Jiang Lin found the tools, turned around and saw Meng Yiyi's gloomy expression, so she urged her, "Yiyi, don't forget to wash the dishes."
If it was Meng Yiyi before her rebirth, maybe she would wash the dishes, but the current Meng Yiyi believes that she is the future mistress of the Cheng Group. How could she wash the dishes for you?
Why are you so shameless?
Even if you want to turn back from your wrong path, you have to see if there is a chance. You are ruthless, and you can't blame me for being ungrateful!
She spoke earnestly, "Linlin, you should think about your future. Taking root in the countryside is a great ideal, but how many educated youth really want to do so? Who doesn't desperately want to stay in the city, join the army, get a job, or go to college? I've heard that many educated youth from other places have tried their best to return to the city in the past two years. The city is hiring more and more workers, and those who went back secretly have not been sent back. But it's impossible to bring the children with you, as they won't be allowed to settle down in the city. I'm doing this for your own good, so you should take care of yourself."
After saying that, she left.
Why did Jiang Lin feel that she was a little different? Meng Yiyi, who was always gentle and considerate, walked away with her head held high like a proud peacock. If you didn't know, you would think she had become the queen! Jiang Lin cleaned up the dishes and brought out the bowl of noodles, covering it with the gauze net made by Yan Runzhi herself to prevent flies from falling.
She took the sickle and rope and went out. When she reached the big locust tree, she met Yan Runzhi and several old women.
Yan Runzhi: "Bao'er's mother, where are you going?"
Jiang Lin walked over and greeted them, "We don't have much grass for the fire, I'll go get some strips, branches or something."
The old woman from Shang Weiye's family nearby said with a smile, "Bao'er's mother, chopping wood is very tiring, don't go. I'll ask Zong Hui to chop it and give you half."
There is a mountain to the north of Shuihuai Village. Nowadays, it is forbidden to cut down big trees, but those shrubs and vines are fine. Just looking at the mountain in front of you, you have to walk over and cut down the wood and carry it back. It is enough for a person to be tired for a whole day, and a woman can't do it at all. Because of the relationship between her old man and the Cheng family, Mrs. Shang has always had a good relationship with Yan Runzhi, so she wanted her grandson to help her chop wood.
Jiang Lin smiled and said, "Thank you, I won't go to the mountains, I'll just wander around the edge of the village."
Shuihuai Village has a good geographical location, with mountains and water. There is lush vegetation in summer and autumn, and you can get some firewood anywhere.
She wanted to know about the environment around Shuihuai Village. After all, the original owner was not interested in it and had limited memory.
Looking at her slender figure, Mrs. Shang smiled and said, "Mother Baoer is still so pretty, just like a little girl."
An old woman curled her lips and wanted to interrupt and make some sarcastic remarks, but Mrs. Shang turned her face away and ignored her. She smiled at Yan Runzhi and said, "Your embroidery is getting more and more vivid. Let Dongsheng's wife learn from you and continue embroidering."
Yan Runzhi smiled and said, "She is a female student and doesn't have the patience. When Dongsheng comes back, the house will be much easier and she won't have to do any work."
Mrs. Shang asked, "Do you also think Dongsheng is okay?"
Yan Runzhi: "It's definitely okay. My heart was pounding when I first heard it, but then it became calmer and calmer, and I felt okay."
When her father and eldest brother died, she was panicked and felt like the sky was falling. Now that Cheng Ruhai mentioned Dongsheng, she didn't feel that way, so she thought it was okay. If Cheng Ruhai hadn't made a fuss about Dongsheng, she wouldn't have broken up with him just for pressuring her to move.
At noon, the sun was scorching hot. Jiang Lin wove a straw hat and put it on. She came back with a bundle of branches, straw, cattails, etc. and threw them at the door to dry.
After having some noodles for a snack in the morning, Dabao and Xiaobao went to the cotton field to catch a lot of insects to feed the chickens and earn some work points at the same time. The two boys enjoyed it very much.
"Mom, there are so many bugs." Xiaobao happily showed Jiang Lin a palm-sized dark brown glass bottle.
