Getting Married on Chronology (Quick Wear) ~ Chapter 5
Arc 1. Little widow in 1970s ~ chapter 5
This evening, every household in
Shangyao Village was discussing about Qiu Xiaochan and Gu Wenqian, especially
the part of mouth to mouth respiration, with vivid explanation, which added
great fun to the plain village.
The elders who couldn’t see Qiu Xiaochan,
they took the handle and opportunity to educate their sons in the family. “I
said that that girl is not a good girl. She was held in her arms by a man
during the day, so she was ashamed of what she did, my mouth is hot, I'm sorry
to say, if you dare to say that you like her again and want to marry her as a
wife, don't recognize me as a mother. If you really marry someone like this, we
don't want the face of our family."
"Mom, it was Xiaochan who
fell into the river, and she didn't deliberately hug people together."
"Oh, why did she fall into
the river well? She is not a three-year-old child. If she doesn't fall anywhere
else, will it be near comrade Gu's house? You see if they are hugging and
kissing today, who knows if there has been a lawsuit? That kind of little vixen
also lied to you such a stupid, you can see that Mrs. He going to tell her
relatives, comrade Gu did not agree , it means that comrade Gu does look down
on her either.”
It has to say that these words
have been infinitely close to the essence of the matter. In the closed
villages, most of the villagers are illiterate. Only a handful of people have
been to the county town. No one knows what is called "cardiopulmonary
resuscitation" and what is called "artificial respiration". Stubbornly
believes what they see with their eyes, and frantically replenishes their
brain.
Gu Wenqian soon discovered that
he had become the focus of everyone's discussion, but he was indifferent by
nature and didn't pay much attention to those meaningful gazes. He only felt a
little upset when he heard the unfavorable remarks about Qiu Xiaochan.
After saving someone that day, he
shouldn't turn around and leave, he should explain his behavior, but he was
eager to put aside the relationship at the time, and instead let her be bound
by rumors.
For Gu Wenqian, as a man, he
should have a man's responsibility. It doesn't matter whether his reputation is
good or bad, but Qiu Xiaochan is a girl and a girl in a difficult situation. Her
reputation is very precious to her.
He remembered her bright eyes,
perhaps she was saddened by the malicious slander, and wanted to confirm the
news of her safety, but for three days, Gu Wenqian never saw Qiu Xiaochan come
to the river to mow the grass. It's cold or never come again.
At this time, Qiu Xiaochan, the
central character of the topic, did not have the sadness that Gu Wenqian had
imagined. In the past few days, she drew hogweed and sent it to the pig farm.
When she was free, she pickled and dried vegetables at home. This is one of the
most peasant family doing, there are not many ingredients that can be stored.
It is best to eat when ingredients are scarce in winter.
Zhang Daying has been in low
spirits these days. Qiu Xiaochan knows that she has illness in her heart about
worrying her marriage. After drying the last few blanched vegetables on a clean
wooden board, Qiu Xiaochan returns to the house.
"Mom, are you feeling better
today?"
Zhang Daying hadn't gone to work
in the village for a long time because of poor health.
"I'm still a little dizzy,
just lie down."
"What do you want to eat for
lunch, shall I make you a loofah egg soup?"
"Anything, you can do
whatever you want, I won't choose."
Zhang Daying asked again,
"By the way, do you still have rice at home?"
"Is there any more, save
some food to eat until the time when you put the grain."
In fact, the rice and noodles
they ate recently were all secretly exchanged with points by Qiu Xiaochan.
After Zhang Daying ignored the kitchen, Qiu Xiaochan had the final say.
Today’s lunch is braised red bean
rice, loofah egg soup, and a simple steamed eggplant. It tastes good. They eat
vegetables for ten days. The only meat is eggs. Qiu Xiaochan misses braised
pork, but there is no meat ticket at home. She decides today to go to the town to
weigh some meat that does not require a ticket. As for the money, she will use
the eggs in the system to exchange it in the supply and marketing agency.
