Second Marriage in the 1970s

"Black eggs, are the biscuits delicious?"

Round crackers, scallion flavor, in this age without waste oil, no flavor, biscuits baked with wheat flour and pure vegetable oil are simply not delicious. Dong Jiahui tasted it and found it very delicious.

The black egg sat next to Dong Jiahui, holding a biscuit in each hand, chewing it like a squirrel, and nodding obediently after hearing Dong Jiahui's question.

This kind of biscuit farmers are generally reluctant to buy it, six cents per catty,

I can buy a dozen eggs, but I can't fill my stomach.

The biscuits sold by the Rural Supply and Marketing Co., Ltd. are known as small round biscuits with chives flavor, salty biscuits in the shape of fingers, and a sweet fragrance sprinkled with sesame seeds.

There are iron boxes in high-end shopping malls in the city. Dong Jiahui even ate them when she was a child. She left iron boxes for storage at home to hold some odds and ends.

Dong Jiahui sat aside and looked at the black egg. Look carefully, the black egg is a very delicate and cute little boy. He is very cute when eating, but usually keeps his head down and doesn't like to talk, so it doesn't look like a love to laugh. The troubled Ying Bao is just cute.

"Black egg, do you like me?"

Suddenly asked about this, the black egg turned his head in surprise, looking at her with big eyes round and round, and after meeting Dong Jiahui's smiling gaze, he retracted like a frightened snail sticking out of its shell.

His reaction made Dong Jiahui feel a little funny and at the same time ashamed. Although she cared about the black eggs and Yingbao, she was also considered considerate, but this care and thoughtfulness did not come from her mother's position.

She has never been a mother, and she doesn't know how her mother loves her child with all her heart, so for the black egg who lacks maternal love, her heartache is more than she loves.

"Black egg, do you miss mother?"

She did not shy away from mentioning "mother" in front of the black egg, paying attention to the black egg's expression. For a four-year-old child, her mother was strange and familiar to the black egg.

The child's memory can stay for too short a time, and he has almost forgotten the appearance of his mother.

My aunt said that if she recognizes her new mother, her mother will not come back, she is here to grab her father.

Thinking of this, the black egg felt that the biscuits in his hand were not fragrant anymore.

The change in the black egg's eyes did not escape Dong Jiahui's eyes. She sighed in her heart and said softly to the black egg, "You think mom, right? Then I tell you, you have to study hard and wait for you to grow up and get admitted. After college, you can go to the city to find your mother."

"Black egg, I know you are a smart kid. Although you don't like to talk, you know everything in your heart. Since you don't want me to be your mother, then you will call me aunt, okay? I won't occupy my mother's position. , But I will care about you like my mother."

The black egg still held the biscuit and didn't speak, but somehow, he suddenly had the urge to cry, but like an adult, he resisted the tears from streaming down.

Many years later, Heidan grew into a handsome young man, and moved to live in the city with his father’s promotion. The classmates didn’t understand his family situation and marveled when he saw Dong Jiahui who gave him an umbrella on a rainy day. "Zhao Zhuojun, your mother looks too young, right!"

"And also very temperamental, like a movie star."

Zhao Zhuojun sat in his seat and concentrated on doing the test papers, and did not say anything to deny the students' words.

For so many years, although he has always called her "Aunt Hui" and has not changed her tongue, in his heart, he has long respected her as a mother.

Some people just gave themselves their lives, but their entire lives were vacant. Some people didn't say a word, but they gave themselves unparalleled maternal love.

*****

After the two waited for an hour in the supply and marketing agency, Zhao Donglin finally arrived late, and saw the pile of things next to Dong Jiahui's seat without saying anything, and moved directly outside the door.

"There is no place to put it, you have to tie it with a rope, otherwise you have no place to sit."

Dong Jiahui just wanted to say, then I'll go back, and when I heard the last sentence, I chose to shut up.

She has never been a person who likes to wrong her. Walking is too tired. If you have a car, you should choose to take a car. Although the road is uneven and your **** hurts, it is better than walking for an hour.

There is a very classic saying in the world I came from, that is, I would rather sit in a BMW car and cry than laugh behind a bicycle. As everyone knows, in this era, a two-eight-bar bicycle is comparable to the future BMW car.

