Chapter 382: Not Loving My Wife
Seeing her being so hypocritical, Old Man Chen rolled his eyes in anger.
Whatever bad habits you have, you will have them. It's good enough to have enough food to eat, but you are still picky.
If you don't eat and starve for ten or eight days, even a pile of feces will taste like meat.
He thought so in his heart, but he dared not say it out loud, so he had to persuade her patiently.
"Okay, old woman, you didn't eat anything last night, so hurry up and eat a couple of bites. It would be troublesome if you get sick from hunger."
"You talk about lightness, but this stuff has no flavor. It's not only sticky in the mouth, but it also irritates the throat. I haven't had a bowel movement in several days because of it. If I eat any more, I'm going to suffocate to death!"
"Hey, I was wondering if you looked weird these past few days. Maybe you're holding your poop? What should I do? How about I use my chopsticks to add some sesame oil to your meal?"
"Get out of the way. Last time I let you poke me and it hurt so much. Now you want to cause trouble to me. Can't you think of another way?" Old Mrs. Chen got angry and threw the mixed flour steamed bread on the table with a "bang".
Old man Chen couldn't help but frowned. "Look at you, what are you doing? Tell me why you're so angry. I wanted to get you some fine food, but you know, that damn girl is at home, so it's not easy for us to do anything!"
"I don't care. I'm going to eat white rice and scrambled eggs today."
"Oh my goodness, we don't even have any white rice at home. We can barely even finish our mixed-wheat bread!"
"You idiot, can't you think of a way to deal with the lack of rice at home?" Old Mrs. Chen glanced at Old Man Chen sideways and snorted unhappily, "I'm so unlucky to marry a man like you. I'm almost starving to death, and you don't even care about your wife."
Hearing the conversation between the two, Ruhua felt uncomfortable. Her husband entrusted his parents to her care, but she ate whole grains and brown rice every day. Her mother-in-law looked obviously thinner in the past two days.
If her husband comes back and blames her, how can she be worthy of his trust in her?
But my family is so poor, where can I get fine rice?
Thinking of this, Ruhua's eyes lit up.
Tangfang is recruiting workers for a long time, so she might as well go to Tangfang to work and earn money to improve the food for her parents-in-law.
With an idea in mind, he quickly poured the wild vegetable soup from the pot into a bowl, carried it into the house, and said with a smile,
"Mom, please don't make things difficult for my dad. Everyone in Nanshan Village knows that he listens to you the most and loves you the most."
Old Mrs. Chen loved to hear this. If the old man had not been obedient, she would have run away when she was young. How could she live a stable life with him?
Old Mrs. Chen was very happy. "Ruhua, there's nothing wrong with what you said, but sympathy is not enough to make a living. If he really loves me, he should find a way to get some delicious food. What's the point of just talking about longevity?"
Ruhua laughed angrily, "Mom, my dad is so old, what can he do? How about I go ask the neighboring pond tomorrow if they still have workers? I'll go and work, and use the money I earn to buy some rice for the family. Is that okay with you?"
"No, you are the wife of a scholar, how can you be ordered around by that heartless ungrateful guy? It will bring shame to our family. Just stay home and don't worry about food." Old Mrs. Chen refused without a second thought.
Ruhua shook her head helplessly and didn't insist any more, "Okay, I'll listen to you."
Seeing Old Lady Chen putting on her shoes and getting out of the field, Old Man Chen was startled. "Old lady, what are you going to do?"
"Go next door and get some food and drink."
After hearing this, Old Man Chen was almost furious. He told himself to stay calm, hold it in, and not get involved with this unreasonable and wasteful old woman.
"Old woman, the dead girl is at home, so it's hard for us to take action. To avoid unnecessary trouble, you just have to endure it!"
"I can't help it."
"Aren't you afraid that damn girl will punish you?"
"I'm a grown-up and I'm afraid of her? Even if it's a den of wolves and tigers today, I'll take the risk. Come on, old man, I'll take you to eat delicious food and drink spicy drinks."
"Are we really going?"
"Stop talking nonsense and hurry up." Old Mrs. Chen gave Old Man Chen a look.
Old man Chen was a little scared. After hesitating for a while, he put on his shoes and went out. He couldn't help but say,
"Old lady, let's make a deal. If that damn girl really gives us a cold shoulder, we won't bother ourselves."
"I see. That damn girl is not that scary. Look how scared you are. Let's go!" Old Mrs. Chen grabbed Old Man Chen's hand and walked out of the yard, not forgetting to remind him.
"When you get inside, don't worry about anything. When you see food, just do it as usual: spit on it, then pick it up and eat it."
"Okay, I'll remember that." The two of them said as they came to Chen Zhanshan's house and walked away...
Early in the morning, many villagers gathered in the sandy land of Xishan. Looking at the beets growing well in the fields, everyone was delighted.
Zhao Fugui grinned from ear to ear. "I just did a rough calculation. One beet weighs two catties. My family has four mu of land, so I estimate we can harvest eight thousand catties. At three cents a catty, I can sell it for twenty-four taels of silver."
Erhuzi's wife took over the conversation, "My family and yours grow about the same amount of crops, also four acres. If we sell it for so much silver, we'll make a fortune."
"Yes, yes, yes. I can earn so much money in a year. I couldn't even imagine it before. I don't know how I spent it."
"Yeah, this is the rhythm of getting rich!"
"Okay, don't be too happy too soon. If you set off cannons before the sedan chair arrives, what if Qing girl doesn't buy it? Our happiness will be in vain."
"That's right, this is not a small amount of money. If they don't want it, we will be left dumbfounded."
Zhao Fugui smiled disapprovingly at this and said, "Don't worry, even if Qingyatou doesn't buy it, it's fine. We can make our own sugar. If you trust me, you can send it all to my house. I'll buy it at three cents per pound."
"Just brag. Even if you can make sugar, who are you going to sell it to? Do you have the ability of Qing Yatou?" Erhuzi's wife was full of doubt.
Zhao Fugui puffed out his chest and said, "Don't underestimate me. Since I dare to say it, I dare to buy it."
Erhuzi's wife shook her head and sneered, "Qing girl has helped us a lot. If we sell the beets to you, we would be such a loser."
"That's right. Qing Yatou has been very kind to us. She even thought about us after making money. I'm not an ungrateful person. As long as Qing Yatou wants these beets, I'll give her the first chance to sell them."
"That's right, we're selling it to you. Can you afford it?"
"That's right. You're so poor, yet you still want to make sugar. You're so boastful, aren't you afraid of getting your tongue bitten by the wind?"
The villagers thought Zhao Fugui was just joking and didn't take it seriously at all...
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