Qian Xiulan said with a dark face, "Why are you going to his house? Aren't you afraid that he'll chop you with a knife?"
The corner of Zhao Yi's mouth twitched, "That's not the case."
"Sanbao, don't go. Your third uncle has no descendants. Be careful that he will kill you too." Qian Xiulan said.
Zhao Sanbao's mind was filled with the image of Zhao Zheng holding him with a knife a few days ago. He shook his head like a rattle, "Dad, I don't dare to go. Uncle San has gone crazy!"
"If you hadn't gone to ask for money from me, would he have taken out a knife?" Zhao Yi said, "I know the third brother's temper best. Even though we had a falling out before, he still publicly asked Ma Dazhu to come visit us at home today. This shows that he still cares about us brothers."
"So what? Now we're rushing to get on. What were you doing earlier?"
"He's putting up a beam at his house, go over and help him."
"You want the third brother to help us make tiles, right?"
Qian Xiulan sneered and exposed him mercilessly, "He is now the captain of the eighth team and has soldiers under him. Don't mess with him."
Zhao Yi said angrily, "So what if it's the captain? Look at Ma Dazhu, he got robbed just by saying so."
Qian Xiulan said, "Captain, don't you know how Ma Dazhu got lost? It was all because of the third brother. Let me tell you, the third brother is different now. He's very arrogant. Anyway, you go, and my son can't go!"
Zhao Yi was also in a dilemma. "Forget it. Let's wait until my second sister comes back."
Speaking of the second sister, Qian Xiulan's eyes lit up, "Now that the second sister is back, someone will take care of the third sister!"
Before the second son got married, Zhao Zheng listened to his sister the most. Before she got married, Zhao Zheng cried so hard that he was out of breath.
"Well, come back to see me and my elder brother." Zhao Yi sighed, "My elder brother can't move now and needs someone to take care of him. It's even a problem for the family to eat.
My mother is with my nephew, and my new sister-in-law is making a fuss at home..."
...
The next morning, Niu Dalei and Jiang Wogua came with the beam-raising tools.
"Come on, come in and have dinner." Zhao Zheng waved at the three of them.
"Old Zhao, you are still particular!" Niu Dalei smiled. Generally, the Liang family would provide meals, but it was usually just one meal at noon.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Zheng's family had prepared breakfast early in the morning.
Jiang Wugua and Big Beard also grinned, "Captain, you're welcome."
Just as he finished speaking, a voice came from outside the courtyard again, "Captain, that's not nice of you to call me Lao Pan when you go up the beam?"
Pan Dabo walked in pretending to be unhappy, holding two bamboo chairs in his hands.
"It doesn't take so many people to put up the beam. I'm just afraid of delaying your work and making money." Zhao Zheng said with a smile.
"No matter how busy I am, I will find time to come and help you." Pan Dabozi has become familiar with Zhao Zheng in the past few days. He thinks he is a really good person. He is both righteous and considerate, and he has a good grasp of the ways of the world.
So, I specially made two bamboo chairs to give to Zhao Zheng as a gift for the roof beam. "I don't have anything valuable, but these bamboo chairs are okay. I'll give them to you!"
Zhao Zheng didn't hesitate to take the chair and hurriedly shouted into the room, "Xiao E, pour more tea!"
Jiang Wugua and Big Beard looked at each other, both feeling a little embarrassed.
No wonder Pan Da Nao is the deputy captain. Look how well he handles the ways of the world.
The old lady from the Zhou family also came to help early in the morning. Standing at the door, she also came over with tea and a smile, "Everyone is here, have some tea."
When several people saw the old lady of the Zhou family, their faces changed.
"Auntie, you are here too?"
"I can pour the tea myself, why would I ask you to do it?"
Several people respected the old lady of the Zhou family very much, and few people in the village dared to speak nonsense in front of her.
"You come to help San'er, I should pour tea." said the old lady of the Zhou family.
The four of them were a little confused.
Zhao Zheng said, "I have accepted Auntie as my godmother, so you can drink this tea without worry!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the wrinkles on the old lady Zhou's face were all twisted together with laughter.
Niu Dalei and his companions were all terrified.
"Old Zhao, you're amazing! You've even caught up with such a good thing!"
"From now on, you will have Auntie to protect you. You can walk around the village freely."
Although a few people were joking, their envy was genuine.
Before, some people from the village came to the old lady and said they wanted to live with her in her old age, but she scolded them all and drove them away.
Everyone said that the old lady would live out her life alone, but Zhao Zheng unexpectedly accomplished what others had failed to do.
"Come in and have dinner." Zhao Zheng invited a few people into the inner room.
Xiao'e and Zhaodi came out with steaming corn rice and vegetables.
Several people were dumbfounded again.
"Corn, corn rice?"
"That yellow pancake, isn't it an egg pancake?"
"Isn't that bowl filled with meat?"
The four looked at Zhao Zheng in disbelief.
"Captain, this meal is too hard, isn't it?" Pan Dabo came over to lend a hand, but he didn't expect to get such a hard meal.
Niu Dalei was also confused.
He thought Zhao Zheng just cooked some porridge.
Even so, it is very particular.
For ordinary people, giving you a piece of wild vegetable cake is considered generous.
You know, many families in the village have started eating bark powder, and those who can drink porridge are all rich families.
But Zhao Zheng directly served corn rice, which was a generous gift even for ordinary small landlords.
What followed was heartache for several people.
Spendthrift!
What a waste!
"There's nothing good to serve at home, so we'll just have to eat whatever's available." Zhao Zheng said with a smile.
Everyone thought he was showing off.
But the old lady of the Zhou family knew that this was really just a compromise.
On weekdays, the Zhao family's three meals a day consist of white rice and meat.
She doesn't cook at home now. When it's time for dinner, Xiao E will secretly bring the meal to her.
After a few days, the old lady felt that her face had become rounder.
She had never eaten so happily in all her years.
"If you don't want to compromise, then don't compromise!"
"Even in good years, I haven't eaten this kind of food twice."
"My family doesn't eat meat during the New Year. Captain, your food is really good."
Zhao Zheng arranged for them to sit down and explained, "The corn was given by my godmother, and these eggs and meat are what I earned from my recent business. They are precious, but even the meat and eggs, no matter how precious, are meant to be eaten by humans."
"You're welcome. Only when you're full can you have the strength to put up the beams!"
Everyone suddenly realized how the meal came about.
Now everyone is even more envious.
Which direction should I kowtow to worship such a good godmother?
"Captain, are you still doing business?" the bearded man couldn't help but ask.
"Have you forgotten that a few days ago, when Ma Laizi was stung to death by a killer bee, our captain was furious and destroyed the beehive?" Jiang Wugua said, "Everyone in the village praised our captain for his righteousness and integrity!"
"No." Zhao Zheng shook his head. "This meat was earned from my business with Yao Youjiao when I went to the village last time."
The four of them suddenly realized again.
"Oh, so you're doing business with Yao Youjiao..." Niu Dalei said, then suddenly shuddered, "Who are you talking about?"
"Yao Youjiao?"
"Which Yao Youjiao?"
The four of them widened their eyes and looked at Zhao Zheng in disbelief.
Zhao Zheng picked up a piece of chicken with chopsticks and put it into his mouth. "Besides Yao Youjiao in our Fugui Township, is there another Youjiao with the surname Yao?"