The Clever Wife of the 1960s Chapter 25 (Part 4)

Chapter 25 (Part 4)

"Then I'll go back and ask your third brother and the others to get some river shrimps, chop them up and feed them to it." said Chen's mother.

"You can also feed the chickens at home." Chen Rou said with a smile.

"All together." Chen's mother said, looked at her little grandson again, and went back.

Mrs. Chen San thought she would give birth in mid-September, but it was delayed until late September. The autumn harvest was just a few days away, so she picked a good time.

Because they were rushing to harvest the autumn harvest, the team would slaughter pigs to provide food for everyone, and she happened to be in confinement after giving birth, so wasn't it a good time for her to do so?

Mrs. Chen San's previous child was a daughter, and this one is a son, so she now has both a son and a daughter, and she is very satisfied.

In particular, Chen Rou, her sister-in-law, kept her promise and sent her a pound of pig's trotters to stew with peanuts, as well as pork and eggs.

This made both Mrs. Chen Dasao and Mrs. Chen Ersao feel jealous.

But there's nothing we can do about it. The third sister was born at a good time, and she was born before and after her sister-in-law. Now that her sister-in-law has to go to work, she has to bring the child over to be fed together.

The autumn harvest horn sounded, and Chen Rou did not delay any longer. She left little Han Hang at his grandmother's house and went to work to harvest grain.

He left in the morning and took his lunch with him before leaving. He did not return home until the evening.

Han Guobin took a shower and went to his father-in-law's house to hug his son. Chen Rou cooked at home, stir-fried cucumbers with lard and goose eggs, and served with sorghum rice.

When Han Guobin came back with Han Hang in his arms, Chen Rou had already prepared dinner.

Having not seen her son for the entire day, Chen Rou was also anxiously missing him. She took over and said, "Go eat first."

"Mom said he had just fallen asleep and he must be hungry when he woke up," said Han Guobin.

Chen Rou nodded, put the little guy inside, and went to eat with Han Guobin first. She was really hungry.

The couple ate the entire plate of fried goose eggs and cucumbers and also finished all the sorghum rice. Only then did they breathe a sigh of relief.

She handed the dishes to Han Guobin to clean up, and then she went to scoop water from the water tank and took it into the house to take a bath while the little guy was still asleep and crying for hunger.

I have to wash one every day, otherwise I can’t stand it and I sweat all day long.

After taking a bath, she left the water for Han Guobin to take to the backyard to water the radishes in the private plot, and she began to feed the already whimpering little Han Hang.

He ate with great relish, as if he had been hungry for a long time.

When Han Guobin came in after cleaning up the dishes, he saw his wife's maternal side. She held the child and fed him, while wiping the little guy's sweat with a towel. This scene made his throat slide.

"If someone doesn't know, they would think they're being treated unfairly. It's like they haven't eaten for a long time." Chen Rou didn't know that the man who had been a vegetarian for a long time was having all kinds of wild thoughts in his head, so she said to him helplessly.

Han Guobin smiled and said, "When I went to hold him, my mother said that he doesn't like to eat much. He only eats a little when he is very hungry. This means he recognizes people."

Chen Rou smiled, touched the sweat on her son's forehead, and said, "He will eat when he is hungry, and he won't eat if he is not hungry." Then she asked, "Didn't Mom go to work?"

"I guess he wants to wait until Third Sister-in-law can get out of bed." Han Guobin said.

Chen Rou nodded, and when the little guy finished eating, she burped him. After eating and drinking, the little guy became drowsy.

"Go take a shower and rest early." Chen Rou said to Han Guobin.

Han Guobin took a comfortable bath, and then washed his clothes when he came back. He returned to the house only after he finished everything.

After getting on the kang, he came closer. Chen Rou immediately understood what this man meant. She laughed, but she also liked him.

The couple went to bed together after making love. In the middle of the night, Chen Rou got up to change the diaper for little Han Hang and fed him before going back to sleep.

They always had to get up two or three times at night, but Chen Rou did not disturb Han Guobin. He had to go out with the team in the dark in the second half of the night. By dawn, the men had already harvested a lot of food.

This is why their work points are about twice that of their female comrades.

But it's not easy for the women comrades either. They also have to get up before dawn and prepare breakfast and lunch, which they will then deliver to their men.

Han Guobin went out in the late night. Chen Rou slept for a while and then got up to make breakfast.

After working until half past five, little Han Hang woke up. Chen Rou changed his diaper, cleaned him up, fed him breakfast milk, and then sent him back to her mother's home.

After handing it to her mother, she went home, had her breakfast, and then carried the basket to the field.

For breakfast, Han Guobin had egg and scallion pancakes. After he finished his hungry meal, he had a bowl of millet porridge before going back to work.

