The Clever Wife of the 1960s Chapter 16

Chapter 16. Chen's Mother Marries

"Beat me?" Chen Rou laughed: "My Guobin won't beat his wife. A man who beats his wife is not a man."

If Han Guobin beat his wife, even just once, she would not be able to live with him, no matter how good he was.

But he wouldn't, because that man dotes on his wife.

"Fifty dollars, how can you spend it so lavishly?" Zhou Zhen said.

That's a huge amount of money, and he spent it all at once. This is just too... too bad at living!

"I'm afraid it will be very cold this year, and our clothes are not warm enough. I heard that this sweater is very warm, so I bought it." Chen Rou said.

In fact, sweaters are really warm. She wears one inside and a coat outside, so she won’t feel cold. When it gets colder, she puts on a thick cotton coat and is not afraid of being cold at all.

Zhou Zhen thought to herself, "How could she not know that sweaters keep warm? But no matter how warm they are, they are too expensive. How could a country girl afford them?"

"Don't tell anyone, otherwise your mother-in-law will scold you to death." Zhou Zhen said again.

"If we need to tell others, you can help me tell them," Chen Rou said.

Zhou Zhen was stunned: "Don't you think this is too much? Do you believe that she will come to your house to make trouble?"

"The money has been given to us, so why is she still making a fuss? Besides, I have spent it all, which has stopped her from thinking of taking the money back." Chen Rou said.

Don't let them think that her Guobin can make some money by going into the mountains to hunt wild animals. That's impossible.

After hearing her say this, Zhou Zhen understood what she meant.

Then in the afternoon, the whole village knew that Chen Rou was still the same Chen Rou who didn't know how to live.

I spent all the fifty dollars going to town yesterday.

When Han's mother heard this, she was stunned: "What? The second child's family spent all the fifty yuan? That's not five yuan, how did she spend it?"

"Your daughter-in-law is really generous with her money. She and her husband each bought a sweater!" said the gossipy old lady who came over.

Mother Han covered her chest with her hands, feeling like she was really going to die of anger: "This... this..." She couldn't think of any more vicious words to scold her daughter-in-law.

"You have to be careful. I see she has spent all her money so quickly. Maybe she will have to ask you for more money." said the gossipy lady.

"She dares!" Han's mother shouted angrily, "If she dares to come again this time, I'll see if I can take care of her stomach. I'll beat her up and make her divorce the second son!"

Not to mention Han's mother, wasn't Han's sister-in-law also shocked?

She came straight to the door and saw the sweater on Chen Rou's bed. She said, "Second sister-in-law, did you really buy a sweater?"

"Didn't you see it?" Chen Rou glanced at her.

"Did you really... spend all the fifty dollars?" asked Mrs. Han.

"It's a little bit over the limit. I bought ready-made clothes, which are a bit more expensive. I paid for it with the money I got this year." Chen Rou said, showing her the sweater she was wearing.

After the battle with her parents-in-law the day before yesterday, Han Dasao really thought that her sister-in-law had turned over a new leaf.

Who knows if this is just a makeover? Maybe he had been thinking about buying a sweater for a long time, but had no money, so he heard that the bicycle was being blackmailed!

She thought that ten yuan was enough for her parents-in-law, but Chen Rou still complained that it was not enough. She knew that the money was not enough, so she kept insisting on it!

Mrs. Han, who knew the truth, didn't want to stay any longer and said, "Then you go ahead and do your work, I'll go back first."

"Sister-in-law, I want to ask you something. I have no money now, so I just remembered that I didn't go back to my parents' home. I want to buy some meat..."

Before Chen Rou finished her words, Han Dasao said, "I don't have much money. I owed my parents a lot, and I've paid them back."

Then he ran away as if he was chased by a ghost.

Chen Rou calmly took the apple next to her and ate it. The small apple tasted average, but it was not bad.

When Han Guobin is not at home, she will not leave the beef in her space alone. She will eat some of it herself. Now that she is pregnant, she always needs to replenish her nutrition.

At noon, she ate beef porridge. She chopped the beef into puree and put it in when the rice porridge was almost cooked. When the porridge was ready, the beef was cooked too. It was delicious.

After eating an apple, Chen Rou continued knitting a sweater.

Although she was the only one at home, there was nothing to worry about. No one dared to act rashly at the moment. But if someone was really blind, the Ma family next door would be able to hear him if they shouted.

The Ma family has a good relationship with Han Guobin. In the past, when the Ma family was building a house, Han Guobin always went to help. Later, when Han Guobin was stockpiling adobe bricks, Ma Dafa and his brother also came to help.

Chen Rou cooked a little too much beef porridge for lunch, but it was not convenient for her to cook all the time, so she cooked together in the afternoon.

Just soak it in hot water to warm it up, there is no need to be so particular. In this environment, she has meat and rice porridge to drink, so what else is there to be particular about?

I go to bed early at night, otherwise it would waste too much kerosene.

The next morning, Chen Rou had just gotten up and was brushing her teeth when she saw her mother coming.

Old Chen's family lived in the next village. Although the information at that time was not as developed as in later generations, the news spread at no slow pace at all.

The Chen family knew that Chen Rou had had a fight with her sister-in-law and demanded fifty yuan from her father-in-law and mother-in-law, but they pretended not to know.

I thought to myself, well done.

