The Clever Wife of the 1960s Chapter 52 (Part 2)

The Clever Wife of the 1960s Chapter 52 (Part 2)

But he was obviously very unhappy. When he saw his mother coming back, he immediately walked over, hugged his mother's legs and called her "Mom" vaguely, then pointed at his brother and sister with an angry look on his face.

This is a complaint.

"Old Four, you didn't pay for it, so it's good enough that I can give you a bite or two. Do you want to keep it all for yourself?" Han Zhou said to him.

"Brother, how much pocket money do we have left? How many times is it enough for us to eat ice cream?" Han Cheng asked.

"I have two cents left. It's the New Year's money my grandparents gave me last year. It's enough for two meals, and the rest I can use for popsicles." Han Zhou calculated and said.

Even though he is illiterate, he already knows how to do accounting. The abacus his father bought for him was not bought for nothing. He likes to do calculations whenever he has nothing to do, including everything, such as the combined ages of his family members, his parents, his eldest brother and the fourth brother.

He could figure it out with his little abacus.

What they were eating was cream ice cream, which was much more expensive than ordinary popsicles. One cream ice cream cost eight cents, while one red bean popsicle was only four cents, and an ordinary popsicle was only two cents.

But these two siblings are both bold in eating and spending. They don’t like anything else but ice cream!

Han Cheng had no objection, and the brother and sister shared the ice cream and ate it all. When the little one saw that there was only a stick left, he immediately burst into tears.

Until his eldest brother came back, the little fourth brother still had tears in his eyes.

This boy knew who loved him at home. When he saw his eldest brother coming back, he motioned for his eldest brother to go to the kitchen, and then pointed to the sticks that his second brother and third sister had eaten in the firewood and showed them to his eldest brother.

Han Hang understood immediately and asked the fourth child, "Did your second brother and third sister eat ice cream and not share it with you?"

"Eat!" Little Four shouted.

"What do you mean you didn't share it with the fourth brother? My sister and I shared two bites with him, and he almost took a big bite!" said Han Zhou outside.

"My brother is still young. He can't eat too much, otherwise he will have diarrhea." Han Cheng nodded.

This was true. Han Hang carried Little Lao Si into the house and took out the box of pocket money from his cabinet.

They all have a box, one for each brother and sister, which is used to store their pocket money.

"Open it." Han Hang handed the box to his second brother.

Han Zhou immediately helped his elder brother open the box, and immediately exclaimed "Wow".

Han Cheng was the same: "Brother, how come you have so much money?"

There were many coins neatly arranged in the box, including many ten-cent coins and some one-cent and two-cent coins, but the amount was not small!

"There's a total of one dollar and thirty-seven cents here. Are you envious?" Han Hang raised his eyebrows.

Needless to say, this is a lot of money!

Even Han Zhou couldn't help but feel envious.

"I won't give it to you even if I envy you." Han Hang closed the box and said calmly.

"Are you deliberately coveting us?" Han Zhou glared.

He thought his elder brother took out the money box to give them money!

Han Hang held the fourth child in his arms without saying anything.

"Do you think my sister and I want your money?" Han Zhou said unconvinced.

"Yes, I don't want it!" Han Cheng nodded.

"From now on, if you want to eat ice cream, avoid Lao Si. You know he can't eat it, but you still eat it in front of him?" Han Hang said, taking away the box, giving them two cents each, and said, "This is for you. From now on, you are not allowed to eat it in front of Lao Si. I will buy him more when he can eat it."

"Really give it to us?" Han Zhou asked in surprise.

"Yes." Han Hang nodded, handed him the small key, and said, "Close the money box and put it back and lock it."

Han Zhou put it back, locked it, and returned the key to him.

"Do you want big brother's money?" Han Cheng asked. She just said she didn't want it.

"Chengzi, we can't go against money. We should give it away easily." Han Zhou immediately advised his sister.

"Then you keep it, second brother." Han Cheng gave the money to her second brother.

Han Zhou went to put away the boxes that contained the brother and sister.

Han Guobin watched all the children's movements and whispered to his wife in the kitchen, "Why do I feel like they are divided into two factions?"

"I just realized it." Chen Rou said with a smile while frying pig intestines, "They have been divided into factions since they were young."

The eldest loves the fourth, the second loves the third, but Chen Rou is not too worried. With the two of them around, how can things get chaotic?

