The Clever Wife of the 1960s Chapter 1

Chapter 1. Your own little home

Chen Rou had a slight headache, and it seemed as if she had bumped into something. However, wasn't she enjoying the rare peace in this peaceful age, sleeping soundly in her comfortable bed?

Why did my head hurt from sleeping?

After tossing and turning for a while, Chen Rou finally opened her eyes. What she saw was the gray house. She was stunned and immediately became alert!

This is not the room she lived in after being reborn from the apocalypse into the peaceful era!

Just as she thought of this, a memory that did not belong to her suddenly popped into her head. Chen Rou looked through these memories expressionlessly, as if she was flipping through an old gray movie.

She...she traveled through time again.

She was originally from a thousand years later. A thousand years later, the earth's environment was extremely harsh. Due to severe pollution, eating and drinking were all problems, and life was very difficult.

She was attacked by a mutant dark cat, but before she felt the pain, she returned to the peaceful era recorded in history books.

He also got a small four-dimensional space magic weapon that could be used to store supplies.

How similar is this scene to the time when she traveled to the peaceful era? It was the same back then. She had experienced it once before, so Chen Rou was very calm at this moment.

The original body was also called Chen Rou, but she had a hot temper. The reason she had a headache this time was because she banged her head against the wall.

The reason was that her husband's grandfather passed away and left behind some property. She felt that her family's share was not enough, and that the larger share was taken away by her mother-in-law and distributed to other families.

So she threatened to commit suicide in order to get her mother-in-law to hand over the savings she had embezzled, which caused quite a scene.

This collision killed himself, but it knocked her over instead.

She was basically certain that her original body was gone, and the body she had in peacetime was also gone. She lost it due to depression and the medicine she took, and in the end it was her that got the better of her.

I don’t know if it was because of the medicine that damaged her body, so she traveled through time again and came to the 1960s, which was even earlier than the peaceful era.

It was now the late 1960s, but the whole country was still extremely poor, incomparable to the peaceful times of later generations.

For example, her house now is a very shabby adobe house.

There was only this single room, with an earthen stove outside and a pot with several broken openings on it. Apart from that, there were only two bowls and chopsticks for her and her husband, and some old clothes.

Of course there was still a little money left, not much, just over eight dollars in total.

This is almost all the belongings she and her man had after they separated.

This time when Grandpa Han passed away, he left behind some money, and her family also got three cents. However, Grandpa Han had fought against the Japanese in the past, so they would give him a subsidy every month.

There is no other place to spend the money, so isn't it the original body who thinks it's not enough?

There is nothing much to say about the original Chen Rou, because now she is Chen Rou.

What Chen Rou was most concerned about was her own space. She immediately looked around the entire space and then breathed a sigh of relief.

The space was not big, only five cubic meters, but it was filled with supplies she had prepared.

She prepared all kinds of meat, eggs, rice and flour that were indispensable in that era.

Because of the limited space, she could only prepare limited food, but she could always get by by eating frugally.

The supplies in the space were confirmed to be correct, and Chen Rou finally had time to take care of the husband in her memory.

Han Guobin, a typical northern man, is over 1.80 meters tall. He is not very handsome, but he is not ugly either. From my memory, he is a down-to-earth and hardworking person.

This time he must have been the one who brought her back.

It is September now, and the autumn harvest will begin at the end of this month. Counting on her fingers, she has been married for almost three months.

Chen Rou got off the bed while thinking this. Although her head still ached slightly, she was able to endure it. The living environment in the last days was very bad. If one wanted to earn a bite to eat, they would have to deal with wild beasts. Injuries were minor matters. She would not care about so many things. It was good enough if she could stay alive.

Chen Rou tidied the room and then went to the small kitchen to cook something.

I was so hungry and had no oil or water. There were some corn and beans left at home, but it was almost time for the autumn harvest and we had almost run out of food.

Especially since the original owner seldom went to work in the fields, and asked for leave every few days saying he was not feeling well. He was completely supported by the man at home. Even though he only earned ten work points, it was not easy to earn enough food for two people.

Chen Rou made herself a bowl of noodles, and seeing that no one was around, she cracked an egg into it.

The pot was not very easy to use and had several holes missing, but it was actually a credit to her cheap man that she was able to get such a pot.

You know, iron products are really scarce right now.

There was no pot in Chen Rou's space, but she did have a kitchen knife and two machetes, which she kept specifically for self-defense and did not take up space.

Chen Rou was halfway through eating her egg noodles when she heard the door open. Probably because she heard some noise from the kitchen, Han Guobin came over.

The two of them bumped into each other head-on, and Chen Rou still had half of the noodles in her mouth!

"Wife, are you okay?" Han Guobin looked at her and said.

