The Clever Wife of the 1960s Chapter 43 (Part 4)

The Clever Wife of the 1960s Chapter 43 (Part 4)

Father Han glanced at his wife and said, "Why do you still take money from Lili? It's not easy for her to be unemployed."

Han's mother said as a matter of course: "What's wrong with me accepting two dollars from my daughter as a gift?"

"Mom, Yaoyao will sleep with you?" Han Guolin asked.

Han's father took it.

It was already very late when Han Guoli and Zhang Jiang returned to the city. Han Guobin also drove back and also wanted to go back to his hometown, so he ran into them at the city entrance.

"Second brother." Han Guoli called out.

"You are coming back now?" Han Guobin asked in surprise.

"Well, it's a little late, second brother. Why do you come back at this time every day?" Zhang Jiang said.

"Well, let's stop talking. Go back as soon as possible and remember to make ginger soup to drink." Han Guobin said to them.

Zhang Jiang nodded, and Han Guoli said, "Second brother, let's meet at the agreed place next year!"

"Okay." Han Guobin nodded.

It was also very cold, so the couple went back without much delay.

Han Guobin wrapped his scarf around himself and rode his bicycle back to the village.

Chen Rou had already prepared half a bowl of ginger soup for him. When he came back, he could just soak it in hot water and drink it to warm his body.

Han Guobin hugged his wife and went straight to sleep. When he woke up the next morning, he told her that Han Guoli and Zhang Jiang had sent their daughter back to her parents' home for foster care overnight.

"Then don't worry. Mother loves Third Aunt and won't treat Yaoyao badly." Chen Rou said.

Her mother-in-law was born incompatible with her and Mrs. Han, and they disliked each other, but she loved her daughter-in-law Song Xiaoyu and her daughter Han Guoli.

Han Guobin nodded and said nothing.

Chen Rou asked, "Business is good?"

"The children have been sent back, Guoli needs to work hard now." Han Guobin nodded.

Chen Rou didn't delay any longer and got up to cook peanuts and fry soybeans. As for other things, she also had them, but these two were easier to sell.

Han Guoli was indeed working hard to make money and planned to move with her second brother and his wife after the New Year.

Every day, she could sell out five kilograms of boiled peanuts and five kilograms of fried soybeans, even without her daughter, she could sell them all very quickly.

Basically, they would have sold most of the food around four or five in the evening. After that, they would go back to help cook. When Zhang Jiang got off work, the couple would finish eating and then go out for a walk together to look for a house.

But it was really hard to find a house, and I couldn’t find one for half a month.

Since the beginning of December, if it snowed heavily, Han Guobin would not go home at night.

The next morning he would ride his bike around the city to look for the house. He would go to the houses of people he had looked for before, but no one was interested. He also couldn't find the house anywhere else.

Han Guobin didn't have to go to work on Laba Day, so it was a rare day off.

He didn't go home last night because it snowed. He went to Old Zhang's house early this morning, met his sister and came back. He wanted to drink the Laba porridge cooked by his wife.

Chen Rou did get up early in the morning to cook Laba porridge. Because brown sugar was added to the porridge, the whole pot was fragrant, giving off a sugar color and a sweet taste.

Not only children like it, adults like it too.

"Get up, you little lazy pigs." Chen Rou came over and called Han Hang, Han Zhou and Han Cheng, the three siblings.

"Mom, have you cooked Laba porridge?" Han Hang woke up, sniffed the smell and said with shining eyes.

"It's ready. Do you want to have a bowl while it's hot? It's up to you." Chen Rou said.

"I'll get up right away!" Han Hang said.

The eldest brother got up, so naturally the second brother Han Zhou followed suit. But when it was Han Cheng's turn, she didn't want to get up, and even ordered her second brother: "Second brother, bring it in for me to eat."

"Then how do you brush your teeth?" Han Zhou asked.

"I don't want to brush my teeth today." Han Cheng said.

"If you don't brush your teeth, you'll get cavities, and you like eating candy so much." Han Hang had already put on his clothes and went out to get some water and brush his teeth.

"Get up quickly, Laba porridge tastes better when it's hot." Han Zhou took clothes for his sister.

Even though he is not that old, he takes care of his younger sister much better than the older brother Han Hang.

Although Han Cheng is lazy, she really wants to drink hot Laba porridge, so she has to get up.

Chen Rou waited until they were dressed warmly and came out before pouring water for them to brush their teeth.