Jiang Lin didn't want to look but it was too late. She caught a glimpse of the glass bottle filled with insects, which were wriggling to get out. The hairs on her body stood up!
She nodded calmly and praised, "You two are really good at catching insects. Feed the chickens and lay eggs for us to eat."
Xiaobao was very proud and immediately gave himself the title of "Little Bug Catcher" and did not intend to take it off. Although most of the bugs were caught by Dabao, he was mainly responsible for holding the bottle.
Cheng Dabao saw Jiang Lin cutting some cattails with green cattail stalks on them, so he picked them out and said, "When they are ripe, grandma will use them to make pillows and quilts."
Jiang Lin: ...What does he mean? Is he telling me that I shouldn't cut cattails? I'm not as good as you!!! She said, "Then I won't cut cattails anymore. I'll save them for winter to make pillows."
Cheng Dabao glanced at her with an approving look.
Jiang Lin: ...This damn thing can be used as a pillow or quilt? You are talking nonsense.
After lunch, Yan Runzhi asked Jiang Lin again: "Bao'er's mother, should we take apart the quilt and cotton clothes and wash them?"
Leader Jiang calculated with a pretentious look, "Yes, it needs to be taken apart, washed, and sewn."
This is not a job for farmers. It is quick to dismantle and can be done in an afternoon. Wash it in the river on a sunny day and it will be dry by noon. Then you can find time to sew it up.
After Yan Runzhi found all the quilts and cotton clothes in the house, Jiang Lin fell silent.
She had an old quilt, which she rolled up in winter to cover herself with. Yan Runzhi had only one quilt for her two children. She had a cotton coat, which was old but thick. Dabao and Xiaobao's coats were also okay, but Yan Runzhi's coat was old and thin, filled with a mixture of cotton, cattail fluff, and reed flowers. It was a wonder it would be useful in the cold winter.
Besides hers, all other fabrics were becoming increasingly thinner and could be torn with a little more force.
Jiang Lin: Yan Runzhi is very afraid of cold. She wears long clothes and long pants to cover herself tightly in summer, and in winter she only wears this cotton-padded jacket. She must be freezing.
Because Yan Runzhi treated her well in the past two days, she also regarded Yan Runzhi as an elder.
Yan Runzhi looked at her face and said carefully, "We will give each of you a kilogram of cotton coupons this year. I will use the cotton quilting to quilt your cotton-padded jacket, and give the remaining cotton to the two children, as their cotton-padded jackets are a little small."
At this time, many families would share the same quilt.
Jiang Lin felt a little sad. In order to hide her expression, she lowered her head to remove the stitches. Subconsciously, she was more careful so as not to tear the cloth which had already been worn very thin. She also had to pay attention to not breaking the threads as much as possible, as some of them could still be used.
She spent the whole afternoon slacking off thinking about how to make some money so she could buy cloth and cotton to sew the quilts and cotton-padded clothes at home. Time passed quickly. It was cold here in September, and sometimes it snowed in October, so she had to hurry.
Yan Runzhi thought that Jiang Lin was in a bad mood because her cotton-padded jacket was too old, so she thought about using her work points to exchange for some cloth from the team. She asked the two children to go out and play, and not to bother Jiang Lin at home.
Jiang Lin: I am worried about being poor.
In the evening, Yan Runzhi burned dried mugwort to smoke out mosquitoes, which choked Jiang Lin so much that she told stories to Dabao and Xiaobao in the patio for a while, and didn't go into the house to sleep until about 8:30.
Cheng Dabao and Cheng Xiaobao were tired during the day and fell asleep as soon as they lay down at night.
When Jiang Lin couldn't sleep, she fiddled with some useless embroidery pieces of Yan Runzhi. Some were a beautiful rose, some were a bunch of orchids with a cricket on the grass, or a red apricot or something like that. The embroidery was delicate, the colors were bright, and they looked lively and fresh.
She was delighted. If she used it as a handkerchief, or sewn it on a bag or clothes, or even used it as a hair scarf, it would be very beautiful. The countryside is still gray now, but the big city has already shown signs of being bright.
Jiang Lin thought to herself, could she try to exchange it for money, or cloth coupons or cotton coupons?