Chen Rou covered the basket and placed it under a big tree where people put baskets together. She also put a stone under it to prevent ants from crawling over it.

So they began to harvest food.

"This year's harvest is better than last year's. The team leader said that whoever performs best and gets the highest work points will be subsidized with 20 work points after the autumn harvest!" Zhou Zhen said.

"When did you say that?" Chen Rou was surprised.

"Just now, I just said it before you came." Zhou Zhen said.

"I was given ten more work points last year, and I can get twenty more work points this year?" Chen Rou said in surprise.

"That's right. The task this year is very heavy," said a woman nearby who was familiar with them.

"Hurry up and work. It's not easy to earn six work points a day." Zhou Zhen said.

Chen Rou worked with all her might to earn the extra 20 work points.

Only women comrades have such rewards, men don't have them. Chen Rou missed so many work points this year due to her confinement, so she has to fight for every point now.

When coming to collect the cotton, Chen Rou was really fast and collected it very cleanly.

Don’t be fooled by her fair and tender skin during this month. After being fully armed, she is very capable in the cotton field.

"With Guobin's wife's speed, she can be qualified as an expert in cotton picking." said Chen Aidi, the team leader's wife.

"I saw that what she collected alone was almost as much as that of two people. Let me say that the upper limit of our women's group is only six work points. Isn't this a little too little?" said a powerful sister-in-law.

This female comrade was also one of the women who received a ten-work-point bonus last year.

"That's right, why is the upper limit here only six points? Some of our women comrades are really fast." Other eldest daughters-in-law also said.

"Then I'll go over and talk to you!" said Chen Aidi.

So she went to find her husband. When her husband saw her, he was surprised that Guobin's wife was very capable. She was far ahead of the other two capable wives and was on par with them.

So he waved his hand and raised it by another point, with seven points as the upper limit.

For Chen Rou, who was working hard, this was naturally a pie in the sky. Although it was also very tiring, there was seven centimeters to take, so she had to take it.

Do everything quickly and work hard.

The autumn harvest starts in late September and ends in late October.

Chen Rouguang had earned quite a lot of work points in just over a month, not to mention the 20 work points he received as a bonus, all of which were counted together.

Of course, they were happy to get work points, but Chen Rou was also very tired, and so was Han Guobin.

But now Chen Rou can take a rest and not go, but Han Guobin has to continue.

We also have to plow the land and plant winter wheat.

Chen Rou did not go to work that day. She came to the town with her three-month-old baby Han Hang in her arms. After walking around, there were two more pieces of meat in the basket, which were mutton.

After I brought it back, I cut a piece and put it in the pot to stew it with white radish.

When Han Guobin came back at noon, they had mutton. Chen Rou said, "There is still one piece left, so keep it with water. Don't keep the rest. Eat it all."

Chen Rou has been too busy lately and has been eating simple meals, so her milk supply is a little insufficient. Now she has to continue breastfeeding her son, so she has to eat some mutton.

Moreover, the little guy has lost a lot of weight during this period of time after being left at his mother's house. It's not that his third sister-in-law doesn't let him eat, but he recognizes the milk himself. He won't eat unless he is very hungry. If he is very hungry, he will just take a few sips.

In Chen's mother's words, he is a mean and cunning person. At such a young age, he is already picky about food.

So the little guy has lost weight recently. Now that he is done with his busy work and is feeding himself, he needs some nourishment.

When Han Guobin heard there was more, he ate it all: "Wife, it's delicious."

The mutton is stewed so deliciously that I feel relaxed all over after eating it.

“Eat more, and I’ll stew it for you in the evening.” Chen Rou said.

Han Guobin shook his head: "It's enough to eat once. You should eat more at night." His wife had to get up at night to breastfeed her son, but she would get hungry easily.

After he finished eating, he went to lie down.

This guy is indeed tired. He hasn't even had a day's rest. Chen Rou would occasionally be lazy, but this guy is doing the real work.

I'm so tired.

When he woke up from a nap, he had to go to work again. Chen Rou brought him a pot of salt water and sent him out.

Although life is not easy, the villagers will be able to distribute meat and food in a while, so there is hope for the future.

Han Guobin went to work, so Chen Rou prepared a snack for herself and cooked some beef porridge for herself and put it in the space.

She has consumed one of the four bags of rice in the space so far, and most of it went into her stomach. She felt a little unfair to her husband Guobin if she ate all the food alone.

But there was no other way. What could be shared had been shared. For those that were difficult to share, she could only eat them herself.

It was also a good deal for Han Hang's child. After a few days of good care, her food rations became sufficient. The child lost weight quickly and gained weight quickly, but she soon recovered.

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

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