Chapter 33
Wang Shengcai’s wife was struck by lightning. She started to cry and make a scene like a country woman, refusing to leave the soap factory.
Finally, the factory security guards threw her out.
She sat at the door of the soap factory and chanted. The factory leader’s forehead jumped. The security guards led the big wolf dog raised in the factory out, and Wang Shengcai’s wife got scared and ran away.
Li Gouya didn’t dare to mess around in the factory, but she started to make a scene when she got home. She smashed plates and bowls at home. The two children were asked to do all the eating and drinking. The eldest son went to the canteen to get food, and the younger son cleaned the house. As for the water tank at home, it was waiting for Wang Shengcai to come back and fetch water.
Wang Sheng could bear it at first, but he couldn't stand it after a few days. He was exhausted after a day's work, and he had nowhere to go when he got home. At night, he had to pee and there was no one to help him!
The whole house was filled with the smell of urine!
Li Gouya could actually sleep soundly in such a noisy house.
Wang Sheng was so angry that he dragged Li Gouya to have a big fight. He had a loud voice, but Li Gouya's voice was even louder than his. Li Gouya was so angry that she rushed over and hit him in the face, leaving a bloody face.
Wang Sheng couldn't do anything about his wife, so he finally remembered the kindness of his old mother and went to the countryside to invite Old Lady Wang back at night.
As soon as Old Lady Wang came back, life in the compound became lively. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law fought and cursed at each other all day long. Old Lady Wang was still strong and used to doing hard work in the countryside. Li Gouya had no good words to say, and she cursed her mother-in-law for being old and immortal
. Old Lady Wang was so angry that she slapped her in the face. This made Liu Ercui next door very happy. She had been in the detention center for two days before, and she had bad food and clothes. She finally came home, but her husband was not only inconsiderate to her, but also warned her with a sullen face, saying that she should be honest in the future and not make trouble outside to embarrass the Zheng family, and then let Liu Ercui go back to her hometown.
Liu Ercui was reluctant, but she didn't dare to refute it.
Ask her to be quiet, then she should be quiet. Li Gou Ya is unlucky. Liu Ercui sits at home with her legs crossed, cracking melon seeds and eavesdropping on the gossip next door. She just wants to watch the fun. As long as Li Gou Ya eats well, she will be happy!
The chickens and dogs in the front yard of the big compound are restless, but Lin Yao's comfortable life in the backyard is not affected much.
It's just that she was woken up early in the morning because she was too lazy, but it doesn't matter.
This year, there is enough rain, and the beans, loofahs and eggplants in the vegetable garden are growing wildly. They are harvested one after another, and there are too many. Zhang Cuilan is also worried. Now every household eats in the big canteen. With so many vegetables, except for the pickled vegetables they pickle for winter, the rest are distributed to neighbors and relatives. In previous years, it was just right.
I don’t know what happened this year, but the beans kept growing and growing again. The family couldn’t eat them all, so they had to hurry up and pickle them all.
Every member of the Gu family, as long as they had free time after work, would be picked by Zhang Cuilan to work, and Lin Yao was no exception.
—— Dongzi, a ten-year-old kid, came to help, and Lin Yao felt embarrassed to sleep in.
She was thick-skinned, not shameless.
It was too hot outside, so the family moved the work to the corridor. Gu Shidong picked a full basket of beans and put it on his back. He ran back and poured them into the wooden basin, and then ran back to pick eggplants.
Lin Yao and Gu Chunmei sat on a small stool and washed the beans and eggplants in the wooden basin.
Zhang Cuilan took a big kitchen knife and cut the vegetables into slices, and put them in a bamboo basket to dry.
The mother and the others chatted while working. Gu Chunmei's wedding day was approaching. Lin Yao counted on his fingers and it was only about thirty days away.
Big Head Brother's family had already started painting the house and preparing furniture. On the old Gu family side, Zhang Cuilan also prepared dowry for the daughter-in-law.
In the county these days, marrying a daughter-in-law is not like in the countryside, where there is nothing. Even if there is a shortage of material things, there are still rules. Families who don't love their daughter-in-law that much can just buy a hot water bottle, a bucket for children, and a new set of clothes for the daughter-in-law.
Families who love their daughters will pay more attention to the dowry. Take the old Gu family for example. When Gu Chunmei got married, the Gu family gave her a wooden box for clothes, a quilt, a pair of red pillowcases, a thermos, a bucket for grandchildren, and thirty yuan. Apart from the money, everything else was good stuff for home life.
These things don’t seem to be many, but it’s a headache to buy them. Other things
are easy to deal with, but the quilt and pillowcase are hard to get. Zhang Cuilan only has a few cloth and cotton coupons. A quilt needs at least several feet of cloth. Other patterns are not acceptable. The most festive colors for a daughter of a noble family are the best.
