Rebirth Counterattac Chapter 38 - 38 38 Offense and Defense

??Chapter 38: Chapter 38 Offense and Defense

Chapter 38: Chapter 38 Offense and Defense

“Got it, you’re such a little housekeeper. And you guys, don’t just stand there, eat up. Here, take this, Shitou.” Xia Yuan passed a chive pancake to Lu Aiguo and handed another to Shitou.

“Did you hear that? Eat more of the snake at porridge. And these chive pancakes, I’ve made plenty. There’s still a lot left in the kitchen, so just tuck in.”

Lu Yun watched with a rry smile, occasionally sipping the porridge, biting into a pancake, or picking up so cabbage, and now and then scooping a spoonful of stewed egg into her mouth. The al was satisfying and comforting.

In her previous life, her mories of her mother had beco blurred, and the only thing she rembered was her mother’s perpetually smileless, forlorn face. That was all she could recall.

But after a few days of being together, looking now at her mom, so lively and graceful, smiling with happiness, the empty corner of her heart began to fill up and grow abundant.

The conversation at the dinner table revolved around Haicheng.

“I went to see Second Uncle this morning. He said transferring yours and Xiaoyun’s household registrations back to Haicheng wouldn’t be hard, and since I was heading to the township office today, I went ahead and did it. As for my own registration, I won’t move it. It’s better to leave it in the village. This way, I can advance or retreat as necessary. If I ever can’t make it in the future, I can still return to the village and farm.”

Lu Aiguo said to Xia Yuan half-jokingly, half-seriously.

Xiaoyun had reached the age to start school, and if her household registration was not moved to Haicheng, it would be troubleso for her to attend school without it. So, the registrations of Xia Yuan and her daughter would inevitably have to be moved back to the city.

As for his registration, Second Uncle and his wife strongly opposed moving it along with theirs.

According to Second Uncle, keeping the registration and the farmland, he could help with planting the crops. Then, every year, Aiguo could co back to harvest. He wouldn’t have to rely solely on the fixed monthly rations in the city.

Moreover, it was more significant that Xia Yuan was returning to the city as a sent-down youth. If only the minor child’s registration was moved along with hers, the paperwork would be much simpler to handle.

Thinking about it, and reckoning that what Second Uncle and his wife said made sense, he didn’t insist. The saying goes that it’s hard to leave one’s holand. He didn’t really want to transfer his registration and sever ties with the village that had raised him.

“Was that Second Uncle’s idea?”

Xia Yuan imdiately wondered whether Second Uncle was against their whole family moving to Haicheng.

“Yes, he said it would be troubleso if I moved my registration too,” Lu Aiguo nodded.

Shitou and Lu Yun exchanged glances, each seeing understanding in the other’s eyes. Probably, it wasn’t entirely an issue of the registration being troubleso. It seed more like Second Uncle wasn’t ready to let go. He probably feared that if Aiguo moved his registration too, he might never return.

“I think Second Uncle and his wife make a good point. I’d like to be able to co back here once or twice every year. After all, my roots are still here.” Faced with leaving his childhood ho, where he knew future visits would be brief, Aiguo felt a touch of sorrow.

“That’s true. I never said we wouldn’t co back. Uncle and Second Uncle are still here; we should co visit them more often,” Xia Yuan nodded, comforting him, “How about we co back every year for the New Year’s celebration, okay?”

“Really?” Aiguo was a bit surprised. He hadn’t expected his wife to suggest this.

“Why would I lie to you? Once Xiaoyun and my registrations are in Haicheng, there will be no worries about her schooling. I need to send a letter to my sister as soon as possible, asking her to help us connect with schools and to find a suitable place—ideally, one where we can both live and run a grocery store.”

Xia Yuan shot Lu Aiguo a reproachful look, “Have you discussed the matter of opening a grocery store with Shitou?”

“Well, wife, seems like I was talking about a shop that sells grains, wild produce, mountain goods, and the like, right?” Lu Aiguo made a wiping sweat gesture.

“Is that so? Anyway, whether you’re opening a grocery store or a grain store, just discuss it with Shitou yourselves, I don’t want to ddle. I’ll just help out at the shop. Anyway, I don’t understand these things.” Xia Yuan waved her hand without even lifting her eyes, indicating that she didn’t want to get involved.

“Hehe.”

Lu Yun found the conversation amusing and couldn’t help but chuckle, “Mom, I think we should still send a package to Auntie, let’s send her more food. I’ve got lots of cured at and such. And in the future, we can even sell the stuff from my big warehouse at our shop.”

“Let’s not do that, you keep the things in your big warehouse for yourself, just take so out to supplent what we eat at ho, that’s enough. You can’t use those for business, or you’ll empty it out.”

Lu Aiguo refused outright. Although his daughter said there was a lot in there, he always felt that you could only take a child’s words halfway seriously. He didn’t want to empty her warehouse and then have her crying; he wouldn’t have anything to compensate her with.

“There really are a lot of things in my warehouse, enough to last eight generations. It’s a waste just leaving them there.”

“We can talk about it when the ti cos,” Lu Aiguo said with an obviously evasive tone. Lu Yun pouted. The food in her space had taken her years to gather, painstakingly collected from different countries bit by bit. It wouldn’t be easy to deplete it. Why couldn’t her father believe her?

Lu Yun felt a deep sadness; she was currently wrapped in the shell of a six-year-old, and realizing that getting her parents to take her opinion seriously would require quite a long ti.

“Sending a package? That sounds good. I’ve hardly been able to send anything to my older sister over the years. This ti, while I ask her to look for sothing, I might as well tuck so money into the letter and send it to her, and if she finds a suitable place, she can just rent it directly.”

Xia Yuan pondered for a mont. These days houses were in high demand, with large families cramming together, barely able to fit. If a suitable one ca up, you had to secure it quickly for peace of mind.

“Sister-in-law, I’ve also got two hundred yuan here. You can take it and put it with yours,” Shitou said, taking a simple cloth pouch from his clothes and passing it to Xia Yuan.

“No need, I’ve got over a hundred yuan on . That’s plenty. You should keep so for ergencies,” Xia Yuan hurriedly shook her head and declined.

“I still have more,” Shitou said, pushing the cloth bag toward Xia Yuan again.

“Just take it, Shitou isn’t an outsider. From now on, you’ll be in charge of our family’s money, and when we run out, we’ll co to you,” Lu Aiguo said as he grabbed the pouch and placed it directly into Xia Yuan’s hands. Shitou had told him that morning while working in the fields that once they start earning money from the shop, it should all be kept together, to avoid the hassle of splitting it up.

Lu Aiguo thought it all the way through and decided that since Shitou trusted him, he shouldn’t be too calculating with him. They would pool their resources together, after all, there was no way he would let Shitou be at a disadvantage. He would find an opportunity to tell his wife that in the future, sixty percent of what they earned would belong to Shitou.

“Alright, then I’ll accept it,” Xia Yuan looked at Lu Aiguo, understanding that since he had suggested it, he must have thought it through, so she decided not to argue. Deep down, Xia Yuan was quite traditional. She hardly ever contested Lu Aiguo’s decisions.