Reborn in a small village in the 1990s

Chapter 118

"I do have a way, but it's a bit of a rip-off for my uncle. There's something I've never dared to say: my eldest brother, Zhao Yongze, actually has an older brother."

Zhou Yuren was stunned: "What? Your uncle only has one child, where did this older brother come from?"

Zhao Da'e chuckled, "I'll tell you about that later. Anyway, things are in chaos at our old house, so I'm relieved. Let them fight it out. When I'm not busy, I'll go to my second aunt's house and stir things up. The animal shed my second aunt is living in now was bought on credit by my grandfather. My great-grandfather didn't say anything, so no one else knows. But when my second aunt and her family bought that animal shed, they paid for it. But my grandfather didn't pay; he bought it on credit. It cost over 14,000 yuan. I don't know what my grandfather did with that money."

Zhou Yuren was stunned: "Fine. If your second aunt finds out that the money she used to buy the house was embezzled and she's facing a complete famine, wouldn't a fight break out? She won't be able to do anything else this winter. You wait a couple of days, and I'll have Carpenter Sun from Shangtaizi Village make me a few small stools. I'll sit on them and go to your old house to watch the commotion..."

"Dad..." Zhou Chunwen's eyes almost rolled back in anger: "You're really something, go do your work. You two are really something, not only do you want to stir up trouble, but you also cause trouble for others! If the Zhao family finds out that it was Da'e who was behind this, they'll have to find a way to deal with Da'e."

Zhao Da'e scoffed, "Give them a break. I've only picked the lightest stuff; I haven't even touched the heavy stuff. If I were to reveal something truly shocking, the Zhao family men would be getting knives."

"No, no, no, goose, please be alright. I'm going to work now. You and your cousin go to the market today and buy more vegetables. Find a few helpers today. Just a few, I was thinking of finding more people to finish it in one day, but that won't work now. Those from your Zhao family definitely can't go to help. Your cousin and I will get two more people to build the wall for you. I estimate it will take four or five days to finish," Zhou Yuren said, calculating.

"Uncle, please take care of this. I, Zhao Da'e, can't guarantee anything else, but this year for the New Year, I'll get you two cases of good wine. Don't you like Ningcheng Laojiao? It's an old wine, known as the Moutai of the northern frontier. I'll get you two cases," Zhao Da'e said confidently.

Zhou Yuren quickly refused: "No need. We're all family, why bother with those coats?"

Zhao Da'e said he would definitely buy it, and Zhou Yuren refused, but Zhao Da'e refused him as well.

Zhou Yuren then continued building the wall at Zhao Da'e's ancient well, hoping to finish the job as soon as possible.

Zhao Da'e and Zhou Chunwen got dressed, took their bags and two urea bags, and prepared to go to the market to buy some things.

As for Zhou Chunhong, she stays at home to look after the house. Zhou Chunhong is rather introverted, and she stutters even more when there are many people around, so staying at home to look after the house is relatively more comfortable for her.

Zhao Da'e and Zhou Chunwen walked for a while and arrived at Zhao Tingliang's house. The old man went to the market almost every year. As the only person in Dongtaizi Village with public transportation, Zhao Tingliang naturally became the village's only purchasing agent.

Of course, this purchasing agent didn't have any money; he relied entirely on credit to buy things. He would buy anything that could be bought on credit, and anything that couldn't be bought on credit, he simply wouldn't buy.

So what Zhao Tingliang could buy for the village depended entirely on luck.

The village of Dongtaizi has been in a state of financial deficit for a long time. Several projects that the village used to run and generate income have been losing money due to outdated equipment and other reasons. The higher authorities were unable to upgrade the equipment, so they could no longer afford to pay the losses, and many of them went bankrupt.

Only the brick factory, sand pit, nursery, and cardboard factory in Dongtaizi Village remained, barely surviving, but they had also basically ceased operations. Only the brick factory was still operating, but it only had one production line running, and the workers only worked one day and rested for four or five days.