The Clever Wife of the 1960s Chapter 33 (Part 2)

The Clever Wife of the 1960s Chapter 33 (Part 2)

The female colleague named Juanzi nodded and said, "That's true, but you didn't tell me that your second uncle is actually from the county transportation department."

"I don't like to show off." Song Xiaoyu said with a dry cough.

In fact, the relationship between the two families is very ordinary. No matter how she brags about her second uncle's family, she is always outdone, so she doesn't say anything.

"You married a country girl, and your second uncle is also a country man. How can he drive to the city?" The female colleague didn't believe it and thought she was bragging.

"Believe it or not." Song Xiaoyu rolled her eyes.

"If you really have a relative like that, why would it be so difficult for you to get two shoe tickets?" the female colleague sneered.

Others also looked at her. Song Xiaoyu gritted her teeth and said, "Do you think it's that easy? I bought this pair from the provincial capital. I spent eight yuan. Last time, I heard from my second uncle that there are also twelve yuan a pair over there. They are from Shanghai. You know Shanghai, right? It's the most prosperous city!"

"Twelve yuan a pair? That's almost equivalent to a month's salary." The one named Juanzi said in surprise.

"They are so beautiful, and one pair can be worn for a long time. I bought this pair, otherwise I would definitely ask my second uncle to buy me a pair from Shanghai." Song Xiaoyu said.

The female colleague who had a conflict with her shut up and said, "He who comes from Shanghai must be extraordinary."

"Xiao Yu, can you please talk to your second uncle for me? I want the ones from Shanghai. Can you ask him to buy me a pair?" the female colleague who was about to get married said hurriedly.

Song Xiaoyu's smile was a little stiff, and she said, "If you buy it for me, it's because they are my family, so it doesn't matter. But if you buy it for an outsider, it will easily lead to gossip. But forget it, okay?"

She really didn't want to go to the second house to ask for help.

"What's the big deal? We are all family, who would argue about right or wrong? Besides, I bought them, if someone is jealous of me for getting a pair of nice shoes, I will definitely go and testify!" said the female colleague who was about to get married.

"It's too expensive. It's enough for our monthly salary." Song Xiaoyu didn't want to beg Chen Rou, so she could only persuade her: "After getting married and having children, there will be many places to spend money."

"Marriage only happens once in a lifetime, so spend it wisely!" said a female colleague who was about to get married.

"Are you really willing to spend that? Twelve dollars is really not cheap." Song Xiaoyu said with pursed lips.

The female colleague who didn't get along with her laughed and said, "Hetao wants to buy a pair of nice shoes for her wedding, and she can spend any amount of money on it. Why are you still making excuses? Are you just bragging?"

Song Xiaoyu got excited and said, "Don't worry, Walnut. I'll tell my second sister-in-law when I get home and ask her to tell my second uncle that I will definitely buy you a pair of shoes made in Shanghai before you get married!"

"That's great. I'll get the money for you when I get home. I've been waiting for your shoes!" said the female colleague who was about to get married happily.

Song Xiaoyu felt a little drowsy until Han Guolin came over when she got off work.

"What's wrong?" Han Guolin said.

"It's nothing. I just promised my colleague to ask my second brother to help buy her a pair of leather shoes from Shanghai for her wedding." Song Xiaoyu said weakly.

"I'm afraid I won't help buy it." Han Guolin said as he walked towards home.

Song Xiaoyu was stunned: "What do you mean?"

"What do you mean?" Han Guolin was confused.

"You said you won't help buy it?" Song Xiaoyu said.

"Probably not. Come to work in the afternoon and go push it." Han Guolin nodded.

"Why not buy it?" Song Xiaoyu asked hurriedly.

"Second brother will definitely not buy it. If he does, wouldn't that be speculation?" Han Guolin said, "Last time when Ma Xiaofa got married, he wanted to ask second brother to bring him a new set of clothes from the provincial capital, but second brother sent it back and asked him to go to the county town to buy it himself."

Song Xiaoyu couldn't help but say: "But I heard from my second sister-in-law that he bought it for her!"

"What's the same? She's his own wife." Han Guolin said.