Chen Rou had never been married in her previous life. After all, in the end times, where one’s life is in danger at any time, how could she have the time to talk about men?

But she did want someone to accompany her in her heart, but people's hearts were treacherous and deceitful. She had also seen people who pushed their partners into the mouths of wild beasts in order to buy themselves a chance of survival. So it was not that she didn't want to talk, but that she didn't dare to talk.

From what I remember, although this man now talks less, he is obviously a reliable person. He never said anything when the original body didn't work.

Chen Rou felt that she could still give a try to get along with a man like this.

If it's not suitable, then separate.

"It's okay. Are you hungry? Do you want to eat something?" Chen Rou said after swallowing.

Han Guobin was indeed hungry, and seeing that she was fine, he nodded: "Okay."

Chen Rou collected two boxes of noodles in her space. It wasn’t much, but it was enough for a temporary meal.

She wasn't afraid of him pursuing the matter, so she gave him a bowl of noodles. The bowl was a relatively wide one, and she gave him a big bowl.

Han Guobin was stunned when he saw the thin noodles and looked at his wife: "Thin noodles?"

"Didn't I go to the city the day before yesterday and bought it by the way? You just didn't know about it." Chen Rou said casually.

The original person yearned for the city, and often took leave from work, and often ran to the city.

A trip to the city takes a whole day, and the journey is not short.

Because of this, she was familiar with the black market in the city and would usually go there to get some delicious food.

Han Guobin also knew this, so he didn’t say anything and just started eating.

Thin noodles are indeed delicious. They are incomparable to coarse grain noodles. They have an exceptionally smooth and tender texture.

After eating such a big bowl, Han Guobin still felt it was not enough, but he didn't say anything.

It was a surprise that his wife gave him a bowl of noodles today.

When Han Guobin thought of this, he looked at his wife and said hesitantly, "Don't go looking for mom. Grandpa really didn't leave much, and there are also the second and third uncles' families."

Chen Rou knew what he was talking about.

Grandpa Han saved up some money for his coffin, and there would be some left after his funeral, but it is unlikely that there would be that much.

Of course Chen Rou knew that it was definitely more than just thirty cents.

Han Guobin is the second oldest among the three sons of the eldest branch of the Han family. He is neither the eldest nor the youngest. He was separated after he got married. Of course, his eldest brother's family was separated as well. Mr. and Mrs. Han now live with the third son of the Han family. The third son of the Han family is not married yet, but it is likely to be this year because he already has someone.

It is said that he works in the supply and marketing cooperative in the town, and his monthly salary is 12 yuan, which is a considerable amount of money and also very decent.

Han Laosan was the scorer of the team and could often go to the town, so through these visits he got to know this girl.

But it made Han's father and mother very happy.

To be honest, if it weren't for Han Lao San, whether Han Guobin, the second brother, could get married this year would be a different matter.

It is well known that the elders favor their eldest son.

However, Chen Rou did not continue to hold on to it. She just looked at Han Guobin and said, "I don't want to pursue whether there is anything left. I have also understood that my parents' hearts are biased to the horizon. You are my man. I will work hard with you in the future and live a good life in our own little family!"

Han Guobin was stunned for a moment and looked at his wife.

Chen Rou no longer looked at him. She took the bowl and went to wash it.

It was now evening, and she was counting on her fingers. If she got pregnant this year, she would have to give birth around the time of next summer harvest. Wouldn't that delay her time to work and earn work points?

So forget it, let him hold it in.

However, in such a hot day, she still insisted on taking a bath. As for her hair, she would wash it after work tomorrow.

When she came out of the shower, she saw Han Guobin still sitting there, so she said, "Go take a shower."

Han Guobin glanced at his wife and thought, has his wife really let it go? Why does she feel a little weird?

He didn't say anything and went to take a bath by himself. The water at home was fetched from the well in the village, so he didn't wash at home but went out to the river to wash.

When she came back, her hair was still dripping with water. Chen Rou took the clothes and washed them, and even took out a bar of soap to use.

Seeing Han Guobin looking over, he said, "I also bought one for bathing. You can use it next time you take a bath."

"Keep it for your use." Han Guobin shook his head.

Rare items like soap can only be used by his wife, not by a rough guy like him.

Although Chen Rou recognized him, they were not really familiar with each other. At the moment, they were just living together at best, so she didn't say anything.

After washing and hanging up the clothes, she took out the shoes and started sewing the soles.

It is almost seven o'clock and it will be dark soon. In order to save kerosene, it is the custom of most families in the village to go to bed when it gets dark, or get together to mend shoe soles and chat.

Chen Rou's popularity is average, she doesn't have many friends, and people are not interested in being friends with her.

So as it got dark, she prepared to go to bed.

Han Guobin had worked all day, and his wife had made a fuss, so he was tired and went to bed with her.

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