The Clever Wife of the 1960s Chapter 81

The Clever Wife of the 1960s Chapter 81

Chen Rou naturally agreed with her daughter's desire to learn how to knit sweaters. She believed that it was always good to have many skills and that one could learn anything. Whether to do it or not depended on one's mood, so she taught her.

After buying the wool and rolling it up, the family sat in front of the TV after dinner and watched TV, while Chen Rou taught her daughter.

Yaoyao found out about it and begged her mother to buy it for her, but Han Guoli wouldn't let her. What else could she buy when she already had it?

Yaoyao simply paid for it herself. She wanted to knit a scarf for her father as a gift. Her father’s scarf was very old and she had seen him wearing it since she was a child.

"Sister Yaoyao is awesome, you are worthy of being a little rich lady." The fourth child was watching TV and said when he heard her say that she bought it herself.

"No matter how rich I am, I am not as rich as you." Yaoyao dismissed him and ignored him. Then she asked her second aunt to teach her. It was the same whether to release one sheep or two sheep, so Chen Rou taught them both.

Yaoyao has a good learning ability and plays very well.

The same goes for Orange. The two little sisters ask for advice from each other and enjoy learning.

At this time of year, the family business is really busy. Han Guobin has no time to go to the provincial capital, so he can contact them directly by phone. Those who have a telephone there also spent several thousand yuan to install it.

Enough goods will be delivered before the snow falls, and no vehicles will be sent out until next year. Eight employees will just have to look after the shop. Han Guobin also promoted a store manager and a deputy store manager, and asked them to keep clear records in the account book.

There is no need to say anything about the person introduced by Gu Chengyao. All the clauses are very clear and Han Guobin himself is also satisfied with them.

Business at home is very busy now. It is the autumn harvest season, and all the harvested grains have to be sold in large quantities. How can we not be busy?

Except for the second child who has a heavier study load, Han Cheng and the fourth child have to help out. They come over after school or go home to prepare dinner.

The snow fell early this year. It started snowing in early November of the lunar calendar.

But even if it snows, things still have to be sold. After all, this time of year is the busiest, and this is when people want to make a fortune.

From the beginning of autumn harvest until the end of the twelfth lunar month, we do not touch the ground every day.

The same is true for others. Among them, Han Guolin is also very busy. This year, Cai Lihua and Han Guoming, a couple in the village, raised more than 20 sheep, all of which were sold to him.

Shuanzi and his wife also raised seven or eight, and sold them to him, but they were not enough.

With the development of the times, people are getting richer and richer. As the end of the year approaches, they all want to eat something good. Pork and mutton are sold together. If you guard the stall all day, you can sell two or three sheep.

But it is definitely not possible to do it all day long, because he still has to collect sheep. In addition to those in his own village, he has to go to other places to buy and sell mutton himself. It's okay for Han's father to help him, but if he wants to set up a stall and sell it by himself, Han's father is not capable of doing it. He is old, and how can he stay there in such a cold weather for a whole day?

Chen Rou and Han Guobin were busy until their early twenties, when business was just about back to normal. On the twenty-second day of the twelfth lunar month, her bun shop closed, and after settling the wages, she planned to reopen it the next year.

The grocery store continues to sell.

I have been busy for so long and haven’t had a good rest, so I chopped lamb chops today and stewed a lamb chops and wolfberry soup in a pressure cooker.

I called Ma Yuling, Chen Gongan, and Chen Bing's family of three who lived next door and had just returned from vacation to come over and have a bowl of soup.

"Hanghang hasn't come back yet?" Ma Yuling said.

"I called back and it should be back in two days." Chen Rou said with a smile.

"Then we have to get Hanghang some good food to nourish him. He eats in the cafeteria every day at school, and there are only a few dishes every time." Ma Yuling said.

"I bought him half a lamb chop and a lamb leg, and stewed them for him when I got back." Chen Rou nodded.

There are more New Year's goods prepared at home, such as braised pork head, ribs and pork feet, as well as pork belly and loin.

We have to prepare some every year.

"The second child has grown a lot taller this year. I went to buy this dress with you last year, but I thought it was too big for you. It fits you just fine this year, but maybe you won't be able to wear it next year." Ma Yuling looked at the second child and said.

Han Zhou said, "Give it to the third child next year."

"Every year you want me to wear your old clothes, I don't want that. I'll go ask my godfather to buy me a coat, I don't want these from you." The fourth child refused.

"Don't ask your godfather for things." Chen Rou glared at him.

"Mom, please don't tell me these things. I asked my godfather for things because we are close friends. He is happy when I asked him for things." said the fourth child.

Chen Rou just looked at him without saying anything.

Little Lao Si couldn't stand his mother's look and said repeatedly: "Okay, I won't look for it."

Han Guobin asked Chen Bing how he felt about studying at a university in the provincial capital.

Chen Bing said, "I only realized it after I went to school. College is different from high school. There is a lot of freedom. However, there are not many people in our major, so I don't think the future is very good."

"What major?" Han Guobin asked.

"I majored in computer science," said Chen Bing.

"What's computer?" Han Guobin didn't understand this yet.

Chen Bing explained it to him, and Han Guobin almost understood it. It was just advanced equipment.