"But I promised my colleague!" Song Xiaoyu said hurriedly, "I've taken it all for her. She will go back this afternoon to get the money for me!"

"Then go tell her that you can't buy it." Han Guolin said indifferently.

"How can that be possible!" Song Xiaoyu said, "I have already agreed to it, but you are still turning it down. Where can I put my face?"

I have already boasted so much, if I take it back now, won’t I be laughed at to death?

"Then what should we do? Second brother won't bring goods to other people." Han Guolin said in a daze.

"Didn't second brother bring a pot to the villagers?" Song Xiaoyu said.

"It's the same. It's because the villagers need it, so my second brother is just helping the villagers. Your thing is a luxury item, which falls within the scope of speculation. My second brother is doing a good job, and I don't think he will be willing to take the risk." Korean Lin said.

Song Xiaoyu came over without even having time to drink a sip of water after returning home.

Chen Rou didn't expect her to say this, so she refused without any hesitation.

The fewer people who knew about her Guobin's job, the better. How could he possibly buy shoes for Song Xiaoyu's colleague?

Song Xiaoyu's face was frozen. "Second sister-in-law, my colleague is getting married. It's the only time in her life that she's been able to get married. She's asked me for help several times, but no one else can help. That's why I came here to ask my second brother for help."

"Third brother's sister-in-law, it's not that I don't want to help you. It's not easy for your second brother to get this job. We definitely won't make a penny, but there may be people who are jealous. So don't make trouble for no reason. Just go back." Chen Rou said.

Song Xiaoyu said, "But I've already promised her, Second Sister-in-law, let Second Uncle take care of her just this once, is that ok?"

Chen Rou looked at her and said, "Then I'll talk to your second brother when he comes back. But I don't know whether he will agree or not, so don't hold your hopes too high."

"Sister-in-law, please tell my second brother that now that we have helped him this time, we will definitely not trouble him again in the future!" Song Xiaoyu said.

She regretted it so much. She shouldn't have boasted like this earlier. Now she is in trouble both inside and outside.

After Song Xiaoyu went back, Chen Rou took note of the incident. She only told Han Guobin about it when he came back in the evening.

"Okay." Han Guobin nodded and said, "Ten dollars a pair."

"I took her in for twelve." Chen Rou coughed lightly and said.

Han Guobin was stunned for a moment and looked at his wife.

"I didn't mean it." Chen Rou said, "My third sister-in-law came to me yesterday to show off her little leather shoes, and I told her about the shoes you bought for me last time and raised the price by two dollars, but she went and told her colleagues."

When she came home from get off work this evening, Song Xiaoyu gave her twelve yuan.

But if you include the ticket price, a pair of leather shoes in Shanghai can be bought for less than ten yuan, which means a net profit of two yuan.

"Wife, let me have some love with you." Han Guobin turned over and said softly.

Chen Rou: “…” We were just talking about something, why did it turn to this?

After being pampered by this thief, Chen Rou fell asleep directly. Han Guobin hugged his wife and also slept soundly, contentedly.

The next morning, Chen Rou was just starting to boil water in the kitchen when Song Xiaoyu came over.

I'm really worried that you won't buy it.

"Second brother hasn't woken up yet?" Song Xiaoyu said.

"He came back late last night and was still sleeping." Chen Rou said, "But I told him about it last night and he said he'd better forget about it from now on."

"Okay, okay, just help me bring these little leather shoes back this time." Song Xiaoyu breathed a sigh of relief and said repeatedly.

Han Guobin slept until after eight o'clock before getting up. He felt lazy and comfortable.

After getting up and having breakfast, I played with my son.

Little boy Hanghang really likes playing with his father. His father can also make toys. He made grasshoppers and pistols for him out of reeds. Those are his favorite toys.

When the time was almost right, Han Guobin took his bicycle and went to work.

Little boy Hanghang wanted to go with his father, so his mother took him back. That night, Han Guobin brought back a pair of small leather shoes of that size.

The style is indeed very novel. You get what you pay for. It’s two dollars more expensive than Song Xiaoyu’s, but naturally it’s much better.

The next day, Chen Rou brought it to Song Xiaoyu. Song Xiaoyu didn't expect it to be so fast, and said happily: "Second sister-in-law, go back and thank my second brother for me!"

