Rebirth to the Eighties to Get Rich

Chapter 116: Irritated

Chapter 116: Irritated

The next day, older sister Xu came over and brought a jar of salted plums she had pickled herself for Su Danhong.

It was important that she came to tell her that her child could be born without any worries. Now that she had the orchard, there would be no problems with the hukou1 in the future if the fine was paid.

As soon as she heard what she said, Su Danhong understood that there was no need to say any more. They both had a silent understanding of the situation and it would be meaningless to say too much.

Su Danhong was someone who sister Xu wanted to be friends with. On top of that, she was pretty, really elegant, and fortunate. Aside from those who didn’t know better, no one in the village would give her any problems.

Since Su Danhong’s family had such a large orchard, who would want to have a bad relationship with her?

She was not arrogant like how she was before. As for how she is now, sister Xu did not see the slightest vanity and pretentiousness. She secretly approved of it.

Su Danhong liked salted plums a lot and had put them away. When sister Xu went back, Su Danhong gave her a few jin of dried chestnuts and asked her to take it back as a snack for the children.

Sister Xu accepted it.

The matter of having a baby was thus settled.

A month passed in the blink of an eye.

The persimmons on the mountain were ripe, and recently many birds on the mountain had gone to peck at them. Therefore, Ji Jianyun planned on picking them earlier.

Persimmons were common there. Some people would plant persimmons in the front yard and backyard.

But they did not have as many persimmon trees as his orchard that bore so much fruit.

One tree was full of fruit, which was a lot.

Father Ji had finished all the netting recently and was waiting for these persimmons to be picked.

The farmers were already done with the autumn harvest. The grains had been collected, and everyone in the village was idle.

Thus, Ji Jianyun began to recruit short-term workers again.

The duration of the work was short because there were only a dozen persimmon trees to be picked. Although the trees were full of fruit, there were still only a dozen persimmon trees.

They would hire a few more people and give them lunch. It was probably going to be finished in a few days.

They couldn’t do anything else about it. The persimmons could not be delayed.

The workers from last time were invited to work, from Ji Jianyun and Su Danhong’s relatives to short-time workers in the village. This time, they hired two more elderly sisters who had a relationship with Mother Ji.

They were all nimble workers. Although Ji Jianyun was careful about the budget, they also needed more workers. The elderly sisters were not very well off. Mother Ji came to talk to Ji Jianyun about it. After she got his confirmation, she let the two elderly women come.

At this point, Mother Ji knew the boundaries, so she wouldn’t decide who to bring herself. Even if she did want to bring someone to work, it had to be allowed by her son. After all, her son was the boss of the orchard, and he was the one who paid the wages, wasn't he?

Everyone worked hard in the orchard for three days. They handled the persimmons very efficiently and put them on the netted racks to dry.

Ji Jianyun was not stingy since they were so efficient. As soon as they finished the work, he handed out the money on the spot. Each of them also carried two jin of persimmons back for their families to try. During the three days of work, they also had a very good lunch. The money was not much, but it was 1.5 yuan or 50 cents a day. It was enough for them to be happy.

For example, Ji Jianguo, Feng Fangfang, Ji Jianye, and Ji Mudan, they had come to help. Ji Jianyun counted every penny clearly to them, and gave their family three jin of persimmons.

As for Father Ji and Mother Ji, they didn’t take the money this time. Mother Su also didn’t this time and said that if Ji Jianyun gave it forcefully, it would be like they were strangers.

Ji Jianyun also smiled and did not give her any. However, he gave her five jin of persimmons, and caught a big chicken for her to take back and stew tonight.

Mother Su didn't want it, but Ji Jianyun said that since she didn't take the money, she had to take this. Otherwise, he wouldn't dare to ask his mother-in-law to come and help again. Thus, Mother Su accepted it with a smile.

Because Mother Su did not take the money, eldest Su sister-in-law did not dare to accept it. She was not in a good mood on the road back.

Mother Su saw her face dim and shoved the chicken to her and said, “The chicken we got will be stewed tonight to nourish the entire family.”

Eldest Su sister-in-law’s mood rebounded from her words and she quickly asked, “Can we really eat chicken tonight?”

She thought her mother-in-law would take it back and keep it. Even if she didn't, she would probably wait for her second brother-in-law to come home and ask him to take it and sell it.

This didn’t have anything to do with her because the money wouldn’t be shared with her. But she did not expect to be able to eat chicken tonight.

“Yeah, we can eat it.” Mother Su nodded and continued, “You can take two jin of persimmons back to your maternal home when you visit.”

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She was well aware of how strict her mother-in-law was. After being married for so many years, she had not been able to take anything back to her maternal home. She couldn’t imagine even taking a piece of rotten food to her maternal home.

But today, her mother-in-law was allowing her to bring persimmons back to her maternal home!

It was true that persimmons were common, but her maternal home didn’t have any. If she took these two jin of persimmons over, her parents would definitely be happy.

“You’re always saying I'm so mean, but don’t think I don't know. The last time Jianyun came over with so much fruit, it was eaten so fast, and you took some back to your maternal home. I didn't fight with you then, but do you really think I don't know anything?” Mother Su accused coldly.

Eldest sister-in-law Su immediately defended herself, “Mother, I didn't…”

“Fine, do you have any idea? The last time we went to help Jianyun, he was giving out a lot. I gave you five yuan. This time, it was only three days. How many good things did Danhong let us take back in the past three days? If you take more money, wouldn’t there be guilt? Our Lao Su family is not as good as her Lao Ji family, but we must also have backbone. We need to have dignity for what we can take and what we can't!”

Mother Su taught her daughter-in-law a lesson. Last time they were paid, she kept track of how much was given to them. Jianyun gave her 50 yuan. The average family may not be able to save 50 yuan in a year, but her son-in-law gave her 50 yuan. He was intentional with showing filial piety and treating her as a mother-in-law. Why else would she help with some work this time?

They had to be clear about things when they did this kind of work, especially how they acted as relatives.

Moreover, Danhong had stuffed her with almost two jin of meat these days!

Jianyun had given them such a big chicken. So how could the mother-in-law and sister-in-law lose out on anything when they went to work this time?

”Mother, I know I was wrong. I won't do it anymore,” eldest Su sister-in-law Su rushed to say. She was afraid that her mother-in-law would be angry, she would have nothing to eat tonight.

But when she thought about it carefully, this younger sister-in-law did not really make her family suffer. Although they didn't have any money, wasn’t this replaced by the meat they got?

Mother Su was done being irritated, she gave her some encouragement, “Go back. You can stew the chicken tonight. I can still trust your cooking.”

Eldest Su sister-in-law Su had mixed emotions. She thought that her mother-in-law was not only a little stingy, but also good to her own family. When it came to her two sons, she was not stingy at all.

So, was her mother-in-law stingy or not?

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1. Hukou is the household registration system that tells where the person’s permanent residence is, family members are, birthday, etc.