"This major is good. If you study hard, it will definitely be popular in the future." Chen Rou knew clearly that computers were very advanced in later generations. It was not the case now, but it would be a trend and a tendency in the future. How could it not be popular?

"It's just too expensive. I heard that a computer costs tens of thousands of dollars. Only a wealthy family can afford it?" Chen Bing hesitated.

"When black and white TVs first came out, they were expensive. Now the price has dropped, and they have been replaced by better color TVs. The ones we use for cooking have also been replaced by gas stoves. Can you compare the old ones with the new ones?" Chen Rou said.

"Aunt, are you saying that computers will continue to develop in the future?" Chen Bing said.

"That's for sure. It's the most advanced network equipment. It will get better and better in the future. It's expensive now, but it will slowly come down in the future. People are getting richer and richer. By then, it will be like television and will enter every household." Chen Rou nodded.

"How can every household have something as precious as a computer?" said Public Security Chen. He knew that there were computers in the police station.

"Who can predict what will happen in the future? In the past, people with an annual income of ten thousand yuan were very rare, and they had to be reported to the government for the whole country to celebrate. But look at the people with an annual income of ten thousand yuan now, who still wants one?" Ma Yuling said.

"That's what I want." Chen Gongan said.

His monthly salary is just over 100 yuan, and his annual salary is just over 2,000 yuan. It is very rare to find a millionaire with an annual salary of 10,000 yuan.

Ma Yuling rolled her eyes at him and scolded him with a laugh, calling him a loser.

Chen Rou said to Chen Bing: "Study hard, this is a good major."

"Yeah." Chen Bing nodded, then asked his parents, "Dad, do you feel lonely when I'm not at home these days?"

"We are not lonely. We are so comfortable. We can just eat noodles with your dad and he doesn't have to take care of you. We come to your aunt from time to time to eat and drink. After eating, we sit on the sofa and drink tea. Tell me, are we lonely?" Ma Yuling said mercilessly.

Chen Bing looked hurt: "I missed you guys so much in college."

"Come on, you're in the provincial capital and haven't been back for a whole semester. I think you must have had a lot of fun over there!" Ma Yuling said.

"I don't care about other things, but if I find out that you dare to learn from those bad people outside, I will not forgive you!" Chen Gongan also said.

"Little Fourth, please comfort me." Chen Bingsheng was so depressed that he fell on Little Fourth's legs.

"Be good, boy. Go to sleep. I'll buy you some candy tomorrow." Little Fourth patted his chest and coaxed him.

It made everyone laugh.

The boss, Han Hang, came back on the 26th of the twelfth lunar month and brought back a big bag of things, including about ten packaged roast ducks.

"Brother, are you going to open a roast duck restaurant?" Han Cheng said in amazement.

Bought so much roast duck.

"It's not much. If we divide it up, there will be nothing left." Han Zhou said.

Han Cheng began to count on his fingers: "My eldest uncle's family, my third uncle's family, my aunt, my eldest uncle, second uncle, third uncle, fourth aunt, and my godmother, and the fourth uncle's godfather, that's nine."

"There's also one that needs to be sent to my great uncle, and my dad's other friends will probably also give some. If you calculate, there aren't many left in our house, right?" Han Zhou said.

Han Cheng said regretfully: "We have too many relatives."

"That's nothing. I'll take you to Beijing next year, and then we'll go eat fresh roast duck." The fourth child came in from outside with his eldest brother and said.

He and his elder brother came back from the bathhouse after taking a bath. Han Hang was also feeling relaxed at this time, so he asked, "If you guys are going there next summer, then I won't be back."

"Brother, is your dormitory open for people to stay?" The fourth child said, "We plan to stay there for a while and climb the Great Wall or something."

"You probably can't find a place to stay at the school, but there's a hotel outside. It's right next to the police station and it's very safe. Who wants to go there?" Han Hang asked.

"Sister Yaoyao, Xiao Laosi, and Sister Baozhu and I will go back and ask her this year." Han Cheng said.

"Okay." Han Hang nodded.

When Chen Rou and Han Guobin came back from outside, they saw their boss.

As a father, Han Guobin's emotions were naturally reserved, but Chen Rouke was much more straightforward and asked a lot of questions. Han Hang did not get impatient and answered them one by one.

After expressing her longing for him, Chen Rou began to distribute the roast duck.

There weren't many left. In addition to the relatives mentioned by the second brother, Han Guobin also had to give the old sheep. Chen Rou also planned to take three sheep back to the village and split them in half to share with Zhou Zhen's family, and also give one to the village party secretary's family.

By this calculation, ten or so roast ducks may seem like a lot, but that’s all there is, and there is only one left.

The fourth brother's gift was given to the youngest brother to be delivered to his godfather, the old Yang's gift was delivered by Han Guobin, the eldest brother Han Hang was asked to deliver Han's father's gift, and the second brother was asked to take Chengzi and his sister to deliver Ma Yuling, Han Guoli, and her fourth sister's gift next door.

I will take the rest back to my hometown tomorrow and distribute them there.

However, this year is the first year, so the eldest brother brought it back. But from now on, Chen Rou told him not to work so hard and just buy two to eat at home, and not to worry about the others. It is tiring to bring all these with the luggage.

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

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