Rebirth of a chartered wife

Chapter 10 Room
The sounds in the yard outside have become much quieter, and the oil lamps in the house have become dimmer. Xu Chunhua greeted the sisters outside the door and said that the hot water was ready.

The two sisters hurried out. Fu Manhai had already put the water at their door and left with another bucket.

The two sisters worked together to carry the water back to the room and start cleaning it up. After cleaning up, they carried the dirty water to the door. Later, Fu Dad or Fu Manhai took it out and poured it out.

After the two of them went to the kitchen to finish washing up, Fu's mother was already inviting them to go out to the public toilet together.

There are no toilets in old-fashioned courtyards like theirs.

After all the fuss, the yard was already quiet.

Fu Yunlai said good night to his parents and returned to the room. He climbed onto the bed where the sound of crumbling straw could be heard. Lying on the rice husk pillow which also made the same sound of crumbling straw, Fu Yunlai slowly closed his eyes.

When Fu Yunlai woke up the next morning, the whole house was quiet.

Today is not Sunday. Not to mention the Fu family, most people in the whole yard are at work.

The yard where the Fuji family is located is actually a family compound belonging to a textile factory. Nine out of ten households living here are workers in the textile factory, and everyone goes to and from get off work at the same time.

At this time, workers are all focused on production. When the factory is busy, not to mention Sundays, they can even work overtime overnight.

The textile factory is fine. Although there are many people in the factory, there is not enough material. The commuting time has always been relatively fixed.

As for the Qianjin Shoe Factory where Fu Yunlai is located, I heard that it was even busier than the Hongqi Textile Factory some time ago.

But I have enough materials recently, and it has been more than three months, and I only have one day off a month.

Good luck comes at the right time, so naturally there is no rest.

With a slight "squeak" sound, Fu Yunlai stretched comfortably before getting up.

After packing up and coming out, she saw Liu Xiumei sitting at the door alone, tying up the soles of her shoes while guarding her grandchildren who were playing in the yard.

Hearing the sound of Fu Yunlai opening the door, Liu Xiumei looked up at her little daughter and said with a smile: "Lai Lai, wake up!"

Fuyun came and greeted: "Mom!"

He turned around and glanced at the house again, but did not see Xu Chunhua's figure, and asked: "Where is the second sister-in-law? Have you gone out for something?"

"Her parents' family has something going on recently, so she went back early in the morning. Come and have dinner quickly!" After Liu Xiumei greeted her daughter, she raised her voice and called her two children.

Children get hungry quickly. Although they had eaten with the adults in the morning, they can now have another bite with their little aunt.

Fu Yunlai was already used to this. While feeding the two little ones, he also fed himself.

When she went to clear away the dishes, Liu Xiumei had already taken her two grandsons and was getting ready to go out, greeted by other people in the yard.

Before leaving, she asked: "Are you here to find Lan Lan? The soap factory shouldn't be closed today. You can go out later."

"I want to go!" Fu Yunlai nodded and told her mother her plan for today: "Mom, I will go to the state-owned hotel with Lan Lan at noon and won't come back for dinner."

"Go ahead, go ahead. Do you have any tickets in your pocket?" After Liu Xiumei finished speaking, she took food stamps and meat stamps from her pocket and gave them to her younger daughter without her daughter answering.

Then, without waiting for her daughter to react, she hurried out the door under a series of urgings from other people in the yard.

Fu Yunlai shook his head in a funny way, looking at half a kilogram of meat stamps in his hand. He guessed that this was all his family's supply for a month!

Once this vote is given to her, it is estimated that her father and the others will not be able to get involved with meat in this month.

Except for Fu Yunlai, everyone in the Fujian family does not eat in the factory canteen because they are close to home.But Fu Yunlai also understood her mother, because she was so lucky to get this job only because of the timely notification from her friends.

To this end, Lin Lan even mobilized her relatives and friends, and finally got the opportunity to sign up for the shoe factory where her friend's aunt's house was located, less than a few hours after she posted a job recruitment post after get off work.

Otherwise, how could she stay in the city safely during this critical period when she was about to graduate from high school and countless educated young people had to go to the countryside?

Fu Yunlai was not in a hurry to go out. After confirming that her mother would never come back, she immediately closed the door.

Before entering the room, Fu Yunlai first checked outside his second brother's room, knocked on the door and opened it, making sure it was empty before returning to the room.

After returning to the room, Fu Yunlai took a careful look at the space in the room and saw a room that was not too bright.

The old-fashioned canopy bed against the wall occupies about one-third of the area. I heard that it was part of her mother's dowry when she got married.

It was her grandfather who took his son to build it bit by bit.

This can even be said to be her uncle’s first work!
But because it was used for too long, the color of the logs became a little dull, and it looked like it was dirty.

Fu Yunlai tried digging with his hands when the weather was humid, and he seemed to be able to dig out the dirt.

Moreover, no matter how hard you wipe it, it will have no effect.

Hanging on the bed frame is a mosquito net with the same dark color. Not only is the fabric obviously much stronger, it also looks particularly rough.

In addition, there are several large and small patches within the visible range of the mosquito net.

There are also patches upon patches...

There was even... a large piece cut out from a snakeskin bag.

But unfortunately, it is the whitest color among the entire mosquito net, including these patches.

There were two quilts on the large bed. Compared to her sister who kept them neatly, Fuyun's was simply a mess.

Thinking that this bed would probably be the only space available for her later, Fu Yunlai quickly packed it up.

The temperature was not low this season, so Fu Yunlai covered her with a single layer of winter quilt, folded it and placed it on top of a pillow also made of gray fabric.

Pat it gently and it will make a slight sound.

Those were pillows made for the two sisters by her grandfather who felt sorry for her and specially brought wheat husks from the countryside.

The mat made of reeds was also brought by Grandpa Fu from the village. Even the mat underneath was made of straw. New straw came out every year, so Grandpa Fu and his grandson drove an ox cart to deliver it here for nearly a day one way.

There is a partition under the bed, which is made of woven bamboo strips. In my memory, this house was divided into their family, and this body’s grandparents brought it from the countryside on an ox cart.

On top of the compartment are some winter shoes and some sundries.

The floor in the house is made of compacted soil. There is not much space left in the whole room except for the bed. I usually come in and out a lot, and the mud floor I walk on is extremely smooth, but there are always some small bumps in some places. Unfair.

There was a large multi-layered cabinet at the foot of the bed some distance from the wall. This was where the sisters kept their small things.

On the top of the cabinet were a small round mirror with a wire frame, two wooden combs, and two boxes of used clam oil.

There was also a bottle of cream that had not been used much, and a large teapot with the words "Serve the People" written on it.

(End of this chapter)