The Clever Wife of the 1960s Chapter 2

Chapter 2. We will kill a pig tomorrow

Han Guobin is 24 years old this year. Most people of this era get married around 20 years old, and at the latest 22. At the age of 24, he should have had children.

But I didn’t get married until this year. At the age of 24, I’m still very energetic.

But after all the commotion today, he didn't really have any thoughts. He just watched his wife fall asleep quickly, and he fell asleep soon after too.

It is not easy to get ten work points. You have to work hard even if you don't have enough food. Fortunately, you are still young, otherwise you may not be able to bear it.

After a while, he fell asleep too.

Chen Rou got up in the late night to knead the dough.

She still had cornmeal and white flour in her space, but she only took out a little cornmeal and steamed corn buns.

After kneading the dough and letting it rise, she went back to the room to continue sleeping. When it was almost dawn, she got up and started steaming buns.

I also went to the private plot in the backyard and picked a handful of cabbage and washed it.

But the only food they had was corn buns and cabbage. There were no chickens at home, not even eggs, so she didn't knock on the door for Han Guobin yesterday.

However, thinking about the huge amount of work to be done today, Chen Rou hesitated for a moment, but reluctantly took out an egg from the space and put it in the steamed bun to steam it together.

As for the cabbage, it was boiled in water. There was no lard left at home. Although there was a lot of meat in her space, including fat, it had not been cooked yet. The eggs were fine, but it was not easy to take out the meat.

The corn buns with boiled Chinese cabbage were also really average.

But Chen Rou has also been through hard times, so it's not that she's forced to do so.

The same went for Han Guobin. In fact, he was surprised to have corn buns to eat this morning instead of just eating half-cooked corn rice.

"Eat this egg." Chen Rou said.

Han Guobin was stunned for a moment. He just saw an egg and naturally didn't think it was his. He didn't expect his wife to let him eat it?

"You eat it, wife." Han Guobin shook his head.

Chen Rou said: "I ate it yesterday. There is some more at home. If I want to eat it, I can cook it myself." She said this naturally in order to lay the foundation for getting some supplies later.

But in the end Han Guobin didn't eat either. He went out after eating. Chen Rou looked at the eggs on the table. Although she didn't say anything, a ripple appeared in her heart.

A man who is reluctant to eat even an egg and saves it for his family can’t be that bad.

While eating eggs, Chen Rou was thinking that she should find a suitable opportunity to get some of the meat in her space, otherwise she would not have enough oil or water to cook the dish.

Moreover, in the last days, if one goes out to look for food, he must have a full stomach. If he wants to work, he should at least get some oil to eat.

Thinking this, Chen Rou washed the dishes, put on her backpack and went out.

The original owner did not do hard labor, but he would go to collect grass for pigs. However, he was too lazy to go from time to time. After all, collecting grass for pigs did not earn many work points. Even if he collected a lot, he would only earn two work points a day.

But the original owner could only get one work point at most, and some could get away with just half a work point.

This is just to get a share of food per person. The amount of food per person is also based on work points. If she doesn't have work points, she can forget about getting any food.

That's why I came here to hang out.

"Oh, Guobin's wife, are you okay now? No more headache? I see you were so brave in that blow yesterday. I thought you would have to lie down for ten days or half a month." said an old lady.

In fact, there are not many jobs like collecting grass for pigs, and most of the time it is given to the older people like them. As for young wives like Chen Rou, they have to go to the fields together.

But the original body was a slacker, lazy and full of shit and piss. After going to the fields, he felt dizzy and vertigo. He just went there to mess around.

That's why he was sent here to collect grass for pigs, which was considered an easy job.

After the old lady said this, everyone else looked at Chen Rou.

Chen Rou smiled and said, "I didn't get anything good out of giving it all. I did scare my Guobin. But after this incident, I've come to terms with it. It's more important to live a good life with my Guobin. I don't care about the rest of them!"

Having said that, he carried the basket on his back and went to collect grass for the pigs.

The others couldn't help but look at each other in surprise. Has the daughter of the old Chen family really come to her senses?

The daughter of Old Chen's family had a bad reputation when she was at her parents' home, and it was said that she even dreamed of marrying into the city.

Many families looked down on those who came to marry too early, and as a result, she was still unmarried at the age of 22.

That is Old Man Chen, Chen Rou's father, who took a fancy to Han Guobin, an older bachelor.

That's why when the Han family sent someone over to talk to them, he agreed without hesitation.

But in fact, who in the village doesn’t know this?

It would be a waste of such a good man to let Han Guobin marry the girl from the Chen family. The girl from the Chen family has a bad reputation and is known to be naughty and lazy. I thought she would change after marrying her home, but did she change?

You will be like yourself in your husband's family as you are in your parents' family.

Otherwise, why would they say that Han Guobin was wronged? Such a good man, with ten work points, could marry anyone he wanted? But he was delayed by the partiality of Han's father and mother.

