The resumption of the college entrance examination is the hottest topic nowadays, and everyone in Shili Township is discussing it.
The resumption of the college entrance examination actually has little to do with the countryside. There may be only two people with high academic performance in the entire village, and the occasional one is extremely rare.
However, it has little to do with the countryside, but it has a lot to do with the educated youth who went to the countryside.
Especially for those educated youth who married local girls and settled down in the countryside, whether to take the college entrance examination has become a hot topic of discussion.
Compared to other places, their village is relatively peaceful.
The only educated youth who settled in the village was Ye Qian, who already had two children.
Of course Su Mianmian also counts as one, but Su Mianmian’s household registration moved with Gu Chengyao a long time ago, so she is not counted.
Besides, life is good now. Even if she returns to the city and gets married, she may not marry someone as good as Gu Chengyao.
The couple had three sons before, and Su Mianmian had another one in the second half of this year. This time, she sent study materials to the educated youth in the village, and also gave Chen Rou a letter, saying this in the letter.
It is said that Gu Chengyao is obsessed with his daughter and can't even walk when he sees other people's daughters.
She couldn't bear to see that greedy look, what else could she do?
I can only try to have a fourth child and see if it’s a girl. This is the last thing she swore in the letter.
Although the letter was full of the nagging of this pampered girl, it was not difficult to see that the couple had a good relationship, so there was basically no need to worry.
They were the only two female educated youth in the village who got married and had children, while the others all stayed put.
At this time, they naturally put all their efforts into preparing for the college entrance examination. If they passed the exam, they would be able to return to the city, which was what they had been dreaming about.
The most serious commotion recently is at the pig farm. Ye Qian is going to take the college entrance examination, but Aunt Han tells Han Guogang not to let her go. If she passes the exam, she will have to leave. What will happen to him and the child then?
Naturally, a quarrel broke out.
These things were what people in the village talked about, but Chen Rou was not interested in them. She frowned at this moment.
She remembered that she had been avoiding it all along, but what happened? Why didn’t her period come this month?
Although she had to deal with her mother patiently, for her, having two sons and a daughter, three children in total, was really enough for her.
Children in the end times are very precious and also extremely fragile. She doesn’t have a partner in the end times, but she still has a caring attitude towards her children.
That is the hope of mankind.
After coming to this place, she did not object to having children because the environment was safe and she could have them.
She has three children, which is not too few.
After giving birth to her little daughter, when she grew up a little, she could let go of her. Calculating the time, it was time for the spring breeze to blow.
She had calculated all these things, and now her little daughter is just three years old and can have a lot of fun on her own.
But who knows that my period hasn't come this month.
She takes good care of herself and her menstruation is very regular every month. Occasionally it is irregular, but basically it does not exceed five days.
But now it’s been more than ten days!
Chen Rou frowned slightly. How could this be possible?
It is the slack season during the farming season now. Han Guobin was away for two months last time and came back recently. He was indeed very enthusiastic towards her.
But the protective measures have never been neglected.
Chen Rou went to rummage through the drawer without saying a word. When she took out the condoms, her face darkened.
It's just because all these sets have been taken apart, and there are holes cut out of them, all of them are holes, very large, like a sieve.
If this can be prevented, then it would be a miracle!
The anger in Chen Rou's heart was like a volcano about to erupt, so she just waited.
Han Guobin came back in the middle of the night. He brought back a basket of eggs, a piece of pork belly and a bag of Fuqiang noodles.
Last year, their Ministry of Transport raised wages, with an overall salary increase of 40%. Previously, it was 39 yuan per month including subsidies, and now it is 55 yuan per month.
This salary level is really high. It is rare in the city where the Ministry of Transport has such a high salary level.
I came back in a very good mood and plan to ask my wife to make dumplings for us tomorrow.
"Are you back?" Chen Rou came out smiling as usual.
"Wife, you haven't slept yet?" Han Guobin couldn't help but ask.
