Dressed Like a Pretty Daughter-in-law From the 1970s

Chapter 16 Listen to Auntie

Many things are hidden in people's subconscious. An Zhixia has read this novel. Although she didn't think of the plot at the moment, she could subconsciously seek advantages and avoid disadvantages.

She took a deep breath and mustered up the courage to continue recalling.

The eldest son suddenly fell into a deep sleep forever. The walls of the house were tightly closed sadly, and they were busy with burial arrangements. When he recovered, he discovered that his sensible second daughter, who had been hiding her discomfort for several days, actually convulsed in front of him. By the time he carried her all the way to the hospital, she couldn't be saved.

He didn't dare to be confused anymore and put all his energy on his only little girl. But he also needed to work in the fields to earn work points and could not keep an eye on her all the time, so he entrusted the child to several old gentlemen who lived in the cowshed.

 Not long after, the child was stolen in the yard. Some people watched a stranger leave on a bicycle carrying a sack and didn't think much about it at the time. After the child was gone and Fang Yuan went door-to-door asking for the child, he pieced together the truth.

In this era, there is no surveillance, and real-name registration is not required when purchasing tickets. The hope of finding the child is extremely slim.

Thinking of those three well-behaved and sensible children, who ended up losing both of them, she couldn't help but sigh. Although they were just the boss's background, they did exist in front of her. An Zhixia couldn't live her own life selfishly without taking some action even though she knew they were in trouble.

"Why are you in a daze?" An Zhiqiu washed his hands. Seeing that the girl was dazed, he poured a few drops of warm water on her face and said with a smile: "I'll go out and find someone to set up the stove. You go back to the house and have a rest. Maybe we can It can be used at night.”

An Zhixia obediently entered the house and rummaged out the cashmere thread. Decades ago, the winter in Xiahua Country did not experience the cumulative greenhouse effect. In a rural area deep in the mountains, the wind was as cold as an ice knife, and it was bone-chilling.

Although the brothers and sisters put on cotton-padded clothes stuffed with duck down, they still couldn't stand standing outdoors for a long time. Besides, taking off cotton-padded clothes was a bit of a stretch, so she planned to knit a few cashmere sweaters and cashmere pants.

 Cashmere fabric is not afraid of wrinkles, is comfortable to wear, slimming and warm, and is the favorite of future generations.

She first knitted it for her brother who traveled a lot, and chose a versatile black color. She squinted her eyes and calculated the number of stitches needed for each part of her brother's body, and knitted it using the simplest stitching method.

Anyone who has been in college knows that girls get together and have a lot of free time, and they especially like to get together and make handicrafts in line with the trend. At that time, after the popularity of gloves and scarves, there was a sweater trend, and everyone had to wear a beautiful sweater in bright colors such as red, turmeric, pea green, haze blue, etc.

 The entire spring campus is filled with this silly youthful wantonness.

Her wrists and fingers cooperated quite tacitly, counting the needles in her mind and waving the stick and needles. By the time the men in the yard started making a fuss, the cashmere sweater was already **** wide.

"... Just build a stove next to the kitchen, put mud walls on the other three sides, and install wooden doors..." An Zhiqiu gestured with the three men, handed each of them a cigarette to light the fire, and scratched his head in embarrassment. Question: "Three comrades, how long will it take to build it?"

A man took a deep drag on his cigarette and exhaled it slowly, "As for the stove, the three of us brothers can fix it for you in two or three hours. The three mud walls are a bit troublesome, and it's not good to freeze in the cold weather now." You have to dig the soil, pound it, and dry it, but there are several families who are planning to build houses in the spring, so I should be able to give you a few mud bricks."

Nie Yichang folded his arms and listened for a while, then said with a smile: "With all the people in the yard here, our girl will be able to use the new stove before night. No need to thank her much. We just divided the meat yesterday and let my girl use it." The whole meal is delicious, which is better than anything else.”

An Zhiqiu was not polite. He thanked them verbally and asked for information about those families. Then he asked them to set up the stove first and then came to say hello to Zhixia and go out.

An Zhixia quickly poured water and put some brown sugar in it. She also put aside the **** slices and took them out, letting them each drink a bowl to warm themselves up and work.

 After her brother went out, she went back to the house to knit cashmere sweaters.

Within half an hour, a group of men pulled several carts of mud bricks to the door, followed by a few dolls. After unloading the bricks, there were not that many bowls at home, and hot water was not supplied, so An Zhixia simply asked her brother to grab a handful of fruit candies for each of them as a reward.

An Zhiqiu paid five yuan for the adobe bricks and sent the person away. Three more children and a tall, thin and handsome man appeared in the yard.

"Zhixia, take the children into the house to warm up, and come out to cook later." He pushed the three children towards An Zhixia, and the men stood in the open space next to the kitchen and gestured.

Fang Yuan nodded to An Zhixia and said in a low voice: "The children are too young and are a little noisy. We are troublesome for Xiao An, an educated youth."

An Zhixia waved her hands repeatedly, not daring to look at him, and said with a smile: "They are very well-behaved."

Fang Yuan touched the heads of the three children and said, "You must listen to Aunt An."

 The three children nodded with smiles and followed An Zhixia into the house.

Although their clothes were shabby and ill-fitting, they were well-starched, but their hands and faces were severely red and swollen with frostbite. She herself suffered from severe frostbite. When she lay on the warm kang at night, the painful and itchy feeling was excruciating.

 The ointment for treating chilblains in the supermarket is quite effective, but within a week, most of it has gone away.

 So she couldn't bear it, so she mixed two basins of slightly scalding hot water and asked them to soak their hands and feet together. The gauze they had cut earlier was still there, and she applied hot compresses to their faces.

Children squinted their eyes in comfort while hissing in unbearable pain due to the heat fumigating chilblains.

"It will feel better after soaking for a while and applying ointment." An Zhixia smiled and stuffed a White Rabbit toffee into each of their mouths. "This year you will recover from the frostbite. As long as you pay more attention next year, you won't suffer again. "

The three children looked at her with obvious joy and intimacy. Qi Yunlan couldn't help but say: "I didn't expect that Xiao An, an educated youth, is quite patient with the children. Those who didn't know it thought they were their own children."

As soon as these words came out, the room immediately became quiet.

The children lost their mother when they were very young and have experienced many things. They are the most sensitive. At this moment, they lowered their heads to prevent others from seeing their red eyes.

Chen Sike sneered: "Some people just like to meddle in other people's business and like to do evil when they cooperate with others. She is the only one who is kind-hearted. She doesn't know how to avoid suspicion. If the wives and mothers-in-law outside see it, she will really think that someone Some people are rushing to be stepmothers..."

Before she finished speaking, An Zhixia took two steps over and slapped her hard twice in the face.

 (End of this chapter)