Chapter 15, Making Clothes
This is not a big deal, it’s the same if you take good care of it at home.
Unexpectedly, after only a few days of raising the child at home, Meilian's sister-in-law became unwilling.
She herself has given birth to two sons, who are almost three or four years old and can also let go.
But she is narrow-minded and can't stand others having a better life than her.
Seeing Aunt Meilian recuperating at home, she kept complaining about other things every day. As a new daughter-in-law, she was thin-skinned. After she was scolded a few times, she didn't dare to rest anymore and started to do some simple chores at home.
As long as she is comfortable, this matter is acceptable. However, her pregnancy is obviously not going well and she is trembling with fear every day. In addition, my mother-in-law also agrees with my eldest sister-in-law.
She had to do it even if she didn't want to. The more she tolerated it, the more those two people went too far. They started to not distinguish between the important and the unimportant and left all the housework to Meilian.
She was a patient person and could not endure the entire pregnancy, but in the end, it harmed herself and the baby in her belly.
There was no double life, but the child died at birth and did not live for more than an hour.
Are you angry?
Hate it?
Are you complaining?
Meilian was angry that no one in her husband's family cared about her.
She hated even more, hated her husband's family for being ruthless and ungrateful, hated her sister-in-law for being picky, and of course, she hated herself even more, wondering why she couldn't stand up for herself.
Should I endure? Why should I endure?
She blamed herself, blaming her man for not saying a single good word for her from beginning to end. Even though he helped her with the work, there would be more work to do the next day.
At that time, she was determined to die.
The more this happened, the more excessive her sister-in-law and mother-in-law became.
They said that this was unlucky and a retribution for her. So many people in the village got pregnant and gave birth, why did others survive but she couldn't?
That is retribution. God didn't want her to have a child.
All the unpleasant words were thrown at her, and all the sins were blamed on her.
Until the end, Meilian could no longer bear it, and with the help of her family members who came to make a fuss and persuade her, she gradually came to her senses.
Divorce was impossible because there was no divorce at that time.
After she finished her confinement, she had a fight with her sister-in-law, but she lost because she was too weak.
The next day she went back to her parents' home, called her three brothers, and beat up the eldest brother severely.
She also had a falling out with her mother-in-law.
Finally they split up the family.
They got the land where they live now, but they didn't take the old man's land. They were all fields under their own name.
In this way, the young couple lived separately. The eldest sister-in-law lived in her mother's house for half a year. She finally borrowed money to renovate the house she lives in now, but she was not convinced.
She started gossiping everywhere again, and Meilian's temper changed. She would either beat or scold her. Gradually, the sister-in-law got scared of being beaten and scolded.
I will never dare to bully her again.
More than a year later, she became pregnant with Lixia, and the following year she became pregnant with a son.
Life is getting better and better.
The eldest sister-in-law's life was not easy, but it was not difficult either. Her husband had subcontracted out the family land after the land was divided up, and he went out to work with his wife and children.
Grandma He didn't like her niece-in-law very much. She never asked about her and never spoke to her when she saw her. She also pretended not to know her.
After listening to Aunt Mei Lian's story, Mei Xue knew why she asked her to be stronger.
Indeed, that kind of gossipy woman will only learn her lesson if you beat her or scold her enough.
"Aunt Meilian's life is not bad now." Mei Xue said with a smile.
"Yes, the conditions in the village are a little worse, but at least we have fields and land to support a whole family. The world outside is not so good. You have to pay for everything. If you don't buy, you won't have anything to eat."
Mei Xue agreed with her grandmother's words, "Yes, grandma, you don't know that people in the city have to spend money to buy even small dishes, but for us, just one kind is enough to last a quarter of the year."
Mei Xue also likes this kind of life. Compared with buying things with money, she prefers to grow them herself.
When Mei Xue came back today, she gave the money from selling vegetables to her grandmother. Her grandmother looked very happy as she sold them faster than usual.
"You're lucky. The vegetables sold out quickly today. In the past, you would have had to wait until the afternoon to sell them out." She had sold vegetables herself, so how could she not know whether the vegetables were easy to sell or not.
However, Grandma He was still very happy to see the smile on Xiaoxue's face.
"But growing some vegetables and selling them can supplement the family income, which is enough to support the family for many days." Grandma He is very satisfied with her current life.
Compared with the past, it is really a world of difference. Now, except for paying the public grain tax, the land we grow every year does not require any external expenditure, and we can feed our families for a year.
It’s nothing like before, when we couldn’t even get enough to eat.
"Then grandma, let's order more vegetables in the future, and I will sell them all in town." Mei Xue was very concerned about this matter.
Grandma He was very happy that Xiaoxue liked this kind of life, unlike other young wives who always wanted this and that.
"Okay, it's just right that we can plant melons after the autumn harvest. We can plant some melons then. They are very good whether we eat them ourselves or sell them. They are durable."
After getting her grandmother's consent, Mei Xue was full of energy. "Well, I'll listen to you. I'll help you turn the soil and plant vegetables."
The grandmother and granddaughter had a delicious dinner in harmony. There was nothing to do at night as there was no electricity in the village yet. If they wanted to do anything, they had to rely on the weather.
After going to bed early, both of them had a dreamless night.
The next day, Mei Xue took the cloth she bought to Aunt Mei Lian's house, because not only could she make clothes, she also had a sewing machine.
It takes time to pick cotton. Grandma He was beating the cotton at home, and Mei Xue took the cloth to Aunt Meilian's house.
To get to Aunt Meilian’s house, you have to pass by Aunt Xilian’s house.
It's drizzling today, so basically everyone stays at home and rests. It's not long before the autumn harvest, so everyone is accumulating energy.
"Where is Xiaoxue going?" Meixue was thinking about something when she heard someone calling her. She hurriedly looked and saw several people sitting under the eaves of Aunt Xilian's house. Meixue didn't know anyone there.
"I'm going to Aunt Meilian's house to make two sets of clothes for grandma." Mei Xue was straightforward and didn't hide anything when others asked her. Mainly, she couldn't hide it because she had the cloth in her hand.
"Oh, Xiaoxue is very filial. I went to the market yesterday and bought cloth for your grandma to make clothes." The person who spoke was the daughter-in-law of Chen Dayou's family downstairs. She had a good relationship with Sister-in-law Yong.
She is also a famous gossiper in the village.
Mei Xue didn't recognize her, but the voice was different from before, so she knew it wasn't her who was calling her.
"Yeah." Mei Xue didn't want to say anything more to these people. She just wanted to learn how to make clothes from Aunt Meilian as soon as possible.
"If everything is fine, I'll leave first." After all, he didn't know the person, so he didn't want to say more.
"Why are you in such a hurry?" Chen Dayou's wife ran towards Xiaoxue in the rain, as if she had found some treasure, and her eyes were always on what Meixue's hand was holding.
Because there was a lot of cloth, Meixue put it in a basket, otherwise it would be difficult to carry it when it rained.
(End of this chapter)
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