How could Chen Rou sleep? She had already prepared her big stick. The three brothers and sisters went to sleep in the next room, waiting to settle accounts with him.
"It's getting late, my dear wife, please go into the house quickly. I'll make the noodles and then go to bed." Han Guobin said as he turned on the light and put things into the kitchen cabinet.
The village was electrified after the summer harvest this year, and electric lights have been installed at home. Although there are power outages from time to time, it is much more convenient.
Chen Rou went into the house to wait for him. Han Guobin was busy in the kitchen. After kneading the noodles, he brought them into the house and placed them there.
I first went to the next room to see the three brothers and sisters, who were sleeping soundly. I covered them with a quilt and then ignored them.
He came back and closed the door tightly.
"Wife, why haven't you gone to bed yet? Are you waiting for me?" Han Guobin smiled and got on the kang, then hugged his wife in his arms.
"I haven't washed my feet." Chen Rou reminded lightly.
"I went to the bathhouse today and washed my whole body clean. Really, if you don't believe me, just touch it." Han Guobin said immediately.
"Well, then go to bed early." Chen Rou said.
"Wife, I miss you." Han Guobin kissed her and said.
"I thought about it too." Chen Rou said.
Han Guobin began to caress his wife, and even groped his way to the cupboard to get a condom. After he put on his raincoat with ease, Chen Rou clicked the button and turned on the light.
Han Guobin was stunned for a moment, then became even more excited: "Wife, can you turn on the light?"
Chen Rou sneered: "Han Guobin, you are really capable, you act first and ask for permission later, right?"
Han Guobin didn't understand. Even though they have been married for so many years, he is still as passionate about his wife as he was back then.
He hugged his wife and pressed her down on the kang.
Chen Rou pinched him: "Are you still playing tricks on me?"
"Wife, it's getting late. Finish your work early and go to bed early." Han Guobin kissed her.
Chen Rou said angrily: "I think you should just castrate yourself from now on, see what you can do!"
Han Guobin realized that his wife was angry, so he asked, "Wife, what's wrong?"
"What's wrong?" Chen Rou sneered and looked at him and said, "You dare to ask me?"
Han Guobin didn't understand why his wife was angry for no reason.
"If you want me to have another child, I have no objection. Why are you doing this?" Chen Rou looked at him with red eyes.
Han Guobin was a little panicked and said hurriedly: "No, wife, what's wrong? I don't know what you are talking about."
In all these years, he has never seen his wife like this.
"Still pretending?" Chen Rou said angrily, pointing at the raincoat, "Take it off and see for yourself!"
She was the one who caught him with stolen goods, so he couldn't deny it even if he wanted to.
Han Guobin took off his raincoat. The lights were still on. He looked through it and was stunned: "What's going on?"
The raincoat is covered with holes. It looks like it must have been cut out with scissors. The holes are all over it, like a sieve.
How can such a raincoat be useful?
Han Guobin recalled what his wife had just said and looked at her blankly: "Wife, are you pregnant?"
Chen Rou glared at him. He was still pretending with her. How come she didn't realize that he was such a good actor?
"Wife, I didn't, I didn't..." Han Guobin was speechless, but he was really wronged.
How could he do such a disgusting thing? If his wife doesn't want to have a baby, then she won't. After all, he already has a son and a daughter, so it doesn't really matter whether she has another child or not. How could he do such a thing?
"Don't talk to me!" Chen Rou turned around. She had finally raised Orange and was ready to sell him. The spring breeze was blowing, and she was just about to roll up her sleeves and get to work, but then this happened!
"Wife, it really wasn't me who did it." Han Guobin quickly hugged her in his arms and said.
"If it wasn't you who did it? Who is using this thing?" Chen Rou glared at him and tried to make excuses.
Han Guobin said seriously: "I will interrogate those two bastards tomorrow!"
Chen Rou didn't believe it: "Why would these two brothers play this? Don't push the blame on them. I won't forgive you for this!"
She has to start all over again, this matter is not over yet!