But when Chen's mother heard that her daughter had spent all the fifty yuan, she couldn't help it and came over early in the morning without even having breakfast.

"Mom, you're here." Chen Rou knew what was going on, so she smiled.

Seeing that the old Ma family next door had come out, Chen's mother didn't want to scold her daughter in front of outsiders, so she said, "Your eldest brother shot a pheasant yesterday, and I saved one for you. I'll bring it to you today after I kill it."

"My mother feels sorry for me because I don't have meat to eat during pregnancy." Chen Rou said with a smile.

No, after I got pregnant, I basically had some meat to eat every day. Even if there was no meat, I would still have eggs.

Compared to other families nowadays, her life is much better.

Seeing that she had just gotten up and hadn't cooked yet, Chen's mother asked, "What do you want to eat for breakfast?"

Chen Rou went in and got some noodles and said, "Mom, go chop the chicken and we'll make some chicken noodle soup."

"Where did the noodles come from?" Chen's mother looked outside and saw no one, so she asked in a low voice.

"Guobin bought it for me." Chen Rou said.

Chen's mother glared at her: "You still know that Guobin treats you well? Just because he treats you well, you can ruin the family's money like this, right? I thought you had improved, but you are still so ignorant!"

"Mom, Guobin asked me to buy these two sweaters and knit them for him. He goes into the mountains to hunt every day, and it's too cold in the mountains and he can't stand it." Chen Rou said.

"Why not just buy Guobin's? You stay at home every day, why buy it?" said Chen's mother.

It’s not that Chen’s mother doesn’t care about her daughter, it’s just that the wool is too expensive.

"If I don't buy it, Guobin won't buy it either. Don't worry, mom. We will only squander money this time and won't do it again in the future. Every time Guobin comes back, he can bring back two dollars when he has more. Before it snows, he can earn back the money for this sweater." Chen Rou said in a low voice.

Even to her mother, she would underestimate the amount of money, because there was more than just her parents in her mother's family.

When Chen's mother heard this, she said nothing and said, "Just make you a bowl of noodles. I'll go home and eat later."

"You come to your daughter's house and are asked to go back with an empty stomach. What do you think of your daughter?" Chen Rou rolled her eyes at her mother and started cooking.

Mother Chen picked up the knife and started chopping the chicken, praising: "This knife is really a good knife."

"Isn't it better than the one at home?" Chen Rou laughed.

"It's much easier to use." Mother Chen nodded.

When the water boiled, I put half of the chopped chicken into the pot and kept the other half for my daughter to eat at lunch.

The mother and daughter chatted, and when they were almost done, Chen Rou started to cook noodles.

Mother Chen said quickly: "Don't rain so much!"

"What's so much? Just one bowl per person." Chen Rou said.

Seeing her daughter's careless life, Chen's mother couldn't help but say, "Only Guobin spoils you." Such fine noodles must be so difficult to make, and they even smell like wheat!

She had never seen it on the market before. Of course, she was not surprised, as there were so many things she had not seen.

Chen Rou smiled and said, "So my daughter is sensible now and will live a good life with him. Mom, go back and tell my dad that you don't have to worry about me."

Seeing her daughter's rosy complexion, obviously well-fed, Chen's mother nodded.

The chicken noodle soup is ready soon.

Chen's mother didn't want to eat so much, just a little bit would be enough, but Chen Rou disagreed. The mother and daughter shared it equally. Chen's mother picked up two big chopsticks for her and gave her two more pieces of chicken. Only then was she willing to eat.

Chen Rou didn't say anything to her. Mother Chen took a bite and couldn't help but said, "These thin noodles are really thin noodles. They are fragrant and smooth when eaten."

Chen Rou said, "There's more in the room. Mom, you can take some back later."

"You just said you would live a good life." Mother Chen rolled her eyes at her and said, "There are so many people at home, is that enough to go back? You and Guobin can keep it for yourselves."

Chen Rou thought so too and didn't say anything.

After eating, Chen's mother rushed to wash up. Chen Rou did not stop her and went into the house to make milk powder and a cup of nourishing milk for her mother.

This milk is really nourishing. There is not enough of it, but when someone comes, I make a cup for her mother.

When Chen's mother came in after washing the dishes, she was moved to see that there was still milk in the house.

My youngest daughter married the right man. Once she became pregnant, her son-in-law was willing to buy her all the good things!

Chen Rou said: "Mom, drink the milk."

Chen's mother said, "Why would your mother drink milk? She is already old."

"It's made for you. Guobin bought some for me. Come over here, I'll make you a cup to try." Chen Rou said.

"No, drink it yourself." Mother Chen said, and then she sat down and looked at the sweater in her daughter's hand, and said, "The baby will be born soon, and the little boy will make me poor. You two should save money."

"Yes." Chen Rou nodded and agreed: "Mom, drink the milk quickly, drink it while it's hot."

However, in the end, she was unable to persuade her mother to drink the glass of milk, so she kept it for herself. When the time was right, her mother went back.

Chen Rou also knew that her mother in this life really loved her.

But there is still a long time to come, and there will be plenty of opportunities to honor her parents.

As soon as Chen's mother got home, she told Chen's father about it and praised him for his good taste. Chen's father was also very happy to be praised. After all, this son-in-law was chosen by Chen's father at first sight.

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