Check In System In The 70s

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The news if there are matchmakers who come to Kiki's house is spread in the village. Not to make the turmoil subside, but this even attracted the attention of some housewives in the village.

How not, the candidates called by the average matchmaker are factory workers. These are candidates that rural girls really want. Who wouldn't want to marry someone who works in the city?

After marriage they only need to live a colorful life in the city, without the need to touch the dirty soil in the fields and rice fields.

But Kiki rejected it for no apparent reason.So soon these aunts made Kiki a topic of conversation when they gathered to make soap.

The one who was most saddened here was Yang Guiha, because Kiki had also once rejected her good son. Though his son had become a better person, and now he also got a job in the City, plus the two had a kinship relationship from skin to skin.

These things alone had made his son more than worthy to join hands with Kiki.

The conversation continued, until Kiki came into the room.

Kiki doesn't work in these small soap factories, but she'll come to check every quality of her soap produced. If the quality of the soap is not up to standard, then the soap cannot be sold.

This work will not be counted with work points, which will be counted every 3 months just like the villagers who work in this soap making factory.

Initially, the villagers did not know why to do such a quality, but then Kiki explained, this also concerns the income of entering the village for the long term.

If a customer feels the quality is getting lower every time they send, then they may rethink to make the next order. That way, isn't the loser still their village as well?

So, Kiki is in charge of checking the quality to fit the standard.

But today when Kiki walked in, some Aunties immediately pulled him to speak.

"Last afternoon I still saw Grandma Li from the next village come to your house what suddenly as a matchmaker?" aunt Hong said with a curious face.

"Grandmother Li? I don't know who it is, but this afternoon it did come to my house, but I refused," Kiki said lightly.

"Well, this is already a matchmaker who I know but you still refuse. Does this still work in the city?" said another aunt.

"Yes he said so anyway," Kiki answered frankly. Kiki could not lie about the situation she was in at the moment, as almost everyone witnessed some matchmakers coming to her house.

"Good girl Kiki, no offense, but auntie wants to ask, what are the criteria of the couple you want? The average proffered person is a capable person and also has good character but still rejected as well?" aunt Hong said again, while Yang Guiha immediately sharpened her ears to get this information.

Who knows, Fang Xionan can change some things to attract the attention of Kiki.

"Auntie, I don't know, but I'm happy right now. Aunty knows what the salary of the workers in the factory is at the moment?" ask Kiki who asked Auntie Hong.

"Hem, I heard it's eight hundred, not to mention the perks and tickets. We in the village probably only get that kind of money at harvest time right?"

Some Aunties also said the number was so large for those villagers. With such a big salary, they do not have to worry about what to eat next month.

Kiki smiled and said, "Auntie, Rp 800 is already big enough, but this money must be given to the mother to be arranged in another family. Just think about how much of the rest he could hold back then?"

What is clear, in rural life, the female in-laws have absolutely no right to hold money from the husband himself. sometimes the wives never even get a penny from the husband because everything is left to the mother-in-law to take care of.

This was just Kiki's thought but some of the Aunties who came along spoke quietly again. They are now mother-in-laws but used to be a daughter-in-law at home.

So they understood what Kiki meant.

 But Aunt Hong did not want to lose, she said, "The money a son makes is not naturally managed by his own mother. Sometimes the daughter-in-law is not good at managing finances, so it is better left to her mother-in-law. But this is not a big deal right if a daughter-in-law wants something, just ask her in-laws. Everything's like that."

Kiki could not drive away the village thought speaker. He also can not force people to understand him, but so, he must explain the problem first so that people do not mistake.

"That's what I meant, Auntie. Ask the village secretary how much I got this month? That's Rp500 okay, uh this doesn't include the booking I got myself." said Kiki who boasted to herself.

"What's? You get Rp500 from the village for soap making?" Soon the aunts were stirring again and could not believe what they heard.

However, that was not an excuse for Kiki to reject someone else's proposal.

Well, now I have money equal to the salary in the factory. I also got a delivery from home. Basically, I'm not short of money at all. The question is, why should I give what I earn based on a marriage? I will never even see a penny because everything is managed by the mother-in-law" Kiki said in her arrogant tone.

These words were indeed true, but most mothers-in-law would never be pleased with such a statement.

He immediately added the words that are very encouraging, "If I want to eat should ask the mother-in-law, if you want clothes should also ask the mother-in-law, while not necessarily given. If it is given, it must be homelinized first. That is my own money. Instead of being complicated, rather than being hurt, it is better not to marry, live alone, and be happy with what I produce now" Kiki said again

"Money is everything. If I had the money, there would be a man who would enter my house to become a son-in-law. Ah, aunt, I went inside first huh, our conversation will never get to where," said Kiki who immediately got up from her seat and went to the special kitchen.

