Reborn in the ’80s as a Group Favorite Bigshot – Chapter 20

Chapter 20: This girl still has some conscience.

The next day, Song Chu first went up the mountain to cut the pigweed needed for the day, and then ran to pick a lot of tea fruit and threw them into the laboratory.

Today’s work was finished early, she went to her eldest maternal uncle to ask for leave and borrowed his bicycle.

After returning, she loaded two large bags with tea fruit, carried three pieces of snake meat and some vegetables on her back, and rode the bicycle to the county town.

After Song Chu’s third older brother, Song Jianye, graduated from high school, he was pursued by a girl from a high-ranking cadre family in the county town, and soon the two got married.

Song Jianye’s father-in-law used his connections to arrange for him to teach at a junior high school in the county, and his wife worked at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative.

Marrying a wife from the county town and staying in the county town, with his father-in-law also providing a house, her third older brother was a phoenix man.

In her memory, her mother would often take her to sponge off her third older brother and third sister-in-law, asking them to buy food, buy cloth to make clothes, etc.

Song Jianye cared about his reputation. He had been brainwashed by her mother before, so he was more partial to their family. He would take the initiative to send good things back home and was generous with money, which earned him constant praise from the villagers, so he did it even more diligently.

For the family, he was a filial son, but for his in-laws, he was a bit of an ingrate.

In Song Chu’s impression, the oil pressing factory in the county town was a subordinate unit of the Grain Bureau. One of her third sister-in-law’s older brothers worked there, so she wanted to ask for his help by giving him snake meat.

When she arrived in the county town, it was just lunchtime. Both Song Jianye and his wife were home.

Seeing Song Chu carrying two bags and a back basket standing at the door, Song Jianye opened the door and was taken aback, “Little Sister, why are you here?”

His younger sister usually only visited when she needed something. Was she craving biscuits again, or did she want to make clothes?

Song Chu walked in, put down the back basket and took out the vegetables and snake meat, “I went to the mountain yesterday and killed a big snake, so I thought of bringing you some meat to try. These vegetables were grown by Mom.”

Although the land now belonged to the village, each family would keep a small private plot to grow some vegetables.

Looking at the two large pieces of snake meat and a lot of Chinese cabbage and green vegetables, Song Jianye raised his hand and touched his head. It seemed that he didn’t have a fever, and his eyes weren’t playing tricks on him?

Song’s Third Sister-in-Law, who was originally sitting, was also surprised. Was the sun rising from the west today? Song Chu actually brought vegetables and meat to her house.

Seeing the shocked expressions on their faces, Song Chu felt a little helpless. Did she have to take things without giving anything back to be considered normal?

“Chu Chu, the snake you killed was really big.” Song’s Third Sister-in-Law came back to her senses, stood up, walked over and looked at the snake meat Song Chu was holding.

She had heard before that this younger sister-in-law was incredibly strong, but she thought it was a lie. Now it seemed that it should be true, otherwise how could she have killed a big snake.

Song Chu smiled and said, “It was alright.”

“You’re too kind, why did you bring three big pieces?” Song’s Third Sister-in-Law took the meat from Song Chu’s hand and felt that she wasn’t dreaming.

This piece weighed several kilograms.

Song Chu smiled and said, “Third Older Brother and Third Sister-in-Law are so good to me and Mom. In the past, our family didn’t have anything to give, but now that we have good things, we naturally think of you.”

“Third Sister-in-Law can take a piece home for Uncle and Aunt to try. This snake meat is quite tender and tastes good.”

This third sister-in-law wasn’t very shrewd. Although she didn’t like their family, she was a love-struck fool and easily coaxed. She wouldn’t oppose whatever her third older brother did.

These words made Song Jianye and Song’s Third Sister-in-Law feel good. It seemed that their previous kindness to Song Chu was not in vain. This girl still had some conscience.

Hearing that his younger sister had also brought a piece for his father-in-law, the smile on Song Jianye’s face deepened. This was to earn him face, “Is there any more at home?”

“There’s still some left, Third Older Brother, just enjoy it.” Song Chu nodded.

Song’s Third Sister-in-Law, Guo Chun, looked curiously at the two bags she had placed on the ground, “What’s in these?”

“When I was hunting snakes on the mountain, I found some tea trees. I saw in a book that these tea fruits can be pressed for oil, so I picked two bags to try.”

She continued with a smile, “Third Sister-in-Law, isn’t your older brother working at the oil pressing factory? See if you can ask him to help me press some oil from these tea fruits. If it works, we’ll share the oil between our three families.”

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“This piece of snake meat is also for his family,” she added.

Originally, when she heard that Song Chu wanted to ask her older brother for help, Song’s Third Sister-in-Law was a little resistant.

But after hearing everything, the smile on her face became much more sincere, “No problem, I’ll take you to their oil pressing factory in a bit.”

Now the supply of meat ration coupons in the city was limited each month, and her second older brother’s family was also short of meat. Taking such a piece of snake meat over there would be a great face-saver.

It would also save them from constantly complaining that her husband subsidized the Song family.

They brought good things as soon as they had them, which showed that the Song family wasn’t just poor relatives who only knew how to take advantage of others, as her sisters-in-law described them.

“Thank you, Third Sister-in-Law.” In Song Chu’s memory, Song’s Third Sister-in-Law liked to put on airs and looked down on them rural people. Although she let them sponge off her, she often had an unpleasant expression.

Now Song’s Third Sister-in-Law smiled a lot more, which was actually very normal.

Who would feel comfortable if they had relatives who only wanted to take things from their home without giving anything back? It would be strange if they could maintain a good attitude.

The relationship between people cannot be one-sided. Even blood relatives may not get along well and conflicts may arise.

Her third older brother was a phoenix man, and their family often came to sponge off him, which made him lose face with his in-laws.

Song’s Third Sister-in-Law laughed, “We’re family, no need to be polite.”

She wasn’t a petty person, but she really looked down on her mother-in-law and younger sister-in-law’s behavior before. In addition, her family felt that she had married down, so although she didn’t say anything to her mother-in-law’s family, she was indeed very resistant and somewhat resentful.

Now, for some reason, she felt that Song Chu, this younger sister-in-law, was much more pleasing to the eye than before.

Song Jianye was happy in his heart, “Little Sister, you haven’t eaten yet, right? Come and eat with us.”

In the past, Tang Feng and her daughter always came around mealtime, mainly to mooch a meal.

Song Chu also came around this time, but it was because the two would be home at this time.

“Yes, I happened to cook a lot of food today. Little Sister, come and eat with us,” Song’s Third Sister-in-Law said enthusiastically, which was rare.

Song Chu did not refuse, “Okay.”

Song Jianye and his wife had been married for over a year and had no children yet. Both had salaries, and their life was pretty good.

They ate white rice and two dishes with one soup. The stir-fried vegetables were cooked with a generous amount of oil, and they tasted good.

After finishing the meal, Song’s Third Sister-in-Law asked Song Chu to put that piece of snake meat in the back basket and cover it with a layer of vegetables, and then took her to the grain and oil processing factory.

Her second older brother was in the management of the processing factory and had his own office.

At this time, Guo Dong was drinking tea and reading the newspaper in his office. When he saw his younger sister coming in with Song Chu, he couldn’t help but frown.

He recognized Song Chu at a glance. Although he had only met her once when his younger sister got married, her outstanding appearance made her easy to remember.

Because the Song family had been sponging off them frequently in the past two years, and his brother-in-law was also a muddle-headed person who only knew how to subsidize his family, he didn’t like the Song family very much.

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