All the way to home, it was just during the lunch break. The family members came back from the ground one after another. Seeing Dong Jiahui's big bags and small bags, Zheng Yuefen stared at the boss.

So many things, how much does it cost! This new sister-in-law is too capable.

"Stone, come, aunty bought a lot of food from the town."

Dong Jiahui had already given Yingbao the biscuits. She did not favor the other when the stone came back, and took out the stone's share.

Hearing something delicious, the stones ran over. The temperature has dropped these days, and he has caught a cold. Two caterpillar-like clear noses are sucking under his nose.

There are three children in the family. Heidan Yingbao takes a bath frequently. It looks clean and tidy. The stone bath is not diligent. People are more naughty than Heidan Yingbao. With the recent cold, he looks naturally sloppy.

When he walked to Dong Jiahui's side, the stone reached out and wanted to take it into the oil paper bag. Seeing his dirty little hand with no original skin color, Dong Jiahui hurriedly stopped.

"Stone, wait a minute and wash your hands before eating. You see that your hands are all mud, and you will eat it in your stomach. Aunt will take you to wash your hands, okay?"

Stone's gaze stayed on the biscuit. After Dong Jiahui finished speaking, he did not say good or bad, and followed Dong Jiahui's movements to the well.

"You see, the hands are very dirty, you have to wash them before you can eat."

The nasal mucus was about to fall, the stone sucked, and the green caterpillar was sucked into his nose.

"Oh, you have to wipe off your nose. It's not hygienic."

An adult in the seat, or an adult with a slight cleanliness, the cells of the whole body are about to explode after seeing this scene.

Zheng Yuefen stood aside and squinted. He wanted to say that Dong Jiahui was hypocritical, but the words went around her mouth, and finally she said, "Sister-in-law, you went to town to buy so much cloth today."

Dong Jiahui took a dry towel and wiped her hands on the stone, and replied, "Well, it's not cold. Heidan Yingbao doesn't have a few clothes to add to them, and the Chinese New Year will be in a few months. Now, I am going to make a winter coat for my parents to wear for the New Year."

She is new to the house, making clothes for her in-laws is considered filial, but it is worthwhile to spend some effort to make her in-laws happy.

Zheng Yuefen felt uncomfortable when she heard that Dong Jiahui said that she would make it for Black Egg Yingbao and her in-laws. Don’t think she didn’t know. Dong Jiahui was making her little sister-in-law's coat these days, a red-bottomed floral fabric. I heard that Dong Jiahui bought it in the city before getting married with her uncle.

"Sister-in-law, why didn't we count as a family of three? We stone also lack winter clothes."

Dong Jiahuichun said with a smile when she didn’t understand it, “Isn’t the stone taken care of by your mother? I’ve already honored you for your parents’ share. You said there are more than two months left before the Chinese New Year. I have to be ready. Little things are really powerless."

Just then Zhang Qiaoer came out of the house. She knew that the second daughter-in-law was about to fall ill again, so she stopped saying, "Okay, let's eat. I have reserved a ticket for you to make clothes, enough for you to use for the three. "

"Then I don't know how to make clothes, isn't my sister-in-law incidentally."

Dong Jiahui was speechless. Lovers wanted more than fabric and cotton. They also wanted to prepare them for her and serve them with both hands. She was not polite immediately and went straight back.

"I have been very busy recently. I'm afraid I don't have the time. I met a neighbor on the maiden's team on the street today. She asked me to make clothes for her. One piece of clothing costs two yuan."

Dong Jiahui’s work point on the team is six per day. Based on the team’s dividends before last year, a woman’s work point is one cent, and a man’s work point is three cents. This means that Dong Jiahui earns six cents a day and makes two yuan for clothes. Money and manual expenses are equivalent to the wages of three days of work. The key is that they are actually paid, and they are extra earned.

"Two dollars!"

Zheng Yuefen was so surprised that the sound was almost broken, and the others in the family were also quite surprised.

"That's great, you can come back early tomorrow if the warehouse is okay, don't let people run out of space."

It is a good thing for a daughter-in-law to earn money by craftsmanship. At the beginning of the sewing machine with Dong's family, it is said that half of the money was made by the daughter-in-law by helping others make clothes.

In terms of making money, everyone's attitudes have been in the same line from ancient times to the present, that is, the more the better, and no one is too much. This kind of earning by craftsmanship at home is definitely the best way to make money.

