The Clever Wife of the 1960s Chapter 19

Chapter 19. Learn to weave bamboo products

If the third brother's wife and Han Guolin can't get along, the girls in the town will definitely not be afraid, because they have jobs and everything will be easy.

But Han Guobin must be afraid. It is definitely not easy for a country guy like him to find someone with such good conditions.

So Mr. and Mrs. Han treated Song Xiaoyu almost like their own daughter, but Chen Rou was not surprised at all.

This is indeed the case. Since getting married, Song Xiaoyu has been living a very comfortable life. Han Guolin has always been picking her up and dropping her off at work on her bicycle.

The couple were newlyweds and were living a sweet life.

Song Xiaoyu's salary was not low, twelve yuan a month, in addition to which he was also given food coupons and other bills.

Twelve yuan was her net income, and her father-in-law and mother-in-law were earning work points at home, and her husband was also earning money, so she didn't have to spend the twelve yuan at all and just saved it.

Moreover, she started saving her dowry at the beginning of this year.

Before she got married, it was impossible for her to not give a penny of her salary to her family. After all, her family spent a lot of money to get her a job, and it was not easy.

She gave ten dollars out of her twelve-dollar salary to her family, so she only saved a dozen or twenty dollars a year.

But now that she is married, she doesn't have to give the money to her parents' home anymore, and she keeps all the money for herself.

In addition, Han Guolin loved her and her husband's family valued her. Although she married into the countryside, the wedding room was spacious and the furniture was all new. Song Xiaoyu lived a very comfortable life.

She has two older sisters, and although they married well, none of them had the same conditions as her.

When she came back that day, she brought back two kilograms of persimmons, and she was also very sweet: "Mom and Dad, I think these persimmons are very sweet, so I bought them specially for you to try. The weather is getting colder and colder, and it's very dry. You should eat some to moisten your heart and lungs."

As she said this, she gave each of her parents-in-law a big tomato.

Mother Han smiled and said, "Just eat it with the third child. Why should we eat this?"

Although Han's father didn't say anything, his expression undoubtedly showed satisfaction.

"Mom lives with us, but as young as we are, it's inevitable that we are a little inconsiderate in our daily lives. She needs her to teach me more," said Song Xiaoyu.

Han's mother was very happy. The third daughter-in-law was indeed brought up in a working-class family in the town. She was good at speaking and sensible!

It’s not comparable to the eldest family or the second family!

"Guolin, take me to my eldest and second sister-in-law's house and share these persimmons with them." Song Xiaoyu said.

"Why give them any share? Those two bastards won't remember your kindness even after eating it!" Han's mother snorted coldly.

Song Xiaoyu's eyes flashed, and she asked, "What happened to the eldest sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law?"

"Before you came in, the two of them came to our house and made a scene." Han's mother said, and told her about the one hundred yuan that was taken away. Finally, she said, "You need a bicycle because you need to go to work, so I have to buy one for you. But the two of them followed suit. Even if I gave them a bicycle, would they ride it? Especially the shrew in the second son's family. She caused trouble after only fifty yuan."

"You only got fifty yuan and it's all gone?" Song Xiaoyu was stunned for a moment: "That's not a small amount of money. Did you take it back to support your parents?"

Han's mother said, "That spendthrift bought two sweaters and spent all the money in a blink of an eye!"

Song Xiaoyu gasped: "This... this second sister-in-law is really bold to spend money. I thought she took it back to honor her parents."

Han's mother didn't want her daughter-in-law to support her parents, so she said, "Now that you're married, you must live a good life as a couple."

"What mom said is true. I just want Guolin and I to live a good life and be filial to you, parents. As for my parents' home, I can just go back occasionally and bring some things back." Song Xiaoyu said immediately.

Han's mother was very satisfied: "Just live your life well with Guolin."

"Then I won't go to my eldest and second sister-in-law's house. Dad and mom, eat more persimmons. If there are none left, just come to my room and put them on the table." Song Xiaoyu said.

"Okay." Han's mother nodded with a smile.

"I'm getting married this year and have used up all my cloth coupons. There's nothing I can do about it. But I don't have to make new clothes next year. I'll save the cloth coupons and make new clothes for my parents during the Chinese New Year. I'll pay for it then," said Song Xiaoyu.

"That's not necessary. Your father and I are not without clothes to wear." Han's mother laughed so hard that her eyes disappeared.

Father Han was smoking opium, but his face was full of joy. If it came to filial piety, it would be better to show filial piety from the third brother's family.

Not to mention the old couple, even Han Guolin was deeply moved by Song Xiaoyu's words.

He was blessed in his previous life to be able to marry a wife like Xiaoyu in this life.

As for Song Xiaoyu, if we count on our fingers, the child might be born at this time next year. By then, will the old couple have the nerve to compete with the child for cloth coupons?

Chen Rou had no idea how capable her sister-in-law was, but since she could make the old couple so happy, her abilities must not be that low.

The next morning after Han Guobin went out, Chen Rou went out early with a basket.

