Chapter 370: Driving People Away
Zhou Chenglei took the fish off the motorcycle: "Don't bother Zhou Jianxing, I've already bothered others."
Zhang Aijiao: “…”
Her expression froze for a moment, then she smiled and said, "You hired someone so quickly? Who did you hire?"
Zhou Chenglei didn't reply to her. Who did he invite? Did he need to explain to her? He parked his motorcycle, walked to the gate of the courtyard, and closed it halfway: "Auntie, do you have anything else to do?"
Zhang Aijiao: “…”
This is to chase people away! "No more. I have to go home and cook."
Zhang Aijiao stood up and walked to the gate of the courtyard. She couldn't help but said shamelessly, "Alei, you are very capable. Not long after you came back, you bought several boats and hired so many people to help you. If someone quits working, or you buy a new boat and need to hire people, remember to save a seat for your cousin! I'll reserve one first."
"There's no suitable place for him here." Zhou Chenglei closed the gate without any hesitation.
With a "bang", the gate closed in front of her.
Zhang Aijiao, who had been frustrated, said: "..."
She couldn't help but roll her eyes! Isn't it just a few stinky coins?
What’s so great about that?
Zhou Chenglei didn't bother to pay attention to her. Paying attention to her would only cause trouble for himself! Zhang Aijiao's son Zhou Jianxing was the same age as him. They had attended elementary school and junior high school together.
When he was in school, Zhou Jianxing loved to steal and rob. He would try to earn a penny but was afraid of hard work and often stole things from the team.
Now he has a wife and two sons, but he still stays at home doing nothing all day.
Let his wife go out to work and earn money to support the family.
If he really wants to hire someone, he would hire them to do work, not to cause trouble.
And Zhou Chenglei doesn't like working with relatives.
Asking relatives to do things for you doesn't bring many benefits but a lot of trouble.
Except for some individual relatives who really need care or to repay a favor.
He is used to strict discipline, and when hiring people, he will give priority to brothers who have trained and fought together.
Jiang Xia waited until the door was closed before asking, "Is this lady the one who owed our grandfather two hundred yuan?"
Zhang Aijiao outside the door: "..."
No, it happened many years ago? And it happened during my grandfather's generation! Are they so gossipy? They told the new granddaughter-in-law about my grandfather's generation? Besides, what does the money owed by her parents-in-law have to do with them?
Why does he come to collect debts when the person is still alive, but only after he leaves?
Zhou's mother: "That's their family."
Jiang Xia: "If relatives like this don't pay you back, you won't have any more contact with them and won't ask them to do any work! I heard from A Lei that my grandmother was still waiting for the money to see a doctor!"
Mother Zhou: "That's right. Your grandparents were so angry at the time! Later, it was your great-grandfather's family and another uncle's family who lent us money, and A-Lei's grandmother was able to recover from her illness. How could she have the nerve to ask A-Lei for this? She kept talking to me for a long time, and I was wondering if she came to pay back the money!"
Zhou's mother thought about how, in order to pay back the debt, Zhou's father secretly went to the beach to fish and sell fish at 10 o'clock in the middle of the night. For a whole year, he only slept three or four hours a day.
She almost broke her hands weaving the fishing nets before she managed to collect enough money to pay off her debts.
That year, Zhou's father lost a lot of weight! Zhou's mother remembers that year's yellow croaker was only sold for 20 cents per pound.
Zhang Aijiao was about to leave when she was stunned: So they would treat him if he paid her back? She heard Zhou Yongguo and his wife talking in the yard in the alley that day, saying something like "We will go to the sea for the last time before the New Year to make some money for the New Year, and then build a house after the New Year."
How long have Zhou Yongguo and his wife worked with Zhou Chenglei and his wife? They have already earned enough money to build a house!
Obviously Zhou Chenglei offered a very high salary for going out to sea.
Do you want to pay back the two hundred dollars?
But two hundred yuan is really a lot, and she is reluctant to spend it.
