Chapter 67066. A child calls me dad for no reason
Seeing that the business in the store was stable and the new house was also nice, Lei Dashan and Liu Ye'er only stayed in the county town for two days and returned on the third day in a ox cart.
They couldn't leave behind the fields and vegetables in the village, and they also had to feed the chickens, ducks and dogs.
Lei Li also formally hired Zhang Daqiang as the store manager.
"In the morning, I collect vegetables from the vegetable vendor, go to the pork and chicken shops to collect the meat ordered yesterday, then wash the vegetables, wipe the table and sweep the floor as usual, and wash the dishes."
Lei Li smiled and said, "500 wen for the first month. If you do well, I'll raise you another 100 wen later. How about that?"
Zhang Daqiang agreed immediately.
He was very strong and knew many people. With his ability, he could earn thirty or forty cents a day working as a port mover, which was about one or two taels in a month of thirty days.
The wages Lei Li paid were indeed a bit low, but he provided lunch and dinner.
Zhang Daqiang ate whatever Lei Li and Zhou Yi ate. They ate new rice, plain white rice without any sweet potato, and it also came with vegetables, meat and soup.
For Zhang Daqiang, this was an irresistible temptation. After all, he already spent more than half of his monthly salary at Lei Ji Fast Food Restaurant. Now that he was offering free meals, wouldn't that be like a parasite entering the rice jar?
Lei Li also provides accommodation.
This is the small house where Lei Li and Zhou Yi lived before. There was no bed, so they had to sleep on the floor. At night, they had to burn wormwood bags in the corners to repel mosquitoes and insects.
But Zhang Daqiang didn't mind. For him, having a place to sleep was enough, and he could also save some rent.
——Zhang Daqiang, an orphan who lives paycheck to paycheck, spends all his money on food, drink and entertainment. He has little savings. The land price in the county town is expensive, so he can't afford to buy a house at all.
Zhang Daqiang felt very happy.
He happily boasted to his brothers, "I'm going to have a proper job in the future. Boss Lei even said he'll give me a raise next month, to 600 wen!"
"If I save a little more, I might be able to save enough money to marry a wife soon!"
Zhang Daqiang's brothers were all a little envious.
Although this salary is a bit lower than that of a laborer, it is stable and has good benefits. Lei Ji Fast Food Restaurant is doing so prosperously that it can be seen that it will be open for a long time.
And the wages for finding a job at the port are unstable.
Because the number of boats coming and going every day is different, sometimes more and sometimes less, and there are more wolves than meat, so there is not always work. Girls and boys will think that the man is not financially reliable, and matchmakers don't like to introduce them to each other.
So there are a lot of bachelors in the port.
Zhang Daqiang is one of them.
Although he always said that there was no rush, saying that he was still young at 28 or 29, and that many people in their 40s or 50s didn't have the money to get married, it would be a lie to say that he didn't envy his brothers who were married.
To be honest, Zhang Daqiang has someone he likes, but... she's married and has a child.
well.
I feel sad because I don’t have a lover.
Unrequited love is also melancholy.
Zhang Daqiang sighed, killed the fifth mosquito of the night, and opened the mosquito net a little to attract the sixth killer in.
There's nothing tonight except mosquitoes—
"Click"
There was a sound of tiles breaking.
Zhang Daqiang pricked up his ears and without listening carefully, he discovered several footsteps amidst the noisy insects. They were not too light, like those of a novice.
Zhang Daqiang suddenly became excited.
Just when he couldn't sleep, a sandbag was delivered to his door!
Zhang Daqiang stood up calmly, hid in the shadows, and secretly observed the source of the sound. He saw a black shadow climbing down from the wall, then tiptoeing around the wall, looking left and right.
He accidentally stepped on a stone and made a noise, so he immediately stopped, stayed quiet for a while, and then sneaked closer again.
hey-hey.
See how he scares him.
Zhang Daqiang quietly opened the door bolt and hid beside the door, but the thief did not go through the door. Probably because he was not very good at opening the door, he chose to climb through the window.
Zhang Daqiang raised his eyebrows, followed the wall, and tiptoed to the window in the shadows. He then shouted, "There's a ghost!"
“Ahhhhhh!”
The thief screamed in fear and fell into the house.
He was caught red-handed by Zhang Daqiang.
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the next day.
Lei Li was not surprised to hear that a thief had broken into the store last night. He specifically suggested that Zhang Daqiang sleep on the floor in the store so that he could act as a night security guard.
Frankly speaking, this should be considered as part of the job, but Lei Li deliberately did not say it explicitly.
Because if you say so, you have to pay more.
With Zhang Daqiang's helpful personality, let alone petty theft, even if someone came to smash the store and cause trouble during the day, Zhang Daqiang would take the initiative to solve the problem without Lei Li stepping in.
Two jobs for one salary.
Made a profit.
Lei Li thought happily, but in front of Zhang Daqiang, he still maintained a civilized and kind appearance, and said good morning with a smile.
I learned this from Zhou Yi.
Zhou Yi is a man of few words, but when he wakes up in the morning and sees Lei Li, he will say good morning to him. Sometimes before going to bed at night, he will also say good night and sweet dreams to him.
However, Lei Li prefers another way of greeting Zhou Yi, such as a good morning kiss and a good night kiss, or doing some morning exercises to promote the relationship between husband and wife while it is still early.
This will result in a hidden version of Zhou Yi who is blushing, patient, and yet can't resist temptation.
Very delicious.
Lei Li smacked his lips in a savoring manner, then made a "tsk" sound and raised an eyebrow, saying, "Niu Dali? You haven't shown any progress in a while, and now you're stealing from me."
