137: Dreaming of being called a slut
So after that day, Widow Wang sent her son Qin Xiaochuan to the company's literacy class.
The company did not have a formal primary school, only a literacy class, which gathered more than a dozen children of different ages and made them study together. There were only half-day classes every day, and there were only two classes in the half-day class: one literacy class and one arithmetic class.
The teacher was a poor old man who had been sent down from the city. He was old and weak, and could no longer do farm work. There was no place for him to be employed, so he was assigned this seemingly easier job.
The old man had no deterrent power at all, and the children didn't listen to him.
So many children go there just to waste time and don’t learn anything.
Even so, Widow Wang still let her son go, and told him to study hard and not be a blind man when he grew up.
The pencils and exercise books that my son uses in class were given by Hong Cheng.
For this, Widow Wang was very grateful.
It’s not that she couldn’t afford pencils and exercise books, but she could see that Master Hong Cheng really did have good intentions for them, and that kind of sincerity couldn’t be faked.
So when Widow Wang saw that Hong Cheng's clothes were missing two buttons and the cuffs were worn out, she sincerely wanted to repay him, so she bravely asked Hong Cheng to take off his clothes and give them to her. She went back to find two buttons and sewed them on, and also sewed the worn cuffs with a piece of cloth.
I was very nervous while sewing the clothes, as if I was holding a landmine in my hand and was afraid of being seen by others.
If someone saw her mending clothes for a man outside, she would never be able to wash herself clean even if she jumped into the Yellow River.
Fortunately, she was overthinking it and no one discovered her secret actions.
Moreover, she waited until the children were asleep at night to sew it, so the two children didn't notice.
She was also very secretive when returning the clothes. She took advantage of finishing work and pretended to give a secret signal unintentionally, saying that when it was almost dark yesterday, there was a piece of clothing by the well, whose owner it was, and it was missing two buttons.
Hong Cheng immediately understood Widow Wang's hint and nodded quietly.
When it was almost dark, Widow Wang saw that there was no one by the well, so she nervously put the clothes on a big rock by the well and then hid far away. Not long after, Hong Cheng came and took the clothes back.
No one was discovered during the whole process.
When Widow Wang returned home, she found herself in a cold sweat.
That night, Widow Wang was so frightened that she couldn't sleep well. In her dream, her act of mending Hong Cheng's clothes was exposed, and the people from the company blocked her yard, spitting and cursing at her:
"Slut, Widow Wang is a slut! Shameful and corrupt slut! Widow Wang, you are sorry for your dead man! You have no virtue as a woman! You have no shame!"
Countless pairs of worn-out shoes were thrown into the yard, and her family's worn-out shoes were almost piled up into a small mountain.
She stood in the mountain of broken shoes and shouted in panic:
"I'm not a slut! I'm not a slut! Please stop scolding me, I really am not a slut—"
A pair of worn cotton shoes hit her in the face, and her whole body leaned back, then she woke up with a scream.
The moment I woke up, my body shook violently and my clothes were soaked with sweat.
She climbed out of bed and found her legs were weak and her throat was dry, as if she had really been shouting "I'm not a slut" all night.
Oh my god, this dream is so real!
Don’t ever do such dangerous things again, it’s so scary!
Widow Wang made up her mind that she would never have anything to do with Hong Cheng again, absolutely not!
However, last night, Hong Cheng came to her house on his own initiative and said that he wanted to check the child's homework to see if the child was studying seriously.
Widow Wang was so frightened that her legs went weak again and she didn't know what to do.
But the man meant well, and she was too embarrassed to chase him away, so she had no choice but to let Hong Cheng guide the two children. In her heart, she kept hoping that Hong Cheng would leave quickly, and that no one would see him coming to her house, otherwise last night's dream would come true.
Fortunately, Hong Cheng didn't stay long and finally left.
As a result, as luck would have it, he ran into Xu Ying again as soon as he went out.
Widow Wang was so frightened that her soul flew away.
Not only was Widow Wang scared, but even Hong Cheng was quite surprised.
Fortunately, Xu Ying was not one of those gossipy women in the company, otherwise, Widow Wang might have been looking for a crooked tree to hang herself.
Otherwise, there is no way to prove your innocence.
Widow Wang sat on the kang, sewing shoe soles, her thoughts wandering for a while. When she regained her composure, she suddenly said, without reason:
"Chuan'er, when the weather clears up, I'll take two days off and we can fix the roof ourselves, okay?"
Qin Xiaochuan stared at his mother in disbelief:
"Mom, is that true?"
Widow Wang chuckled:
"Of course it's true. What's there to lie about?"
Qin Xiaochuan immediately applauded:
"Great, that's great! If we can fix the leaking roof, we won't have to use pots and pans to collect water next time it rains, and we won't have to worry about the roof collapsing when it rains at night!"
Widow Wang smiled sadly. She felt that this time she had to fix the roof no matter what. Whether she did it herself or asked for help, she had to fix it! She couldn't let her children worry about the leaking roof anymore.
The mother and son began to discuss how to repair the roof.
There are no adult men in the family, so Widow Wang is accustomed to discussing all matters big and small with her son. Although he is only a little over ten years old and cannot help her make decisions, she can still get some inspiration and suggestions during the discussion process.
Qin Xiaochuan asked:
"Mom, who should we ask for help with the work?"
"Why don't we try it ourselves first? If we can do it ourselves, we won't need to ask for help."
"Mom, can you fix the roof? Do you know how to do it?"
"——No, you can ask."
Qin Xiaochuan suddenly thought of something:
"Hey, Mom, how about I go ask Sister Ono? Didn't their house just get a new roof? Let's ask her. Sister Ono is a very nice and well-behaved person, not mean at all. She won't refuse to help.
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"Eh?" Widow Wang stopped what she was doing for the first time and said with a bright look in her eyes, "Yes, they just finished the roof. Let's go ask them."
"That's settled then. I'll go find Sister Xiaoye when the rain stops!" Qin Xiaochuan was very excited, as if the roof of his house was about to be repaired and the house would no longer leak.
Widow Wang smiled:
"You're just a kid, what can you ask? I'd better ask the adults in their family."
The reason why Widow Wang decided to ask Old Yu's family about how to repair the roof was not only because Old Yu's family had just replaced the fence recently, but also because Widow Wang wanted to take the opportunity to build a good relationship with Xu Ying and the others and continue to ask Xu Ying to keep it a secret for her.
Although their family had just moved in and no one knew much about them, Widow Wang felt that this family was different from the other families in the company.
I can't really tell what the difference is.
It’s just different anyway!
The family seemed to be harmonious. The husband and wife were harmonious, and the adults and children were also harmonious. Unlike other families, there was chaos and beating and scolding of children.
Such families are very enviable and more likely to be trusted.
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