The Clever Wife of the 1960s Chapter 36 (Part 2)

The Clever Wife of the 1960s Chapter 36 (Part 2)

Han Guoli pulled her and started to complain: "Do you think my life is easy? I married into the country and I don't have a job. When Yuyu comes, I will have to leave again. My mother-in-law will not be happy with me. Now my second brother finally got a job in the city, so I thought about buying some things from the provincial capital to see if you can help me do this job steadily."

"Were you scolded by your second brother?" the colleague asked with understanding.

Han Guoli said, "I said I bought all the things myself before, so I could help you. If you knew it was you who wanted them, my second brother wouldn't bring them. Now my second brother found out from my mother-in-law that I didn't buy any of them, so he came to me and asked me why I bought so many things and whether I bought them for someone else. He scolded me so much! I'm so embarrassed."

At the end of the conversation, Han Guoli looked ashamed.

"Your second brother is really something. He's not engaging in speculation. He just buys some things. Why is he scolding you?" her colleague comforted her.

"My second brother is a country guy. Getting such a job is almost his fate. He refuses to help others buy things for fear of being labeled as bad. His ancestors have been poor peasants for 18 generations. He has a good family background, which means that I say the things are my own, so he helps to carry them. Probably because he saw that I bought a lot, he went to ask my mother-in-law, and now he comes to scold me and says that he doesn't expect me to help carry anything in the future." Han Guoli said.

She also said that she really wanted to keep her job.

Her colleagues all knew that she was so enthusiastic in helping to buy things just to build a good relationship and keep the job, but they had no say in work matters.

It’s a pity that I can’t help carry things in the future.

As for the fact that her second brother valued his work more than his life, they were not surprised.

Not to mention her second brother, isn't it the same for people in the city? Only by having a job can they support their family. Who would be willing to give up anything unexpected?

All orders are terminated at this point.

Han Guoli's colleague returned to work soon, and she, the temporary worker, was laid off.

Han Guoli even shed a few tears for this. Her colleagues actually really liked her. After all, she was sweet-talking and good at dealing with people. She was always eager to do things. Some time ago, in order to please them, she even helped buy things from the provincial capital.

But there is no other way.

Jobs in the city are so scarce that everyone is employed.

However, if you become someone's daughter-in-law and stay idle at home, your mother-in-law will definitely not be happy with you.

Han Guobin stopped helping to bring goods. His colleague Li Dayuan was puzzled. Han Guobin said: "My wife is timid. I am afraid of scaring her. Just do this job well and stop bringing goods."

Li Dayuan said: "Just don't give it to the wrong people." People like him only specialize in taking advantage of people they know.

For example, his aunt, uncle, cousin, etc. As for others, don't even think about him taking care of any of them.

Han Guobin shook his head and made a direct decision.

Afterwards he thought about it carefully and decided that there was really no need for him to take risks anymore. Even if he only came to the city to eat one or two meals, he could still save a lot of his monthly salary. His wife at home didn't have much to spend, so even if he bought more pork, eggs, and malted milk, he could always save at least 20 yuan a month.

He should be satisfied if he could save up two hundred yuan a year.

Otherwise, if something really happens, his two children are still young. If he goes to jail, what will happen to the children and his wife?

Han Guobin became more and more panicked the more he thought about it afterwards, and he was also grateful from the bottom of his heart to his wife for helping him brake in time.

Li Dayuan didn't say anything, but smiled and said, "Our salary is not low anyway, so we don't have to worry if we don't work. But my sister-in-law can do it." He can still withstand such profits.

"My wife is a country woman, she is honest and hardworking. I was overthinking it before. For a job like ours, being down-to-earth and hardworking is enough." Han Guobin said.

Li Dayuan nodded and said nothing more. Han Guobin thought this way, which meant he was a real person and he would definitely do this job for a long time.

He has earned enough, so why not just forget about it from now on?

Little did he know that this thought saved him from the first raid on his car.

The weather is getting colder and colder. This year, Chen Rou asked Han Guobin to use the cotton coupons issued by the unit to buy some cotton, and then used the new cotton to sew in his cotton-padded jacket.