Zhang Cuilan tried to find a whole piece of cloth, but she couldn’t find one. She thought that if it really didn’t work, she could make two patches on the quilt.
Gu Mancang's head shook like a rattle after hearing this. Chunmei was the only daughter in the family. Besides, the Xu family gave a dowry of 60 yuan. What's the big deal about having a patch on the wedding quilt when getting married?
Zhang Cuilan rolled her eyes at him, "Why is it not okay? What did I have when I married you? I only had a set of clothes, a bundle, and a donkey cart to get married."
Gu Mancang: "Why are you talking about this? The world was different then and now. It's different."
Zhang Cuilan sighed. She understood the reason, but there was really nothing she could do.
Lin Yao pretended to go back to the house, closed the door, entered the space, and rummaged through a pile of fabrics. She pulled out a piece of brocade satin fabric with a wedding pattern on it. When Director Ge's family on the street ahead married their daughter, the two wedding quilts they gave as a dowry were brocade satin. This kind of fabric is common on the market, feels smooth and comfortable to sleep on.
She tied up the piece of fabric and carried it to the south room. Lin Yao gave it directly to the old couple, but the old couple would never accept it. She put it directly on Sister Chunmei's bed.
Gu Chunmei came back from work and was shocked to see the brocade satin on the bed. She immediately ran to ask Lin Yao.
Lin Yao said that she bought the fabric from the black market and Gu Chunmei would not accept it.
Lin Yao acted like a sister-in-law and pulled Gu Chunmei's braid, "If you don't accept it, I'll give it to Big Head Brother."
Anyway, it's fine as long as one of the couple accepts it.
Gu Chunmei felt sweet when she heard Big Head Brother's name. Thinking that a wedding cannot be without a wedding quilt, she went back to the house and took out ten yuan for Lin Yao. She also pulled Lin Yao's braid and said that if Lin Yao didn't accept it, she would report her sister-in-law to the black market with Deputy Director Gu.
Lin Yao's pretty face wrinkled, "Hey, you can't repay kindness with enmity."
In the end, the two girls laughed and fought.
Gu Chunmei skillfully strung the cut beans into strings and hung them under the eaves. Lin Yao glanced at her and said, "Last time, Big Brother said we should fluff the cotton. Is it ready?"
"Almost done. We'll just put on the quilt cover and let it dry in a couple of days."
"There's more fabric, just right for sewing pillowcases."
"Dongzi said he needs a vest. I'll buy some fabric in a few days and sew a vest for him."
"That kid is so good. He dresses like he eats. A nice set of clothes will look shabby after two or three days on him."
The two sisters were chatting when Gu Shidong, who had just finished picking loofahs, was filthy. He put down the bamboo basket and ran over, yelling, "I'm so tired, so tired."
The stinky boy didn't even change his clothes and crawled on the bed without moving.
Gu Chunmei gave Lin Yao a look, "See, I'm right."
Lin Yao: "..."
At noon, when Gu Shi'an came back from work, the old Wang family in the front yard started quarreling again.
Lin Yao listened to a few sentences but didn't hear what they were quarreling about. It was probably about trivial matters again. She didn't want to listen anymore and sat in front of the hall fanning herself with a bamboo fan.
Deputy Director Gu came back from work and bought two pots of flowers, one Phalaenopsis and one jasmine.
Lin Yao likes to play with flowers and plants, and she is not happy to do weeding and watering. Gu Shi'an happened to be at home, so it was just right to send him to do it.
- It would save this guy from coming to bother her at night.
There is no work at the Public Security Bureau today. Does Gu Shi'an have time to rest at home for half a day?
It was hot in the summer afternoon, and the heat was steaming the large courtyard. The Wang family mother-in-law and daughter-in-law who had been scolding each other for a long time also temporarily stopped fighting.
The shadows of bamboos were swaying outside the window, and the east room was finally cool. Lin Yao was reading a book on the bed with her white and tender feet, swaying and swaying, swaying into Gu Shi'an's heart.
Lin Yao felt uneasy when she saw the look in his eyes. She was afraid that she would be eaten in broad daylight. She threw away her books and rolled into Gu Shian's arms. She kissed the handsome man on the face and complained that she had worked for most of the morning and her hands and feet were sore. Then she poked Gu Shian's shoulder and asked, "Are you tired?"
Deputy Director Gu said honestly, "No."
"If you are not tired, massage my shoulders. I am very tired."
Lin Yao stretched out her thin arms and legs without hesitation. After all, she was really tired from working today.
Gu Shian smiled and massaged the girl's arms and legs with his big hands. Lin Yao fell asleep in a short while.
Gu Shian looked gentle and kissed the girl on the face. The couple took a nap together.
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