I am chasing a rough man in the 80s
Chapter 162: Three People Leave, Three People Return

Chapter 162: Chapter 162: Three People Leave, Three People Return

"Buy a tractor?"

When Wang Cuihua heard Suizi say this, she thought she must have misheard.

She reached out a hand to touch her daughter-in-law’s forehead. She didn’t have a fever.

"Our family only has two tractor coupons now, right? There are over ninety more out there, if we were to collect them one by one, could we afford it?"

A hand tractor costs 6000, while an average farmer’s annual income being 70 to 80 yuan is already considered good.

Suizi mentioning buying a tractor shocked Wang Cuihua.

"Yu Jingting and I have nearly 2000 together," she said.

She had just done the calculations on the abacus.

Yu Jingting did not save money, he was able to make money before Suizi married into the family, but all of it was spent on food, drinks, and the wedding.

The dowry was in her hands; the money he made from selling Holly, put together, made up the 2000.

"The difference is too big. Are you planning to starve?（Note 1）"

"I’ve thought about it, we can mortgage the cows to the team, and that could cover a few hundred."

That still left half the money needed.

"Suizi, don’t take it the wrong way, but why do you want a tractor? Without a tractor, our family has an ox. You and Tiegen will soon be working in the city, earning a salary. I have land here in the country, aren’t we living just fine as a family?"

Wang Cuihua just wanted to live a comfortable life.

Without an exaggeration, the Yu Family’s current situation was considered top tier in the entire Wang Family community.

The son was capable of making money, the daughter-in-law was educated, and the mother-in-law could still make some extra money by telling fortunes.

Now, Suizi’s proposal was equivalent to risking all of their family’s savings on an uncertain future.

Breaking the comfort zone, stepping out of the comfort circle.

"Mother, let me do some calculations for you." Suizi pulled out an abacus from behind her, making calculations while explaining to her.

"With a hand tractor, during the farming seasons, we can plow for others. When it’s not in use, we can transport goods."

These all brought in money.

The tractor was only used by the production team during the farming seasons, but Suizi was already eyeing the opportunity for transport.

"But in our small village, who would need to transport things on a regular basis?"

Wang Cuihua did understand that this was a good investment, however, it was not very practical. Bringing such an expensive item home, how many years of work would it take to break even?

This was not only her concern.

Others in the village felt the same way.

"Surely not in our village, but Yu Jingting and I are not going to stay in the village. I just did the calculations. With my simple mind, it would take less than one year for the tractor to pay for itself. But if it were up to Jingting—"

Suizi looked at Yu Jingting, thinking about his business acumen from the next life, her eyes full of admiration.

"He would need five years?" Wang Cuihua didn’t think highly of her son, who was a street wanderer.

"If he comes up with other strategies, perhaps it won’t take a year to cover the cost."

Suizi’s calculations were based on the income from transport and farming.

If they really moved to the city, someone as quick-witted as Yu Jingting would surely find other uses for it, and the investment would be returned in at most a year.

"But how do you know there are places that need transportation in the city?" Wang Cuihua asked.

"Mother, take a look at this."

Suizi pulled out a simple topographical map that she drew from behind her.

How to convince the mother-in-law without thorough preparation?

"Here, this is the night school that Yu Jingting and I are going to. It is located right at the intersection of the city and the rural township. They are building a bridge here, don’t bridges need transport?"

Suizi pointed at the map and casually drew out the information she saw when she went to the city last time.

"Why are they building bridges? They are building a factory on this side of the bridge." Suizi continued drawing.

The north was a large industrial city, and the eighties were the most glorious moments for the north.

"And here, here, here..." Suizi’s pen moved in circles.

Wang Cuihua was overwhelmed, and the symbols of money gradually appeared in her eyes.

She swallowed her saliva, her heartbeat quickening.

For a farmer who had never left the village, the information Suizi provided was a bit too much.

But Wang Cuihua, after all, had been a fortune-teller for so many years, she was not without experience.

"Have you two figured it out?"

"Yes." Suizi nodded, and quickly shook her head, "We still have to wait for mother’s decision. If you don’t agree, we will forget about it."

Although her mother-in-law trusted her and allowed her to manage Jingting’s finances, there must be boundaries in the relationship between a daughter-in-law and her in-laws.

In important matters, one should give the elders the respect they deserve, so as to avoid leaving a thorn in the mother-in-law’s heart and making her uncomfortable later on.

Suizi was not sure whether the mother-in-law would agree.

This matter, while easy to talk about, involved all the assets of the whole family.

If the mother-in-law disagreed, she would have to abandon this plan and look for another way to start a business later.

Wang Cuihua was silent, picking up the duster from the side of the stove, rolling a dry cigarette for herself, and going outside to smoke.

Yu Jingting gave Suizi an assuring look and followed his mother out.

Suizi felt a warmth in her heart.

The mother and daughter-in-law going out for smoke wasn’t because they had things to talk about behind her back, but because they didn’t want the smoke to affect her.

There were few families in the countryside who cared about these details. Pregnant women staying with smoking family members wasn’t a concern.

She had told Yu Jingting about the effects of secondhand smoke on the fetus, and he convinced his mother. The mother and son never smoked in front of her.

To be able to do this was not easy.

A daughter-in-law had no blood ties to her in-laws, yet she had to live under the same roof. They had to understand each other, tolerate each other, and carefully maintain the relationship.

From the most familiar stranger without blood ties, becoming a true family member required effort and good luck.

Suizi was fortunate that she came equipped with the experiences from a past life. Her mental age made it easier for her to understand her mother-in-law, regarding their mother-daughter-in-law relationship.

The mother and daughter-in-law’s smoking session lasted quite a while.

Suizi tidied up the room and Wang Cuihua smoked two cigarettes. She didn’t seek Suizi when she came back in. She rummaged through their boxes and chased Yu Jingting out. Then she took out a handkerchief from her pocket.

Unfolding the layers of the handkerchief, it contained a pile of money.

"This is the savings I have, there’s three hundred. Even Tiegen doesn’t know about it, you take it."

Suizi knew at a glance, this was the money mother-in-law had saved little by little from telling fortunes.

She pushed it away in haste.

"Mother, there’s no need! I can figure out a way to get the rest of the money. You keep this for yourself."

"Don’t argue with me, what if you hurt the baby?" Wang Cuihua stuffed the money into Suizi’s hand forcefully.

They really were staking the entire family fortune on this.

Suizi had been through two lives and had handled a lot of money.

But it was this small handkerchief package that felt incredibly heavy.

Her nose turned sour, and her eyes turned red.

"Mother..."

"As for the rest of the money, Tiegen said you two have a way, so I’ll leave it to you. But there’s something I must say upfront."

Suizi wiped away her tears, and looked at her mother-in-law.

"The three of you leaving, should return as three. You can’t bring back more people, and you can’t come back with fewer."

Suizi nodded.

"Don’t worry mother, Tiegen and I will live a steady life, I absolutely won’t abandon him."

She thought her mother-in-law was worried that she might have a change of heart and run off with someone else.

"Who’s talking about you? I’m not worried about you, I’m telling you to keep an eye on Tiegen. The outside world is too dazzling. If he dares to look at other women, use this."

Wang Cuihua picked up the feather duster from the stove and solemnly handed it to Suizi.

"Whip him until his mind clears."

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