The Clever Wife of the 1960s Chapter 23 (Part 3)

Chapter 23 (Part 3)

Han Guobin didn't expect that his wife would know it as soon as she thought about it, so he quickly said, "Wife, I plan to go out after the fifth day of the New Year. It's too late to go out after the Lantern Festival."

Chen Rou snorted and said, "I heard from my sister-in-law that you used to go after the Lantern Festival." And whether to go or not depends on his mood.

Han Guobin thought, how can that be compared? Where did he get the motivation before? Now he is full of motivation. He is thinking about letting his wife live in a brick house.

"I know you want us mother and daughter to live a good life, but this day is too cold and I can't bear it." Chen Rou looked at him and said softly.

She didn't feel warm enough even in bed. The temperature in the mountains was even lower than outside. How cold must it be?

She let him go into the mountains just after the fifth day of the New Year. It’s not like she was crazy about money.

Although Han Guobin has a soft heart, he really wants to go into the mountains to make money.

Seeing him like this, Chen Rou knew that he was opposed to it, so she asked, "Which river in the mountains did you catch those fish from last time?"

Last time we caught a lot of big fish, including silver carp, grass carp and bighead carp. They were all good fish and quite big.

"The caught fish can't be sold at a high price." Han Guobin said helplessly.

Lao Yang also buys fish, but for fish like grass carp and silver carp, he only charges three cents per pound, and only thirty cents for ten pounds. How much can he make?

Even if he couldn't catch big animals like wild boars when he went into the mountains, he could still earn more than three dollars each time, which was equivalent to a hundred kilograms of fish.

If you can catch a wild boar, one wild boar is enough to make your family earn a year and some money left over.

"Go fishing, and go after the 15th." Chen Rou refused to give in. She always felt that it might be dangerous to go into the mountains during this period.

Her feeling was not false. After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, when Han Guobin took Gao Zheng into the mountains and forests, they saw a lot of wolf feces.

I've been looking at the feces for some time, but it must have been around the Chinese New Year.

Han Guobin couldn't help but think of how his wife refused to let him go into the mountains and asked him to go fishing.

I don’t make much money from fishing. After so many days, I only made a few dollars. The only benefit is that I can stew fish at home every day.

"Brother Bin, look at these feces, I'm afraid there is a wolf pack here?" Gao Zheng couldn't help but say.

Han Guobin has extensive hunting experience, how could he not see it?

Han Guobin was not afraid at all when encountering a lone wolf, and was even excited to see the prey. However, if he encountered a pack of wolves, it would be dangerous even if he was with Gao Zheng.

Han Guobin said: "Are you afraid?"

"What am I afraid of? I'm just afraid that I don't have enough money to marry a wife." Gao Zheng said loudly. He is already twenty years old this year, but his family is so poor, extremely poor. He is the only son of his parents, but his father fell ill before and had to borrow a lot of money. Fortunately, he has recovered now.

Now he and his parents are paying off debts. They tightened their belts this winter and finally managed to pay off most of the money the family owes, with a little left over.

But everyone in the village knew how poor his family was, and he was not bad looking, but so far no matchmaker had come to his door.

He doesn't want to be single, but how else can he make money besides working on the land?

He knew Han Guobin. They met a long time ago when they went to repair a reservoir. He fainted from exhaustion, and it was Han Guobin who pinched him to wake him up and gave him food.

Since then, I have been calling him Brother Bin.

But he is not young anymore this year, he is twenty years old, many people have wives, and he also wants to get married.

Han Guobin knew the benefits of having a wife. He smiled and said, "I will definitely be able to get a wife."

How great it is to have a wife. She can think of everything for you and will care about you and be considerate of you. There is simply no creature more beautiful or better than a wife.

Of course, he has seen many women who are not good to talk about, but his wife is good in every way. She is fragrant and soft, and no matter how many kisses he has with her at night, he can never get enough.

The wolves had obviously left, and Han Guobin and Gao Zheng were both brave enough not to be afraid, so they started hunting in the mountains.

Chen Rou is chopping beef at home.

She also nourished Han Guobin before he went out. She stewed fish every day and cooked it in different ways, and all of them were delicious.

She was quite helpless, because no matter how much she fed him, he just couldn't gain weight or put on much flesh, except that he was more energetic at night.

But he also knew his own limits and rarely bothered her.

This guy is sometimes rough, but sometimes he is gentle.

This time, I made a lot of cakes for him to take with him, so he had to make do with them. When Chen Rou went back to her parents' home during the Chinese New Year, she had already told her mother about the military water bottle.

If her uncle had one, she would buy one and let her son Guobin take it with him so that he wouldn't be without even a sip of hot water to drink.

