In the golden autumn season, the countryside is undoubtedly busy. The end of the year depends on this time, and everyone is moving.
We start to get busy in early September and don't finish harvesting the food until the end of October.
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 harvest himself, he also ran to his fourth sister's village and asked her to collect the harvest as well. He collected as much as he could and he could eat 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 to sell.
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 so much cargo in, his legs were trembling now.
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 next family.
It's actually unfilial to say the least. Just call the old man over to help take care of 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 after she was done she had plenty of time to go back to cook and sell peanuts. She was a little tired, but what was there to be afraid of? I’m afraid of not making money.
"That's okay. Just come over if you can spare the time." Chen Rou nodded and said, "Third brother, you should go back and tell mom." We have to 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 sleeping."
"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 get the money for her sisters-in-law and 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.
I came over here and saw that there was no one, so 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 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 else's cart? Aren't you afraid of being beaten up?"
"What am I afraid of? My dad is a police officer. Everyone in this area knows me. Do you dare to take pictures of beggars?" 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 come here with Zhou Zhou often on weekdays, and occasionally I can share some 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 took out a handful of peanuts from the basket of the donkey cart and gave them to Chen Bing as a reward.
"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 gave one to 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 promote it." Chen Rou said.
"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 Sister-in-law Han, "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 the 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 agreed with a smile.
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.
Mrs. Han went in to settle the money with her, and then followed Chen Rou to the yard.
He asked Uncle Donkey to help carry the bag of soybeans into the warehouse and then he calculated the money for Mrs. Han.
The children were playing at the door, Uncle Donkey was feeding the black donkey at the door, and the two sisters-in-law sat down in the house to have a good chat.
Mrs. Han couldn't help but say, "Second sister-in-law, when I came here and saw you, why do you seem like a different person?"
"I can still change. How can I change?" Chen Rou asked with a smile.
"Didn't you look in the mirror? You're so white that it reflects light. You look energetic and beautiful, as if you're not married yet." said Mrs. Han.
"Sister-in-law, just praise me." Chen Rou scolded with a smile, and then said, "I prepared two bags of brown sugar for you to keep and drink. I will send them to the old house."
"Why send it to the old house? Every time my second uncle goes to collect eggs, he takes fifty cents more. Aren't those all filial piety?" said Mrs. Han.
"Give as much as you can." Chen Rou said.
Every year when food is distributed, 30 kilograms of food are given, but now that people are not in the village, Chen Rou exchanged it for money and gave it to Han Dasao, asking Han Dasao to take it back.
"Speaking of your broad mind, I admire you." Mrs. Han said after taking the money.
Chen Rou smiled and said, "I don't have a big heart."
"Is this yard really rented? It looks very similar to the old house." asked Mrs. Han.
"It looks like it from the outside, but not from the inside." Chen Rou said as she took her into the house to have a look.
Mrs. Han said, "It's spacious and comfortable. I wish it was our own home."
Chen Rou smiled and said, "It's ours now."
Mrs. Han was stunned, then she said in surprise, "Did you really buy it? When did it happen?"
"I'll tell you, sister-in-law. Don't tell anyone else." Chen Rou said with a smile.
"There's nothing to hide. Buying a house in the city is a good thing." Han Dasao said, "This courtyard is magnificent, and there are all these furnitures. I'm afraid this must have cost a lot of money, right?"
"Not a small amount. Ninety percent of our family assets went in." Chen Rou said.
Mrs. Han hissed, but her eyes sparkled as she asked, "Where did you buy this cabinet?"
"Guobin's colleague's cousin works in the furniture factory and asked us to do this." Chen Rou said.
"Is it expensive? I want to make one, too." Mrs. Han said enviously. She also had one at home, but it was very shabby and she didn't even put any money in it.
"I don't know. It was Guobin who bought it. I'll ask you when Guobin comes back." Chen Rou said.
"Okay." Mrs. Han nodded. Even if it's a little expensive now, she can still afford it!
This is probably what it feels like to have money in your hands.
"I've been here for such a long time, why haven't I seen Hanghang?" Mrs. Han came out to look at the yard, then she remembered and asked.
"I went to make up lessons." Chen Rou said.
"Do you still need to make up for the missed lessons?" Mrs. Han asked in surprise.
"There are only twenty students in their three classes who were selected to take extra classes." Chen Rou said with a smile.
Mrs. Han asked, "Are the results good or bad?"
"In the last exam, the eldest brother ranked first in the class and third in the grade. He came back and said he was just one point away from the second place." Chen Rou said with a smile.
Mrs. Han couldn't help but say, "If someone can be so good at studying in the city, then this university student quota must have been reserved, right?"
"It's still early, there's more to read later." Chen Rou said.
Han Dasao could tell she was being modest and couldn't help but envy her: "Second brother, you are getting better and better now."
The children are already so big and are getting younger and younger. The man in the family is also successful, the children are making progress in their studies, and there is also a bun shop. We have houses in the city and the countryside. Is there any life more enviable than this?
"Aren't you getting better and better, sister-in-law? If you calculate it, just from the money from the eggs this year, you must have an income of some money. And with these things now, you must have an income of at least hundreds of dollars." Chen Rou said with a smile.
