On the way home from the farm, Qin Suyun drove past the town market and happened to encounter the market that was held every three days.
The entire market road was blocked by the crowds, leaving only a small section of road for vehicles to pass.
The so-called market is a folk custom here. Every three days or during festivals, many farmers will spontaneously bring their own vegetables, fruits, eggs, etc. to the town market to sell.
In their area, since the population is not as dense as in cities, many farmers are self-sufficient. Therefore, the market only takes place every few days. Otherwise, there will be too few people and it will not be cost-effective for everyone to come here.
Moreover, some villagers live far away, and they need to take a bus to get here early in the morning. This way, the whole day is wasted on this trip, and no one can do the work in the fields.
Every time Qin Suyun drove back, she was in a hurry and took another road, so she had never been to the market in this town.
The main reason she came here today was because she was influenced by Butcher Zhang before, who reminded her that she needed to prepare more knives of various types. Although her family had purchased a lot of knives before, the varieties were too few, making many things inconvenient to do.
The things that can be bought in the town's grocery store are far more convenient than those she buys in the supermarket, and are more in line with the living needs of the villagers. Those in the supermarket are more suitable for the needs of people who often live in the city. For example, at the very least, you will never be able to buy those bone-chopping knives weighing several kilograms in ordinary large supermarkets, but in the town's grocery store, you can not only buy such bone-chopping knives, but also hoes, sickles, fishing nets and so on.
Qin Suyun parked the car on the street not far from the market and walked into the market with the money.
Her goal in coming to the market was clear: to find a suitable knife for butchering pigs in town, and then to see if there were any suitable items in the grocery store or elsewhere that she could take home. She had only packed meat today, but there was still plenty of other stuff in the truck bed! It couldn't be wasted!
The cold winter wind was howling, and although the houses on both sides of the market could block a lot of the cold wind, it still made people feel very cold.
But the enthusiasm of everyone in the market has not diminished in the slightest!
The Chinese New Year is just a month away, and the festive atmosphere in the village is always stronger than in the city.
Because only during the Chinese New Year every year, people from the village and town who work away from home will come back with big bags and small bags to reunite with their parents and families.
Qin Suyun felt the festive atmosphere of the New Year almost the moment she stepped into the market!
There are several small stalls on the street selling fireworks, firecrackers and Spring Festival couplets, and there are more or less several people surrounding these stalls asking prices.
At this moment, Qin Suyun seemed to suddenly realize that the New Year was approaching!
In recent days, the word "end of the world" has almost become a huge stone weighing on her heart, draining all her time and energy. She has completely forgotten that in just over a month, it will be the Chinese New Year.
Every day, she thought only of what she would need in the future. What terrible things might happen in the future? If they happened to her, how would she handle them? These thoughts permeated her mind, driving her to work hard every day, gathering supplies to protect herself. She was completely unable to feel the genuine joy of the coming New Year like everyone else.
Instead, they felt that as time passed, they were getting closer and closer to the apocalypse...
"I wonder what the market in this town will look like in a few months?" Qin Suyun sighed in her heart. She had never dreamed of the environment of this town, and she didn't know what it would look like in the future. She could only hope that the future would not be too bad.
"Hey, isn't this Suyun? Why are you here? I heard from Aunt Huang that you and Chen Zhou are divorced? What's going on?"
Before Qin Suyun reached the grocery store, she was stopped by a middle-aged woman who was selling vegetables. The other party was in her 30s, wearing a yellow-gray cotton coat and sitting with a group of women who were also selling vegetables. When she saw Qin Suyun, her eyes suddenly lit up and she stopped her directly.
"Aunt Hanzhang?" Qin Suyun was stopped by someone and immediately recognized the identity of the person in front of her.
This was the daughter-in-law of Qin Laowu's family at the east end of Lixi Village. In fact, the Qin family was somewhat distantly related to my grandmother. This was the case in the countryside. In many cases, there was a blood relationship between relatives.
Being stopped, Qin Suyun couldn't just leave.
But she didn't want to hear about her ex-husband Chen Zhou's family. Whether it was Chen Zhou's betrayal or the tragic scene of the child's corpse at the end of the dream... she didn't want to have anything to do with him anymore.
"Oh! That's right! I thought you all forgot me when you went to the city!" Aunt Han Zhang said, pulling Qin Suyun to the small bench where she was selling vegetables. As she pulled her over, she stuffed a handful of melon seeds into Qin Suyun's hand and greeted her warmly: "Sit down! Sit down and tell us about this! I heard Chen Zhou's mother Liang Ping say this morning that their family has found a new daughter-in-law. The new daughter-in-law is a beautiful city girl. She is said to be a famous TV host. She will return to the village to worship her ancestors in the next two days! Is that true?"
