The Clever Wife of the 1960s Chapter 34 (Part 1)

The Clever Wife of the 1960s Chapter 34 (Part 1)

Mr. and Mrs. Han went out for a walk that day. Mr. Han was rather reserved, and only when asked about it by an elder of the same generation did he say that it was his third son's wife who paid for it herself.

But Han's mother wanted to blow it up to the sky.

I would ask everyone I met to see how my clothes were made and whether there was anything that didn't fit me. If they didn't fit, I would make alterations.

After people praised the fit, they asked if the clothes were new this year.

She boasted with a smile on her face that these were not made by her but by her daughter-in-law. The couple each got one, which showed that they were very filial. The other two combined were not as filial as her!

In less than half a day, the news spread throughout the small village.

Song Xiaoyu really spent a lot of money. The two new clothes cost her a lot!

But the money was well spent. She made new clothes for her parents-in-law. Who in the village would dare to say that she was eating her parents-in-law for free? After all, she still paid three yuan for their food every month!

These two sets of clothes are additional gifts!

Not to mention others, even Han Guolin was moved by his wife.

He thought his wife was reluctant to spend money on his parents, and he was afraid of his wife. He believed whatever his wife said, and he didn't dare to make her unhappy.

But Xiaoyu actually made new clothes for her parents herself!

He felt that marrying a filial wife like Xiaoyu was a blessing he had earned in his previous life.

The villagers have a different view. Han's father and mother love her as their own daughter, and she also has her own man, so there's no need to mention how gentle they are at night.

All of this made Song Xiaoyu feel that although these two sets of clothes made her feel bad, buying them was really a good deal!

But she hasn't gotten over it yet.

The second wife did her a great favor by buying those leather shoes last time.

The matter of buying leather shoes did not end so quickly at that time, because the cousin's wife of the female colleague who had a conflict with her later asked a friend to buy a pair of small leather shoes from Shanghai. Although the style was different, it was not much different.

But the cousin's wife of that colleague who had a feud with her bought it for fifteen dollars.

At that time, her colleague even asked if what she brought were counterfeit products, not genuine ones, so they were cheaper?

But how is that possible? When comparing the two pairs of shoes, they are exactly the same quality and similar styles. How come one is cheaper and the other is three dollars more expensive?

Song Xiaoyu said at the time that her second uncle would not fight for a penny, and his ancestors for 18 generations were poor peasants and had never engaged in any speculation or profiteering!

Her second uncle doesn't make any money, so it's cheap, but other people make money, so it's expensive!

Song Xiaoyu didn’t know how this matter was handled, but the colleague who didn’t get along with her didn’t dare to challenge her in front of her anymore.

Because of this incident, Song Xiaoyu did not come to find Chen Rou. She went straight to find Han Dasao and asked Han Dasao to give her something as a filial gift. After all, she was the eldest daughter-in-law in the family and should take the lead!

"I don't make any money. I've only earned more than 20 yuan this whole year, which is less than your two-month salary. I have to buy salt, kerosene and matches, all of which are expenses. And there are Tiedan and Ludan, those two guys are born to be gluttons. They can't even help me wash a bowl. The pressure at home is so great. I would like to take the lead, but look at my adobe house, do I have the capacity to do that?" said Mrs. Han.

"You are the eldest sister-in-law, how can you be unfilial?" Song Xiaoyu snorted.

"I just gave my parents thirty kilograms of sorghum rice when the grain harvest came this year. It was all new grain. How could I be unfilial?" said Mrs. Han.

In the end, Song Xiaoyu didn't get any advantage from this.

Han's mother knew that the third daughter's family was seeking benefits for her, and she truly felt that even her own daughter was not so considerate.

She whispered, "The eldest brother's family really doesn't have much money, and your eldest sister-in-law is very stingy and can't give you a penny. You should go to the second brother's family."

How could Song Xiaoyu possibly listen to her mother-in-law's instigation? She said, "My second sister-in-law is under much more pressure than she is." She might need her second uncle again in the future, but she couldn't offend him too much.

"Where does the pressure come from? The second son earns that much money a month!" said Han's mother.

"The salary is not small, but I see that my second brother has to eat there when he goes to work, and there is not much left after the meal. I heard from my second sister-in-law that he still owes the company money and has not paid it off." Song Xiaoyu said.

"How is that possible? Don't listen to her complaining about being poor. I think she has paid off all the debts and the family must have saved a lot!" said Han's mother.

"Mom, are you asking me to ask my second sister-in-law for money?" Song Xiaoyu looked at her and said, "Mom, you are the mother-in-law, so what you want is reasonable. I am the sister-in-law of my brother, why should I ask my second sister-in-law for money?"

Besides, this second sister-in-law is not a good person either. She was the one who exposed the issue of food allowance subsidy. If she hadn't been nosy last year, she wouldn't have said anything about her.

