Qiao Mingjin searched every corner of the room, but only found fifteen copper coins.
It was the one she carried with her when she carried her daughter back to her parents' home that day, otherwise it would have been searched.
Qiao Mingjin has good embroidery skills. She can save some money every month just by relying on her embroidery skills. But she has always been a cold-blooded person and can't bear to hear Wu and her two sisters-in-law criticize her for hiding her private room.
money.
After finishing the embroidery work every month, sometimes I would give it to them to sell.
She could always bring in an income of several hundred yuan to the Yue family every month. So Wu didn't make it too difficult for her not to go to the fields and only do some work at home.
Sun's and Yu's parents were also poor. They could sew and mend, but they couldn't be expected to do some exquisite embroidery work and sell it for money.
If Wu wanted to make money, she had to rely on Qiao Mingjin's craftsmanship, and a few hundred pennies would be a supplement. The family only had a few acres of thin land, and they worked so hard all year round that they didn't have enough to eat or save food, so they just starved to death.
Sun and Yu also knew that their skills were inferior to others. Although they had a lot of complaints about Qiao Mingjin being able to live comfortably at home without having to go to the fields and raising children instead of digging for food in the fields, they did not dare to say it out in front of Mrs. Wu.
If their children want to eat well, they have to rely on Qiao Mingjin's subsidy of several hundred yuan a month.
This actually allowed Qiao Mingjin to live a relatively relaxed life for a few years.
So Qiao Mingjin didn't have any coins in her hands, so she used them to buy tranquility.
Sometimes Wu wouldn't let her go to the market. Most of the time Wu would take the embroidery work she had done and take Yue Xiaoman, who was dressed up, to exchange money, and then come back in exchange for some rice and noodles.
Qiao Mingjin couldn't bear to argue with them about these things and just wanted to live a quiet life with her daughter.
Her daughter is a bit timid and can't live without her. No one has helped her since her daughter was born. Even when she goes to the kitchen to cook, her daughter is always wrapped up and placed on two long benches joined together.
If she went to the fields, she would have to take her daughter with her. If she was not careful, her daughter might fall into a ditch and die like that time when she first learned to walk.
The dozen copper coins in this purse were secretly given to her by her grandmother when she returned to her parents' home last time, saying that they wanted her mother and daughter to buy some good food.
Qiao Mingjin thought of her grandmother, and felt in a daze again...
Her mother gave birth to five children. The eldest brother Qiao Mingjue is seventeen years old this year. Like her father, he passed the scholar exam and stopped taking the exam. The family really does not have the money to support the father and son in their studies. The eldest sister Qiao Mingyu is fifteen years old.
After Qiao Mingjin got married, he succeeded her and has been running the house. The nine-year-old brother Qiao Mingheng and the younger sister Qiao Mingqi are twins. They are lively, cute and sensible. They helped their mother in the fields at a young age.
She didn't know where her father, Qiao Jingkun, was from. She only knew that he took his grandmother to live in front of her mother's house, and was given a bowl of hot soup and rice by her mother. Later, she was taken in by Yunjia Village, where her grandfather's family was, and she took him with her.
I settled down with my grandmother in Yunjia Village.
Later, my mother married my father.
She had always thought that her grandmother was the best grandmother in the world. Not only was she good-looking, she was also literate and could draw. She could also play chess with her father. Her embroidery patterns looked as if they were alive, and her embroidery work was also done extremely well.
good.
She has been very popular with her grandmother since she was a child. She has been raised by her side since she was a child, and she never let her mother take her to the fields. She only does embroidery at home, and she was taught to read from an early age.
Even her youngest sister Ming Qi has to go to the ground.
She thought that her grandmother must really like her. Not only because she looks the most like her grandmother, but also has the same temperament. She has also been the most obedient to her grandmother since she was a child...
That time, my grandmother saw her mother and daughter looking like they didn't have enough to eat, so she hugged her and cried, and before leaving, she secretly stuffed her with a dozen copper coins...
In addition to these dozen copper plates, she also had a pair of silver bracelets, which were given to her as a dowry by her grandmother. However, her daughter was sick twice, so she pawned them both times. There was also a jade pendant of excellent quality, which could be seen as a dowry.
Grandma's favorite thing. Qiao Mingjin took it out and touched it when she missed her parents' family, and was never willing to pawn it...
Qiao Mingjin now holds these fifteen copper coins, feeling sour in her heart.
She wanted to leave this home and raise her daughter alone, which she couldn't do with just a dozen copper coins.
My mother's family...can't be a drag on my mother's family.
The eldest brother and eldest sister are also at the age where they want to get married. Her father is also weak and sometimes he has to spend some money to take some medicine...
Qiao Mingjin sat on the bed in a daze holding her purse. Xiao Wan'er saw that her mother had been ignoring her, she pursed her lips and climbed onto the bed by the bed pillar, slowly crawled from the end of the bed to the head of the bed and curled up next to her mother.
Qiao Mingjin saw her daughter curled up beside her, feeling a pain in her heart like a needle pricking her body.
It is absolutely impossible to work with her as a husband. Leave Xiao Wan'er at Yue's house...
Who would treat her sincerely?
But I only have a dozen copper coins, so returning to my parents’ home is a drag. The world is so big, I don’t know where I’m going...