"Well, mom I know."

When Zheng Yuefen saw her mother-in-law talking to Dong Jiahui again, she put herself aside, and her heart became even more angry.

Don't think she only knows what Dong Jiahui said about it, or that means I collect money for other people's clothes, not for you in vain.

But for what reason, she does it for her in-laws, sister-in-law, or black egg Yingbao for no money, and there are three more people in the family together?

"Sister-in-law, look, what kind of money the family raised? The money earned by Donghe and I have been given to mom. Is it possible that mom will give you the money? Even if mom gives you the money, I am embarrassed to accept it, right?"

Dong Jiahui looked at Zheng Yuefen straight after hearing these words. She thought that Zheng Yuefen's ability was just a mess, but she didn't expect to know how to use her mother-in-law's knife to deal with herself. She couldn't help but admire her, and she felt a sense of coping with it.

"Brother sister, you really misunderstood what I meant. I mean, since they are paying, I have to do it first. You see, it’s not a few days before the New Year. I have to go to work during the day. I have two children from time to time. I have to take care of it too. How can I have time to fix the family’s clothes? The black egg Yingbao is my responsibility. I will not shirk it. My parents are also my filial piety. Even if my younger siblings help me, don’t blame me. on purpose."

Since you are so stubborn at me, then I'm not welcome. See who has a thick-skinned face and wants to press her head to drink water. Sorry, I really don't have this habit.

When Zheng Yuefen was poor and wanted to argue hard, Zhao Donghe said, "Well, I haven't seen you so much in previous years. If you find it troublesome, don't add clothes this year."

In the recent cold war with Zhao Donghe, Zheng Yuefen also saw her husband's arrogant temper. She really didn't dare to fight him, so she had to silence her mouth.

The lunch is cooked by Meixiang. Mapo tofu, dry pot cabbage, leek and egg soup, wild vegetable pancakes are all learned from Jiahui.

"Mixiang, your cooking skills are getting better and better now."

Dong Jiahui did not hesitate to praise, Meixiang smiled embarrassedly, and Zhang Qiao'er also nodded, "It's really better than before, so even if I marry you tomorrow, I won't worry that her husband's family will dislike you for cooking."

Zhang Qiaoer said this because she had just married into Zhao's family when she was young, and her mother-in-law thought that she could not cook. From that time on, the mother-in-law came to cook all the food at home and waited for her mother-in-law to return to the kitchen for a hundred years. inside.

Later, she discovered that the two daughters had followed her in the cooking field. Now it seems that her daughter is not lacking in talent, or that she, the mother, has not played a good lead role.

"Oh mom, what are you talking about, hurry up and eat."

Meixiang was only eighteen after the first year of the new year. In the countryside, not to mention finding someone, many people even get married. For example, the original owner Dong Jiahui married Lu Chengyuan at the age of eighteen.

"What's so embarrassing about this. Your brother didn't care about you when he got married this year. He will find you a husband's house after the New Year. Let's not worry, even if we choose one or two years."

Next year is 1976, and the digital gang will be disintegrated, and the college entrance examination will be resumed in 1977. In Dong Jiahui's view, the sister-in-law does not need to rush to marry. If she can be admitted to college, there will be no good men in the future!

Thinking of this, Dong Jiahui smiled and said, "A good girl like our Meixiang has to open her eyes and choose carefully. Marriage is a lifelong matter. Isn’t there a saying, marriage is a woman’s second reincarnation, and Meixiang is the first. If the tires are cast so well, the second child will naturally have to cast better."

Dong Jiahui held Meixiang and her husband's family with these words. The whole family was very happy to hear them except Zheng Yuefen, who was not pleasing to her.

"Your sister-in-law is right. Let's not worry, we must find you a good one."

Meixiang blushed and buried her head in the meal. She was embarrassed to see her. Others would inevitably laugh at her. Dong Jiahui was smiling while feeding Yingbao to eat rice, and accidentally confronted Zhao Donglin. The content in his eyes was rich and bright, Dong Jiahui's face Shang did not consciously climbed up blush.

The next day, Dong Jiahui went home from the warehouse, doing her clothes while waiting for Hearts to come. At more than nine o'clock, the voice of Hearts was finally heard outside the courtyard.

"Oh my god, I walked all the way, your house makes me easy to find."

