The place where the Yue family is located is called Shanghe Village.
Because there is a river running through the village, it was first called Changhe Village, where the Yue family lived.
Later, more and more people with other surnames lived there, gradually forming villages with mixed surnames. They were gradually divided into the upper and lower reaches of the river, so later there were two larger villages, Shanghe and Xiahe.
Although there are many mixed surnames in Shanghe Village, Yue is still the common surname in the village.
Decades ago, there was a scholar named Yue in Shanghe Village who won the Jinshi Scholarship and went to work as an official in another place. When he left, he paid for a well to be dug in the village and built a well platform, which made it easier for the villagers in Shanghe Village to have water. The scholar surnamed Yue
Jinshi also won the support of the villagers.
On weekdays, when villagers in Shanghe want water, they go to that well to fetch water. That well produces water all year round and never runs dry. It is very convenient for the villagers to use water.
Now Qiao Mingjin took her daughter to this well.
The area is quite spacious, with a depth of twenty feet. Except for the well in the middle, the edges are smoothed with stone slabs and paved around the well. The outside is surrounded by stones, leaving only a few water outlets and a
Spacious doorway for entry and exit.
The stone foundation is not high, just slightly higher than an adult's knee and half an arm's width.
There are also two pools surrounded on both sides of the stone foundation for the villagers to wash large clothes and various grains, sweet potatoes, taro and other items on a daily basis.
In addition to the stone pool piled with stones, there were also two small houses built with stones that were as tall as an adult. The upper ones were open-air and had no roof. They were usually used by people who came back from work to bathe and cleanse themselves at the well. Later, it gradually became a
Bathing room for the villagers.
Most of the men in the village would come to take a shower in the bathing room of the well in the evening. But most of the men would be at the edge of the well, pouring water on themselves, and pouring a few buckets of water on themselves would be enough to keep them clean.
Now, the two enclosures have become dressing rooms.
Later in the night, the two enclosed rooms became bathing rooms exclusively for girls and wives.
There were not many girls who came out to wash. Most of them were married young daughters-in-law who came out with their sisters-in-law or were brought here by their husbands.
There were also half-grown girls who went to the well to bathe in groups, but they did not dare to come alone. Someone had to keep watch in case a man suddenly appeared.
Therefore, this well is extremely convenient for everyone in Shanghe Village.
The name of the Yue clan member has always been remembered by people in the village.
It was already high in the sun when Qiao Mingjin led her daughter to the well, and now there was no one around the well.
Women in the village usually go to the well to wash their clothes at dawn, trying to catch the sun so that they can dry their clothes. After washing their clothes, they return home and feed their livestock, and then they hurried to the fields again.
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At this time, most of the women who will appear at the well are those women who are called lazy women.
Qiao Mingjin breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that there was no one at the well. She was not used to talking to people she didn't know well.
Qiao Mingjin sat on the platform with her daughter in her arms. Seeing her sitting down obediently, she chose a place to put down the wooden basin in her hand. She took the gourd and gourd aside and walked to the well to pick up the common pot.
The wooden bucket brings water to the well.
Although Qiao Mingjin had memories of using wooden buckets to draw water from a three-foot-round well, she still felt uneasy.
Grasp the rope and slowly extend the barrel into the well. When it touches the water, shake the rope with both hands, and the barrel will swing left and right. At this time, taking advantage of the large swing of the barrel, put the barrel into the water.
With one click, the barrel sank in and was filled with water.
Qiao Mingjin grabbed the rope, exchanged hands with each other, and pulled the rope up little by little.
After carrying the bucket up, the person was a little out of breath.
My head is still a little dizzy and my stomach is very hungry.
Qiao Mingjin had just calmed down when she heard her daughter's worried voice behind her: "Mom!"
"Hey." Qiao Mingjin responded and turned around to look.
The daughter had already stood up on the stone platform and looked towards her.
Then she smiled and said, "Mom, it's okay. Just sit there obediently and don't come this way. It's slipping this way."
Watching her daughter nodding her head, she picked up water and poured it into the basin again.
After doing this three times, the water in the tub will be full.
Qiao Mingjin began to rub her clothes.
There are no soap beans or other things in the Yue family, so we use plant ash to wash clothes. Fortunately, the clothes are all made of homespun cloth, so we don’t have to worry about rubbing them too hard. We don’t have to worry about them turning gray or yellow, and we don’t expect to have any fragrance after washing.
Something like that. It would be nice if it can be washed clean.
Xiao Wan'er sat on the stone platform and watched her mother washing clothes there. She slowly got off the stone platform and walked to Qiao Mingjin's side with her feet in hand.
Qiao Mingjin saw her squatting by the basin and imitating him, rubbing and beating her little hands constantly, so he smiled and let her go.
He helped her to roll up her sleeves and said, "Don't make your clothes warm, otherwise I'll have to wash one more piece."
Xiao Wan'er smiled and nodded at her mother, then buried her little hands in the wooden basin and started rubbing them. The little person squatted on the edge of the wooden basin, which was only a little higher than the wooden basin.
