The Clever Wife of the 1960s Chapter 53 (Part 1)

The Clever Wife of the 1960s Chapter 53 (Part 1)

In the golden autumn season, the countryside is undoubtedly busy. The whole year depends on this time, and everyone is busy.

We started getting busy in mid-September and continued until the end of October, just as we entered November, when we finally managed to harvest all the food.

This time, there are more people busy in the village.

In this village, Mrs. Han is busy harvesting peanuts and soybeans. In the next village, Brother Chen is also busy harvesting the same things.

There were also various other supplies, such as potatoes and so on. He collected all the supplies that were available.

Not only did he collect the crops himself, he also ran to his fourth sister's village and asked her to collect the crops as well. He collected as much as he could and ate it all!

Just within two days, Brother Chen San started sending all the collected supplies to the city.

The bicycle was loaded with goods, with almost no space left, and then he rode the bicycle towards the city.

Chen Rou put all the supplies he sent in the shop and sold them.

Around nine o'clock in the morning, the bun shop stopped selling buns and started selling the supplies that Brother Chen San brought into the city.

Even though Brother Chen San could endure the hardship of loading such a truckload of goods, his legs were trembling at this moment.

Chen Rou left soy milk and buns for him every day so that he could replenish his strength, and Brother Chen San was not polite either.

After finishing all the soy milk and buns, he felt alive again.

When he came to the city that day, he asked his sister: "Little sister, mother said that she and father want to come to the city, when do you think is a good time?"

"Mom and Dad, just come whenever you are free. It's convenient for me." Chen Rou said.

"Wait until Dad plants the winter wheat." Brother Chen nodded.

"How about letting mom go into the city first? Third brother, you can bring dad over later?" Chen Rou asked.

"Are you busy here?" Brother Chen San asked.

"Busy. My third aunt is going to sell boiled peanuts. She probably won't have time to come here to help me. My family wants my mother to help look after things." Chen Rou said.

Now that the weather is getting colder, Chengzi and Xiao Laosi are sleeping at home, and she can't bring them to the bun shop so early every day.

I just wanted her mother to come to the city and help look after the house.

It's actually unfilial to say the least. Just call the elderly over to help look after the children.

Han Guoli said hurriedly: "Second sister-in-law, I have calculated that I can still be busy here by then, and it won't delay my efforts."

She came to the bun shop to help in the morning, and when she was done, she could go back to cook and sell peanuts in no time. She was tired, but what was there to be afraid of? What was scary was not making money.

"That's okay. Just come over when the time comes if you can." Chen Rou nodded and said, "Third brother, you should go back and tell mom." One must be prepared for both situations.

"Okay, I'll go back and tell Mom. She misses you too. You haven't been home for a long time." Brother Chen San said.

Chen Rou smiled and said, "Then you can let mother in. If you have been to Fourth Sister, tell her that if she is free, she can also bring her family over as a guest. Our house is spacious and has enough space for everyone to sleep."

"Okay." Brother Chen San nodded.

He was not in a hurry to go back, so he helped his sister sell things at the bun shop.

Han Guoli also helped with the sales, and when Brother Chen San returned, she asked Brother Chen San to give a message to Sister Han.

Brother Chen San then passed the message to Mrs. Han.

Mrs. Han made a decision immediately and decided to borrow a donkey cart and go into the city tomorrow!

Brother Han was stunned and said, "What should I do with my children when they have dinner?"

"Take a few pounds of food to the old house and eat with your parents." Mrs. Han waved her hand.

Mrs. Han was generous enough to give the donkey cart two cents and asked it to take the supplies into the city tomorrow!

Because she also didn't want to delay. What if she couldn't sell it?

Not to mention the peanuts and soybeans harvested in the village, there are also those from her mother's village. If they are transported there and she is paid on the spot, she can then go back and pay for the crops from her mother's villages, her sisters-in-law, and her brothers and sisters-in-law as well!

In today's environment, people with an annual income of ten thousand yuan have appeared, but there is no need to be so afraid.

So the next day, Mrs. Han took her daughter Baodan into the city. As for Tiedan and Ludan, they still had to go to school, so they couldn't go in.

I don't know where the shop is, but I know the general direction of the yard.

Mrs. Han came over and asked, which man here works in the transportation department?

Chen Rou and Han Guobin are quite famous here.

There is no way. Han Guobin is such a good young man with a decent job, but he married a wife who is always in the spotlight to do business. How can it not make people sigh?

Even though they know that the steamed bun shop business is booming, narrow-minded people still look down on it, especially old ladies who have the habit of foot binding.

However, out of consideration for Han Guobin's face, they just whispered to each other and didn't dare to say anything to his face.

Mrs. Han came into the city to ask for directions not too late. Chen Rou, Han Zhou, Han Cheng and Little Fourth were all busy at the steamed bun shop.

