I am chasing a rough man in the 80s
Chapter 129: What Big Move is Being Held Back?

Chapter 129: Chapter 129: What Big Move is Being Held Back?

"Indeed, there was a man arguing with me just now, but it wasn’t exactly like Yang Hong described."

The man who approached me is named Ji Fa, and his daughter, the girl Suizi saved, is named Ji Yun. They both came from the south.

After Suizi saved Ji Yun, Ji Fa came over especially to express his gratitude, and gave Suizi a gift.

"This one." Suizi handed the red cloth to Yu Jingting.

Yu Jingting was about to unwrap it to have a look, but seeing his grandmother leading his Uncle Dada this way, he casually stuffed it into his pocket.

Wealth should not be flaunted, that’s something deeply ingrained in the bones of the old Yu family.

"I actually didn’t intend to accept it. It’s a bit too expensive. I had no ulterior motives when I saved that girl."

Suizi didn’t want it, but Ji Fa insisted on giving it. While the two were in a tug of war, Jiaojiao, who was standing by, directly received the red cloth, said ’thank you’, and invited him to come eat pickles at her home sometime.

They just let him keep it.

Suizi and Ji Fa both froze, standing completely still for a total of five seconds, and their hands stayed in mid-air in a grabbing pose.

Jiaojiao must be accustomed to receiving New Year’s money.

In the north, when you give New Year’s money, there must be a tug of war. One party insists on giving, the other insists on not accepting it. The struggle can even get fierce enough to look like a fight.

The situation between Suizi and Ji Fa gave Jiaojiao a nostalgic feeling for getting New Year’s money.

Her mother taught her that in this kind of situation, she should just say thank you and accept it graciously.

"I accepted it only because I saw his determination to give it to Suizi, who is pregnant. What if he accidentally knocked against her? And what’s inside didn’t appear to be anything good, so I thought, why not just accept it?"

Jiaojiao innocently thinks she can simply invite him to try her home’s pork dishes next time. Her mother said, maintaining constant interaction is part of human relationships.

Suizi held her forehead.

"It’s not... anything good?" This girl really dared to say that.

Such a priceless treasure. Even if you have money, you might not be able to buy it.

Yu Jingting’s face was smug.

"Wife, I know it’s valuable compared to that naive girl, right?"

He also knew it was a treasure, and immediately tucked it into his pocket, so his grandmother wouldn’t smell it.

"If he wants to give it to us, just accept it. In the future, if he ever needs our help, we can help him out. Isn’t that how relationships are built?"

Yu Jingting has his own life philosophy. Suizi raised an eyebrow, looking at him.

"Do you really plan on building a relationship with him?"

The previous Yu Jingting and Ji Fa were rivals for life. They were more than willing to use cunning tactics against each other, with the intent to fight to the death.

"Why not build? I think someone who is mindful of gratitude is worth getting along with—what are you laughing about?"

Suizi was thinking of something funny.

In the past life, Yu Jingting ran off with his wife, Ji Fa lost his daughter, both had suffered a significant psychological trauma, which twisted their personalities. Neither one of them was a good person.

Now, the young man who is happily married and the hardworking old man who has his daughter by his side seem to enjoy each other’s company very much.

Ji Fa can’t stop praising Yu Jingting’s reliability in front of Suizi, and even says that one day he would like to come over and have a few drinks with Jingting.

While the family was chatting, Grandmother Yu and Uncle Dada walked in.

Grandmother Yu was in a much better mood this visit, especially towards Suizi. As soon as they met, she immediately began showing warm concern for Suizi, which made Suizi’s skin crawl.

This evidently hypocritical affection is obviously purposeful.

The group headed towards the old Yu house. Wang Cuihua was carrying dishes to the table. Seeing her mother-in-law leading people over, she immediately dashed to the inner room with her dishes and covered the plate with a basin.

When Suizi and the others entered, there was only a plate of pickles on the table. It was as weak as it could get.

