The Clever Wife of the 1960s Chapter 38 (Part 2)

The Clever Wife of the 1960s Chapter 38 (Part 2)

Han Si went back. As soon as he left, Zhou Zhou, the little cunning boy, said, "If someone like Xiao Si who can't work goes there, then I'll go with you too. I'm better than him."

"Let's talk about it when the time comes. It's still early." Mr. Han Hang waved his hand.

Han Guobin was repairing the hoe at home, and he couldn't help laughing when he saw his two sons like this.

At night, he told his wife: "When he grows up, he will be as good at work as I am."

Chen Rou couldn't laugh. She and her husband had to live like this for the rest of their lives. There was nothing they could do about it. But she really had no plans to let her children continue the business left by their ancestors.

He will be seven years old next year, and then I will let the eldest one go to school.

After all, the future belongs to the educated people. Although farm work is not bad as long as you are diligent and don't starve, if there are better options, why not choose the better one?

When they grow up, times have changed.

But she didn't argue with her Guobin about this matter. With the development of the times, he would have to let his sons study hard and make progress in order to change their family situation without her saying anything, instead of carrying a hoe all the time.

Han Guobin went out in the middle of the night and came back with a bracelet.

He gave it to his wife the next morning.

Chen Rou was stunned for a moment. This gold bracelet was of extraordinary weight.

She remembered hearing from her mother that her third cousin bought one for Su Mianmian, secretly from his father, and none of the other brothers knew about it.

Of course, his father didn't suffer any loss.

However, Chen Rou did not expect that her Guobin would bring one back to her right away.

"Did you buy it for me?" Chen Rou looked at him and said.

"Well, keep it." Han Guobin looked at his wife and thought that she should like it, so he felt that the gift was not wrong.

"What a waste of money." Chen Rou said angrily, then put it away.

It's quite heavy, and should be not much different from the one her third cousin bought for Su Mianmian. Her cousin also spent two hundred yuan to exchange it with his uncle.

Han Guobin smiled and thought that his wife liked it very much. If the market was good in the future and he could make more money, he would buy more for his wife.

Han Guobin is responsible for all the work at home.

His wife doesn't have to do any of the cooking, washing diapers and cleaning the room.

But the day passed and he had to drive to work again.

"Be careful when you go out. The children and I are waiting for you at home." Chen Rou still said the same thing.

Han Guobin nodded: "Wife, don't get too tired, just stay at home and take care of our daughter."

This time Han Guobin's trip took longer than the previous one, because in some places the harvest started early, as early as September.

They and other vehicles were requisitioned and began to be responsible for transporting food.

So Han Guobin had no choice but to write a letter and send it back.

When the letter arrived home, the autumn harvest in the village had already started for two days, but when I received the letter I knew that Han Guobin would not be able to make it back.

Chen Rou also took the letter and came to see the captain.

"It's nothing. Let Guobin do his work outside. We just need to harvest this year," said the team leader.

Chen Rou nodded and took her little girl to the threshing ground. As for the two brothers Han Hang and Han Zhou, they went about their own business.

Han Guobin is even busier now. The villagers know that he is going to other provinces and other places. Han Guobin has always been the one transporting fertilizer to the village. Other villages have also applied for it now. However, their village has more pesticides than other villages, which were obtained with the help of Han Guobin.

Those who specifically target pests have also greatly increased the village's production.

Of course, people are dissatisfied with the fact that he does not work but still receives salary, but they just mock him occasionally and that's it.

This year's autumn harvest is more daunting than in previous years because the National Day has just passed and the sky is already a little gloomy.

But there is still a lot of grain in the fields that has not been harvested. If the autumn rain falls, it will be despair.

The threshing ground was also on high alert, with the grain drying in the sun, but also keeping an eye on things at all times.

Not only their village is busy harvesting, but all the other villages are doing the same. In such weather, who would dare to come so leisurely?

It's almost like fighting.

Fortunately, although the weather was not very good, it did not rain and the grain was harvested.

Everyone in the Chen family was mobilized, including Chen's mother, who put in all her effort this time.

When he came over after finishing his work, he looked much more haggard.

"Mom, why are you so tired?" Chen Rou said as she quickly made a bowl of malted milk for her mother.

"How can it be more tiring? We have to harvest crops. Who can stand the weather this year?" said Chen's mother. If the crops were not harvested and were destroyed in the fields, she would be heartbroken.

Although all the young and old in the village were exhausted, they have finally harvested the crops. Otherwise, it would be despairing if all the efforts of a year were wasted.

