Chapter 59: Not Enough Tiles
Tao Lizhen lowered her head in shame. Seeing her parents shrinking to the side and refusing to come forward, she could only explain: "My parents heard that Brother Zhao knew an officer who was taking the exam, so... they wanted to ask him to help them get some leeway."
"My daughter is going to marry him! What's wrong with asking him for a small favor?" Tao's mother said with a righteous tone.
Captain Zhao's face instantly turned darker than the bottom of a pot, and he was furious. Seeing that they didn't think they had done anything wrong, he thought that contestant Zhao Rencheng was getting a great advantage by marrying Tao Lizhen. He was so angry that his eyebrows stood up.
"You are so shameless, it's all my fault. I used to think you were honest, but now you are like this. You are really a barking dog that bites!"
He moved the bicycle, changed direction, sat on it and pedaled forward.
What a shitty family.
Tears rolled down Tao Lizhen's cheeks. If she couldn't marry Zhao Rencheng, she would be sold.
"Cry, cry, cry, why are you crying? If you really want to cry like a pear blossom in the rain, why don't you cry in front of Zhao Rencheng? What's the point of raising you to this age? You can't even seduce a man, and you always try to please your dad and lie to him to let you go to junior high school. I think you've studied so much that you've become a dog's stomach. It's useless!"
Tao's mother scolded.
Tao Lizhen hesitated to speak.
Brother Tao roared, "That's enough. If my little sister doesn't want to marry me, then forget it. At worst, I won't marry her. I said I wanted to die, why did you stop me?"
Tao's mother cried heartbreakingly.
Tao Lizhen stood there in a daze. For a moment, she didn't know whether her second brother was defending her or forcing her.
* Captain Zhao rode back to the brigade with a huff and puff and told Zhao Rencheng the truth of the matter, "I don't know where they got this information from, they are so shameless. Don't worry, I will definitely choose a good blind date for you next time."
"No need."
Zhao Rencheng doesn't need it.
Captain Zhao refused to listen and kept muttering to himself, "Look at you, you are already old and have no one to accompany you. Now you can still marry a young girl, but in a few years, I can only introduce you to a widow, and then you will give yourself to someone else..."
Zhao Rencheng stood up, and Zhang Yunxi happened to arrive. He sat down again, cleared his throat, and said to Captain Zhao, "An educated youth has arrived."
Captain Zhao drank a sip of water from the enamel jar first, then looked up at Zhang Yunxi: "Zhang Zhiqing, what's wrong?"
"I want to buy tiles because my house is leaking." said Zhang Yunxi.
He glanced at the serious Zhao Rencheng from the corner of his eye and smiled secretly.
Zhao Rencheng glared at her unhappily.
Still laughing.
He is very angry!
Although he knew in his heart that he had no right to be angry, he still couldn't stop being angry, and it was precisely because he had no right to be angry that he became even angrier! The two of them had constant arguments.
Only Captain Zhao was simply and seriously thinking about the number of tiles in the warehouse: "Go find the accountant and ask him how many tiles are left in the warehouse. If there are any left, you can take them. If not, we can only wait until we can borrow a tractor to go to the brick factory to transport them next time."
"Okay!" Zhang Yunxi nodded.
After rolling his eyes at Zhao Rencheng, he trotted away.
Zhao Rencheng stood up to follow.
Captain Zhao stopped him and said, "You need to think about the bricks and tiles from the brick and tile factory. It's the end of the year and everyone needs to repair their houses. There will definitely not be enough."
"OK."
Zhao Rencheng responded quickly and walked out, wanting to stop Zhang Yunxi and say a few words.
It has been raining these days, and the rabbits at home will go bad if we wait any longer. He wants to ask Zhang Yunxi if they can be air-dried. Although it is not the winter solstice yet and the weather is not cold enough, it can still be done.
Zhao Rencheng was about to speak.
Someone called him again: "Brother Zhao, come and have a look, Widow Li's house is tilted."
Zhao Rencheng wanted to curse, but he could only turn around and walk away. The tilting of the house was not a trivial matter, so he still had to pay close attention.
Zhang Yunxi went to ask the accountant for tiles.
The accountant looked at the account book and said, "No more. As you know, the roofs of some houses in the brigade were blown off. We are rebuilding them now and we are using thatched roofs for them. As for tiles, you have to go to the brick and tile factory to buy them. But the brick and tile factory is far away. It's not worth it if you go there to buy a dozen tiles."
"How long will it take?" Zhang Yunxi became annoyed when he thought about having to get up again and again at night.
"Not sure. It depends on when our militia captain goes to the brick factory. The director of the logistics department of the brick factory is his second aunt. If he goes, he can bring us some defective products, which can save us a lot of money." The accountant explained.
"All right."
It’s a pity for Zhang Yunxi.
But when night came, the rain came again and she couldn't go up the mountain.
The two pairs of mothers and children who slept here last night also came over. Zhang Yunxi continued to sleep in the middle, but Deng Damei was in a bad mood today and didn't squeeze her intentionally. "Our dearest and most lovely comrade Damei, what's wrong?"
"Nothing."
Deng Damei was unhappy.
"Did Zhao Xiaobing provoke you?"
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
"No, he's hiding from me. He runs away when he sees me!" Deng Damei called him several times. He clearly heard her, but he turned around and ran away without paying any attention.
She didn't know what happened to Zhao Xiaobing. They had already agreed to get married, but he suddenly became cold to her. Was he dissatisfied with her again? Deng Damei was really confused.
Faced with Zhang Yunxi's questioning, her eyes were filled with tears and she felt extremely aggrieved.
"Do you think he is like the previous blind date who thought the gift I asked for was too high and decided to abandon me?"
Zhang Yunxi doesn't think so.
But I dare not jump to conclusion.
"Try again tomorrow and drag him in front of you and ask him why. Let's just say that even if we really want to break up, we have to make things clear and can't keep dragging it out. That would make you feel so uncomfortable."
Deng Damei felt the same way.
"Then I'll look for him tomorrow!"
"OK!"
Zhang Yunxi also sincerely hopes that Deng Damei's love can have a happy ending.
He Xiaoxiao stared at the beams above her head, speechless. Why was she always sad because of a man? They were all like this, it was so annoying.
She doesn't understand, nor does she really want to understand.
The dripping sound at night woke them up again.
Another round of filling and pouring water.
Zhang Yunxi secretly thought that she must find an opportunity to find Zhao Rencheng and ask him to go to the brick factory as soon as possible to transport the bricks and tiles back, otherwise she would not be able to sleep well.
"Yunxi, I'm going to find Zhao Xiaobing." Deng Damei secretly encouraged herself.
Anyway, she has a clear conscience about this relationship. For Zhao Xiaobing, she even threatened her ex-boyfriend and got a hundred yuan.
"Go ahead." Zhang Yunxi made a gesture of encouragement, "I will be able to prepare breakfast by the time you come back."
"good!"
Deng Damei went to Zhao Xiaobing's house.
When Zhao Xiaobing heard her voice, he was unwilling to come out, but Deng Damei directly called Zhao Xiaobing "Mom" and asked her to help call Zhao Xiaobing out.
(End of this chapter)