Northeast: My Absurd Woman

Chapter 129 The Half-Dead "Paralyzed Dad"

As the two were talking, Zhai Qingming, who had just entered, overheard the business opportunity.

Without even thinking it through, he started bidding against Wang Ga.

"Hey, the ten-dollar guy, take me away. I have money under me, you can take it yourself every month."

Liao Zhi couldn't see what the person who came in looked like, but he called out Zhai Qingming based on the price.

Knowing the relationship between Lin Qiu and Zhang Changyao, and seeing that Zhang Changyao looked remarkably like him, he desperately wanted to leave this place.

"Changyao, don't blame me for stealing your business. He's the one who said he'd come to my house."

Zhai Qingming rolled up his sleeves and was about to go forward and hug Liao Zhi.

Zhang Changyao was already feeling weak and dizzy, so he didn't try to stop it.

"Zhang Changyao, if we just let Qingming take Liao Zhi away like this, won't Sister Lin Qiu blame us?"

Yang Wuni, who was tending the kang (a heated brick bed) on the ground floor of the outer room, poked her head in and asked Zhang Changyao a question.

"Wu Ni, it was his own choice, it's not like we're kicking him out."

At worst, we can harvest the autumn crop, sell the grain, and pay Lin Qiu back.

Even if you don't let him leave, he won't stay in our house peacefully. Oh well! Let him be!

Zhang Changyao leaned against the wall, a wave of dizziness forcing him to pat his head to stay awake.

"Xiao Qiu... Xiao Qiu... you brat, get out here right now."

Don't think I can't find you just because you've disappeared into the mountains.

"I raised you for over twenty years, and this is how you repay me?"

Lin Qiuniang threw down her bicycle and stormed into the house.

Zhai Qingming got onto the kang (heated brick bed), but before he could even pick up Liao Zhi, he was so frightened that he let go and sat down in the corner.

Holding the money in my hand, I didn't know whether to put it down or put it in my pocket.

"Mother, Lin Qiu isn't here. She left me here and then left."

Mom, didn't Dad come with you? Are you here to take me back?

"Mother, the money is in that person's hands. I don't want to leave Lin Qiu. Go find her for me."

Liao Zhi's eyes darted around, and he kept calling out "Mother" in his anxiety.

"Hey! Give me the money!"

Lin Qiuniang, with her legs resting on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed), reached out her hand for the money in Zhai Qingming's hand.

"Oh!" Zhai Qingming sighed helplessly, looked at the money again and again, and handed it to Lin Qiuniang.

"Zhai Qingming, we can't give it to her. This money is Lin Qiu's money for Liao Zhi's food and drink."

"If this woman takes the money, what will Liao Zhi eat and drink?"

Yang Wuni entered the house carrying a spatula, pointed at Zhai Qingming, and told him not to return the money.

Zhai Qingming withdrew his hand again and looked at Zhang Changyao.

Zhang Changyao nodded, indicating that he should not return it to Lin Qiuniang yet.

"Liao Zhi, tell these bumpkins that Lin Qiu stole this money from my house. Do you know how hard it was for your mother to save this money?"

That brat Lin Qiu, she dropped you off here and then got on the train.

I heard from others that she went to Shenzhen with a female classmate.

Tell me how ruthless she is; she doesn't care about men, and she doesn't care about her mother.

He even stole his mother's savings for her funeral and gave it to others to spend.

What sins did I commit in my past life to deserve such an ungrateful wretch?

Lin Qiuniang saw that Zhai Qingming was holding the money tightly in his arms and wouldn't let go.

He could only sit next to Liao Zhi and pat his blanket while wailing.

"Zhang Changyao, you better get my money back right now."

This money was originally stolen by Lin Qiu from her mother; you should return it to her immediately.

Even if you're poor, you can't just steal money, can you?

Liao Zhi shouted Zhang Changyao's name loudly, his words laced with sarcasm.

"Zhai Qingming, give the money to Lin Qiuniang. We may be poor, but we can't be without ambition."

"Auntie, you should take the money and leave with Liao Zhi. Our family is too small to support such a big shot like him."

