Chapter 72 Zhou Yong paid for the family expenses
Li Baotian and Zhang Guifang had already gone to bed, and Zhou Yong staggered back to the west room with Li Caiyun.
The bedding had been made, but Zhou Yong got on the kang without even washing his feet.
When Li Caiyun came into the room with the foot washing water, Zhou Yong had already closed his eyes.
They drank a lot tonight. Li Hongjun drank too much and Zhou Yong was not sober either.
If Li Hongjun had not been drunk, would he have told Zhou Yong about the speculation?
Even if I could tell him, I wouldn't tell him about this today.
Zhou Yong didn't even have a dream that night. When he opened his eyes, it was exactly four o'clock.
He was woken up by the urge to pee. He put on his clothes and pants and ran to the toilet.
When he came back from the toilet, Zhang Guifang was already making breakfast.
Zhou Yong wanted to help with the fire, but was pushed away by Zhang Guifang. Seeing this, he washed his face and did some work within his ability.
Li Baotian appeared in the yard soon, and Li Caiyun was helping Zhang Guifang make breakfast.
"Dad, what about the loan of horses?"
Li Baotian smiled and said, "Secretary Zhang said that we should ask the farm to lend us horses when the time comes..."
farm?
"The rural area is more than 200 acres away from Huaixi Village. Isn't the journey a bit far?"
Li Baotian looked helpless: "The autumn harvest is just a few months away. Which brigade doesn't need horses to harvest the crops? Only the rural areas have some horses. Secretary Zhang said don't even think about other places..."
Zhou Yong thought about it and felt that this made sense. After all, it was already late June, and it was time to harvest wheat, then potatoes, and then gradually start harvesting other crops.
The father-in-law and son-in-law chatted about work in the yard, and the Li family had breakfast before five o'clock.
Today's breakfast is very rich, with pork dumplings made by Zhang Guifang.
During the meal, Zhang Guifang planned to go to the mountain to pick mountain products. Zhou Yong said, "Mom, you and Xiaoyun should not go. There are too many people going up the mountain these days. You won't be able to pick many mountain products..."
In order to collect more mountain products, some villagers go up the mountain in the dark at around 2 a.m.
There are also some hunters who get up early and run to the mountains after dark. They are all capable, but they ignore many problems.
The area for picking mountain products is limited. If villagers pick them like this every day, not only will it damage the environment, but most importantly, it will affect the growth of mountain products.
Zhang Guifang paused and said, "What you said makes sense, but we can't just stay at home. We can get some mountain products if we go out, which is better than staying at home."
Li Baotian listened to his wife's words and said: "It's useless to run errands. You can stay at home. If you can't stay here, you can take care of the garden..."
Zhang Guifang glared at Li Baotian and said, "What's there to do in the garden? You can sell the products you pick from the mountains, but you'll pay me to do the garden?"
Li Baotian said nothing, and Zhang Guifang was muttering in her mind: "Why don't you ask me for money when you spend money? Don't you know how much money we have at home?"
Zhou Yong looked at his mother-in-law and said, "Mom, I still have some money. I'll give it to you later."
Zhang Guifang hurriedly shook her head: "Zhou Yong, don't worry, there is enough money at home. Mom just can't stand your dad's face, which makes it seem like the family has a lot of money..."
Li Baotian lowered his head and ate dumplings: "Stop nagging and eat!"
Zhang Guifang opened her mouth and glared at Li Baotian fiercely. Li Caiyun looked at her parents and felt uncomfortable.
If it weren't for her, the Li family would have lived a better life than they do now.
Although you can't have meat every meal, you don't have to be frugal with your budget.
Li Caiyun ate dumplings in silence. After dinner, Zhou Yong returned to the west room.
He still had a savings of 170 yuan. Zhou Yong left 70 yuan for Ma San as a reserve, and planned to give the remaining 100 yuan to Zhang Guifang, keeping 2 yuan for himself for pocket money.
