Chapter 40: Old Man Qian is unwilling to pay for Brother Zhao’s tuition!
... "Do you think it's possible that Zhao Qianqian just returned to Zhaojia Village and wanted to save some face, so her first meal was so extravagant!"
... "You are eating other people's food and still talking about them. How rude."
... "Yes, they paid so much money and the food was good, you should be more kind."
The two people at the back spoke.
The villagers of Zhaojia Village never dared to gossip about the Zhao mother and son again.
In fact, they didn't say anything bad, they just chatted about some gossip.
But everyone is fighting hard for such good jobs and food.
They were afraid that bad words would reach Zhao Qianqian's ears and she would stop letting them do their job, so they didn't dare to say anything more.
Wait until noon.
Zhao Qianqian asked her second aunt to steam the brown rice.
The dish is fish soup with tofu.
The fish was bought in Qianjia Village, it was very cheap.
After all, there are more than 30 ponds in their village, and the fish are sold cheaply.
The two fish only cost one dollar and twenty cents.
I bought eight pounds of tofu this morning. I used some of it to make dumplings and used the rest to make dishes with fish.
During lunch, the villagers of Zhaojia Village had something to say again.
... "Wow, I thought this morning was the best meal. I didn't expect there would be fish soup with tofu... Just for this dish, I would work for nothing."
"...Look at you. Zhao Qianqian is from Qianjia Village, where fish are very cheap...at least 20 cents a pound, and those are two big fish, which must be more than one yuan, and there's so much tofu."
Tofu is cheap though.
But it also costs one cent per pound.
The people in Zhaojia Village usually don't even want to eat tofu that costs a penny per pound.
What's more, everyone got a big bowl of white rice!
If they eat well, they will work harder.
After all, you've eaten such delicious food, and you won't feel right if you try to be sneaky!
There are a lot of people.
In addition, the walls are just adobe, basically made of wood and soil.
So they work really fast!
There are six mud houses, a large yard, and two small rooms for the kitchen and warehouse.
There were eight houses in total, and they were built in seven days.
Later on, Zhao Qianqian only needs to make some minor renovations to the house, buy some furniture, and then she can live in it once the house is completely solid.
The day of completion.
It’s just the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
So the last meal of the day.
Zhao Qianqian did a great job.
In the morning we had glutinous rice balls and meat dumplings.
right.
The last day.
Even though Zhao Qianqian no longer had any meat tickets, she still went to the black market to buy meat at a high price.
Besides, it’s a holiday, so you have to eat too, right?
In the afternoon.
Zhao Qianqian treated them to spicy chicken, pork belly, cabbage and vermicelli stew, and the staple food was white flour buns.
Because it’s the last meal.
There are still a lot of dumplings left from the ones I made this morning.
When they were leaving, Zhao Qianqian gave each of them eight uncooked dumplings.
When I get home, I can spend a happy Lantern Festival with my family!
You know.
For the poor people of Zhaojia Village.
Brown sugar is a precious thing. The dough for the glutinous rice balls is easy to make, but the brown sugar is not!
So with these dumplings, there is no need to prepare anything for the Lantern Festival.
Because these dumplings are the best!
Old Qian's family.
The news that Zhao Qianqian was building a house in Zhaojia Village under the name of Brother Zhao Laoda eventually reached the ears of Old Man Qian.
Zhao's mother, son and daughter all have formal jobs.
In the past, Old Man Qian could still comfort himself: "Humph, so what if they have jobs? Don't they still have houses?"
But now it's different.
They even have a house.
Although it's just worthless adobe walls, there are six rooms in total.
Old man Qian felt very sad.
In fact, it’s not just Old Man Qian who is jealous.
The Qian family is quite jealous.
In addition, Qian Sanya and Zhao Qianqian had such a serious quarrel some time ago.
Now there is a chance.
Qian Sanya was so eager to stir up trouble: "Dad, where did their family get so much money? It was all deducted from our living expenses."
Qian Ertian used to be very passionate about this aspect.
She is even more provocative than Qian Sanya.
But this time, neither the couple spoke up for Qian Sanya.
Because they only knew about it after the housekeeper.
How difficult is it to manage a family?
Let’s talk about them.
I have been losing money for the past two months.
I originally thought that the month around the New Year would be easier because I wouldn’t have to buy meat or anything.
I didn’t expect to receive red envelopes for the Chinese New Year and buy glutinous rice balls for the Lantern Festival.
All in all, they didn't save any money this month.
but.
Qian Ertian is a man who is thoughtful and calculating.
Even though he knew that he might not be able to get that much money from the housekeeping fees, he still stood firmly on the side of Old Man Qian and Qian Sanya.
Finally, they made a decision: "We won't pay for Zhao Xiaodi's tuition."
Because Brother Zhao makes money and owns a house, and at worst, he still has a rich son-in-law like Zeng Cheng.
So they can afford the tuition.
Even the good-tempered Zhao's mother was annoyed: "Old Qian is so stubborn. Of course, he agreed not to give us a house or property, but you can't be secluded in our daily life and study. What does this mean?"
No matter how hard she argued, she remained hysterical.
Old Man Qian and his family only believed in one thing: "You are rich... You are not short of money... Where does all this money come from?"
Anyway, the attitude is clear.
I will definitely not pay this tuition fee.
Zhao Xiaodi refused to accept.
Since the situation had already started, he might as well make it bigger. He said to Zhao's mother, "Mom, do they treat us mother and son as human beings? You've been married for ten years, and we have no share of the family property or house. Now we don't even have the money for living expenses and schooling. Let's just get a divorce."
Mother Zhao was also very hurt.
First, I took back the 30 yuan living expenses.
Now she doesn't even care about her youngest son's schooling.
Old man Qian, when he heard little brother Zhao talking about divorce...
He got annoyed immediately.
Because Old Man Qian is not ready for divorce yet.
So he said rudely, "How can you have any say in adult matters?"
Zhao Xiaodi's face was filled with anger, and the resentment in his heart erupted like a volcano.
Old man Qian is such an old fool.
Now he dares to yell at him, and looks like he wants to kill him.
So this exposes one's true nature.
no.
He must persuade his mother to divorce today.
Even if the days ahead are tough, I won't tolerate this kind of bullshit.
He stiffened his neck, widened his eyes, and shouted without showing any weakness: "Mom, look at this! That old man Qian looks like he wants to strangle me to death! How can we live like this? In my opinion, we should get a divorce!"
Zhao's mother stood aside, tears welling up in her eyes and her heart filled with pain.
Perhaps she had thought of this day a long time ago.
But I didn’t expect it to be now!
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