The Clever Wife of the 1960s Chapter 40 (Part 4)

The Clever Wife of the 1960s Chapter 40 (Part 4)

"Did you hear it from the eldest daughter-in-law again?" Chen Rou said with a smile.

"I heard from Shuanzi's wife that Hanghang took it and shouted at the door, 'Grandma, my mother asked me to give you and grandpa five feet of cloth coupons so that you can each make a piece of clothing to wear!'" Han Dasao imitated.

"Yes, I gave it to them so that the old couple can wear new things." Chen Rou smiled.

Don't doubt it, she deliberately let her eldest son shout like that.

When he was a child, Hanghang would send it in without saying anything, but now he just listens to his mother and has to shout every time he sends something in.

In fact, Chen Rou really didn't want to settle the matter so clearly with these two elders. Even if these two elders really had no credit to her, the only thing was that they were Han Guobin's parents after all.

So under normal circumstances, Chen Rou doesn't care, but it's really not something you can just ignore with these two elders.

Han's father is fine, but Han's mother, especially, will take your things and then go around the village saying that you are disrespectful.

If you want to gain a foothold in the village, there is really no way you can ignore your reputation. Adults may not care, but what kind of environment will the children grow up in?

Chen Rou could only put the filial gifts she sent out in the open. No matter what her purpose was, the things she sent were real. The villagers knew the filial gifts were worth it.

So, no matter what Han's mother said in the village, Chen Rou and Han Guobin's family were never affected at all.

Who hasn’t figured it out yet?

For example, this year, even if nothing else is given, these five feet of cloth coupons are enough.

When Aunt Ma from next door came to exchange sugar coupons, she said that her mother-in-law was so lucky. She was also a mother-in-law, but she didn't get such treatment.

This was even more true of Han Guogang's mother, Aunt Han II. She was probably fed up with her eldest sister-in-law's partiality. Once, when she was pulled over by her to complain about Chen Rou's unfilial behavior and her superficiality, she directly retorted back.

How could such a good daughter-in-law have a mother-in-law like you?

Chen Rou doesn’t think she is really that good, she also has selfish motives.

For example, she favors her mother's family from the bottom of her heart, so naturally she would send things to her mother's family. Her father and mother are not young anymore, but she has three brothers to support. Chen Rou didn't give much to others, but she would always send some nutritional supplements back.

Every year, she would send one or two cans of malted milk back for her parents to keep for themselves.

Brown sugar is also indispensable.

Of course, what her father liked most was the Maotai that Han Guobin brought back for him specially from outside on the second day of the Chinese New Year this year.

That’s not cheap, eight dollars a bottle, it’s simply the king of wine.

However, this son-in-law also spent a lot of money and bought it directly to honor his father Taishan.

According to what her mother said, that was her father's favorite.

When sending things to Old Chen's house, Chen Rou would avoid others, but she was not afraid of people knowing, just to reduce unnecessary comments.

Of course, the villagers knew that Chen Rou was close to her mother's family, but everyone in the village knew how good the Chen family was to this side.

Several grandchildren were taken care of by their grandmother during their confinement period. Why can't their daughters be allowed to show more filial piety?

It's marrying off a daughter, not selling her. So after she gets married, she has to cut off ties with her parents' family, right?

Let’s not talk about those far away, let’s talk about Mrs. Han. After all, she doesn’t send many things to the old house in a year.

To this day, she still remembers how the old lady in the old house stole her eggs and food when she was building her own house!

But every year, they never lost 30 kilograms of food, and occasionally they would give fish or something like that as a gift, and if the family made tofu, they would give tofu as a gift.

But Han Dasao thought that she was a good wife and not a bad one. But she was the same and could not get any good words from the old family.

Mrs. Han delivered the tofu and went back, and Chen Rou went into the house to check her son's homework.

She inherited the memory of the girl in peacetime. Although it is true that all the knowledge was returned to the teacher, she still has common sense.

For example, her son’s elementary school homework is child’s play for her.

"Study hard, and if you meet the requirements set by your mother, I will keep my promise to give you the Liberation Shoes next year." Chen Rou said.

Beating alone is not enough. Beating can only make them surrender on the surface. Bribery is the key.

The kids haven't worn Liberation Shoes since they were little. Even though our family has good food conditions, we brothers still follow the principle of "three years new, three years old, and three years of mending". We also change our clothes from big to small.

Except for the cotton-padded clothes and trousers for winter, Chen Rou had everything else to live on. But even so, the living conditions of them and their brothers were good.

They are familiar with things like toffee and malted milk.

However, she has never bought them rare items like Liberation Shoes. She always wears shoes she made herself, which she thinks are no worse than Liberation Shoes. But she can't resist these little kids' enthusiasm for Liberation Shoes.

