Northeast: My Absurd Woman

Chapter 144 Scratching the Buttocks and Slipping Feet

Upon hearing this, Hou Jiu hurriedly grabbed Zhang Changyao's hand and begged him.

"Xiao Jiu, it's settled then. Tomorrow morning, you'll come to my dad's house to help with the chores."

"I'll go to Wang Ga's house right now and speak to him for you." Zhang Changyao pointed at Hou Jiu.

"Brother Changyao, I'm so bored I'm practically crawling with maggots in my ass, and I'm just worried about not having anywhere to eat."

"As long as your old man feeds me, I can do whatever I want for you."

Hou Jiu touched the intestines in his stomach, nine and a half of which were idle.

When Zhang Changyao saw Hou Jiu, he couldn't help but laugh out loud, remembering how Yang Wuni had looked when she first came to his house.

"What are you waiting for if it's free? Tell him he can come to my house to work tomorrow."

Wang Ga sprayed the hot water he had just drunk onto the ground in his excitement.

"Brother Ga Zi, tomorrow won't work. Hou Jiu promised to help my dad deal with Qiu."

Zhang Changyao pushed the Mao Ke'er, who had been sprayed with water by Wang Ga, away from his eyes.

"Changyao, no wonder your brother Ga Zi said you're shrewd."

You'd be the only one who could find a worker like that who doesn't pay you but only provides meals.

"As long as you and your brother Ga Zi work together, our noodle shop will definitely be up and running."

Liu Qiuju, Wang Ga's wife, who was breastfeeding the baby, put the baby on the kang (a heated brick bed) and covered him with clothes.

Go down to get the thermos and fill the two teacups with hot water.

Her once slender waist has become a bamboo pole, and her round face has been smacked by her breastfed child into an oval shape.

His big eyes were bulging, his face was sallow, and he was so thin he was practically skin and bones.

"Sister-in-law, Hou Jiu is a decent worker; he doesn't shirk his duties or try to cheat."

He's just starting to get hungry, but once he can eat, don't look down on him.

Zhang Changyao felt embarrassed by what was said and quickly tried to explain.

The next morning, just as Liao Zhi had predicted, Zhang Kaiju came to Zhang Changyao again, dragging his two children along and looking distressed.

Before even entering the house, she started sniffling loudly, and you could tell without asking that she had just been crying.

Once inside, he didn't say a word, hanging his head like a child making a mistake.

"Dad, what's wrong?"

Zhang Changyao knew exactly what was going on, but he still asked a question.

"My dear son, your father is having such a hard time right now. Your Aunt Xiulan is crying and wailing on the kang (heated brick bed)."

She scolded me for having an unfilial child, but I'll just have to make this old woman go out and do the farm work herself.

I'm thinking of sending the child back to your sister-in-law, and I'll go work in the fields with her.

Your sister-in-law, just like your Aunt Xiulan, immediately turned hostile.

Before I could even finish speaking, I slapped your older brother across the face.

Was she hitting your older brother? She was slapping me across the face.

Zhang Kaiju shed tears, and the two children also burst into tears.

"Dad, go back and cook a hot meal. I'll take Hou Jiu there right now."

I was also thinking that Aunt Xiulan and you are getting old and can no longer take you to the fields.

Hou Jiu and I are good friends. As long as you give him decent food and drink, the two of us can take care of him in a few days.

Zhang Changyao peeled one of the eggs he had boiled for Liao Zhi, broke it open, and shared it with Gui Ye and Gui Bao.

"My son, I didn't waste my time teaching you to read and write. You're much better than your good-for-nothing older brother."

"Dad will go back and cook now. You and Hou Jiu can come and eat together. We won't be short of a bowl or chopsticks for you."

Zhang Kaiju wiped away his tears with his sleeve and took the two children home.

"Liao Zhi, you're a brilliant strategist!" Zhang Changyao exclaimed excitedly, slapping Liao Zhi hard on the stomach.

With a "poof," Liao Zhi let out a loud fart, making both of them wince at the stench.

