Chapter 129

"How old are you?"

Xu Hui really couldn't tell them apart; the three members of the He family all seemed to look quite old.

"I'm 25 in nominal age, 24 in actual age. I'm one year younger than Brother Li."

Tsai Quan-wu must make his age clear, he is still a good guy.

"Ah!" Xu Huizhen was surprised, "Then you are in a hurry to grow up!"

"Hey, that's what they say."

Cai Quanwu was not annoyed. It was a fact that when he stood next to Li Zhiguo, they looked to be a dozen years apart.

"Oh!"

Xu Huizhen found that the two brothers had good tempers, but they put a lot of pressure on her. It was obvious that they were targeting her and really treated her like a widow.

In the evening, Cai Quanwu did not wait for his elder brother, but waited for his nephew, Sha Zhu.

"Uncle, you go back and take a rest. Let me take over. I'm young and can handle it."

Sha Zhu didn't sleep the whole night, but he could still hold on. After work, he went back to the hospital to return his bicycle and rode his tricycle all the way here.

Xu Huizhen smiled with burden again. These three people escorted her when she gave birth, and these three people took care of her after giving birth. What is this?
……

In the evening, Li Zhiguo returned to the compound on horseback, just in time for dinner, so he hurried home.

"Brother-in-law!"

Suddenly, I heard a shout, and saw Xiao Jingru running out of the house.

"Oh, when did you come back?"

Li Zhiguo immediately picked him up and held him in his arms. He had grown a little taller than he was a year ago, and now he could wash dishes in the sink in the yard by just standing on tiptoe instead of stepping on bricks.

"I came back this afternoon, brother-in-law. I missed you so much."

Xiao Jingru returned to the village during the winter vacation. Her mother missed her terribly. She had been away for more than 20 days, and now that school was about to start, she could finally return to the city.

"Oh, brother-in-law misses you too."

Li Zhiguo carried little Jingru back into the house.

"Dad, give me a hug."

When Xiao Guanxiang saw him, he stretched out his hand and ran forward. Qin Huairu held her son's collar behind him, fearing that he would fall.

"Hold me too!"

Li Zhiguo bent down and picked up his son. Does this mean he has both a son and a daughter?

She smiled. Xiao Jingru is a younger sister, but she is of a lower generation than her.

Qin Huairu also smiled and said, "You two stop being so clingy, it's time to eat."

She took her son over and asked her sister to come down quickly. If they continued like this, what would happen to him when he grew up?

"Brother-in-law, I'll get you a washcloth."

After little Jingru landed, she started to work quickly.

Li Zhiguo simply washed his face and felt much more energetic, so he prepared to eat.

With the addition of little Jingru to the family, it becomes more lively.

After dinner, he lay on a chair while his son played by himself beside him. Xiao Jingru helped to clear the dishes and then ran back.

"Brother-in-law, do you want to listen to the radio?"

"Well, Jingru, turn on the radio."

"Okay, brother-in-law!"

Xiao Jingru skillfully turned on the radio and tuned it to a audible channel, then sat next to her brother-in-law and helped look after her little nephew.

"Brother-in-law, the kids in our village envy me."

Xiao Jingru talked a lot next to her, all about interesting things in the village.

"Well, when there is time, my brother-in-law will go back to the village, in the summer."

He didn't go back to the village for the New Year because his father-in-law and his whole family had moved to the city, and there wasn't even a decent quilt in the old house. What could he do?
But when summer comes, you can just bring any cool blanket with you, and you don’t need to bring too much luggage.

"Yeah!"

Xiao Jingru always stays by his side. Wherever his brother-in-law goes, he goes there, just wanting to stick around.

Qin Huairu couldn't bear it any longer, "Jingru, you're even more clingy than Xiao Guanxiang."

"I just love my brother-in-law!" Xiao Jingru was not afraid to say it, because her brother-in-law was so good to her.

"correct!"

Li Zhiguo suddenly remembered something and said hurriedly, "Huai Ru, I went out today and bought you a watch. I almost forgot about it."

He put his watch in the space, and only realized it when he wanted to check the time.

"A watch?" Qin Huairu was stunned. "Why would you buy me a watch? It's so expensive."

"Why spend money? It's not like you can't afford it. Come, let me put it on you. It only cost 120 yuan. It's made in Xianghai and the quality looks pretty good."

Li Zhiguo took the watch and put it on his wife. The strap was elastic and fit the watch perfectly.

"Zhiguo, I don't need this. It's too expensive. You wear it."