Niu Dali was thrown to the ground, tied up. Seeing Lei Li and Zhou Yi, he felt embarrassed and timid. "This... isn't this the flood that washed away the Dragon King Temple..."
What the hell can’t be washed away by the flood?
If Niu Dali hadn't come here specifically to steal the money, Lei Li would have slapped him ten times.
Zhang Daqiang was a little surprised, "Boss Lei, do you know him?"
Since he became a formal employee, Zhang Daqiang felt that he had to be more polite, so he changed the previous brother Lei to Boss Lei, and brother Zhou Yi to Boss Zhou.
——Zhang Daqiang knew that Zhou Yi was a henpecked husband, his pocket money was not as much as his, a moonlighter, and he was a little younger than him, so it was reasonable for him to call him Boss Zhou.
It's definitely not an attempt to show favor to the big boss.
"We're from the same village. We've beaten each other a few times, so we know each other."
Lei Li said indifferently, "He is Miao Fulang's husband. You have seen Miao Fulang a few times before. He is fair and clean, and has a very handsome appearance."
"Miao Fulang's husband?"
Zhang Daqiang's eyes suddenly widened like copper bells, and he looked at Niu Dali as if he wanted to cut him, "He is Miao Fulang's husband?! And this little dwarf coward?!"
Niu Dali is about 1.75 meters tall, which is neither tall nor short among men.
But Zhang Daqiang is over 1.9 meters tall, and one of his arms is thicker than Niu Dali's leg. Of course, Niu Dali looks like a dwarf, and handling him is like handling a chick.
But Miao Fulang is a little shorter than Niu Dali.
Zhang Daqiang's reaction was so intense that even the slow-witted Zhou Yi could tell something was wrong with him.
Lei Li looked at Zhang Daqiang meaningfully, smiled, and said, "Yes, it was the parents' orders and the matchmaker's words. It was just bad luck that Miao married him."
"Niu Dali doesn't want to divorce, and Miao Fulang is a husband with a child. Life is hard but we can only make do with it. But if..."
"What if?"
Zhang Daqiang asked hurriedly.
"Nothing."
Lei Lisi said nonchalantly, "If Niu Dali is willing to divorce, and Miao Fulang finds someone good who can make money and treats Xiaobao like his own child, then he'll have someone to rely on."
"So reliable..."
Zhang Daqiang pondered these two sentences.
Can make money... He can make money now. If he doesn't spend money recklessly in a month, he can save half a tael of silver. If he does some extra work, he can earn a few hundred more coins.
Treat Xiaobao like his own child... He doesn't have any children, and it would be so frustrating if a child called him dad out of nowhere at the age of 28.
Hey hey——
Isn't he the one who is easy to rely on?!
Zhang Daqiang was so happy that he completely forgot that the girl's original husband had not agreed to the divorce yet, and Miao Fulang didn't know that he liked him.
"I won't divorce!"
Niu Dali suddenly shook his head and shouted, "I will never divorce Miao even if I die! Xiaobao is my child! Don't even think about letting him call someone else daddy!"
The Miao man can earn more money now and save more than one or two taels of silver a month. Xiaobao doesn't need him to support her. Although the rice he eats is a waste, she will be able to get married in a few years and can get at least one or two taels of silver as a betrothal gift.
It would be strange if he divorced!
"I know you won't divorce."
Lei Li squatted down with a smile and looked at Niu Dali. "It doesn't matter if we don't get a divorce. You stole a hundred taels of silver from me. If you don't return it, I will send you to jail."
"What?!"
Niu Dali let out a sharp roar. "One hundred taels?! When did I ever steal a hundred taels from you? I was caught by that big idiot the moment I came in. I've never even touched a hundred taels worth of silver!"
"You stole it."
Lei Li spoke slowly, "The one hundred taels of silver note was the deposit Young Master Meng Luo gave me. I had two of them. I used one to buy the yard, and I left the other between the bricks in the shop. Last night, you climbed over the wall and stole it, but Zhang Daqiang caught you red-handed."
Zhang Daqiang was stunned when he heard this. He didn't steal... There was a hundred taels of silver hidden here?!
Zhou Yi was stunned for a moment, then he understood what Lei Li meant, but he didn't know what expression to use... He used to be a law-abiding person, but now he followed Lei Li in threatening others, no, he was cheating people.
"You fart!"
Niu Dali was shocked and angrily cursed, "I didn't steal it! I don't even know where the banknotes are, how could I have stolen them?! The banknotes are not on me!"
"You know."
Lei Li said as if he had witnessed it himself, "If you lose all your money gambling, go home and ask Miao Fulang for it. If Miao Fulang doesn't give it to you, then rob him."
"Then I remembered the rumors in the village, and I became malicious. I forced Miao Fulang to tell me that I had hidden a hundred taels of silver in my shop, and that's why you climbed over the wall to steal from my shop."
"You fart!"
Niu Dali cursed loudly and was kicked by Lei Li. He was in so much pain that he couldn't breathe.
"If I say you stole it, then you stole it. Here are the banknotes you stole."
Lei Li smiled wryly, took out a silver note, showed it to him, folded it, and slowly put it into his pocket, but was met with fierce resistance from Niu Dali and Gu Yong.
Lei Li stopped smiling.
He turned around and went to the kitchen to get a kitchen knife, and with a "bang" he put it next to Niu Dali's face, emitting a sinister white light.
"If you keep talking nonsense, I'll show you how pigs are slaughtered."
“!”
Niu Dali immediately clamped his legs together
"I'll give you two options."
Lei Li said expressionlessly, "First, you stole a hundred taels of silver from me, and I sent you to jail. I have witnesses, so you can't get away."
"Secondly, you and Mr. Miao should divorce, and pretend that what happened today never happened."
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