The Clever Wife of the 1960s Chapter 51 (Part 4)

The Clever Wife of the 1960s Chapter 51 (Part 4)

He cut a few pounds of meat here, asked for more pork to be delivered later, and then went home.

The next morning, the bicycle was returned to Li Dayuan. He came to the Transportation Department to ask the leader for approval. The leader knew that he had connections in the county government and was very considerate of him, so he approved it.

Han Guobin drove back to his hometown.

Mrs. Han heard the news and came back from the field. She said, "Uncle, we all miss you during your long journey!"

"Why are you thinking about me?" Han Guobin said with a smile.

"I'm thinking about when you can go back to the village to collect eggs. Don't you know that we can't finish eating all the eggs, and it's not easy to sell them in town. Every household raises more eggs, so they are not so rare. We are worried that they will go bad, so we can only take them to the purchasing station. Guess how much one pound costs?" said Mrs. Han.

"How much?" Han Guobin asked.

"Only 40 cents per pound, which is five cents lower than what you charge, uncle. You're simply a scoundrel!" Han's wife cursed.

"Sister-in-law, please keep your voice down." Han Guobin looked around and said.

"Everyone in the village is scolding me like that, so I'm not afraid." Han Dasao waved her hand and said, "I carried a basket over in front, and I won't carry the back. I'll just pickle them. Uncle, do you want to pickle the eggs?"

"Collect." Han Guobin nodded.

"Then I'll go get it for you, Uncle!" Mrs. Han was delighted.

"Don't take those that haven't been marinated enough time yet," said Han Guobin.

"I know." Mrs. Han responded and went to get the eggs.

When she was picking out eggs, everyone in the village also came over with baskets of eggs. The ones before had already been sold to the purchasing station, and they were afraid that they would go bad. The ones they brought over now were the ones they had collected recently.

"I thought that you, Guobin, would come back, so I didn't take any eggs to the purchasing station these days." said Aunt Han.

Aunt Han San, carrying a small basket on her shoulder, took over the conversation and said, "I'm so annoyed with that egg collector at the purchasing station. Last time he went there, he broke one of my eggs and didn't even offer to compensate me!"

Dagui's wife said, "That woman is even worse. She actually said that the eggs I brought over were small. Is there something wrong with her brain? Our eggs are calculated by kilograms. What does size have to do with it?"

Cai Lihua and Zhou Zhen also said: "We can choose carefully and keep the price low."

All in all, everyone has a really bad impression of the recycling station, but if they can't finish the food, no one will come to collect it, so what else can they do if they don't take it there?

We can only let them choose.

But now that Han Guobin is back, everyone will no longer suffer this injustice.

"I will come back to collect food in a few days after today. Please save it for me. Eat less for now. I will go on a business trip again in a while, then you can eat as much as you want." Han Guobin said with a smile.

"Okay, let's not eat for now. We'll eat when you're not here." When she heard that he would be going out again soon, Aunt Han San said hurriedly.

Zhou Zhen and the others also said that they would not eat it yet, and would make up for it later when they didn’t have time to harvest, so that they could catch up with the autumn harvest!

Every household has saved up several kilograms of eggs these days. Now is the peak season for chickens to lay eggs, and it is not a problem to lay one a day if we have a good meal.

It's enough for three to five days, even if you only eat some at home, you can still save a basket.

"These are all older than 20 days. I'm saving them from the last seven days. I'm pickling the rest. You can take them away when you come over next time, uncle." Mrs. Han said as she carried out a basket of eggs.

These eggs were all covered in yellow mud, obviously they were just dug out, but no one expected that she had pickled so many salted eggs!

After hearing her report, Han Guobin counted the money for his sister-in-law. Including the fresh eggs, the total was sixteen yuan. Sister-in-law Han smiled so much that her eyes narrowed.

"You are so good. I was wondering why you didn't go over and change it. You have pickled it into salted eggs." said Dagui's wife.

"Didn't I tell you last time that I kept some for pickled eggs?" said Mrs. Han happily.

"I thought you just wanted to pickle some for your own consumption." said Dagui's wife.

"You can pickle them next time. I'll collect the salted eggs the same way." Han Guobin said.