Zhang Changyao sighed, propped himself up, and came over to Zhai Qingming to say something.

"Zhang Changyao, if Sister Lin Qiu wanted to leave the man to her mother, she wouldn't have sent him to our house. Have you thought about that?"

Yang Wuni was at a loss and looked at Zhang Changyao, asking in a low voice.

"Wu Ni, go to the outer room to cook. There are too many people here and you'll run into them."

Zhang Changyao didn't want Lin Qiuniang and Liao Zhi to hear that he didn't want him to leave.

Things are already chaotic enough; it's better to avoid trouble.

Zhai Qingming reluctantly handed the money in his hand to Lin Qiuniang.

"Hmph! Luckily I arrived in time, otherwise all this money would have been divided up by you poor wretches."

Lin Qiuniang checked her money, put it in her pocket, and without even looking at Liao Zhi, turned to leave.

"Mom, take me back. I don't want to stay in the countryside. I want to go home."

"Give me Lin Qiu's address, I want to write to her, I want her to come back!" Liao Zhi cried hysterically.

"Liao Zhi, it's not that your mother doesn't care about you, it's just that I'm too old to move you."

Besides, your father can't take you. Where would I put you if I took you back?

I see your dad threw away your bed, and your room is now occupied by a newly hired nanny. There's no place for you there anymore.

Just lie here on this kang (heated brick bed) and wait for Lin Qiu to come back for you!

Lin Qiuniang patted Liao Zhi's head, then rode away on her bicycle without looking back.

"Hey! Changyao, you've really messed up this time. Not only are you broke, but you've also gained a half-dead 'paralyzed dad'."

Zhai Qingming scrambled off the kang (a heated brick bed) and glared at Zhang Changyao.

"Zhai Qingming, you're the worst guy. Now look what happened, neither of us got anything."

Wang Ga is still caught up in the memory of the thousand yuan and hasn't gotten over it.

"Wang Ga, don't talk about me. When are you going to pay me back the fifty yuan you cheated me out of?"

Zhai Qingming then remembered the fifty yuan Wang Ga had asked him to invest in the flour mill.

"Zhai Qingming, do you understand what a partnership investment is? If we make money, we'll give you a share of the profits; if we lose money, it's your own fault."

Wang Ga kicked open the door and swaggered out of the yard.

"Changyao, listen to this, is Wang Ga speaking human language?"

They cheated me out of my money and still acted so self-righteous. They're not human enough to beat me to a pulp.

"Qingming, don't worry, the noodle shop hasn't even started yet."

As long as the rice noodle shop makes money, Wang Ga will never break his promise.

I've invested even more than you! If we're talking about being scammed, I'm more afraid than you are.

"At worst, we'll just get the vermicelli or rice noodle rolls; we can't let it all go to waste."

Zhang Changyao tried to sound calm to Zhai Qingming, but he seemed dazed and didn't even know what he was saying.

"Changyao, once this matter gets complicated, I've forgotten why I came here in the first place."

I'd like to ask your wife to help me ask my husband.

It's been several months now, and her belly is getting flatter and flatter.

Logically speaking, she's given birth, so she shouldn't be unable to get pregnant, right?

Zhai Qingming opened the outer door and looked at Yang Wuni, who was tending the fire.

"Wu Ni, go ask Men Dun'er's mother tomorrow if she's pregnant or not," Zhang Changyao said to the floor outside the room.

"Qingming, why don't you ask him yourself? There's nothing a husband and wife can't talk about."

"I can ask, but wouldn't that make you two seem distant and not considerate?"

For the first time, Yang Wuni seemed preoccupied, and answered Zhai Qingming with an unhappy expression.

"Changyao, you two shouldn't get upset. There's always a way out. Things will work themselves out."

Try to think positively about everything; things will get better if you just persevere.

Zhai Qingming patted Zhang Changyao on the shoulder and tactfully left.

"Zhang Changyao, I won't be a burden to your family. Just get me some medicine and kill me."

Anyway, I've had enough of living. Living like this is worse than being dead.