Traveling through the Sixties with the Male God (Completed BL)

Chapter 30: It's the Beginning of the Month

Translator: dapotaturs

Release Date: 12/31/2023

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Chapter 30: It's the Beginning of the Month...Smells good.

Song Wenbin cut a piece of rope to measure the lengths of Xu Hengzhou and Xiang Chen's legs, then casually went downstairs to find Old Lady Li.

Xu Hengzhou walked over, and Xiang Chen sat on a big stool with his two short legs dangling in the air, swinging them aimlessly.

"What's going on with the Chen family again?" Xiang Chen asked Xu Hengzhou. He wasn't worried about anything else; he just feared that Xiaohua might be affected.

Xu Hengzhou's gaze lingered on Xiang Chen's chubby little hand gripping a pencil. He reached out to pinch the small flesh ball, then casually explained the absurd things happening in the Chen family to him.

Song Wenbin thought there was no need to tell Xiang Chen about the Chen family's affairs, but Xu Hengzhou knew that Xiang Chen wasn't really an ignorant kid, so he spoke without reservations.

After hearing it, Xiang Chen furrowed his little eyebrows, "They have no food at home, what about Xiaohua?" Usually, Chen Fen and Chen Fang would snatch food from Chen Xiaohua, and now it seemed even more pitiful.

"Don't worry. Chen Guoliang won't be so heartless to let his wife and child starve. Among the Chen family members, he's the only one with a bit of intelligence," Xu Hengzhou said casually. His hands kept moving, playing with Xiang Chen's hand as if he were playing with a small toy.

"Rest assured! Tomorrow, Cai Zhen's maternal family will probably send back those bags of cornmeal. And who knows, they might even add some more. Do you believe it or not?" Xu Hengzhou said nonchalantly, poking at the little dimples on Xiang Chen's hand. He poked and poked until he chuckled, amused by the chubby little hand that had created dents.

Xiang Chen struggled to withdraw his hand, feeling humiliated by being laughed at. However, he couldn't understand why Xu Hengzhou said Chen Guoliang was intelligent. In his view, it was foolish for Chen Guoliang to give all the grain to Old Lady Chen, disregarding his wife and child. If it were him, even if criticized by many, he would ensure his family ate first.

"Don't poke my hand," he said angrily. "Why do you say Chen Guoliang is intelligent?"

Playing with someone else's hand, Xu Hengzhou kindly explained to Xiang Chen, "The Chen family won't go hungry. Tomorrow, Cai Zhen's maternal family will probably send back those bags of cornmeal. And they will return them the same way they were sent, maybe even with some additions. Do you believe it or not?"

"Why?" Xiang Chen was puzzled. Having lived in the Chen family for so long, based on his observations and the bits and pieces of conversation between Chen Guoliang and his wife, he could infer that Cai Zhen's maternal family, including her mother and sisters-in-law, didn't get along well with the Chen family. Why would people like that return what they've eaten?

Xu Hengzhou smiled, "Because when Chen Guoliang and Cai Zhen were arguing just now, the front door of their house was wide open. All the neighbors who were watching knew that we supplied them with cornmeal, and Cai Zhen sent it back to her maternal family."

Xiang Chen vaguely understood. When he was first sent to the Chen family, the news spread to both factories the next day. This matter with Cai Zhen, causing a scene at noon and another in the evening, would only spread faster and wider. Her father would surely know.

By then, if Chen Guoliang's family couldn't have a meal, the Cai family would be burdened with the disgrace of exploiting a daughter who had married out, letting her granddaughter and son-in-law starve. In an era that valued reputation and moral conduct, Cai Zhen's father might face dismissal from public office because of this incident, as long as he wasn't foolish and knew what to do.