Chapter 20 Collection
Zhang Guifang watched their interaction, and the more she looked at her son-in-law Zhou Yong, the more satisfied she became.
"Mom is here to clean up, you guys hurry up and get out!"
Li Caiyun responded happily and went back to the west room to change into clothes that she would wear when going out.
"Is it okay for me to dress like this?"
Li Caiyun is not short, at least 1.68 meters tall.
She wore a loose blue top with white floral patterns and black loose pants. Her hot body was completely covered by the loose clothes and pants. She wore a pair of black cloth shoes on her feet.
Her skin is not white, even a little dark, which is related to her working in the fields all year round.
Li Caiyun has a pair of almond-shaped eyes with clear and clean eyes, a small mouth and a small nose, and she is particularly cute when she smiles.
Zhou Yong looked at his young wife, and raised his hand to tidy up the loose hair hanging from her temples.
Li Caiyun dressed simply, and the pimples on the back of her head made her look mature.
Zhou Yong swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue, because in this era there was a difference in the hairstyles of older girls and younger wives.
Unmarried women wear vertical braids, and married women have to put their hair up to avoid causing unnecessary misunderstandings when going out.
Zhou Yong put down his hand with a smile. Li Caiyun raised her face and looked at him, her face blushing inexplicably.
"It looks great, let's go out!"
Li Caiyun nodded, picked up the military water bottle, and Zhou Yong pushed his bicycle with two rabbits and a pheasant, and the couple left home one after the other.
Huaixi Village was very lively this morning. Every three or five houses there would be a group of people gathered together, whispering and laughing.
Zhou Yong knew what they were gossiping about without having to listen. After all, in an era without entertainment, the affairs of Bai Jie and Han Ergou were enough to become a topic of conversation among the villagers after dinner.
"Hey, Caiyun, are you two going to the commune?"
Li Caiyun responded with a smile and asked casually, "Second Mother, do you have anything to take with you?"
There are more than 500 households living in Huaixi Village. When the young people go out, they either call this uncle or that aunt or grandma...
In fact, if you really think about it, many families are not related at all. They just live in the same village, and the names are derived from the relationship between one family and another.
Just like Li Caiyun calls the other party "Second Mother", in fact they are not related at all.
"Second Mother has nothing to take with her."
Li Caiyun nodded with a smile and continued walking forward following Zhou Yong who was pushing a bicycle in front of her.
"Zhou Yong, where are you going?"
"I'm going to the commune."
"Go ahead, and be careful on the road."
After walking and stopping for more than ten minutes, they finally set foot on the road leading to the commune.
Many people went to the commune today, mainly because it is the slack season for farming, and people would take this opportunity to purchase items that are lacking at home.
"If there were no mountain, we could save a lot of time going to the commune..."
As we set foot on the winding mountain road, some people started complaining.
"Yes, it is because of this mountain that it is so difficult for us to go to the commune..."
The mountain is not very high, but it is a waste of time to go around it.
Assuming that this mountain was razed to the ground, the journey from Huaixi Village to the commune would be shortened by more than an hour.
"Don't say that, if it weren't for our geographical location, would we have been able to survive the war peacefully..."
Decades ago, there was unrest in various places, but Huaixi Village was not affected by the war due to its remote location.
It was precisely because of this that many people came here with their families to settle down at that time, and it gradually developed from a small village into a large village with more than 500 households.
Zhou Yong listened to what everyone was discussing, pushing his bicycle forward in silence. Li Caiyun, who was about a meter behind him, stopped.
"Tired?"
Zhou Yong, who was walking in front, was always paying attention to what was behind him.
Li Caiyun fanned her face with her hands. She glanced at the road ahead and said, "It's so hot today."
Zhou Yong pursed his lips and said, "We are in a hurry. How about you sit on it and I will push you?"
Li Caiyun shook her head. She couldn't get out of the way because there were so many people. There was a section of the winding mountain road with potholes all over the road. It hurt her feet when she walked on it. If she wasn't careful when pushing a bicycle, the tire would get punctured. If she sat on it, her bicycle would definitely need a tire repair.
Zhou Yong saw what his young wife was thinking: "Then let's walk slowly."
Li Caiyun glanced at the time on her wristwatch and saw that it was almost six o'clock. She said, "Let's hurry up. You have to go to the brigade in the afternoon."
Zhou Yong pursed his lips. To be honest, he had long been tired of the job of a timekeeper.
The reason why he insisted on doing this job was simply to prove his ability.
Zhou Yong continues to work now for the connections and future development, otherwise he would have quit long ago.
He chatted with Li Caiyun from time to time, and the two of them walked at a leisurely pace, without feeling tired.
It was a June day with the sun scorching. It was a bit better walking in the mountains, but not long after we got down the mountain, the heat gradually hit us in the face.
Zhou Yong rode a Phoenix 28-bar bicycle and took Li Caiyun to the commune. Pedestrians on the road were walking in groups of three or five, chatting.
"It's good to have a bicycle. Did you see it? It disappeared in a flash."
"Look at your sour tone? It's a pity that you are not Zhou Yong, and you don't have the same fate as him..."
"What's so worthy of your envy about a son-in-law who marries into the family? If I were him, I would rather die than become a son-in-law who marries into the family..."
There was laughter, some people joined in, some disagreed with what they said.
"That's enough. Zhou Yong has had a hard time too. Why do you have to talk about him behind his back?"
"Hey, if you defend him like this, will he give you a few more work points?"
"Stop talking nonsense here, it's unreasonable..."
Several people went to the commune noisily. Such speeches were played out countless times among the villagers of Huaixi Village every day...
Red Flag Commune.
At 8:10, Zhou Yong and Li Caiyun arrived at their destination. He was not in a hurry to meet his senior brother, but took his young wife to the exchange fair spontaneously organized by the common people.
"The market is very lively today."
Li Caiyun looked at the huge crowd, stood on tiptoe to look around, and sighed to herself.
Zhou Yong pushed his bicycle and looked ahead: "There are too many people here, follow closely, don't cry if you get lost."
Li Caiyun curled her lips and did not refute Zhou Yong's words. The two of them entered the market one after the other.
There were many people setting up stalls on both sides of the road, exchanging food, mountain products, herbs, rabbits, pheasants, wild boar meat, eggs, duck eggs...
When Zhou Yong arrived at the grain stall, he stopped his bicycle and asked with a smile, "Uncle, would you like to exchange hares and pheasants?"
The uncle glanced at the hare and pheasant hanging on the frame of Zhou Yong’s bicycle and shook his head. He smiled and pushed his bicycle to the next store to inquire.
I asked at seven or eight stalls in a row, but no one wanted to exchange grain for pheasants or rabbits.
Zhou Yong understood. After all, wild rabbits and pheasants could only satisfy one's cravings and most people couldn't afford them.
Seeing this, Li Caiyun came to Zhou Yong's side and said, "No, let's change to something else!"
There are many kinds of items for exchange at the fair. Except for food, all others are second-hand goods.
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