On such a cold day, with Hearts going blushing and panting, Dong Jiahui hurriedly greeted her into the room, poured her a cup of warm water, and added a spoonful of brown sugar to the water.

Hongtao drank the brown sugar water and slowed over. Seeing Meixiang holding the child in the room, Hongtao smiled and said hello to Meixiang.

"Is this your girl?"

Dong Jiahui nodded, "Well, the youngest in the family, he is well-behaved and sensible."

It is not deliberately exaggerating my sister-in-law. Although she has only been with her for a few days, Dong Jiahui has already seen that Meixiang is a good girl, sensible and considerate. Although she is the youngest in the family, she does not have a spoiled and arrogant temperament. The three views are also very positive and positive. Because of this, Dong Jiahui felt that it would be a great loss for Mei Xiang to find someone to marry in a hurry. Such a good girl is suitable for a better life.

"You girl is pretty good-looking, did you say that she has it?"

Hongtao has a lively temperament, is a very social person, and is easy to make friends. He seems to be informal and straightforward, but he speaks and behaves appropriately. This kind of personality is very popular in the countryside. If you go to Daewoo Village to inquire Hearts, at least eight out of ten said she is not bad.

"No, she is still young. My family loves her and I want to stay for two more years."

As soon as Dong Jiahui heard this, she knew the meaning of Heart.

"Oh, I can’t stay longer if I love her. I have to cook a good meal earlier, otherwise I won’t be able to eat the hot meal. There is a little brother in my family, who is not bad in character and looks good with Meixiang. Gan Minger talks about it."

With a few words of effort, Heart's name for Mei Xiang has been changed from sister to name, and Dong Jiahui, a transgressive person, has to admire her communicative ability.

When the young girl heard that she had to blush on this kind of thing, Dong Jiahui relieved Mei Xiang, picked up Ying Bao, took the hearts to her house, and asked Mei Xiang to prepare lunch.

After entering the house, Hearts looked around and praised, "Your house is well cleaned."

Dong Jiahui smiled and put Yingbao on the sofa, took two biscuits from the cabinet to Yingbao, and let her sit and eat by herself.

"It's okay, it's very convenient to live anyway."

"It's better than mine. The furniture I got when I got married had long been obscured by my children."

"It's normal to have children at home."

Hongtao smiled while watching Yingbao eat the biscuit, took a piece of candy from her pocket and handed it to her. Don’t look at Yingbao, she never picks up anything given by others, but looks at Jiahui first and gets her consent. Just picked it up.

"You have to thank auntie for giving you candy."

Ying Bao looked at Hearts softly, and said gruffly, "Thank you auntie."

Women are born with no resistance to cute things. Hongtao smiled and hugged Yingbao into her arms, and said with a rare face, "You little girl is so good, even if it is not her own birth, it makes people feel distressed. I say so. Don't be upset, there are many people in our village who want to see you jokes."

Dong Jiahui sneered and asked pretendingly, "What kind of joke?"

"For example, if you don't live well at your in-laws' house, you have a bad affair with your stepson and stepdaughter, you know, people in the village start to make irresponsible remarks when they are idle."

Dong Jiahui was noncommittal and took the initiative to end the topic.

"I drew a few styles, which one do you like?"

Dong Jiahui's styles include stand-collar buttoned Tang suit styles, the popular Chinese tunic styles, military styles, and improved suit styles.

Hongtao took a closer look and pointed to the style of the last modified suit and said, "Just this, I made preparations to wear it for the New Year. This style is not worn by many people. I will definitely be eye-catching when I wear it."

Dong Jiahui nodded. In fact, this style has become popular in a few years.

"Yes, then I will give you two more sizes. Now that the cold weather is over, you will have to put a quilted jacket in it?"

"Yes, add it outside the padded jacket."

"Row."

With that, Dong Jiahui took out a measuring tape and measured the size for Dong Jiahui.

"When shall I come to get it."

"Three or five days."

"I'm not in a hurry, or if you do it, let someone bring me a message." After saying that, Heart replied and asked, "How much will you give this time?"

"Old price, you must give me a discount for my sister. When you look back, remember to introduce other guests to me."

Hongtao smiled and took out three yuan from his pocket. Two yuan was for clothes and the other yuan was for pants.

"Okay, I like to talk to refreshing people. I will give you money first, trust your craftsmanship, and I will introduce others to you later."