Rebirth and struggle for rural daughter-in-law

Chapter 12 First Income

Zhang Guilan was very angry in her heart and knew that this matter should not go on. After she said this today, she thought that the higher-ups would take action. The most difficult thing to do was the person who spread the rumors.

After a day of tossing around in the city, Zhang Guilan returned to her cold home and lay down on the bed. First, she boiled hot water, washed the big bones she bought, put them in a pot and simmered them over low heat. Chop the meat into stuffing, just wait until tomorrow to buy radishes and make buns.

At this time, the hot water was also boiling, and I filled the thermos bottle first, and then poured the rest into the basin and washed my face with cold water. Finally, I simply wiped my body and washed my feet.

After I got busy, it was almost eight o'clock, and my stomach was growling. I couldn't help but miss the modern instant noodles, which are convenient and easy, and instant noodles are quickly accepted by everyone. When the time comes, I will look for an opportunity to be an instant noodle agent for the entire provincial capital. , that will really make a lot of money.

Hearing someone knocking on the door in a daze, Zhang Guilan stepped on her slippers and got out of the bed. After opening the door, she saw Jiang Zhi who was at the opposite door, holding a bowl of vegetables with a steamed bun on it, steaming.

"Sister-in-law, are you hungry? I heard you came back. It's so late and there's nothing to eat. Let's take a bite first." Jiang Zhi was worried at first, but he was relieved when he saw that he was fine.

Zhang Guilan guessed what she was thinking, and said with a smile, "Then I won't be polite, I'm just feeling lazy."

Jiang Zhi smiled more and more comfortably, "Sister-in-law, go and eat while it's still hot. I'll just come and get the bowl tomorrow."

Zhang Guilan thanked her and went into the house with the food. Although she was very hungry, she resisted eating. She put the food in the kitchen for tomorrow morning and returned to bed. Although she didn't measure her weight for more than a month, but From the wide part of the clothes, it can be seen that I have lost a lot of weight.

This is the thing that puts her in the best mood. Every morning when she wakes up and washes her face, she feels much prettier when she looks at herself in the mirror. Lie down, she developed a bad habit in her last life, that is, sleeping in bed, and she couldn't fall asleep even wearing a piece of clothing on her body. Fortunately, she and Luo Ji are sleeping in separate rooms now, so there is no need to feel embarrassed.

**No dream, I am used to getting up with the radio every day**, although there is heating in the room, but the heating at this time is not like that of the [-]th century, the room is still so cold that it makes people shiver.

The best thing about the cold in the room is that you don't have to worry about wasting time when you put on clothes. Zhang Guilan, who is afraid of the cold, put on her clothes as quickly as possible, still wearing Luo Ji's cotton coat, and went out of the house directly.

After running a few laps as usual, almost all the people looking at the compound got up, and then went home.

Put the vegetables and steamed buns that Jiangzhi sent last night in a pot and heat them up, and at the same time took out the picked green beans. After breakfast, I went to the village with the green beans on my back. At this time, every village had The stone mill, Zhang Guilan bought the bean greens in the village, and she knew the people in the village. When she heard that a stone mill was going to be used, a woman led Zhang Guilan to the east of the village and helped Zhang Guilan grind it together. Speaking of side grinding, it took more than two hours to grind half a bag of mung beans.

The woman talking to Zhang Guilan is Liu Xiaolan, the daughter-in-law of the village head. The man works in a state-owned unit in the city. He works formally and only comes back every week on holiday. He usually lives in the staff dormitory, which saves two yuan a day. As for the fare, if there is a carriage going into the city, I will take the carriage back, and the fare will be saved.

Liu Xiaolan speaks rough and does things, but she is not like a rural person. She looks smaller than Luo, which makes people feel pity and pity. Zhang Guilan is embarrassed to help Zhang Guilan, so she packs some mung bean noodles for Liu Xiaolan. Liu Xiaolan is also welcome , asked Zhang Guilan to wait when passing by the door, and came out with two extra radishes in his hand.

"The ones grown at home are worthless, so my sister-in-law eats them." Without saying a word, Liu Xiaolan put the radishes into empty bags.

Zhang Guilan was thinking about buying radishes, and she also knew that every family in the countryside grows radishes. In autumn, they are pulled out from the ground and buried in the big pit dug out, and then buried with soil, so that when they want to eat it, the radishes are just like new ones. As if pulled out of the ground.

After returning to the forest area, Zhang Guilan was also sweating all over. Fortunately, it was not too late this time, so she did nothing when she got home. She washed herself first, and then exhaled.