The room still wafted with the completely different aroma. Suizi’s nose twitched, uh-huh, sniffed it out.

First-rate pork is cooked with more than ten kinds of seasonings like clove, cardamom, star anise and cassia bark. It’s then carefully sliced, placed on a plate, sprinkled with soy sauce, fifteen-spices and green onions, and steamed again.

Yes, that’s the taste!

Thinking of the mother-in-law hiding the dishes and Jingting stuffing the red cloth into his pocket, Suizi wants to laugh again.

This mother and son are really alike.

"Did grandma arrive? Have they eaten yet? If they haven’t eaten, let’s eat together." Wang Cuihua enthusiastically invited them.

As soon as Grandma Yu entered, she sensed the deluge of the meat aroma. Seeing the bland radish pickles on the table, her face fell.

She was about to start an argument, but Uncle Dada quickly reached out to stop her, indicating that she shouldn’t forget the important task at hand and start arguing as soon as she arrived.

Only then did Grandma Yu suppress her anger. She looked at the pickles and scoffed:

"Your fourth sister-in-law, your family is really amazing. You can even make a plate of pickles smell like meat?"

Uncle Dada’s pig got sick earlier this year and died. By the end of the year, they had not eaten any pork. They knew that Yu Jingting’s family had surplus food and purposefully came at mealtime.

They encountered an awkward situation.

"Maybe it drifted over from the neighbors. Tiegen, you go cut—"

Cut some meat? Grandma Yu, who hadn’t eaten meat for half a year, reflexively swallowed her saliva.

"Cut some pickled mustard."

After surviving the winter in the north, every family has a few jars of pickles. Are they ashamed of that?

"No need!" Grandma Yu, who has had enough of pickles, became upset upon hearing the word ’pickle’. "I came here to discuss something."

"Don’t have any money, ate all the meat, my legs hurt these past few days so can’t go hunt rabbits in the mountain." Yu Jingting preempted.

"Pfft." Suizi couldn’t help it.

She originally wanted to quietly observe, but Yu Tiegen’s preemptive answer was too funny. Who could control themselves?

"That’s not what I’m here for."

"Huh?!" The expressions on Yu Jingting and Jiaojiao’s faces synchronized.

Suzi wanted to laugh again. She quickly bowed her head, pretending to study the pattern on the Kang matting. This damn empathy!

"This time, I want to talk about the disbandment of our production team." Grandma Yu took a deep breath, glared at the Jingting siblings, and stated her purpose.

Grandma Yu’s team had already received a definite notice.

When spring comes, the team would talk about disbanding. At that time, the fields would be divided among households, small farm tools would be divided by drawing lots, and large farm tools, like cattle and tractors, would also be divided into many parts by drawing lots. Whoever wants it can use money to buy another family’s share of the lot.

When Grandma Yu got to this point in her speech, Suizi and Yu Jingting looked at each other, and Suizi looked at Yu Jingting’s eyes and knew that he had also guessed Grandma Yu’s real purpose.

No wonder as soon as they met, she was being artificially friendly with Suizi. Turns out, her target this time is not just borrowing some money and taking some meat.

"Your two uncles and I have discussed, and we few families will pool our money and buy the team’s cattle."

As soon as Grandma Yu revealed her intentions, Suizi dropped her gaze, and Yu Jingting gave her a glance, the corners of his mouth starting to lift up.

This young woman is planning a big move, isn’t she?

Suizi always considered problems from all angles thoroughly, but she needed a little bit of time.

Yu Jingting was somewhat in sync with her now. Seeing Suizi starting to premeditate, he used random chat to buy some time.

"But grandma, why do you want to buy cattle?"

"Isn’t that obvious? The land being divided amongst households is a huge benefit. We’ll have our own land then, but you know, just having land is not enough. Farming and all is dependent on draft animals. Buying cattle will benefit everyone. This matter is just about money—"

Just as Grandma Yu’s mouth moistened to start talking about the money, Suizi suddenly screamed.

"Ah!"

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