It is almost seven o'clock now. Most of the time, villagers go to the commune to buy things on foot, which takes more than two hours to get there.
Those with better financial conditions can also take the ox cart at the village entrance. Li Zhaodi never forced herself to walk there before, she always took the ox cart. It just so happened that she didn't plan to force herself to walk there. Just kidding, more than two hours, round trip is four or five hours, the blisters on her feet must be gone, right?
She met many people along the way. Some of them avoided her, and some said something sarcastic, but she ignored them all and just walked on her way.
When she arrived at the village entrance, she saw from afar that there were already four or five people sitting on the ox cart. She quickly jogged for a while and sat down on the ox cart before she felt relieved.
As soon as she sat down, the young wife sitting next to her quickly moved her butt, leaving a distance of two palms between them. She believed that if the ox cart was big enough, she would probably have to move enough space for one or two people.
She laughed a little, and sighed that these people really avoided her like the plague.
Including her, there were already six people in the cart. At this time, no one should go out. The old man driving the ox cart flicked the whip and shouted, "Sit tight, we're off." Everyone hurriedly grabbed the eaves of the cart, fearing that they would be thrown out.
The ox cart moved slowly, passing by large tracts of farmland along the way. People were busy engaged in production, and the scene was bustling. The natural disaster had just happened a few years ago, and in the past two years, people no longer had to gnaw on tree bark and grass roots. As long as they worked hard, they could eat enough to support their families, and people were full of energy.
Li Qingyun lived with her grandmother in the countryside when she was a child, so she was no stranger to these scenes. After not having seen them for many years, she felt somewhat familiar with them, and she was in a good mood, with the corners of her mouth raised.
Then there are some people who like to spoil the fun by looking for trouble.
"Tingzhou's family went to the commune to collect money again. They carried two big baskets, so how many things must they buy? If you ask me, such women should know how to manage their lives. Otherwise, no matter how much money they have, they won't be able to save it. Like our daughter-in-law, she only thinks about making money for the family when she gets married, and she lives frugally. That's how we should manage our lives properly."
The aunt next to the young wife belittled her in a sarcastic tone, and secretly praised her own daughter-in-law.
The woman sitting next to Li Qingyun was the capable daughter-in-law she mentioned. After hearing what her mother-in-law said, she moved a little uneasily, but in the end she didn't say anything, looking like an obedient young wife.
Li Qingyun tried hard to dig into Li Zhaodi's memory and finally remembered who this person was. Wasn't this Liu Cuihua from the same village as her mother-in-law's family?
This aunt is really interesting. She and her stepmother-in-law Liu Guihua were married in from the same village. It is said that the matchmaker introduced both of them to her father-in-law, but her father-in-law chose her mother-in-law. Liu Cuihua and her mother-in-law were originally good friends, but they became enemies because of this.
Liu Cuihua is also a disgusting person. In the end, she married into Gujialing and has been comparing herself with her mother-in-law all her life. Because her father-in-law is the village party secretary, she has always been inferior to her mother-in-law in the first half of her life. Later, when the Gu family had Li Zhaodi, a prodigal daughter-in-law, Liu Cuihua felt that she had won back a city.
Li Zhaodi knew about this because when she first got married, Aunt Cuihua tried to get close to her and was seen by her eldest sister-in-law. Her eldest sister-in-law told her to stay away from Liu Cuihua so as not to make her mother-in-law angry.
After thinking through the whole story, Li Qingyun smiled and said, "Aunt Cuihua, you don't know how much money it costs to raise a child, especially our two sons. Tingzhou said that the money he earns is for us to spend, so there's no need to save it. You don't have to worry about it."
She had been preparing to say something even more unpleasant, but when she saw the blushing and reserved young wife next to her, she held it back. After all, she couldn't hurt innocent people.
But her words also made Liu Cuihua feel a little embarrassed, especially since there were two aunts and a young man from the same village listening to them.
Although the three of them pretended not to hear and no one wanted to help, after all, the old man and the child were not good people and were the people with the worst reputation in the village.
Although the Tingzhou family did something wrong, they were doing it for their own family and spending their own money. In the final analysis, they did not harm the interests of others, so others could not say anything.
Liu Cuihua was a cancer in the village, ruining the village's reputation. She gave birth to a son and a daughter, but she sold her daughter like a livestock for a good price to marry her son off.
Her son married two wives. The first one was married into the family in the same year as Li Zhaodi. She was not happy for three years after she got married. Liu Cuihua insisted that she was infertile and sent her back to her parents' home with drums and gongs, saying that her family would not want a chicken that did not lay eggs.
The girl's parents were also very determined and didn't want their daughter to suffer this anymore, so they agreed to a divorce. Because they didn't have a marriage certificate, the village party secretaries of both sides came forward and wrote the divorce documents and put their fingerprints on them. Even if the couple divorced, they could remarry.
Their behavior was so disgusting that many people in the village were unwilling to marry their daughters to Gujialing.
Not long after the divorce, the second daughter-in-law came into the family.
But a year passed and she was still not happy. Anyone with common sense could see that it was obvious that Liu Cuihua was unable to give birth to a son. Poor these two girls, they married into this family, and everyone mocked their family openly and secretly.
Besides, after hearing what Li Qingyun said, Liu Cuihua felt as if someone had pinched her throat. Her face turned red and white. Finally, she snorted loudly and stopped talking to her.
Then he turned to his daughter-in-law and said, "What are you doing standing there? Why don't you sit closer? It's unlucky. Do you want to be like her and ruin the family?"
The young wife's face was so red that it seemed like blood was about to drip out, and her head was drooped to her chest. This time, her mother-in-law took her to see a doctor because there was no movement in her stomach.
She was not favored at home, so she was married into such a family. She had been living in dire straits for the past year. Deep down, she actually envied Li Zhaodi. Although she had a bad reputation, she lived a comfortable life and had two sons to support her. It was so difficult for her just to have a child.
Her body had already formed a stress response to her mother-in-law's instructions, and she squeezed inside as soon as the words fell.
"You have no manners. You want to squeeze me to death?" Liu Cuihua was fat to begin with, and her daughter-in-law squeezed in so hard that she almost sat on her.
The two aunts sitting next to them couldn't help laughing. It was rare to see a woman like Liu Cuihua being humiliated, and the Tingzhou family was not someone to be trifled with.
"Hey, what's wrong with me being a spendthrift? My husband has money for me to spend. I'm spending my family's money. Am I eating your rice? You're meddling in other people's business." Li Qingyun would not tolerate her bad habits. She put the basket on the cart directly and retorted with one hand on her waist.
Liu Cuihua is a person who bullies the weak and fears the strong. When she sees others being strong, she becomes timid and never says anything sour along the way.
Li Qingyun's world became quiet. She enjoyed the pastoral scenery along the way and arrived at the commune smoothly.
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