Rebirth in the 50s: The Couple with the Hidden Space-Chapter 575 - 456: Worse Than Pigs

Three hurried days passed, and after handling the miscellaneous matters, Zhou Jiao saw that even the matters of the old clan leader’s grandson were arranged, and she proposed to return to Beijing. The festival is approaching, parents at home are busier, and she is still worried about her son being home alone.

Reluctant to leave National Day heard the word "son," he ultimately suppressed his sadness and parted with his parents. Even though Mr. Zhang and Mother Zhang were unwilling to leave their homeland, he couldn’t help but persuade them repeatedly.

With a feeling of disappointment, he once again stopped his parents from seeing him off at the door and once again entrusted the relatives and friends who saw him off to take good care of his parents.

As the silhouettes of the young couple disappeared, this time Mother Zhang touched a handful of food coupons and money in her pocket, she struggled to hold back her tears and smiled at the road junction.

She quietly told herself not to be sad; her younger son wasn’t going away forever. She would leave after Lao Er’s family had a child, just as her own Jiao Jiao said in spring, it would be a pity not to go to Beijing.

Mr. Zhang saw his wife constantly smiling and was very curious. After chatting with everyone for a while and seeing everyone disperse to work, he followed his wife into the bedroom.

"Mother of the child, have you figured it out this time? It should be like this! When the weather gets warmer, I will definitely keep my word and take you to Beijing."

Mother Zhang nodded with a smile, hid the money from her pocket in the corner of the wall, and quietly said: "This time Jiao Jiao stuffed money again. Let’s help them save it."

She didn’t mention that this was the daughter-in-law secretly giving her dowry money to supplement her own family. How could those two little kids know how hard it was to earn money; food coupons were even harder to come by. No matter how much her family supported her, it shouldn’t cost her younger son anything. In the future, the younger son will still have to have children and raise them, one doesn’t know how much it will cost, she has to save it for the children in case of urgent need.

"Hmm, save it all up, and give it back to him in the future. What do we use money for at home? This child stirs things up every time, it’s either fine grain or meat, it makes me tired watching."

Mother Zhang burst out laughing. Who else has such a son? Of course, there is also merit from her father-in-law. It’s not that she likes to boast, but all her sons are more capable than one another. Her little Xiao Wu, not to brag, making money is like child’s play, there’s nothing kids can’t accomplish. The fine grains and wild flavors that others can’t seek, her younger son just takes a stroll and has them.

At this moment, Zhang Guoqing was on a car heading to the provincial city with Zhou Jiao; he didn’t know his mother had already deified him. Looking out the window, thinking about the future plans, his heart was filled with melancholy—he really wouldn’t have time to go back to his hometown in the next few years.

Upon arriving at the provincial city, not caring about melancholy sentiment, he plunged into ordinary life again, went to the North Station, and visited Station Chief Zhang. Besides visiting the other party before leaving to deepen feelings, he also planned to arrange jobs for his two cousins from the maternal family.

Relying on family relief is not a long-term solution; only if the two honest little cousins are on the railway, enter the factory, have jobs, and find good people to marry, his mother’s burden will be much lighter.

Zhang Guoqing absolutely did not admit that he dares not arrange them in the county, insist on doing it in the provincial city. It is to avoid the family cousins back home.

Everyone is selfish; with this job arrangement, apart from Zhou Jiao, he didn’t dare to tell even his father. Just one Huang Cuilan had already shown him the ugliness of human nature; he no longer wanted to see Old Zhang’s family destroy itself.

Zhou Jiao strongly agreed with his idea, mainly because the thick calluses on the hands of those two girls moved her. She liked those two girls who could work while studying, wouldn’t feel resentful after quitting school and going home, wouldn’t find ways to approach her for benefits.

Such people made her feel comfortable. As for whether they would change their temperament in the future, that she wouldn’t care. There’s no reason to help matchmake and guarantee there would surely be sons.

The efficient couple followed Zhao Chuan Guang and his wife around the provincial city visiting relatives and friends, while also slyly taking care of affairs.

While Zhou Jiao accompanied godmother Huang Hui Min to chat, Zhang Guoqing already dealt with matters, sent two uncles with cousins to report for work.

During this, an incident happened that made Zhou Jiao cry and laugh. The two cousins actually kneeled down to her to kowtow, scaring her to flee behind Zhang Guoqing. She really didn’t expect gratitude; she does things according to the mood, future fortunes still depend on themselves.

However, the two uncles thought differently. They deeply understood the thoughts of their girls who had studied for years in the family. If they couldn’t get into high school, they would even sell everything to support their only precious girl to attend college. And attending college was just to have a good job.

Previously seeing the three nephews gradually starting jobs, they also thought about asking their elder sister for help, but ultimately couldn’t bring themselves to say it. Brother-in-law’s family would help cousins first, saying it would put the elder sister in a difficult position.

Now the two girls have escaped the rural family by relying solely on the niece-in-law. Not just kowtowing, they would even work hard for it. That is eating public food, receiving wages, and being train attendants who wear uniforms season after season. Which family can suddenly arrange two, clearly the niece and nephew fought hard.

Compared to the uncles’ ecstatic joy, Zhang Guoqing remained calm.

He had seen the urgent need for staff on the north line trains, that’s why he took the opportunity. It was also the cousins’ chance; normally there wouldn’t be such good fortune.

After admonishing them briefly, the couple bought two tickets and saw off the two uncles. They didn’t dwell on this matter, but after a few good years they often received packages from the maternal family.

Saying goodbye to Zhao Chuan Guang’s family who saw them off. Embarking on the return trip, this time the couple’s mood was completely different from the worry when they came. They also had the leisure to play chess and chat about jokes.

Compared to heading north, there were noticeably fewer passengers heading south. Now, staying at home, no one wants to spend money to leave. The six small beds in the upper and lower bunks were occupied by only the couple. Passing through several small stations along the way, they were not interested in getting off to buy dry food. Firstly, there was no need to compete for food, secondly, queuing to buy was exhausting.

Exhausted, Zhou Jiao lay down on the small bed to rest her eyes, slyly reorganizing the supplies in the space, glancing at several sacks of rice bran she disdainfully piled onto the coal balls—it took up too much of her space.

No need to use her brains to know, this time Zhang Guoqing worry about the coarse grains in the temple rotting and gather them all in the space, certainly becoming regulars unwilling to leave.

Originally, she thought it unnecessary to keep any rice bran. See, indeed she miscalculated. If only listened to her, pigs would already have been raised several heads.

Frankly speaking, even she envied pigs. Pigs grow up only to meet the knife, but people also face death, merely differentiating by time in the world. Zhou Jiao absolutely believed many people in the village harbored such thoughts.

After drinking a bowl of thick porridge in the village she was determined to never drink again. A bowl wherein it was either grain husks, cornmeal mixed with chopped cabbage stalks, or radish sprouts soaked in rainwater.

And to prevent pigs from losing weight, what do pigs eat? Pig food is entirely fine rice bran mixed with tender sweet potato vines. Pigs live such good lives, without needing to work in the fields, without worrying about family starving.

People live not as well as pigs, thinking about it is quite drunken. No wonder kids’ gazes toward pigs are always complex, wishing pigs would reincarnate soon.

Zhou Jiao deeply understood the children’s thoughts. It truly was better to reincarnate early; one pig’s meal was enough for a few members of the family to last through a day.