Northeast: My Absurd Woman

Chapter 184 A fool who won't make money

Zheng Meizhi's words reminded Zhang Changyao, and he immediately patted his head to clear his mind.

"Director Miao, you're being too polite."

Whether it's for Lin Qiu's sake or for yours, I, Liao Zhi, must serve you well.

Inside and out are my old classmates' dearest relatives; if I don't serve them well, I can't afford to offend either of you.

Another thing is the matter of proof; you need to speak with your superiors about it.

This will prevent some petty scoundrels from causing trouble.

Zhang Changyao responded to Miao Yu obsequiously, not wanting to offend her before he understood the situation.

Liao Zhi desperately needed to grasp at a straw.

It doesn't matter whether it's Lin Qiu or Miao Yu.

Another issue was that they still needed to have children, so they made the wrong decision to give their son to Liao Zhi.

Only by giving birth to a son can Wu Ni forgive him.

"Zhang Changyao, don't you have nothing to do in the countryside during the winter?"

Our family planning office wanted to build a new house, and we originally planned to have a brick kiln deliver the bricks, charging one cent per brick for the deliveryman.

The leaders weren't in a hurry, considering that construction wouldn't begin until spring.

They planned to have their relatives in the family planning office make this money.

The money for each brick is one cent, but there can't be any broken bricks; they must be stacked neatly.

I see you have a donkey cart, so I'll give you my spot.

If you're willing to work hard, you'll probably make a sum of money by next spring.

"If you want to do it, come to the township family planning office tomorrow morning."

Miao Yu stood up, glanced back at Liao Zhi, and then turned to leave.

"Director Miao, remember to let your superiors know about the certification matter?"

Zhang Changyao followed closely behind, calling out to Miao Yu and Zheng Meizhi from behind, worried.

"It's alright, your wife is from an ethnic minority and is allowed to have children."

Miao Yu didn't turn around and hurriedly followed Zheng Meizhi to Zhai Qingming's house.

After seeing Miao Yu and Zheng Meizhi off, Zhang Changyao stood there dumbfounded, leaning against the wall, too afraid to go inside and see Liao Zhi.

"Uncle, could you keep an eye on things for me?"

Hu Xianjun, who was engrossed in his work in the yard, waved for Zhang Changyao to come and help.

The two boxes are already taking shape, and their general outlines are visible.

When using mortise and tenon joints, one person cannot hold it in place.

Zhang Changyao walked over blankly and pressed down on the spot Hu Xianjun was pointing to, remaining motionless.

He wasn't just thinking about how to deal with Liao Zhi later.

And how much of Miao Yu's heartfelt confession to Liao Zhi was genuine?

Since Liao Zhi was in his house, he had to take responsibility for him.

Liao Zhi didn't understand Miao Yu, but Zhang Changyao did.

One must be careful in everything; Liao Zhi cannot get hurt again. This was Zhang Changyao's only thought at that moment.

After assembling the boxes, Zhang Changyao went into the house with his head down and a bitter face.

She sat next to Liao Zhi, waiting silently for him to scold her.

"Zhang Changyao, you don't need to worry about me. I've figured it out now, I'm not going to die."

I know that whether Lin Qiu is there or not, you and Wu Ni will not abandon me.

Besides, I now have a son, and I'll wait for Wenda to grow up.

I asked him to take me to sell the house in the city.

"With the money from selling the house, my son and I will not only have no worries about food and clothing, but we can also afford to get him a wife and buy him a house."

Liao Zhi's tone became noticeably cheerful, no longer as somber as before.

"Liao Zhi, don't take everything Miao Yu says to heart."

She and I were classmates, and I know her better than you do.

If she's truly in love with you, that's great. But if she's not, don't try to kill yourself.

She's managed to thrive in the village despite being unmarried, so she must be quite an accomplished person.

Zhang Changyao didn't want to hide his opinion of Miao Yu.

He knew Liao Zhi was no ordinary person, so there was no need to hide anything from him.

"Zhang Changyao, I'm not stupid, I'm not that kind of person."

How could anyone be so desperate as to follow me to the death?

Let her do whatever she wants; I have nothing else to do lying here anyway.

When soldiers come, we'll block them; when water comes, we'll dam it. She may be ever-changing, but I have my own set of rules.

When it comes to scheming, Miao Yu might not be a match for the two of us.

Didn't she ask you to haul bricks? Go tomorrow; it's foolish not to make money."

Liao Zhiren was unable to move, but his eyes became much more active.

He started talking in his old mischievous and playful manner again.

"Liao Zhi, I didn't intend to go haul bricks. I figured that as long as I didn't go haul bricks, she wouldn't come to our house again."

If she truly cares for you, that's fine; I'm just afraid she might harbor malicious intentions and harm you.

Zhang Changyao became timid again. He told Liao Zhi about his worries, but then sighed.

She thought of the time when Miao Yu and Lin Qiu made a bet and fought over her.

After losing, Miao Yu almost pulled down her pants.

Because of this, he was so scared that he didn't dare leave the classroom for several days.

"Zhang Changyao, if you're not afraid of getting tired, then go and haul bricks."

Why should I be afraid of her? Even if she wants to harm me, what can she do to kill me?

Don't worry about what she's trying to do. Let's just focus on making money.

Do the math: if you haul a thousand bricks a day, and each brick is worth one cent, how much money is that?

"If we keep working until next spring, won't our family be rich?"

"It doesn't matter if she harbors ill intentions towards me, as long as it's not like Xiang Zhuang's sword dance was actually aimed at Liu Bang, hahaha!" Liao Zhi grinned mischievously.

"Hmm! Liao Zhi, you're right. If you're not afraid, I'll do it."

Not making money when you can is foolish; making money when you can is heroic.

"A thousand a day, a thousand yuan is ten yuan, three hundred yuan a month..."

Zhang Changyao, spurred on by Liao Zhi, began to calculate how much money he could earn by next spring.

Lift Liao Zhi's quilt and put on the clothes and trousers that had been dried on the kang (a heated brick bed).

"Zhang Changyao, you should keep an eye on your uncle. He's been talking about Wang Fenjiang to me every day these past few days."

Shouldn't Wang the powder maker be a man? Why is Uncle so concerned about him?

Liao Zhi was panting heavily as Zhang Changyao pulled him around, but he didn't forget to gossip about Yang Deshan.

"Liao Zhi, you can rest assured about this. Wang Fenjiang is a pure old bachelor."

He's also incredibly ugly. My uncle was feeling stifled here and was looking for someone to chat with.

If he were a woman, my uncle wouldn't even give him a second glance.

Zhang Changyao looked up at the garden, where Yang Deshan and Wang Fenjiang were chatting happily, one inside and one outside.

"As long as it's not a woman, it can't be like your living father."

"I brought you back a greedy stepmother who's always eyeing our laying hens."

After getting dressed, Liao Zhi pouted and waited for Zhang Changyao to shave him.

This job has to be done by Zhang Changyao; Yang Deshan doesn't have a beard and doesn't know how to do it.

"Wu Ni, Aunt Xiu Lan brought you a basket of eggs. Eggs are really hard to buy these days."

Your dad said Changyao has pickled all the eggs. You can't eat salty food during postpartum confinement, or you'll get sick from it.

"Children without mothers understand nothing; this postpartum period has been incredibly tough for our Wu Ni."