Now that he is not at home, it is her business how the family eats. The beef that is usually difficult to take out is eaten by her now.

Chop the beef and cook it into beef porridge.

She ate three bowls of beef porridge with a good appetite, and left a lot for lunch and dinner. She put it in the space when no one was around, and kept it at a constant temperature, so it was delicious whether she took it out and ate it at lunch or dinner.

After locking the door, I went to my parents' house.

A while ago, Han Guobin went fishing every day, but the money he earned was very limited. It was indeed not as good as hunting. Although fish is also meat, it is much cheaper than pheasant, rabbit meat and the like.

So from time to time, she would ask Han Guobin to send one to her parents' home, so that they could replenish their nutrition together.

So when Chen Rou came over, the three sisters-in-law smiled and said, "The little sister-in-law is back."

"Good morning, sisters-in-law." Chen Rou nodded.

Mother Chen came out of the house and saw her coming over, so she said, "I was just about to ask your third brother to call you."

"Then we, mother and daughter, are in perfect sync with each other." Chen Rou said with a smile.

Mother Chen pulled her into the house, looked at her basket, and asked, "Why did you bring bean sprouts?"

"I grew these soybean sprouts myself. They are very tender, so I brought a handful for you, Dad and Mom, to try." Chen Rou said.

"You and Guobin just need to take care of yourselves. Your father and I don't need to worry about you." said Chen's mother.

"It's just a handful of bean sprouts." Chen Rou didn't take it seriously.

Chen's mother went to get the military canteen and said, "We don't have a brand new one. We only have this half-used one. But don't worry, it was replaced by a retired soldier himself."

"Did you change it, mother?" Chen Rou asked in surprise.

"Your uncle has connections, but this kind of kettle is not easy to get. It was given to your mother by the retired son of the He family in our village." said Chen's mother.

Chen Rou originally thought that it was her uncle who got it, so she asked, "How much did you change it for?"

"It's free, you can take it back and give it to Guobin, so that he won't be starving for a hot drink when he goes into the mountains. I've tried it, and the hot water I poured in yesterday is still hot today. It's very useful." Chen's mother said.

"If you don't want money, then I don't want it." Chen Rou looked at the military canteen and was very satisfied. She said, "Mom, just tell me the truth, or I'll go ask directly. They're all in the village anyway."

"You girl, when your sister went home and your mother gave her something, she never asked about the money, but you didn't take advantage of her at all." Mother Chen said to her.

"I used to want to take advantage of everything, but last time I kowtowed and figured it out. Don't force things that are not yours. Forcing them will not have good results. Guobin and I live a good life, which is better than anything else. Besides, the money in your hands, parents, also includes my eldest brother and sister-in-law. I will not be able to live with it if I accept it against my will." Chen Rou shook her head.

Mother Chen looked at her daughter and felt really emotional. Now that she had grown up, she no longer needed her as a mother to worry about her.

There is a reason why she is so partial to her younger daughter.

The family was so poor back then that they almost lost their little daughter. That night she held her little daughter in her arms all night long and was so prepared that she couldn't even cry. In the end, it was her brother who gave her some food that helped her to breathe a sigh of relief.

Since then, she has favored this little girl.

She also admitted that her little girl was spoiled, but now she was so sensible that it made her feel distressed.

Seeing that she really didn't want it, Chen's mother quoted a price. Chen Rou thought it wouldn't make a difference, so she reduced the amount and returned it to her mother without paying a penny.

"Is the baby okay?" Chen's mother asked, looking at her belly.

"Except that I'm a bit lazy, I don't feel anything else." Chen Rou said with a smile.

I stayed at my mother's house for quite a while before saying goodbye and going home.

Mother Chen also took out all the money her daughter had given her and divided it among her three daughters-in-law: "Today, Rourou came to get the kettle and returned the money to me without missing a cent. I thought I would give you some private money too."

Mrs. Chen Dasao, Mrs. Chen Ersao and Mrs. Chen Sansao's eyes lit up!

Mother Chen divided the fish among them, and then warned them, "You all should take good care of the household, and stop trying to sow discord. Rourou didn't take advantage of the family at all, and you guys ate all the fish Guobin brought over recently. This relative will have to leave in the future, so don't be so cowardly!"

"Mom is right. We all know it." Mrs. Chen and the other two were very happy to receive the money. They took whatever their mother-in-law said as the final decision.

However, knowing that the military kettle was bought for the sister-in-law, they were naturally unhappy and had grumbles in their hearts, and often mentioned it to their husbands at night.

But there is really nothing much to say right now. Didn’t my sister-in-law embezzle the hard-earned money of her mother’s family?

And it seems that she has become really sensible. We must continue this marriage in the future.

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

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