In recent years, the Zhou family has asked the Li family to borrow money many times. Although Zhou Yong does not ask about these things, he knows it in his heart.
Everyone says that Zhou Yong hates his family, and his hatred is understandable.
He is the son-in-law of the Li family. He eats and drinks from their house and relies on Li Baotian to get a job as a timekeeper. If the Zhou family had considered his feelings, they should not always ask the Li family to borrow money, and sometimes they don't pay it back.
Zhou Yong is lucky to have father-in-law and mother-in-law like Li Baotian and Zhang Guifang. If he makes a mistake with one of them, and the couple says something unpleasant and gives him a cold look, won't he have to endure it?
Besides, he has to live his own life. The Zhou family is poor not because of him. How can he not hate them for treating him like this?
Thinking of these things, Zhou Yong couldn't help but grit his teeth, feeling that the Zhou family was really disappointing.
Anyone with a bit of backbone would not be so shameless as to punish their eldest son, but look at what they did?
Zhou Yong slowly closed his eyes in depression, his heart was choking. If possible, he didn't want to see anyone from the Zhou family in his life.
In fact, they lived in the same village, only five houses apart. They would see each other every day. Even if he pretended not to see some things, he could not pretend that they did not exist.
Zhou Yong tightly grasped a stack of hundred-yuan bills and comforted himself over and over again, saying, "Don't be angry, don't be angry," but he couldn't find a reason not to be angry.
Zhou Yong came to the east room with the money. Zhang Guifang was wiping the cabinets and tidying up the house, while Li Baotian was sitting on the edge of the kang with his head down and getting scolded!
Zhang Guifang shut up when she saw Zhou Yong coming in. Li Baotian seemed to have seen a savior: "Is it time to go to the brigade?"
Zhou Yong looked at the time and saw that it was only six o'clock. He thought: Why go to the brigade at this time?
He didn't even need to guess to know that it must be Li Baotian who had provoked Zhang Guifang, and that was why he was being nagged.
Zhou Yong smiled and didn't respond to his father-in-law's words. He said to Zhang Guifang: "Mom, spend this money. If it's not enough, tell me..."
Zhang Guifang looked at the stack of money Zhou Yong handed to her and couldn't help but glance at Li Baotian.
"Zhou Yong, you're being overly suspicious. Mom was just mad at your dad during dinner, so she nags him. Hurry up and take the money back..."
Zhou Yong stuffed the money into Zhang Guifang's hand and said, "Mom, take it. I can't always let you pay for the family's daily expenses..."
Sometimes Zhou Yong felt like a complete jerk because he had not given a single penny to Li Baotian, Zhang Guifang or Li Caiyun in three years.
He was wrong in doing this. Even as a son-in-law, he should support his family. However, all the money Zhou Yong earned in the past few years was kept in his own pocket, and he never took a penny out.
It is precisely because of this that he has a reputation as a man who knows how to live in the eyes of Zhang Guifang and Li Baotian.
Little did he know that Zhou Yong was saving money in order to divorce Li Caiyun and pave the way for his own future.
Now he has no intention of divorce and plans to grow old with Li Caiyun, so he took out his savings.
Zhang Guifang was a little at a loss. She looked at Li Baotian who remained silent and said, "Why don't you say something?"
As she said this, she was thinking that she shouldn't have said that much during breakfast, and she guessed that Zhou Yong was unhappy with her performance.
Li Baotian glanced at Zhou Yong and said, "Take the money back. It's not like our family is starving."
Zhou Yong said, "Mom and Dad, please accept the money. I know life is hard at home and I am the one who is dragging the family down. But don't worry, I will work hard in the future and strive for a good life for our family..."
After hearing what her son-in-law said, Zhang Guifang burst into tears.
After three years of being with Zhou Yong, he finally said something that they wanted to hear.
Li Baotian's eyes fell on Zhou Yong, and at this moment he felt that all his efforts were worth it.
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