The Clever Wife of the 1960s Chapter 37 (Part 3)

The Clever Wife of the 1960s Chapter 37 (Part 3)

It was getting late when Han Guobin sent his two sons home. After having lunch, he went into the city to inform Han Guoli.

"I'll go back tomorrow!" Han Guoli said happily.

Her mother-in-law, Zhang's mother, asked her, "Is Haohao's second uncle going to move to a new house?"

"Well, it's a brand new brick house with three large rooms. It's very spacious." Han Guoli said with a smile.

In the past few years, she gave birth to another daughter, a son and a daughter. Because her second brother takes care of them, although she has no job now and occasionally works as a substitute, her mother-in-law does not dare to give her a cold shoulder as she did before.

Especially when her daughter was born, her second brother brought ten kilograms of grain and a kilogram of eggs, saying that her second sister-in-law asked him to bring them. In addition, he also gave her two meat coupons.

Han Guobin didn't care about all that. He came to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some supplies and brought them to Lao Yang.

He had saved up some meat coupons, but they were not enough for tomorrow, so he had to come to Lao Yang to get some more.

Of course, I also came to inform Lao Yang that we will move to a new home tomorrow.

"I can't go over with my status. You can take this basket of eggs back to give to my nephews. As for the meat, you can go over tonight." The old sheep said cheerfully.

Han Guobin left a pack of biscuits and said, "Then I'll go over tonight."

He took the eggs and went home first.

After returning home, I naturally started to inform the people in my village, as well as Gao Zheng.

Han Guobin also asked Gao Zheng to come and help this time, and Gao Zheng was also on the list of people to treat.

Gao Zheng got married the year before last. He got married at the beginning of the year and became a father at the end of the year.

And it was really because of helping to buy the pot that we had this connection, I am especially grateful to Brother Bin.

When getting married, Chen Rou asked Han Guobin to give her two dollars as a gift, as he was considered close to the family.

Apart from Gao Zheng, the rest are from the village.

After notifying everyone else, he came to the old house to inform Han's father and mother.

Han's mother asked, "How are you going to treat us tomorrow? How many pieces of meat will be on the table?"

"We don't have much money to spend on building a house. Our family is poor now, so we just want to have some fun," said Han Guobin.

Han's mother didn't say anything then.

But when I came there at noon the next day and saw the dishes on the table, I was so embarrassed.

Han Guobin’s generosity was quite impressive. There were eight dishes on the table, three of which were meat.

There are pork ribs stewed with beans, and pork belly stewed with potatoes. There is a lot of meat on them, and there is also scrambled eggs and tomatoes. The rest is vegetarian.

There are four tables in total.

From Old Chen's side, mother Chen brought her three daughters-in-law to help, but didn't let any of the others come.

Mrs. Han also came to help, and Han Guoli also came early in the morning.

Chen Sijie, Zhou Zhen, and Cai Lihua also came to help. However, there were only two stoves in the house, and although the kitchen was spacious, it could not accommodate so many people, so Zhou Zhen and the others were allowed to take their seats.

The same dishes were served one after another, three of which were meat dishes. The other dishes needed to be fryed in a pan, all with lard. They looked greasy and smooth, and everyone was very satisfied after eating them.

I no longer feel sorry for the one dollar and fifty cents I brought with me.

This was quite a big expense. Although Chen's mother had some complaints, it was a festive occasion and since the guests had been invited, she might as well be generous.

After everyone finished eating, they went back and packed up their things.

After eating and drinking, Han's mother went into the kitchen. Chen's mother and her three daughters-in-law were busy cleaning up.

"Are you satisfied with the meal today, mother-in-law?" Chen's mother asked politely.

"Mother-in-law has worked hard today. Let the third family of the eldest family help with the rest. Mother-in-law should take a few sisters-in-law back to have some rest. It's getting late now." Han's mother said.

"It's not an easy day today, but I'm happy in my heart. My two daughters have moved into brick houses. I feel relieved and not tired at all." Mother Chen said with a smile.

Mother Han smiled a little fakely and said, "That also means you've married well. I mean, without the hard work of the man at home, how can a woman have a good life? So when you get married, you have to respect your parents-in-law. Don't be like those married girls who move all the good things back to their parents' home!"

Don't think she doesn't know, she knows it very well. The second son's family has brought many good things back to her parents' home!