I've been considerate to him for too long, and he's become too demanding. This time I'm going to give him a splitting headache, otherwise he won't know how precious the peaceful days of the past are!
"Wife, it really wasn't me. If I wanted to have a baby, I would definitely discuss it with you. Besides, I'm so busy now, and sometimes I have to go out of town for a long time. I feel uneasy leaving you alone at home while pregnant. If you don't want to, how could I force you?" Han Guobin said.
Chen Rou didn't bother to care about him, she had made up her mind anyway.
She sleeps by herself and tells him not to touch her!
How could Han Guobin not touch her? He put on his pants and hugged his wife in his arms.
Although he knew that his wife was unhappy at this moment, he was a little happy because she was pregnant again.
But he didn't dare show it. Tomorrow he would bring those two bastards over and beat them up to help his wife vent her anger.
The next morning, the three siblings came and knocked on the door. Sometimes their parents' door was locked, and sometimes it was not. They were used to it.
I came over to open the door but couldn't, so I knocked on it.
Han Guobin came over to open the door, then picked up the little girl and brought his two brothers over.
Chen Rou also woke up, but was lying in bed lazily. Han Guobin stuffed his little girl into the bed with her mother, then looked at his two sons seriously.
Han Hang and Han Zhou originally wanted to get on the kang, but seeing their father's expression, which was a bit serious, the two brothers looked at each other and also became serious.
"Who did this?" Han Guobin took out a raincoat and said lightly.
The boss, Korean Air, was confused: "Why is there a hole in the balloon?"
The second oldest, Han Zhou, was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head and began to look at his feet.
Is there anything else Han Guobin doesn't understand? He looked at him and said, "Second brother? Honesty is the foundation of being a man. Tell me, did you do this?"
"Dad, I didn't mean it." The second son Han Zhou didn't argue and said with his head down.
"What do you mean it wasn't intentional? If you hadn't done it on purpose, all those things in the cabinet would have been cut?" Han Guobin said.
"Didn't my sister say that she wanted a younger brother to play with?" The second son, Han Zhou, looked at his father and then looked at his sister.
The little girl Orange was very naughty. Seeing that the situation was not right, she immediately acted coquettishly in her mother's arms: "Mom, you smell so good."
Chen Rou now realized that she had misunderstood Han Guobin. Looking at her soft-hearted daughter, she wondered if she had been cheated by her daughter.
"Miss Orange, please correct your attitude." Chen Rou said.
The little orange girl was stunned for a moment, then she pursed her lips as if she was about to cry.
Han Guobin quickly carried his daughter over and said, "Don't scold her. It was the second child who did it."
"Second son." Chen Rou looked at her second son.
"Mom, do you have a younger brother?" Han Zhou asked his mother.
Chen Rou almost fainted from anger. The brat even understood this!
"You little brat, do you deserve a beating? Tell the truth, where did you learn this trick?" Han Guobin almost laughed out loud, but still glared at his second son seriously.
"Dad, it's... it's me." Orange Girl said with tears in her eyes.
"Don't take the blame for your second brother, you can't get the scissors." Han Guobin said.
After the couple's "verbal and behavioral torture", the brother and sister recounted the whole story.
This story has to start from the old house.
Han Guolin and Song Xiaoyu did not have any more children after giving birth to their second son, Han Bo.
Han's mother didn't dare to confront Song Xiaoyu, the third daughter-in-law, because now the third daughter-in-law is very powerful.
Her salary was raised last year. Now her monthly salary is only ten yuan. Ten yuan a month, which means more than two hundred yuan a year. This is just what she earns alone. Where can you find a daughter-in-law like her? It's really profitable.
How could Han's mother dare to say anything to her?
I have asked Han Guolin many times why you don’t have any more children now? Is there something wrong with your body?
Han Guolin was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. At first, he said that their destiny had not arrived yet. Now that he had given birth to two children, it was nothing. However, he urged her many times.
