Second update
Qin Yao's good mood lasted until after lunch. She didn't have a toilet at home, so she had to go to a public toilet to use the bathroom. The smell of that toilet was lighter than that of a dry toilet in the countryside. After all, the dry toilet was ventilated and actually not too smelly.
The population density in the slum is too high, and so is the public toilet. The smell is overwhelming once you enter.
Qin Yao pinched her nose, wishing she could acquire a skill that would make her lose her sense of smell.
Gu Cheng accompanied her to the toilet and came out before her. Standing near the public toilet, he unexpectedly returned to his usual working appearance, tall and slender, as cold as the moon, becoming a beautiful scenery next to the public toilet. Many girls secretly looked at him.
Some people even went back and forth pretending to go to the toilet just to get a closer look at him.
Qin Yao walked to the door dizzily and found that there was a woman holding a urinal and grinning foolishly. She felt dizzy and walked out of the public toilet in confusion, and saw Gu Cheng next to the persimmon tree.
People here like to plant persimmon trees, which symbolize "good luck". The persimmon trees are very beautiful in winter, without leaves and with dense branches, as if they were painted in ink.
Gu Cheng stood next to a persimmon tree in winter, next to which was an old courtyard house with vermilion lacquered tiles and piled with white snow. His profile was handsome, with a very classical and beautiful look. The picture was incredibly beautiful.
——It would be better if this wasn’t near a public toilet.
After taking a big dump, Qin Yao almost lost half her life. She was glad that she didn't come back from the port half a year ago.
Otherwise, you have to empty and wash the chamber pot in the morning, which is suffocating.
Thinking about the difficult night she would have to spend at home today, should she drink less water, or no water? Or should she not drink water in the cold wind? Everything would be frozen at night, right?
It’s so cold at night and I have to go to the bathroom... Help!
Gu Cheng turned his head and saw her standing there in a daze, as if her soul had left her body. The woman was not wearing a hat when she went out, and a wisp of hair was sticking up on the top of her head. Her confused look made her look like a chubby little tit on a branch.
He smiled and walked over to support her, guessing the reason in his heart.
Qin Yao stayed close to him, curious about how Gu Cheng, a flower from the high mountains, didn't show any annoyance or dissatisfaction with the smell of the toilet. Then she thought of the vomit on the boat...
Alas, it’s not easy.
Gu Cheng blinked, and the teardrop mole under his right eye curled up. He stretched out his tone: "Why? Do you still want to go home at the port?"
Qin Yao tugged at his sleeve and said weakly, "My enemy, please leave first."
Don't chat near public toilets.
The two of them were walking in the alley, and the people around them were walking hurriedly with their heads down, and from time to time someone would look back at them.
"Let's go to the department store." Qin Yao closed her eyes, as if she had made up her mind. She wanted to buy a spittoon. Although she had one at home, she didn't want to share it with others.
She really couldn't accept it.
Gu Cheng: "What?"
She said timidly, "I want to buy something."
Qin Yao looked at him with despair and felt melancholy. She was also a post-2000s girl who begged her husband to buy her a bag and a diamond ring. Was she going to beg her husband to buy her a spittoon? She finally understood why a spittoon could become a woman's dowry.
Gu Cheng accompanied her to pick out a popular spittoon of that era. There was no need to go to a department store, as it was sold on the roadside. It was in the shape of a pot, red on top and bottom, with a white belly with a pattern in the middle, and also with a big red double happiness character.
When she came here, she heard that this thing was popular abroad. Foreigners used it to put flowers and bread, but Chinese people could never do such a thing.
It would be embarrassing to carry this thing back with her, after all, she was not born and raised in this era.
Gu Cheng didn't mind at all. He took the pot from her hand and held it in his hands.
"Shall we use it together tonight?" Gu Cheng whispered in her ear.
Qin Yao's head was about to smoke, and she nodded shyly.
It was rare for Gu Cheng to see her so soft and well-behaved, and he couldn't help but soften his heart, "Call me when you get up at night, I'll go with you and help you keep watch."
This is the downside of living in a slum: there is no privacy, there are too many people, and any noise made at night can be heard.
