S1 » Ch 3 » Children's of Park family ~

No one could blame Park Jieun, because everyone’s life is too difficult.

In the past ten years, the movement of “Study Agriculture from D” has been carried out in rural areas all over the country. Rural areas eat big pots of rice. Every farmer is a member of the community and has to participate in labor to earn work points.

Each production team sets its own work points. Ten work points for doing work for a day, and the approved work points per day were different for each person of different gender and age.

This was an era of rebuilding. The land was barren, productivity was low, and the population was large, so the brigades had to pay for the work after collecting the grain. Only after the work is delivered can the remaining grain be distributed according to the approved work points of each member.

A young wife like Park Jieun can’t do much heavy work, so she will only be paid six or seven worth of work points a day. This is because Daegu village relies on the mountain to draw water. In addition to grain, there are also some mountain goods, fish and shrimp, water chestnuts, etc. that can be exchanged with supply and marketing cooperatives every year.

The most important point is that, at the end of the year, the work points will be deducted from the money for rations, and the rest will go to each person, so every family was living in a tight situation, not to mention eating eggs and meat, it is not easy to eat enough food.

The three hens in the family can lay three eggs a day. The Park family conditions were not bad, and they didn’t sell the eggs for money. In addition to the confinement wife and young children, the family can also occasionally eat eggs and have a large and sumptuous meal.

But the Park family has more than a dozen mouths. Three eggs a day must not be enough. That's why, Park Jieun remembers that she ate eggs a few months ago.

She also knows that from the days when her sister-in-law was saved from jumping into the river, Mother-in-law secretly gave Taehyung a lot of food, be it eggs, white flour, brown sugar. Her treatment towards him was like taking care of a person who was in confinement.

Park Jieun has thoughts in her heart, but she is not stupid. She cannot show them in front of the family. At most, she could go back to their room to talk to her husband, so she doesn’t look much different from usual.

The three daughters-in-law of the Park family are not bad in character. The eldest daughter-in-law Park Seokjin and the third daughter-in-law Park Jiyang were sisters at her mother’s house. They are generous and know how to give in. As for Park Jieun, she is neither big nor small in her mother’s house. The children in the middle are most likely to be ignored by their parents. In addition, the conditions in her mother’s house are not good. She had lived a hard life as a child, starving and suffering from a cold. Therefore, she was more concerned about gains and losses, and she cared more about what to eat and wear.

After Taehyung’s health improved, he helped out at home every day with household chores, washing clothes, cooking, feeding the chickens, and organizing the vegetable patch.

That day, the second nephew came home with a blue nose and a swollen face. There was a big cut on his clothes, and the cotton inside was falling out. Park Jieun looked at it and was furious. His jacket was newly made for the Korean New Year. He had only been wearing it for more than a month, but it was messed up by Changyu⁷!”

She took a rolling pin from the kitchen with a black face and chased after Changyu⁷ to beat him up.

“You stinky boy, you were born to collect debts. If I don’t beat you for a day, you feel itchy, right? See if I don’t break your legs!”

Changyu⁷ was seven years old. It is the age where a child hates to stand still. How could he stand obediently waiting for his mother to beat him up? His two legs ran faster than a rabbit. He ran out of the far door in a blink of an eye and made a face at his mother before he left.

Park Jieun patted her chest to catch her breath. She pointed at the Changyu⁷ fiercely and said, “Wait for me, smelly boy. If you have the ability, do not come back today. If you come back, I will let your father smoke you.”

“The holes are too big, and I’m afraid it won’t look good when sewn up.”

If the clothes are broken, you can find another piece of cloth to patch them up. If you have such a big hole, and it is not in a straight line, It is equivalent to pulling a small piece of cloth down.

A few sisters took Changyu⁷’s clothes and said it was difficult to sew. With this one, it was even more difficult to sew. It is a pity that these new clothes were broken. These days, it is not easy to get a piece of cloth.

Not to mention that each person only has a cloth ticket of 5 feet per year. This cloth ticket is only enough for adults to sew a suit of clothes and trousers. There can be some clothes left for children, but in spring, summer, autumn and winter, they wear long sleeves in spring and autumn, short sleeves in summer and cotton-padded jackets in winter. What can this cloth that measures five feet do?

In addition to cloth tickets, it also costs money to buy cloth. This year, the Park family only made a new cotton-padded jacket for six children, and none of the adults in the family wanted to buy clothes.

She thought that spring would soon begin in the new year. The cotton-padded clothes should be put away for at most two or three months. As long as the clothes are not broken, they can continue to wear them for next year’s new year.

Even if it becomes smaller for their body, it can be transferred to the younger sister in law, so it is not wasted at all.

