Chapter 49: Gossip in the Village
Han Jianwu said, "It's not okay to lock the child up at home, right?"
Huo Qingqing said, "You don't have to stay at home all day. You can't go to work recently, but you have to move around more. When I'm busy, you can take them out for a walk."
Zhuangzhuang whispered to his mother, "Mom, they all say my dad has become a fool, is that true?"
Huo Qingqing chuckled and said, "Do you think your father is stupid?"
Zhuangzhuang shook his head, "No! My father is a very smart man."
Huo Qingqing smacked her son a few times, "Oh my God! My son can't be a genius! How did you know the word smart? And you used it in the right place?"
Zhuangzhuang, "Mom told me a story! Have you forgotten it?"
Huo Qingqing kissed her son fiercely again, "You are so smart and have a good memory."
Girl, "Mom, I also know smart and stupid people!"
Huo Qingqing kissed her daughter madly again. Someone next to her stared at them blankly with a frown on his face, as if he was watching the fun or thinking hard. Huo Qingqing pulled Han Jianwu and said, "What are you thinking about? Forget it. Go lie down on the kang for a while. Get up and take medicine. I'll give you rehabilitation treatment after that."
Next, Han Jianwu had acupuncture and massage every afternoon, took medicine on time, and applied scar cream. Huo Qingqing took good care of him, and none of his wounds had any problems. That day Huo Qingqing wanted to go to the river in Nanshan to wash clothes. Han Jianwu said, "Go to the well to wash! You can get a bucket, lift the water up, and then find a place to wash clothes, and pour the dirty water into the fields nearby."
Huo Qingqing looked at Han Jianwu, "Did you remember something?"
Han Jianwu said, "I dreamed about it."
In fact, there were also people in the village who washed clothes in this way. They drew water from the well and then squatted on the side of the field or the road to wash clothes. When Huo Qingqing arrived at the well, there were several women squatting nearby washing clothes.
When a fat lady saw Huo Qingqing, she said, "Hey! Isn't this the educated youth's wife of Han Laosi? Can you turn this well wheel with your thin arms and legs?"
Huo Qingqing, "I can't shake it! How about Auntie help me shake it?"
The fat aunt was embarrassed. Several women laughed at her for being talkative. What should she do now?
The fat lady really helped Huo Qingqing. "What's the big deal? Just help me! Jianwu hit his head and became stupid just to save people. I've done a good deed."
Huo Qingqing, "He's not stupid, auntie, he just has a slight concussion, he will be fine after a while of recovery."
Do these people know what a concussion is? Anyway, I'm just stupid!
Huo Qingqing was still able to empty the bucket, and said to the fat aunt, "Auntie, just teach me, I can empty the bucket."
The well is very deep, and putting the bucket down requires skill, otherwise no water can be drawn. Auntie Pang tried her best to teach Huo Qingqing, but every time she put the bucket down, it just floated on the water and couldn't hold any water. Finally, the fat lady got anxious and said, "You stay away, let me do it!"
While I was washing clothes, Baojuan and Baorong came over with clothes and buckets of water.
"Aunt Four, let me help you with the IV." Baojuan said.
Huo Qingqing breathed a sigh of relief, "Okay!"
Several village women gathered together, washing clothes and gossiping about Han Jianwu and Yan Zhaodi. Their voices were all heard by Huo Qingqing and the two girls from the Han family.
"… Zhaodi was trying to commit suicide and was seen by the flood control personnel, so they jumped into the water to save her. The water was too high and no one else dared to go in to rescue her. Only Han Laosi, the troublemaker, tried desperately to save her and sacrificed himself."
"I heard people say that Zhaodi and Han Laosi had a secret meeting and were swept away by the flood."
"Now that the person is dead, let's not talk about whether we had a secret meeting or not. Han Lao Si has paid the price anyway."
"Han Laosi is quite infatuated with Zhaodi!"
"Of course not. They should have been married and had children a long time ago. Maybe the children could have been picking wheat ears and earning work points. It was the team leader who got in the way and made Zhaodi an old maid. It's really a sin."
"The same thing happened to Huo Zhiqing. She could have returned to the city to live a good life, but she suddenly decided not to leave. Now her husband has become a fool for another woman and can't do anything. She will suffer in the future."
"If Huo Zhiqing had left at that time, Zhaodi might have married Han Laosi."
"That's impossible, right? If I marry Han Lao Si, I'll be a stepmother! Will the captain and his wife agree?"
"That's not necessarily true. She's already an old girl. Maybe she and Han Laosi have both crawled into haystacks before!"
"Bang" a washbasin was thrown over. It was thrown by Huo Qingqing.
"If you keep talking nonsense, I'll tear your stinky mouths apart. The dead are the greatest, don't you know how to be virtuous with your words?"
Several women began to ridicule, mock and abuse Huo Qingqing. Huo Qingqing certainly could not stand an argument with those vulgar village women. As a result, Baojuan put her hands on her hips and started to curse. The women could not win against her at all. Baojuan graduated from elementary school. She was a good student at that time. The eldest sister-in-law instigated Han's mother not to let Baojuan go to junior high school. After all, her one son and one daughter graduated from the third grade of elementary school. Why should she let the second daughter go to junior high school? This girl is usually smart, speaks quickly, and does things generously, so she is not afraid of being laughed at!
Several women were unable to bear Baojuan's scolding and began to expose her shortcomings.
"No wonder you can't get into my husband's family. It turns out you have such a vicious tongue."
Baojuan, "I can't get into my husband's family with my mouth, so what? If you're not convinced, go home and fight with your husband, then go back to your parents' home and learn to be an old maid like me!"
Several women were so stunned by Baojuan's scolding that they had no idea what she was scolding about.
Huo Qingqing, "Good scolding!" The applause started.
Baorong from the eldest sister-in-law's family looked at Baojuan scolding like a sick Xi Shi, and he himself lost his mind while listening to her. What on earth was she talking about? Fourth Aunt actually applauded him?
The news that Baojuan had quarreled with the women in the village to protect her fourth aunt soon reached the Han family. Han's mother stood in the yard and scolded Baojuan and her second daughter-in-law.
The general idea is that if a girl quarrels with a village woman, her reputation will definitely be ruined. It is already difficult to find a husband, and if she quarrels with a village woman, how terrible is that?
Baojuan, "Mother-in-law, please stop criticizing me. My Fifth Aunt is even more abusive than me. Isn't she married to my Fifth Uncle? They were the ones who bullied my Fourth Aunt first, so of course I had to scold them back. Are they bullying our Han family because there is no one left?"
Mother Han, "Doesn't your fourth aunt have a mouth?"
Baojuan, "My fourth aunt's mouth is not for scolding people!"
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The Han family really had no idea what to do with Baojuan. This girl really couldn't find a husband based on her ability. She was very picky and most men were not in her eyes.
Huo Qingqing was worried that the children would disturb Han Jianwu's rest at night, so she let him sleep on the bed in the small room, and she and the two children slept on the kang.
A month later, Huo Qingqing felt that Han Jianwu's injuries had almost healed, but she couldn't see the blood clot in his brain, so she had to go to the county hospital for an X-ray to diagnose whether he had recovered or not. However, Han Jianwu was unwilling to go to the hospital, which would cost money, and Huo Qingqing had to ask someone to look after the child.
Two months later, Huo Qingqing still forcibly took him to the county hospital for an X-ray examination.
"It's recovering well, and all the blood bruises have dissipated."
After returning home, Han Jianwu started working as a horse-drawn carriage driver. Many people remembered him and his driving skills have not fallen behind at all.
But Huo Qingqing still didn't let him do heavy work, such as carrying water or sacks.
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