Chapter 9 Night
night.
Zhao Yi walked back from the mountains.
In the morning, I caught two pheasants and a rabbit from the traps in the mountains and earned a few dollars.
When he came back, Zhao Yi was carrying three half-grown chicks, all hens.
"Look, sir."
Zhang Jing pointed at the iron pot in the kitchen with a smile.
"Well, I'll put the chickens in the utility room first, and I'll let them out tomorrow morning after I fix the fence."
Zhao Yi glanced at the iron pot and nodded.
After putting the chickens into the utility room and locking it, he walked towards the river, picked up the two fish baskets, and took out the fish inside.
Today’s fish is not very big, but it’s better than nothing. After all, fish soup is more nutritious than wild vegetable soup.
Zhang Jing is now more skilled in handling fish. As soon as Zhao Yi brought the fish back, Zhang Jing began to scrape off the scales skillfully. Then she cut open the fish's belly and took out the internal organs. After washing them with clean water, she put the fish in an iron pot and added the sauerkraut she brought back from her mother's home today. Then a pot of sauerkraut fish was ready.
What Zhao Yi said was not big, but in fact there were two fish weighing about two kilograms. Just eating the fish meat and fish soup is enough to fill you up.
As soon as Zhang Jing brought the fish soup to the table, Li Daju came over with Zhao Yi's younger brother and sister.
When I saw the fish soup on the table, I swallowed my saliva.
"Mom, let's eat together, little brother and little sister."
Zhang Jing greeted quickly.
"There's no food yet, how can I eat? I'm sure they've already eaten. They just came to talk to us. We don't have much food, and we rely on this meal all day long."
Zhao Yi said expressionlessly.
When Li Daju heard this, she knew that Zhao Yi didn't want to share the food with them, and she felt helpless, but Zhao Yi didn't lie. He really did share all the food in the house without asking for any.
I went to the brigade and bought some food on credit, and I will replenish it when this month's rations are distributed.
"Brother, we will go home and serve ourselves some food. Just let us have a taste."
Zhao Xiaoxiao looked at Zhao Yi and said, swallowing her saliva as she spoke.
"I'll eat whatever you guys eat. When there's extra, I'll send one to my parents to try. This is not enough for me and your sister-in-law today."
Zhao Yi shook his head.
Even if he had to throw it away, Zhao Yi would not feed these ungrateful bastards. In his previous life, these people had jobs and were dual-income earners in the unit. When Zhao Yi came to them to borrow money for Zhang Jing's medical treatment, what did these people say?
The family has high expenses, the children need to go to school, and there are elderly people to support. There is no extra money. How about waiting for next month's salary to lend Zhao Yi 100 yuan for emergency? They didn't want a penny of the family's land and gave it all to Zhao Yi.
Originally, they all had a share in these lands, but they didn't want them because of their eldest brother and sister-in-law's hard work over the years. Their parents now live with them, and they don't ask Zhao Yi to support them.
My eldest brother's family doesn't have many children and he doesn't have much pressure, so he shouldn't be able to borrow much money. If not, he can go to Zhang Jing's parents' home and ask if they have any money.
Take the situation of Wangou Village. It is far away from the county seat and separated from the city by a mountain. There is no development at all and the land is not worth much money. Didn't their parents live with Zhao Yi when they were in school? When I just started working and wasn’t married, I still had to ask my family for money.
If Zhang Jing hadn't worked with Zhao Yi in the coal mine from dawn to dusk to earn their tuition fees, could they have gone to school with peace of mind?
In his previous life, Zhao Yi believed what Li Daju said, thinking that these people would have some conscience and could take care of themselves with a job. But what happened in the end? Now, even if they were fed to pigs and dogs, they would not be given a single bite to eat even if they fell down.
After hearing what Zhao Yi said, Zhao Xiaoxiao was suddenly at a loss for words. It was clear that Zhao Yi would not give her food.
I don't know why my brother has become like this. In the past, he would take home a pheasant egg he picked up in the mountains and fry it with wild onions and eggs for her to eat. How could he suddenly become so stingy?
Li Daju originally wanted to come to Zhao Yi and tell him that Zhang Jing took a big fish to visit her parents' home during the day and did not send any to them, but seeing Zhao Yi's words and behavior now, she knew that it was arranged by Zhao Yi.
I don't know why Zhao Yi became alienated from his family. His family didn't do anything wrong to Zhao Yi. It's just that the grain was not divided equally when the family was divided, but Zhao Yi took the initiative to refuse it.
In her previous life, Zhang Jing was sick and was staying in the county hospital. Although the hospital was so close, Zhao Dahai and Li Daju never visited her once.
When these three ungrateful kids were still in school, Zhang Jing didn't dare to treat them badly. But she was so partial to them. If it wasn't for the sake of their parents, Zhao Yi would have wanted to cut off all ties with them when the family was divided.
It was Zhang Jing's mother who went to the hospital to take care of Zhang Jing herself. Zhao Yi worked at a construction site during the day and scavenged everywhere in the evening, but the money he earned was far less than his expenses. In the end, he could only watch Zhang Jing pass away.
Seeing Zhao Yi like this, several people knew that it was impossible to taste the fish soup, and could only stare at the iron pot while looking back every few steps.
But when they walked out of the room, Zhao Yi stood up and closed the door.
Zhang Jing looked at Zhao Yi and didn't know why her, the head of the family, was like this. She was so generous to her own family, letting them send brown sugar and fish, but now she was not even allowed to drink some fish soup.
However, Zhang Jing couldn't intervene in these matters. She had only been married for a short time and didn't know if they had any conflicts in the past. Her husband had always kept it in his heart and didn't say anything.
"The head of the family should live in harmony, and if there is anything, it should be said face to face."
Zhang Jing looked at Zhao Yi and counselled him.
"I can't explain it to you clearly. These people are ungrateful. If you treat them well, you might as well dump the food into the river to feed the fish. They will eat it for nothing and won't remember a single kindness you have given them."
Zhao Yi sighed and said.
Zhang Jing shook her head. She had only been in contact with the Zhao family for two days. She didn't know about these things and hadn't discovered these problems. However, she could only revolve around the man in front of her in her life. It was enough for her man to treat her well, and she shouldn't worry about other things.
As soon as Li Daju and his companions returned home, Li Daju sat in the main room and sighed.
"Mom, it must be my sister-in-law who taught my brother bad things, otherwise he would have been very nice to us."
Zhao Xiaoxiao looked at Li Daju and said.
"Are you blind or stupid? You can't even read my expression. It's your brother who has changed. It has nothing to do with your sister-in-law."
Li Daju rolled her eyes at her daughter. Anyone with a discerning eye could tell that Zhao Yi had something against his family. When Zhang Jing asked everyone to eat together, Zhao Yi's face suddenly fell.
Li Daju couldn't figure out what had irritated Zhao Yi. He seemed to have some hatred towards his family.
Looking back on the past, I couldn't find any way I had done anything to let Zhao Yi down.
"Why don't we go report to Li Dequan that Big Brother caught some fish but didn't hand them in."
At this time, Zhao Yong looked at Li Daju and said.
"Pa" a crisp slap sounded.
"That's your biological elder brother, not your enemy. I now know why he hates his family. It turns out he is an ungrateful person."
Li Daju said this angrily, which immediately scared Zhao Yong.
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