Mung bean cake is very easy to make. Put the mung bean noodles in the steamer. After steaming, wait for the noodles to cool before kneading them into thin noodles. Put oil, honey and sugar in the noodles and knead them together. Rub the mung bean noodles with oil and make them dry. Or a softer taste depends on your preference, and then when pressed in the mold, then slowly pushed out, it becomes a mung bean cake.

Zhang Guilan was not in a hurry, humming a song while making mung bean cakes, and seeing that it was almost evening, Jiang Zhi came over to sit with the child in her arms, and Zhang Guilan gave Li Quan the mung bean cakes.

"Sister-in-law, I heard Accountant Song's family quarreling upstairs in the morning. It was quite fierce. I have been here for half a year, but this is the first time I heard that Accountant Song has the best temper. I don't know what's wrong."

Jiang Zhi never said that other people's family affairs were wrong, and he didn't treat Zhang Guilan as an outsider. After being together, she didn't even have a friend. It was rare to meet Zhang Guilan who didn't look down on her, and even thought of her as a friend. close people.

Zhang Guilan guessed what was going on as soon as she heard it, "If she doesn't straighten her mind, there will be more quarrels in the future."

Jiang Zhi put one hand under his son's chin to pick up the residue of mung bean cake, and said in false alarm, "Actually, Wang Li is not a bad person, but her mouth is bad, and her tongue still touches her teeth, not to mention that she lives in a courtyard. Look down and see up."

"We don't cause trouble, but we can't be bullied at will. Don't pay attention to them, just live our lives well." Zhang Guilan lived a new life and learned to be smart. Nothing is as beneficial as living a good life.

Jiang Zhi looked envious, "Sister-in-law, I envy you, you are all from the village, you just know more than me."

Zhang Guilan couldn't help but pursed her lips and smiled, Jiang Zhi said in a low voice, "Sister-in-law, you seem to have lost weight."

"Yeah, I've lost some weight." Outsiders can tell that she must have lost a lot of weight.

When I exchange the mung bean cake in my hand for money, I have to prepare some clothes for myself. Now the mung bean cake in the city costs one or five yuan per catty. She bought these mung bean honey and sugar for a total of nearly 25 yuan, removing the wear and tear. If you lose it, you can make 45 catties of mung bean cakes, which can be sold for 67 yuan per catty, or 40 yuan.

Zhang Guilan made a rough calculation and became more motivated.

"Sister-in-law, can I eat these?" Jiang Zhi realized that there were a lot of mung bean cakes.

"I always stay at home, I want to make something and sell it, and I can always get some money." Zhang Guilan didn't mean to hide it.

Doing business at this time will still be looked down upon by others, especially the family members of men will always be looked down upon.

Jiang Zhi was startled, but then recovered, "Sister-in-law is really capable."

But he didn't say much.

When sending Jiang Zhi away, Zhang Guilan brought back the mung bean cake that was packed in the bowl yesterday, but Jiang Zhi shy away embarrassedly and left with the mung bean cake.

Zhang Guilan worked for three full days before turning all the ground mung bean noodles into mung bean cakes. At this time, the packaging became a problem. Finally, she turned around at home and found a large stack of white paper in Luo Ji's room. Come, put it together with two baskets of mung bean cakes, Zhang Guilan is only waiting to enter the city the next day.

Now that she had free time, she shredded the radish, brought back the stuffing that was frozen on the balcony, fed it with big bone soup, made the dough again, and then rested.

With this time, she picked up the book she bought and flipped through it. Before going to bed, she found out the clothes she was going to wear tomorrow. In fact, she didn’t have many clothes, but they were all made of red wool, which seemed too rustic to her now. Well, it's Luo Ji's big gray-green cotton dress. Although it's ordinary, it's easy to wear, and it's better.

Anyway, I'm going out to sell things, and my figure doesn't look good in anything, so I might as well be generous.

Zhang Guilan went to the city early the next morning, and found the farmer's market according to memory. At first, she felt embarrassed, but when she let go of her voice, she no longer felt shy.

Someone came to ask that mung bean cakes only cost one yuan and five. Seeing hesitation, Zhang Guilan broke off a piece for the other party to taste. This way, the sales were quicker. The two baskets of mung bean cakes were sold out in a short time, claiming that they borrowed them from a nearby vegetable stall. Zhang Guilan left a catty of mung bean cake for the other party.

Zhang Guilan got on the bus with the money in her pocket, feeling warm in her heart. She has finally taken the first step in her new life.

(End of this chapter)