The Clever Wife of the 1960s Chapter 32 (Part 2)

The Clever Wife of the 1960s Chapter 32 (Part 2)

Chen Sijie's eyes were still a little red, and she said, "Mom, now I feel that it's great to have my mother's family."

Mother Chen rolled her eyes at her and said, "What if I treated you badly in the past? Do you still have any conscience?"

Fourth Sister Chen smiled and said, "No, I just never felt that having a daughter from my mother's side was so lucky!"

"Not all girls from other families are treated this way. Look at the Zhao family at the end of our village. They don't treat their daughter as a human being. At such a prime age, they let her marry a lame old man who is almost 40 years old and older than her father." said Chen's mother.

Fourth Sister Chen said, "I don't care about other people's families. I am happy anyway."

"Did Rourou give it to you?" asked Chen's mother.

"I took it." Sister Chen smiled and said, "Mother, guess how much did my younger sister take for me?"

"One hundred?" asked Chen's mother.

She knew that the eldest daughter was going to ask the younger daughter to borrow fifty dollars. The eldest daughter had mentioned this before she went over, but she thought the younger daughter would give more.

"Mom, you also think that my younger sister will give me more." said Chen Sijie.

"Don't always look at people with old eyes. Rourou can live her life now, no worse than you." said Chen's mother.

"Don't look at people with old eyes. My younger sister gave me 150 yuan." said Chen Sijie.

If it were her, she might not be willing to take out so much money, but her sister gave it to her.

Mother Chen was also a little surprised, but not too surprised: "Your sister remembers you as her elder sister, so she is willing to give it to you."

"I know." Sister Chen nodded.

Otherwise, why do people say that the mother's home is the root of a married daughter? With the mother's home around, the married daughter will not be worried.

And sisters, even if they are married, are still their mother's family.

Chen Sijie stayed with her two sons for a meal, and then went home with 270 yuan borrowed from her mother's family.

An Dabang still had to go to work. After he came back from work, his wife took out such a large sum of money.

"My mother gave me 120 yuan, and my sister gave me 150 yuan," said Chen Sijie.

An Dabang nodded seriously and said, "You must remember this."

"Of course you have to remember that." Fourth Sister Chen rolled her eyes at him and said, "Let me tell you, my parents' side all dote on me. If you dare flirt with those restless women in the village, I will take my two sons and leave!"

An Dabang was immediately at a loss for words: "When did I do that?"

"It's just to give you a wake-up call." Sister Chen Si snorted.

The current social atmosphere is indeed strict, but there are still some gossips in the village, such as so-and-so's man sneaking into the corn field with so-and-so, so-and-so's wife's child doesn't look like her husband, and so-and-so's man.

Before this rough guy in her family got married, there were many young girls eyeing him. Now that he is married, there are still one or two who still have the crush on him. From time to time, they will chat with him when they meet.

What are you talking about? What's there to talk about? Don't you all have families? Keep your distance, understand?

What else could An Dabang say? It was so unfair. He was a man who lived a good life with his wife!

Let’s talk about Chen Rou.

The family gave her sister 150 yuan. Although Han Guobin didn't take care of family affairs, he should have the right to know.

Chen Rou didn't say it when she came back at night, but she said it the next morning when she was having breakfast.

Han Guobin didn't say anything, just let his wife handle it. His wife made the decisions on household matters and he didn't interfere.

After all, he knew that he had met both An Dabang and his aunt Chen Wen.

"Go to sleep after eating. It's expected to rain again in the next few days, so don't come back then to avoid catching a cold." Chen Rou said.

Han Guobin was not tired either. He went home to sleep at twelve o'clock last night and got up at seven o'clock. He would not get insufficient sleep. Moreover, he could take turns to rest with his colleague Li Dayuan while driving. There was nothing to worry about.

"I went into the mountains to fish." Han Guobin said.

"Is it too late?" Chen Rou asked.

"There's still time." Han Guobin nodded. His wife is pregnant now, so she must eat more fish.

Han Guobin went into the mountains. When he returned home, it was almost half past ten. He left the wooden barrel behind and went to work immediately.