"Liao Zhi, didn't you say you couldn't control your body?"

Zhang Changyao fanned away the stench with his hand, then leaned over and lifted the blanket to examine Liao Zhi's stomach.

"Zhang Changyao, my body is not under my brain's control, it's not like I'm dead."

"If you don't believe me, tickle the soles of my feet. I can still feel the prickling sensation." Liao Zhi grinned, looking slightly embarrassed.

"Oh! So, who knows, maybe one day I'll come back and see you standing on the ground?"

Zhang Changyao, lacking any medical knowledge, fantasized about caressing Liao Zhi's thigh.

"Well... I guess... it's unlikely... but I hope that day will come."

At first, I fantasized about it every day, but now I've given up on that idea and just hope it ends soon.

Liao Zhi stopped speaking, closed his eyes, and a tear rolled down his cheek.

"Zhang Changyao, you should go find Hou Jiu right now. He can't even speak properly."

"Don't you understand the saying 'don't talk about the shortness' in front of a cripple? Why bring up something you shouldn't say?"

Yang Wuni brought hot water into the house and handed it to Zhang Changyao, asking him to wipe Liao Zhi's body.

"Wu Ni, it's not that I don't know how to speak, the key is that Liao Zhi doesn't have a kettle here, and any kettle I mention will be cold."

I just wanted to give him a glimmer of hope, but I never expected it to drive him to despair.

Zhang Changyao rubbed Liao Zhi's buttocks so hard they made a "squeak, squeak" sound. Yang Wuni heard it and grimaced, but dared not say anything to him.

"Brother Changyao, are you still going to your dad's house to work in the fields?"

I haven't eaten breakfast yet, and I'm waiting here on a hungry stomach.

Hou Jiu put on everything he could find at home: his father's fur-lined shoes, his mother's headscarf, and his eighth sister's scarf.

"Xiao Jiu, come in and wait a moment. I'm going to ask my dad to cook."

Zhang Changyao waved to Hou Jiu, who was peering through the window, inviting him inside.

"Brother Changyao, what does this living dead person on your kang (heated brick bed) look like? Let me see."

Before Zhang Changyao could agree, Hou Jiu jumped onto the kang (a heated brick bed) without even taking off his shoes, stood straight, and looked down at Liao Zhi.

"Brother Changyao, you tell me how lucky this guy is. He doesn't have to do anything, and he's served food to him every day."

"How about I switch places with him? I'll let him use my arms and legs, and I can lie here and enjoy myself?" Hou Jiu changed his direction and continued to look at Liao Zhi.

"Hey kid, don't just blurt things out like that."

If you really become like him, you won't even have a temple to cry to.

Zhang Changyao grabbed Hou Jiu's scarf around his waist, pulled him over, and made him sit down.

"Zhang Changyao, ignore him and let him talk. It would be best if his words came true."

"If his words come true, I'll support him for life," Liao Zhi said resentfully.

"Hey! Brother Changyao, this guy isn't quite dead yet, he can still talk!"

Hou Jiu braced himself with his arms and peered at Liao Zhi closely, as if he were looking at a rare animal.

"Hey! You little brat, stay away from me or I'll bite you." Liao Zhi grinned and tried to scare Hou Jiu.

"Hey! All he can do is talk, and he's still pretty arrogant."

If I pulled all your teeth out, would you still be able to bite me?

Hou Jiu curiously stretched out his black finger, taking advantage of Liao Zhi's silence.

Hurry up and stick it into his mouth, I really want to pull his teeth out.

"Pah! Pah!"

"You little rascal, did you pick your ass? It stinks!"

Liao Zhifan stuck out his tongue in disgust, his eyes rolling back as Hou Jiu's fingers stung him.

"Ha, ha, ha! I didn't scratch my butt, I just slipped my toes a few times." Hou Jiule laughed so hard he almost fell over.

Little did he know that this was the useless person he had been mocking.

In the end, however, she became the greatest benefactor in his life.

"Changyao, you said you'd bring a young man to work for my family, what does he look like?"