When Zhou's mother got up early, she was busy going upstairs to help. Zhou wanted to grab his mother and ask, "Why are you in such a hurry?"
"Go upstairs to help your second sister!"
"Brother-in-law won't?"
"He was so exhausted just from making your second sister go to the toilet!"
"There's a toilet chair!"
"Oh! I forgot."
"Mom, don't be so anxious. Take your time. If you rush too fast, your heart won't be able to keep up. You're also making your second sister panic."
"Okay, okay, I'm not in a hurry."
Under the supervision of her little daughter, Zhou's mother finished washing and tidying herself up before going upstairs.
On the third floor, Zhu Hang was not out of breath as usual. The couple sat comfortably on the sofa drinking fruit tea.
"How is it? Is that potty chair useful?"
Zhou Yu smiled and nodded, "It works great. Zhu Hang just needs to help me sit still. I don't have to use any strength, and he doesn't have to feel any pain either."
"If I had known this would happen, I should have made one sooner. Your sister is used to being a hands-off boss now. She has left everything on the construction site and your side to Zhu Hang. If you hadn't asked for leave, Zhu Hang would be too busy to handle it even if he had three heads and six arms!"
Before Zhu Hang could express his opinion, he saw his sister-in-law coming upstairs.
"Humph! Mom! Do you dislike me now?"
Mother Zhou nodded and said, "The family is so busy, why don't you come back to visit on Sunday?"
Zhou Xiang put his arm around his mother's. "I'm busy too! I'm an honorary planner for a real estate company now, and I have a clueless secretary who's incompetent. I'm forced to curse at her all day long, until my mouth is dry."
Mother Zhou reached out and tapped her forehead. "When did you start doing this kind of work? How come I didn't know?"
"Didn't I tell you? Director Song from the Water Conservancy Bureau was assigned to start a new company. He didn't have the skills to hire someone from outside, so he had to ask me, a junior high school student, to make do."
"He didn't tell me, but I heard from your father that you gave him a job. I asked him, but he still wouldn't tell me, saying he wanted to keep it a secret. Why would he tell me if it was a secret? Doesn't that make me feel itchy? Tell me, what job did you give him?"
"I can only say a little."
"you say."
"broker."
"Agent? What's that?"
Zhou Xiang shook his head, "Keep it secret."
Zhou's mother pulled out her arm and was about to slap her, but she quickly ran downstairs and, at the stairs, shook her arms and grinned at Zhou's mother in protest.
Mother Zhou sighed helplessly. Her little girl had more and more things to do, and she often only remembered to tell her at the last minute. She was a little worried!
When the eldest daughter is almost done, she will quickly switch back with her father. How long has it been? Her father has been fooled by her into helping with work.
Zhou Xiang went to the kitchen to find his father, who was cooking rice dumplings. "Dad, you did the right thing. My mom even tried to get me to tell her something, and I just told her one word."
"What word?"
"broker!"
"What is a broker?"
"They're the agents of those celebrity actors. They're so busy rehearsing and singing that they're definitely too busy to handle all the trivial things outside. So, they need someone to help arrange these things. This person is called an agent, who arranges their daily schedule."
Father Zhou's eyes wrinkled with laughter. "So, I'm your eldest brother Zhou Niao's agent?"
Zhou Xiang nodded, "Yeah! My eldest brother's stage name is Niao Niao Cui Yan, you can't reveal his real name."
Father Zhou laughed out loud. "What about me? Do I need to use a fake name?"
"Big Brother can't be exposed, and you certainly can't be exposed either. You should also come up with another name! Later, when Big Brother becomes famous, everyone will discuss you and Big Brother in front of you, but you pretend not to understand and join in the discussion. Don't you feel secretly happy?
Isn't it much better than having everyone flatter you in front of you? At least you can hear it directly, whether it's a human or a ghost."
It is necessary to trick Dad into wearing a vest. How can everything at home be exposed to the sun? He must learn to be unfathomable.
Father Zhou nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, yes. Everyone else is drunk, but I'm the only one sober. Not bad, not bad. What should I choose as my stage name?"
"Reverse your name and call yourself Quan Yi. If you are exposed later, you will have enough excuses because you gave your real name, just reversed."
"Okay, okay! I just thought about it and it seemed interesting, so let's call him Quan Yi."
The father and daughter whispered in the kitchen for a long time, and when they came out, they both had smiles on their faces. Zhou's mother felt that her daughter's smile was insidious and treacherous, while her husband's smile was happy and silly. Could he be fooled by her daughter again?
After breakfast, Zhou Xiang ran to the blacksmith shop. Guan Bo had just opened the shop door and asked as he was removing the door panels, "Niece, are you back for the holidays? It's been a while."
"Yeah! Today is a holiday, are you still planning on doing some blacksmithing?"
"But it's a market day! All the shops have to be open."
"That makes sense. Let me ask you, how old is your daughter? What does she do at home?"
Guan Bo paused, leaned the door panel against his shoulder, and walked over to Zhou Xiang. "Are you asking about my eldest daughter or my youngest daughter?"
"Ah? How many daughters do you have? I thought Qiangqiang only had one sister?"
"Two daughters and two sons. Qiangqiang is the youngest. The eldest daughter is 20."
After saying that, he looked at Zhou Xiang expectantly.
Zhou Xiang was confused. What did that mean? My daughter is 20. Does that have anything to do with me?
Seeing that she didn't turn around, Guan Bo whispered, "I've had my eyes on a few of them for a long time, but no one helped me. Your dad is such a fool. I've hinted to him so many times, but he doesn't understand. Today, you finally come to ask me, my daughter, and you still don't understand!
Then why are you looking for my daughter?"
"Hey! Fatty, why didn't you tell us earlier? Why are you being so polite to us? This time, only Ma Zhao and Wu Haotian are left. Which one do you like?"
"Wu Haotian is too hard to figure out, and not suitable for my eldest daughter. I had my eye on Ma Zhao from the beginning. The atmosphere in their village is okay, but his biological father is old and confused. He always listens to his stepmother, which is quite disgusting. If there is a stepmother, there must be a stepfather."
"What are you afraid of? If Ma Zhao becomes the son-in-law of your Guanjia Village, who would dare to bully him? There are plenty of young men in Guanjia Village."
"Violence is not appropriate towards loved ones."
"Is that still a family member? Why hasn't he cared about me for over a decade?"
"Don't get off topic. What are you doing here?"
"I'm looking for someone to help run errands for my mom. Doesn't Qiangqiang have an older sister?"
"Lili! You're already fifteen and have nothing to do at home. You might as well go help run some errands."
"I gave her 20 yuan a month and told her not to tell anyone about it, lest someone get jealous and report me for employing child labor."
Guan Bo got anxious when he heard he had to pay her. "Why should I pay a child for running errands? Just buy her some clothes."
Zhou wanted to know but couldn't argue with him, so he said, "Call her over and ask her sister to send her over. She's just a little girl, so the adults at home are worried about her, right?"
Guan Bo nodded, "Yes, yes, I'll ask her sister to take her there this afternoon."
Zhou Xiang didn't even look at the iron arrow head and ran back happily.
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