Zhou Xiaoyun’s Happy Life

Chapter 47 The Zhou family’s plan to make money (3)

Zhao Yuzhen was overjoyed when she saw that Zhou Guoqiang had borrowed the money, and asked quietly: "Dad, how much did the child's aunt borrow from us? Is it one hundred?"

Zhou Guoqiang proudly took out the money in his pocket and asked Zhao Yuzhen to count it: "You can count it yourself."

Zhao Yuzhen counted the cards one by one with great care. After counting them once, she couldn't believe it and counted them again. They were still twenty ten-dollar bills. She asked in surprise: "His dad, it's a full two hundred. Didn't you mean Just borrow 100 yuan? I was worried about what if the child’s aunt couldn’t come up with so much cash at the moment!”

Zhou Guoqiang told Zhao Yuzhen everything about his visit to his sister's house, and at the end he emphasized: "...I don't want to borrow more money. I originally said I could borrow a hundred dollars. The child is not afraid that we won't have the capital. Zou Zhu specially lent us an extra hundred yuan, and we must remember this favor. "

“What you’re saying is that it’s not easy to borrow money from anyone these days. I guess if your eldest brother, who borrowed ten or twenty yuan, can lend it to us, my sister-in-law alone won’t be able to pass this amount of money.”

 Zhao Yuzhen was grateful to her sister-in-law from the bottom of her heart. It was difficult to borrow money, and not everyone was so generous. Fortunately, my uncle has always been good-tempered and his sister-in-law is in charge, otherwise the couple would be too embarrassed to open their mouths.

Zhou Guoqiang felt the same way about Zhao Yuzhen's words. His eldest brother had nothing to do with him. After all, he was a biological brother and lived next door, so he would not stand by and watch his younger brother. However, his eldest sister-in-law was a bit hard to tell. She looks easy to talk to with a smile on her face, but she is stingy, shrewd and a bit stingy in her heart. If she borrows a little, she won't say anything because of her face, but if she borrows a lot, she may say something so unpleasant that it will make her stand down.

Now that they have money, the biggest problem is solved. The two of them discuss going to the city to buy a tricycle.

Zhao Yuzhen entrusted Xiaobao and Erya to Shen Huafeng to take care of them, and rode a car with Zhou Guoqiang to the county seat.

I went to the market that specialized in selling tricycles and wandered around for a long time. I checked several houses and finally bought a slightly larger tricycle. It cost more than 110 yuan, which is a bit more expensive. It cost 20 yuan more than the smaller one. But it can hold a lot more things, so the couple decided to buy this kind of thing after hesitating for a long time. If you want to collect two more pigs in the future, you can accommodate them, but in the long run you won't save this money.

We went to Laosan for lunch at noon. Laosan and his wife were surprised to see Zhou Guoqiang riding a brand-new tricycle. When Zhou Guoqiang explained the use, they were both happy. Zhou Guomin went to the cold food shop to buy some meat and came back to have a drink with Zhou Guoqiang.

When Zhou Guoqiang left, there was a pile of newspapers on the tricycle that Song Mingli asked to bring to Zhou Xiaoyun. Zhao Yuzhen hurriedly expressed her gratitude. No matter how good the things were, at least they still kept her daughter in mind. This made the mother feel very sad. It's warmth.

Zhou Xiaoyun's grandma quietly pulled Zhou Guoqiang aside while the third son and Zhao Yuzhen were talking, took out dozens of dollars from her body and stuffed it into her son's pocket: "Qiangzi, mom only has so much in her hand, you take it." Don’t be too little.”

Zhou Guoqiang hurriedly waved his hand away: "Mom, what are you doing? You keep this money for yourself and I don't want it. It's already wrong for a son to not be filial to you. How can I still come to ask for your money?"

Grandma stuffed the money into her pocket and signaled Zhou Guoqiang to be quiet so that Zhou Guomin and the others wouldn't hear: "Son, your children are the poorest at most, and your mother can't help you. She thinks about you all day long and worries about you. Just take these." I can use my money to do some business, no matter how much I earn, at least I have to feed my children, and save some money to build a house, so I can feel relieved.”

No matter how old the son is, he is still a child in the eyes of the mother. Grandma secretly worries about her second son. Needless to say, the elder's family and the third family's family, the uncle of the daughter's family is also able to endure hardships and earns a lot of money. The second son has many children and is living the most difficult life. He still lives in a thatched cottage. How can he not make grandma anxious about it?

 Zhou Guoqiang, who was already moved and speechless, did not refuse his mother's kindness anymore. He said goodbye to his third son and his wife, and set foot on the road home with Zhao Yuzhen on his newly purchased tricycle.

Zhao Yuzhen rode a bicycle beside her and asked Zhou Guoqiang curiously: "His father, what did he say mysteriously when he pulled you to the side?"

Zhou Guoqiang sighed: "Mom forced me to give dozens of dollars, but I refused to take it, so she insisted on letting me take it. As a son, I feel ashamed. Over the years, my mother has been following my father after his death. We have never shown any filial piety before the third child. Now, I blush just thinking about it.”

Zhao Yuzhen was stunned after hearing this. No wonder the child was carrying the third child and his wife on his back. Thinking about it, he lived with the third child and the others, and the food and clothing were all provided by the third child and his wife. I don’t know how long it took the old lady to save these tens of dollars, but now she has given them to her husband. Zhao Yuzhen accompanied her husband and sighed: "His father is very caring about the child. Our family is like this and the old man is worried. We have to suffer a lot. We can't be poor all our lives."

Zhou Guoqiang nodded, secretly determined to work hard so that his family could live a better life.

 After arriving in the village, the brand new tricycle attracted the attention of many fellow villagers.

Some people simply went to Zhou Guoqiang’s house to have a look. Tricycles were very rare at this time. Besides, rural people don’t have many entertainment activities. Everyone likes to join in the fun.

Zhou Guoqiang’s house was as lively as a market for a while, and many people came to see the tricycle, including Zhou Guofu and Shen Huafeng.

 (End of this chapter)