Chapter Seventy-Seven: Helping the Brothers
Originally, Zhao Yongzhong wanted to invite Zhao Yongxiao to a tavern not far away, but Zhao Yongxiao refused to agree. The last group of three walked into the Lin family noodle restaurant on South Street.
Zhao Siniang took the initiative and ordered Zhao Yongxiao a bowl of the signature noodles of the Lin family noodle restaurant - braised pork noodles, and then ordered a bowl of shredded chicken noodles and duck noodles for herself and Zhao Yongzhong respectively, and also instructed the guys to add a braised egg to each bowl of noodles.
The noodles came up quickly, and Zhao Siniang still stretched out her chopsticks to taste the duck meat in her father's bowl before she began to eat her own shredded chicken noodles.
Zhao Yongzhong knew that the little girl was trying the dishes, and the father and daughter secretly opened a small stove outside on weekdays, and the little girl often did this, so he didn't care about it for a long time. At this time, while eating, he began to tell Zhao Yongxiao about his experience in the past month.
"Third brother, last time you asked your sister-in-law to return the three strings of money to me, and asked her to tell me that your family is doing well in Jiangjiatan. At the time, I didn't believe it, but now that I see you, I'm really relieved. Zhao Yongxiao smiled with satisfaction.
Zhao Siniang on the side suddenly interjected and asked, "Fourth uncle, there is still half a day to go, are you going back?" I heard that Mrs. Chen from Gaodian Village has been sick again recently, do you want to go and see her? Today's Zhao Siniang is too lazy to listen to these mundane things, she is only interested in marriage, and only hopes that there will be lovers in the world who will eventually become married.
Old woman Chen in Gaodian Village? Isn't that his daughter-in-law's grandmother? Zhao Yongxiao felt a little unable to sit still, and asked eagerly, "What's wrong with her old man?" Badly ill? "How worried his daughter-in-law should be!
Zhao Siniang smiled mysteriously: "How sick are you?" Fourth uncle, don't you know when you go to her house? ”
At this time, Zhao Yongzhong took out two pieces of broken silver from his arms, stuffed them into Zhao Yongxiao's hand, and said, "The Li family is your future Yue family, and you should also greet you if you are reasonable." You can take this little money to buy some things first, and leave the rest for the Li family as medicine money! ”
Zhao Siniang also persuaded: "Although we have already greeted you last time, but if you go in person, Fourth Uncle, the Li family will definitely be happier!" You don't know, their family is worried about the money for medicine every day, and our family originally wanted to borrow some money for them to turn around, but they resolutely refused to ask for it. But Uncle Four, you're different. is the future son-in-law of their family, and they can help them justifiably, and they will definitely receive this heart! At this point, she paused. He reminded with a smile: "By the way, the fourth uncle don't forget to leave ten yuan and hand it over to our grandmother together with your twenty yuan salary." Otherwise, she's going to make a fuss again! ”
It turned out that Zhao Qiao's control over his son was very tight, and if he only gave her half a day's salary that day, he didn't go home to work in time. She will definitely suspect that her son is hiding secrets, and she will definitely jump up and down, making a lot of noise.
When Zhao Yongxiao heard this, he had to smile helplessly.
When Zhao Yongzhong heard this, he looked at his younger brother with a little sympathy, and deep down in his heart, he felt a trace of happiness in a place that he was not aware of. So he worked harder to persuade his younger brother to accept the money, hoping that the Li family could look down on his younger brother and marry his eldest girl earlier, so that his younger brother could have a caring person who knew cold and hot in the cold old Zhao family.
Zhao Yongxiao couldn't refuse. I had to take it. However, he insisted that the money was borrowed by him and that he would return it in full in the future. Zhao Yongzhong reluctantly agreed.
Because Zhao Yongxiao planned to buy some gifts on South Street nearby, Zhao Yongzhong's father and daughter said goodbye to him at the door of the Lin family's noodle restaurant and walked to Qingfeng Building on East Street.
Halfway through, Zhao Yongzhong said: "Siniang, you see that your fourth uncle works so hard, and he earns twenty yuan." Why don't you come to our shop to wash the dishes! The work is not so tiring, let's pack two meals. ”
Zhao Siniang said in her heart, as an honest father, she actually began to beat around the bush when she spoke, which made her very unaccustomed to it!
"Daddy. Do you want the fourth uncle to come to our shop to help? Zhao Siniang asked bluntly.
"Well, yes, that's what I thought." Zhao Yongzhong was broken by his little girl, so he had to admit it. Then he nervously asked, "Can't you?" ”
"I know that the fourth uncle is diligent and diligent, and he is definitely a top two!" Zhao Siniang saw her father nodding violently, and she couldn't bear to hit him, but she still had to say, "But how far is Zhaojia Village from Jiangjiatan?" Every day, there are so many villagers from ten miles and eight towns on the wharf to move goods, but have you ever seen a fellow villager from Zhaojia Village inside? Have you seen the villagers in the neighboring villages of Zhaojia Village? There are not no poor people in the area of Zhaojia Village, but why is it under such a high wage. Why don't they come? It's not because it's too far! If the fourth uncle was allowed to run such a round trip every day, the energy saved and the two meals he ate would be almost consumed on the road. ”
In fact, these are just excuses, Zhao Siniang would rather invite outsiders in Jiangjiatan than let her fourth uncle come to the shop to help. It's not that she doesn't like Zhao Yongxiao, on the contrary, she has a good impression of her fourth uncle and is willing to help him. However, Zhao Yongxiao has not yet split up, and rashly recruiting him into his own shop is very likely to cause big trouble to the old Zhao family. If in normal times, she is not afraid, seeing the move, she took the opportunity to clean them up, just out of the evil anger in her heart. But now she has something in her heart, and she doesn't want to entangle with the old Zhao family more, wasting her precious time and energy on these meaningless things.
But seeing her father's gloomy face, Zhao Siniang's heart softened, sighed, and changed her words: "It's really not worth running so far to work." If we don't wait for our new house to be built, let's let the fourth uncle move in and give him food and shelter. By the way, doesn't the second brother want to be a runner? We can ask the fourth uncle if he is willing to do this, and then give the fourth uncle more wages, so that he can save more money for his wife. "That's it, the trouble of the old Zhao family can't be avoided if you want to, since that's the case, let's satisfy his father's wish to be a good brother!
Zhao Yongzhong's eyes lit up, but then he hesitated: "Let's divide it, and the heavy work of the family is counting on your fourth uncle." I'm afraid that if it's your grandmother, she won't agree to let your fourth uncle move out to live. ”
"Dad, don't worry. As long as the fourth uncle told our grandmother that he was moving goods for people on the dock, forty yuan a day, including food and accommodation, and guaranteed to have work to do every day, our grandmother was definitely willing to do 1,000 or 10,000. As for the work in the fields, the high wages were enough for her to hire several short-term workers. Speaking of this, Zhao Siniang snorted heavily, a hint of mockery appeared on the corner of her mouth, and asked, "Dad, do you believe it or not?" As long as we hear that there is money to be made, our grandmother will not care how tired the work on the dock is, and whether it will tire people to death every day! ”
"You milk her ......" isn't such a person? Zhao Yongzhong wanted to defend her mother for a few words, but found that what the little girl said was the truth, and her mother was such a person. He began to feel glad that his family had been separated from Lao Zhao's family. (To be continued.) )