The next morning, Qiu Xiaochan
filled a small bamboo basket with half a basket of eggs and put on a straw hat
to go out. Before leaving, she talked to Zhang Daying.
"Mom, I'll go to town for
some food."
Zhang Daying lay on the bed and
nodded, "Okay, I have to go back early, pay attention to safety."
After finishing speaking, she
pointed to the old cupboard in the room and said, "There are drawers in
the cupboard. If you have the money, you can take some money with you."
Qiu Xiaochan shook her head,
"No, I brought the eggs. I went to the supply and marketing agency to
exchange for money."
She has the memory of the
original owner and knows that the money at home is not many, Zhang Daying
usually can't wait for a penny to be split into two, but she is quite willing
to her daughter, no matter how difficult it is, she will make two new clothes
for her daughter after the cloth ticket is issued every year.
Qiu Xiaochan went out carrying
the bamboo basket. She hadn't appeared in the village for several days since
the last time she fell into the water. When she came out today, everyone looked
at her like searchlights.
"Why is she embarrassed to
come out?"
"She is still smiling like a
okay person."
"It's too shameless, who
will dare to ask for it in the future."
Qiu Xiaochan walked forward with
her head high, and she must pass the village from home to the town. It was near
the cowshed, and everyone saw her heading in that direction, thinking she was
going to find Gu Wenqian.
"Is this going to find
comrade Gu?"
"What's on the back in the bamboo basket?
It looks like an egg."
Halfway down the road, Qiu
Xiaochan was stopped by a triangular-eyed rural woman. In the memory of the
original owner, this was called Li Chunhua, she were married from the outer
village, and the original owner never had intersection with her before.
"Qiu Xiaochan, I'm Li San's
cousin."
After Li Chunhua reported her
home, Qiu Xiaochan knew who she was. It turned out to be the one-eyed bachelor
whom Chen Guilian introduced to her.
Qiu Xiaochan knew that the other
party was not good without guessing, and could not ignore it, so she stopped
and asked, "Is there something wrong?"
Li Chunhua sneered, and went over
her from head to toe with triangular eyes open.
"I heard that you still look
down on Li San, I might as well tell you now, we don’t want to marry a woman
like you who breaks shoes [1]. Our Li family does not marry it.
No, one hundred and twenty Yuan in gift money talked about the Jiang family
girl of the fifth team, not only has a good family composition, but also a
strong body, the most important thing is that she is a big girl with a yellow
flower[2], much better than your broken shoes."
She does not care about it,
although Qiu Xiaochan doesn't care about the issue of famous festivals, but
then many pairs of eyes are staring and many ears erect, if you don't talk back
and correct the reputation of "broken shoes", then there will be more
than ten or twenty mouths in the future.
"Li San will marry whoever
he wants to marry. Anyway, he won't be able to marry me in this life. Let alone
one hundred and twenty yuan, it's not rare for me to be twelve thousand Yuan.
Also, my Qiu Xiaochan is clear doing nothing, if you slander me again, I will
go to the team leader to judge, saying that you are inciting contradictions
among the people and do not improve the unity of the village people. If the
team leader does not care about me, I will go to the Revolutionary Committee to
file a complaint to see who dares to splash dirty water on me."
Li Chunhua was even more angry
when she said that she didn't believe that Qiu Xiaochan dared to really file a
complaint.
"Go, go now if you have the
ability, anyway, I'm telling the truth, no one in Shangyao Village does not knows
that you are a broken shoe, you used to be the daughter-in-law of the
landlord's family, and now you are not clear with comrade Gu from the city. What's
the use of just being hard on your mouth!"
Qiu Xiaochan had to applaud for
Li Chunhua’s divine assist. She was worrying about how to find Gu Wenqian. She
didn’t expect Li Chunhua to mention him. With this good opportunity, she
couldn’t let it go for nothing. She immediately decided not to go to town, and
went directly to the captain's house to "complain", and then find Gu
Wenqian to confront him.