When I came over here and saw that there was no one there, I could only ask the neighbors next door.

One of the kids said, "I know where the bun shop is. Can I take you there?"

"Okay, if you take me to find that person, I'll give you a handful of peanuts," said Mrs. Han.

The child said, "I still want to ride a donkey cart. I have never ridden a donkey cart before."

Mrs. Han carried him directly onto the donkey cart and said with a smile, "How dare you get on someone's cart? Aren't you afraid of being beaten up?"

"What am I afraid of? My dad is a policeman. Everyone in this area knows me. Do you dare to take pictures of me?" said the child.

Mrs. Han asked for directions. The child was close to Han Zhou and his name was Chen Bing. They happened to have a day off today, so they ran into each other.

I often come here with Zhou Zhou on weekdays, and occasionally I can share a bite of buns with him.

Chen Rou saw an old uncle from the village driving a donkey cart over here. Mrs. Han naturally did not sit on it, but walked. Baodan and Chen Bing sat on the snakeskin bag.

"Aunt, this lady said she was looking for you, so I brought her here to you." Chen Bing said to Chen Rou.

Mrs. Han was very happy to see Chen Rou and Han Guoli were there. She directly grabbed a handful of peanuts from the donkey cart basket to reward Chen Bing.

"I just asked over there in the yard, but the door was locked. The child said he knew, so I brought him here." Mrs. Han said with a smile.

Chen Rou was also very happy. She first invited the donkey driver to sit down, then scooped some soy milk and gave him some buns. She also stuffed one for Chen Bing, which made Chen Bing very happy.

"No, no, no." The old uncle in the village said repeatedly.

"Uncle, please eat. It's my treat." Chen Rou said, and stuffed some buns into Baodan and Han Dasao's mouths. "Let's not talk about anything else. Sit down and eat something to fill your stomach."

"Why should we eat this?" Mrs. Han was also very happy.

"You guys eat first, Guoli and I will talk after we finish our work." Chen Rou said.

Then Han Guoli and I continued to sell buns, and business came in steadily and was quite good.

Some people who were familiar with Chen Rou saw so many snakeskin bags tied to the donkey cart and couldn't help asking, "Madam, what are these? Are they grains? Do you want to sell them?"

"If you want to sell it, I'll ask Aunt He to go over and call for it," said Chen Rou.

"Okay." The man nodded.

At around nine o'clock, the business of the bun shop was coming to an end. There was no soy milk left, and the few buns left were not sold.

"Sister-in-law, I think this business is pretty good," said Mrs. Han, as she came over to help clean up.

"It's okay, but the cost is not small." Chen Rou said with a smile.

"It must be quite a lot, with both flour and meat. Only people in the city can afford to eat it. If it were in our countryside, you wouldn't be able to do business like this." Mrs. Han nodded.

"Sister-in-law, how many soybeans and peanuts did you bring this time?" Han Guoli said as she cleaned the steamer neatly.

"That sack is full of soybeans, 200 kilograms, and the remaining sacks are full of peanuts, dried and sun-dried, 300 kilograms." Han Dasao pointed and said, "I have more at home, but I can't bring them here for now, otherwise this big donkey won't be able to handle it."

"There's still some at home? There's so many?" Han Guoli asked in surprise.

"You don't want this?" Mrs. Han asked quickly.

Han Guoli turned to look at Chen Rou and said, "Second sister-in-law, I'm just selling peanuts. Are you keeping the soybeans to grind soy milk?"

"Well, I've already made an agreement with my sister-in-law. You can trade the peanuts with her, and I want the soybeans." Chen Rou said, and then said to Han's sister-in-law, "Do you have any soybeans at home? If you do, bring as many as you can."

"Yes, yes. If we don't have anything else, why should we be worried about not having soybeans?" Mrs. Han said immediately, thinking that her sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law from her natal family could all be used!

"Third aunt, I still have a lot of peanuts left at home, probably several hundred kilograms. Can you eat them all?" Sister Han asked her third aunt.

"Sister-in-law, you have collected so many. I may not be able to sell them all. Sister-in-law, do you want to leave some to sell in the shop?" Han Guoli was a little worried because the quantity was too large.

"Sure." Chen Rou said, "You can move these peanuts that my sister-in-law brought home first, and bring the rest in tomorrow and send them to me. If you sell them all, you can also come to my place to get them."

Han Guoli smiled and agreed.

Mrs. Han also breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that at this critical moment, the second brother's family could still be relied upon.

The soybeans were to be kept for grinding into soy milk to sell, so Chen Rou naturally did not sell them. Her third brother was not coming today, so Chen Rou closed the bun shop and asked Uncle Donkey to drive the donkey cart over to the yard.

During the trip, I passed by the yard where Han Guoli was staying and unloaded the peanuts first.

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