Until this year, his mother started urging him to go to the hospital for a physical examination. She had no choice but to tell him about the current contraceptive products.
Look at things, what else doesn’t Han’s mother know?
But she was so angry that she scolded her son on the spot. But after scolding him, she told him to stop doing these things and have another child as soon as possible. There were only two children in the family, how could that be enough?
When Han Guolin was a child, he ate well and grew fat, but he was often bullied by other kids in the village. It was his eldest brother Han and his second brother Han Guobin who helped him beat them up.
If I didn’t have my brothers to help me, how would I be bullied?
Han Guolin said that now they are brothers, they can help each other.
In fact, this was said by Song Xiaoyu. Song Xiaoyu herself didn't want to have a child. It's not that she had any other ideas. The very direct point is that getting pregnant and giving birth to a child is too troublesome.
How tight is the job market nowadays?
Especially at the beginning of last year, a colleague named Juanzi in the unit was directly replaced by someone else because she was pregnant, gave birth and was in confinement.
It's not a substitute, it's a direct replacement. The position is now occupied by the new colleague, and Juanzi has no job anymore.
This made Song Xiaoyu, who was originally planning to get pregnant, give up the idea immediately. Where could she find a salary of ten yuan a month?
If she doesn't do her job well and asks someone to take her place, who can she cry to?
Mr. Yuan went to the hospital to get the raincoat just to take his time after having his second child, but now he wants Han Guolin to use it for the rest of his life.
Because she doesn't want her job to be replaced!
But who would have known that Song Xiaoyu would get pregnant this year? When she found out that it was her mother-in-law who had tampered with her raincoat, she was furious.
She was very capable and got angry directly at Han's mother, telling her in her face how stressful and difficult the job was nowadays and that if she was not careful she would be replaced by someone else.
Han's mother was domineering towards her other two daughters-in-law, but she really didn't dare to say a single loud word to the third daughter-in-law.
He didn't even talk back when the third brother scolded him.
But do you think that Song Xiaoyu is done with this?
She was ruthless. She took three days off and went to the county town to abort the child. Afterwards, she did not return to her husband's house to rest, but went straight back to her parents' home to raise the child!
He really wanted to break up with Han Guolin, but this scared his mother so much that she often asked Han Guolin to bring his two sons over to coax him.
Han's father also scolded this nosy old woman. The third son's family is facing a shortage of jobs, so isn't there anything that can be done?
If I don't do my job well, someone else will take my place while I'm giving birth. Who can I turn to then?
I already have two grandchildren, so I can stop having more children, but I can’t lose my job. It’s a decent job that pays two hundred yuan a year!
And the reason why Chen Rou’s accident was related to the old house was because these little kids were imitating it, right?
Han Cheng plays with her brothers. She is the youngest of them all, so she asks why she doesn’t have a younger brother?
Han Si, the brat who had watched his parents and grandmother make such a fuss from beginning to end, said that balloons must have been used, and if balloons were used, there would be no younger brother.
This is what his grandmother said when she came into the room and cut the balloon. She said that if he wanted his mother to have another child, he just had to cut the balloon.
And then what? Naturally, all you have to do is tell Han Zhou and Han Cheng to use scissors to cut a few holes in the balloon.
They know the drawer where the balloons are kept at home, so isn't that what happened?
Because his sister wanted a younger brother, Han Zhou, the second brother, fulfilled her wish. He carefully cut a hole in the balloons, took the balloons out, cut them with a knife, and put them back.
This is why the raincoats have been taken apart.
"Hehe, grandma's idea is not bad. Sister, you will have a younger brother in the future. Let mom give birth to him and you can take him out to play with him." Han Zhou grinned.
Chen Rou wanted to pick this brat up and beat him up!
The fourth child in her family was born in this way. The process was tortuous and bizarre. He went through ninety and ninety dragon gates before he finally made it into their mother's belly.
So does Chen Rou want it or not?
Now that you're here, can't you just chase them away? This is just a random person, even if he is her own flesh and blood, Chen Rou can't bear to do that.
