Rebirth in the 50s: The Couple with the Hidden Space-Chapter 722 - 597: Exhausting Persuasion

The two sisters-in-law from Old Zhang’s family squatted in the corner of the wall, each lost in her own thoughts.

Lin Juhua curled her lips, wanting to ask if she had been back to her mother’s home recently, and wanted to advise her to visit her mother-in-law often to chat and keep her company.

But she couldn’t bring herself to say it. She worried that her words might be misunderstood. This sister-in-law had helped her so much before, and she wanted her to be well.

Women, it’s not easy at all!

"Juhua, what do you think about transferring my household registration to the village and joining everyone to work in the fields for work points?"

Lin Juhua blurted out in shock, "Sister-in-law, are you crazy?"

After shouting, she patted her lips and then softened her tone, looking at the other woman, she said warmly, "How much is the work points for a year? Don’t be hasty, listen to what I have to say first."

Huang Cuilan paused, nodding her head.

"Isn’t it around three hundred and sixty? That’s only considering the weight of raw grains. In the best harvest years, after accounting for losses in the autumn harvest, and discarding the wheat bran, there are only about two hundred and fifty pounds of finished grain, right? It doesn’t reach three hundred and sixty in our hands, does it? Have you also calculated the city’s basic grains, even if you do nothing, how much is there? Why do so many people want to come to the city? Do you think they’re stupid?

Moreover, the most important point. Have you thought about it? If you stay in the village working in the fields, how quickly you’ll age? After a autumn harvest, you’ll be as dark as a ghost. Then you’ll be older than mom, what will big brother think?"

Lin Juhua spoke while watching Huang Cuilan’s facial expression, noticing that she seemed to abandon the idea, breathing a sigh of relief, yet still not entirely assured, she planned to wrap things up again.

Otherwise, if this sister-in-law is persuaded by someone with intent to run off to support rural construction, she’d really have to change sister-in-laws. She doesn’t want a stranger meddling in Old Zhang’s family. The three of them as sisters-in-law get along well without any messy issues.

She felt she had shared her heart and continued to say, "I used to work in the village while the children’s dad worked in the city. Once, Jiao Jiao came back, and as soon as she saw me, she was angry. Do you know what she said?"

Huang Cuilan shook her head.

Lin Juhua smiled, "She said, second sister-in-law, us women should cherish ourselves, don’t use ourselves like men. You love second brother and want to lighten his load by working hard in the fields, that’s not wrong, but often things go reverse. Your hard work will stay in second brother’s heart, but over time it can easily become taken for granted.

If you meet an ungrateful man, in ten years you become a village woman, he’s somebody at the table, even if he’s not disdainful, his friends will think you aren’t a match for him. If there’s a woman who sticks to him, you become leftover and still don’t match him, won’t you be aggravated?

People are vain. Not just men, even women, when dating, also find a proper man, so when people talk about your man, you feel proud. Let alone men?

They have more opportunities to go out than women, meeting all sorts of people, some kind-hearted, others malicious in stirring trouble. If his wife makes him lose face, once, twice he might not mind, but over time, can he still not mind?

Go and tidy yourself up, don’t have a situation one day when you’re out with the second brother, people see you and give you an unexpected surprise and immediately call you aunty."

At that time, mom was laughing loudly while listening by the side, saying Jiao Jiao was talking nonsense, but later privately told me, Jiao Jiao makes sense, advised me to do less work."

Huang Cuilan smiled slightly, "Mom is a good person!"

"Absolutely! If it were someone else, they wouldn’t mind if the daughter-in-law worked herself to death, as long as their son lived decently. Have you noticed why mom and dad have been frequently going to the provincial city these few months?"

"The kids’ dad. Mom is worried about the kids’ dad."

Lin Juhua felt angry enough to want to knock her head, giving her a glare, "What’s there for big brother in the provincial city to worry them? With Uncle Guang there, who would dare act on big brother?

Why don’t you think about how frugal mom is? She wishes she could use a penny as two. Look at her, still eating coarse grains, unwilling to touch any fine grains. Jiao Jiao left a big barrel of oil for her, she still uses her chopsticks to dip it. I doubt how long this oil will last."

Saying that, Lin Juhua laughed out loud. Her mother-in-law is quite amusing, didn’t even enjoy the blessings, and yet gets her own man to help conceal from Xiao Wu and his family.

Huang Cuilan could tell right away that this chatterbox had diverged again, seeing it was getting late, she reminded, "You haven’t said why mom and dad went to the provincial city yet?"

Lin Juhua angrily patted the ground, holding back her voice, "Sister-in-law, I’ve spelled it out this clearly, why don’t you think why? Mom and dad take turns rotating Xi Zi, Zuo You, Mai Miao, and their siblings four to the provincial city, for what purpose? Isn’t it just to let people know their eldest son has four kids already, so those girls shouldn’t have any ideas!"

Huang Cuilan stared at her in shock. Really?

Lin Juhua stood up, giving her a sidelong glance, "You never even go to big brother’s school, mom can only take the kids. Even Xi Zi can see this, and you’re still confused, I really wonder what you’re thinking." 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

"Get on it, don’t do what isn’t allowed, just be at home. We have such parents-in-law, what is there to fear, isn’t it just a lousy job? Buck up, go to work with a smile, later on, we as sister-in-laws will find work ourselves, how can we possibly starve to death."

"Juhua..."

Lin Juhua reached out to pull her up, "Sister-in-law, I’m not good with words. I can only tell you, we should know how to appreciate our blessings. You should have heard of the incident at the Da Gang brigade where the youngest daughter-in-law was sent back to her parent’s home."

This was widely discussed, of course Huang Cuilan knew. At that time she was worried for a while. Just because the daughter-in-law returned with twenty pounds of sweet potato shreds, she got kicked out of the house. A twenty-something daughter-in-law sent back to her parent’s home, then forced by them to marry an old bachelor who paid with twenty pounds of cornmeal, resulting in her drinking pesticide and dying.

Lin Juhua shook her head, "You should keep that in mind. I’m off to work, we will talk later."

"Alright, you go ahead."

Watching her sister-in-law leave, Huang Cuilan thought about her words, pulled up the corners of her lips, but found she couldn’t smile, sighing quietly, she lowered her head and left.

When she reached not far from the union office, seeing people gathered there, she paused, looked into the distance, and ultimately left.

In the workshop, Huang Cuilan grabbed her things, informed her colleague she was leaving the factory. She had a night shift and now under the sun, she felt exhausted, so she quickly hurried home.

Home was empty, on the living room table was a note, she picked it up and saw Xi Zi’s handwriting: Mom, I left lunch for you in the pot, grandma and grandpa went to the village, I’m taking the siblings there too, will be back before dark.

Seeing this, Huang Cuilan’s mood lifted a lot. Her sons and daughters still loved their mother. Going to the village, there must be gains.

Thinking this, she went to the kitchen, opened the pot, quickly ate breakfast, picked up a hoe, and went to work in the yard. Even the kids know not to be idle, she, as their mother, has to work harder.