Qin Huairu spent 20 cents to take a bus to the outskirts of Tongzhou County and another 10 cents to ride a donkey cart to her parents 'home.
Qinjiagou,
In a place of poverty,
Back then, when she married into the capital and had access to food, the entire village was filled with envy. In the beginning, Qin Huairu had helped her family a lot. Ever since her husband passed away, Qin Huairu's family had been in dire straits.
Moreover, her family had a daughter named Huai Hua. She had three children and an old woman. She barely managed to survive on her monthly salary of 22 yuan. She did not have any extra money to help her family.
Also, her mother-in-law had always been against Qin Huairu helping her family.
A married daughter was like water that had been poured out. Now that Qin Huairu was a member of the Jia family and had been helping her maiden family, Old Lady Jia would inevitably give her face.
This time,
Qin Huairu still said that she wanted to introduce her maiden sister to Silly Zhu.
Otherwise, how could Old Lady Jia let her two yuan go back to her family?
Just entering the village,
Qin Huairu saw a familiar face.
It was a burly man with a farming tool on his shoulder.
"Third Uncle?"
Qin Huairu rarely came home in the past two years.
Therefore, she was not sure if this person was her third uncle.
Qin Sancheng heard voices behind him.
He turned around and saw his niece Huai Ru standing in the distance with bags of various sizes.
"Huai Ru, you're back."
"Why didn't you write a letter to your family in advance so that I could get your brother to drive the ox cart to Tongzhou County to pick you up?”
The Qin brothers were still very united. As the pride of the Qin family, Qin Huairu had married a man from the capital and was able to eat commercial grain. This was enough for the Qin family to brag about for years.
"Third Uncle, I came back this time to see my parents and to bring Jing Ru to the city to stay for two days. Is Jing Ru at home?”
"At home, at home!"
Qin Sancheng was amused when he heard that. He did not dote on Huairu in vain when he was young. Seeing that he had made a name for himself, he still did not forget his daughter, Qin Jingru. In the future, when Jingru entered the city and became a worker, she could also help the family by eating commodity grain, right?
Qin Jingru was Qin Sancheng's daughter.
The drought in the past two years had caused poor harvests. The few centimeters they earned throughout the year was not enough to eat. In addition, the Commune had been falsely reporting the grain production every year. It was obvious that the yield of one mu of land was only two to three hundred catties. The brigade reported to the Commune that the yield per mu was 5,000 catties, and the Commune reported to the county that the yield per mu was 5,000 catties. Even when it was reported to the central government, it became 10,000 catties per mu.
The food of the common people was piled up like a mountain, and they could not finish it.
The project of saving face had been completed. In the end, the ones who were hungry were still the farmers. They were the ones who had grown the food, but they were the ones who could not eat all year round.
This was the greatest irony.
Qin Sancheng didn't want his child to stay in Qinjiagou like him, facing the yellow soil and facing the sky. He wouldn't be able to eat his fill even after a year of hard work.
"Huai Ru, Uncle will help you get it. You must be tired from the ride!〃
"Have you not eaten yet? I'll get your third aunt to cook an egg for you. We'll have fried pancakes for lunch today. Yesterday, I caught a fat rabbit in the field and was going to sell it in Tongzhou County. Since you're back, we'll have fried pancakes and stewed rabbits for lunch.”
"Third Uncle, there's no need. I brought rations. You must be starving after working all morning! I'll give you that cornbread, don't you mind."
"Life in the countryside is not good, and it's not much better in the city. I can barely earn 20 yuan a month. After my husband passed away, I raised three children and an old woman.”
Qin Huairu's husband had passed away.
The Qin family knew that in this era, transportation was inconvenient, and there was not much money in the countryside. Qin Huairu's brother was the only one who attended the funeral.
"Well,"
"I didn't expect the eldest son of the Jia family to pass away at such a young age. It's been hard on you, child. You're a widow at such a young age, and you still have to support three children and an old woman.”
In this era, it was common for mothers-in-law to make things difficult for their daughters-in-law.
He had even heard of his daughter-in-law committing suicide by jumping into the river or hanging herself.
Qin Huairu smiled but did not say anything.
It was better not to let her family know too much about the grievances of a small family. It would only increase her sadness.
Qin Huairu took out a corncake that was wrapped in white cloth and mixed with white flour from her backpack."Third Uncle, eat the cornbread first. Don't dislike it.”
"What's there to dislike if you can eat corncakes? If you can eat corncakes every day, even a god wouldn't exchange them.”After saying that, Qin Sancheng took a big bite of the corn pancake.
" It's fragrant. The cornflour is still the best. You don't know what we eat in the countryside. In the morning, we add some noodles to the wild vegetable soup. In the afternoon, we add wild vegetable pancakes. In the evening, we eat wild vegetable sweet potato soup."
"Sigh, when will these days end?”
Qin Huairu remained silent.
Her family's days were not good either. Fortunately, she was smart enough to trick Silly Zhu, this silly fellow, to help her raise the child. Awesome, Little Dang was raised fair and fat, and even she had enough milk to feed the locust flowers.
Qin Huairu's grandfather was still alive, so the Qin family had never been separated.
Firstly, Old Master Qin felt that a family should live together. Secondly, he was too poor and did not have the money to build a new house for his sons.
When Qin Huairu said that she would bring Jing Ru from Third Uncle's family into the city,
The Qin family started to explode.
Qin Huairu's mother wanted her to bring her younger brother to the city.
Second Aunt's family also made a ruckus. In the end, it was Old Master Qin who decided to let Qin Huairu take her cousin away. Qin Jingru.
In the old man's words, if he could take his granddaughter Jing Ru away today, and in a year or two, Jing Ru would take root in the city, he could also take away his other brothers and sisters from home. The old man's idea was very good. He did not know that life in the city was also very difficult.
Of course, if He Yuzhu could help,
The Qin family would definitely be able to live well in the city.
Unfortunately, would He Yuzhu help?
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