Han Guobin asked the three siblings to go out and get some hot water so they could brush their teeth and wash their faces, and then he looked at his wife.
Chen Rou lay on the bed with a look of despair on her face.
I never expected that I would end up being defeated by my own son and daughter.
Han Guobin held back his laughter, hugged his wife in his arms, and said, "Wife, when I have a holiday this year, I will get sterilized and I will never have children again."
Chen Rou didn't sympathize with him at all. After all, she was just too soft-hearted. If he didn't want to have a child, he should have been sterilized long ago. It would have been a permanent solution. When the couple was busy at night, he always wore that thing, but she didn't really like it.
"You rest for a while, I'll go cook." Han Guobin kissed her and took the basin on the kang to make dumplings.
The corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise, and he looked very proud.
The family has enough children, but how could he complain about having too many children? With the current salary level, he can afford to support his wife and she will not have to suffer during the confinement period.
As for the later generations' belief that having too many children is bad for women, please forgive this man. In his time, people valued having many children and more blessings, and he didn't understand those things.
However, this rough man is also considerate of his wife. Including the one that is unexpectedly pregnant in her belly, there are already four of them, which is enough.
He should just get a vasectomy to avoid any more accidents.
In the morning, the family ate stewed pork and cabbage dumplings. The delicious dumplings saved Chen Rou's mood. She glared at her son and daughter and stopped arguing with them.
Putting aside the fact that Chen Rou got pregnant again unexpectedly, the current atmosphere is very different from before.
From the fall of four people last year to the resumption of the college entrance examination this year, these are all major manifestations, as well as minor ones.
For example, there are many people in this village who do not follow the rules and raise chickens and ducks.
Since the beginning of this spring, everyone seems to have done the same thing. Of course, they are not as open as before, but some people raise three or four more than before.
Not only in their village, but also in her mother's village and Gaozheng Village, they do this.
Others don't know that Chen Rou herself is a calm person. She directly asked Han Guobin to build a chicken coop in her backyard and raise six chickens to lay eggs. It's too cold today for them to lay eggs, so they are all huddled together. But when it's warm, the family basically doesn't need to buy eggs.
I asked my brothers to dig up earthworms, small fish and shrimps and bring them back to feed them. I also added vegetable leaves from my own grassland and threw them directly into the broken bowl in the chicken coop. They would eat happily and lay eggs diligently. When there were many, I could pick up five or six a day, but they would only lay one.
Including the eggs laid by the big white goose at home, the villagers would sometimes bring three chicken eggs to exchange for a goose egg, because they also wanted to taste what the goose egg tasted like, so why would they need to buy it?
Mrs. Han was very cautious. When she saw that her sister-in-law Chen Rou was so bold, she whispered, "Maybe she was raising too many."
She caught two more, and including the two originally at home, she only raised four in total. But the second brother's family was too bold and raised six chickens, not counting the white geese.
Chen Rou was very calm and told her that it was okay to raise two more.
This attitude made Mrs. Han really admire her sister-in-law.
The second sister's wife seemed indifferent and didn't bother to argue with others over trivial matters, but when it came to such a big matter, her courage was truly unmatched.
For example, since the beginning of this spring, the second brother's family told her very directly that she would collect as many mushrooms as there were in the mountains.
This year, Mrs. Han really put all her energy into picking mushrooms. When her two sons didn't have to go to work, she sent them out to pick mushrooms and earned a few dollars!
The atmosphere has changed, even if it's just the beginning, but Chen Rou is not too worried, because society will only get better and better in the future.
Those who are caught in speculation and profiteering are actually those who bring in goods from outside and sell them at high prices. This is the original speculation and profiteering mentioned above.
But if the farmers sell their own products, it is not called speculation. Chen Rou does not think that mushrooms are wrong in today's market.
It will dry naturally.