Although Qin Huairu liked the watch very much, she didn't dare to work while wearing it for fear of damaging it.

"I have one. Don't worry about it. Just wear it. I'll teach you how to adjust the time and wind it up later."

The biggest drawback of today's watches is that they have to be wound manually, otherwise the time will be inaccurate, but it will be fine once you develop the habit.

Watches have always been quite expensive. It was not until the early 1990s that they became popular in rural areas, with the price being reduced to 50 yuan per watch.

"Oh!" Qin Huairu was so happy that she quickly ran to her mother to show off.

"Mom, look at what's on my wrist, Li Nuo."

"Hey, Huairu, where did you get that watch?"

Mother Qin opened her eyes wide. This was a rare item. She had seen it before, but had never touched it with her own hands.

"Zhiguo bought it for me today. It cost me one hundred and twenty dollars."

Qin Huairu still felt sorry for the money, but she also liked the gift.

"Look, my son-in-law is so nice to you. It's not a festival, but he bought you a watch."

Qin's mother was also happy. Her son-in-law had not changed at all. He was still so generous and caring.

……

"Brother-in-law! You are so nice to my sister. You even bought her a watch."

Xiao Jingru just said that it was impossible for a child like her to want a watch.

Li Zhiguo touched Xiao Jingru's head and said, "When you grow up, your brother-in-law will buy you a watch."

"Thank you, brother-in-law!"

Little Jingru was so happy that she jumped up and down, but suddenly she frowned and said, "Brother-in-law, I haven't finished my homework yet."

"What? School starts in three days, why don't you hurry up?"

Li Zhiguo was stunned. It is impossible for you to say that the homework was lost in the village, for example, it was buried in an avalanche, the dog chewed it to pieces, or the old mother mistakenly burned the homework as firewood?

"Brother, come out and help me!"

Suddenly, Jia Dongxu's voice came from outside the house.

"Dongxu, what's the matter?"

Li Zhiguo stood up, asked Xiao Jingru to look after his son, and walked out of the room.

"It's about buying a tricycle." Jia Dongxu looked miserable, and it was obvious that the situation was not good.

"Jia Dongxu, what tricycle are you buying?"

Xu Damao came out of the house and heard the gossip.

Li Zhiguo hurriedly said, "Let's go to Damao's house and tell him, Damao, open the bottle of wine, do you have any peanuts?"

"No, why are you coming to my house?" Xu Damao was annoyed. He had to say something more. How could he be cheated again?
"We are all brothers. We are living a good life. Why are you still fussing about it?"

Li Zhiguo pulled Damao and walked towards Lao Xu's house and asked Dongxu to follow. Otherwise, if they talked in the yard, the gossip would spread out in no time, which would have a bad impact.

"Brother Li."

Tang Chunyan is in the room. She has been married for such a long time, but there is still no sign of pregnancy.

In March last year, Li Zhiguo found an opportunity to take Chunyan for a check-up, and of course there was nothing wrong with her. However, Xu Damao didn't believe it, and there was nothing he could do.

"Yan'er, let's chat about our own things. You take a rest."

Li Zhiguo sat down with his arms and legs stretched, watching Xu Damao reluctantly serve the wine. As a result, Jia Dongxu picked up the glass and drank it all in one gulp, feeling aggrieved.

"Brother Ahem, I asked an old man to borrow money to buy a bicycle, but he refused to lend it to me, woo woo."

Jia Dongxu burst into tears. He couldn’t buy a tricycle. All his beautiful imaginations were shattered. How could he live a good life?

"What? Jia Dongxu, you want to ride a tricycle?"

Xu Damao was dumbfounded. Although this was also a way, wasn't it embarrassing?

Although Sha Zhu also rides a tricycle, he is from a family of tricycle owners and has a proper job. If the news gets out, he will be known as a hard-working person. But Jia Dongxu may not be like that. "Da Mao, don't interrupt. Let Dongxu finish what he has to say."

Li Zhiguo grabbed two peanuts and threw them into his mouth. While eating, he asked, "Dongxu, what did that uncle say? That's not right. He's always been so nice to you. He almost treats you like his own son."

This is not nonsense. I guess Yi Zhonghai's favorite retirement object now is Jia Dongxu. There is no chance to brainwash Sha Zhu, and He Daqing is staying at home.

"The uncle told me to take good care of the kids and the family, which is better than anything else. But I need to make money! I want to eat out."

Jia Dongxu suddenly shut up. How could he talk about going to a restaurant when he was so excited?

"boom!"