Look at the style, it’s worthy of being from Shanghai, it’s really nice. I can save face by buying this pair of leather shoes!

"Why thank me? We are all family." Chen Rou said, "Okay, I'll go home and make breakfast first."

Chen Rou went back, and Han's mother asked in confusion, "Why did the second son's family come here? What are these shoes for?"

"My colleague asked my second brother to help buy these shoes. Such good styles can only be bought in the provincial capital." Song Xiaoyu said.

"How much is it?" Han's mother asked casually.

"Twelve dollars." Song Xiaoyu said.

Han's mother was shocked: "What? Twelve dollars for a pair of shoes?" She immediately leaned over to take a look to see if the shoes were inlaid with gold and jade.

"Shoes like these are worth twelve dollars? I think they are not as good as the ones I made myself!" Han's mother said directly.

"Mom, you don't understand. These are produced in Shanghai!" Song Xiaoyu said. She liked these shoes very much.

If she didn't already have one on her feet, she really wanted to grit her teeth and buy herself a pair!

"It's all the same no matter what product it is. Those female comrades are just ignorant. They spent a month's salary to buy such expensive shoes." Han's mother said unhappily.

No wonder the third sister's family is so good at spending money. It turns out that there is a group of colleagues competing with them. The third sister's pair of shoes costs three yuan. She asked her son, but this colleague is even more outrageous. A pair of shoes costs twelve yuan!

He is even more wasteful than the second brother who is always greedy and has to buy meat.

Song Xiaoyu didn't argue with her mother-in-law. What young woman doesn't like to dress up beautifully? She's only in her early twenties and she's living like an old lady? What's the point of making this money?

But Song Xiaoyu was also a smart person. She didn't say that and said, "This year's cloth coupons have been issued. You should keep them all, Mom. I will make new clothes for you and Dad. When the time comes, you can wear them out and let the villagers envy you!"

My heart aches and bleeds, but what else can I do?

Because of the reputation spread by Mrs. Han this year, I originally didn't want to make this dress this year and planned to gloss over it, but now I can't gloss over it anymore.

But I only feel sad this time. I endured the pain and made the new clothes this time, but don’t think about it in the future.

Mother Han was immediately happy and touched, and said, "Mom knows you are filial, but if you let me and your father do it together, I'm afraid it will cost a lot of money, right?"

"I will give you a lot of money. This is my duty as a daughter-in-law!" Song Xiaoyu said, suppressing her heartache.

When Han Guolin sent Song Xiaoyu to work, Han's mother said to Han's father with emotion: "Among the three daughters-in-law, only the third daughter-in-law is so filial. The other two are all ungrateful."

Father Han nodded in agreement.

"The second son really doesn't care about us as his parents now. Not only does he get so much salary every month, but we don't see a penny from him. We also don't buy him any nutritional supplements from the city to show his filial piety!" Han's mother said while feeding her grandson.

Father Han said, "After all, it's divided up. It's still not as good as the third brother and his wife. We have to rely on them for food in the future."

Then he said, "Steam some egg custard for Xiao Si'er."

"Okay." Han's mother nodded.

Here at home.

Little Hanghang was also having breakfast at this moment, and I made egg porridge specially for him.

"Are there no eggs left at home?" Han Guobin asked.

"Yeah." Chen Rou nodded.

Han Guobin agreed and went into the mountains after a simple breakfast. This time he came back with not only two large fish, but also a pheasant.

While he was at work, Chen Rou stewed the food for herself.

Mrs. Han came over in the evening and brought a basket of dried mushrooms, all of which had been dried in the past few days.

At night, Brother Chen San also brought some dried mushrooms, which were picked a few days ago and dried recently.

Chen Rou accepted it all and waited for Han Guobin to come back before letting him take him to the city.

After the winter wheat in the village is planted, even if the busy work is completely finished, it is completely the time for farming to go slack.

Chen Rou's belly is now more than five months old.

Originally she had no such idea, but her husband Guobin once asked her if there was any chance of having twins?

Chen Rou was a little envious of her fourth sister, and also liked her two twin nephews, so she had some ideas.

But Chen's mother poured cold water on him.

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

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