After all, he has to travel back and forth between the county town and the village, so he has to dress warmly.

As for the cotton pants, I ignored them. They were still thick and didn't need to be changed.

Chen Rou made him another pair of socks. It can be said that Han Guobin has quite a lot of socks, as many as five pairs, which is quite luxurious.

Of course, Chen Rou also made some for her two sons, and they also needed small cotton shoes.

That day, a sister-in-law from the village came over and asked Han Guobin to help buy some brown sugar.

"Sister-in-law, I'll ask Guobin to see if he can exchange some tickets for half a pound of brown sugar for you. If he can, ask the child's father to go to the city and buy it for you." Chen Rou said with a smile.

"We are all from the same village, why should we worry about that? Besides, how can we not trust Guobin's character?" said the sister-in-law.

"You'll know the price best if you go buy it yourself." Chen Rou said with a smile.

"Okay, thank you Uncle Guobin for your help." The sister-in-law said with a smile.

It's the end of the year and time to distribute money. Those from well-off families will try to get some tickets. Some want cloth tickets, some want cotton tickets, and so on.

Han Guobin exchanged a lot of them last year, but this year the number dropped sharply.

"Those things are not easy to exchange. My colleagues don't have them this year. But we have quite a few food coupons. If you want the pastry tickets, I can exchange them for you." Han Guobin said.

"Wasn't it last year?" a young sister-in-law couldn't help but ask.

"There were some last year, but not this year. There's nothing I can do. Our company didn't issue any. The city is approaching the end of the year and things are in short supply. The last time I went to the city, many things were sold out," said Han Guobin.

This is the truth. It was better a while ago, but recently, if you don’t go to the supply and marketing cooperatives in the city early to queue up, you can’t even squeeze in, let alone other places.

Han Guobin helped to get two brown sugar tickets, both for half a pound, and the rest were some non-staple food tickets. There were no cloth tickets or cotton tickets at all.

Although the villagers felt regretful, they couldn't say anything because supplies were indeed in short supply.

Ye Qian came over that day.

When she heard that he wanted to exchange for cloth coupons, Chen Rou shook her head and said, "Guo Bin was unable to exchange for anything this year. Everything is in short supply."

"I heard there are brown sugar tickets? Sister-in-law, please give me one." Ye Qian said.

"Guobin worked hard to help the village exchange it, but they took it all away," said Chen Rou.

Ye Qian's expression turned unhappy: "What other tickets are there?"

"All tickets are in short supply, but we still have a pastry ticket that can be used to buy biscuits and other nutritional products. I can exchange it for you if you want." Chen Rou said.

"Okay then." Ye Qian changed. Chen Rou treated everyone equally and didn't charge more. She just paid about the original cost.

Ye Qian was originally wondering if she was making a profit from the price difference. After all, who would help the villagers exchange tickets for nothing? But she didn't expect to be given such a price. She was not stupid and knew that it was obviously not profitable.

She also knew that Chen Rou didn't like her very much, so he gave her the same price, let alone others.

No wonder everyone in the village wants to come here to exchange some useful tickets.

While thinking this, Ye Qian also felt contempt in her heart. Country people are country people, they are just not smart. They don’t even help to move goods and make money in such a good job as the Transportation Department. Moreover, it would be reasonable for them to make some profit from the price difference by taking these tickets back to the village, but they don’t make a penny.

Chen Rou had no idea what she was complaining about in her heart, so she just gave her a cake ticket and sent her away.

It wasn't that she was greedy for money. She actually wanted to keep the ticket for her fourth sister so that she could buy some cookies for her two nephews.

But her fourth sister was so meticulous that she probably didn't want to buy it.

This is the first reason. The second reason is that this is not the first time Ye Qian has come to ask for tickets, but she doesn’t have any. She said she didn’t have any before and didn’t give them to her. This time, she thought about it and gave them to her.

There is a saying that it is better to offend a gentleman than a villain, so let's give it to her, and it will also let Ye Qian know that if she wants to do something bad, she will not be able to do it.

It’s not without profit that her husband Guobin made the difference when he brought the tickets back to the village.

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

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