Han Guobin took it to the provincial capital to sell it, and when he came back he said that the price had been raised a bit, and he was told to take it directly to the supply and marketing cooperative, which would buy it back, and there was no need for a private transaction.
This is the change in social trends.
Otherwise, why did Chen Rou get so angry with her rough man when she found out she was pregnant with her fourth child? She had worked so hard to raise her daughter, and now she was involved in this again. How could she roll up her sleeves and get involved?
But now that the matter is settled, let's just leave it this way for now.
As for Song Xiaoyu's abortion, no one in the village knew about it. All they knew was that there was a big quarrel in the old house and Song Xiaoyu went back to her parents' home to live. No one else knew about it.
The pig farm, which was the most chaotic in the village, has calmed down.
The story ends with Second Aunt Han lying on the kang.
South Korea just asked Ye Qian to take the college entrance examination.
Many people in the village said that Han Guogang was crazy for letting Ye Qian take the college entrance examination. If she passed, she would be gone. Could we still expect her to come back?
Han's wife, Zhou Zhen, and Cai Lihua also said so, but Chen Rou had different ideas from them.
She thought that letting Ye Qian pass the exam and leave might be better for Han Guogang, but of course she was not stupid enough to say that out loud.
The village believes that it is better to demolish ten temples than to destroy a family, not to mention that they now have two children, a daughter and a son.
Everyone in the village felt that they couldn't disperse no matter what, even though everyone knew what kind of person Ye Qian was.
But Chen Rou, who came from the end of the world, was very realistic. Even if Ye Qian left, Han Guogang would not be any worse off with two children.
In Chen Rou's opinion, there is actually not much difference between that family with or without Ye Qian. To put it more coldly, when Wang Zhiqing was sent away for hooliganism, why didn't Ye Qian follow him?
If she gets up, maybe she will realize that compared to going to Laobi, being with a man like Han Guogang is not a wrong for her.
However, the villagers stated that Wang Zhiqing was being a hooligan to a married woman, and they threw all the dirty water on Wang Zhiqing, leaving him no room for rebuttal. All they did was to help Han Guogang maintain his already dilapidated home.
In Chen Rou's opinion, it was totally unnecessary. Why not help Ye Qian and send her and Wang Zhiqing to live together?
Of course, these were all she thought in her heart, and she didn't say anything on the surface.
Han Guogang's two sons would play with the children in the village and come over occasionally. If Chen Rou had steamed buns, tomatoes, etc. at home, she would give them to the siblings to fill their stomachs.
There are also some children in the village who refuse to play with them. They learn this from the adults at home and say that their mother is a slut and it is shameful to play with them!
It is the adults who commit sins and the children suffer as a result.
If Ye Qian left, Han Guogang might be able to live a good life with his two children. Chen Rou really didn't think this was a bad thing.
But there are some things that can be said and some things that cannot be said.
However, Chen Rou’s idea was good, but it is not so easy to pass the university entrance exam. There is only more than a month left before the exam, and there are so many students competing for the limited places.
So Ye Qian failed the exam, but she was unwilling to accept it. She even thought that Han Guogang had secretly kept her admission letter!
But obviously I was overthinking it.
Among the educated youth in the village, there was only one who passed the exam. He had never given up studying since he went to the countryside, and he passed with very good grades. But except him, no one else passed.
It’s the same in other villages, only a few people can get into university.
The value of college students is the highest at this time, because after graduating from college, they can directly become officials!
This is absolutely true. With so much work to do, we need such talents. You can become an official just after graduating from university!
I may not pass the exam this year, but I can still take it next year, so naturally I will continue to study hard.
But at this time, everyone was no longer interested in paying attention to these things. College students are good, but they are too far away from them, the country people.
It's already the end of the year, and today is the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month, the day for grinding tofu. Brother Han's family is grinding tofu.
Brother Han sent a few pieces of money to the old house, but was stabbed in the face by Sister-in-law Han.
"You won't get any good words from me if you give it to them, so why give it to them?" Mrs. Han snorted coldly, then handed a few pieces to Chen Rou.
