Xu Huiniang: "You haven't reached that time yet. When you do, you'll understand."
She didn't think it was because Yu Rujia didn't raise the children as her own.
Yu Rujia's kindness to Duofu and the others was evident in their plump figures; they were the best-looking children in the brigade, and no other family's children were as good-looking as them.
She visited Yu Rujia's house several times, and she had never eaten the fine grains and meat in that bowl many times in her life. The children, on the other hand, ate ordinary food, and it was obvious at a glance that they ate these kinds of things very often.
Yu Rujia took good care of them, but since the child didn't come from her womb, she didn't have that blood-and-flesh connection, which is why she could say she was letting go.
Yu Rujia: "Let's not talk about this anymore. Are you free lately?"
Xu Huiniang: "Time can always be found if you squeeze it in. What do you want me to do?"
Yu Rujia: "I knew Sister Huiniang was so understanding. Winter is coming soon, and the group only has a few summer clothes. We need to make winter clothes quickly. I can't make them all by myself, so I'd like to ask you to help share the burden."
Xu Huiniang: "It's no big deal. Few people can match my sewing skills since I was a girl. Just leave the fabric and the measurements, and I'll make sure you get everything sorted out perfectly."
Yu Rujia: "Those few rascals are so lucky. Wearing the clothes made by Sister Huiniang, they are the brightest stars in Shangfen Brigade."
Xu Huiniang: "If you raise them like that, they'll be the most dazzling boys in Shangfen Brigade even if they go out naked."
Seeing that she agreed to help, Yu Rujia left her a bag of fabric to take home.
The next evening, Yu Rujia, keeping track of the time, took another bag of fabric and went to find Huang Guihua. Huang Guihua was efficient and could help with some of the work.
Huang Guihua was delighted to see her and welcomed her inside: "I've invited you over to play several times, but you never came. This time you came on your own initiative. Does this mean you only come when you have something to ask?"
Yu Rujia laughed and said, "Sister Guihua is always so quick to speak, I don't dare to say anything."
Huang Guihua: "Oh, no, please. Just say what you have to say. Why are you being so polite with me?"
Yu Rujia: "If my kids are a little older, they'll be able to run off and play by themselves like your Gou Dan, without me having to look after them all the time. I'll come over often then, as long as you don't find it bothersome."
Huang Guihua: "What's so annoying? Having more people to chat with is a good thing, how could it be annoying? Speaking of which, when I was at your house before, I heard your four kids all call you 'Auntie,' not 'Mom.' What were you thinking?"
Yu Rujia: "They have their own parents, and they might come looking for us anytime. Can I just keep them here?"
Huang Guihua: "Why not? You snatched them from human traffickers and raised them so well. Look at any other family in the village, whose children are doing as well as theirs?"
"You go through all this trouble to raise them, only to return the children as soon as their parents arrive. What's the point of all this?"
Yu Rujia: "I don't want anything from them, I just like them and want to spend more time with them. Besides, I'm planning to get married soon. If I have four kids calling me 'Mom,' people will think I'm some kind of frivolous person."
Huang Guihua: "What do you mean by 'indecent'? The police station doors are wide open. Anyone who dares to talk nonsense will be sent inside. Speaking of marriage, have you taken a fancy to Gao Zhiqing?"
It's hard to say. Everyone in the team knows that Duofu and the others often hang out with Gao Shujing. If she says she doesn't like him, people will say she's taking advantage of Gao Shujing. But if she does like him, their relationship is definitely not like that.
Even if she said she and Gao Shujing were siblings, no one would believe her. They would only say that Yu Rujia was unkind, keeping Gao Shujing hanging on to raise her child.
Yu Rujia was in a dilemma.
Huang Guihua thought she was shy and embarrassed to say it, so she advised her, "That educated youth Gao is a good person. She has her own skills and is handsome. I've never seen such a handsome person before in my life."
"He's patient, comes from a good family, and many girls in the team want to marry him. A while ago, so many people chased after him to his doorstep. I've never seen a young man as popular as him."
"But Gao, the educated youth, was determined, so the others had to keep their resentment to themselves. Later, I heard that it was the brigade leader who intervened and calmed down the girls in the team."
“I’ve seen him interact with several children before, and he really treats them like his own sons. If you get together with him, you don’t have to worry about the children being mistreated. Listen to me, I won’t make a mistake in choosing him.”
What she didn't say was that, given Yu Rujia's abilities, if she hadn't raised several children, the number of people pursuing her in the team wouldn't be less than the number pursuing Gao Shujing.
Yu Rujia has several children and raises them so well, spending money like water. No matter how capable she is, no one in the team dares to marry her.
Gao Shujing didn't mind that she had several children. If she hadn't taken advantage of this opportunity to win her over, she would have regretted it later.
Yu Rujia chuckled and said, "With such eloquence, it would be a waste of her talent not to be a matchmaker."
Huang Guihua patted her lightly: "Are you courting death? I'm thinking of you, and you still tease me. When Gao Zhiqing realizes that raising several children is too much of a burden and doesn't want to be with you, don't come crying to me when you regret it."
Yu Rujia thought to herself, if Gao Shujing dared to abandon several children, even if she didn't intervene, Xia Taishun would break his legs.
Unfortunately, Huang Guihua was unaware of these inside stories. All she wanted at that moment was for Yu Rujia to take the man down before Gao Shujing changed his mind, so that she wouldn't have to remain an old maid for the rest of her life.
Yu Rujia: "Sister Guihua, don't worry, I know what I'm doing."
Huang Guihua assumed that Yu Rujia had taken her words to heart, so she confidently took out some fried soybeans and placed them between the two of them: "Come on, let's eat and chat. By the way, what brings you here?"
Yu Rujia grabbed a handful of soybeans and popped one into her mouth: "Sigh, I almost forgot about the important matter while we were talking. Winter is coming soon, and we need to make winter clothes for the kids. I'm too busy to handle it all, so I'd like to ask Sister Guihua for help."
Huang Guihua: "Hey, I thought it was something serious. I'm very quick and efficient. A few pieces of clothing will be finished in a few days. Leave the fabric and measurements, and I'll send the finished clothes back to you in a few days."
Yu Rujia: "I'm sorry to have troubled you."
Huang Guihua: "You came to me for help, which proves that you don't consider me an outsider. I'm very happy about that."
Huang Guihua was such a chatterbox that Yu Rujia simply took out some fabric and started cutting it while chatting with her.
Zheng Dayang went out for a walk and came back to prepare for bed when they realized that so much time had passed.
Huang Guihua stopped scissors in her hand: "Hey, how time flies! We've been chatting and it's already so late. I really don't want to let the girl go home."
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