"Really?..." Qin Suyun's smile was a little forced, and she had no idea how to respond at this moment.
However, there was no need for Qin Suyun to speak. Aunt Han Zhang said directly while eating melon seeds, "Suyun! Don't be sad about this matter. No matter whether the Audi that Chen Zhou will marry in the future is a host or a star, as long as we live our own lives, we don't care what they are like! Are you planning to go back to the village today? It's almost the New Year, and it's nice to go back to the village to celebrate the New Year! You won't have any vegetables to eat when you go home. The spinach and cabbage we have are very good. Do you want to take a look?"
"It's quite fresh, so give me two handfuls..." Qin Suyun smiled awkwardly. In order to leave quickly, she randomly picked two handfuls of spinach, paid the money and left the stall without wasting any more time.
Perhaps because Qin Suyun bought spinach from her stall, Aunt Hanzhang did not stop her when she left this time.
I saw Qin Suyun carrying spinach and walking away.
Aunt Han Zhang smacked her lips, nibbled two more melon seeds, and spit the shells onto the ground with disdain. She joined the other women in the chatter, "Bah! I don't believe a word that Liang Ping said! She said Qin Suyun found a gigolo who was a soldier, and that's why their son Chen Zhou divorced her... Only a fool would believe that!"
"What's wrong? I just said a few words to that little girl, how do you know she's not?" The auntie who was eating sunflower seeds next to her frowned, her face full of confusion. "Could it be that she bought you two bunches of vegetables? So you think she's fine?"
"What the hell? Am I that kind of person?!" Aunt Han Zhang waved her hands and curled her lips in disdain. "How could you be so stupid? Can't you see for yourself?"
"Look at Liang Ping these days, that face she's got on her head in the village these days. And then look at that girl Qin Suyun, she's obviously lost a lot of weight. If she had an affair, how could she be like this? Her face is so thin, you can tell she's heartbroken and hasn't recovered yet! She hasn't even come to the village lately, and I heard she even quit her job in the city!"
"Look at Liang Ping's side. Her son has already found a new husband, obtained a visa, got married, and returned to worship his ancestors! Look at how happy their family is! Don't you know who's right and who's wrong?..."
"It's only been a few months since the divorce? If it's true that little girl Qin Suyun cheated on her husband and found another man, then no matter what, it shouldn't be the son who gets married first!"
Aunt Han Zhang even slowed down her melon seed cracking as she spoke. She touched her chin and said with a look of certainty, "This must be that Liang Ping's son was caught cheating, or maybe the mistress got pregnant and forced a marriage! So, under no other circumstances, their son got a divorce! Divorce requires the division of property, and Liang Ping's family definitely didn't get the upper hand in terms of property, so this old woman keeps gossiping around the village, saying all sorts of sour things!"
In just a short while, Aunt Han Zhang had guessed about 70% of the whole story, and the other women around her nodded when they heard it.
"Wait a few days, won't their son and new daughter-in-law come back to worship their ancestors? We'll know then!" Several middle-aged women nearby nodded in agreement.
The woman next to her, who had been called stupid by Aunt Han Zhang, was even smarter this time. She narrowed her eyes and said, "According to what you said, I think it must be the mistress who is pregnant! If his son was caught with the mistress, that old woman Liang Ping would definitely not dare to slander Su Yun in the village like that!"
After all, the distance from Yunhai City to their Lixi Village is not too far. Many villagers in the village work in Yunhai City, and everyone has some connections to some extent. Such a big thing as being caught cheating will definitely be discovered!
"That's right! That's right!" Aunt Han Zhang nodded and threw the melon seed shells in her hand to the ground. "I was wondering why Su Yun hadn't gotten pregnant in all these years. It must be that old woman Liang Ping's son. He's been fooling around all these years! He couldn't get pregnant, and now that a woman finally got pregnant, he wants a divorce... What a piece of shit!"
"Hey, are you dissatisfied with Liang Ping's family? Why don't you say that it's because Qin Suyun can't get pregnant? That's why Liang Ping's son found a mistress outside?"
"Hey! Don't slander me so casually, I'm just speaking the truth! Liang Ping's family has been saying in the village these days that Qin Suyun found another man, but they never said she was a dead hen! They've been married for three years. If that girl is really a dead hen, with Liang Ping's personality, wouldn't everyone in the village know about it?!"
"Tsk tsk tsk! Han Zhang! Why didn't I realize you were so smart before? You're right. It must have been because her son wasn't good enough before, so that old lady Liang Ping didn't dare to spread the word..."
"That's right!..." The others nodded in agreement, feeling that this made sense.
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