Chapter 16 Taking my younger brother and sister to the sea
After talking about the blind date, Zhang Ze took out the seasonings and other things in the bamboo basket and handed them to Zhang's mother: "Mom, the red armbands are strictly checking today, so I didn't catch any more fish to sell after I sold them all."
"It's not a lot of money. I've spent most of it on buying some things. Next time I have a chance to sell more, I'll give you more money."
There is no division of the family, so even if a daughter-in-law is married into the family, the money still has to be given to the family to manage the finances.
Zhang Huihong is the head of this family, so naturally she is in charge of the money.
In this way, Zhang Ze can legitimately help his younger brothers and sisters until they can also live a stable life.
Of course, if Zhang Zeyu sells a lot, he will keep a portion for himself later to avoid finding himself without money when he needs it.
"Okay, I'll save the money for you to get married. Wu is still young, and I can't make much money. I'll have to put up with you for a few more years."
"When mom gets old, I'll let you take care of me in my old age, and mom will eat and live as she pleases."
Zhang Huihong knew that the family could only rely on her eldest son for the time being, but she did not want her eldest son to suffer too much, so she planned to let her youngest son share more of the burden when she got older.
Zhang Ze didn't know whether to laugh or cry when he heard this: "Mom, what are you talking about? Isn't it my duty to take care of you when you are old? Ah Wu and I will be filial to you. Stop thinking about these messy things."
While the two were talking, Zhang Wu just came back, followed by Zhang Qian and Zhang Qing. The three of them were holding several orange fruits in their hands.
When he saw Zhang Ze, he immediately showed a happy smile: "Brother, look, I picked a few 'matchmakers', you can try them."
"Where did you pick so many 'matchmakers'?" Zhang Ze reached out and took a fruit that was slightly larger than his palm. He squeezed it slightly and the fruit immediately cracked open, revealing the blood-red fruit inside, each of which was extremely tempting.
"Hongniang" is just the name in their local dialect. In fact, this fruit that looks very similar to bitter melon is called "Lagua", also known as "Lagrana Grape".
It is a plant of the same family as bitter melon, but it is not bitter melon.
The gourd is slightly toxic and cold in nature, so it is okay to eat a little.
"We were looking for some water chestnuts, and we found these 'matchmakers' while walking along the river."
Zhang Wu and his companions placed all the fruits on the table, and then gathered around the bamboo basket.
When they found the candies and candied haws inside, the three of them happily divided their treats and said sweetly, "Thank you, brother."
Seeing the happy smiles of his family, Zhang Ze himself felt very satisfied.
Then he pointed to the textbooks in the bamboo basket and said, "I bought the textbooks. We can study on our own when we have time. I will follow you if I am at home."
"When school starts in the second half of the year, Wu will go to school, but he will study with us during this period."
Zhang Qian and the other two nodded repeatedly. Although they had never been exposed to reading, they were still very enthusiastic about learning.
So since there was still some time before dinner, they didn't even have time to eat their candy, but took out their textbooks and said they wanted to study right away.
Seeing this, Zhang Ze simply taught them, starting with pinyin.
After just a few teachings, Zhang Wu looked at him in amazement: "Brother, how do you know Pinyin?"
Before Zhang Ze could answer, Zhang Qian rubbed his head and smiled softly, "Brother, you went to elementary school for a few years."
The idea of favoring boys over girls is serious in rural areas. Although the atmosphere in Qinghe Village is much better than in many other places, no family would send a girl to school if they already have an older son.
That's why Zhang Qian, who is only two years younger than Zhang Ze, has never been to school, not even in the first grade of primary school.
"From now on, as long as you want to study, I will let you continue studying."
Zhang Ze smiled and made a promise, then continued to teach them pinyin.
The afternoon passed quickly in studying.
After dinner, Zhang Ze didn't plan to let them continue studying.
The main reason is that there is no electricity at home and we use kerosene lamps. Reading at night is bad for the eyes.
In addition, he thought that he was going to the beach tomorrow, so he asked Zhang Wu beside him: "Awu, I'm going to the beach tomorrow, do you want to come with me?"
"Brother, aren't you going to sell fish tomorrow?" Zhang Wu, who had just eaten a candy and was about to put the candy wrapper away, looked up in confusion.
"Well, are you coming?"
"Come on, come on, brother, you must call me tomorrow!"
"Then go ask your two sisters if they want to come together."
"I'll go right away."
Baby Zhang Wu didn't even care about the candy wrapper and ran to another room in a hurry.
After a while, he came back excitedly: "Brother, the second and third sisters said they want to go with us."
"Okay, I got it. Come out with me and we'll get some ropes."
"Okay!"
Zhang Wu was full of motivation as they were going to the beach tomorrow, so he immediately followed him out of the house.
The rope was made of rice straw, but he didn't care about the quality of the rope he might need tomorrow, so he used a sickle to cut some long wild grass, braided three of them together, and weaved the rope.
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After weaving it, he took three more pieces of wild grass to connect it to extend the length.
A straw rope like this is very thin and is perfect for tying blue crabs.
Zhang Wu looked puzzled: "Brother, these straw ropes are not strong, what's the use of them?"
"I don't need it to be strong. You'll know tomorrow. Don't ask any more questions."
"oh"
Afterwards, Zhang Wu obediently followed them in weaving straw ropes. They didn't make many, just a dozen ropes about two meters long. Then the two of them took the ropes back home.
The next day, just after dawn, Zhang Ze woke up naturally again.
Looking at the sky, he sighed, then turned around and found Zhang Wu sleeping like a pig.
She immediately stood up and stepped on his face with her soles: "Awu, hurry up and get up. How can you sleep well at such a young age?"
"Woo woo~"
Zhang Wu, who was stepped on the face and couldn't breathe, danced with joy and finally broke free from someone's feet that had just been soaked in Hong Kong Island. Then he lay on the bed and retched! "Yue~"
In fact, Zhang Ze’s feet are not that smelly. He just has walked a lot recently, so it is normal to have some athlete’s foot.
Zhang Wu, a teenager, used to be a very sleepy child, but after being tossed around like this by the man, he woke up immediately.
"Brother, you're going too far. You stepped on me with the soles of your feet!"
Facing his brother's angry look, Zhang Ze chose to turn a blind eye and said, "Go wake up your two sisters."
Zhang Wu couldn't do anything about his own brother, but when he was asked to wake up his sister, his eyes rolled, he agreed, and immediately ran excitedly into the next room.
Just as Zhang Ze was brushing his teeth with a toothbrush in the yard, screams and curses suddenly came from the house.
Then Zhang Wu suddenly opened the door and ran out, looking panicked.
Zhang Zezheng was wondering what he had done, and then he saw that his old mother's clothes and hair were disheveled, and it seemed that she had put on her clothes in a hurry and chased out.
She held a stick in her hand and went to grab Zhang Wu, cursing at him.
"How dare you, you little bastard? How dare you fart in my face!"
"Puff~" Zhang Ze immediately sprayed a mouthful of mouthwash far away. How dare this naughty kid do that?
(End of this chapter)
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