It was already dark outside, and the kerosene lamp was lit in the room. Wang Xiufen was sewing and mending clothes on the kang. Winter was coming soon, so it was time to take out the cotton-padded jackets, take them out, wash them, and sew and mend them.
Seeing Hua Zhenniu come back, Wang Xiufen continued her work and asked naturally: "What does dad want you for?"
"Let's talk about the affairs of the eldest brother's family." Hua Zhenniu said naturally: "If the eldest brother is like this, it's time for his three sons to get wives, and the family has no money. In the future, we brothers will have to help each other."
"It should be." Wang Xiufen said.
But she didn't believe it at all. Shouldn't the whole family stay to discuss this kind of thing? How could she just tell him?
Hua Zhenniu also discovered this loophole and made up for it: "Dad, please discuss it with me first. After we have discussed it, we will tell everyone when the cat winter comes."
This seems to be true. If there is any big matter that needs someone to discuss, the first person Huashan would look for would definitely be Hua Zhenniu.
But Wang Xiufen still didn't believe it.
But she didn't make a sound, and after sewing for a while, she suddenly said "ouch".
"What's wrong?" Hua Zhenniu asked.
"I met Sister-in-law Liu today. She kept talking to me for a long time. I didn't react at the time, but now I suddenly remembered that I hadn't returned the eggs I borrowed from her before! That's when I came!"
Hua Zhenniu is young, only 30 this year. They have been married for many years and have a son and a daughter, both of whom are still children. They are spoiled by their children. Whenever one of their children has a headache or fever, they give them delicious food.
There is nothing delicious in the countryside, except for eggs.
When autumn came, both of them caught colds. In order to comfort the children, they ate a lot of eggs. They ran out of eggs at home, so they borrowed some from an acquaintance.
The Huashan family is not popular, but Wang Xiufen has been married to the village for more than 10 years and has a few "best friends" who can talk and borrow money.
"We don't have any eggs now," Hua Zhenniu said.
In late autumn, chickens stop laying eggs.
"She even complimented me during the day, saying that the wheat in the team this year was delicious, but there was too little, and it wouldn't even be enough to make a meal of dumplings during the Chinese New Year." Wang Xiufen said, "This is because she wanted me to use the wheat as compensation."
The production team also grows wheat, but the yield is low and it is not a mission grain, so it is grown in small quantities. Each family can get a few kilograms or ten kilograms a year, so they can make dumplings.
Otherwise, they can’t even eat dumplings in a place where wheat is not grown because they have no money or tickets to buy noodles in the city!
"Then use wheat as payment." Hua Zhenniu said.
The Huashan family is shameless and can't pick it up even if they want to, but Huazhenniu likes Wang Xiufen to get along better with the villagers, so she wants to borrow an egg and there is room for it.
So he won't default on this kind of thing, otherwise there will definitely be no next time.
Wang Xiufen discussed with him how much wheat to pay back, then got up and went to the kitchen to weigh it, got dressed, and left with the basin.
"Master, it's too dark outside to see clearly. The pig pen will be repaired during the day tomorrow. You go to bed first, I might have to chat with Sister-in-law Liu for a while." Wang Xiufen said before going out.
"Yeah." Hua Zhenniu responded, took off his clothes and lay down.
Wang Xiufen quickly went to Sister-in-law Liu's house.
During the day, she actually heard the implication of Sister-in-law Liu's words, but she just pretended to be dumbfounded and pretended that she didn't react. She just thought that she might be able to use it...
When we arrived at Sister-in-law Liu's house, we returned the eggs with white flour. Sister-in-law Liu's family was indeed very happy. They didn't have children to get used to, and if they didn't lack eggs, they just needed white noodles.
Wang Xiufen sat at her house for another 10 minutes, chatting and eating for a while. Seeing that she was about to go to bed, she left with a wink.
After leaving Liu's yard, she looked at the sky outside. It was cloudy today with no stars or moon. It was almost impossible to see her fingers. Only the occasional lights from several houses gave her a rough guide.
Wang Xiufen groped her way towards Hua Zhao's house, falling down twice on the way.