The Clever Wife of the 1960s Chapter 35 (Part 3)

The Clever Wife of the 1960s Chapter 35 (Part 3)

Song Xiaoyu couldn't take her eyes off it as soon as she saw it. She took it in her hand, touched it, and said, "This is really beautiful."

"The craftsmanship of the old embroiderer is impeccable," said Chen Rou.

"I'm afraid this is not cheap?" Song Xiaoyu said.

"Guobin said he spent 17 yuan to buy it. After he came back, I had an argument with him and wanted him to return it, but he said that the old embroiderer wouldn't give it back. We are from the countryside, so why would we need this?" said Chen Rou.

"Seventeen dollars is indeed not cheap." Song Xiaoyu smacked his lips.

"It is expensive, but if you don't want it, I'll keep it. Although it is expensive, it is indeed very beautiful. It is suitable for newlyweds. The meaning is also good, and it means a pair of flowers blooming together." Chen Rou said. This quilt cover is simple and elegant, not luxurious, and can be used by newlyweds. At this point, she lowered her voice again: "It is the current trend, otherwise people will just use bright red silk to embroider dragons and phoenixes."

"You can also embroider dragons and phoenixes?" Song Xiaoyu asked in surprise.

"That old embroiderer has great skills. I heard she has embroidered before." Chen Rou said, "Do you want this? If not, I'll keep it. As for the little leather shoes, I'll talk to your second brother when he gets home from work."

"I'll go over and ask tomorrow. Please keep it first, sister-in-law." Song Xiaoyu said, and then handed her the twelve yuan.

Chen Rou took the money and let her take the eggs back herself.

Song Xiaoyu didn't give in and went home with the eggs.

Han Guobin went home to fetch water, filled the water tank at home, and then went out to fetch water to take a bath.

The wooden barrel at home was placed in the thatched hut at the back. Chen Rou let her eldest son and second son sit on the mat and eat cucumbers by themselves, and she came over to rub her Guobin's back.

I mentioned this incidentally.

Han Guobin smiled and said, "Wife, I remember that quilt cover was only eight dollars, right?"

"That's it?" Chen Rou pinched his waist and said, "A pound of eggs is only a few cents, and that quilt is worth twenty pounds of eggs!"

Except for the price which was raised by her, everything else was true. It was indeed the work of the old embroiderer.

Moreover, Chen Rou could see the craftsmanship clearly, there was nothing to complain about.

Chen Rou knew that seventeen yuan was expensive, but wasn't the girl a female clerk in a government unit? Her monthly salary was only more than twenty yuan. Marriage only happened once in a lifetime, so if not now, when would she be overcharged?

Han Guobin smiled and said, "When we build a new house in the future, we have to make new ones too."

"Let's go find that lady when the time comes. Why would she be afraid of having nothing when she's still alive?" Chen Rou said.

Han Guobin said nothing more, "Wife, please get some soap here for me to wash."

"Wash it yourself." Chen Rou spat at the increasingly shameless thief. After she finished her business, she ignored him and went to look after her two sons.

The vacation days passed quickly and Han Guobin went back to work the next day.

Song Xiaoyu came over and took the quilt cover to have a look. Her sister-in-law thought it was too expensive. The material was indeed good and the embroidered product was indeed beautiful, but seventeen yuan was extremely expensive.

"Isn't your second sister-in-law making a lot of money from this?" her sister-in-law asked suspiciously.

"Sister-in-law, what are you talking about? My colleague doesn't make a penny from selling shoes, but he asks others to buy them for 15, while my second uncle's is 12, and it's clearly displayed there. Besides, our pot cost 26 after we exchanged it for industrial coupons, right? It's still considered cheap. My mother is saying that the pot of the Sun family next door cost 27. All the pots in my village were bought by my second uncle, and it was only 25!" Song Xiaoyu said.

"But this is too expensive!" Her sister-in-law knew all this, but still said.

"My second sister-in-law said to give it back to her if she wants it. I didn't force your sister to take it." Song Xiaoyu waved her hand and said, "I just brought it here for you to see. Just don't give it back to her."

Her sister-in-law said, "Leave it alone for now. I'll ask my sister to come over tomorrow and take a look for herself. She's the one who wants to get married, so it's up to her."

Her sister likes these things, and she thinks she will definitely buy them.

As expected, her sister came over and fell in love with it as soon as she saw it. She paid 17 yuan for it and took it back with her. She also took a pair of small leather shoes from Shanghai, which she was also very satisfied with!

Song Xiaoyu felt very proud for helping her sister-in-law to get this done. When she gave the twenty-nine yuan to Chen Rou, she was not in a hurry to go back. She chatted for a while before returning.

Chen Rou was in a good mood too. With the eleven dollars in her pocket, it was no wonder that her uncle was so happy as a trader.

When the atmosphere gets better, she can consider it.

When Chen Rou was taking her two sons and the big white geese at home to escape the summer heat, the story started to spread in the village again, and the protagonist of the previous story was still there.

Ye Qian, the educated young woman who had just moved to the pig farm in Korea, was pregnant.

This was because Han Guogang was taking Ye Qian back to the old house and was pushed out by Aunt Han and almost fell down. Han Guogang then hurried over to support him and talked about his mother, saying that his wife was pregnant now!