"Then as you wish, I'll go
to the captain now and see what he says. If the captain finally decides for me,
you will have to apologize to me in front of the whole village.”
Li Chunhua snorted. The smell was
not good. Qiu Xiaochan covered her mouth and took a step back. This action
stimulated Li Chunhua again. She rushed forward and wanted to hit someone, but
Qiu Xiaochan avoided it.
"I'm weak, but I can't stand
your beating. If I hurt me, I will go to your house to stay, eat yours and
drink yours, and see if you feel distressed."
After talking about it, Qiu
Xiaochan turned around with a sly smile and went to the captain's house. Those
behind him who watched the excitement saw that she really dared to go, and they
slapped their tongues, "Really? Why is she so courageous today?"
"Yes, I usually blush when I
say a word, isn't it pretending? "
“Go, let's go and see if she is
an instigator."
After speaking, a dozen or so
people forllowed far behind Qiu Xiaochan. Li Chunhua didn’t want to go, but
finally persuaded by acquaintances, she also followed.
The captain had just had
breakfast and was about to go to the ground to see how the crops are growing
and to arrange the next stage of labor. When he went out, he ran into Qiu
Xiaochan, and then he saw that Qiu Xiaochan followed by dozen people behind her
like a tail.
He thought that something major
had happened in the production team, but the look of everyone was not the same.
He frowned and asked Qiu Xiaochan before the fight, "What's the matter?
Why did you come to my door if you didn't go to work in the morning?"
The former Qiu Xiaochan must be
shocked, but after changing the core, she smiled slightly with the bamboo
basket on her back, and repeated Li Chunhua's words in the morning, emphasizing
Li Chunhua's insulting remarks to her.
"Captain, the people in the
village pointed me out because of my appointments, which had a bad impact on my
life. I was concerned about the friendship of a village. I never thought about
it seriously. Now she use such vicious words to hurt my reputation, I asked
Comrade Li Chunhua to apologize to me, to wash away the dirty water on my body,
and to be innocent."
The captain heard the lawsuit
after hearing it. He is a big man, who would like to control the lesbian room?
The women in the village have always kept their mouths without the door. They
dared to say anything when they quarreled. He was embarrassed to hear some
words, but Qiu Xiaochan came to the door to let him call the shots. Her
situation is different from others. For unmarried girls, reputation is really
important.
"Xiaochan, then how do you
say that I will call you the shots? My mouth is on someone else. I told you
today and someone else will say again tomorrow, what can I do?"
"Captain, I have booked a
kiss, but you also know Brother Ruiming. When I left, I was only eleven years
old, and he was only fourteen years old. What we can do when we are so young,
there are people who have the heart to talk about gossip. As for comrade Gu, he
is my lifesaver. People criticize, or if you invite him over today, we will
make it clear in front of everyone that in the future, if someone pours dirty
water on us, it is a bad element that undermines the unity of the masses."
The captain frowned and said with
a headache. , "Xiaochan, do you think it is necessary to do so? I ask Li
Chunhua to apologize to you, so that she will not be able to talk nonsense in
the future?"
"Captain, you also said that
we can't care if the mouth is on the face of others. Moreover, she is not the
only person in the village who said this. I am not only thinking about myself,
but also for Comrade Gu. He was wronged because he saved me."
Notes:
[1] Broken shoes, means women who were not well-behaved and
unruly. The ancient China, shoes always associated with sex and marriage. This
proverb used I novel “Shanghai Beach”, the broken shoes refer to rural
prostitute, they borrow from other but only pair of shoes cannot be borrowed,
so they keep their own broken shoes.
[2] Girl with a yellow flower. In ancient times, unmarried
girl from Han nationality like to use various style and pattern when dressing.
So, yellow girl can be called girl who has not married yet, in another sense,
it is a virgin
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