Rebirth to the Eighties to Get Rich

Speaking of Su Jindang, he was driving over.

Mother Ji saw him and said with a smile, “Jindang, have you eaten? If you haven’t, go down and ask Danhong to make a bowl of noodles for you. In this cold weather, you must not go hungry.”

“Aunt, thank you, but I’ve eaten it,” Su Jindang said with a smile.

“That’s good. How many eggs do you want today?” Mother Ji asked.

“At least two baskets,” Su Jindang replied.

“Then there’s no need to pack it in the box. I’ll do it for you when I’m free. You can go over there and weigh it,” Mother Ji said.

“Okay.” Su Jindang nodded.

He went to weigh it and then wrote it down in the notebook nearby. Then he wrote it down in the notebook he carried. They no longer did daily checks. It was once a month now. Since they balanced the book once a month, it saved them from needing to calculate everything every day.

So with these two notebooks, they had duplicate records when it was time for them to do the calculations.

Su Jindang took the eggs and drove away. Mother Ji took a look at the notebook and said, “Su Jindang is very reliable.”

The eggs were always packed. Unless they were too busy and had no time, Mother Ji would usually take the time to weigh them first after packing. Then, she would weigh it again when the Su Jindang came so that there were no mistakes.

“If Su Jindang wasn’t reliable, then Jianyun wouldn’t have brought him along to start a business or take him to the college town to sell goods,” Father Ji said calmly.

He can trust Su Jindang because of his character. Even though his mother was petty, it was normal. Most women were like this.

Mother Ji sighed, “I know what you are trying to say. I won’t interfere in Jianyun’s affairs in the future, okay?”

Of course she understood what her husband meant. When Jianyun asked Su Jindang to open a shop in the town, he didn’t ask his brothers. He also went to the college town to sell goods. When his father couldn’t go, he never thought of asking his brothers. He would rather ask his comrade or his second brother-in-law to go than go do business with his brothers.

When everyone on the orchard on the mountain was extremely busy, Ji Jianyun would ask them to come up and help. The wages were all right. As for the rest of the time, Jianyun didn’t like to ask his brothers to help.

Mother Ji had some opinions about this. In the past, she had a lot of opinions. In her view, Su Jindang was a brother from the wife’s family. Although they were related, no matter the reason, how could Su Jindang compare with Ji Jianyun’s biological brothers?

There’s no reason why he shouldn’t help his brothers, but he helped an outsider?

But now she could understand why clearly.

Ji Jianyun had to do a good job. Lao Da and Lao Er were two white eyed wolves. They couldn’t even control their own women, so how could Ji Jianyun expect them to work?

Ji Jianyun kept them in mind, and with their personalities, it’s fine to just keep them in mind. If anything bad happened at the orchard because of them, Ji Jianyun would be blamed and held responsible.

They were supposed to have a good brotherly relationship, but it didn’t happen.

Mother Ji also had to admit that her eldest son and second son in their family were really inferior to Su Jindang.

However, she was fortunate to have a promising third child. Of course, Jianwen was also good. He had a stable job and had bought an apartment in the city. She was also not ridiculed like how she was with the Lao Su family.

Mother Su didn’t know what Mother Ji was thinking. Mother Su welcomed her second son in. Su Jindang brought in a piece of meat and two large ribs and said, “Mother, this is what Shitao that his mother bought for you to nourish your body. Don’t save it. We can buy it again after you eat it.”

When Mother Su saw so much meat, she was so surprised that she said, “You just love to spend money. Are you afraid that I can’t eat without having meat at home? How much did it cost?”

She now knew that her second son had borrowed more than 1,000 yuan from her son-in-law, and then bought the shop in the town. He owed her son-in-law a lot of money, so why did he buy this meat? 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘹𝘢𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤.𝘤𝘰𝘮

“I’ve already brought it home. You can just eat it,” Su Jindang said. “I can’t talk to you anymore. I have to collect some pumpkins and winter melons, or else I won’t have any to sell tomorrow.”

“Go ahead and be careful on your own way back,” Mother Su warned.

Su Jindang drove away. He didn’t need to take any eggs since his mother raised more than ten chickens herself and there was no shortage of eggs. From time to time, she asked him to take them to sell.

“Mother, what meat did second brother-in-law bring back?” Eldest Su sister-in-law opened the door and saw the meat and ribs. She smiled immediately.

Mother Su was living a fine life. She said, “Well, let’s have ribs tonight. The other piece of meat must be saved for the New Year.”

Eldest Su sister-in-law nodded and said, “That’s fine. But my brother-in-law will definitely bring some meat to us. Why don’t we eat this meat in the next few days while it’s still fresh?”

“Why are you trying to eat until you’re fat?!” Mother Su angrily questioned.

She ignored her. She took the meat into the kitchen and sprinkled salt over it. She planned on eating it slowly.

Eldest Su sister-in-law pursed her lips, but she became very happy when she saw the two ribs.

The whole family had a very satisfying meal that night. It was pork ribs with sauce poured over the rice. The taste was not too strong.

This was her second son’s filial respect for her. Although that old woman from the Lao Ji family was proud to have Jianyun as a son, she was also proud. There was no need to envy her.

Although the two old women had abandoned their old grudges and made up again, privately, they still competed with each other. Both of them were unwilling to lose to the other.

“At the end of the year, I will be going over to help Su Jindang for a few days. You two will be taking good care of the chickens at home. If I find out that you have been lazy, you won’t be eating anything good next year. Do you hear me?” Mother Su glared at Su Jinjun, her eldest son and her eldest daughter-in-law.

“Mother, just go and help them. I’m sure you don’t have to worry about what happens at home,” Su Jinjun said in a hurry.

Eldest Su sister-in-law knew that if she helped, then she would certainly have food when Mother Su came back. She immediately said, “Mother, don’t worry. I won’t hold you back!”

Mother Su nodded. She thought that her second son owed her son-in-law a lot of money. She had never seen so much money in her life, so she was anxious to help. It would not be a bad idea for Su Jindang to spend more time collecting radishes and cabbage. There was also dried goods such as winter melon, pumpkin and mushrooms that were kept in the village.

Although it was the end of the year, the next day, Mother Su put on her clothes and went over.

Su Jindang was naturally happy with Mother Su’s arrival. Second Su sister-in-law was living a very good life even though bad things happened in the past. When Su Jindang went to help Ji Jianyun sell things, Mother Su came and did her best to help. Thus relieved second Su sister-in-law. Mother Su was good at taking care of her child and selling things in the shop.

What’s more, even if there’s a grudge in her heart, how else did she get this good life? Thanks to the daughter of her family-in-law, she borrowed money from her sister-in-law to buy this home.

When it came to feelings and logic, second sister-in-law Su did not have any objection.

Besides, the store was really busy now, so second Su sister-in-law also welcomed Mother Su’s arrival.

“I won’t stay long. I’ll go back when you’re done working,” Mother Su declared.

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