Back to the 70s: My Wife is Both Fierce and Crazy

Chapter 178 Grandma's Here!
"That won't do. Your grandfather lives at home, and I can't rest easy about it." If the old man hadn't felt uncomfortable living at his daughter's house and was unwilling to come, she would have really wanted him to come and see how his daughter was doing.

Her daughter is so successful.

"Then let's bring Grandpa to live here too. There are plenty of rooms in the house, enough room for him." Bai Jing waved her hand nonchalantly, displaying remarkable generosity.

It's like supporting two elderly people without spending any money.

You have to understand, for elderly people like them, if they don't work in the fields, they won't get work points, and without work points, they won't get any food. Apart from the per capita grain ration, they won't get any harvest at all. And the per capita grain ration has to be bought with money; it's not given to you for free.

This is still in the village. If it were in the city, they wouldn't get any food or drink, and even if they had money, they wouldn't be able to buy anything.

Who made this world so difficult?

Bai Jing brought the two elderly people over, which shows how much effort she had to put in.

If it were grandparents, that would be one thing, as it's their duty to be filial. But with maternal relatives, there's really no such thing.

It's said that once a daughter is married, she's like water spilled from a bowl. How can she stay at her daughter's house forever? It's not like we're inviting a son-in-law to live with us.

"That won't do. If we bankrupt the family, my Xiaojing will suffer in the future. Grandma just came to see if what you said is true. Your uncle will come to pick me up in a few days."

Grandma's eyes were full of love for Bai Jing. She could still move around and earn her own food in the village without being a burden to her children. How could she go to the city to live and be supported by her daughter?

Upon hearing that her uncle was coming in a few days, Bai Jing's mind began to wander.

Her maternal grandmother's family were kind to her family, but due to limited resources, they couldn't offer much help. Therefore, she didn't mind helping her maternal grandmother's family within her means.

Especially my uncle, I will never forget his kindness and gentleness.

"Since my eldest uncle is coming too, why don't Grandma call my youngest uncle as well? He's not in school anymore anyway." Bai Jing really wanted to see her youngest uncle.

Grandma looked bewildered. "What, do you really want to bankrupt your family?" So many people, how much food would that take? Xiao Jing is really carefree.

Seeing the heartache on Grandma's face, everyone smiled happily.

"Mom, just listen to Xiaojing. I'll call the village in a bit and have someone tell my younger brother to come too." Her brothers at home had been incredibly kind to her this time she went back.

Of course, things were good before, but things changed a bit after my older brother got married. But overall, things were still alright.

Although she didn't know what her daughter was thinking, no one knows a daughter better than her mother, and she could guess some of Xiao Jing's thoughts.

I just don't know how Xiaojing plans to help her two uncles.

"You silly child, why are you acting like this? A half-grown boy can eat his father out of house and home. Your little brother is at the age where he can eat a lot, so don't call him over, he'll take up so much grain." At home, you can just eat whatever you want to get by, but in the city, you can't just eat a little bit to get by.

The grains in the city are all refined grains, and it hurts to eat them.

Bai Quanfu, acting like the head of the family, approached the old lady and said, "Mother, please stop talking. We can still afford to provide for my younger brother's food rations. Besides, he's my own brother. How could we let him go hungry? Come on, everyone, let Dad come too."

As soon as Bai Quanfu spoke, everyone fell silent, waiting for Grandma's response.

The old lady was overjoyed. What old people love most is a harmonious and loving family, and seeing this scene before her eyes made her happiest of all.

With tears welling up in her eyes, the old lady nodded heavily. "Okay, okay, okay, I'll listen to you, I'll listen to everything you say." Her daughter's life was getting better, really better.

Thinking of the money her daughter had left her, which she hadn't brought with her this time, she decided to let the old man take the money with him, just in case.

"Take me with you when you make the call, I need to give your dad a few instructions."

"Oh, right." Luo Chunhua was naturally overjoyed to see her mother agree.

Grandma's arrival brought a lot of joy to the family, but it was also time for Luo Chunhua and Bai Quanfu to go to work.

However, Bai Jing also told them what had happened while they were away from home. The fact that Zhong Qiming and Zhang Cuicui had hit it off further indicated that they were already engaged.

Especially after learning that Wang Fei and Zhong Qiming had indeed come to pay their respects on the third day of the Lunar New Year, they felt extremely guilty, as they had broken their promise.

After discussing it, the two decided to invite the two of them over for a meal the day before they went to work, as a way to make up for their broken promise and also to congratulate Qiming and Cuicui.

Although they didn't know how the two of them fell in love, they knew in their hearts that they were a good match. Cui Cui was a good person, and so was Qi Ming. Their relationship was a beautiful story.

Bai Qing had no objection to this.

After dinner, she went to find Zhang Cuicui and told her about her family's invitation to dinner, and also asked her to inform Zhong Qiming.

Although the two spoke their own minds, Bai Jing would still call her "Auntie" when there were outsiders around.

Zhang Cuicui was overjoyed.

Bai Jing is precocious despite her young age; she never managed to outdo her when they were together.

She was naturally overjoyed to be called "aunt" by her.

Having informed them, Bai Jing plans to inform Uncle Wang and her second and third uncles around noon tomorrow.

If the house is spacious enough, there's no problem with seating; we can just set up two tables.

If two tables aren't enough, then three will do. We're not short of food at home.

The next day, Luo Chunhua took her mother to call the village so that her parents could talk to each other, and then took her mother to buy groceries.

The old lady was heartbroken to see that even a single green vegetable cost money in the city. She kept saying she would call home and ask them to bring some.

Though the gift is light, the sentiment behind it is heavy.

The old lady has been frugal her whole life, so it's perfectly normal for her to have this idea. Wasn't she the same way at first?

Fortunately, it was gradually corrected later.

With three people's salaries in the family, this amount of food is really nothing.

After thoroughly exploring the supply and marketing cooperative, Luo Chunhua took her elderly mother home.

"Tell me, everything here costs money. It's not as comfortable as living in the village. At least you can just throw some seeds in the ground and they'll grow and you can eat them. It's nothing like this." Grandma held a yellow cabbage that didn't look very fresh in her hand, her hand trembling slightly.

Expensive, really expensive.

Money is needed everywhere.

"Mother, don't think nonsense. We still have this much money at home. You can't even calculate how much our family earns each month." Afraid that the old lady would worry and harm her health, she could only whisper in her ear how much their family earned each month.

Upon hearing that she could earn about a hundred yuan a month, the old lady was so surprised that she couldn't close her mouth.

"My Xiaojing is so amazing?" She couldn't believe it; Xiaojing was actually so good at making money.

"Of course." Luo Chunhua smiled broadly when she heard her mother praising her daughter.

This drew curious glances from the other three children nearby.

Although I don't know what they said, I can guess that they were praising the eldest sister.

That's true, my eldest sister is so accomplished, who wouldn't praise her?