The two of them walked to the courtyard. Qin Yao's scalp was tingling at this time. She actually forgot that she and Gu Cheng came back today and happened to be "on the hot search list of the courtyard". Now she is still on the hot search list of the courtyard.
Going home is a long and arduous journey, and along the way, I was cared for by the uncles and aunts who grew up on the winding corridors: "Yaoyao is back, what did you buy with Xiao Gu? Oh, this."
"Newly bought, with nice patterns."
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By the time he reached the door of his house, Comrade Qin Yao was already regretting it to the point of tears. The 1970s was truly a society where personal relationships were everything, and living in that slum, the family couldn't even hide anything they bought.
Although there is no Weibo, there are definitely hot searches and headlines about the slum.
#The Qin family's youngest daughter's boyfriend is suspected to be the captain of the art troupe#
#Surprised, the little girl who just came back from the Qin family took her newlywed husband to buy a chamber pot#
Qin Yao was thinking about all these things in her mind, and her pretty face turned red like a persimmon, which made Captain Gu very surprised.
I really want to hold it in my arms, take a few big bites, and eat it.
The two men came back with the spittoon. Unfortunately, Xu Huiling brought her daughter Juying to visit her home. When the family saw them coming back, they were curious about what they bought.
Xu Huiling was surprised and asked, "You just bought this one?"
It's just a spittoon.
She smiled and continued the previous topic: "Our Juying is getting married soon, and her boyfriend has given a thousand yuan as a betrothal gift."
When talking about this, he couldn't hide the expression on his face. His daughter Juying was wearing a new cotton-padded jacket.
When Qin Yao came back this time, she was obviously wearing old clothes. No matter how nice the clothes were, they were still old clothes.
Chen Guixiang said unhappily: "Our family doesn't want a betrothal gift, but a dowry."
"How can that be possible?" Xu Huiling's smile deepened, "Will your eldest and second son's wives agree?"
After saying that, she looked at the second daughter-in-law, who was the most mean-spirited and stingy in the Qin family.
However, Mrs. Qin smiled and said, "I have no objection."
Xu Huiling was stunned.
Gu Cheng put down the spittoon and said, "Mom, Yaoyao is in charge of my salary and passbook."
Chen Guixiang pursed her lips and smiled, her voice was terribly soft: "Well, Mom knows."
Xu Huiling's chest rose and fell. She suppressed her expression and asked in a hoarse voice, "Xiao Gu, I heard that you are a captain of some kind. Can you earn more than a hundred yuan a month?"
Gu Cheng said calmly: "More than that."
Xu Huiling's face froze.
Qin Yao said: "He also has subsidies for going to sea."
"Well, then, Yaoyao, why are you wearing this when you go home? You're a girl, why don't you buy a flowery jacket?"
Qin Yao: "I just came back and haven't had time to buy anything yet."
Xu Huiling smiled awkwardly, not wanting to say anything more, and left the Qin family with a held-back anger.
Seeing her being driven away by anger, Chen Guixiang was overjoyed: "See if she can still be proud of herself."
The second sister-in-law said, "That's right, mom, you're not even proud of yourself, but she comes out every day to brag about herself."
Chen Guixiang smiled tenderly, "But Yaoyao, why did you suddenly buy this?"
Qin Yao: "Well...I use it at night."
After saying that, Qin Yao stopped talking. She really didn't want to talk about this topic anymore.
After a simple wash, Qin Yao took her clean clothes and went to the bathhouse with Gu Cheng to take a bath.
After washing, she came back wrapped tightly. It was already late when she arrived at the yard. The children were chasing and playing in the corridor and yard, and the adults were gathering around the faucet to draw water. At that time, every household had a large water tank, which stored water day and night. One reason was to prevent water outages, and the other was that the faucet in the yard had to be completely closed at night in winter. If it was not closed, it would be too cold at night and the water pipes would be frozen. If there was no water the next day, it would take a lot of effort.
If you leave a water tank outside, a layer of ice will form on it the next day.
The Qin family made frozen persimmons. Her mother Chen Guixiang gave two to her and Gu Cheng. They were sweet. They ate the leftovers from lunch in the evening. The whole family was talking and having a lively time.