Second Aunt Han was not happy at all. Her face fell and she told them to get out. She didn't care about her pregnancy, so they should not come to her if they had any problems!

Even jumping into the river couldn't make her son change his mind. There was no way to change his mind.

Needless to say, she was still thinking about her son in her heart, but her family probably couldn't afford the grandson in Ye Zhiqing's belly!

When she didn't have a child, she thought that if she returned to the city, she could just break up the relationship and then arrange to marry another one. Now that she has a child, what should she do in the future?

Aunt Han felt so dark for her son just thinking about it, but he was still smiling foolishly!

When Cai Lihua came to deliver tofu, Chen Rou heard what she said and shook her head, saying, "Now that we have a child, we can only live like this. We'll see what happens in the future."

Chen Rou felt sorry for her cousin Han Guogang. The educated youth would definitely have to return to the city in the future, and it was estimated that it would not take a few years.

She inherited the memory when she traveled through time from the peaceful era. Although that girl was born in the 1990s, she also knew some common sense.

It seems that there will be a resumption of the college entrance examination and reform and opening up in the future?

It should be in the next few years, not long from now.

Chen Rou felt that if there was such an opportunity, Ye Zhiqing would definitely not miss the chance to return to the city.

As for the man and the child, Ye Zhiqing doesn't seem to care much about them.

But in life, only you know whether the water is hot or cold when you drink it, and you cannot meddle in other people’s affairs.

She just needs to take good care of her two sons.

Little Hanghang now likes to run outside and jump around with the older kids. The more he interacts with them, the more fluent he speaks.

As expected, the kid started to develop into a mud monkey, but Chen Rou didn't care much about it. She just fed him well and let him do the rest.

Even though she has spanned three lifetimes, this is actually her first time getting married and having and raising children.

However, children in the end times will not be spoiled. She thinks this principle is applicable everywhere. Raise them roughly and they will grow up to be strong, and then just leave them alone.

However, Chen Rou still has a loving motherly heart towards her five-month-old second son.

I cooked some millet porridge and brought it out to feed him.

It’s not much, just a small bowl. I feed him a little to let the little one get used to it, and save the rest for his older brother.

The naughty monkey is hungry when he comes back from playing outside, so he usually looks for food.

"Sister-in-law." A voice came from outside.

Chen Rou, who was feeding Xiao Er millet porridge, frowned slightly and asked, "What's wrong?"

The person who came was Ye Qian, Ye Zhiqing, who was considered her cousin, but her second aunt did not recognize this daughter-in-law, so Chen Rou naturally stood on her second aunt's side.

Because I had to take care of my second son this year, I rarely saw her. But when I saw her, I didn't say hello. I didn't expect her to come to my house.

"Everyone in the village says that my sister-in-law is good at raising children, and they all grow up to be plump and healthy." Ye Qian glanced at Zhou Zhou sitting on the straw mat and said with a smile.

Chen Rou didn't want to associate with her, so she didn't say anything.

Ye Qian pursed her lips and said, "Sister-in-law also looks at me differently?"

Chen Rouzhen didn't want to look at her differently. Both she and Wang Zhiqing were wrong in this matter, but these two people had nothing to do with her.

But Ye Qian shouldn't bully an honest man just because Han Guogang likes her.

Moreover, Chen Rou also heard from her cousin Cai Lihua that Ye Zhiqing heard it from someone and actually brought up the fact that her second aunt was a widow and remarried to her second uncle. Wasn't it okay for her to marry into the family as if she were a widow?

Chen Rou asked Cai Lihua how she knew about it. No one in the village had heard of it.

Cai Lihua said that she heard it outside the house. That day she went there but before she entered the house, she heard a quarrel, so she stood outside and heard it all.

So what do you call this?

Why did the second aunt remarry back then? Who in the village dared to stand up and say that it was not true? That was understandable.

But she is involved with Wang Zhiqing, and in the current environment, no one needs to say much, right?

She refused to admit her mistakes or repent, and even wanted her mother-in-law to treat her as a widow who remarried. Wouldn't it matter if she wasn't unfaithful?

What kind of ideological awareness is this?

So how should Chen Rou view her?

"About me and Wang Zhiqing, I was actually deceived by this scumbag. He said he would marry me, but who knew he would deny it afterwards. I only had sex with him once, but I didn't expect that I would get pregnant by chance." Ye Qian sat down spontaneously, her eyes red, and said softly.

Chen Rou: “…” Do I know you well enough for you to tell me this?

And is there any difference between once and twice for this kind of thing?

Whether it happens once, twice or more than once, it happened.

"Sister-in-law, I know I was wrong in this matter, but now I even have Guogang's child, so we will definitely settle down in the village, and we will all be relatives in the future. Sister-in-law, do you have to look at me this way?" Ye Qian said.

"I haven't looked at you much, Ye Zhiqing. Before today, we have never spoken to each other." Chen Rou told the truth.

Really, why would I come to her house? I'm not familiar with her and I don't want to get to know her.

"I just look at you, sister-in-law, and think you are a good and friendly person. Now I don't have many acquaintances in the village. I heard that Mianmian married a soldier or your cousin? My family and the Su family are neighbors in the provincial capital!" Ye Qian said.

Chen Rou nodded indifferently.

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

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