Qiao Mingjin's eyes were sore, and she felt a sense of powerlessness in her heart. Being a single mother in her previous life was extremely difficult, but here it was actually a little bit harder.
Xiao Wan'er saw that her mother was just looking at her blankly. She raised her head and looked at her mother with tears in her eyes. When she found that her mother was not coaxing her, she called out aggrievedly: "Mom..."
The crystal tears rolled down on the long eyelashes.
Qiao Mingjin felt heartbroken when she saw it. He quickly picked her up and hugged her, wiped her daughter, and said, "Mom is here." She hugged her daughter tightly, and her eyes gradually became firm.
At the end of the year, Lao Yuetou, Yue Laoer, and Yue Laosi came back with hoes and farm tools. There was not much work in the fields now. In the morning, Lao Yuetou took his two sons to the fields, and Mrs. Wu took several daughters-in-law.
I manage it at home. I raise more than a dozen chickens and two pigs. I also have three vegetable plots in the backyard, which I also need to weed and apply some fertilizer.
After lunch, Mrs. Wu would go to the fields with her two daughters-in-law. Yue Xiaoman never went there. He only cooked at home with Qiao Mingjin and visited a few nieces and nephews.
Qiao Mingjin also helped with lunch. After the meal, Qiao Mingjin was called to the main room by Yue Xiaoman to eat.
When Qiao Mingjin brought her daughter over, everyone else was already sitting around the table. Including the four children in the family, there were a total of twelve people. There was no room for one table, so they divided them into two tables. The three daughters-in-law each had their own seats.
He led his children to sit on another small table, while the others sat on the big table.
The old man saw her walking in and said, "Are you feeling better?"
Before Qiao Mingjin could reply, he said again: "Sit down and eat, it will get cold in a while." After saying that, he picked up the bowl and started eating the rice.
Several people at the table saw Lao Yuetou starting to eat, and they all picked up their bowls. Only Yue Laosi smiled at her.
This was the first time in so many days that Qiao Mingjin saw two brothers, Lao Yuetou and Yue Laosan.
Yue Laotou is not very old, he is only forty-five years old this year, but he looks a few years older. He looks like an honest farmer. Yue Laoer and Yue Laosi look more like Lao Yue, the brothers.
His face was dark, but Yue Lao Er's eyes were more alert, while Yue Lao Si's was more dull and honest.
Qiao Mingjin took Wan'er's hand and went to the small table, hugged Wan'er and placed her on the bench, while she sat next to her.
There is a bowl of porridge in front of everyone on the table. Most of the porridge is dried sweet potatoes. There is only a large plate of large and thick winter melon cubes on the table, which are boiled with water. Maybe it is because there are four children in the family.
It's a bit pulpy, add a plate of salty radish strips, and there's nothing else.
Qiao Mingjin saw her daughter protecting her bowl with her two little hands, and her eyes glancing at her cousins. She thought that her daughter was over three years old and should be trained to eat by herself. But now she would see her sitting on a long table.
There was only one head exposed on the stool, so it was a bit difficult for her to eat by herself. Let's wait until she thinks about making the stool higher.
Then he took a spoon and fed it to his daughter's mouth.
Over there, Mrs. Sun and Mrs. Yu were also feeding their own children. Mrs. Yu was doing well, with just a three-year-old Beishu, but Mrs. Sun had two children, one sitting on the left and one on the right. She fed this
He had to feed that person again, and he couldn't take care of it.
Seeing Mr. Yu picking up the winter melon on the plate very quickly, he felt a little anxious, so his four-year-old daughter Linglong said: "Scoop and eat it yourself! Can't you know how to use a spoon?"
Linglong was only half a year older than Wan'er. Although she was four years old, the stool she was sitting on was not much higher than the table. Seeing that her mother was only focused on feeding her brother, she pursed her lips in grievance and turned to her mother.
After several looks, her mother still ignored her, so she took a spoon and started eating.
She had short hands, so she put the spoon into the plate with winter melon. After scooping out several times, she couldn't get the pieces of winter melon. The little girl almost cried.
Qiao Mingjin smiled at her and used chopsticks to help her put a few pieces into her spoon. The little girl said to Qiao Mingjin with a milky voice, "Thank you, third aunt."
Mrs. Sun also smiled at Qiao Mingjin and said, "It's better for you, Mrs. Jin. I only have one child, so I'm in a hurry. Wan'er is so well-behaved. If the eldest one is a daughter, I won't have to worry so much."
Qiao Mingjin looked at Sun's nervous son. Linglong started eating by herself at the age of four. Her six-year-old brother Donggen still wanted to feed Sun one bite at a time and wipe his mouth from time to time. Donggen sat on the bench.
She also looked like her butt was stuck with a needle. She was twisting and turning and almost fell down several times. Ms. Sun was so busy that she couldn't even think about eating.
Mrs. Sun saw that he was twisting hard, so she scolded him: "Be careful where you sit! If you fall like Aunt Xiang, you will have to stay in bed for several days, and you will have to spend money to see a doctor and buy medicine for you!"
Qiao Mingjin just pretended not to hear and fed her daughter while eating.
Mrs. Yu looked at Qiao Mingjin, but she also knew that this third sister-in-law had always been taciturn. If she expected her to have a quarrel with Ms. Sun, she would not be able to watch the show nearby. She also lowered her head and concentrated on feeding her son. On the other side
Then he quickly put vegetables into his and his son's bowls...