"Did Old Sheep send this pig intestine?" Chen Rou asked.

"Well, when you come to the city, just deliver it to me." Han Guobin nodded.

"Then why didn't you stay for dinner?" Chen Rou said.

"He is busy and doesn't have much free time." Han Guobin said.

The old sheep brought the pig intestine, sat for a while and then left to look for the old fourth one he mentioned.

However, Han Guobin has not yet told his wife about his partnership with Lao Yang to open a pig farm, because they don’t know the situation yet and there is no need to tell his wife. It will be the same if they take the money back when they make money.

Chen Rou didn't say anything.

At noon, the whole family ate fried pig intestines with pickles, fried eggs with cucumbers, and egg drop soup, which were eaten with millet rice. It was really delicious.

After eating, Chen Rou and Han Guobin asked the children to clean up and went into the house to prepare for a nap. They woke up early in the morning and could not bear not taking a nap at noon.

"It's time to go to work tomorrow, so take some rest." Chen Rou said.

"Wife, you must have been tired. Let me massage your legs." Han Guobin said.

Chen Rou rolled her eyes at him but didn't hesitate to turn over and lie on her stomach, letting him rub her calves.

After a while, Han Cheng came in with her brother. Seeing their father massaging their mother's legs, the two siblings came over to help.

After playing for a while, the brother and sister went to bed.

"Let the eldest and the second oldest take a nap too, especially the second oldest. He always wants to run out for a stroll at noon." Chen Rou yawned.

Han Guobin nodded, went out to lock the door, and then came back to sleep.

Han Guobin didn't rest at home for long. He started working the next day. After working for seven consecutive days, their fleet was requisitioned again.

This has become a common practice.

Chen Rou already had experience, so she brought him a bag containing a set of spare clothes and a set of warm clothes for winter.

Then he sent the rough guy out the door.

When Han Guobin went back to the village to collect the goods, Chen Rou didn't feel anything. But after this long journey, Chen Rou felt that something was missing at home.

Chen Rou knew very well that it was because she missed this rough guy that she went out.

He is like a magic needle that stabilizes the sea. Even if he is just a decoration at home, the feeling is different as long as he is at home.

Of course Chen Rou could judge that she was the only one who had this feeling, and none of the other children had it.

They do what they are supposed to do and are not affected at all by their father not being at home.

If you really want to say that there is an influence, then it does exist. When their dad is at home, he will take them to the park on weekends when he is not working, and they will fly kites, which is what they like.

There is no such treatment now.

On September 1st, the second son, Han Zhou, officially went to school with his eldest brother.

Chen Rou treated him the same way, dressing him up and sending him there. Seeing that he was in good spirits after coming back from school, Chen Rou was no longer worried.

The weather was not so hot after school started. In the middle of the month, Brother Chen San delivered eggs and other supplies. Chen Rou asked him if he had time to continue delivering supplies as they would have to harvest in autumn.

"Of course there is. I harvested them early and sent them here and back around ten o'clock, so I can still participate in the autumn harvest." Brother Chen San said.

Chen Rou didn't say anything, but when he went back, Chen Rou stuffed a piece of mutton into his mouth. The mutton was not small, weighing at least several pound.

"It's too much, too much. You should keep it for Hanghang and the others to replenish their bodies." Brother Chen San said hurriedly.

"We still have some at home. Take them back, third brother. Tell parents to take it easy. They are not young anymore. Don't work as hard as before." Chen Rou said.

"I know." Brother Chen nodded and said, "Does it really exist at home? Then I'll take it back."

"Yeah." Chen Rou nodded.

Brother Chen San wrapped the big piece of mutton in oil paper and took it back.

Chen Rou began to gather these supplies. While no one was around, she collected a pound of eggs and put them in the space. At this time, there were already quite a few eggs in the space.

There were not only eggs, but also other supplies, which she collected bit by bit after her life at home became better.

However, Chen Rou had no intention of touching these supplies.

The family's conditions have improved now, but the space is still there, so she just saves some supplies for later use. You can say she is foolish or that she is worrying in vain, but as long as the space is there, she wants to save some supplies, even if she may not use them again.

But with these supplies, she felt at ease.

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The author has something to say: ps: Sometimes I don’t have time to code it into a big chapter, so I publish it separately, but the total of two chapters is about 10,000 words, which is not less than three chapters in one.

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

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