After taking a sip of malted milk, he said, "It's fine as long as it's sweet enough. Save it for Hanghang and the others."

"Mom, you drank it. They have drunk a lot recently." Chen Rou said.

The two brothers were still enthusiastic about participating in the autumn harvest, but they were so tired that they fell asleep when they ate dinner when they got home at night. After dinner, they went to bed on the kang without even taking a shower.

But despite looking so tired, they were still full of energy the next morning. The energy of these kids is really unimaginable.

Of course, Chen Rou also gave them plenty of good food.

Chen's mother let her persuade him to drink and said, "Guo Bin hasn't come back for a while?"

"No, during the autumn harvest outside, their caravan was requisitioned, so they wrote a letter specially to come back." Chen Rou said.

Mother Chen said, "Your brother and sister-in-law will be divided into families this year. Remember to tell Guobin to come back next time to see if there are any. If there are, bring back two pots. Your eldest brother and second brother's family will each get one."

"What about my third brother?" Chen Rou said.

"Your third brother said he wants to live with us." Mother Chen twitched her lips and said, "We won't share the money or food. Let your father and I eat with them from now on."

Chen Rou laughed: "Then my third brother is really filial."

"What filial piety? As soon as that kid lifts his butt I know where the cow dung is." Chen's mother said with disdain.

"What else do you have in mind, Third Brother?" Chen Rou asked with a smile.

"Your third sister-in-law's family is not a good place, especially her mother. I heard from your third brother that your third sister-in-law's sister separated from the family, and she went there every few days to ask for money. She almost got divorced, but she still didn't stop." Chen's mother said.

"Is my third sister-in-law's mother like that? Why have I never heard of her?" Chen Rou asked in surprise.

"Our family hasn't split up in these years. If that old woman dares to come to see me, I won't tear her apart. But if we split up, I may not care." Chen's mother said.

The family is going to be divided, so can she manage it for a while or for the rest of her life? She has to learn to stand up on her own. If she can't stand up on her own, she won't be the one starving. I don't care.

Chen Rou smiled and said, "What do the elder and second brothers have to say?"

"What can they say? Your eldest and second sister-in-law have the final say. When they heard that the family was going to be divided, they almost jumped up and lit firecrackers to celebrate." Mother Chen snorted, "I have treated none of them badly over the years. I suffered a lot back then, and I didn't intend to let them follow my old path. But you see, they are all so happy when the family is divided."

"The child is so old now, naturally he wants to be the head of the family. He still needs your help at this age, and he has his own ideas in his mind. It's just right to separate them now." Chen Rou said. In fact, she thought her mother would take it slow and it would take until next year at the latest. She didn't expect that the property would be separated now.

Mother Chen is just nagging. She has become a mother-in-law from a daughter-in-law, so how could she not know what they are thinking?

Just come here to complain to my daughter.

After the autumn harvest, the grain was divided and the Chen family split up, and it was a quite thorough division.

Except for the third family who did not plan to share the money because they wanted to use it for retirement, the first and second families each received 100 yuan. The food from the team was distributed, and this was also divided up, as well as other furniture and so on.

Mrs. Chen Dasao and Mrs. Chen Ersao were both very happy.

"Mom, we will start collecting adobe bricks this year and move out when the house is built." said Mrs. Chen.

"Stay." Chen's mother responded.

"Mom, we have to ask uncle to bring back a pot so that we can cook when we move out next year." Mrs. Chen said.

Chen Ersao naturally wanted it too.

"I've talked to Rourou and asked Guobin to bring one to your family. Each one costs twenty-five yuan. You can pay for it when the time comes." said Chen's mother.

"It costs twenty-five dollars?" Chen Ersao asked.

Chen's mother looked at her in surprise: "Can you buy a pot for a lower price than this?"

Chen Ersao twitched the corner of her mouth and said, "No, mother, isn't it that there is nothing wrong with my uncle bringing a pot to someone else?" The last sentence was naturally said in a low voice.

In the early years, her uncle used to collect mushrooms, but later he stopped. However, she felt that this uncle was not very honest. Didn’t he make some money by helping to cook?

Chen's mother pulled her face and said, "Guo Bin didn't make a penny from bringing the pot to someone else, and you're still worried that he's making money from you, right? Okay, go buy it yourself!"

Chen Ersao quickly said, "Mother, that's not what I meant."

"That's not what I meant. If you don't like it, just buy it yourself. I was just worried about it before I went to talk to Rourou about it!" Chen's mother snorted coldly, "Hurry up and make the adobe bricks. Move in as soon as you're done!"

Sometimes you just have to show off your authority as a mother-in-law!

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