When I came back, there was an extra piece of meat in the basket, mutton, but I covered it with a rag and put it away in the space when I got home. When Han Guobin came back, I would stew mutton and carrot soup for him.

The purpose of going out is just an excuse.

When Chen Rou is alone at home, she usually can't eat beef that is taken out. For example, today she cooked beef rice porridge for herself.

Chop the beef into small pieces and cook it together with the porridge. It will last the whole day.

She did this all by herself, and she was too lazy to light a fire for every meal.

When Zhou Zhen came over in the afternoon, she saw her mending Han Guobin's socks and couldn't help but ask, "Aren't you bored? You stay at home all day, and don't go out to chat with others to kill time?"

"Are you going this afternoon? If so, I'll go with you." Chen Rou said.

"Okay, let's go together." Zhou Zhen nodded.

When Chen Rou went out in the afternoon, she brought over a plate of boiled peanuts.

With this plate of boiled peanuts, she successfully made friends with several older wives, all of whom were similar to Zhou Zhen, who was only five years older than her.

However, Zhou Zhen called her Sister-in-law Han before, but that was just a polite title. The custom here is to call people by their names when they are familiar with each other.

But we have to say that the women in the village are very strong. There is nothing they don’t know about the villages within a ten-mile radius.

When Chen Rou came back with Zhou Zhen in the evening with the plates, she said she would go there again the next day.

"Isn't it interesting over there?" Zhou Zhen said with a smile.

Chen Rou smiled and didn't ask any gossip or interesting or boring questions.

But it was Uncle Lu from the old Lu family where they used to gather in the past who could weave bamboo products, such as bamboo baskets.

There is a bamboo forest outside the village. Bamboo is free and anyone who wants can go and cut it.

But these supplies were in short supply at home, so Chen Rou decided to learn.

So Zhou Zhen came over. She was also a good person and gave Uncle Lu a handful of noodles.

"This is what Guobin bought for me, but I can't bear to eat it. Uncle, if you teach me how to weave bamboo baskets and other things, I'll give you this bunch of noodles." Chen Rou said with a smile.

"You have to learn to sit down and not use your noodles." Uncle Lu said directly.

"That won't do. People have to give a gift when they become apprentices. I'm here to learn skills, so how can I not give anything? I would be too embarrassed to learn." Chen Rou said with a smile.

A handful of noodles weighs about 200 grams, which is actually not very edible, but it is a fine grain, so it is a rare thing.

In addition, since Chen Rou was sincere in giving it, Uncle Lu accepted it and taught her carefully.

Chen Rou could learn it at a glance. It was not easy to weave bamboo products, but there was no stopping her. She let Uncle Lu explain the key points to her, and then Chen Rou was able to do it on her own.

The editing was a bit rough at the beginning, but it got better and better later on.

In just one day, Chen Rou was able to weave it by herself, and Uncle Lu praised her highly.

The other female comrades were also very surprised. It is not easy to weave bamboo products. It is not too difficult to learn, but it is amazing that they can weave them by themselves in one day.

Chen Rou didn't care about these. She knew that her husband Guo Bin would be back soon. When he came back from outside in the evening, she cleaned the pot and put in the mutton to start stewing.

Not much mutton was used, just half a pound of mutton ribs, stewed with radish and a little ginger. It was very fragrant after stewing.

Although Chen Rou had eaten beef porridge mixed with hot water, she still drank a bowl of mutton soup while it was hot and felt warm all over.

She scooped the rest into the pot to eat with Han Guobin tomorrow.

Seeing that it was getting late, Chen Rou closed the door and went to sleep.

It wasn't early, in fact it was only seven o'clock, but it was cold now and it got dark early, so she didn't waste extra lamp oil.

It's so cold today, and it's really not easy for her son Guobin to be alone outside.

Chen Rou was a little reluctant to let Han Guobin go out again because it was too cold. It was okay with the kang heated in the room, but as soon as the door was opened and he went out, he could not help shivering.

Especially at night, she estimated that the temperature might be several degrees below zero. It was not easy to sleep outside in the open air.

Chen Rou fell asleep with the thought of her family Guo Bin.

At this moment, Han Guobin had just come out of the mountain, carrying a sack and went to look for Lao Yang.

Lao Yang gave him a brand new thermos. This was Han Guobin's instruction. Lao Yang has many connections and has everything.

However, taking into account the balance owed to Lao Yang, although Han Guobin hunted a lot of rabbits and pheasants this time, he did not catch any big wild animals. After deducting the money he owed Lao Yang, he only got two dollars.

Han Guobin told her that he wanted a large wooden tub for taking a bath.

"Still doing it?" Lao Yang agreed and said with a smile.

"Yeah." Han Guobin nodded. He had to do it. After all, he only had time to earn some money from now until the spring. He had to work at other times.

"Now that I'm married, I'm really working hard. In previous years, I would have been preparing for the winter at this time." said the old sheep.

- Extracting MTL from raw by Du Xian'er (Poison❀Fairy) -

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