When he heard Hanghang reading, he smiled and said, "Study hard, because you need to go to university in the future."
"Sister-in-law, when you go back, let Tiedan and Ludan study hard." Chen Rou took the tofu and said.
"Why should they study? They should go to the fields and earn work points." Mrs. Han waved her hand.
It doesn’t cost much to go to school nowadays, just two dollars, so Mrs. Han is not reluctant to spend it.
But the key is not to waste your money without knowing how to read.
And in her opinion, it is not that easy to get into university. I haven’t seen so many educated youth, how can I get passed the exam?
"If a family has a college student, it will bring honor to the family." Chen Rou said, "He can become an official."
"I think so too. Our Han family has never had a scholar in their ancestry. They are all from the mud. The two brothers are good at work, but they fall asleep before they can study. If they can really study, I will sell everything I have to support them!" said Han's eldest sister-in-law. Then she said, "But I see that Hanghangxing looks a bit like a scholar."
"What do you mean you look like a scholar? I'm just guarding with a stick." Chen Rou waved her hand.
One has to admit that Mrs. Han was being honest. There had never been a single scholar in the Han family, including her eldest son.
Even though he looks like her and has the exact same personality as his father, Chen Rou doesn't care about that.
She let them do whatever they wanted with other things, and had no objection if they ate more and played more, but when it came to studying, they had to complete the assigned tasks within the specified time every day, otherwise don't even think of her being polite, because if you don't get bamboo sticks, you won't know how delicious fried meat with bamboo sticks is.
Han Guobin has never had a child since he was a child. This man looks rough, but he really loves children.
Chen Rou was different. She had always been brought up roughly, including her daughter, who was left alone to grow up. If she didn't obey, she would just beat her.
So the children in the family are afraid of their mothers but not their fathers.
The boss Han Hang inside can recite so fluently now. This is the result after eating fried meat with bamboo sticks three times.
You know what, it really works.
Han Dasao was delighted to hear her words and asked again, "I heard that you sent five feet of cloth coupons to the old house?"
"Did you hear it from the eldest daughter-in-law again?" Chen Rou said with a smile.
"I heard from Shuanzi's wife that Hanghang took it and shouted at the door, 'Grandma, my mother asked me to give you and grandpa five feet of cloth coupons so that you can each make a piece of clothing!'" Han Dasao imitated.
"Yes, I gave it to them so that the old couple can wear new things." Chen Rou smiled.
Don't doubt it, she deliberately let her eldest son shout like that.
When Hanghang was a child, he would send it in without saying anything, but now he just listens to his mother and has to shout when sending things in.
In fact, Chen Rou really didn't want to settle the matter so clearly with these two elders, even if these two elders really had no credit for her, but the point is, they are Han Guobin's parents after all.
So under normal circumstances, Chen Rou doesn't care, but it's really not something you can just ignore with these two elders.
Han's father is fine, but Han's mother, especially, will take your things and then go around the village saying you are disrespectful.
If you want to gain a foothold in the village, there is really no way you can ignore your reputation. Adults may not care, but what kind of environment will the children grow up in?
Chen Rou could only put the filial tribute she sent out in the open. No matter what her purpose was, the things she sent were real. The villagers knew the filial tribute and they all knew it.
So, no matter what Han's mother said in the village, Chen Rou and Han Guobin's family were never affected at all.
Who hasn’t figured it out yet?
For example, this year, even if nothing else is given, these five feet of cloth coupons are enough.
When Aunt Ma from next door came to exchange sugar coupons, she said that her mother-in-law was so lucky. She was also a mother-in-law, but she didn't get such treatment.
This was even more true of Han Guogang's mother, Aunt Han II. She was probably fed up with her eldest sister-in-law's partiality. Once, when she was pulled over by her to complain about Chen Rou's unfilial behavior and her superficiality, she directly retorted back.
How could such a good daughter-in-law have a mother-in-law like you?