Of course, when it comes to appearance, the daughter of the Chen family is impeccable, she is one of the best, but isn't it because of her good looks that she is so arrogant?

But in life, what’s the use of being good-looking? You have to be diligent and take care of the family!

She is so lazy that she even slacks off when collecting grass for pigs. She went to the county town the day before yesterday and seemed to have bought a lot of things. Didn’t she spend any money on all this?

I heard from Han’s mother that it seemed like there was no food left in that little home!

But no matter how much I think about it, after all, she is not my family, and no one cares whether she has really changed for the better.

Chen Rou concentrated on cutting grass for her pigs. She did not slack off today. However, she was not very satisfied as two work points were too few.

She didn't want to weed, she wanted to work in the fields. She thought she would have no problem getting five work points, but it was more than twice as much to weed pig grass.

When the hunting was almost done, I went over to hand in the pig feed and then went home to prepare dinner.

The pig grass she harvested this year got a good grade, which was quite surprising. She harvested quite a lot. Could it be that Guobin's wife was really going to become a better person?

If that were the case, the young couple's life would not be too bad.

They are from the same village and don't have any deep hatred, so they wouldn't be jealous of the couple getting along well.

But this is just the beginning, who knows what will happen in the future? Whether it gets better or not, we still have to wait and see.

Chen Rou didn't care what others thought. Cutting grass for pigs was not tiring, but it was a bit hot that day. Of course, it was still okay in September, but it was really scorching in August.

After returning home and tidying up briefly, Chen Rou started cooking.

I had corn rice for lunch. It had been soaked for the whole morning and was now ready to be cooked.

But there wasn't even any side dish. It was a bit tiring for Chen Rou to collect grass for the pigs herself, let alone Han Guobin to do the work.

It’s urgent to get some meat to make oil.

In fact, there are pork sellers in the free market in the town. The price is a bit expensive, and they are all leftovers. But you don’t need a ticket, but it’s very rare to get any profit these days.

There must be no more meat now, so Chen Rou planned to go check early tomorrow morning. She couldn't just leave the meat in the space uneaten!

What’s the difference between that and begging with a golden bowl in hand?

Han Guobin went home and ate the dry corn porridge without thinking anything of it. He went to sleep right after eating. He was naturally tired after working for most of the day.

Especially since there is still autumn harvest to come.

That's really exhausting. After the autumn harvest, a group of men would lose a lot of weight, and of course the women wouldn't be much better.

In the afternoon, Chen Rou also cut a lot of pig grass. She earned two work points that day, which made many people look at her with new eyes.

When Han's mother heard about this, she curled her lips and didn't take it seriously at all.

She finally understood her second daughter-in-law. She was just a lazy and foolish girl!

I'm too lazy to talk about this matter. We have already separated anyway.

Chen Rou went home and kneaded the dough by adding salt, eggs and water to the flour. After kneading, she let it rise for thirty minutes.

While kneading the dough, Chen Rou went to take a shower and heard something being broadcast outside.

After taking a shower, she saw Han Guobin coming back. He was all tanned after working all day. Chen Rou went to give him a glass of warm water and asked, "I didn't hear clearly just now. What was the radio saying outside?"

"The team will slaughter a pig early tomorrow morning, and you can go and share some of the pork," said Han Guobin.

Chen Rou's eyes lit up. She had just wanted to buy some, but she didn't expect it was already available. She said, "It's not a festival, why are they killing pigs?"

The village only slaughters pigs twice a year, once after the autumn harvest and once at the end of the twelfth lunar month.

We are going to slaughter the pig tomorrow, which is unprecedented.

"The team is going to have a bumper harvest this year, and we're afraid that everyone won't be able to keep up the work, so we kill a pig in advance to make up for it so that we don't have to be unable to contribute when the time comes," Han Guobin explained.

This pig will be slaughtered after the autumn harvest, and the meat will be distributed in advance.

Chen Rou didn’t care about these things. It would be great if she could have meat to eat tomorrow!

"Go take a shower first. We'll have noodles today." Chen Rou said and went to the kitchen to busy herself.

When the dough is almost ready, she divides it into several pieces, rolls it into skins with a rolling pin, sprinkles some flour on the skins, folds them up, and then cuts them into thin strips.

Grab these thin noodles and shake them, and the noodles will come out.

There were a few ripe tomatoes in her private plot, so she made tomato noodle soup with it. The sour tomato noodle soup was the most delicious.

After taking a shower, Han Guobin saw the tomato noodle soup on the table. He was already starving and couldn't help swallowing.

He follows the principle that men should work outside and women should work inside, so he never interferes in how the family spends money.

This made Chen Rou feel relieved, and she said, "Eat well. The autumn harvest will be here soon, so don't collapse then. Our family depends on you."

No, women also hold up half the sky, but they still deserve a little flattery.

Han Guobin was very moved after hearing this, and looked at his wife and said seriously: "I won't let you starve!"

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