Chapter 190
Chen Haiying simply tidied up the room, closed the door and walked out.
Su Qingci also said goodbye to Chen Chuntao and caught up with Chen Haiying in two steps.
"Well, don't mind what I said to you this afternoon. I was just saying it casually."
People say that it is better to demolish ten temples than to ruin a marriage. Divorce for women at that time was much more difficult than in later generations. Su Qingci regretted speaking so harshly in front of Chen Haiying.
"Looking at Luo Zhishan's expression at the village committee meeting, it's possible that the words in the testimony were indeed fabricated by Chen Xiuxiang."
"If he knows he's wrong, you should think it over carefully and don't let what I said affect your judgment."
Su Qingci thought about the words she had said to instigate them, and now that she had given her the room, she always felt that if they really got divorced, Luo Pingwei and his wife might blame her.
She felt a little regretful. Just eat the melon, why bother saying anything more.
Chen Haiying looked at Su Qingci with a dark gaze for a long time before speaking.
"My divorce has nothing to do with you. I have my own judgment and I have considered the consequences. I can bear it!"
"Su Qingci, do you know?"
"I've been married into the Luo family for several months. For the first two months, Luo Zhishan and I slept in separate rooms. Coupled with the pressure from the elders, we both felt suffocated."
"My parents-in-law are very nice to me. They told me to take the initiative, saying, 'If you marry a chicken, you follow the chicken; if you marry a dog, you follow the dog.' I can't be so stiff all my life. As a woman, men will only like you if you are a little softer."
"Due to pressure from my elders, I also thought I couldn't live like this for the rest of my life, so I tried to please him, but he ignored me."
"Until one time, Chen Xiuxiang and I had a conflict on the way to work. I scolded her and she started crying."
"That night, Luo Zhishan finally came into my room. I thought he had come to his senses and was willing to live a good life with me."
Chen Haiying's voice slowly choked up, and her eyes were filled with vulnerability.
"That was the first time he hugged me and kissed me. I was very flattered."
"I believe that relationships shouldn't just be about men taking the initiative; it has to be mutual, so I responded to him with unashamed enthusiasm."
"I desperately want to end that suffocating life and let him know that I am willing to live a good life with him."
"So I threw away all my pride and self-esteem and took the initiative to please him."
"After all, we are already married, and I also hope to change the relationship between us."
"That was my first time. I felt very uncomfortable and scared. After we were done, he hugged me and said, 'I'm fine.'"
"He, he said..."
When Chen Haiying said this, she could no longer hold back. Her face was filled with humiliation, her lips were trembling and tears were rolling down her cheeks, but she would not let herself make a single cry.
"He said to me, Chen Haiying, we are now a real couple, can you please stop making things difficult for Xiuxiang in the future?"
"Do you know how humiliated and regretful I felt at that time? I even felt that I was not as good as the girls in that brothel..."
Chen Haiying raised her head and wiped away her tears with her sleeves.
She gave a smile that was uglier than crying.
"I don't want to continue. Looking back now, the hurt he caused me will never be erased."
"Whether it's mental or physical!"
"I hate him."
"I, Chen Haiying, accept defeat! My father was a great rebel, and my mother was an outstanding iron lady."
"Their children are also the best. I was born under the red flag and raised in the spring breeze. I am no worse than anyone else. No one has the right to look down on me!"
"I don't need anyone's pity!"
"I will never wrong myself!"
After Chen Haiying finished speaking, she raised her head and chest, and resumed her usual arrogant and condescending demeanor.
He walked slowly towards the Luo family, with a fearless attitude, like a soldier about to go to the battlefield.
Su Qingci looked at her tall and straight back like a slender bamboo, and suddenly felt that Chen Haiying was not so annoying after all.
I hope this battle will go as she wishes!
Only after her back disappeared did Su Qingci pick up the bag and head towards the east end of the village. After a few steps, she saw Song Jingzhou coming towards her in a hurry.
"Bring honor to our ancestors~"
"Didn't I tell you not to run around?"
"What are you holding?"
Song Jingzhou took the bag naturally and asked, "Does your hand still hurt?"
"It doesn't hurt anymore."
"I took all the things I left at the educated youth camp to town, and I gave the room to Chen Haiying."
"When did you become so close to her?"
"Let's not talk about this anymore. Have you almost packed your things?"
"Going back to town now?"
"It's all done~"
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The weather is getting colder, and the New Year atmosphere at this time is much stronger than in later times. The most obvious thing is the flow of people in the town.
On weekdays, the town is relatively quiet except for the market held every three days. But now it seems like a market every day.
During the gathering, people were packed together, carts were squeezed against carts, and the more people there were, the more friction there was. The security team members were all busy as hell.
Those who organize order, mediate conflicts, patrol and catch pickpockets, their throats are hoarse from shouting all day long.
Even Su Qingci, who is most afraid of cold and who stays in bed all day long and refuses to get up until her bladder explodes, is influenced by the end-of-year atmosphere and wraps herself up like a dumpling and walks around outside every day.
At that time, there was no individual economy and private business was not possible.
Although there is no individual freedom, there is collective freedom, and many collective production teams will engage in some side businesses to generate income.
After the team members have settled their work points for food at the end of the year, any remaining work points will be converted into money.
So money is also needed in the collective account.
At the end of the year, each major production team would set up stalls at the Socialist Bazaar to sell or exchange the supplies needed by their team.
Of course, what is sold are the collective production resources of each brigade, and the purchasing objects must also be units.
All of this requires a certificate from the production team.
Among them, organizations like grain stations, government agencies, and communes will purchase some New Year's goods at the end of the year and distribute them to their employees.
Therefore, the end of the year is the peak period for revenue generation for major production teams.
In addition to selling agricultural products from collective resources, there are also a variety of businesses based on agriculture.
Many production teams would organize skilled farmers to form carpentry teams, construction teams, stonemason teams, paper-making teams, bricklaying teams, etc.
Farmers do not have land to farm all year round, so those who are smart will not sit idle at home during the off-season.
Of course, the organization methods for artisans to engage in sideline production vary from region to region.
During the production team period, rural areas were very poor, and even if there was work to do, it was small, odd jobs.
At that time, the wages of a stone and wood craftsman for a day's work were about 80 cents to one yuan.
The recovered wages were handed over to the production team at 60 or even 70 percent every day depending on the time spent out.
After receiving the money, the production team would record one day's work points for the members who went out to work in side jobs, and they would participate in the team's food distribution at the end of the year.
Even though you submit a lot to the team, it seems like you are working for nothing. In fact, the gap is huge.
Those who go out to work as a side job eat three meals a day at the host’s house, which saves their own food.
After handing in most of the money, you can keep a small portion for yourself, and it will be counted as full points in the work team for that day.
So at that time, if a family had a craftsman, it would be considered a high-income family, and the conditions would be among the best in the village.
Even if you are not good-looking, you will still be popular and will not have trouble finding a partner.
"Qing porcelain, Qing porcelain~"
When Su Qingci heard the voice, she looked back and saw Xiao Yuehua jumping and waving at her.
"Why are you here?"
"I'm here to buy New Year's goods. Here, couplets, melon seeds, clam oil, hairbands, and a piece of cloth..."
Xiao Yuehua excitedly introduced the contents of the basket.
"Your Feng Jianjun is always around town, so why would you need to come all the way here with your belly bulging?"
Xiao Yuehua grinned and said, "Isn't it time to get my salary today? I'm here to get it."
"Come on, let's go to the safe and warm fire. I have something to tell you."
"What's going on?"
Xiao Yuehua's face was full of excitement. "Just about that incident last time. You don't know how much trouble it caused afterwards."
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