Rebirth to the Eighties to Get Rich

Chapter 78 – Being Considerate

“How else can I say it? Jianyun is partial towards you. He didn’t even ask his own brothers, but he asked you,” Mother Su stated, frowning.

A salary of 40 yuan was indeed a lot. When the old lady of the Ji family finds out, she would definitely be furious. Mother Su said, “Then take less money. You can figure it out. Jianyun will be very busy in the future. You need to help him take care of things so that he doesn’t have to worry about it. It will also help your sister.”

Su Jindang thought about it and did not disagree.

Mother Su continued, “As for your family, you don’t have to worry about them. When you move into town with them, your wife will be able to look after the child and help the store when it’s busy. This arrangement couldn’t be better.”

Su Jindang smiled and said, “Then we won’t be able to take care of you.”

“I don’t need you to take care of me, and I have my son-in-law. When you weren’t here, Jianyun sent me many good things to show how filial they are,” Mother Su said with a smile.

When Su Jindang went back to his room, he saw that his wife was awake.

“Jianyun just came,” Su Jindang said. “He brought over a lot of good things.”

Second sister-in-law Su nodded and let him help her get up and said, “Jianyun comes here often, and he brings a lot of things to show filial piety to mother every time. It’s enough for him as a son-in-law to act like that.”

Su Jindang poured her a cup of warm water. He told her what Ji Jianyun had said and her eyes brightened. “Jindang, agree with Jianyun! Tell him that we don’t want a salary of 40 yuan. 10 yuan is enough to live on. I’m willing to move to town with you!”

She had spent enough time in this house and really didn’t want to stay here. It’s annoying to quarrel with that woman every day. It would be great if she could go and live in the town.

Moreover, chickens were very easy to sell. Even if they didn’t do well, it was still possible to sell one or two chickens a day. They didn’t need to pay rent either. If Jianyun’s shop was sustained, then their lives would also be sustained!

It was fine as long as they could live in town!

“Don’t worry. Jianyun said that he would come over during the New Year with Danhong. I’ll talk to him then,” Su Jindang said.

Second sister-in-law Su approved and touched her belly happily.

She was currently seven months pregnant, so there were almost two months left. She had been married for so many years, and did not successfully become pregnant until this year that her sister-in-law gave her a prescription to replenish her health. She was overjoyed and it didn’t matter if the baby was a boy or a girl.

Now that Ji Jianyun came over out of consideration for their family, Su Jindang and second sister-in-law Su, this couple, knew to not be overbearing with him.

As the couple discussed this, Ji Jianyun went home and told his wife about it.

Su Danhong frowned and said, “40 yuan is too much.” Now that the price of goods was rising, a chicken weighing two or three jin could be sold for almost two or three yuan. With the town’s large population, it would not be difficult to sell a few chickens a day. Thus, the salary was too high.

Ji Jianyun smiled and said, “That’s what I said. Second elder brother will lower the salary by himself.”

Su Danhong nodded and said, “20 yuan will be enough.”

Even if it was 20 yuan, it was higher than what her second brother earned by going out to work. Of course, whether more chickens could be sold depended on her second brother’s skills. Business would be stable if more chickens were sold, which would allow her second brother to continue to work.

“After the New Year, go and visit Hong Jie. You can ask her to help you find out if there is a better shop available. Hong Jie knows the town very well,” Su Danhong said.

“We don’t need to bother Hong Jie, I’ll just go find a store myself,” Ji Jianyun said.

“Okay, I’ll leave it to you,” Su Danhong said and nodded.

In the evening, when Ji Jianyun was bringing Father Ji’s meal to him, Su Danhong filled up a watering can and gave it to him. She asked him to heat it up on the mountain and then give it to the chickens and sheep to drink.

It was very cold now, so the animals needed to drink some spiritual spring water. It was precisely because they drank her spiritual spring water that only one chick had died so far.

This was already a sign that it was a miracle.

The profits would be good if ⅔ survived from the original 200+ chickens. The chicks had been raised for so long and only one had died. Also, it died because it had secretly run out and froze to death. If it hadn’t, then it would still be alive.

Ji Jianyun knew that it had something to do with the water in the watering can that his wife asked him to bring along the next day.

The chickens and sheep had to drink this water. It was why they were very healthy, but also thriving.

The food and soup that Ji Jianyun brought to Father Ji were still warm. While Father Ji ate, Ji Jianyun went to heat up the water. He fed it to the chickens and sheep as soon as it was warm. The chickens and sheep saw him with something in his hands, and came over on their own to drink it.

Ji Jianyun smiled and left them alone.

When he went back, Father Ji had almost finished eating. Ji Jianyun asked, “Father, is it cold at night? Do you want me to bring up another blanket?”

“No, it’s warm.” Father Ji shook his head.

The blankets they had on the mountain were all newly bought by Lao San’s wife this year. They were very warm and did not feel cold at night.

Ji Jianyun nodded and let him finish eating first. Afterwards, he brought out the dog food and took the bowls and chopsticks to bring back.

When he got home, the couple had dinner. The leftovers were going to be fed to Da Hei and the other dogs.

Su Danhong took out a hot kettle from the kitchen and said, “Take this pot of jujube tea to father and ask him to drink more of it.”

Her father-in-law was alone in the mountains. In this cold weather, they must prepare more hot water for him. This red jujube tea was very healthy. It was not caffeinated, but it warmed the body and replenished the energy. It was ideal for the elderly to drink.

“Okay,” Ji Jianyun agreed.

Su Danhong fed Xiao Renren some milk and coaxed him to sleep. It was five-thirty now, and Xiao Renren would probably sleep until about seven o’clock. When he woke up at around seven o’clock, he would play until maybe nine-thirty and then he would go to sleep again.

Su Danhong had figured out this pattern.

She went to the kitchen and began to chop up the ginger. She was going to make some ginger water for Ji Jianyun to soak his feet.

In this cold weather, a little carelessness would bring up old ailments. He was once wounded on his leg. Although he had recovered, she was worried about taking care of him. What if the pain came back?

It was a lifelong matter.

Therefore, Su Danhong must pay more attention to his health and be preventative. After cutting up the ginger, it was thrown into the pot to be boiled.

Ji Jianyun smelled the smell of ginger when he came back. Su Danhong took the things he was holding and said, ‘Go to the kitchen and soak your feet. I boiled ginger water for you to remove the smell of your feet. You won’t go to bed with us tonight until you wash it clean.”

The way Ji Jianyun looked at his wife was like honey dripping softly.

“Honey, how is your body? It’s been healed after almost two months, right?” Ji Jianyun came over and asked in a low voice.

“Get out of the way.” Su Danhong blushed and glared at him. She went back to their room to be with their son.