From them, Evelyn Qin learned that Aunt Wang and her husband favored boys over girls, and that they gave birth to three daughters before they had a son.
It is said that the eldest daughter married a cripple in the underground shelter in exchange for their survival. When they reached the surface, they were penniless, so the elder found a fool for the second daughter. Fortunately, this fool did not hit anyone, and looked quite normal. He was strong and able to work, and smiled all day long. The second daughter even brought the fool back home and treated him as a proper in-law.
The younger daughter works in a barber shop and is said to be not very serious.
What's even more improper is that at the beginning Aunt Wang found a bartender for her younger daughter. However, it was not easy for anyone to open an entertainment club at that time, and they did not earn the money of the poor people in the shantytown. The requirements for hostesses and waitresses were not low. Aunt Wang's younger daughter was just pretty and did not meet the requirements, but she sent her to the hair salon with a curse, hoping that she would catch a rich husband.
The two families used to live across from each other on the basement level. Aunt Li knew everything about their family. She could see that Aunt Wang wanted to recommend Evelyn Qin to the entertainment club because she was pretty so that she could earn the agency fee!
When Qin Huijun came back, she immediately started whispering to her. Qin Huijun's expression was very ugly and she coldly retorted to Aunt Wang several times.
Aunt Wang said embarrassedly, mocking the Qin family for being so picky even though they couldn't even afford 007 sweet potatoes.
"If you ask me, you shouldn't save your daughter. What's the point of saving a little girl who loses money? Nathaniel Qin, you are so pitiful. Your sister has spent all the money you have for marrying a wife. You are going to be a bachelor forever."
Qin Huijun, a lady from a wealthy family and a refined lady, almost got into a fight with her in the street.
Seeing that she had angered everyone, Aunt Wang dared not say anything more and went into the shed.
When it was getting dark, the youngest daughter of the Wang family came back. There was a bang bang bang sound from next door and Aunt Wang's voice loudly commanding her daughter. It was so hot in the tent that the temperature didn't go down even with the curtains open. It was impossible to sleep.
Fortunately, although it stinks like a garbage mountain, there are no flies or mosquitoes.
Evelyn Qin simply sat at the door to enjoy the cool air, and saw Aunt Wang's house next door cleaning out a pile of garbage.
Their family rented two sheds, Aunt Wang and her husband lived in one, and her fifteen-year-old son lived in another. He stood outside and watched his sister busying herself with washing and scrubbing for him. He was impatient and asked her why she was so slow and that he was going to sleep. Aunt Wang and her husband actually thought he was right and asked Wang Qiuer if she had found a rich boyfriend.
Evelyn Qin was very angry and couldn't help but feel lucky that he had traveled into the Qin family. Compared to him, Nathaniel Qin was simply a little angel.
If she remembered correctly, when she went out with Nathaniel Qin to pick up stones during the day, Aunt Wang's son was hiding in the tent and taking a nap.
He has time to sleep and doesn't even bother to clean up his doghouse.
The Li family next door was also awake. They couldn't sleep at all because of the noise. Li Maisui sighed, "Qiu'er is still too soft-hearted. Even if she gets married, she will still be controlled by her in-laws."
Aunt Li also shook her head. "I don't know what she's thinking. She gives all the money she earns from the barber shop to her mother every month. She finally comes back and is responsible for the hygiene of the whole family. If it were me, I would have torn this place up long ago. Mai Sui, you can't learn from her. And what decent people can be found there? You can just look around the farm to see if there's anyone reliable. The people who can enter your Xingsheng Farm have good prospects. Find someone with good character and then look at his mother..."
"Mom, what nonsense are you talking about!" Li Maisui said angrily.
"What's there to be embarrassed about? You have to be picky when you go to the market to buy vegetables." Aunt Li turned to Evelyn Qin and said, "Wanwan, you came from a big city and have a wide range of experience. Am I right?"
She thought that Evelyn Qin must have a deep understanding of this aspect because of the lessons she learned from her biological father.
As expected, Evelyn Qin said, "Indeed, marriage must be carefully considered. The most fearful thing is that you will be hurt when you divorce, and the most fearful thing is that you will marry someone with bad character who will scheme against you and drive you out of the house. Aunt Li's selection criteria are very good. From ancient times to the present, people have always emphasized matching up with each other and knowing each other's background. Although other people may also find good ones, the probability is too small."
Qin Huijun looked at Evelyn Qin in surprise. She didn't expect that she could see so clearly.
But thinking that all this originated from her ex-husband, Qin Huijun felt a surge of hatred in her heart, both towards Jiang Chuwen and herself.
"Sister Mai Sui, don't be shy. Love is a matter between two people, but marriage is a matter between two families. If someone treats you well but his family makes you miserable, you should be more cautious and see if he stands by you or always wrongs you and gives in to his family unconditionally."
The light was dim before, so Aunt Li didn't notice it, but Evelyn Qin noticed that Li Maisui's expression was a little strange.
Seeing herself say this, she fell even more silent.
"Could it be that I was right?" Evelyn Qin thought to herself. However, when it comes to love affairs, it's best for outsiders not to interfere. She could only give her some advice to see if she could figure it out.
The two families chatted for a while, and then it got completely dark. The noise next door finally died down, and it wasn't so hot, so Evelyn Qin went back to sleep.
It was just dawn the next day when she suddenly heard someone shouting to empty the toilet. Qin Huijun was probably too tired to wake up, but she, on the other hand, had earth-related abilities that allowed her to absorb the earth's energy to replenish herself. Although she got tired easily, she recovered quickly. She climbed down from the bed quietly, picked up the toilet at the corner of the bed, lifted the curtain and walked over.