Also, I might need your help with selling goods in the future, so it’s better for us to keep things peaceful.

Han Guolin also agreed with his wife's words and said, "Mom, don't think about it. This year, my eldest sister-in-law and my second sister-in-law each brought 30 kilograms of food, which is not a small amount in the village."

He is the village scorekeeper and accountant. It is true that this is the rule in the village, but few people will really take it according to the rules.

This adds up to 60 kilograms of food.

Mother Han snorted, "Your second brother has such a high salary, but he didn't even bring a can of malted milk. Can't I say a few words?"

"Second brother got a lot less food and pork, and I think second sister-in-law only got a little bit." Han Guolin said.

His second brother definitely made some money, but it was also true that he couldn't go to work. This year during the autumn harvest, he only worked a few hours a day and could only get four or five work points, which was enough food for a person. Otherwise, he wouldn't have gotten much in the way of food.

Han Guobin actually bought two bottles of malted milk from the city.

He gave one can to his wife for nourishment, and asked her to take the other can back to her parents' home.

When his wife goes to work, he usually takes his son to his grandmother's house. He buys a can of malted milk for his grandmother to nourish her body, which is what he should do.

As for his own parents, it’s not that Han Guobin didn’t buy anything for them, but he just didn’t think of buying anything for them, and basically left it to the third son to take care of.

The family distributed grain several times this year. Sometimes we asked my cousin Han Guoming to transport it home, and sometimes Ma Dafa helped to transport it home.

There is less food than last year, but the quantity is still considerable.

We took a lot of corn, millet, sorghum, sweet potatoes, etc. home.

But last year I was able to get more than 30 yuan, but this year I can’t get much, just a few dollars.

Because the money was divided, everyone had money in their hands, and Han Guobin received a lot more orders recently.

For example, if they could not buy malted milk, brown sugar or something else in the city because they did not have a ticket, they would ask his connections to buy them in the provincial capital.

Han Guobin didn't buy any tickets, but he would exchange some tickets for the villagers and let them go to the city to queue up by themselves.

Everyone in the village expressed their belief that he was not engaged in profiteering and asked him to help take the trip. It was not easy to go to the city, and a whole day passed in the round trip!

However, Han Guobin refused, saying that it was not easy to get the tickets, and everyone should buy the rest by themselves.

It is indeed aboveboard.

Chen Rou found that her man was becoming more and more cunning.

Because he went to work in the city, although he couldn't help the villagers get all the tickets they needed, he could help with many things, which brought great convenience to the villagers.

He made money and was allowed to speak, so everyone had to think well of him. Now when Chen Rou went out, many people would greet her, and her social status in the village had risen a lot.

Needless to say, all of this comes from this man.

Chen Rou saw that he was making little Hanghang feel upset, which made little Hanghang laugh so happily, just like a big kid.

Han Guobin turned around and saw his wife looking at him. He asked, "What's wrong?"

"I'll give you some dry rice today and some fried pickled vegetables and pork?" Chen Rou said.

"Okay." Han Guobin nodded.

Chen Rou used the newly harvested sorghum rice to cook porridge. After the porridge was cooked, she used a colander to scoop out the soup, then scooped the sorghum rice porridge into a soup pot, added water into the pot, and then steamed the sorghum rice. The result was dry sorghum rice.

After cleaning the pot, Chen Rou put the chopped pickles and tenderloin into the pot and fried them. They tasted delicious when eaten with sorghum rice.

It is also suitable to save the rice soup for drinking.

After lunch, Han Guobin went out. Today was a rare day off, so he went to look for Lao Yang.

He had some tickets in his hand, which Lao Yang really needed, so he took them over and exchanged them with Lao Yang.

"Now this is an honor to our family!" Old Yang exchanged tickets with him and said with a smile.

Han Guobin also laughed and said, "Don't make fun of me."

"I'll take as many tickets as you can get," said Old Sheep.

Han Guobin said: "I brought this for you."

Lao Yang asked him: "These tickets are hard to come by. Where did your Ministry of Transport get so many tickets?"

"There aren't that many. Some colleagues don't need them, so they exchanged them for other purposes," said Han Guobin.

In fact, it was Secretary Zhang who came to him the day before yesterday and stuffed these specially for him. Even after being stuffed with such a stack of papers, Han Guobin was still a little confused.

When I asked Secretary Zhang, he smiled and said, "The provincial capital called and asked to give you an extra subsidy."

Han Guobin went to the provincial capital to deliver goods yesterday, so he took some time out to drive and take Li Dayuan to the Public Security Bureau.

I just went to find the director.

He also confirmed whether it was distributed to him here. If so, he would really accept it.

The director happened to be there at the time, so he smiled and asked him to accept it.

This young man didn't know that the important laboratory data he intercepted last year was recognized by the leaders in Beijing, and now he has produced research results.

This young man has made an indispensable contribution to this achievement, and an extra subsidy is really nothing.

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

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