The Clever Wife of the 1960s Chapter 48 (Part 2)

The Clever Wife of the 1960s Chapter 48 (Part 2)

Han Guoli said as she was wrapping dumplings: "Hanghang is really hardworking. He gets up so early every morning to study English. No wonder he ranked first in the class last month."

The brat in her family didn't have such awareness. He was still asleep when she got home. He only got up quickly when he heard that there were buns to eat.

"We are number one in the class, but compared with the class next door, we are still surpassed by several outstanding students." Chen Rou said with a smile.

"The grades of the class next door are so good?" Han Guoli couldn't help but ask.

"It's just that their English is a little lacking." Chen Rou said. English is also taught in the town, but it's not as good as in the city.

So the eldest child’s English performance fell behind.

"With this kind of hard work, there's no way he'll escape being a college student in the future," said Han Guoli.

Chen Rou smiled and said, "Don't praise him, or he'll become proud."

"Why are you so proud? Hanghang is a mature person, not like Haohao who gets carried away by just a few words of praise." Han Guoli said.

The aunt and sister-in-law were chatting while Han Guobin was busy working nearby.

Zhang Jiang was going to work, so he brought his daughter here.

"Why were you brought here? Where is Haohao?" Han Guoli asked.

"Haohao went to look for Hanghang and the others, and Yaoyao said she wanted to come to the bun shop herself." Zhang Jiang said, greeted Han Guobin and Chen Rou, and went to work immediately.

"Everyone is busy here, why don't you go to the yard with your brother?" Han Guoli asked.

"I just wanted to come over here and take a look." Zhang Yaoyao said in a low voice.

"What's there to see here? Everyone is busy." Han Guoli said to her, "Don't come next time."

"Just come, what's the matter?" Chen Rou said.

"It's more fun to play together over there, and she can also help take care of the house. I don't have time to take care of her when I come here." Han Guoli said.

As they were talking, the buns had already been put into the steamer and started to steam. Zhang Yaoyao couldn't take her eyes off the buns.

Han Guobin didn't have to go to work today and was not in a hurry to go home, so he just stood next to his wife.

"What are you doing?" Chen Rou glanced at him.

"Wife, are you tired?" Han Guobin asked with a smile.

"Not bad." Chen Rou smiled.

At that time, there was really no other shop on the entire street except hers. Some people didn't buy buns, but they couldn't help but come over to watch the fun.

"Aren't you afraid of opening the store for business?" An old lady who didn't want to buy any buns came over and asked.

"What are we afraid of? Now that the new policies have been implemented, we don't steal or rob, and we are not breaking the law," said Han Guobin.

"Young man, I seem to have seen you somewhere before." The old lady looked at him and said.

"I work in the Transportation Department. Maybe you have seen me there, Auntie?" Han Guobin also looked at her and said.

"I was wondering, I once met you when I went to ask my eldest nephew to get food coupons. My eldest nephew works in the Transportation Department." The old lady remembered and said.

"What's your name?" Han Guobin scooped a bowl of soy milk for her and said.

"No, no, I've already had breakfast." The old lady pushed it away, and seeing that he was willing to give it to her, she smiled and said, "My nephew's name is Zhou Chuan."

"That's right. I have heard of you, auntie. You are Zhou Chuan's aunt. Zhou Chuan's father passed away early, and it was you and his uncle who raised him. Later, when he came back from the army, you introduced him to a good wife. He is very grateful." Han Guobin said.

He heard this from Li Dayuan, because Zhou Chuan knew that he was from the countryside and his family had distributed grain, so he often came to him to exchange grain coupons. He asked Zhou Chuan if he was a reliable person, and Li Dayuan told him these things.

The old lady didn't take credit for it. She said, "The situation at that time was that he was my nephew, so I couldn't just sit there and watch him. There wasn't much food, so I just got through it."

Then he smiled and said, "Young man, I won't be polite to you. This soy milk smells delicious."

"Drink it, it's scooped for you, auntie." Han Guobin said.

Chen Rou found it a little funny that this guy could meet acquaintances even when he opened a bun shop.

After drinking the soy milk, the lady surnamed He washed the bowl on her own initiative, handed it to Han Guobin with a smile, and asked his name.

Then he introduced himself and pointed to Han Guobin's home: "My home is in that alley. It's the second house after you go in."

Han Guobin nodded and introduced her to her wife and sister.

"Your sister is beautiful, and your wife is also beautiful. You can tell at a glance that they are diligent and capable." Aunt He said with a smile.