Fourth Brother Qin did not stay overnight. He went back to the zoo because this house could not accommodate so many people.
With the dim lights on at night, Qin Yao listened to her eldest nephew counting ducks in a tender voice. Fine snow was falling outside the house. The night was dark and quiet. She sat under the window, looking at the man beside her. Her heart felt warm, as if there was a pot of hot water in it.
There was hot water boiling on the stove in the kitchen, and the whole family washed their feet at night by mixing the boiling water with cold water. Some families were reluctant to boil water, so the whole family shared one basin of water. But as long as one person got athlete's foot, the whole family would suffer.
The Qin family members all used water separately, and at most a couple would share one basin of water.
People here are used to women helping men wash their feet at night. The eldest sister-in-law came in with a basin of hot water. She had a strange look on her face. Behind her came Gu Cheng, who also came in with a basin of hot water.
Gu Cheng asked Qin Yao to sit down and wash her feet. He squatted down to help her take off her shoes and socks. Qin Yao was a little embarrassed and asked worriedly, "Does it smell?"
Gu Cheng smiled and said, "It smells good."
He grabbed the woman's feet. Her ankles were very beautiful, with smooth, soft skin. The blue veins under the skin were slightly prominent, and her nails were pink.
Gu Cheng also felt that he was a little bit weird, but he really liked his wife's feet and wanted to bend down and kiss the back of her feet.
Qin Yao put her feet into the hot water. They were a little hot. She pulled Gu Cheng and asked him to wash with her.
Gu Cheng smiled and soaked his feet with her, the tops and soles of their feet touching each other in the hot water.
When the second sister-in-law saw this scene, her expression looked a little strange.
At night, Qin Yao and Gu Cheng slept on a small bed in the corner. The bed was too narrow, so the two of them slept in each other's arms. Qin Yao had clearly made sure to drink less water at night, but she still opened her eyes in the middle of the night.
Everyone else in the room was sleeping, and it was quiet except for the snoring. She closed her eyes again, not wanting to leave the warm bed at all, with a warm stove beside her.
But if she doesn't solve the problem, she really won't be able to sleep.
Qin Yao was struggling internally as she crawled out of the bed, tiptoeing so as not to disturb others. She stretched out a hand, and when she looked up, she met a pair of glowing eyes in the darkness.
Gu Cheng put on his coat and carried her out of bed.
Qin Yao hugged his neck and felt that he was like a human hot water bottle, so warm.
Gu Cheng whispered: "Do you want me to hold you——"
Comrade Xiao Qin was moved but still refused.
After solving all the problems and washing her hands, Qin Yao got on the bed and snuggled into Gu Cheng's arms, touching his chest with her slightly cold hands and sleeping in his arms.
The next morning, Qin Yao originally wanted to get up early to empty the urinal herself, so Gu Cheng took it out to help her. Brother Qin was the one who emptied the urinal at home, as the whole family only used one, and they were not so particular about it. It was the younger generation in the family who emptied it. Gu Cheng said he would take it and empty it together, but Brother Qin refused to agree. He couldn't let the new son-in-law do this, so he insisted that he should take them all out.
Gu Cheng didn't agree at this time...so in the end they each took one and left.
The conversation between the two people was not loud, but their house was not big either.
Talking about this early in the morning, Qin Yao hid in the quilt pretending to be dead, like a bald tit.
She can't stay in this house anymore.
At this time, Qin Yao suddenly admired her elder and second sisters-in-law from the bottom of her heart.
The second sister-in-law walked to her mother-in-law Chen Guixiang with her belly bulging, and whispered: "My younger sister used to be greedy and a little lazy at home, but it was nothing. After getting married, she should change."
The second sister-in-law was stunned. She thought she was pretentious enough before, but this sister-in-law was even more capable.
The second sister-in-law sighed: "In the past, she at least poured herself some water to wash her feet."
She shouldn't have said this, the eldest sister-in-law was the one who was speaking. Compared with the eldest sister-in-law, the second sister-in-law felt that she was not a virtuous woman, but...
Mother-in-law Chen Guixiang was conflicted for a moment, but her love for her daughter prevailed, "Let her be."
The girl is already spoiled like this, what else can I do?
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