Yu Jiu deliberately teased him.
"Oh, Yu Zhiqing, just tell me! You know I'm a gossip, I'm just curious."
The dog was itching to know who was inside.
"No rush, tell me first, what did Zhang Yan do to you just now?"
Yu Jiu deliberately dangled the question in his mind, changing the subject to ask him about Zhang Yan.
“Zhang Yan said she wants to marry me. Yu, you know, she's also a female educated youth, how come she's so bold? What kind of young girl proposes marriage to a man? It's so strange.”
The moment Zhang Yan was mentioned, Gouzi wilted again. He felt that if he married her, he would be completely controlled. No way, no way, really no way.
"What's so strange about that? She's interested in you, so she should take the initiative. Otherwise, do you expect her to pursue you? Would you take the initiative to pursue her?"
Yu Jiu chuckled and asked back, but she hadn't expected Zhang Yan to act so quickly. Didn't she say she wanted to observe him for a while longer? She'd already finished observing him so quickly; it seemed the dog really suited her taste.
"Of course not. She's not pretty and she's fierce. I like pretty, gentle girls."
Dog is telling the truth. After all, people are visual creatures. Who doesn't like pretty girls? Just like a pretty girl likes a handsome guy.
"But what I find strange is, why would she like me of all people? I don't seem to have any redeeming qualities."
The dog was still self-aware enough to be honest; he was just stating the facts when commenting on Zhang Yan's appearance, but he also admitted that he wasn't particularly good-looking himself. If she were to be interested in someone, it would probably be someone quite outstanding.
Moreover, female educated youth generally wouldn't like uncultured men like them; they preferred the refined, handsome young men.
"Actually, you look quite like a pretty boy, and you're quite fair-skinned too."
Yu Jiu also spoke the truth.
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However, the dog didn't want this evaluation. To them, a pretty boy was no different from a greyhound, meaning useless.
"I'm so embarrassed. How should I reject her? Yu Zhiqing, you and Zhang Yan are good friends. Why don't you go back and tell her not to like me anymore, and to like someone else? We're not a good match."
"You haven't even tried it yet, how do you know it's not a good match? Your captain and I both think you two are a good match, why don't you just go for Zhang Yan?"
Yu Jiu talked and laughed, swaying from side to side, almost falling into Xu Zijiang's arms.
Gouzi felt that Yu Jiu was forcing a good woman into prostitution, so he crossed his arms and resisted resolutely.
"I don't want to, I won't comply. I want to marry a gentle young girl who will listen to whatever I say."
"You must be dreaming. Where are you going to find an obedient girl? You can't even be obedient yourself, so why should you expect a girl to be obedient?"
Yu Jiu's words made sense, and Gouzi was stunned.
"It seems so."
"Alright, enough about me. Just tell me who's inside. Stop keeping me in suspense. Yu Zhiqing, Captain!"
Gouzi didn't want Yu Jiu to gossip about him anymore; he preferred to gossip about others.
“They are my distant relatives, my two cousins. They had no one left in their families and no relatives to rely on, so I brought them here to live with me.”
"Now that you're here, go do me a favor: find a few more people who know how to build houses. I need to build two houses within half a month."
Xu Zi directly ordered Gouzi to run the errand.
"Okay, Captain. We have a lot of people in our team who know how to build houses, so we can definitely build one for you. But where do you plan to build the houses for them?"
Gouzi hadn't expected that Xu Zijiang had a distant cousin, but everyone has relatives, so he didn't suspect anything.
"It will be built on the empty plot of land behind Uncle Zhao's house. I'll just buy it when the time comes."
There are still vacant homesteads in the team. Homesteads were allocated in the past, but now that there are fewer and fewer vacant plots in the team, homesteads also need to be purchased with money, and they can no longer be allocated.
However, Lin Zheng and his brother were from another village, so even if they could still be allocated homesteads, they wouldn't get one and would have to buy one eventually. Xu Zijiang didn't show favoritism and just bought it directly with his own money, saving them the trouble.
“Alright, I’ll go find someone right now. Uncle Zhao’s plot of land behind the house isn’t small either; it should be enough to build two small houses for the two of them.”
After receiving Xu Zijiang's orders, Gouzi ran away immediately without even looking at Xu Zijiang's cousin, using the excuse of doing chores to escape Yu Jiu's gossip.
Lin Zheng and the others woke up while Gouzi and Yu Jiu were gossiping. After all, they were newcomers and it was someone else's home, so they couldn't sleep too soundly. They slept for a while and then woke up.
However, they couldn't come out at that time, so they waited until they finished talking and started discussing their own things before Lin Zheng led his younger brother out.
"I have money. I'll give you the money to buy the land for the house and build it. How much do you need?"
Lin Zheng asked somewhat stubbornly, seemingly unwilling to accept Xu Zijiang's many kind offers.
"It won't cost much. Alright, I can't possibly take your money. Since your father entrusted you to me, I can certainly provide this level of care. There's no need to bring up the money again. Besides, your father wouldn't be completely unprepared. What he promised me can't be measured in money."
Xu Zi waved his hand, unwilling to say more. He would never accept money, but he would never lose money.
Lin Zheng wanted to persist, but Yu Jiu chimed in, telling him not to worry about it. Lin Zheng couldn't argue with two people at once, so he had to give up in the end.
"I'll take you out for a walk after you wake up, so you can get familiar with the area."
Xu Zijiang and Yu Jiu stood up, and Lin Zheng silently took his younger brother's hand and followed them out the door.
Actually, rather than saying he was his brother's support, it would be more accurate to say that his brother was his support. It was because of Lin Rong that Lin Zheng became a little stronger and braver, and it was because of his brother that he could feel at ease.
As soon as Xu Zijiang appeared, the team members surrounded him.
"Oh, Captain, you're back! Where have you been all this time? We haven't seen you anywhere. Luckily, Yu Zhiqing is here. She's managed the team very well, and no one dares to cause trouble. You should thank her properly."
"But isn't that right? Yu Zhiqing might have done it. If it weren't for this, we wouldn't have known."
"Hey, Captain, who are these two? This young man and this little boy look unfamiliar to me, I've never seen them before."
After exchanging a few pleasantries, everyone started asking about the Lin brothers, Lin Zheng and Lin Rong. Since they were new faces, they immediately attracted everyone's attention.
“These two brothers are my distant cousins. Something happened to their family, and they have no one to rely on there, so they will settle down here from now on. Please take good care of them.”
Xu Zi brought these people out today to confirm that they were his distant cousins.
"Oh dear, it must have been quite an ordeal for you to come all this way. It's alright for the older brother, but the younger brother is still so small. He's such a pitiful child."
The women sighed a little, but said they would do their best to help them adapt to life in the team. They even brought some vegetables, hoping they would eat more to grow stronger.
With Xu Zijiang leading the way, the team members were very welcoming to them. Lin Zheng had seen through the fickleness of human relationships during this period, so he was still very touched to suddenly encounter such a group of enthusiastic teammates.
I choked up several times before I could finally say thank you.
Perhaps sensing everyone's enthusiasm, Lin Rong became less shy. When Yu Jiu tentatively tried to hold his hand, he decisively abandoned his brother and let Yu Jiu lead him away.
Xu Zijiang held his other hand. One was tall and imposing, the other was smiling, and there was a cute little child in the middle. Everyone who saw this scene couldn't help but sigh.
"Wow, this child looks like the team leader and Yu Zhiqing's child, they seem like a family!"
Of course! He and Yu Jiu are a family together, and they will have their own children in the future, who will definitely be cuter and more obedient than Lin Rong!
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