The next morning, when Fu Wan woke up, the room was bathed in sunlight.
Last night, she only wanted to draw a simple sketch of a building, but the more she drew, the clearer her ideas became, and she ended up working on it until after 11 p.m.
Even the kerosene lamp was burned out.
Fu Ling knew that her mother had a habit of going to bed late and waking up late. When she woke up in the morning, she and Fu Yun quietly got dressed and then ran out to find Ye Xiaocui.
Fu Yun was very happy in her new home. She was originally a bit timid, but she became much more cheerful with Fu Ling by her side.
Although she couldn't speak, she could gesture with her little hands, and with the help of the spirit translator, Ye Xiaocui and the others could understand what she was trying to say.
Sure enough, after Ye Xiaocui finished breakfast with the two children, Fu Ling couldn't wait to take Fu Yun to play with Fu Hong and her friends!
She always envied other children who had older brothers and sisters, and now she has them too!
The weather is nice today; the sky is overcast and the sun is shining brightly.
After finishing breakfast, Ye Xiaocui went to find Jiang Chunlan. Yesterday, they simply air-dried the seaweed, but today the sun was shining, so the two of them planned to use clean bamboo poles to dry the seaweed.
"Xiao Cui, where are you going?"
On the way, they encountered Widow Wang, who was returning from the fields with her daughter. Ye Xiaocui and Jiang Chunlan greeted her warmly.
"Oh dear, I picked up a lot of seaweed the day before yesterday. My wife, Awan, asked me to dry it and send it out to see if I can get a good price for it."
Seeing the bamboo poles on the cart they were pulling, Fu Qing, being very sensible, stepped forward to help. She had been strong since she was a child, and she actually pushed the cart full of bamboo poles.
Ye Xiaocui and Jiang Chunlan were dumbfounded. "Xiuer, your Aqing's strength is truly amazing!"
The two of them had a really hard time pushing that bamboo cart!
Wang Xiuer grinned, "Oh my, my Qing is so strong. She usually doesn't help outsiders, but she likes you guys!"
Before she could finish speaking, Fu Qingdu pushed the cart back from a short distance away. Seeing that Ye Xiaocui and Jiang Chunlan were still standing there, she was somewhat puzzled.
"Auntie, where are we going?"
Ye Xiaocui clapped her hands, "Oh dear, stop nagging, Aqing is getting anxious!"
With nothing else to do, Wang Xiuer simply followed Ye Xiaocui and Wang Chunlan to the place where seaweed was drying.
They went to the village's designated area for drying seaweed and kelp. It was a large open space in front of the village's ancestral hall, where many villagers would dry rice, beans, and other grains during the busy farming season.
Most importantly, because it's close to the ancestral hall, children generally don't come here to play. Many older villagers like to sit under the trees nearby to cool off and chat, so they can keep an eye on them.
"Alright, that's fine!"
Ye Xiaocui and Jiang Chunlan had already decided on a spot to dry the seaweed. This area used to be paved with pebbles, so even if the seaweed fell on the ground, it wouldn't be as dirty as if it had fallen into the mud.
"Xiao Cui, I'm fine too. Why don't A Qing and I help out?"
"Then I'll have to trouble you again. I'll bring you a fish to eat later, don't mind!"
Wang Chunlan put down her hoe and basket and went to the well in the ancestral hall to wash her hands.
Then the group chatted and worked at the same time. They were very quick. Fu Qing didn't know how to sunbathe at first, but seeing her mother's appearance, she soon sunbathed herself quickly and well.
There's a trick to drying seaweed. If you hang a large pile of it there, the middle part might not dry properly. If you put too little in, it's easy for it to be blown away by the wind.
So what seems like a simple thing is actually not easy to do.
Fu Wan ate a simple breakfast and then went out to find Ye Xiaocui and the others.
Last night, she heard Ye Xiaocui say that she was going to dry seaweed, and sure enough, she found them at the entrance of the ancestral hall.
"Mother, Aunt, Aqing!"
After greeting everyone present, Fu Wan joined the team drying seaweed. By this time, the seaweed was almost dried, so they soon packed up and prepared to go home.
As Fu Wan walked beside Fu Qing, she remembered that she still had some candies in her pocket that she had prepared to coax the child, so she took out a few and stuffed them into Fu Qing's hands.
Fu Qing has a childlike personality, and with a handful of candy in her hand, she smiled even more happily.
"Oh, Wan, you gave her so many White Rabbit candies again. These things are very expensive. Just take one."
Wang Xiuer felt a pang of heartache when she saw the handful of candy in her daughter's hand.
Fu Qing loves this candy. She even asked about it when she saw it at the supply and marketing cooperative last time. It cost about one yuan per pound, which scared her so much that she didn't buy it.
Fu Wan waved her hand, "Auntie, Sister Qing and you helped us all morning, we should pay you for your work. This handful of candy is nothing."
Just then, a person walked over from a distance and waved with a smile when he saw Fu Wan from afar.
"Ah Wan!"
Fu Wan looked up at the sound and saw Wang Panlan, whom she hadn't seen for several days.
"Sister Lan, where have you been?"
Wang Panlan stepped forward and took her hand. "I was just about to come find you. Dazhuang and I have set our wedding date for the day after tomorrow. You and your aunts must come for the wedding banquet."
Fu Wan suddenly realized, and teased with a smile, "No wonder Sister Lan looks so good after just a few days, it turns out good news is on the way!"
Wang Panlan blushed a little at what she said, but she was also genuinely happy. "Thanks to you for coming to persuade me last time, otherwise I would have felt like I couldn't go on living."
“Dazhuang doesn’t mind that I’ve been married before. Even if Dalaizi comes out, with Dazhuang around, he wouldn’t dare lay a finger on me.”
“I’ve cut off all ties with my family. They have no money to give me but their lives. If they dare to come back, I’ll go to the town police station and report them for trafficking women!”
Upon hearing this, Fu Wan couldn't help but look at Wang Panlan with new respect.
She was genuinely happy for her, saying, "I told you, live well, the better days are yet to come."
Ye Xiaocui, Jiang Chunlan, and the others were also happy for Wang Panlan, and then they heard her say that she had asked Village Chief Fu to help her a few days ago.
Village Chief Fu was also a responsible and good village chief. First, he wrote her a divorce certificate, then went to the police station to notify Fu Da Laizi. I heard that when Da Laizi heard at the police station that his third son's crime was more serious than his own, he cried and wailed.
As for Wang Panlan's desire for a divorce, Fu Dalaizi was not so agitated. He even said that Wang Panlan was unlucky and had brought him so much misfortune.
Fu Wan was speechless at this kind of man. He could blame everything on women, but he never looked for the reasons in himself.
People like this deserve to be in jail as labor camp inmates!
As they walked back, chatting, Fu Wan noticed that the villagers they passed seemed hesitant to speak, and their gazes made her feel uneasy.
"Awan, Xiaocui, you should go back quickly! That Shen Dongsheng is here again, kneeling at your gate!"
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