After collecting the eggs, it’s time to collect mushrooms and sauerkraut. I return the jars of sauerkraut that I brought back from home. Each jar has its name written on it with charcoal.

"I heard that in the next village, Uncle Guobin, your third brother-in-law delivers goods to your wife every three days?" Shuanzi's wife said, holding a bag of dried mushrooms.

"That's true." Han Guobin nodded.

"I heard that they need live chickens?" Shuanzi's wife asked hurriedly.

"Yes, sister-in-law, do you have any? I'll take it, minus 30% of the blood gross, and it's 60 cents per pound." Han Guobin said.

"I have two at home. I'll go catch them right now," said Shuanzi's wife, her eyes lighting up.

"Okay." Han Guobin nodded.

"I have one at home too, but it doesn't lay eggs anymore. There's no use keeping it. I'll go get it here too!" said Aunt Han San.

Aunt Han looked at her going back to catch chickens and said with some regret: "I stewed the old reed catkin last time to nourish my body."

"Just stew it. It's only right that you eat something good to replenish your body. You've worked hard for most of your life, Second Aunt." Han Guobin said.

"That's right. Ever since you ate Huniu, Xiaohu and Second Aunt, how much weight have you gained?" said Mrs. Han.

Aunt Han smiled.

Han's mother is not at home today. She carried a basket of eggs to Old Song's house in town and took Han Si and Han Bo with her to visit relatives.

When she came back, she realized her son had come back, and she immediately started cursing, "This bastard didn't even wait for me!"

She has also saved up a lot of eggs. The price at Zhou Paopi Purchasing Station is only 40 cents per pound, which is several cents less than what the second brother charges. That would be fine, but she won’t accept any eggs that are stained with chicken shit. That’s a lot of problems!

Han's mother even came over to Han's wife and scolded her but she didn't stop her and let her go. Her eggs hadn't been sold yet.

"Oh, mom, didn't you say that even if you didn't sell them, there would be plenty of people who would want your eggs from your uncle? You don't have to be frugal, just sell them and sell them to whoever wants them. This way, your second uncle won't come to collect the eggs. Every time you come, you will feel that your second uncle is making money from you." Mrs. Han said with a smile.

Mother Han was so angry that she wanted to hit her with something, but Han's wife was not afraid at all: "Mom, you should save your old bones and don't use your strength, otherwise I will accidentally trip you and I won't pay for it."

What else could Han's mother do? Meeting this unruly guy, she could only go back angrily.

When this happened in the village, Han Guobin had already collected the eggs from Gao Zhengniang and drove over to his mother-in-law's place to collect the things.

He took a can of malted milk from the car for his mother-in-law to drink.

"Just keep it for Hanghang and the others to drink, why bring it to us?" said Chen's mother.

Mrs. Chen San on the side didn't dare to speak, but she thought that since her uncle had already brought it, she should accept it. This was the gift from her uncle!

"There is one at home." Han Guobin did not disappoint her. He smiled and said, "The house in the city is very spacious. If you are free and the family is not busy, you can go and live there. You can stay as long as you want."

"I heard from your third brother that after the autumn harvest, I will go and live there for a while?" Mother Chen really had this idea in mind, so she smiled.

"That's no problem. Bring Dad along. I'll ask my wife to take you two old people to see a movie." Han Guobin said.

"Forget about watching a movie. You can just stay there for a few days." Mother Chen said with a smile.

"I'll tell my wife when I get back. She'll definitely be very happy." Han Guobin grinned. His wife will definitely be very happy that he can invite his mother-in-law from Old Taishan to live in the city, right?

That night, Chen's mother and father went to bed together. Chen's mother told her son-in-law about his sincere invitation to live in the city today: "I will go to the city to live for a few days. Old man, can you come with me?"

"Wouldn't it embarrass Rourou to go to the city? We are farmers and won't go." Father Chen was tempted, but still said.

"Rou Rou can still think you are embarrassing? If you don't want to go, I will go by myself. I haven't lived in the city yet." Chen's mother said, "Think about it carefully and then come and tell me."

"Then...let's stay together for two days?" Father Chen hesitated for a while and said.

"Let's go together." Chen's mother smiled and said, "Your daughter is also looking forward to your going there."

Father Chen was very pleased to hear this.

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