Rebirth in the 50s: The Couple with the Hidden Space novel Chapter 245

Chapter 245: Chapter 179: The Saint

Zhou Jiao reluctantly watched Zhou Xiaozheng and the others leave. Only when they were out of sight did she turn back to the stove to start cooking.

Stewing a pot of wild chicken soup—so that her two sisters-in-law could feel somewhat better, and to delight Mother Zhang. After all, every child is dear to their own parent. It wouldn’t make sense for her, as the daughter-in-law, to enjoy a feast every day while her grandson watches on in silence.

Lately, whenever she saw her nieces and nephews at home occasionally glance at the stove, she was filled with guilt. With the family not yet separated, they had to be even more meticulous about many things. She didn’t expect others to be grateful, as long as there was no conflict and everything remained quiet. The children being well-behaved and not making demands made her even more reluctant to let them feel wronged.

Remembering her own childhood, the feeling when she saw her younger brother enjoying chicken drumsticks, she couldn’t turn a blind eye to indulging herself under the pretense of postpartum recovery while the kids might only have cornbread with porridge.

Thinking of her son Ping’an and considering the other children at home, she couldn’t bear to keep things hidden. Although the time wasn’t ripe, money could still buy some things. She resolved to be selfless for now.

Zhang Guoqing entered and saw her lost in thought, unresponsive even when he came in, and furrowed his brows. Had someone said something behind his back while he was away?

He closed the door and approached her, holding her gently as he asked in a soft voice, "What’s wrong, do you have something on your mind?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Jiao realized he misunderstood. She shook her head with a smile and said, "Tomorrow, you bring it to Mom, let the kids have a little extra. Tonight, seeing them look on eagerly but behave so well without fussing, which child doesn’t crave a taste?"

Zhang Guoqing looked at her, speaking while secretly pondering whether someone had wronged her during his absence.

"Okay. I’ll go up the mountain after I eat. Tonight, Xi Zi and the others were clamoring for clothes, I stopped my two brothers. When I was young, I always looked forward to new clothes and good food during the New Year. As a father, I told them not to scold the kids. If it were our Ping’an, I’d rack my brain to find a way, there’s no way I’d yell. It’s the poverty that makes things difficult. But seeing their joyous shouts later made me quite happy. I’ll get the fabric for them at the market. We have good material at home saved for our son."

"Alright, it’s up to you." Zhou Jiao didn’t care much about the quality of the cloth. As long as he was willing, she was fine with whatever.

After chatting idly for a while, Zhou Jiao saw that there was nothing much to tidy up, pulled Zhang Guoqing to wash up, and then they returned to the inner room.

Zhou Jiao couldn’t help but urge again, "Do you have anything tomorrow? Be careful not to go deep into the mountains, or I won’t be at ease at home."

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