He did not want to linger in this place with those old-fashioned minded people.

But secretly ever since, the villagers question Kiki's strange thinking. Only, the young girls who heard such ideology began to open their minds.

Especially in winter, Kiki actually wears thick clothes that are so striking.She walks in the thick snow .There is a padded jacket with fine fur that ensures the body of the user can be warm all the time.

This is what is called life.

 Just compare it to the girls who had been working at home all day, but they could only get a diluted porridge in the corner of the room.

This happens because some families put men first and forbid women to sit at the same dining table as men. And the best food in the house belongs to the men, while the women only get the rest.

Like San Mio walking with firewood on her back. San Mio is a 14-year-old girl and already has a fiancee, just waiting for her age is enough, then she will get married. He used to think marriage was everything, but when Kiki's ideology spread in the village, he began to rethink the way life is lived today.

"Sister, look at how thick her clothes are, and she doesn't seem to be as cold as us" said her younger sister who looked at Kiki with envious eyes.

Kiki is unaware that she is currently the talk of two sisters who painstakingly carry firewood on their backs. Even though on this thick snow, people have difficulty walking especially by carrying weights on their backs.

"Mila, he's got his own money, and he's enjoying it himself. So it's only natural that he buys such expensive clothes, right?" san Mio said slowly but just like her little sister of course she was envious of what Kiki had.

"Sister, but we also work, brother. In winters like this, we still have to look for firewood. How hard that is. We should also wake up earlier than chickens and sleep later than dogs. But what food do we get at home?" replied his little sister who seemed to be complaining about her own fate.

"Sister, why is the fate of women so sad? Just look at the older brother who did nothing at home, he got the best food and the best clothes. He even went to school. But those of us who have earned points in the field work hard to do homework, even get nothing," added his sister again.

San Mio did not answer her sister's question, but she also wanted to ask why women could live so low.

 Why could?

"But fortunately, Brother will get married next year, maybe then Brother's life will change for the better" continued his sister again, which made San Mio feel sad.

He used to think that way too, but after Kiki came up with his ideology, San Mio started asking about his own future. Life after marriage, no better when compared to his current life. At that time she still had to serve her mother-in-law as well as her husband's relatives well. He would also never see a penny in the hand.

In addition to the work that must be spent in a lifetime, there is still an even more terrible task: giving birth to a fat white boy. It would be fine if she could give birth to a boy, but what if she gave birth to a daughter?

There was a village girl who was married to a neighboring village and she gave birth to two daughters in a row. In the end he and his daughter are living harder than servants. The two daughters she gave birth to were also emaciated and could not eat enough, but had been employed at home like adults. His biological father also turned a blind eye to such suffering.

How sad it is to be born a woman. The daughter that San Mio was going to give birth to would also definitely have the same fate as the one she was currently experiencing. Is such a life a happy life?

It seems like the definition of happy for a woman and the definition of happy for a man are very different.

This is true, right?

Unknowingly, these two sisters walked in Kiki's footsteps. Only after Kiki turned around did she greet them kindly.

"Hello, Miss San. Cold weather like this, still looking for firewood, is it?" ask Kiki with concern. although she rarely interacted with the villagers but Kiki could still find out the names of the girls present in this village because she honestly felt amazed by how diligent they were and how steadfast they were facing life that's so hard.

"Hem, the barn's still enough, but I'm afraid the wood isn't enough before winter's over. So we still have to bring a pinch of firewood every day" San Mio said shyly.

She and her sister accidentally followed Kiki just walking along the groove without thinking at all.

"Oh, is that it, right? It's so cold. You guys wanna go inside to warm yourself up for a second?" kiki said slowly.

Kiki's deteriorating reputation every day makes kiki considered a person who is not good for relationships. Kiki was ready to accept the rejection, but she did not expect that these two sisters nodded their heads.

"Sister Kiki, thank you" said San Mila with eyelashes that were already white due to the snow.

Soon Kiki opened the door and let these two sisters into the house. Instead of being in the living room, she brought the two into her own room where there was a warmer kang bed.

Kiki stared at the two sisters from toe to toe. In the cold, bone-chilling weather, they were both wearing thin jackets that might have been worn for years.

this jacket could not even cover their already taller body shape compared to years ago.

Kiki couldn't help but be grateful for the condition she had at the moment when compared to the two girls in front of her.