"Evening."
"Mom, I'm going to empty the toilet, you can sleep for a while."
Qin Huijun responded.
Evelyn Qin walked out of the door and suddenly remembered a friend who had talked about low-rent housing. She complained that the poor did not enjoy the official welfare, and that families with several houses were shamelessly occupying them. She also said that low-rent housing should not have toilets. She smiled. In the shantytowns, not only did you have to empty your own toilet, but even the water supply was limited.
She went to empty the toilet without changing her expression. When she came back, she saw Wang Qiuer carrying the toilet with both hands. Her face was dark and blue, as if she had not slept well.
Yes, she could still hear the sounds of washing and scrubbing in the second half of the night.
Li Maisui was pouring some water to flush the toilet, and then pouring the dirty water into a small pond not far away.
Evelyn Qin: "...."
She thought about it, flushed the toilet, then ran to the trash can and poured it into the manure truck again.
Wang Qiuer also flushed the toilet into the pond. Evelyn Qin sighed secretly, it seemed that it had become a habit.
When she entered the tent, Wang Qiuer left with a small bag on her back. This time she came as a nanny to do a thorough cleaning for her family.
Li Maisui also left in the morning, also carrying a bag that was bulging, probably filled with a lot of pickles.
Aunt Li is very good at making pickles, and she even stir-fryes them with oil. As for Aunt Wang’s, she buys them from outside and adds chili peppers, which are rare nowadays.
There was peace for the next half month. Qin Huijun got used to the difficulty of opening up new land and was eager to try to open more land. Evelyn Qin's health had also improved a little, so he planned to find a job in the city.
Clearing the land was too hard, and she couldn't stop Qin Huijun, but without her help in picking up stones, Qin Huijun wouldn't be able to clear more land.
"How about I take a leave and go with you?" Qin Huijun was a little worried.
Evelyn Qin said, "Mom, have you forgotten that I came here from the capital alone, and I am still safe? Don't underestimate me."
Qin Huijun thought about it and finally agreed. She took out something and handed it to her, "This is your ID card. I helped you get it. Take it. Many places in the city require ID cards."
I gave her another fifty cents.
Evelyn Qin took it and listened to her chattering, "Don't take advantage of the fact that you were safe last time and go down the side road. Be careful. The management in Yunshan City is still very strict. Just look at the main road. There will be uniformed patrols back and forth. If there is a problem, just shout loudly. Don't sympathize with the elderly and children. Let them go to the police. You have to remember that you are also a vulnerable group..."
"Mom, I know."
How could she not understand that what Qin Huijun said made sense?
It was the time of post-disaster reconstruction and everything was very irregular. Looking back now, Evelyn Qin couldn't help but be glad that the original owner was smart and cautious enough to dress herself up as a poor boy who was in rags and wandering around outside, and was willing to spend more money and choose government-operated transportation. Otherwise, even if she was as thin as a bamboo pole, she would still be targeted.
There are definitely many people who are crazy about pursuing thinness as the perverted old man that the original owner's father fawned over, and she is a girl.
Evelyn Qin looked at his ID card carefully, and it was almost the same as before the apocalypse.
The Sc*mbag father didn't even remember this happening, and the stepmother knew about it but kept dragging her feet and not letting her get it done. The original owner simply took out the page from her household registration booklet to buy the ticket, and luckily it worked.
She took her ID card and money and walked towards the city center. The first thing she saw was a very wide road with trees planted on both sides. It was originally for greening, but it looked weird as if they were cast from the same mold.
It feels like clones or twins.
Yunshan City is called a city but it is not very big and not very prosperous. It has a feeling similar to the 1950s and 1960s seen in documentaries. There are many three- or four-story houses that are almost identical, with the tallest being no more than six stories high. Looking up further, there is a circle of material very similar to tents, isolating the ruins that have not yet been cleared.
As Evelyn Qin walked along, the already thin vitality became even thinner. That's right, this place was originally a ruin. Outside the city, which was cleaner, were the former rural areas or deep mountains and old forests, where the vitality was a little bit stronger. She learned from Zhang Gong that the government was very cautious and would not approve commercial land. All of them were contracted out for farms. They could not tolerate any destruction or waste.
So smart rich people would open stores in the city, but would settle their families on farms outside the city.
From this perspective, their shantytowns are quite popular.
At this time, some breakfast shops have opened. There are not many of them, not like before when there were five or six shops on one street. But even from a distance, Evelyn Qin's nose can already smell all kinds of rich aromas.
There are some artificial foods like 007, which are purely for the purpose of filling your stomach. There are also some that are very pleasing to the nose, like the artificial meat and instant noodles before the end of the world. Not to mention the taste, the aroma is definitely enough to make people unable to walk.
Nowadays, those who dare to start a food business all carefully select the raw materials, and each one is more delicious than the other.
These aromas awakened Evelyn Qin's extremely distant memories. They were no longer those delicacies from land and sea that were more complicated than the last, but rather down-to-earth, ordinary food that seemed plain but very warm. It was like an ordinary person's morning when he was too lazy to cook, so he took some money and walked a few steps downstairs to see the strong smell of fireworks, steamed dumplings, rice rolls, hot dry noodles, fried dough sticks and pancakes... He seemed to be able to recall some sounds and pictures in his ears. People who were in a hurry to go to work or school just took some and ate while walking. There were leisurely old men and women who sat on chairs, eating while chatting with familiar or unfamiliar people... Her eyes were sore and she took several deep breaths.
There will be noodles and there will be rice.
The cruel apocalypse is over, and sooner or later she will be able to eat normal, natural, green and healthy food!
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