There were two fish in the wooden barrel, both were small tilapia, each weighing about one pound. Chen Rou stewed them together in the pot.

At noon, Tiedan came running over.

"What's wrong?" Chen Rou asked.

"Second aunt, let me be your son. I don't want to be my mother's son anymore. She always beats me." Tiedan said.

His second aunt was good. He had never seen her beat Hanghang.

Chen Rou smiled and said, "Are you being naughty again?"

"I'm innocent. I just picked up some wild duck eggs outside, but I didn't take them home to roast them, so my mother beat me." Tiedan said.

And he wasn't the only one who didn't take it home. The others who picked up the eggs didn't take them home either. They roasted the wild duck eggs together and ate them. They were so delicious, so he told about it when he got home, and his mother wanted to beat him up.

Chen Rou said, "I stewed fish for lunch. Do you want to stay for dinner?"

"Is it okay?" Tiedan's eyes lit up. He naturally wanted to stay at his second aunt's house for dinner, but he was not a child anymore and knew that he was not his second aunt's son. It was not easy to earn food, as his father had told him.

"Sure." Chen Rou smiled and invited him to stay for dinner.

Chen Rou brought him some boiled sweet potatoes. Although Tiedan was small, he had a big appetite. The boiled sweet potatoes tasted great when paired with stewed fish.

When Han's eldest sister-in-law came over, she saw her son wolfing down the food. The second sister-in-law didn't say anything about her son, but was feeding Hanghang fish.

"Mom, I ate at my second aunt's house. The stewed fish was delicious!" Tiedan, who only cared about eating and not fighting, said when he saw his mother coming.

Chen Rou also noticed Han's sister-in-law and said, "Let's go to her house to eat. Tiedan has already eaten here."

After all, her son was the one who got the advantage, so Mrs. Han no longer looked so sullen as if her son owed her a lot of money.

In fact, compared to her sister-in-law Song Xiaoyu, she still prefers dealing with Chen Rou.

It’s just that Chen Rou doesn’t want to deal with her loud-mouthed sister-in-law.

But there are no mushrooms at my mother's house, so Sister Han should have saved up a lot. I saw her picking a lot last time.

"Sister-in-law, come and sit down." Chen Rou greeted her.

Mrs. Han sat down and glared at her eldest son. Tiedan then ran back home with a boiled sweet potato, fearing that his mother would beat him.

Brother Han, who was eating at home, saw the sweet potatoes he took and knew without asking that he must have gone to his second aunt's house to eat them.

At home, Chen Rou was chatting with Han's sister-in-law. As they were chatting, she said softly, "Colleague Guobin wants to eat some mushrooms, but I have already made pickles with all the mushrooms at home. Sister-in-law, you are here today, and I am too lazy to go back to my parents' home to ask, do you have any mushrooms left?"

Mrs. Han didn't think much about it and just said casually, "I dried a lot last time, about two or three kilograms. If you want, I'll ask Tiedan to bring it to you later. Apart from the favor, you can eat the rest yourself."

Anyway, she is not very interested in eating mushrooms. There are plenty of them in the mountains as long as it rains.

But no matter how little she cared about it, it was only Chen Rou who asked for it. If Song Xiaoyu and Han's mother came to try, they would not be able to get a single mushroom from her.

She knew that her stupid son came here to eat, and she learned from him what he had eaten at Second Aunt's house. Today, when he went to Second Aunt's house to drink water, Second Aunt gave him a handful of boiled peanuts or something.

Every time Brother Han took fish to the old house, she would mutter that there was not enough for her own family to eat, so why take it away.

But when she took it over here, she just pouted and said nothing else.

"It's not good to take your things for nothing. Give it to me and I'll pay for it." Chen Rou said slowly.

Mrs. Han was stunned for a moment, then looked towards the second brother's family, and Chen Rou also looked at her.

Seeing her like this, Han Dasao was immediately excited. She knew there was nothing she didn't understand. "The second brother's..." She stopped talking immediately and looked outside. She looked more worried than Chen Rou. After making sure that no one was around, she urged, "Come inside and talk."

