Chapter 182 181: Already Trapped
Zhou Yiding: "Don't think they can't talk, they know everything in their hearts! They are more greedy than me. If you coax them twice, you must fulfill your promise once, otherwise they will slack off and throw a tantrum next time you go into the mountains."
Zhou Huaian: "People with abilities have tempers. When my dog grows up, he will also have such abilities. I will kill a chicken and roast it for him to eat."
Zhou Yiding glared at him and said, "Killing pheasants to feed the dogs, I'll be surprised if Second Mother and Second Father don't beat you to death!"
Zhou Huaian wanted to talk about splitting up the family, but suddenly remembered what the old man said this morning, "It's very likely. My old man said that if I don't listen to him when I'm 80, he'll beat me!"
Zhou Yiding grinned, "That's entirely possible. Second Dad's pipe doesn't recognize anyone."
Zhou Huaian: "You are still the best. Your old man always talks to you rationally and never uses force."
Zhou Yiding: "It's just like Tang Sanzang chanting the Tightening Curse, it's also very hard to endure! And! In the past, when I was angry, I only blamed me, maybe it's because I'm old now.
He started to sigh after scolding me for a few sentences, and told my mother that he was incompetent and had not raised the child well, and he felt sorry for her. He was crying and sobbing, and it was heartbreaking to see him. "
Zhou Huaian also felt bad after hearing this, "I am old now, even hitting me doesn't hurt as much as before."
Zhou Yiding touched his arm and said, "Why do I feel like this is a bit effeminate?"
Zhou Huaian rolled his eyes at him, "You were the one who said it first!"
"Go kill the chicken!" Zhou Yiding pushed him out.
The two men killed a pheasant, roasted it for Dahei and Dahuang, and then cut it in half for a dog.
Zhou Huaian looked at Dahei and Dahuang who were protecting their food with their paws, "Damn it, the dogs eat better than humans."
Dahei looked up at Zhou Huaian and continued to work hard.
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When Zhou Jia, Zhao Huifang and the other two were going down the mountain and passing by Dafang's house, they heard the sound of opera singing coming from the yard, and there were quite a few people standing in the yard.
Zhao Huifang leaned over to take a look. "Did his family hire an opera singer?"
Zhang Xiuxiang listened carefully and said, "It might be a radio."
Li Qiuyue breathed a sigh of relief. "It seems that my father's family has really become rich. They even bought a radio. I heard that it uses batteries like a flashlight, so it consumes a lot of electricity."
Zhao Huifang said enviously: "It seems that Zhou Huaixing really met a noble person!"
Zhang Xiuxiang turned around and glanced at her, "Sister-in-law also wants to submit a quota?"
After hearing this, Li Qiuyue turned around and looked at her, "Sister-in-law, are you going?"
Zhao Huifang shook her head. "No, I think what Chunyan said makes sense. Besides, if I really go to buy it, it will be terrible if Huairong and my mother find out."
Li Qiuyue felt a little dissatisfied after hearing this. "I've already said that each family should manage their own money. We bought it with our own money. Even if she knew, she would just scold us at most."
"Qiuyue, you don't want to buy it, do you?" Zhao Huifang and Zhang Xiuxiang asked in unison.
Li Qiuyue said hurriedly: "If you guys aren't going, then of course I won't go either!"
Zhang Xiuxiang looked at her and thought that she had probably bought it. "Qiuyue, I don't think there is such a thing as a free bargain in the world. You must not be deceived."
Zhao Huifang: "That's right, what I said is right, the youngest one is just a bit of a second-rate guy, but he never lies. Zhou Huaixing is just like the eldest lady, he never tells the truth."
"No, I gave the order, how dare I do that!" Li Qiuyue smiled casually, "Go home quickly, aren't you tired?"
When the three of them returned home, Zhou's mother was collecting herbs in the backyard. Seeing the three of them carrying baskets full of herbs, she happily came over and said, "You brought back so many again!"
Zhao Huifang smiled and nodded, "Yes! That's all!"