After they washed and drank half a bowl of warm water each, they were allowed to drink Laba porridge.

A sweet scent wafted over them, making the eyes of the three brothers and sisters sparkle.

It was a little after eight when Han Guobin returned home. He had left at a little after six and the children had just finished eating. They felt a little regretful that they couldn't eat with him when they saw him come back.

Chen Rou hadn't eaten yet, but she knew he would definitely come back, so she was waiting for him.

The couple sat together and drank Laba porridge, and Han Guobin even took out some money for his wife.

During this period of time, Han Guoli has earned a total of 52 yuan. Of course, the capital is also included in this. After deducting the capital, there is still about 18 yuan left.

This amount was about what Chen Rou had expected, so she accepted it all.

Han Guoli earned about the same amount, so her profits during this period were quite considerable.

"Guoli said that sales would be even tighter as the year draws to a close, and asked how many peanuts were left at home. Did you want to boil 10 kilograms of peanuts every day? You can also fry more soybeans," said Han Guobin.

"There are still a lot of soybeans, and the only peanuts left are the fifty-odd kilograms that my fourth sister collected for me." Chen Rou said, "I'll go back to my parents' house and ask about it later."

"Yeah." Han Guobin nodded.

After eating Laba porridge, Chen Rou scooped out a bowl of it from the pot. She had cooked quite a bit, so she scooped some back for her parents to try.

"We cooked it today, too." Mother Chen said with a smile when she saw her bringing back the Laba porridge.

"I know, but my dad definitely likes the food I cook more." Chen Rou said to her father with a smile.

Father Chen was in a good mood and wanted to ask for another bowl, but Mother Chen said, "Don't eat anymore. You just ate three bowls. If you eat any more, your stomach will be bloated."

"Then save it for my lunch," said Chen's father.

Chen Rou smiled and then told her mother about the peanuts.

When Chen's mother heard that she wanted more, she said, "I'll go ask later. I don't think there's more, maybe 20 or 30 kilograms."

"That's fine, Mom, you go ask. If there is any, ask my third brother to send it to me in the evening." Chen Rou nodded.

She asked her mother to put the Laba porridge she scooped into a large bowl. She rinsed it and then took the small basket to hold the empty bowl and went home.

Only her mother could buy some peanuts for her, and her fourth sister, who she could trust, had bought all the peanuts, as well as the people in her own village.

Han Dasao, Zhou Zhen and Cai Lihua all have nothing left in their families, so their parents’ families have taken some of their belongings.

However, most of the peanuts have been cooked and sold recently, and there is only one bag of peanuts left in the granary, which Han Guobin brought back from his fourth sister's place.

If she needs to boil 10 kilograms of peanuts a day, she won't be able to sell them until the end of the year. But if her mother adds a little more, it will be enough.

Han Guobin was in the house accompanying the fourth child. As soon as Chen Rou returned home, she heard the boy crying.

"What's wrong?" Chen Rou put the basket on the table and took the fourth child over.

"Maybe he's hungry. He can't stand it for a while and no matter how you coax him, he won't be comforted." Han Guobin said helplessly.

"My younger brother is really noisy." Han Cheng sighed.

"You used to be like this too. You would cry when you were hungry." Han Hang said, protecting the fourth child.

Han Cheng was stunned and looked at her second brother: "Second brother, can I do it?"

"No, don't listen to your nonsense, brother." Han Zhou denied it directly.

Han Cheng was very proud: "I knew I couldn't do it."

When they were together for two days, Chen Rou had already turned around, lifted the hood and started to feed the boy. Perhaps he was really hungry, so he ate a lot, and there were tears in the corners of his eyes, showing his grievance.

"He woke up just after I left?" Chen Rou said with a smile.

She still didn't dare to stay any longer. If she sat any longer, she would howl loudly.

"I guess you woke up just after leaving the village." Han Guobin said, looking at the fourth child, "Our fourth child has a bad temper."

I have taken care of the previous three babies before, and they would cry when they were hungry, but none of them cried like him. If you didn’t know better, you would think he was being strangled. He howled so hard that his face turned tense. You could tell at a glance that he had a bad temper.

"He does have a bad temper." Chen Rou was sure of this. He was more aggressive than the previous three. He would definitely need to be disciplined when he grows up.

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The author has something to say: ps: Everyone said they are not used to posting at 6pm, so I will try to resume posting at 9am. The updates have been unstable in the past two days because that great person fascinated me. Now that I have finished reading it, I can write well. I am ashamed.

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