Mother Chen said a word of forbearance. The son-in-law and daughter had just moved in, so they couldn't quarrel and ruin the feng shui. She smiled and said, "My mother-in-law is right. A daughter who is married off is like water spilled. Since she is the husband's family, she should be loved as a daughter. I think my mother-in-law loves her daughter-in-law very much. My younger daughter-in-law gave birth to two children, and you took care of them all during the confinement period!"

The two of them argued back and forth, and finally Han's mother went back with a cold face.

Song Xiaoyu brought her two sons and said to Chen Rou, "Don't worry, sister-in-law. Mother is just like that."

Chen Rou smiled and said, "I'm not worried about it. You can go back. The eldest sister-in-law and the third aunt can stay to help."

I am not as close to my sister-in-law Song Xiaoyu as I am to Sister-in-law Han.

After all, she knew very well that although Song Xiaoyu looked kind, it was because her husband Guobin got the job, otherwise how could she respect her family?

Of course, I still look down on her now and think she is just a country peasant woman. Of course, she is a peasant woman.

However, in the past three years, she has not changed much, and her skin is not much rough. She washes her face with rice water every day, and the effect is very good.

Mrs. Han, Han Guoli, Zhou Zhen, Cai Lihua and Chen Sijie stayed to help. Many pots and pans in the house had to be washed and returned.

I brought them from my mother's home, from Han Dasao, Zhou Zhen, and Cai Lihua's home. There's no need to bother two people. Just wash them and take them back.

There were still some dishes left in the kitchen, which were not served yet. Chen Rou did not keep any of them but distributed them all.

Han Guoli was taken back by Zhang Jiang, so Chen Rou didn't give her any more money.

Mrs. Han got a bowl, which had quite a bit of meat, and she was very happy when she went back.

"Now that I'm done with my work, I'll go back first and come back when I have time." said Sister Chen Si.

"I specifically told Guobin to bring Anwen and Anwu here, but you didn't. How can you miss out on their food?" Chen Rou said to her.

I knew her sister's temper, so I specifically told her to bring it, but she still didn't bring it.

"That's nothing. I'll bring it back next New Year." Sister Chen smiled.

Chen Rou didn't give much, just two boiled eggs and asked her to take them back to her two nephews to eat. Chen Sijie accepted them and didn't delay since they were a bit far away.

Mother Chen brought her three daughters-in-law and also brought back a large bowl of meat dishes.

The house had finished inviting the guests. Chen Rou and Han Guobin looked at each other and both breathed a sigh of relief.

But I am also happy that my life is getting better and better.

Han's mother was waiting very anxiously at home, but when it was almost time for dinner and it was getting dark, her second son's family didn't even send her any food, and she couldn't sit still any longer.

"Isn't it going to be delivered?" Han's mother said with a dark face.

Originally, she wanted to go into the kitchen to get it herself, but was stopped by the old lady from the Chen family. She had to come back first, thinking that it would be delivered to her, but it was getting dark, so why didn't they deliver it?

"Mom, what are you talking about? Didn't we already eat it? Why are you sending me back?" Han Guolin said inexplicably.

"I saw that there were still a lot left, and she didn't send any of it over as a tribute? Did she ask her parents to take it all back?" Han's mother said.

"The Chen family has gone over to help, so it's normal to bring some back to them." said Han Guolin.

Mother Han glared at him and said, "What do you mean by normal? If the husband's family doesn't respect the wife's family, then they should respect the wife's family. If everyone is like her, then why would we marry a daughter-in-law?"

After saying that, Han's mother got angry again and said, "Guolin, go call the second son over!"

Han Guolin didn't want to go: "Mom, Third Brother treated us today, and you didn't help or pay. You and Dad went to eat together, that's enough."

His family gave him one dollar as a gift, but he and his wife took their two sons to eat together, and they felt that they had made back their money with interest. If they asked him to go find his second brother, he would not go.

"We go over to eat to give him face. If we don't go over, he will be criticized by the villagers!" Han's mother snorted coldly.

"That's right." Father Han raised his eyelids and said calmly.

It would be extremely embarrassing for the son to invite guests to his new home but as parents he could not attend.

But in the end, he never came to see Han Guobin again, but Han's mother often went out to talk about it.

Now that we live in a brick and tile house, let alone inviting our parents to live over and enjoy a good life, even if we held a housewarming party, they wouldn’t even serve a single dish as a token of their filial respect.

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

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