Xu Damao slammed the table and yelled, "This is not right, my brother is such a grown man, how can he take care of a child all year round?"

Although he said that, Xu Damao was holding back his laughter. He wished that all the five brothers in the courtyard, except him, would live a hard life.

"That's right. I want to ride a tricycle and make money."

Jia Dongxu felt so wronged that he ran to Li Zhiguo, hoping that someone would help him.

"A second-hand tricycle costs only 130 or 140 yuan. This amount of money is nothing to an old man."

Although Li Zhiguo felt there would be twists and turns beforehand, he didn't expect that Yi Zhonghai actually wanted to lock Dongxu up now and not let him go out to earn money?
Although riding a tricycle can earn more than working in a factory as long as you are willing to work hard, it is also hard work. It requires hard work and effort. Since Dongxu has this idea, he should support it.

"That's right. What can I do if my uncle doesn't want to lend me money?"

Jia Dongxu started crying again as he spoke. His family had no money, and with that little salary, a family of four basically spent all the money every month.

Li Zhiguo thought for a while and said, "Go ask your mother for money. Jia Zhang should have saved several dozen yuan for retirement. For the rest, you can borrow from the third uncle. He will lend it to you.

I don't have much money at the moment. I just bought a watch for Qin Huairu, which cost me over a hundred dollars. And I have to buy expensive food every month to feed five people. Otherwise, I would have lent it to you."

"Ah! You bought a watch for Sister Qin?"

Xu Damao was confused. When did you, Li Zhiguo, become so good?

"How can this be false? The only thing missing from my family's four major items is a watch. I have to get it, otherwise you will keep saying that I have treated my wife unfairly."

Li Zhiguo is not afraid of pretending to be poor temporarily. He still receives a salary every month, and his new invention will be launched soon. If all else fails, he can just write a song. There is nothing he can't do to make money!

Xu Damao was speechless. You are really good at spending money. You can't even keep mountains of gold and silver.

Jia Dongxu finally had the chance to speak: "Brother, will what you just said work?"

"Go back and talk to your mother. She will agree. As for the third uncle, you can talk to him yourself."

Li Zhiguo drank the wine in the glass, and the small meeting was about to end.

Jia Dongxu was skeptical and went home under the influence of alcohol.

"Dongxu, what did your brother say?"

In fact, Jia Zhang also wanted to borrow money from Li Zhiguo. She had calculated that although the bad boy spent money lavishly, he should still have some assets, but she was reluctant to ask for it.

“My brother just bought Qin Huairu a watch, otherwise he would have lent me the money.

He asked me to get a few dozen dollars from you, and borrow the rest from Uncle San. "

Jia Dongxu is also a bad teammate, he said everything at once.

"Let me get the money."

Jia Zhang was naturally rich. She sold noodles tickets to Li Zhiguo every month. She had saved this for more than a year. With the additional ten yuan she had received for pension, she now had several dozen yuan in her hands.

"Mom will give you 50, but when you earn money, you have to pay me pension every month."

Jia Zhangshi had calculated carefully. By collecting four dollars a month for retirement, she could make a profit in one year, and it would be pure profit from then on.

"Mom, it turns out you are really that rich. My brother didn't lie."

Jia Dongxu was confused. He hadn't eaten meat for a long time. As a result, his mother had saved dozens of dollars but didn't even know how to use it to improve their lives.

"Dongxu, don't worry about where the money came from. Go find Uncle San and ask him about the situation. If that doesn't work, go find your brother. He has a solution."

Jia Zhang was also eager to let her son ride a tricycle. It would be best if she could buy the tricycle tomorrow so that she could go out to earn money tomorrow night and use the money to buy meat the day after tomorrow, Sunday.

"okay!"

Jia Dongxu, with a look of joy on his face, opened the curtain and walked out of the room. He just happened to see Yi Zhonghai coming back from outside, presumably having gone to the toilet.

"Dongxu..." Yi Zhonghai had been thinking for a while and wanted to talk to Dongxu about some moral principles.

"Yeah!" Jia Dongxu responded, turned around and walked towards the front yard.

"This kid!"

Yi Zhonghai shook his head. Why would he want to ride a tricycle? Wouldn’t it be better for him to stay at home, do housework and take care of the elderly?

Jia Dongxu was angry and without saying hello to the old man, he found Yan Bugui immediately.

"Uncle, are you home? It's me, Dongxu."

Yan Bugui heard the noise, pushed open the door and came out, asking in confusion: "Dongxu, why are you looking for Uncle San at this late hour?"

