"What? Your third brother and Ya Jing are dating?"
In the post office, Ruan Miaomiao made a long-distance call to Chen Juan in Haicheng.
After calculating the time, Chen Juan should be at work at this time, so the call was made directly to the military hospital.
Upon hearing Ruan Miaomiao's words, Chen Juan's tone on the other end of the phone was clearly one of surprise.
However, things quickly calmed down:
"I thought it would be a while before they could confess their feelings, but I didn't expect that after going to the countryside, they would be together!"
Upon hearing this, Ruan Miaomiao understood: they were all children she had watched grow up, and Zhao Yajing had shown such a strong possessiveness towards Ruan Wenbin that Chen Juan must have noticed it long ago.
However, Chen Juan and Ruan Minqiang were both open-minded parents and did not interfere with the young people's ideas, letting the two young people get along as they pleased.
"That's right! My third brother came to the countryside and was targeted by the educated youth in the village. He was terrified. Sister Yajing seized the opportunity and won him over!"
Because the call was made from the post office and Chen Juan answered it from the hospital, it was inconvenient for her to say many things in detail, so Ruan Miaomiao only gave a brief overview.
After finishing talking about Ruan Wenbin and Zhao Yajing, Ruan Miaomiao mentioned that she had exchanged some things for Zhao Yajing and Ruan Wenbin to take back.
If it was inconvenient to carry it with her, she would mail it back from the post office.
Hearing that her daughter was sending things home again, Chen Juan said it wasn't necessary and that Ruan Miaomiao should take good care of herself, but she was secretly overjoyed.
After hanging up the phone, I went to the post office to send money to Ruan Miaomiao.
After sending the things to the Ruan family, Ruan Miaomiao thought that sometime she should also send something to Qin Fengying, Sun Deming, and the Zheng couple.
There's a saying that's true: where money is, there is love.
It doesn't mean someone loves you just because they spend money on you.
However, if someone is unwilling to spend money on you, it proves that they truly do not love you.
Ruan Miaomiao was thinking about her relatives in Haicheng, and she knew that they could buy the things she sent back locally with a little effort.
However, what she sent was not just a few things, but her concern for them.
After leaving the post office, Ruan Miaomiao thought about how Ruan Wenbin and Zhao Yajing had come to Jianshan Brigade, and Zhao Cuihong had suffered a huge loss.
Relationships between people are reciprocal. Zhao Cuihong prepared so many things for the Ruan family, all to save face for Ruan Miaomiao and to express her affection and respect for her.
Zhao Cuihong has gone to such lengths to save face for her, so she can't be ungrateful.
I went to the commune supply and marketing cooperative and bought a pound of rock sugar and ten pounds of toilet paper.
Ruan Miaomiao bought rock sugar instead of brown sugar because she thought rock sugar tasted better. She also noticed that the elderly people in Jianshan Brigade liked to hold a piece of rock sugar in their mouths and let it slowly melt, as if that made their lives sweeter…
As for toilet paper, half of it was bought for myself.
She planned to give the other half to Zhao Cuihong.
The Zhou family now has three women, and using corn silk to wipe their bottoms is considered a luxury in Jianshan Brigade.
However, corn silk is unprocessed and carries some bacteria.
Women should pay attention to hygiene to avoid developing gynecological diseases.
In particular, women these days are quite tolerant. Even if they get gynecological diseases or lower abdominal pain, they don't go to the doctor and continue to manage both the fields and the house.
When Zhao Cuihong saw what Ruan Miaomiao brought, her eyes welled up with tears: Miaomiao is so thoughtful, she even thought about wiping her bottom.
Zhou Taohua and Zhou Dujuan looked at the menstrual belts Ruan Miaomiao had given them, their eyes also red: "Waaah~~"
Sister Miaomiao is so nice!
She wants to be good to Sister Miaomiao for the rest of her life!
Like most women in the village, Zhou Taohua and Zhou Dujuan used to sew a long strip of cloth and stuff it with wood ash when they had their periods.
After each use, I had to secretly wash it and hang it to dry in a place where no one could see it.
It was as if this was some shameful, unspeakable thing.
But now, Sister Miaomiao has actually prepared two menstrual belts as gifts for each of them.
Sister Miaomiao is so thoughtful; she even considered the issue of changing and washing clothes.
Seeing the red eyes of the three women from the Zhou family, Ruan Miaomiao couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed: she hadn't done anything really big!
She didn't know that in this era, especially in the countryside, women were not taken seriously.
He was the first person to teach Zhou Taohua and Zhou Dujuan about women's hygiene with such care and attention.
"Auntie, when I came back from Haicheng, my family brought me some vegetables that are hard to find in Bicheng these days. You don't need to cook tonight. After I've cooked, you can invite Uncle and the others to come and eat in my yard..."
Hearing that Ruan Miaomiao was going to cook herself, the three Zhou family members, who were used to serving Ruan Miaomiao, became extremely nervous:
"Okay, Miaomiao, your aunt will come over to help you in a bit."
"Yes, Sister Miaomiao, leave the vegetable washing to me. You can just sit and direct me!"
"I'll take care of chopping vegetables and tending the fire, Sister Miaomiao. Don't worry, I'm good with a knife, I'll definitely cut them the way you want!"
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Faced with the three people who were afraid of tiring her out even a little, Ruan Miaomiao reluctantly compromised:
"Auntie, you must be tired after a long day at work. Just stay home and rest. Peach Blossom and Azalea can help me!"
Hearing this, Zhao Cuihong didn't press the matter further. After watching her two daughters walk away with Ruan Miaomiao, she showed off to Zhou Jianjun, who was weaving winnowing baskets in the main room:
"Oh my, Miaomiao is such a good girl, so thoughtful and considerate."
"I have so many daughters who buy me clothes and food, but not one of them has ever thought to buy me toilet paper!"
In fact, Zhao Cuihong knew in her heart that people in the countryside did not have the habit of using toilet paper.
I think it's better to use that little bit of money to buy something nice to eat. Who would be willing to spend it on wiping their butt?
But who could blame her when Ruan Miaomiao's gift touched her heart so deeply?
Seeing his wife's eyes crinkle with joy as she popped a rock candy into her mouth, Zhou Jianjun shook his head and silently continued weaving the dustpan in his hands.
Zhao Cuihong could tell from Zhou Jianjun's sullen expression that he was jealous.
Every time the daughters buy things for themselves and forget about the old man, he will silently continue working. When they call him to eat, he will say he is not hungry and then go to sleep on an empty stomach.
So, even though Zhou Jianjun is working silently now, he must be feeling quite bitter inside!
Zhao Cuihong ignored Zhou Jianjun and got up to feed the chickens with a happy smile.
Inside the main room, Zhou Jianjun put down the bamboo strips in his hand, got up and went back inside. He walked to the left corner, counted up from the wall, and when he reached the fifth brick, he gently tapped it with the bamboo knife in his hand, and the brick loosened.
Zhou Jianjun took out five ten-yuan bills, intending to give them to Ruan Miaomiao as a red envelope when they went to the Ruan family's courtyard for dinner later.
He refused to believe that Ruan Miaomiao would forget him the next time she prepared a gift for her family!
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