Chen Rou laughed in her heart. Her father Guobin was right. His mouth was tighter than anyone else's.

"Sister-in-law, please go home and eat first. I still have to feed Hanghang. Let's talk after I finish feeding him." Chen Rou said, sitting still.

"Then I'll go home and get it for you." Mrs. Han said immediately.

"Brother..."

As soon as Chen Rou opened her mouth, Han Dasao said, "I won't say a word to that fool, so you can rest assured!"

What kind of man is he? He is so stubborn. How can I tell him such a thing? She just needs to make money herself!

Mrs. Han went back in a hurry. Chen Rou raised a smile when she saw her like that. Seeing his mother smile, little Hanghang also smiled.

After Chen Rou fed him, she let him play by himself and started eating.

When Mrs. Han came over with a basket of mushrooms, Chen Rou had already started washing dishes and pots. Mrs. Han was very enthusiastic and wanted to help her.

"Sister-in-law, please sit down. I'll take care of all this." Chen Rou said.

Mrs. Han went to sit down, and waited until Chen Rou finished her work before she could no longer wait to urge her to come into the house.

"There are not many mushrooms here, only about three pounds. You didn't want them when I told you last time, so I didn't pick more." said Mrs. Han.

"Guobin came back and asked me about it. I didn't have any myself, so I asked you, sister-in-law. We don't do that. His colleagues are from the city and they don't grow food like us. If we want to eat it, we can go up the mountain to pick it." Chen Rou said.

"That's true. We all envy city people, but city people charge money for everything and we can't even catch a single fish." Mrs. Han said hurriedly when she heard this.

"Sister-in-law, please keep it. If Guobin's colleagues need it again in the future, I will ask you. But this is something only we know about." Chen Rou stuffed the money over and said.

"Don't worry about this!" Mrs. Han held the money tightly, and the smile on her face couldn't be more sincere: "I won't even tell your eldest brother about this!"

"Not only my eldest brother, but also your sister-in-law's family." Chen Rou said.

In fact, she also wanted to charge more, but she really didn't trust her sister-in-law's family, so she gave up.

Mrs. Han said, "Don't worry about my mouth!"

"It was you, sister-in-law, who spread the matter about my third brother's wife." Chen Rou looked at her and said.

"This is not the same thing. She hasn't taken enough advantage and now she wants to instigate the old lady to take my second uncle's salary. I really can't stand it anymore. How can I not let her know how powerful I am?" said Mrs. Han.

It was quite selfless. Chen Rou laughed and said, "Anyway, sister-in-law, you can do whatever you want. As long as there is a little bit of wind, I will not take mushrooms from you anymore."

Mrs. Han immediately said, "I guarantee it won't happen!"

Chen Rou didn't say anything, and Mrs. Han left happily.

Three pounds of dried mushrooms really don't cost much. In this day and age, meat and eggs are valuable, but vegetarian foods like mushrooms are not worth much.

But nowadays a box of matches costs two cents, and a pound of salt is only 1.7 cents. Mushrooms grow freely in the mountains and can be picked in your free time when you don't have to work, so any profit you make is free money.

How could Mrs. Han not be happy?

In the evening, Chen Rou stewed the remaining fish and also fed a lot of it to little Hanghang.

When Han Guobin came back at night, Chen Rou told him the whole story with a smile.

Han Guobin just smiled. He saw clearly what his sister-in-law was like in the old house. If there was money for her to earn, she would not be able to dig open her mouth even with a shovel.

"I've thought of a name for our second child." Han Guobin said comfortably, hugging his wife.

"What's your name?" Chen Rou was a little sleepy, but still leaned on his arms and said.

"If it's a son, we'll name her Han Zhou, and if it's a daughter, we'll name her Han Cheng," said Han Guobin.

"Han Chen, why don't you use your family name or my family name?" Chen Rou said.

"That's the idea, but the nickname is Orange, which means Orange." Han Guobin said, kissing his wife: "I wonder if we can have twins?"

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