Yan Runzhi looked at her expression. Ever since the quilt was taken apart, her daughter-in-law had been unhappy. She said carefully, "Mother Baoer, we don't like embroidery among our members. We want to be simple. If you like, I can embroider a small dress for you to wear."
Jiang Lin: "I won't wear them. I think these embroidery pieces are so beautiful, it's useless to leave them alone. I might as well make them into handkerchiefs or handbags to earn some money."
Yan Runzhi's face suddenly changed. "Bao'er's mother, I dare not do that. We would rather have socialist grass than capitalist seedlings. If we catch speculation and profiteering, our family will be more guilty than others."
Jiang Lin: "No speculation, but...if I go back to the city to visit relatives, friends and classmates, I should bring some gifts. I think this is great."
Yan Runzhi breathed a sigh of relief. "That's fine. I'll make a few for you tomorrow."
"You teach me, and I'll do it." Jiang Lin was independent at a very young age in her previous life, and later worked in decoration, and was good at handicrafts. Except for her average cooking skills, she could learn other simple handicrafts. She couldn't embroider, but she could still sew edges and the like.
She quickly took a pen and paper to design a few items, all of which girls would love, such as small handkerchiefs, simple small wallets, handbags, hair bands...The embroidery pieces that she couldn't design were just left there and could be sold to others so that they could sew them on their own school bags or clothes.
After a few days of hard work, Jiang Lin had accumulated some embroidery work, so she decided to go to the county town to test the waters. If the sales were good, she would go to the provincial capital. Anyway, she still had her letter of introduction, which was valid for more than a month, which was enough for her.
After breakfast that day, Jiang Lin packed some dry food, said goodbye to Yan Runzhi and went out. She and Yan Runzhi did not need to report for work like other members of the commune, they just had to do the work.
Jiang Lin walked out of the yard, and Dabao and Xiaobao followed her out.
Xiaobao pulled her clothes and looked up at her, "Mom, please take me and Dabao with you."
Although Cheng Dabao didn't say anything, his eyes were very nervous, as if he was afraid that she would leave and never come back.
Being looked at like this by the two of them, Jiang Lin had no way to refuse. She tapped Xiao Bao's nose and said with a smile, "Do you want to sell yourself?"
Xiaobao laughed and said, "Mom, is 10,000 yuan expensive?"
Jiang Lin: "It's expensive. Let's go and see how much money we can give this time."
Cheng Dabao was originally afraid that his mother would sell them out, but after Jiang Lin joked like this, his nervousness gradually dissipated, and his face was no longer tense and puffy.
Jiang Lin smiled and ran forward, the cloth bag bouncing on her hips. Cheng Xiaobao pretended to be a big lion chasing her, "Wow, wow, I'm going to catch you~~"
Cheng Dabao had a helpless look on his face, but he was no longer angry or nervous, and he ran after him as fast as he could.
They still walked and hitchhiked, and got off at the county supply and marketing cooperative.
Jiang Lin took out two handkerchiefs embroidered with grass insects and tied them around Dabao and Xiaobao's necks, leaving the embroidery exposed.
Jiang Lin held Xiaobao's hand and led them to the restaurant.
Cheng Dabao said nervously: "Let's not go to a restaurant!" It hasn't been sold yet.
Jiang Lin: "Let's go see if there's any business."
She let the two children stand in the sunshine at the entrance of the restaurant. The two pretty children were wrapped in beautiful scarves, which was particularly pleasing to the eye. She took out a small cotton purse embroidered with a green plum blossom and said she wanted to buy two buns.
Li Yuegui recognized them at a glance. After all, she had only encountered a beautiful woman with a pair of beautiful twin boys once in all these years, and the memory was deeply rooted in her mind.
"Oh, it's you."
Jiang Lin immediately started chatting with her, and after a while they became familiar with each other and introduced themselves to each other, they became friends.
"Hey, sister, your embroidery is so bright. Did you make it yourself?" Li Yuegui looked at the two children and then at Jiang Lin's wallet. She really couldn't let it go.
Women simply cannot resist pretty little things.
Jiang Lin looked around and whispered, "I bought it."
"Where did you buy it? How much is it? I want to buy one too!"
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