Rebirth in the 50s: The Couple with the Hidden Space novel Chapter 741

Chapter 741: Chapter 616: Want to Buy Your Courtyard

As soon as Zhang Guoqing and his family entered the house, having been there for less than half an hour, a group of young boys and girls ran into the yard, joyously shouting at the sight of Little Ping’an.

Mr. Zhang and Mother Zhang, seeing the string of grandchildren before them, smiled so broadly that their eyes squinted and their mouths couldn’t close.

Zhou Jiao watched them gathered together, laughing and joking, and pulled on Zhang Guoqing’s sleeve. The two quietly slipped away to the west wing to see what was missing in the kitchen.

There wasn’t a bit of leftover food in the two large pots in the kitchen. Zhou Jiao and Zhang Guoqing weren’t surprised at all; knowing Mother Zhang’s nature, she wouldn’t waste a single grain of food.

Zhang Guoqing opened the cellar door and left Zhou Jiao outside to keep watch. Inside, he found only about ten pounds of flour and rice, along with two hundred-some pounds of coarse grain, and a few pitiful dried wild rabbits hanging there. He opened a box in the corner and saw there wasn’t much brown sugar left either, and sighed in his heart.

Zhou Jiao saw him come out, "How is it?"

"Almost nothing left."

Zhou Jiao nodded. She wasn’t worried about her mother-in-law giving it away to others, likely having exchanged it for money vouchers. As long as they were happy, preparations had to be made regardless.

"Don’t worry, we’ll find an opportunity to replenish this time."

Zhang Guoqing smiled helplessly, took some flour and rice out of the bag, and placed it in the rice jar in the kitchen. The couple didn’t dare to put much, only discreetly leaving a few items in plain sight.

Mother Zhang, after resting in the house for a while, thought of her youngest son and came to the kitchen. Seeing the empty bags on the ground, she hastily pulled open the cupboard and lifted the lid of the rice jar, glaring at them with a "disappointed iron not turning into steel" expression.

She glanced towards the outside of the kitchen and lowered her voice, "Didn’t I tell you not to bring things back? Your father and I have never been hungry, and more would only attract unwanted attention. The grain inspection team came to the village the year before last, and I was so scared I couldn’t sleep for several nights. Let’s forget it this time, but don’t buy any next time. If you buy it and your father sells it again, what’s the point of all that fuss!"

Zhang Guoqing nodded upon hearing her words.

"Be good. Mother still has plenty of grain tickets and wants to send you some. Your father earns so much he can’t sleep, and don’t even mention how expensive big cities like Beijing are, so don’t go buying high-priced grain."

"Alright. I won’t buy."

"Jiao Jiao, watch him, don’t give him any money."

Zhou Jiao quickly answered obediently, "Okay."

"The east room is all clean. You go tidy up your clothes first, leave this to me." Mother Zhang pushed Zhou Jiao and Zhang Guoqing out the door, waited until they were far away before closing the kitchen door.

In no time, Mother Zhang was busy, moving each of the things that Zhang Guoqing and Zhou Jiao had put out back into the cellar. These foolish kids were still so careless. With so many things left out, even if outsiders didn’t notice, wouldn’t the two sisters-in-law among the family think something of it?

After finishing, Mother Zhang quickly cooked two bowls of noodles, specially placed two eggs at the bottom. She covered them, took them to the east room, and seeing only Zhang Guoqing there, said, "Jiao Jiao’s bathing? You eat first."

"Mom, did you and dad eat?"

"We ate not long ago. You two have something to pad your stomach. I’ll prepare dinner soon."

Zhang Guoqing teased, "Mom, are you reluctant to eat it?"

"Who said so? There’s everything at home," Mother Zhang wouldn’t admit, "I’ve already stewed eggs for Ping’an, he’ll eat it soon."

Zhang Guoqing laughed and shook his head as he watched her leave. When he picked up his chopsticks and found the egg at the bottom, he couldn’t help but chuckle to himself. His old mother still showed favoritism to her youngest.

When Zhou Jiao came out from her bath, he quickly handed her the chopsticks, "Eat quickly, it’s full of love."

"What’s up? Didn’t they get any?"

"Hmm."

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