The Clever Wife of the 1960s Chapter 41 (Part 1)

The Clever Wife of the 1960s Chapter 41 (Part 1)

Chen Rou gave all the five kilograms of peanuts she brought back from Han Dasao to Han Guobin. Five kilograms of peanuts is certainly not a lot, but it is not a small amount either. It is a good idea to let Han Guoli try it out.

"Tell Third Aunt to be careful." Chen Rou said when she sent Han Guobin out the next day.

Han Guobin smiled and said, "Don't worry."

It's not a very chaotic place in the county town. If there is anything, he can go to Secretary Zhang. He is very familiar with Secretary Zhang now.

This is also the reason why he agreed to let his sister try it.

He hasn't worked for many years, so he understands that his sister wants to make money.

But what needs to be said still needs to be said.

After giving the peanuts to his sister, he told her not to forget her limits and to be vigilant. It is possible to get them out, but the key is that it will damage her reputation.

"Don't worry, second brother. No one is in charge of the black market in the city now. The atmosphere is really different." Han Guoli said.

"There were people patrolling last time I went there?" Han Guobin said.

"The last time was the last time. After the college entrance examination was resumed this year, those who had relied on fighting and joking to get in are all keeping their tails between their legs. Many of those who were demoted have returned, for fear of retaliation and liquidation." Han Guoli said.

She lives in the city and keeps an eye on the situation there. She decided to do it after hesitating for half a month. How could she not know?

"Just keep it in mind." Han Guobin said.

"Second brother, I will pay you back the capital slowly?" Han Guoli said embarrassedly.

"Two kilograms of it were given to you by your sister-in-law." Han Guobin said.

Han Guoli smiled and said, "When I make money, I will bring her something good back."

Han Guobin went to do his own thing, and as for Han Guoli, she took the peanuts home.

Boiling peanuts is not a difficult task, but it is not easy to hide it from others. No one else knows that she is doing this.

I have a small coal stove in my room and cook in my own little house.

Chen Rou from the countryside just wanted to take a look and wait for feedback. If the feedback was good, Chen Rou planned to cooperate with her third aunt.

It is now the end of the year and the village is filled with a strong festive atmosphere. Especially in recent years, the village has had good harvests and life has become much better in the village.

Chen Rou was free at home and steamed egg cakes by herself.

After all, there is no shortage of eggs, sugar and flour.

Seeing their mother busy in the kitchen, the second son Han Zhou came in.

"Mom, what delicious food are you making?" he asked.

Chen Rou said: "Egg cake."

Han Zhou's eyes lit up: "Then let me help you?"

"Okay." Chen Rou asked him to light the fire.

Don't underestimate him because he knows how to cook. Occasionally, Chen Rou is too busy to do anything and she will ask him or his brother to sit on a small stool and use a spatula to stir the food in the wok.

"Mom, can you give me one more later?" Han Zhou said as he brushed the matches.

"What are you going to do?" Chen Rou said as she beat the eggs quickly with chopsticks.

"Huniu and Xiaohu have never eaten egg cake, give them one." Han Zhou said.

Huniu and Xiaohu are Han Guogang's daughter and son. Chen Rou said, "There are many people in the village who have never eaten egg cake. Why don't you give it to others?"

"That's different. Huniu and Xiaohu have been hungry a lot and have never eaten anything delicious." Han Zhou said.

Chen Rou couldn't help but sigh for the two children after hearing this, and said, "Okay."

She steamed a lot of egg cakes, using bowls of all sizes. The small bowls were fine, but she cut the large bowls into portions after steaming.

The egg cake was very fragrant. Chen Rou ate one herself and the children each had one. After they shared the cakes, they kept the rest.

As for Hu Niu and her brother, we’ll talk about it after we come to the village.

With nothing else to do, Chen Rou began to check the homework of the eldest brother Han Zhou.

Although the boy made a lot of mistakes, he was serious about the questions. Chen Rou asked him to think about his mistakes again and said, "Liberation shoes are not so easy to reward. Think carefully about how to answer the questions and don't be careless."

"Mom, why don't you go to college when you're so talented?" Han Hang wondered.

"I do want to, who said I don't want to?" Chen Rou glanced at him.

"Then why don't you go, mom?" Han Hang asked puzzled.

"What will you guys do if I go to take the college entrance examination?" Chen Rou said.

She had calculated everything. She planned to wait until the economy became better and the family had saved enough money. Then, the family would move to the city and she would go to night school because her three children were already grown up.

Who knew that now a fourth child has come and all plans have to be postponed.

As for the college entrance examination, she had never thought about it. How could she go if her family couldn't leave her? Going to night school to improve her academic qualifications and get a foothold was the practical issue she was thinking about.

As for when the children grow up, she might improve herself further, but that is all matter for the future.