"The meal is ready. We are waiting for you to come back for dinner." Zhou's mother closed the back door. "We harvested a lot of herbs today, and we have to work hard tonight."
"Chunyan bought some steamed buns and flour this morning. The kids shared half of the bun and kept clamoring for more. I chopped up some oil residue and mushrooms to make steamed buns and steamed two baskets."
Zhang Xiuxiang smiled and said, "Then we'll eat white bread tonight!"
Mother Zhou smiled and nodded, "All white flour, let's enjoy a good meal too."
Li Qiuyue: "Mom, did you know that Daddy's family bought a radio?"
Mother Zhou curled her lips, "I know. She showed it off to me right after she brought it back. Who cares about hers? It's not like I can't afford it!"
When the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law arrived at the front yard, the children came to greet them and told Zhao Huifang and the others chatteringly that they had eaten delicious mangoes and watermelons today.
Brother Zhou Huairong stepped forward to help put down the backpack, "Not bad, we can share a lot tomorrow."
Li Qiuyue looked at Zhou Huaishan, "How much did you get today?"
Zhou Huaishan smiled and said, "More than a hundred per family."
Li Qiuyue's heart skipped a beat and she asked hurriedly, "Did Chunyan give you all the money?"
"I gave it to you. I put it in the box." Zhou Huaishan glanced at her. "What happened?"
"Nothing, I didn't expect to get so much!" Li Qiuyue made an excuse and walked to the steps to get a towel to wash her face.
"It's time to eat." Zhou's mother carried the steamer to the main room, and several adults followed behind with bowls and chopsticks.
“Let’s eat big buns…” The children sat around the table, waiting to start eating.
The old man put out the cigarette in his pipe, walked into the main hall and said to Zhou's father: "After dinner, I want to go to your eldest brother's place to take a look. Huaixing has so many people at home. I'm worried that when the play is exposed, everyone will skin them alive."
He went to persuade the eldest brother several times, but the whole family told him not to worry about it and said that when they made money, they would take him to the city to live a good life.
But he always felt that such a good thing could not happen, and wanted to persuade her again.
Father Zhou was also a little worried. "Old man, I also tried to persuade my elder brother and sister-in-law, but they didn't listen at all. They even said that I was jealous of Huaixing's ability.
Liu the potter told me today that two families in the team who were close to my sister-in-law had paid for the quota. He also said that my sister-in-law went to his house to ask his wife to buy it, and his wife was tempted by what my sister-in-law said, but she gave up the idea after he scolded her.
Huaixing brought back another radio today, and in less than half an afternoon, the whole brigade was informed of it. I think people who didn’t buy one before are now interested. I think even if you talk to Big Brother about it now, they won’t listen.”
The old man frowned so hard that he could kill a mosquito. "What should we do? Just watch them get into trouble?"
Zhou Huaishan recalled the incident in the morning when three hands touched his money. "Grandpa, I was in Ning'an this morning... The youngest wanted to take three hands to the police station."
"When Three Hands heard that we had to go to the police station, they immediately returned the stolen money to me. I think the best thing to do is to go to the police station and ask. If they are really scammers, they will definitely know what to do."
"Alas! Chunyan also said that this was the only way." The old man thought about it and felt that there was really no better way than this. "Okay, let's go to the police station to ask tomorrow."
After hearing this, Li Qiuyue thought it would be a good idea for the old man to ask. If the subsidy was true, her sister-in-law and mother would not be able to buy the products even if they wanted to. If it was false, she shook her head and did not want to think about it further.
Father Zhou: "Third brother, go to Ning'an and take grandpa to see Doctor Wang."
“Yes!”
Mother Zhou brought a bowl of steamed buns to the table and said to Zhou Huaishan, "Old Third, you have to go to the city to sell herbs tomorrow. This time you will make a lot of money. There are so many three-handed people in the city. I will give you a piece of cloth later and ask Qiuyue to sew a money bag for you to keep it safe."
“Yes!”
The family sat around happily, eating white bread and mutton soup.
(End of this chapter)
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