Forget it. Ask my daughter-in-law if she is willing to pay back the money. Anyway, my son made the money, so she is the one who benefited.
Zhang Aijiao didn't hesitate, she wouldn't take the money anyway! Two hundred yuan, she took out all her coffin money.
*After closing the door, Zhou Chenglei went to the kitchen to pour hot water for Jiang Xia to wash his hair.
When Zhou's mother saw that they brought home so many mullets, black tiger shrimps, and swordfish, she knew that today's harvest was good. She smiled and asked Jiang Xia: "Are you tired after a day out at sea today? Do you feel uncomfortable in your stomach?"
Jiang Xia took the basin and towel and prepared to wash his hair: "I'm not uncomfortable. I just lay there most of the time and didn't do anything. I'm not tired."
Zhou's mother was relieved after hearing this: "If you are hungry, eat something before taking a bath. Don't take a bath on an empty stomach. I will go cook."
"Well, I'm not hungry. I ate a lot on the boat."
Zhou Chenglei brought a lot of dried meat, biscuits and fruits on board, and she ate a lot of them.
Zhou Chenglei came out with a bucket of hot water and said, "Mom, I'll take care of the fish and make fish balls. I'll wash Jiang Xia's hair first."
Zhou Chenglei fetched some water, moved the recliner in place, and started washing Jiang Xia's hair.
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"Okay." Zhou's mother started to cook rice. She asked, "Will your second brother's father-in-law and his family come to our house for dinner? Do you want to cook their rice?"
Zhou Ying, Zhou Zhou and several of their brothers were still flying kites in the fields, so the second brother's family must be eating at home.
Zhou Chenglei gently rubbed Jiang Xia's hair: "Probably not."
While washing rice, Zhou's mother said, "You still have to hire someone to help you go out to sea. Xiao Xia can't go out to sea often. Today, the people in the village saw that you only took Jiang Xia out to sea, and several people came to ask me if I should hire someone else."
"You've refused everything! I'm going to ask Brother Kangping for help."
Kang Ping? Zhou's mother nodded: "Okay. But didn't he go to the city to work?"
Zhou Chenglei: "My uncle said he will be home at the end of the month."
"That's fine. A few days won't make a difference."
Zhou Kangping is the grandson of the uncle who lent money to Zhou Chenglei’s grandmother for medical treatment.
He had polio as a child and has sequelae, so he walks abnormally. He is two years older than Zhou Chenglei, and he still hasn't married.
Last year, he went to work as a dishwasher in a restaurant in the city. There he met a woman and thought that the relationship would work out. However, the woman cheated him out of all his money and never came back after returning to her hometown for the New Year.
Zhou Kangping didn’t even know the other party’s home address, so naturally he couldn’t get the money back.
A full three thousand yuan, which was the money Zhou Kangping had saved for many years and planned to use to marry a wife.
At this time, the courtyard door was pushed open and Li Xiuxian walked in. Tian Caihua shouted outside the door: "Mom, my second sister-in-law is back to help with cooking. I'm going home first!"
Li Xiuxian had a dark face. Did she need Tian Caihua to report to her when she came back to cook?
Li Xiuxian looked at Jiang Xia, who was lying in the yard comfortably and being served.
Same person, different fate! She smelled like fish and seawater and wanted to wash her hair and take a bath, so she asked, "Mom, is there any hot water in the pot? I want to take a bath first before cooking."
Why can Jiang Xia wash her hair and take a bath right after returning from the sea? Zhou Chenglei: "There is no more. Xia Xia needs the hot water in the pot. Please wait for a while, sister-in-law."
Jiang Xia’s hair is almost clean and she can take a shower soon.
Li Xiuxian sometimes takes more than an hour and a half to take a shower.
In an hour and a half, we can eat! Li Xiuxian: “…”
How could he say that? Jiang Xia was washing her hair, and it took her half a day!
Can't she just take a shower with some hot water? By the time Jiang Xia finished washing her hair, the next pot of hot water was already boiling!