"Mom, is it because of us that you're not going to take the college entrance exam? But I heard that it's not that easy to get into college." Han Zhou said.

It was this brat who was cheating his mother. Chen Rou glanced at him and said, "It's true that it's not that easy to get into university, but as long as you work hard, you will get in."

She didn't argue with her sons and let the eldest son continue his studies. She came into the house to sew shoe soles.

It started snowing again in the evening. Chen Rou guessed that Han Guobin might not be able to come back tonight, so she closed the shop early.

Han Guobin indeed didn't come back. It was snowing heavily. If he went back in this weather, his wife would be angry with him, so he just went to the dormitory and stayed there for the night.

The next morning, Han Guobin went out to have breakfast by himself. Li Dayuan went home last night, as did other colleagues. None of them lived in the dormitory, leaving him alone.

It’s good to have a home in the city. It’s not too late to come back at 10 o’clock. You can go back anytime.

Han Guobin knew what his wife was thinking. Last night, the couple hugged each other and looked forward to the future.

His wife was not opposed to moving to the city, but she didn't want to live in one of those tube-shaped residential buildings. She said that if she ate something delicious, the whole building would be able to smell it, so she wanted to buy an independent yard.

Han Guobin knew what the food was like at home. Although he didn't have meat every day, it was not uncommon to have meat every few days.

No one in the whole village dares to eat as much as his family.

So Han Guobin felt that what his wife said made sense. If he really moved to the city to live, it would be very convenient for him to buy a yard.

Han Guobin went to a state-owned restaurant to eat soy milk and steamed buns, then rode his bicycle for a stroll.

It’s true, in just a short while, the atmosphere in the city has changed.

But Han Guobin didn't care. He started looking for houses. It was really hard to find one in the city as the population was too dense. He had no choice but to look in more remote places.

It’s not too remote. There are many people in the county town, so it’s not too far away from anywhere.

I saw a few nice yards, but no one was there. I wonder what the situation is like for the owners?

After Han Guobin memorized the location, he rode his bike back, intending to see how his sister's peanuts were selling.

But just as I was about to come over, I saw a woman comrade who wrapped herself tightly, even her face was mostly covered, she had a basket on her arm, and was leading a young couple into the alley.

After a while, the young couple left with a paper bag. The woman also came out and continued to look for other customers, but her eyes soon saw her second brother across the street.

Han Guoli was delighted.

Han Guobin rode his bicycle over and motioned for her to go to the corner to talk. Then he said, "It's only morning now. Why are you out?"

"I'm just sitting around at home doing nothing, so I decided to come out and try my luck to see if anyone wants me." Han Guoli looked around and said with a smile.

"How's business?" Han Guobin asked.

"Second brother, Chinese New Year is just a few days away. Can you prepare more peanuts for me? I want large quantities, give me 20 kilograms?" Han Guoli said, her eyes suddenly shining.

Han Guobin smiled and said, "Is it selling well?"

"It's selling well. Why not? I just sold one just now!" Han Guoli's voice was full of joy.

"See, how much can you make from that bag of boiled peanuts?" said Han Guobin.

A pound of peanuts costs 40 cents, but a pound of peanuts in shells can be cooked into almost two pounds of wet peanuts. Because they contain water, the weight is different.

Han Guoli's paper bag of boiled peanuts contains about half a pound of boiled peanuts, but she doesn't want a ticket and only sells them for 20 cents.

That is to say, a pound of dried peanuts costs 40 cents, but after she processes it, she can sell it for 80 cents.

It doubled directly. After deducting the cost of paper bags, charcoal and seasonings, she made a profit of more than 20 cents per pound of peanuts.

The two kilograms of peanuts she cooked yesterday were all sold out, and there were even a little not enough. It was the first time she was afraid that they would not sell well and she did not dare to cook all of them.

But it used to take cinemas just an hour to sell out.

This was because she had no experience and was hesitant to make it, so she hid from others and carefully cooked the rest this morning. Although she had only sold one portion so far, she felt that the rest could be sold out today!

This made Han Guoli's eyes light up.

"Does your in-laws know about it?" Han Guobin asked after hearing her talk about various profits.

"I don't know. How can I let them know?" Han Guoli said without even thinking. This is her own business. How can she let her in-laws know about it since they are all gossipy?

"You all live together, how do you cook the peanuts?" Han Guobin said.

"Zhang Jiang made me a small coal stove and put it in the room. I made it quietly by myself in the room." Han Guoli said. She had sent her son and daughter out to play and no one knew about it.

Of course, she couldn't hide it from Zhang Jiang, and she didn't intend to hide it from Zhang Jiang.

"Do you want to form a partnership with my second brother?" Han Guobin thought for a while and said.

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

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