The next day, the sun was shining brightly, and the winter sun made people feel warm.
Today is the day when Zhang Pingping sews her wedding quilt. The backyard of the educated youth site is unusually lively. Several rural women are sewing quilts stitch by stitch on the reed mat in the yard.
Zhang Pingping was serving tea and water nearby, while Shi Aihong and Chu Jingqiu occasionally helped a few aunts and sisters-in-law with needlework. There were several plates nearby, filled with candies, melon seeds, red dates and peanuts.
According to local customs, Zhang Pingping has to make "four blankets and four covers", that is, four quilts and four mattresses.
Several women had already made four mattresses and two quilts in the morning, and were sewing two large quilts for Zhang Pingping in the afternoon.
Chu Jingqiu and Shi Aihong were both wearing small blue flowered jackets with side lapels that Zhang Pingping had made for them.
Like the little girls in the village, she moved a small stool and sat next to a few women talking about family matters, listening with great interest.
The loud speaker said to a stout woman next to him, "Xinguo, I heard you went to see the train with others yesterday. Did you see it?"
The woman called Xinguo's sister-in-law laughed so hard that tears came out of her eyes.
Everyone looked at her in confusion. The loud speaker said anxiously, "Tell us what that train looks like! Are you really so happy just looking at a train?"
Shi Aihong stretched her neck from the bench and shouted, "That's right, Auntie, what are you laughing at? It's so creepy."
The stout woman wiped away the tears of laughter and said, "I am not laughing because I am watching the train. I am laughing because I remember watching the train yesterday.
Yesterday, Grandma Sanchou took a few of us women to see the train. Grandma Sanchou was the only one among us who had seen a train, so we followed her obediently.
When we arrived at the train station, we saw that the rails were very long and we were curious and kept touching them.
Later, when we heard the train whistle, Grandma Sanchou hurriedly asked us to stay away from the tracks.
We trotted away, and when the train came over, I saw Grandma Sanchou lying on the ground, so we quickly lay down on the ground too.
After the train passed, Grandma Sanchou asked us, "I accidentally fell down and I'm lying on the ground. What are you guys doing lying on the ground?"
You can’t guess how Daqing’s wife answered. She said, “We thought people had to lie down to watch the train!”
Grandma Sanchou laughed so hard that she couldn't speak.
Everyone in the yard burst into laughter, even Qin Yilan, who was sitting quietly on the side basking in the sun, laughed out loud.
After everyone laughed for a while, they took a short break, ate some candies, drank some tea, and continued to sew the quilt.
Da Laba sewed some red dates and peanuts into the corner of the quilt. "Zhang Zhiqing, we won't sew this corner of the quilt shut for you. Remember to take it out after you get married, and then sew it shut yourself."
Shi Aihong asked in confusion: "Auntie, why did you sew red dates and peanuts into the quilt? Aren't they uncomfortable?"
Da Loudspeaker smiled and said, "Shi Zhiqing, you don't understand! This is called having a baby early. You can take it out on the wedding night. It won't hurt."
Aunt Xinguo looked at the tall, thin woman opposite and said, "Shengjun's wife, I heard that you recently found a wife for that fool from our village. Did it work out?"
The tall and thin woman sighed, "This child is a bit stupid, his brain is not very good, and he is not really related to me. Sister Qingmao only has this one son, and she has been worried about him until her hair turned white.
I finally managed to tell him about a girl from far away. The girl had a problem with one of her eyes, but she was in good shape.
The blind date didn't work out, and he ruined it all. Isn't that frustrating?"
The great lama quickly interrupted, "Sister-in-law Shengjun, please tell us how you messed up!"
Shengjun's wife shook her head helplessly, "It's embarrassing to say it out loud, there's really nothing I can do.
Sanhanzi is a kid who usually doesn't talk and looks like that, so I asked him to talk less. When he got there, he was quite obedient and hardly said a word.
I know that this child acts silly when he eats. He looks stupid and eats like crazy. I want him to eat more politely.
I thought of a solution for him. While eating, I secretly tied a rope around his leg and tied one end to my leg.
I pulled the rope and let him take a bite. He seemed to be eating well at first, but then an old hen came over and picked up the rice grains that fell on the ground and ate them.
The chicken's legs were caught on the rope and it was pulling the rope hard. Sanhanzi thought I was pulling it, so he tried to stuff food into his mouth until it was full.
The old hen was still pulling at the rope, and Sanhanzi started scolding me: "What the hell are you pulling at? If you pull any more you'll choke me to death." Later, the family realized he was stupid, and the marriage fell through.
Now everyone laughed even harder. Shi Aihong just took a sip of water and it all came out in an instant. Chu Jingqiu also laughed so hard that tears came out.
Shengjun's wife smiled sheepishly and changed the subject. She said, "Zhang Zhiqing, your two quilts are really big! I've never seen quilts this big. I only make single quilts. This is a double quilt, right?"
Zhang Pingping said shyly, "Yes, Auntie, this is a double quilt. Yueming is tall, so I made a big quilt for him."
The women smiled knowingly, and the loud speaker teased her directly: "Zhang Zhiqing, your quilt is really nice. It will be very convenient for you two to sleep in the same bed later."
Zhang Pingping's face flushed red, and she lowered her head and smiled shyly.
The wife of the new country said: "What's there to be ashamed of? Let me tell you, your parents are not around, someone needs to teach you how to have sex after marriage."
Shi Aihong looked at Chu Jingqiu and said, "Jingqiu, these aunts are talking so fiercely that I blush when I hear them. I feel embarrassed to sit here."
Chu Jingqiu looked at her blushing face and teased her, "What's there to be embarrassed about? When you and Zhou Weidong get married, let these aunts give you some training. Otherwise, I'll talk to the aunts and make a reservation first."
Upon hearing this, Shi Aihong quickly held out her hands: "Jingqiu, you're up to no good again, aren't you? I guess I need a trick to subdue you.
After saying that, he pushed Chu Jingqiu down on the mat and started tickling her, muttering non-stop, "I'll let you do bad things. Ever since you followed your captain Xiao, you've become worse by the day. Why don't you learn from him?"
Chu Jingqiu laughed so hard that her body shook. "I surrender...hahaha...forgive me! I won't dare to do it again...hahaha!"
Zhang Pingping said with a smile, "Aihong, you still dare to bully Jingqiu? Look, Captain Xiao is here."
Shi Aihong said nonchalantly: "Sister Pingping, you are starting to lie too. Captain Xiao is in the army, how could he possibly come!"
The loud speaker looked at the two soldiers who appeared in the backyard and praised them: "Look at how handsome these two are! The one in front is even more handsome than the gay men in the movies!"
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