Chen Rou doesn’t think she is really that good, she also has selfish motives.
For example, she favors her mother's family from the bottom of her heart, and naturally she would send things to her mother's family. Her father and mother are not young anymore, but she has three brothers to support. Chen Rou didn't give much to others, but she would always send some nutritional supplements back.
Every year, she would send two cans of malted milk back for her parents to keep for themselves.
Brown sugar is also indispensable.
Of course, what her father likes most is the Maotai that Han Guobin brought back for him specially from outside on the second day of the Chinese New Year this year.
That's not cheap, a bottle costs dollars, it's really the king of wine.
However, this son-in-law also spent a lot of money and bought it directly to honor his father Taishan.
According to what her mother said, that was her father's favorite.
When sending things to Old Chen's house, Chen Rou would avoid others, but she was not afraid of people knowing, just to reduce unnecessary talk.
Of course, the villagers knew that Chen Rou was close to her mother's family, but everyone in the village knew how good the Chen family was to this side.
Several grandchildren were taken care of by their grandmother during their confinement period. Why can't their daughters be allowed to show more filial piety?
It's marrying off a daughter, not selling her. So after she gets married, she has to cut off ties with her parents' family, right?
Let’s not talk about those far away, let’s talk about Mrs. Han. After all, she didn’t have much to send to the old house that year.
To this day, she still remembers how the old lady in the old house stole her eggs and food when she was building her own house!
But every year, they never lost 30 kilograms of food, and occasionally they would give fish or something like that as a gift, and if the family made tofu, they would give tofu as a gift.
But Han Dasao thought that she was a good wife and not a bad daughter-in-law. It was just that she was the same and could not get any good words from the old family.
Mrs. Han delivered the tofu and went back, and Chen Rou went into the house to check her son's homework.
She inherited the memory of the girl in peacetime. Although it is true that all the knowledge was returned to the teacher, she still has common sense.
For example, her son’s elementary school homework is child’s play for her.
"Study hard, and if you meet the requirements set by your mother, I will keep my promise to give you the Liberation Shoes next year." Chen Rou said.
Beating alone is not enough. Beating can only make them surrender on the surface. Bribery is the key.
The kids haven't worn Liberation Shoes since they were little. Even though our family has good food conditions, we brothers still follow the principle of "three years new, three years old, and three years of mending". We also change our clothes from big to small.
Except for the cotton-padded clothes and trousers for winter, Chen Rou had everything else to live on. But even so, the living conditions of them and their brothers were good.
They are familiar with things like toffee and malted milk.
However, she has never bought them rare items like Liberation Shoes. She always wears shoes she made herself, which she thinks are no worse than Liberation Shoes. But she can't resist these little kids' enthusiasm for Liberation Shoes.
When the eldest brother Han Hang heard what his mother said, he nodded and continued reading his book without saying much. The task was not easy. He had to memorize a lesson and ten poems!
You must also memorize the multiplication table backwards, really memorize it backwards!
But what else can we do? If he memorizes all of them and passes his mother's random check, his mother will be able to buy him a pair of Liberation Shoes next year!
The second oldest, Han Zhou, was envious. He also wanted to wear Jiefang shoes: "Mom, can I learn from my eldest brother? If I learn, will you buy me some Jiefang shoes?"
"Before you learn from your elder brother, make sure you get the numbers up to 100 correct. Once you get all the numbers correct, you can learn other things." Chen Rou said.
The second child started counting.
Seeing the two brothers like this, Chen Rou was quite satisfied. She glanced at her daughter who was covering the rag doll with a quilt and coaxing it to sleep on the kang, then turned around and went out to cook.
I made some sour cabbage, and then some tofu and fish soup, put some corn tortillas on it, and it was ready to be served.
The mother and her children gathered around to eat, and drank up all the fish soup. As for Han Guobin, he has gone to work now. After the slack season, he starts traveling between the provincial capital and the county town again.
Chen Rou is now considering moving to the county town, but it is still too early.
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