It was a good plan. The new clothes could be patched in the blink of an eye. No wonder Park Jieun’s face looked terrible.

When Park Jieun frowned and was at a loss, Taehyung came over with a smile.

“Second sister-in-law, why don’t you let me try.”

“You?”

Park Jieun looked at Taehyung suspiciously, and the other sisters-in-law looked at each other.

“You can mend it?”

Park Jieun was a bit unconvinced, when she married into the Park family, Taehyung was still in his maidhood. He was not very talkative. Until Taehyung married Lee’s family at the age of eighteen, he never revealed his needlework skills.

“There should be no problem. If my sister-in-law believes in me, then let me try.”

Park Jieun handed the clothes to Taehyung with confidence, and after handing them out, she was unsure and explained, “Don’t try to be a hero if you can’t, I’ll spend money to find a tailor in town.”

She gave Taehyung a warning eyes like ‘do not spoil the clothes’.

“I know, sister-in-law, don’t worry.”

Taehyung heard Park Jieun’s words and did not get angry, since he opened his mouth, he naturally had full assurance.

His grandmother was from Seong san, and it is said that she used to be in a very prestigious family in Seong san, but her family had fallen and fled to the countryside to marry her grandfather during the chaotic times, and her grandmother had a very good hand in Seong embroidery, and she taught this skill to Taehyung.

Taehyung took Changyu⁷’s clothes back to his room. which was originally a miscellaneous room for the family to pile up miscellaneous things. This room was originally a utility room where things were piled up at home. After Taehyung came back, Park Sooyoung asked the family to clean it up and made a bed board for him to make a small bed.

His parents were both highly educated and his family was considered middle class, and he is the only omega son of the family, so he is said to have been spoiled by his family since childhood.

But people have to learn to adapt to their environment no matter what kind of environment they are in, and this is the case with the living environment in this era. To have a bed to sleep in and a place to shelter from the wind and rain is already a great blessing.

When Taehyung came out with the clothes, everyone was shocked.

“Hey? I really can’t see it. Taehyung, when did you have these crafts?”

Not only was the hole sewn up, but there was no trace of it. If you didn’t know where it was broken in advance, you may not be able to find it if you don’t look for it carefully.

“It’s not much of a craft, but I’ve been thinking about it when I’m not doing anything.”

Taehyung faintly changed the subject, but the Park family did not think much of it. They all thought it was a skill he learned after marrying the Lee family.

“This skill is more than enough to be a tailor.”

These days, craftsmen are very popular. There are tailors at the cloth sales counter of the supply and marketing agency, who can help make clothes and sew and repair people’s clothes. According to everyone, even if you send this dress to the tailor, the mending effect is not necessarily better than that of Taehyung.

“Taehyung, your sewing skills are progressing fast. I remember when I asked you to mend socks, you couldn’t do it well.”

Park Jiyang, the third sister-in-law, was quick to speak. When she said this, she knew it was wrong. She hurried to see Taehyung’s expression for fear of stimulating him.

Before Taehyung got married, he couldn’t even sew a button neatly. Now he is so good at it. So how did he improve so quickly?

“It’s okay, it’s over, I’m not upset at all.”

Seeing the cautious eyes of the crowd, Taehyung smiled and made his attitude clear, but everyone did not believe that he was really not sad anymore, they just thought he was forcing a smile.

Park Sooyoung averted her eyes. She wanted to cry when she thought of her son’s suffering in the Lee family.

“All right, since the clothes have been mended, let’s eat.”

She concealed it in the corner of her eye, Park Sooyoung asked everyone to eat, a simple cornflour lump soup. A lump was added together with salty vegetables, making it salty and very appetizing. Even the smallest Jaemin ate a small bowl.

“Where is Changyu⁷? It’s already dark and he has still not come back?”

Park Jongsuk drank two big bowls of lumpy soup before he realized that his eldest son, Changyu⁷ was not at home.

“Why do you care about him? Are you afraid that he is hungry? “

Because the clothes are mended, Park Jieun’s heart has been half angry, but Changyu⁷ has always been naughty, and he has done a lot of wrong things. Even his mother didn’t have much patience.

“There’s a bowl of soup left in the kitchen. Tell him to eat it, when he comes back.”

Park Sooyoung knocked on the table and gave an explanation. Every meal at home had the right amount. The number of people at the table was roughly estimated at how much each person ate to ensure that no one went hungry. Changyu⁷ was still not home at mealtime, and he can’t miss a bite of his food. These days, no one has any leftover food, so where else can you go to fill your stomach if you don’t come back for dinner?

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[A/n: I have shown the family matters of 80's timeline. Hope you don't have any complications regarding this!? If you still got some thoughts, you can ask me about it..]

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