novelraw Chapter 436 - 19: Various Ways to Eat White Noodles_2
Chapter 436 - 19: Various Ways to Eat White Noodles_2
Chapter 436: Chapter 19: Various Ways to Eat White Noodles_2
Zhao Xiuhua felt dizzy again.
She clutched her chest, turned hurriedly, and upon seeing her two sons back, caught them by the arms without saying a word:
"Quick! Eldest, send a telegram to Little Three, tell her her wife is joining the military! Go now."
"Second, quickly support your mother! Discuss with your wife, persuade your third sister-in-law, they can’t live apart..."
The two sisters-in-law squeezed into the courtyard, looking at the two chickens drowned in the water basin, and thought of the daily egg for the kids. They couldn’t help but feel sad.
They couldn’t help but think, the two men in this house are just useless wuwuwu...
...
Joining the military so soon?
Chu River was unwilling.
"I’ve planned it all, in the next few days, I’ll make braised chicken with bowls of white rice. How delicious!"
Zhao Xiuhua’s face began to contort—white rice!
Even the landlord’s family doesn’t eat like this!
If they don’t leave soon, there might not even be a single piece of dried sweet potato left at home.
But Chu River didn’t care about her expression; he sighed dejectedly, "Besides, we talk about joining the military, where’s the travel expense?"
Damn it—
The whole family was about to jump up—
Fighting and demanding compensation was practically Chu River’s pre-meal ritual.
So far, he’s already squeezed over 700 yuan from home.
And still claiming he’s penniless now?!
He’s practically draining the family’s last drop of hard-earned cash!
Zhao Xiuhua gritted her teeth: "I... will give you 20 more!"
Chu River lifted his gaze lightly and swept over her: "If there’s no meat at home tomorrow and you need to pay ransom again, it’ll be double."
yuan isn’t even enough for a ticket.
She actually aimed to get back all the money Shi Suifeng sent home—in short, sending money to honor elders is fine, but using it this way, it’s not.
The two big men of Chu Family were sensible enough to grab their mother’s sleeve: "Mom, let sister-in-law join the military."
Their tone choked as if they were about to cry.
Truly.
Even copper and iron can’t withstand beatings anymore.
Coming home daily felt like being in jail, unable to call to the heavens or the earth. They were constantly beaten and couldn’t even sleep soundly at night...
Life was truly unlivable.
Just give the money, let alone pretending Little Three never sent any money home.
...
Chu River had his own accounting.
Shi Suifeng sent over thirteen to fourteen hundred yuan, and building the new brick and tile house cost 400 yuan.
The leftover 1000, 200 for the bride price, 50 on the wedding day, with Chu River asking for 725 more...
It actually accounted for almost everything.
But she just wanted Zhao Xiuhua to understand that sending her off wasn’t easy.
So—
"200 yuan. Once the money is in hand, I’ll go to the military."
...
After gritting her teeth, Zhao Xiuhua quickly gave the money.
Truly, their entire family was tortured to the point where they couldn’t drag it out for even a second longer.
Even before Chu River left, she was already boasting in the village about how she’s a good mother-in-law, proactively sending her daughter-in-law to the military.
Yet, the eldest nephew and niece were very sad.
They’ve only been learning skills for less than half a month, no matter how talented they are, what can they learn?
Without learning skills, if their aunt took them, it would just be wasting food; they definitely couldn’t go to the military... What to do?
The eldest nephew wiped his tears, ran to find Chu River who was packing her things: "Aunt, I’ll learn skills at home, you must keep your promise, and take me away."
The eldest niece also looked tearfully: "Aunt, I’ll quickly learn to make clothes..."
It’s not a lie, making clothes isn’t designing clothes, and the clothes of this age were baggy, with neat lines and stitches, that’s all it took to make clothes.
The eldest niece had been doing heavy work since childhood, so she was good with her hands: be it lining or cutting, she did them steadily.
Not to mention she had studied for two years back in the day, her grasp of dimensions was particularly precise, had Chu River stayed a week longer, she would’ve helped Aunt Juhua officially cut and start on the clothes.
But...
Her aunt’s mother-in-law had already said they would go to the city to catch the bus early in the morning, and they had already telegrammed.
Undoubtedly, they couldn’t wait any longer.
Chu River looked at the odds and ends she packed—apart from the meat and money, there was really nothing to pack in this house.
Just two sets of change clothes, all worn out, nothing else.
She let go of her hand: "I’m contemplating whether to take you now or wait until you’ve mastered the skills."
Her words made the eldest niece wipe her tears: "No, Aunt, I can’t go now. I promised Aunt Juhua to give her two years’ salary, we can’t just quit without considering it."