"You may not recognize him, but Brother Zhao is an old acquaintance of my second brother."
Pei Guoqiang paused for a moment, and when he saw that Li Miaomiao looked normal, he continued, "My second brother helped Big Brother Zhao before. Big Brother Zhao was very sad when he learned about my second brother's accident, and he even came over specially. You were sad at the time, so you probably don't remember it."
"So that's how it is."
Li Miaomiao felt a little complicated. Pei Guoan was indeed the male protagonist. With such connections, he could still take care of his family even after his death.
Seeing Li Miaomiao's dazed and complicated expression, everyone thought that Li Miaomiao was sad because of Pei Guoan. Even Pei Guotai didn't say anything unpleasant at this time, but just worked silently.
Zhao Hong arrived very quickly. As soon as the men of the Pei family had finished packing up the tiles from several houses, he drove a tractor to deliver the tiles.
"Brother Zhao, you are really fast!"
Pei Guoqiang saw Zhao Hong coming and hurried over to greet him.
"We're not afraid of wasting your time, so we borrowed a tractor from the village and rushed the bricks over to you so you can finish repairing your house sooner."
Because they had to clean up the house here, Old Man Pei and his sons took a day off from work. It was only for this one day. It happened that they were not too busy in the past two days, so they had to take advantage of this time to finish the important things. The rest could only be done when they got off work in the morning and evening.
"Brother Zhao is so thoughtful. I've taken a day off today and will be back at the factory tomorrow. My dad and the others also have to go to work tomorrow, so I really need to take advantage of this time to get the house ready."
"Look, I brought a few brothers with me. After we take the tiles down, I'll help you guys rest."
"How can this be possible?"
Old man Pei waved his hands quickly, wondering why he should trouble others so much.
"What's the problem? Brother Guoan has helped us a lot in the past. Now... let's not talk about this anymore. Let's just get started."
Zhao Hong said this and called on the few people he brought to start
"Brother Zhao, this is too much trouble for you."
"Sister-in-law, don't be polite with us. If you have any problems in the future, just tell me. I will do my best to help you as long as I can." Zhao Hong assured Li Miaomiao. Looking at Li Miaomiao, who was much more sensible now, he felt both emotional and relieved.
This girl was really spoiled in the past. I remember that once when he came to her house, he was ridiculed by Li Miaomiao and didn't even get a cup of hot water. Now seeing Li Miaomiao, a delicate woman, holding up her child, she is so strong. The Guoan brothers in the underworld should be relieved.
"Okay, since Brother Zhao said so, I won't be polite with you."
"That's better. Sister-in-law, this place is dirty and messy. We have so many men here, and you, a woman, should stop working. Take the child to the side and write. Just tell us what we need to do."
Seeing that Zhao Hong was sincere, Li Miaomiao was not polite and expressed her thoughts.
Actually, there is nothing else to do. The main thing is to cover the roof with tiles and clean up all the useless items in the room. As for the other things, it is too late to do them today even if I want to, so I can only clean them up slowly later.
But as long as these major things are done, it won't be a problem for people to move in.
"Issuing a random mission. Please treat Zhao Hong and his group well and change Zhao Hong's previous negative impression of the host. Complete the mission and you will be rewarded with 500 survival points."
As Li Miaomiao listened to the system's voice, she felt as though it was becoming increasingly casual, a bit more humane. She didn't know if this was just an illusion. Previously, there had been intimacy and favorability, but now, perhaps sensing her intentions, it was more straightforward and blunt, focusing on survival.
The system curled its lips when it heard Li Miaomiao's thoughts. The host was a useless person who always wanted to give up, and he was very vulgar. But this simple and crude method was the most effective.
"Brother Zhao, since I can't help you here, I'll trouble you. I want to go back and prepare lunch. The brothers are so sincere in helping me. If nothing else, I can't let everyone go hungry."
"Don't worry, sister-in-law. We all brought our own food."
Zhao Hong didn't expect that Li Miaomiao would actually think of this and be so thoughtful. He came here to help, really just to repay Pei Guoan's kindness. He didn't expect Li Miaomiao to be grateful to them, nor did he expect Li Miaomiao to arrange lunch. Before each of them went out, they put two big steamed buns in their pockets, which he asked his wife to prepare.
"I don't care. Eat lunch here today. You've come all the way here to help me. If I don't even give you a meal, what's the point?"
"The second son's wife is right. You can't refuse this meal."
"Okay then, I'll trouble you, sister-in-law."
When Zhao Hong heard that Li Miaomiao really wanted to invite him, he stopped refusing and felt very happy because he was the one who asked the person to come and help him because of his face.
Li Miaomiao had to go back to cook and arrange lunch. After all, there were several more people and her mother-in-law didn't know yet, so the amount of food had to be increased.
"Mom, go back by yourself. I'll keep an eye on it here."
Pei Yifan did not plan to go back with Li Miaomiao, and planned to stay in the old house.
Pei Yifan wasn't an ordinary kid; he knew his limits in everything he did. Seeing that he insisted, Li Miaomiao let him go, only admonishing him, "Okay, then be careful. Don't forget to go where the tiles are being laid. It's dangerous if you drop something!"
"Mom, don't worry, I will pay attention."
After returning from the old house, Li Miaomiao told Mrs. Pei about Zhao Hong and his help.
"You did the right thing. They came all the way here to help you. They are so sincere. We should treat them well and not neglect them." Old Mrs. Pei praised Li Miaomiao's behavior.
"I think so too. Brother Zhao and his men have been so helpful. Not only did they bring the tiles, they also worked for me. I'm sure they won't take any wages, but at least they have to make sure we have enough to eat."
"Okay, I'll arrange it."
"Mom, no need. You've prepared so much. Leave the rest to me."
Zhao Hong and the other grown men can definitely eat it, not to mention that these are not Old Man Pei and his sons. It’s okay for family members to eat casually, but it’s different when entertaining guests. How could Li Miaomiao let her mother-in-law pay for this share of the food?
Fortunately, there were some things that her mother's family sent her last time, otherwise it would be really difficult for Li Miaomiao to prepare a decent meal on the spur of the moment these days.
"That's about it."
Seeing that Li Miaomiao was so generous, Old Mrs. Pei did not think that Li Miaomiao was wasteful and did not know how to manage the household. Instead, she was very pleased. She thought that the second son's wife really understood the ways of the world and that this was the right thing to do. With this attitude, everyone would take better care of them in the future as they were an orphan and a widow.
Thinking of this, Old Mrs. Pei took out ten more eggs from her room.
"There's not enough meat, so let's use eggs to make up the difference. If we had time, we could have weighed a pound of meat."
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