Qiao Danjin didn't expect her to help. How much strength can a child have? If the child wants to stay by her side, just let her stay.
The mother and daughter were talking and laughing while washing. Halfway through washing, Mrs. Yu also came.
As soon as he came, he looked around and said, "Oh, why is there no one at the well today?"
Qiao Mingjin glanced at her, nodded and said nothing.
Mrs. Yu may have felt that this was not correct, so she added, "No, I mean, why didn't anyone else come to wash clothes today? It's not too late."
As he spoke, he walked to Qiao Mingjin and put down the wooden basin.
He glanced at Xiao Wan'er and said: "Oh, Xiao Wan'er also helps your mother wash clothes? It's really rare for someone to be so capable at such a young age. I just thought that I could give birth to a daughter so that I could help with some work. My family
Beishu is a skinny boy, and I don’t know where he is now. He is so well-behaved like Wan’er.”
Qiao Mingjin didn't say anything after hearing this.
Of the three daughters-in-law of the Yue family, she is the only one who has not given birth to a son. Qiao Mingjin is the only one who has not given birth to a son. Both the Yu family and the Sun family are proud of having given birth to grandsons for the Yue family. They stand straight in front of her. She will not really think that she is like this.
What my grandma said is true.
Seeing that Qiao Mingjin didn't answer, Mrs. Yu took the wooden bucket next to her and fetched water.
Qiao Mingjin only washed her and Wan'er's mother and daughter's clothes, and soon the clothes were finished.
Mrs. Yu started to talk to her while washing. Seeing Qiao Mingjin getting up to get water to clean her clothes, she grabbed a large portion from the basin and threw it in front of Qiao Mingjin. She said: "Sister-in-law, please wash these too. I have already helped
I have been washing clothes with you for many days. Now that you are ready, you can help me wash them together. This is really a bit much."
Qiao Mingjin glanced at the pile of clothes, grabbed Lao Yue's head, Wu's and Yue Xiaoman's and put them into his basin, and pushed the others back.
Yuushi said: "From now on, I will only wash our family's clothes, my parents and my fifth sister. You can each wash the rest. There is no reason for me to wash your men's clothes too."
Yu was stunned there.
I have been washing them for several years, so why are you saying now that she and my second sister-in-law’s men’s clothes are not washed?
Don't the three sisters-in-law usually take turns doing the laundry? When she was lying on the bed, didn't she also help her man wash the clothes?
Mrs. Yu was a little confused and a little angry. She grabbed the clothes on the stone floor and threw them into her wooden basin. She didn't say anything and just rubbed her head vigorously.
Qiao Mingjin ignored her and just wanted to wash up as soon as possible and go home to rest. She was so hungry that she was twitching and her head was a little dizzy.
Qiao Mingjin quickly washed the clothes in her basin, told Mrs. Yu and took her daughter home. Mrs. Yu didn't answer her, and Qiao Mingjin didn't care either.
When the mother and daughter were about to walk to the door of their home, they saw a group of children shopping around a shopkeeper. There were also several young wives and girls from the village who were also shopping around.
Several people greeted Qiao Mingjin when they saw him.
Qiao Mingjin also nodded towards them. She was feeling uncomfortable at the moment and had no intention of talking to them.
But she didn't know that the people in the village were sympathizing with her. Seeing that her face was not good, they didn't talk to her. She just thought that she was in a bad mood when she learned that her husband was getting a bride.
Qiao Mingjin pulled her daughter, who kept looking at the vendor's stall, toward home.
Isn't it that she can't see the desire in her daughter's eyes? Which child is not gluttonous?
It’s just that she doesn’t have a single coin on her at the moment. If she did, she couldn’t just buy it so that her daughter could eat it alone. Even if she bought it, she wouldn’t get it into her daughter’s mouth, and she would have to complain about hiding her private money.
After Qiao Mingjin left, the young wives started biting their ears.
"It's really pitiful. She is so good-looking. She should have enjoyed a blessed life. I didn't expect that just a few months after we got married, Yue Laosan went to the battlefield. I thought she would definitely die. I pity her for raising a daughter alone. I didn't expect that she would be alone with a daughter. I thought she would die.
Yue Laosan is back again. I was just about to say that she got the reward after all the hardships, but I never thought that this man is unlucky!"
"I heard that Yue Laosan is not the one he wants to marry. It's because his mother is greedy for other people's dowry."
"Humph, Yue Laosan is ruthless too! Who can force him with the job he has now? If he doesn't nod, how dare his mother carry him home? Who will he worship after he is brought back?"
"That's right. That's why I said that Yue Laosan is not a thing. That Wan'er is such a sensible child. You see, my son is almost lying on the peddler's load, and that Wan'er actually doesn't make a fuss. If that
If a woman gets married and gives birth to a son for Yue Laosan, the mother and daughter will be even more pitiful..."
Qiao Mingjin didn't know anything about these words.
She went home and hung up her clothes, then went into her room and took a rest on the bed. Thinking of how her daughter had turned back every step just now, she felt sour and unbearable. Then she searched the room for her money...
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