Chen Rou smiled and said, "Auntie, don't stand. Sit down."

Aunt He said, "No, I have to go cook for my grandson."

"Okay, Auntie, come and chat with me when you have time." Chen Rou said.

After Aunt He went back, Han Guobin sat down and asked his niece, "Yaoyao, have you had enough breakfast?"

"I'm a little hungry again." Zhang Yaoyao whispered to his second uncle.

Han Guobin went to get her a bun.

Han Guoli was stunned and asked, "Haven't you eaten yet?"

Zhang Yaoyao just lowered her head and ate the buns without saying a word.

"The kids are getting hungry." Chen Rou said.

Han Guoli glared at her daughter and said she would not say anything for now, but starting tomorrow she was not allowed to come over again.

After taking six buns back, she left two bowls of soy milk for Zhang Jiang. She didn't give any to Zhang Jiang, so she gave some to the brother and sister. Two buns and a bowl of soy milk, how could they be hungry after such a short time?

With such a diet, how much money does her second sister-in-law make from running a bun shop?

Chen Rou and Han Guobin didn't care too much.

The bun shop was open until after nine o'clock, and that was when the work was done. Han Guobin took his niece home first, while Chen Rou and Han Guoli, his sister-in-law, cleaned up the shop.

Aunt He had probably finished her work and came over to help.

Chen Rou naturally thanked her.

"Why thank me? Young people are brave enough to take risks. I'm sure they will be able to do well in the future." Aunt He said, "I live in the front. If you need any help, just call me."

"Okay." Chen Rou agreed with a smile.

After closing the shop and writing down the business hours for tomorrow morning, the aunt and sister-in-law headed towards home.

Han Guoli said: "This Madam He looks nice."

"It's pretty good. If my eldest sister-in-law and my third sister-in-law are both busy, we can probably ask Aunt He later." Chen Rou said.

Just now Aunt He helped to clean a steamer. She was quite satisfied with her meticulousness, as she is a very clean person. Of course, she didn't necessarily need a job, she just wanted to come over and lend a hand to return the bowl of soy milk.

Of course, the reason why the impression was good was that in that environment, he was still willing to feed his nephew and raise him up.

As she said, there was not much food back then, so she did not take much credit.

It can be seen that he is aware of the situation and has no intention of seeking repayment for the favor.

After the aunt and sister-in-law went home, Han Guoli wanted to come and take her son and daughter back, but the brother and sister wanted to stay at their uncle's house, so she went back to catch up on some sleep.

Chen Rou and Han Guobin also went back to their room to rest. They would feel much more comfortable after sleeping for an hour.

The children were playing outside.

Zhang Haohao took the lead in throwing sandbags, while the fourth child was playing with sand. He sat in the sand pile and had so much fun, like a dirty monkey.

After Han Hang memorized the English words, he came out and saw his brother like this. He picked him up helplessly, patted the sand off his body and said, "You play so dirty, if your mother sees you, she will beat you."

"Hehe." The fourth little brother smiled at his eldest brother.

"Do you want to eat frangipani?" Han Hang asked.

Perhaps when he heard the word "eat", little Lao Si couldn't help but smacking his lips. Although his mother came back and carried him inside to feed him some rations, it didn't stop him from still wanting to eat frangipani.

Han Hang used the boiling water in the thermos to make egg drops for his brother.

Soon a bowl of frangipani was served.

When the fourth little one saw that there was food, he was very well behaved and just sat there letting his eldest brother blow and feed him.

Zhang Yaoyao was hit by a sandbag thrown by a kid named Chen Bing next door and fell back. She had to wait for her brother to catch the sandbag before he could save her life.

If her brother was also hit, he would be dead and it would be someone else's turn to be the one to lose them.

However, Zhang Haohao is obviously a veteran and it won’t be over so soon.

Zhang Yaoyao came over and looked at Little Fourth eating frangipani eagerly, and said, "Brother, is frangipani delicious?"

"The fourth one can't speak yet." Han Hang blew again and fed it to his younger brother.

Zhang Yaoyao said: "Brother Hang, I haven't tried frangipani yet."

"Then ask your third aunt to make it for you." Han Hang said. Seeing that his brother was almost fed, he said to his sister who was running happily as a sidekick, "Chengzi, do you want to drink frangipani?"

"Drink!" Orange said, and then came over to drink the egg drop soup. When he saw that there was not much left, he said, "Is that all? Second brother hasn't drunk yet."

Zhang Yaoyao: “…” I haven’t drunk yet either.

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