiles on their faces, Du Xiaoying felt sad. The desire to make money to compensate the children became stronger and stronger, so she asked.
"How much did the coal cost?"
"The heating ration for employees was one ton, plus various subsidies from the company, for a total of 1.35 tons, which cost 24.38 yuan."
Du Xiaoying couldn't help but think of her previous life. In winter, it was so cold that she and her daughters wanted to stay in the main house for a while. As soon as they entered, they were insulted by Old Lady Song and her daughter-in-law in a vicious and ugly way, and were scolded out.
Now that I think about it, they were lucky enough not to have frozen to death in their previous life.
Song Guoliang saw that his wife was probably thinking about the sad things that happened in the old house again, and her mood became a little depressed.
"Today is a good day. Mom will make you a cake to try. How about it?"
The father and daughter stared at each other, not knowing how they got there, and hurriedly followed him into the house.
"Guoliang, you keep stirring like this."
"Okay." Song Guoliang didn't understand why, but he still did what his wife said.
Du Xiaoying didn't add the sifted flour and corn starch until the 8-shaped shape of the frangipani flower disappeared, and then added a spoonful of lard and stirred evenly.
Grease the inner walls of several clean teacups, then pour in an appropriate amount of batter, boil water in the pot, and cover with a steaming cloth.
Time passed minute by minute, and a rich fragrance drifted from the stove to every corner of the room.
Under the watchful eyes of the father and daughter, Du Xiaoying carefully opened the lid of the pot and took out the steamer. The golden cake exuded an enticing aroma.
"How is it? Is it delicious?" Du Xiaoying was a little nervous.
Daya's eyes lit up and she nodded heavily, "Mom, it's delicious, even better than peach cakes."
"real?"
"Yeah, really, really."
Du Xiaoying was as happy as a child when she received the affirmation from the man.
Song Guoliang said softly, "Wife, you are really amazing. You can do everything."
Du Xiaoying raised the corner of her mouth, "It's okay~"
.....
The next day, thinking about business, Du Xiaoying changed her usual routine and bought a lot of white flour.
Just as I walked into the village from the back, I saw the dark shadow again from afar.
Thinking of the last time, he started to think and followed with his bike.
The Song family's house is at the entrance of the village. What was the old man Song doing at the west end of the village so early in the morning?
Just as she was thinking about it, she saw Boss Song rubbing his hands and tiptoeing towards Widow Wang's house. Thinking of her previous life, Du Xiaoying became furious.
Just as he was about to shout, Boss Song pushed the door open and walked in with a swagger.
Du Xiaoying narrowed her eyes and quietly approached the yard of Widow Wang's house.
"Damn it~"
"Baby, let me touch you, I miss you so much."
"What are you doing here? Why are you here with me instead of staying at home with your wife?"
"I don't even want to look at my fat tigress. She's as fat as a pig. All she does is eat and sleep."
"You're annoying~"
.....
The man's heavy breathing and the woman's delicate moans intertwined and entangled.
Du Xiaoying covered her ears, got goose bumps all over her body due to the cold, and rode her bicycle back home in a hurry.
When she thought of the foul language she heard in the morning, she wanted to wash her ears. Fortunately, she didn't see it, otherwise her eyes would have been blinded.
There are always troubles around a widow, and this widow Wang is really bold and not afraid...
Thinking about her past life, she, a widow, was often harassed by those bachelors, and there was even a shovel placed at the head of the kang where she slept.
"Xiaoying?"
"You scared me. You came back so early?" Du Xiaoying covered her violently beating heart.
"I called you several times, but you didn't hear me." Song Guoliang's voice was low and a little aggrieved. "What are you thinking about? You're so absent-minded."
Du Xiaoying glanced at her daughters who were doing their homework in the room, closed the door to the west room, and lowered her voice, "Do you know what I saw when I came back today?"
Song Guoliang frowned and shook his head.
"When I came back, I saw Boss Song sneaking to the west end of the village. I thought he was trying to get close to Widow Wang, but I didn't expect... to run into Liu Lanhua on the mountain today. I saw her hair was all green."
Song Guoliang sneered disdainfully, "Song Guodong has always liked teasing little girls since he was a child, so it's not surprising that he would do something like this."
Du Xiaoying narrowed her eyes, "Next time he dares to cause trouble...but..."
"But what?" Song Guoliang looked at his wife and frowned slightly.
Du Xiaoying looked at the man and said, "You two are brothers, born from the same mother. If you dare to do that outside—"
"young married woman?!"
Song Guoliang lowered his voice and said seriously, "Song Guodong is a restless person. He is not worthy of being compared with me."
Du Xiaoying narrowed her eyes, approached the man, grabbed his collar, and warned him coldly.
"If you dare to be restless and have affairs with other women outside, I will castrate you!" As she said this, she made a scissors gesture fiercely.
Song Guoliang suddenly felt a chill in his lower body and shuddered reflexively.
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