"There aren't that many." Mrs. Han said with a smile.
Since the second wife moved to the city this year, she has drunk a lot of meat soup.
After calculating the accounts, she found that this year's income was much higher than in previous years. After she transported the remaining money at home to the city and went to her mother's house to collect more, plus the points earned from the team this year, she estimated that she could save about 120 or 130 yuan!
How can I not be happy?
Chen Rou stayed here and had lunch before sending her back, and also gave Miss Baodan a handful of sweet milk candy.
After returning to the village, Mrs. Han brought the money and brown sugar that Chen Rou had asked her to transfer to the old house.
"Didn't Guobin give you a little more? Now he has to go to work and ask you to collect things, so he makes a lot of money!" Han's mother said after taking the money.
"Mom, what are you talking about?" Korean Lin said.
"Who can you send away with such a small amount of money?" Han's mother said, "I am his biological mother!"
Mrs. Han doesn't want to care about this old lady anymore.
Without saying a word, she went out of the house. When Dagui's wife, Shuanzi's wife and others came to her to inquire about the news, she complained to them: "My second uncle is not at home. He is on a long-distance bus. My second brother's wife is at home. This time he went there, he asked me to send money and a bag of brown sugar back. I sent it over, but the old lady said who could she send such a small amount of things to? Oh, if I were the second brother's wife, apart from the due filial piety, don't even think of asking me for anything else. I won't get a single word of praise if I give it to you."
Dagui's wife and Shuanzi's wife were also aware of Old Lady Han's character. The whole village knew it and it was an old saying. They were not very interested in it and asked about the business in the city.
"Business is still good, but you don't know that there is meat wrapped in the white bread. The second brother's family gave it to me to eat, and I couldn't bear to eat it." said Mrs. Han.
"Have you eaten yet?" asked Dagui's wife.
"I ate it. I have never eaten such delicious buns in my life. Such shops are only opened in the city. If it were in our countryside, who would be willing to eat it like that?" said Mrs. Han.
"That's why they say city people have a good life and are rich," said Shuanzi's wife.
"With so many soybeans sent in, will anyone buy them?" asked Dagui's wife.
"The second sister's family doesn't sell soybeans. She makes soy milk in her bun shop. She keeps the soybeans for grinding into soy milk. With sugar added, it's very fragrant." said Mrs. Han.
Uncle Donkey in the village also boasted to others that Guobin had made great progress, that the yard in the city was very big and spacious, and that the buns in the bun shop were delicious, so he ate one and drank a bowl of soy milk, etc.
Naturally, Han's father and mother heard it.
White flour meat buns with sweet soy milk...
Father Han couldn't help but smack his lips.
Mother Han was so angry that her face turned blue: "She gave this to the old donkey and didn't even bring it back for us to eat. Everyone in this village still says she is filial!"
"Mom, when the villagers come over, it would be inappropriate for my second sister-in-law to not entertain them at all," Han Guolin said.
"What kind of treat are you offering? Why use white flour and meat buns? The old landlords in the past were not as wasteful as her!" Han's mother scolded.
Then he said, "The yard is so big, old man, do you want to live in it for a few days? We have never lived in the city before."
Father Han was moved when he heard this, but he was afraid that the second son's family would not agree: "Will the second son's family agree?"
"How dare she refuse? We are the second child's biological parents. If we go there, she will only be able to serve us!" Han's mother glared.
Han Guolin couldn't help but say, "Mom, don't go over there and cause trouble. My second brother is not at home now, and my second sister-in-law is very busy. If you go over there, my second sister-in-law won't have time to entertain you."
With his mother's personality, she was obviously a traitor in the family. How could his sister-in-law agree to it?
"What's the matter? Can't our biological parents go over and stay for a few days? It's like this now. Can we still count on them when they are too old to move?" said Han's mother.
"When you get old, I will be here to take care of you." Korean Lin Dao.
Mother Han's expression eased and she said, "Father and mother know that you are filial, but we also want to go to the city to stay for a few days."
This wish is destined to never come true.
Because Chen's mother had gone there before her, Han's wife told her after she came back from delivering the goods the next day.
As they were packing up their things and preparing to go, Han's mother was so angry that she started scolding them on the spot: "This married woman doesn't respect her own parents-in-law, but she is still trying hard to entertain her parents. What she married is not a daughter-in-law, but a thief from her husband's family. She uses her husband's family's things to support her parents!"
Mrs. Han didn't want to hear any more. "Old lady, please shut up. My second sister-in-law's mother went over to help take care of the grandchildren. My second uncle went out on a long-distance bus, and my third aunt wanted to sell boiled peanuts. My second sister-in-law was the only one left at home. She was too busy to handle it, so her mother went over to help!"
"What help do you need? I can help you if you want!" Han's mother said directly. How many good things would that old lady have to take away?
"Come on, when my second brother's wife and I had our baby, you didn't even look at us. You're the best person to rely on, and everyone knows what kind of person you are. If I let you go, I think my second brother's wife's house will be emptied out. Inviting you to go? It's like inviting a thief to go!" Han's sister-in-law didn't give her any face.
She didn't want to tear it, but the old lady was pushing her to do it.
What kind of person am I? Don’t you have any idea of what I am like?
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