The two were once fishing friends and had a hard time with each other.

"Uncle, I want to buy a tricycle and go out to earn money. My mother gave me fifty dollars, but I still need a lot. My brother asked me to come and borrow money from you."

Jia Dongxu explained the situation right away. There was no point beating around the bush.

"Dongxu, who is your brother? Oh, are you talking about Li Zhiguo?"

Yan Bugui was a little confused. How could someone else become your brother when he has snatched your partner away from you?

"In the hospital, only Li Zhiguo is a few months older than me. He is my brother."

Jia Dongxu now really treats Li Zhiguo as his brother. For example, if it weren't for his brother's help, I would not have given him the money for today's matter.

"Hey! Come in, we can discuss this."

Yan Bugui suddenly realized that Li Zhiguo wanted him to collect interest from Jia Dongxu, and then keep an eye on him every day to collect the cash. Besides, a tricycle is a big item, so there is no need to worry that he won't be able to pay back the money.

"Uncle, can we really discuss this?"

Jia Dongxu's eyes lit up. His brother really wasn't lying. His calculations were so accurate.

"Everything can be discussed. I have to give Li Zhiguo face!"

Yan Bugui happily invited the man into the house and said, "Dongxu, Uncle San can lend you a hundred yuan. Don't be happy yet, I have a request."

"Uncle, I will definitely pay you back."

Jia Dongxu was excited because he could buy a second-hand tricycle tomorrow.

"Dongxu, this money didn't come from the wind. It was all saved. I was planning to buy a bicycle, but since you need it now, I'll lend it to you.

But you know my character, so I will charge you a small interest.

I’ll charge you 20 cents a day, and when you pay it back in full, the interest will stop."

Yan Bugui has calculated that the interest rate is really not high, only 6 percentage points per month. Jia Dongxu can earn it back in one trip on the tricycle.

"Two cents a day? When can I save up a hundred? I'll pay you back in one go. If not, it'll just be two cents a day."

Jia Dongxu was not a fool and reacted immediately.

"Yes, that's the amount. It's not a big deal. You can earn a little over two dollars a day on a tricycle. It's a drop in the bucket."

Yan Bugui thought, isn't that a huge profit of six dollars a month? After saving for a few months, he could also buy a Phoenix brand bicycle.

"Uncle, I borrowed this money."

Jia Dongxu thought that he could make the money back in two months, so it wouldn’t be difficult. No, it would take three or four months, because he had to go to restaurants, buy flour and meat with the money he earned.

"Well, go home first, and the third uncle will bring the money to you later."

Yan Bugui was also afraid that thieves would target him, because Jia Dongxu had stolen the family's chickens and Jia Zhang's pension money before. Besides, he had to draft an IOU, otherwise he wouldn't be able to explain himself.

"Okay, Uncle San, I'll go back and wait. Please send the money to me as soon as possible."

Jia Dongxu left happily.

The third aunt then said, "Boss, you really want to borrow it!"

"Why not lend it to me? Since the bad boy asked someone to come here, he must be taking care of me. He doesn't care about this little money.

But, doesn't the bad boy like reading? I'll find two books for him tomorrow."

Yan Bugui happily lifted the sheets and cotton wool, took out his family belongings from the old place, counted out a hundred yuan, and wrote the IOU.

On this side, Jia Dongxu happily returned to the Central Courtyard, but unexpectedly he met Yi Zhonghai again.

"Dongxu, it's not that I don't want to lend you money, it's that I'm riding a tricycle..."

"Uncle No. 1, you don't need to borrow money. I've borrowed it from Uncle No. 3 and will buy a tricycle tomorrow."

Jia Dongxu became proud and straightened his back, and soon he became different.

"Will Old Yan lend you money?"

Yi Zhonghai was annoyed. He knew what kind of person Old Yan was better than anyone else. They had been dealing with him for decades, and he would calculate even the slightest detail.

"Of course not. The Third Uncle is a very good person. The First Uncle won't tell you. I have to tell my family the good news."

Jia Dongxu went home happily, and when he opened the door curtain, he said, "Mom, Bihua, I borrowed money, and we are going to live a good life."

"Oh, Dongxu, our family is going to be rich."

Jia Zhangshi has not mentioned the amount of pension yet, letting her son be happy for a few days.

Jia Dongxu said, "The third uncle lent me 100 yuan, but I have to pay him 20 cents interest every day. When I save up 100 yuan to pay him back, I won't charge him any interest."

(End of this chapter)