When the eldest brother Han Hang heard what his mother said, he nodded and continued reading his book without saying much. The task was not easy. He had to memorize eight texts and ten poems!

You must also memorize the multiplication table backwards, really memorize it backwards!

But what else can he do? If he memorizes all of them and passes his mother's random inspection, his mother will be able to buy him a pair of Jiefang shoes next year!

The second oldest, Han Zhou, was envious. He also wanted to wear Jiefang shoes: "Mom, can I learn to wear Jiefang shoes with my eldest brother? If I learn, will you buy me some Jiefang shoes too?"

"Before you learn from your elder brother, you should first count from one to one hundred correctly. Once you get all the numbers correct, you can learn other things." Chen Rou said.

The second child started counting.

Seeing the two brothers like this, Chen Rou was quite satisfied. She glanced at her daughter who was covering the rag doll with a quilt and coaxing it to sleep on the kang, then turned around and went out to cook.

I made some sour cabbage, and then some tofu and fish soup, put some corn tortillas on it, and it was ready to be served.

The mother and her children ate together, and drank up all the fish soup. As for Han Guobin, he went to work. After the slack season, he started traveling between the provincial capital and the county.

Chen Rou is now planning to move to the county town, but it is still early now, so she should wait and it won’t be too late to move there later.

Once we move to the county town, Han Guobin won't have to work so hard anymore.

But if she moved there, she would have to find a yard and see if she could buy it. She went to the city a year ago and visited Han Guoli.

Chen Rou couldn't accept the house that Han Guoli's family lived in.

City people look respectable, but when so many families live together, it really makes people feel uneasy.

According to her husband Guobin, the houses people in the city live in are like that, some have separate yards, but they are not available for purchase at the moment, so she will wait until she can buy one in the future.

Chen Rou is currently saving money.

Her husband Guobin's salary has increased, and although prices have also risen in recent years, it is still within an acceptable range.

Putting aside the considerable expenses at home, it is not a problem to save more than 30 yuan every month.

When Han Guobin came back at night, he talked about Han Guoli asking him to bring some peanuts from his hometown.

"What are you doing, Third Aunt?" Chen Rou asked.

"I want to sell boiled peanuts in front of the cinema." Han Guobin said, rubbing her arm.

“Can I sell them?” Chen Rou was surprised. So soon? The college entrance examination was just resumed this year. Can I sell boiled peanuts now?

"There will be more people patrolling." Han Guobin said.

But there are fewer people patrolling now. When he was not back and was walking around the county town, some people came to him to sell melon seeds and asked if he wanted some.

"You still have to take it slow." Chen Rou said.

"I want to bring it to her." Han Guobin said, "She is familiar with the city and knows what's going on."

"Then what do you want me to do?" Chen Rou said.

"Ask your sister-in-law if she has any. If she does, give her a few kilograms and let her try it." Han Guobin said.

"Okay." Chen Rou agreed.

The next day, I came to ask Han Dasao for peanuts. Han Dasao asked, "Have you finished eating all of them?"

"There's still a little bit, but not much. Guobin said he was sending it to Third Aunt." Chen Rou said.

Mrs. Han only gave out two kilograms, and she was still generous to her sister-in-law Han Guoli.

Chen Rou smiled and said, "Give me more? I'll count the money for you, sister-in-law."

"It's nothing, just take the one for Third Aunt." Mrs. Han waved her hand.

"Why not give more? Guobin's colleagues want some too." Chen Rou said with a smile.

She thought about it and decided not to tell Han Guoli what she wanted. She would talk about it when the situation gets better.

Mrs. Han was stunned and looked at her. Chen Rou blinked. Mrs. Han understood and immediately went over to close the door!

"The second brother's, how much do you want?" Mrs. Han asked in a low voice.

"Three kilograms for Aunt San, and three kilograms for colleague Guobin," Chen Rou said, looking at the bag of peanuts and asked, "Why are so many peanuts distributed this year?"

"I plan to cook some for my father and take it back as New Year's food, but I'll give you all of it if you want. Are you sure you want this?" Mrs. Han whispered.

"Let's see later." Chen Rou said.

"Okay, I'll keep them all for you," said Mrs. Han.

Chen Rou smiled, stuffed some money into her pocket and left.

Mrs. Han's face was also beaming, as she seemed to have found another way to make money besides mushrooms!

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The author has something to say: ps: I don’t know what I did last night, I set the timer to 9 o’clock on January 27th, and stayed up late to read the finished article of the big guy I like until 3 o’clock last night. I didn’t check if I updated it this morning. I only saw it when I was typing on the computer. I’m drunk... Why can’t I post it? Can everyone see it?

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