Chapter 81 Friendship is not easy
But even so, Zhang Sanbao was still satisfied with this simple and filling lunch. After all, it was something that could actually fill his stomach.
At noon that day, she only ate one steamed bun and carefully put the other one back into the basket for later use.
After getting off the car at the entrance of the village, I met the carpenter's wife on the way home. She told me that the newly made furniture would be delivered to my home tomorrow, so I should be prepared in advance to receive the goods smoothly.
Zhao Chunhua smiled and nodded in agreement, and decided to meet at around three o'clock the next afternoon to inspect the furniture. This way, there would be more light during the day, making it easier to do things.
Watching Zhao Chunhua's figure gradually disappear from their sight, the aunties who were sitting under the big tree at the entrance of the village to rest and chat became active again.
"Do you smell anything special? Zhao Yunniang bought a roast duck today. I can smell the aroma from a long distance away."
One of the aunties with a loud voice asked the people around her.
Another round-faced lady looked at her in confusion: "Why can't I smell anything at all? Your nose is really sensitive."
"Don't be ridiculous. When we moved out of the old house, we were covered in dirt. Where did we get the money to buy roast duck?"
This sentence came from the mouth of a thin-looking middle-aged woman, who had a clearly sarcastic expression on her face as she spoke.
Aunt Wang quickly explained: "I'm telling the truth! My nose is very sensitive."
As she spoke, she pointed at her nose to prove it, her eyes full of seriousness and a hint of helplessness.
“And people
Is her family in decline? Her brothers helped her buy a new home. Even if she doesn’t live in the old, shabby house, her two daughters-in-law will not treat her badly.”
At this point, Aunt Wang seemed to be somewhat relieved for her friend. After all, it was not easy to have such friendship in this cruel society.
Aunt Wang was actually very envious of Zhao Chunhua.
Although losing her husband was a very regrettable thing, at least life was not too difficult.
For a scholar like the eldest son of the Zhang family, face is one of the most important things.
Especially considering his future career development, it is impossible for him to completely ignore his wife.
It is also worth mentioning that Zhao Chunhua’s parents’ support has never stopped.
Even if the child is not very filial sometimes, it will not cause her to suffer.
What's more, they now have several acres of land to cultivate, which is enough to ensure a worry-free life for them and their son.
In comparison, the situation in Aunt Wang’s own family is much worse.
Although the family seems very lively with so many people, they have very little land.
Whenever there is leisure time after the busy farming season, they have to go out to find odd jobs to earn a living.
"What are you glaring at? You look so ferocious all day long. Even some good fortune will be scared away by you."
At this moment, a plump auntie at the side suddenly interrupted and said.
She is Qian Duoduo, and her husband Zhu Fugui is a butcher.
It is said that they are a perfect match. Not only are their names well matched - one represents wealth "wealth" and the other represents the means of accumulating wealth "money".
The thinner woman next to her is Li Zhaodi, the wife of Li Laosan in the village.
The name sounds interesting, but it actually didn't bring her much luck.
From childhood to adulthood, her life has never been smooth, and her marriage life is full of ups and downs and setbacks.
Li Zhaodi had a hard life both before and after marriage.
Although Li Zhaodi was in charge of household chores at home, the family's living standards were far from what she had envisioned.
Day after day, year after year, after eating steamed bread porridge for more than ten years, the family's diet has never improved. They still live in that extremely simple thatched house. The cracks on the wall seem to make people hear the sigh of time on stormy nights.
According to their neighbor Qian Duoduo, this family is extremely lazy.
Although Li Laosan starts working in the fields before dawn every day and tries his best to take care of the farmland, a person's ability is limited after all. In addition, years of hard work have made him less physically fit than before, and he seems a little overwhelmed by the pressure of supporting the entire family. Li Zhaodi prefers to stand at the door of her house and point fingers at other people's family affairs. She is not serious about farm work and only knows how to complain about the difficulties of life but is unwilling to put in actual effort and sweat to improve the status quo. Such a negative attitude will certainly not bring about the expected changes in gains.
The more difficult the financial situation is, the more likely it is to be frugal with every expense. This mentality will put the entire family into a worse situation, forming a vicious cycle that is difficult to break.
Although she was very envious of Zhao Chunhua, a woman from the next village who lived a relatively wealthy life, after all, at least Zhao Chunhua could taste delicious meat from time to time.
Because of this jealousy, he always seizes any opportunity to use sarcastic words against his neighbor in an attempt to gain a moment of inner comfort.
But in fact, these negative comments are not completely without reason - if you always worry about trivial matters between neighbors instead of focusing on improving your own situation, your life will naturally not improve much.
In contrast, Zhao Chunhua's approach seems particularly wise: she had no experience in agricultural production before, but now she takes the initiative to go to the fields to do basic labor work such as weeding.
All this illustrates one truth: only through one's own unremitting efforts can one truly change one's current living conditions.
In fact, Zhao Chunhua did not realize that while most villagers were talking about her behind her back, deep down they understood and supported her decision to leave her original place of residence.
Unfortunately, many families lack the courage or opportunity to take that step for various reasons.
Who doesn’t want to have a better living environment?
Everyone longs to pursue a beautiful and happy life.
But most of the time, we are trapped in the invisible shackles brought by heavy housework and the external environment and cannot move.
When I got home, I could see through the window that the little boy Shitou was sleeping soundly in the straw cradle.
Because the sun was scorching outside, the temperature indoors was also very high. The child's cheeks were covered with tiny beads of sweat, but this did not affect his deep sleep.
His elder brother Ziying sat quietly beside him, watching over him, and used his fingers to dip into the cool water to draw simple patterns on the ground.
"Aunt, you're back."
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