Chapter 39 Aunt
evening.
Zhao Yi walked back home, and it was still drizzling in the sky.
Zhang Jing came out when she heard the noise.
When he saw it was Zhao Yi, a smile immediately appeared on his face.
"Xiaoyi is back."
The voice of my father-in-law Zhang Fusheng came from the pigpen.
"dad."
Zhao Yi greeted quickly.
"Your two piglets are really cute, so plump."
Father-in-law Zhang Fusheng helped Zhao Yi with the work of feeding the pigs.
"Dad, what's the matter with you coming here?"
Zhao Yi took the pig food bucket from his father-in-law and put it in a corner of the kitchen and asked.
"I heard someone bring word that Xiao Jing is pregnant, so his mom and I sent over the 20 eggs we had saved at home. You two bastards didn't even bother to inform us of such a big thing, you did a great job keeping it a secret."
Zhang Fusheng said with a slightly reproachful tone.
"I was going to go over and inform you, but I forgot when I was busy delivering the scraps of cloth last time, and I've been busy these past few days and don't have time."
Zhao Yi scratched his head embarrassedly.
"And Dad, you can keep the eggs at home and sell them for money. Our chickens will soon lay eggs, so we won't sell the eggs at home and will keep them for ourselves."
"What I sent you are the eggs laid by the old hens we raised. Your eldest brother and second brother's families will save them and sell them. We don't want the money from the sales. We will keep them as a deposit so that they won't have conflicts with our family because of this."
Zhang Fusheng waved his hands. He knew what Zhao Yi meant. He was afraid that if they continued to subsidize their family members, they would get upset.
Zhao Yi didn't even think about how much he had helped his family. Even if he gave him the eggs from his two uncles, they would have no objection. The family would have an extra ten yuan in income a month, and he would have to sell two hundred eggs to earn that much money.
How can eight old hens lay so many eggs in a month?
After having a meal at Zhao Yi's home, Zhao Yi sent the two of them out of Wangou Village.
"You can go back. Xiaojing is home alone. You don't need to see her off."
Wang Kaihui waved his hand and said.
"Then you can go slower on the road and come more often when you have time."
Zhao Yi nodded quickly and said.
"It's just these two steps. It only took me half an hour to get here. You should go back quickly."
The two men waved their hands quickly.
After Zhao Yi returned home, he handed the money he had to Zhang Jing.
Zhang Jing looked at Zhao Yi in surprise.
"Why does the boss have so much money?"
Zhang Jing counted the total amount and found it was fifty-eight yuan.
"After deducting our costs, we made more than thirty dollars on this trip. I'll go deliver the shoes in a few days. Fourteen will also deliver six fish. When the time comes, I'll buy you a coat over there. It'll be very warm."
Zhao Yi said with a smile.
"You are so nice to be the head of the family."
Zhang Jing blushed immediately and said.
Zhang Jing carefully took out the small wooden box where she had hidden her money, and there were already more than twenty Great Unity banknotes inside.
At the beginning, Zhao Yi said that he would ensure that she would have enough food and clothing and new clothes to wear after the family was divided. Zhang Jing thought that her man was just trying to make her happy, but she didn't expect that she would live such a life now.
After putting the money away, Zhang Jing returned to the kerosene lamp and carefully did her work.
A night passed.
early morning.
A faint light appeared in the sky. Zhao Yi and Zhang Jing washed up, panting, made breakfast, packed two meals in wooden boxes, and rushed to the brigade headquarters. The weather would clear up and the autumn harvest would begin.
The three days of rush harvesting were over quickly, and all the harvested grain was sent to the kang room.
It drizzled every day some time ago, and there is still a lot of moisture on the grain. If it is not dried in time, it will become moldy over time.
The rush harvest task is not as heavy as the double harvest task, but it is not much different.
After three days of harvesting, we can rest for a few days, and then wait for the grain in the kang room to dry. Then we have to shell the corn and send it to the granary on the commune side. Then the commune will hand it over to the Grain Bureau.
It's just dawn.
Zhao Yi started working in the yard, moving the adobe bricks from the utility room one by one and began to raise the height of his own courtyard wall.
Within two minutes, Zhao Yi saw Li Daju leading a woman walking towards this side.
When the two approached, Zhao Yi could see clearly who was coming. It was his second aunt Zhao Qin.
"Mom, Second Aunt."
Zhao Yi shouted quickly with a smile.
"You bastard, you separated your family less than three days after your marriage, forcing me to prepare two gifts when I go back to my parents' home."
Second aunt Zhao Qin joked with a smile.
The second aunt was a pretty good person to Zhao Yi. In her previous life, she had lent Zhao Yi money several times to pay for Zhang Jing's medical treatment. However, her whole family lived in the city and had to spend money on food and drink, so she couldn't help Zhao Yi much. But she had already done her best for Zhao Yi.
The second aunt still looks as young as Zhao Yi remembered. She is only thirty-seven or thirty-eight now, two or three years younger than his father.
She was a temporary worker in a textile factory in the city, earning 14 yuan a month, while her husband was a regular employee in a food factory.
"It's more free when we separate. We don't have to crowd together, which would cause us to argue over time if we don't like something."
Zhao Yi said with a smile.
Then he led the two of them into the main room.
When Zhang Jing saw the two of them, she quickly stood up and greeted them. Zhang Jing also knew Zhao Yi's two aunts, as they were both present at the wedding.
“How do you make so many soles?”
Second aunt Zhao Qin asked in confusion.
"I made this for the supply and marketing cooperative. I was paid a few cents for each pair. I made it during my break after work. I earned a few dollars a month."
Zhao Yi explained with a smile.
"You are really capable, you can find such a job."
Second aunt Zhao Qin said admiringly.
Zhang Jing hurried to the kitchen and soon prepared two bowls of sugar-water eggs and brought them out, handing them to Li Daju and Zhao Qin.
"Okay, I'll go back first. I won't be able to catch up with the tractor from the commune to the county town. When I have time, I'll go to the city to play and walk around more."
After drinking a bowl of sugar water and eating two eggs, Second Aunt said with a smile.
Sugar-coated eggs are only served in this way to extremely important guests.
It seems that this boy is very close to his second aunt.
"Second Aunt will go back after having lunch."
Zhao Yi quickly tried to persuade him to stay.
"It's only one day off, and there are a lot of things to do at home. When you are free, bring your wife over to sit with you. Okay, you guys go about your business, and just let your mother take me off. By the way, there is a gift inside that your aunt prepared for you."
Second aunt Zhao Qin waved her hand with a smile and stuffed three dollars into Zhao Yi's pocket before leaving.
Looking at the three dollars in his hand, Zhao Yi smiled slightly. It seemed that he would have to take Zhang Jing to the county town to visit his two aunts during the Mid-Autumn Festival in a few days.
I've put the words here for you. If you don't move around carefully, they will get angry.
Zhang Jing had just taken out two dried pheasants when the two men had already walked some distance away.
"The head of the household quickly went to deliver them and asked Second Aunt to take them back to eat, along with these dried mushrooms."
Zhang Jing shouted quickly.
Zhao Yi slapped his forehead and saw that his second aunt was so happy that she fainted. He hurriedly took the gift and chased after her.
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