Chapter 341 Are you crazy?
After hearing Zhou Gang's words, Zhu Xiuqin rolled her eyes almost to the sky. She curled her lips and said, "I don't think it's very good. Do you think your sister can plead for me?"
Zhou Gang was speechless. Originally, the relationship between him and Zhou Ling was very strained. In addition, they did not attend the funeral of Cui Shufen and Zhou Jiefang. Now, the brother and sister, aunt and sister-in-law don't talk to each other when they meet.
In this situation, even if they shamelessly asked Zhou Ling for help, she might not necessarily help her second brother and his wife.
The couple was feeling worried at home when Zhou Qiang and his wife Liu Zhi came.
After entering the house, Zhou Qiang's eyes fell on his second brother's face. He opened his mouth, but swallowed the words back.
Although he sympathized with his second brother, Zhu Xiuqin was the head of Zhou Gang's family. The more he said, the more difficult his second brother's life would be at home.
Zhou Qiang pretended not to notice the wound on Zhou Gang's face, turned around and sat on the stool. Liu Zhi sighed and sat down: "Second sister-in-law, what should we do now?"
Zhu Xiuqin pursed her lips and said with some hesitation: "How? How should I know?"
Liu Zhi was a little anxious: "Second sister-in-law, next year your eldest and second child will go to high school, and after high school they will go to college, so shouldn't we prepare the tuition in advance?"
Zhu Xiuqin looked at Liu Zhi, who was good at speaking and wanted to use herself as a gun to solve the problem, and she said unceremoniously: "Oh, you said that as if your child would drop out of school after junior high school!"
Both of their children are about to go to high school, but Liu Zhi does not mention her own children and only talks about Zhu Xiuqin's children.
After Zhu Xiuqin finished speaking, Liu Zhi was not embarrassed: "Second sister-in-law, it's already this time, why are you still arguing? I said something wrong, okay?"
Zhou Gang frowned and changed the subject: "Say less! Qiangzi, what do you think about this?"
Zhou Qiang raised his hand and rubbed his face: "Second brother, if you want to solve this matter, you have to ask eldest brother for help, but our two families have never had any dealings with eldest brother, so this matter is not easy to handle."
Zhou Gang looked at Zhou Qiang who was talking nonsense. He was so angry that he laughed: "Qiangzi, it's the same as not saying anything when I asked you to say this."
The four of them looked at each other in silence. After a while, Zhu Xiuqin said, "Zhou Yong is clearly seeking revenge for his personal grudge. We have to go and find him to discuss this matter."
Zhou Gang frowned: "What are you talking about? You were the ones who were wrong in the first place, how did it become Big Brother's revenge?
I’ve already been merciful by not publishing your names. What good will come of you if you continue to make trouble?
It is nothing more than letting everyone know that you, Zhu Xiuqin and Liu Zhi, are dissatisfied with the punishment, and in the end you can only push yourselves to the forefront of the storm..."
Zhou Qiang agreed with his second brother's point of view, and further added: "If the eldest brother is really angry, he might take away our jobs. Wouldn't that be a double-edged sword?"
After listening to what the two brothers said, Zhu Xiuqin said, "This won't work, and that won't work either. So what should we do?"
Liu Zhi's eyes rolled around as she glanced at Zhou Qiang, Zhou Gang and Zhu Xiuqin's faces.
"I have an idea."
Everyone looked at her. Zhu Xiuqin looked at Liu Zhi who was trying to do something. "If you have to fart, just let it out. Can you please stop hesitating when you speak?"
This is what she hated most about Liuzhi: she always left things unsaid and always wanted people to guess what she was thinking.
Liu Zhi looked at everyone and said, “Under the current circumstances, even if we admit our mistakes and are forgiven, we will not be given jobs.
In order to get a job, we must have something on Zhou Yong, which would not only allow us to get a job, but we might also be able to get a position in the brigade. ”
She stopped talking here. Zhou Gang and Zhou Qiang looked at each other. Zhu Xiuqin glanced at Liu Zhi and said, "It's easy for you to say that. We have no connection with Zhou Yong. How can we use his handle to our advantage?"
Liu Zhi bit her lip and glanced at everyone's faces: "We can make our own handles."
Make it yourself?
Zhu Xiuqin glared at Liu Zhi and said, "Don't keep me in suspense. Just keep talking."
Liu Zhi hesitated but didn't speak. Zhou Qiang frowned slightly: "It's already this time, if you have an idea, just say it!"
Although both families seem to be living a good life, they are actually struggling to survive.
There are six or seven children in the family, and all of them are in school. Although the brothers Zhou Gang and Zhou Qiang have jobs, the wages they earn can only barely provide enough food and clothing for the family.
Zhu Xiuqin and Liu Zhi have been relying on picking mountain products to supplement their family income all year round. Things were better in the past few years, when they could earn 10 to 20 yuan a month.
In recent years, the mountain products picked by villagers from outside are very scarce. Sometimes, you may not be able to pick much mountain products even if you stay in the mountains for a whole day.
The two sisters-in-law also want to go to the mountains to collect mountain products, but the key is if they are gone for several days, who will wash and cook for the children at home?
If they had jobs, these problems would be easily solved, so in order to get a job, Zhu Xiuqin used a little trick.
The result was counterproductive, and now Zhu Xiuqin has already regretted her decision.
After Zhou Qiang finished speaking, Liu Zhi swallowed her saliva, and said with a wandering look: "Forget it, everyone may not agree with my idea."
Zhou Gang pinched his brows and said, "We don't even know what the idea is, how do you know we won't agree?"
Liuzhi thought about it again and again, and then she expressed her idea. Everyone listened to her and their eyes widened.
Zhou Qiang came to his senses and stood up: "Are you crazy? How can you come up with such a wicked idea?"
Liuzhi shrank her neck and muttered, "I've already told you that you all won't agree, but didn't you force me to say it?"
Zhou Qiang pointed at Liu Zhi and put his hand down angrily: "No wonder Xiaoling said you have the worst heart, it's absolutely true."
Liu Zhi was unhappy: "Zhou Qiang, stop slandering me here. You said I have the worst heart? What if your sister has a good heart?
She's always trying to sow discord all day long. If it weren't for her, would our family be branded as unfilial?
If you don’t tell me about these things, how can you have the nerve to say that about me…”
Zhou Ling was not at the scene. If she were, she would have torn Liu Zhi's mouth.
Seeing that the couple was about to quarrel, Zhou Gang coughed and said, "What time is it? Still quarreling?"
Zhou Qiang turned his face away, and Liu Zhi snorted without saying anything.
Zhu Xiuqin raised her hand and rubbed her temple with a headache: "I think Liuzhi's idea is feasible."
Zhou Gang was the first to stand up and object: "Are you crazy?"
Zhu Xiuqin glanced at Zhou Gang and said, "I am crazy, and I am crazy because of poverty.
Look at the lives of other families and then look at our family’s life.
Although I have no worries about food and clothing, how much money can I save throughout the year?
Other people’s wives and children buy new clothes all year round, but look at me and my children, our clothes are patchless, but our clothes have turned white from washing…”
As Zhu Xiuqin spoke, Zhou Gang lowered his head in shame, and Zhou Qiang gradually felt unhappy.
Zhu Xiuqin said, "It is said that one cannot write two characters for Zhou with one stroke, but how has Zhou Yong taken care of us over the years?
Look at the people in the Li family. They have the director of the brick factory, the director of the wine factory, the director of the flour mill, and even Zhao Min has become the director of the paper mill...
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